Sri Aurobindo's diary of his yogic practice between 1909 and 1927.
Sri Aurobindo's diary of his yogic practice between 1909 and 1927. This two-volume record of sadhana contains fairly regular entries between 1912 and 1920 and a few entries in 1909, 1911 and 1927. It also contains related materials Sri Aurobindo wrote about his practice of yoga during this period, including descriptions of the seven 'chatusthayas' (groups of four elements), which are the basis of the yoga of the 'Record'.
March 15ᵗʰ
St. यदा वै विजानात्यादिवाक्य्मं व्याकुर्वत्रुत्तरमाह. When the vijnana is active, he (the Master of the Yoga) developing the initial Word, (OM, Brahman) declares all that follows. First, activity of the vijnana, second, constant perception of the Brahman, third, knowledge of the world in the terms of the Brahman.
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Written on a page of a notebook used mostly for Ilion and other poems. The year is not given but it may be inferred from (1) the handwriting, (2) the period of the other pieces in the notebook, (3) the fact that no regular Record, in which a sortilege would normally have been entered, was kept in March 1913.
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