M. P. Pandit

M. P. Pandit (1918–1993) was a prolific writer, spiritual teacher, secretary of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, and personal secretary to Mirra Alfassa, known to her followers as "The Mother". Born on 14 June 1918 in Sirsi, Karnataka, into a migrant Kashmiri Pandit family,^[1] he wrote some 150 books and as many articles on the yoga of Sri Aurobindo and Mirra Alfassa, social and political thought, science, philosophy, religion, mysticism, and the classical texts and spiritual traditions of India. He was also a student of Sanskrit writer and Vedic scholar Kapali Sastry. He traveled to the West several times and has a number of western students and disciples.

Partial bibliography

• "Bases of Sadhana", Dipti Publications, c/o Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-941524-40-X
• "Bases of Tantra Sadhana", Dipti Publications c/o Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, WI ISBN 978-0-941524-02-5
• Commentaries on Sri Aurobindo's Thought Vol. 1
• Deathless Rose
• Dhyana (Meditation)
• "Dictionary of Sri Aurobindo's Yoga" (compiler), Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-941524-74-4
• "Gems from Sri Aurobindo First Series" (compiler), Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin
• "Gems from Sri Aurobindo Second Series" (compiler), Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-941524-73-6
• "Gems from Sri Aurobindo Third Series" (compiler), Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-914955-16-0
• "Gems from Sri Aurobindo Fourth Series" (compiler), Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-914955-17-9
• "Gems from the Tantras (Kularnava) Vol. 1" (compiler), Ganesh & Co., c/o Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-940985-45-4
• "Gems from the Tantras Vol. 2" (compiler), Ganesh & Co., c/o Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-940985-46-2
• Heart of Sadhana
• How Do I Begin?
• How Do I Proceed?
• Japa (Mantra Yoga)
• "Kundalini Yoga", Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-941524-50-7
• Legends in the Life Divine
• Life Beautiful
• Lights on the Tantra
• Mystic Approach to the Veda & the Upanishad
• "Occult Lines Behind Life", Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-941524-35-3
• Pandit in America
• Pitfalls in Sadhana
• Selected Works of M.P. Pandit Vol. 1 Sri Aurobindo
• Selected Works of M.P. Pandit Vol. 2 The Mother
• Selected Works of M.P. Pandit Vol. 3 Yoga
• Selected Works of M.P. Pandit Vol. 4 Traditions
• Selected Works of M.P. Pandit Vol. 5 The World
• Spiritual Life Theory and Practice
• "Sri Aurobindo and His Yoga", Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-941524-25-6
• "Sri Aurobindo on the Tantra" (compiler), Dipti, c/o Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 81-7509-039-1
• Thoughts of a Shakta: Yogishananda Natha
• "Upanishads: Gateways of Knowledge", Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-941524-44-2
• "Vedic Deities", Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-941524-45-0
• "Vedic Symbolism" (compiler), Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-941524-30-2
• "Wisdom of the Gita, First Series" (compiler), Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-941524-72-8
• "Wisdom of the Gita, Second Series" (compiler, from Sri Aurobindo), Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin ISBN 0-941524-75-2
• Wisdom of the Upanishads (compiler)
• "Wisdom of the Veda", Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, ISBN 0-941524-55-8
• "Yoga for the Modern Man", Dipti, c/o Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, ISBN 0-941524-13-2
• Yoga in Sri Aurobindo's Savitri
• "Yoga of Knowledge", Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, ISBN 0-941524-23-X
• "Yoga of Love", Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, ISBN 0-941524-16-7
• "Yoga of Self Perfection", Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, ISBN 0-941524-20-5
• "Yoga of Transformation", Dipti, c/o Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, ISBN 81-7509-010-3
• "Yoga of Works", Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, ISBN 0-941524-21-3

References

1. Prabuddha Bharata: Or Awakened India, Volume 100, Page 605

External links

• Sri MP Pandit
• infobuddhism.com article
• Sri Aurobindo
• Publisher and Distributor of M P Pandit's Writings