Prayers and Meditations

Prayers and Meditations is a record of the Mother's early spiritual life. The 313 entries in this book were selected by the Mother herself from her spiritual diaries. Most of them are from the period 1912 to 1917.

"How beautiful, grand, simple and calm everything is in the hours when my thought takes its flight to Thee and unites with Thee! And from the day it becomes possible for us to keep this supreme clear-sightedness constantly, with what an airy and yet sure step we shall walk through life above all obstacles… May the peace of Thy certitude awaken in every heart."

Prayers and Meditations consists of extracts from the Mother's spiritual diaries. Most of them are from the period 1912 to 1917. The 313 prayers reproduced here were selected by the Mother for publication. Written in French, they appear here in English translation.

A small collection of prayers - about one-fifth of the total - was brought out in English in 1941. Sri Aurobindo translated some of those prayers himself and, in the other cases, revised translations made by disciples. These prayers wholly or partly translated by Sri Aurobindo are marked in this volume with an asterisk (*).

Details about publication are provided in the Note on the Text.