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Record of Yoga is the personal diary of the Indian philosopher and yogi Sri Aurobindo, recording his yogic practice during the period from 1909 to 1927.[1] The manuscripts document his daily experiments with the Sapta Chatusthaya (Seven Quadrates), a system of seven groups of four elements which served as the programme for his yoga.[2] It uses a specialized terminology including Sanskrit words, abbreviations, and symbols, making it a highly technical text.[3]
In 1977, the editors of the project published a revised and corrected edition of Sri Aurobindo's Complete Works and started the journal Sri Aurobindo: Archives and Research in which over the next 18 years they published the newly discovered writings. Record of Yoga was published in book form in two volumes in 2001.[4] Because of the extensive use of technical terms and abbreviations, a glossary is included to explain the specific meanings Sri Aurobindo adapted for his experience.[5] The work provides the practical background for the "Yoga of Self-Perfection", the fourth part of his major work The Synthesis of Yoga.[6]
References
- Sri Aurobindo, Record of Yoga - I, Publisher's Note, p. i.
- Sri Aurobindo, Record of Yoga - I, pp. 3–23.
- Sri Aurobindo, Record of Yoga - I, Publisher's Note, p. i.
- Sri Aurobindo, Record of Yoga - I, copyright page.
- Glossary to the Record of Yoga, p. 1.
- Sri Aurobindo, The Synthesis of Yoga, Note on the Text, p. 914.
- Sri Aurobindo, Record Of Yoga, Volume I, 777pp, ISBN 81-7058-650-X (soft cover) ISBN 81-7058-651-8 (hard cover); Volume II, 728pp, ISBN 81-7058-653-4 (hard cover), Sri Aurobindo Ashram Press, Pondicherry
- Publishing Sri Aurobindo's Complete Works
External links
- Glossary to the Record of Yoga Archived 17 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine