tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73536042113776404732024-03-28T10:54:45.910+11:00First BookThe Sahaja Library's research site for the study of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi's first book.
John Noycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02966033772994457851noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353604211377640473.post-73851139783795489702014-04-08T09:53:00.124+10:002024-03-28T07:12:10.101+11:00Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi wrote a book in 1975. This book was available in typescript in the London ashram in the late 1970s/early 80s. It was often refered to as <i>Mother's Book;</i> also as <i>The Creation</i>, after the title of the first chapter. Typescripts of some chapters exist from this period showing the text was under ongoing revision. <div><br />
After Shri Mataji's passing in 2011 a group of Sahaja yogis assembled their own version from some of the earlier typescripts, and added diagrams drawn by Shri Mataji at various times in the early years. Their version is known as <i>The Book of Adi Shakti </i>(published in 2013)<i>. </i><br />
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The original diagrams intended to accompany the book (and refered to in the text in early versions) have not survived.<br />
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<i>Early versions - Creation (chapter 1)<br /></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQuwvyBjMXlk_vPvtq2irjz_4rF93MbegZSFcxaOapyRyRorryHPtqxBvHDYUfoVO-oQaySoXJOb8_jsP1JUYzDF-IXiYo4WeYXtCQs52Gpayr2pus9kpG-v7M6nOnnOqVp-XO1np2KL1tQ8CkJiXbCMAzfXk6PC4wA4p_jO7HsLR8UTWOhBnYw7E8Qc/s1121/Picture1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="791" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQuwvyBjMXlk_vPvtq2irjz_4rF93MbegZSFcxaOapyRyRorryHPtqxBvHDYUfoVO-oQaySoXJOb8_jsP1JUYzDF-IXiYo4WeYXtCQs52Gpayr2pus9kpG-v7M6nOnnOqVp-XO1np2KL1tQ8CkJiXbCMAzfXk6PC4wA4p_jO7HsLR8UTWOhBnYw7E8Qc/w119-h169/Picture1.jpg" width="119" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://app.box.com/s/akhdhmsxeg6zder31ciq">Creation chapter: early typescript with handwritten corrections</a> <div>(includes <a href="https://mothersfirstbook.blogspot.com/p/bas-o.html">several paragraphs</a> not in the later published text)<br />
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<a href="https://app.box.com/s/aha1re9qog2x6jw0wczlfpplqhrmomqf"> Creation chapter: early typescript with handwritten comments </a><br />
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<a href="https://app.box.com/s/lg6psn9uots3q69pxecswcat1h4a9xcv">Creation chapter - another early typescript with handwritten comments</a><br />
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<a href="https://app.box.com/s/40qafbyzs788yzd5ha6bw2fkkpk461q7">Creation chapter - early typescript with mss note March 1987</a><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Early versions - other chapters</i><br />
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<a href="https://app.box.com/s/0jf11rjcxu031tgafg5l7kfgno5gj9vg"> Incarnations chapter - early typescript with handwritten comments</a> (chapter 2)<br />
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<a href="https://app.box.com/s/ry6qfdiwmd9ugd9juk6vf010jxe2bl8v">Channels - handwritten text</a> <br />
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<a href="https://app.box.com/s/vd59pvlabfg88skz2vbrachr8sj4c3eh">Central Path chapter: early typescript</a> (marked 'final')(chapter 11 in most versions)<br />
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<a href="https://app.box.com/s/w9l8zpmyij7df0o7wxxemxbxoj65vjpu">Mooladhara chapter </a> (chapter 13)<br />
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<a href="https://app.box.com/s/d5cg01oxe3cob9y62e8t07whgndnmpvs">Swadhistan chapter: early typescript with handwritten comments </a> (chapter 14)</div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://eternalmoments.smugmug.com/Collections/Yogi-Mahajan-Collection/Handwritings/">Handwritten fragments preserved by Yogi Mahajan</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i>Early versions </i></div><div><i><br /></i><div><a href="https://app.box.com/s/ha4ue6eab78k3arwyeg4r1cv5gx3xucu">Text of Book from 1982</a></div><div>
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<a href="https://app.box.com/s/nsbosm37t6cuuegtrj5j">Unfinished and Unpublished Book of Param Pujya Shri Mataji</a>
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<a href="https://app.box.com/s/lhg1qtg0r3opnra3d1rh">Shri Mataji's Book Unfinished</a><br />
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<a href="https://app.box.com/s/d9vx6p0lm1x7ulslk8a7"> Shri Mataji - other book</a><br />
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<a href="https://sahaja-yoga108.blogspot.com/">Shri Mataji's First Book</a> (posted in 2011)</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://sahajayogapro.weebly.com/uploads/5/1/6/7/5167983/shri_mataji_nirmala_devi_sy_first_book.pdf">First Book</a><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Note: there are other early versions with text from either 1982 or 1986. <br />Also a <a href="https://mothersfirstbook.blogspot.com/p/variant-arrangement.html">version</a> with a different arrangement of chapters.</div><div>
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<i>Observations</i><br />
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<a href="https://app.box.com/s/ska9i9h6r0cmxfnifwyyze5bnm7qsqkw">Mother's Book - a personal history (Regis Camille)</a> (2008)<br />
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<a href="https://app.box.com/s/auphi7xo0l87z1q1cvbvyovtcgaby190"> Confidential on Shri Mataji's Unfinished Book (Anon)</a> (extracts) (2008?)<br />
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<br /><i>Book of Adi Shakti </i></div><div><i>(in India: Creation - the Eternal Play)<br /></i>
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<a href="https://pdf.amruta.org/Shri_Mataji/The-Book-of-Adi-Shakti.epub">Book of Adi Shakti </a> (e-book, 2020)<br />
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<a href="https://pdf.amruta.org/Shri_Mataji/The-Book-of-Adi-Shakti.mobi">Book of Adi Shakti</a> (kindle, 2020)</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/shri-mataji-nirmala-devi/the-book-of-adi-shakti/paperback/product-1e8jyqmr.html?page=1&pageSize=4">Book of Adi Shakti</a> (link to paperback)<br /></div><div><br />
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<i>Deutsch</i><br />
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<a href="https://app.box.com/s/o2wuavdkm6fe5ptfmw27cmsjy4tb3ui3">La Creation - parallel English/French texts</a> (Creation chapter, n.d. - possibly 2013)<br />
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<a href="https://dictionnairesahajayoga.blogspot.com/2017/08/la-creation-de-la-matiere.html"> La création de la matière</a> (extract, 2017)</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.amruta.org/fr/book/the-book-of-the-adi-shakti-by-h-h-shri-mataji-nirmala-devi/">Le Livre de 'Adi Shakti</a> (French translation of <i>Book of Adi Shakti</i>, 2018)<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://pdf.amruta.org/Shri_Mataji/The-Book-of-Adi-Shakti.fr.pdf">Le Livre de l'Adi Shakti</a> (French translation of <i>Book of Adi Shakti, </i>2018)(pdf)</div><div>
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<a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/shri-mataji-nirmala-devi-srivastava/le-livre-de-ladi-shakti/hardcover/product-23931934.html"> Le Livre de l'Adi Shakti</a> (link to published French translation of <i>Book of Adi Shakti</i>, 2018)<br />
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<a href="https://vk.com/doc15934811_446062652?hash=17079ff07de9c42d65">ПЕРВАЯ КНИГА АДИ ШАКТИ</a> (Russian translation of <i>Book of Adi Shakti</i>, 2016)<br />
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