RECORD OF YOGA

 

CONTENTS

 

Pre Content

Publisher's Note

Guide to Editorial Notation

 

 

Introduction

 

Sapta Chatusthaya

 

Sapta Chatusthaya

 

Outline of the Seven Chatusthayas (Revised Order)

 

Incomplete Notes on the First Chatusthaya

   
 

Part One

 

Diary Entries 1909 – 1912

 

17 – 25 June 1909

 

28 January – 17 February 1911

 

13 January – 8 February 1912

 

1 – 25 July 1912

 

12 October – 26 November 1912

   
 

Part Two

 

Record of Yoga 1912 – 1920

 

26 November – 31 December 1912

 

1 – 31 January 1913

 

1 – 14 February 1913

 

1 and 12 April, 19 and 21 May 1913

 

4 – 30 June 1913

 

1 – 11 July 1913

 

5 – 21 September 1913

 

22 – 30 September 1913

 

11 – 23 November 1913

 

24 November – 2 December 1913

 

1 – 12 December 1913

 

12 – 21 December 1913

 

22 December 1913 – 15 January 1914

 

12 March – 14 April 1914

 

15 April – 1 June 1914

 

10 June – 29 September 1914

 

29 – 30 September – 31 December 1914

 

1 January – 27 February 1915

 

22 April – 26 August 1915

 

19 February – 20 March 1916

 

9 January – 14 February 1917

 

15 February – 31 March 1917

 

15 August – 28 September 1917

 

14 – 28 February 1918

 

3 – 27 March 1918

 

20 April – 20 May 1918

 

21 May– 1 July 1918

 

24 June – 14 July 1919

 

15 – 26 July 1919

 

27 July – 13 August 1919

 

14 August – 24 September 1919

 

1 – 29 February 1920

 

1 March – 10 April 1920

 

7 – 26 June 1920

 

17 – 19 October 1920

   
 

Part Three

 

Record of Yoga 1926 – 1927

 

December 1926 – 6 January 1927

 

7 January – 1 February 1927

 

7 – 22 April 1927

 

24 – 31 October 1927

   
 

Part Four

 

Materials Written by Sri Aurobindo Related Directly to

Record of Yoga, c. 1910 – 1931

 

Undated Record and Record-related Notes, c. 1910 – 1914

 

Sortileges of May and June 1912

 

Undated Notes, c. November 1912

 

Draft Programme of 3 December 1912

 

Undated or Partly Dated Script, 1912 – 1913

 

Sortilege of 15 March [1913]

 

Accounts of 31 May – 15 June 1913

 

Record Notes, 13 and 15 September 1913

 

Vedic Experience, 14 and 15 December 1913

 

Undated Notes, c. 1914

 

Notes on Images Seen in March 1914

 

Undated Script, c. 1920

 

Undated Notes, c. December 1926

 

Undated Notes, c. January 1927

 

Notes on Physical Transformation, c. January 1927

 

Diagrams, c. January 1927

 

Miscellaneous Notations, c. February –April 1927

 

Record of Drishti, 30 July 1927

 

Undated Script, c. 1927

 

Undated Script, c. 1927 – 1928

 

Notes on Prophetic Vision, 1929

 

Diagrams, c. 1931

 

Undated Script Jottings

   
 

Part Five

 

Automatic Writing

 

“The Scribblings”, c. 1907

 

Yogic Sadhan

 

Automatic Writings, c. 1914 (First Set)

 

Automatic Writings, c. 1914 (Second Set)

 

Automatic Writing, c. 1920

 

Automatic Writings, c. 1920

   
 

Appendixes

 

Material from Disciples’ Notebooks

 

Miscellaneous Notes, c. 1914

 

Sapta Chatusthaya Scribal Version

   

Note on the Texts

ACCOUNTS OF 31 MAY ­ 15 JUNE 1913

 

Record of Yogic details

 


June 1913

 

Credit June 1st (May 31st)

Rs

15-0-0   (Rent for May) Rs 15

Rs

40-0-0   in notes    

Rs

28-0-0   (Rent & servants for June)    

Rs

10-0-0   reserve    

Rs

7-0-0   in cash. Rs 85

Rs

70-0-0   out in loans Rs 70

Rs

150-0-0   in loan    

Rs

150-0-0   in Fr. notes Rs 300

 

       
470

 

For June Rs 85 of which 40 in notes and cash 7 for current expenses.

Also Rs 3-8-1 from last month.

