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EXTRACTS from “Record of Yoga” by Sri Aurobindo EXTRACTS from “RecoRd of Yoga” bY SRi auRobindo Compiled by G H Visweswara July 2013 1 Preface This is an extract from Sri Aurobindo’s work ‘Record of Yoga’. The following is an extract from the publisher’s note about this work. “Record of Yoga is a diary of Sri Aurobindo’s yoga between 1909 and 1927. He kept it fairly regularly from 1912 to 1920, and also wrote a few entries in 1909, 1911 and 1927. At different times he gave this diary different names. “Record of Yoga” was the most typical and the editors have used it as the general title of the work.”..” RECORD OF YOGA is a diary of Sri Aurobindo’s sadhana or practice of yoga.” “In the entry of 1 July 1912, Sri Aurobindo noted that he had been doing yoga for almost seven years. He had begun in 1905 with the practice of pranayama or breath control. This practice became irregular when he started his political career in 1906 and by the end of 1907 he suffered a “complete arrest” of yogic experience. In January 1908 a yogi named Vishnu Bhaskar Lele showed him how to silence the activity of his mind. This led to the experience of the static Brahman or Nirvana. A few months later, in Alipore Jail, he had the experience of the dynamic Brahman or cosmic consciousness. He later referred to these as the first two of the “four great realisations” of his yoga. The other two “that of the supreme Reality with the static and dynamic Brahman as its two aspects and that of the higher planes of consciousness leading to the Supermind” began in jail, but developed more fully during the period of sadhana chronicled in the Record.” In April 1910, Sri Aurobindo left politics and settled in Pondicherry. Sometime after his arrival, as he explained in 1926, he “was given” a “programme of what I would do” in yoga. This programme had seven sections, each made up of four elements. It thus was known as “sapta chatusthaya” or the seven tetrads. “..Sapta Chatusthaya or the seven tetrads was the “programme” of Sri Aurobindo’s sadhana that he received sometime after his arrival in Pondicherry in April 1910. It is not known exactly when the system came to him, but it must have been familiar to him by 16 January 1912…” The original book has about 1515 pages. In this, I have extracted the following: (i) Sapta Chatusthaya with their explanations. It gives an excellent way of progressing to the aspirant yogi. It also contains some interesting explanation of concepts of chaturvarna. (ii) Yogic Sadhan: A beautiful & very informative writing on the theory & practice of true Yoga; (iii) an informative discussion on ‘Evolutionary Scale’ (iv) a few miscellaneous topics related to yoga and (v) some simple examples of Ashtasiddhi from his diary. The value add to the extracts is by way of dividing into smaller paras, highlighting/underlining important sentences, adding topic titles, in-line meanings of some words, important points as bullets etc. It is hoped all this will make the reading & understanding easier. Their reading and understanding would be a great help to vedantins/yogis and those who want to do sadhana. Any feedback is welcome. G H Visweswara Bangalore [email protected] 2 Contents Preface ................................................................................................................................. 2 SAPTA CHATUSTHAYA ....................................................................................................... 7 1 Sharira chatusthaya.................................................................................................... 7 (i) Arogya .................................................................................................................... 7 (ii) Utthapana ............................................................................................................ 7 (iii) Saundarya ........................................................................................................... 7 (iv) Ananda ................................................................................................................ 7 2 Vijnanachatusthaya .................................................................................................... 7 Siddhis ........................................................................................................................... 7 Siddhis, their justification, dangers and use ................................................................ 7 Vijnana ........................................................................................................................... 9 (i) Jnana .................................................................................................................. 9 (ii) Trikaladrishti .................................................................................................. 11 (iii) Ashtasiddhi .................................................................................................... 11 The Conditions of Power .......................................................................................... 14 (iv) Samadhi ........................................................................................................ 14 3 Shakti Chatusthaya .................................................................................................. 16 (i) Virya ..................................................................................................................... 16 Brahmatejas ............................................................................................................. 16 Kshatratejas ............................................................................................................. 17 Vaishyashakti ........................................................................................................... 18 Shudrashakti ............................................................................................................ 19 (ii) Shakti ................................................................................................................ 20 (iii) Chandibhava ..................................................................................................... 21 (iv) Sraddha ............................................................................................................ 21 4 Shanti-Chatusthaya .................................................................................................... 22 (i) Samata ................................................................................................................. 22 (1) Passive Samata ............................................................................................. 22 (2) Active Samata ..................................................................................................... 25 (ii) Shanti ................................................................................................................ 25 (iii) Sukha ................................................................................................................ 26 (iv) Hasya ................................................................................................................ 26 5 Karmachatusthaya or Lilachatusthaya ...................................................................... 26 (i) Krishna ................................................................................................................. 26 (ii) Kali .................................................................................................................... 26 3 (iii) Karma ............................................................................................................... 26 (iv) Kama ................................................................................................................. 26 6 Brahmachatushtaya................................................................................................. 26 (i) Sarvam Brahma .................................................................................................... 26 (ii) Anantam Brahma .............................................................................................. 26 (iii) Jnanam Brahma ................................................................................................ 26 (iv) Anandam Brahma ............................................................................................. 27 7 Yoga chatushtaya or Sansiddhi chatushtaya. ........................................................... 27 (i) Shuddhi ................................................................................................................ 27 (a) Of the Pranas................................................................................................. 27 (b) Of the Chitta .................................................................................................. 27 (c) Of the Manas ................................................................................................. 27 (d) Of the Buddhi ................................................................................................. 28 (e) Of the Body .................................................................................................... 28 (ii) Mukti ................................................................................................................. 28 (a) Of the Prana .................................................................................................. 28 (b) Of the Chitta .................................................................................................
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