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Talk:Mirra Richard/Original POV version
Mirra Richard, known as The Mother (February 21, 1878 - November 17, 1973), was the spiritual partner of the sage and seer Sri Aurobindo. She was born in Paris to Turkish and Egyptian parents and came to his ashram on March 29, 1914 visiting Pondicherry several times and finally settling there in 1920. After November 24, 1926, when Sri Aurobindo retired into seclusion, she supervised the organization of his ashram and institutes. She became the leader of the community after Sri Aurobindo's death in 1950. She died in 1973.
The experiences of the last thirty years of her life were captured in the 13-volume work The Agenda. In those years she attempted the physical transformation of her body in order to become what she felt was the first of a new type of human individual by opening to the Supramental Truth Consciousness, a new power of spirit that Sri Aurobindo had allegedly discovered. Her followers and those of Sri Aurobindo consider(ed) her an incarnation of the Divine Mother, hence her name "the Mother." The Divine Mother is, according to her followers, the feminine aspect of the Divine consciousness and spirit.
The Mother founded Auroville named after Sri Aurobindo for those who have not taken to yoga as their main ideal in life. According to her followers, Auroville is an international city meant for those whose ideal is to live according to truth.
Partial bibliography
Commentaries on the Dhammapada, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, WI 2004, ISBN 0-940985-25-X
Flowers and Their Messages, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, WI ISBN 0-941524-68-X
Search for the Soul in Everyday Living, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, WI ISBN 0-941524-57-4
Soul and Its Powers, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, WI ISBN 0-941524-67-1
Related Links
The Mother Information Page (http://www.infobuddhism.com/infobuddhism/institute%20for%20wholistic%20education/design/mother.html)
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