Nine volumes of talks and eight volumes of writings

COLLECTED WORKS OF THE MOTHER
The 17-volume Collected Works consists of nine volumes of talks and eight volumes of writings (prayers, reflections, essays, sayings, letters and personal notes). Most of these writings and talks were written or spoken in French and appear here in translation. The text on this website is that of the second edition; it is textually the same as the first edition (excepting a few minor corrections), but differs in page numbering.
Each individual volume is available here for viewing and downloading in PDF format. At the end of this list there is a zipped file containing all the PDFs available for download.
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The contents of the volumes include:

Volume 1
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07Prayers And Meditations313 prayers and meditations, most of them written between 1912 and 1917. Selected by the Mother from her diaries, these prayers form a record of her spiritual experiences at the time.
1.66MB
Volume 2
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07Words of Long AgoEarly writings and talks from 1893 to 1920. The volume includes early essays, talks to seekers in Paris, essays written in Japan and Tales of All Times, some stories for children.
1.36MB
Volume 3
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07Questions and Answers 1929–1931Conversations about Yoga and life. The Mother answered to questions raised by disciples in 1929 and 1930–1931. The volume also includes her commentaries on The Dhammapada, with a translation of the text.
1.46MB
Volume 4
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07Questions and Answers 1950–1951Talks by the Mother on her essays on education, her Questions and Answers 1929, and Sri Aurobindo's The Mother.
1.68MB
Volume 5
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07Questions and Answers 1953Talks by the Mother on her Questions and Answers 1929.
1.80MB
Volume 6
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07Questions and Answers 1954Talks by the Mother on her essays on education and on three short works of Sri Aurobindo: Elements of Yoga, The Mother and Bases of Yoga.
1.88MB
Volume 7
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07Questions and Answers 1955Talks on Sri Aurobindo's Bases of Yoga, a chapter from The Human Cycle, two chapters from The Synthesis of Yoga, and the Mother's play, The Great Secret.
1.85MB
Volume 8
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07Questions and Answers 1956Talks on Sri Aurobindo's Synthesis of Yoga (Part One) and his Thoughts and Glimpses.
1.72MB
Volume 9
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07Questions and Answers 1957–1958Talks on Sri Aurobindo's Thoughts and Glimpses, The Supramental Manifestation upon Earth and the last six chapters of The Life Divine.
1.98MB
Volume 10
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07On Thoughts and AphorismsCommentaries on Sri Aurobindo's Thoughts and Aphorisms, with the text.
1.75MB
Volume 11
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07Notes on the WayConversations with a disciple between 1964 and 1973 about the Mother's "sadhana of the body" and the experiences she was undergoing towards the end of her life.
1.49MB
Volume 12
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07On EducationEssays on education and self-development; correspondence and conversations with students and teachers of the Ashram school and captains of its Physical Education Department; and three plays: Towards the Future, The Great Secret and The Ascent to Truth.
7.57MB
Volume 13
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07Words of the MotherShort written statements on Sri Aurobindo, herself, the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Auroville, India and other nations.
9.68MB
Volume 14
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07Words of the MotherShort written statements on Yoga and life: the individual's relationship with the Divine, the path of Yoga, qualities needed in Yoga, difficulties of spiritual life, human relationships and work.
4.14MB
Volume 15
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07Words of the MotherShort written statements on Yoga and life: the Divine and the Universe, adverse forces, religion, occultism, morality, war, wealth, government, transformation, the Supramental, illness and health, messages, prayers and talks.
5.33MB
Volume 16
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07Some Answers of the MotherCorrespondence with fourteen persons on Yoga and life. The Mother replied to the questions and comments of disciples living in the Ashram and students of the Ashram school.
2.11MB
Volume 17
PDF last updated: 18 Dec 07More Answers of the MotherCorrespondence with six persons about Yoga and life. The Mother replied to the questions and comments of disciples living in the Ashram and students of the Ashram school.
5.02MB
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