June 2d

 

Rs   20 in notes

 "       8 in cash

 "       2-9-0 in purse

       30-9-0

May  0-8-1. (Rs 2 for monthly feast)

                    ( " 1 for charity)  


1313

June 12th

Paid

Rs

  50   loans recovered Rs 15 Rent for May

Rs

150   in Fr notes Rs   6 charity

Rs

150   in loan Rs 43-14- Bijoy. out of rent

Rs

    8-1   from last month     money (loans[)]

 

Actually in hand

Rs

150   in Fr. notes

Rs

150   in loan

*Rs

  20   in notes (rent money + Rs 4)

*Rs

  10   in notes (reserve + current)

Rs

    5   in cash

Rs

  23   (rent & servants for June)

*Rs

    0-9-10   in money (purse)

             For the current expenses

Rs 15-9-10 out of * (9 + 6-9-10).

 

June 15th 

In hand

Rs

  30   in notes (Rs 16   rent money

Rs

    3-15-1   in cash  Rs 44   rent money

Rs

150   in notes. Rs 14 + 3-15-1 month's expenses           Rs 1 for shoes.

Rs

  10   in loan  

Rs

  44   with Bijoy Rs 150 reserve.[)]

Rs

  28   rent & servants    

1314

 

Store Account & Standing Miscellaneous Expenses
Rice 11-0-0 May 31st Sweets 0-0-6  
Tea   0-13-0

"

Coolie 0-1-6  
Matches   0  0-9

"

Cigarettes 0-0-3 June 1st.
Spices   1-10-6

"

Cricket(special) 0-6-0

"

Sugar   0  3-8 June 1st. Oil 0-2-0

"

S's Cigarettes   0  8-0

"

Milk 0-1-0

"

Firewood   3  0-0 June 3d Stamps 0-0-6

"

Spices   0  0-1

"

Cigarettes(special) 0-3-9 June 2d
Cigarettes(self)   0  1-3

"

Lamp 0-2-0

"

Kerosine Oil   2  5-0

"

(Feast, last month 2-0-0)

"

Spices   0  1-0 June 4th Barber 0-4-0

"

Sugar   0  4-0 June 8th Wine 0-6-0

"

Cigarettes(self)   0  1-3 June 8th Cigarettes 0-0-1 June 3d

"

  0  1-3 June 10th Saurin 0-0-3 June 4th

"

  0  0-6 June 12th Coolie 0-0-3

"

"

  0  0-6 June 14th Stamps 0-0-6

"

 
20  2-9
  Ink 0-1-0 June 6th
      Kalasi 0-0-9

"

      Stamps 0-0-6 June 7th
      Money order 0-2-0

"

      Parcel 0-4-6

"

      Petruz 0-1-0

"

      Soap 0-1-3

"

      Brooms 0-1-0 June 9th
      Shoelaces 0-3-0  
      Salle de Lecture 0-8-0 June 10th
      Cricket 0-4-0

"

      Envelopes &      Paper 0-5-0

"

      Nibs 0-5-0

"

      Cigarettes 0-0-3 June 11th
      Washerman 1-0-0

"

      Telegram 0-6-0

"


1315

 

      Pushpush 0-6-0 June 12th
      Claret 0-6-0

"

      Lemons 0-0-3

"

      Nalini 0-0-6 June 13th
      Stamps 0-1-0 June 14th
      Barber 0-2-6 June 15th
       
6-8-1
 

Daily Meal Extraordinary
Breakfast 0-2-6 June 1st Charity   6  0-0- June 2d
Meals 0-8-6

"

(to be recovered from May & July)
Breakfast 0-2-3 June 2d      
Meals 0-4-0

"

Bijoy's journey 43-14-0- June 11th
Extra for feast 0-4-7

"

     
Breakfast 0-1-4 June 3d      
Meals 0-7-0

"

     
Breakfast 0-2-0 June 4th      
Meals 0-6-9

"

     
Breakfast 0-2-0 June 5th      
Meals 0-7-0

"

     
Breakfast 0-2-0 June 6th      
Meals 0-8-3

"

     
Breakfast 0-2-0 June 7th      
Meals 0-8-0

"

     
Breakfast 0-2-0 June 8th      
Meals 0-7-6

"

     
Breakfast 0-2-0 June 9th      
Meals 0-8-0

"

     
Breakfast 0-2-0 June10th      
Meals 0-7-0

"

     
Breakfast 0-2-0 June11th      
Meals 0-7-0

"

     
Milk 0-0-6 June 12th      

1316

 

Meals   0-7-0

"

     
Breakfast   0-2-0 June 13th      
Meals   0-6-6

"

     
Breakfast   0-2-0 June 14th      
Meals   0-6-6

"

     
Breakfast   0-2-0 June 15th      
Meals   0-6-9

"

     
 
11-3-0
       

 


 

Daily Balance

     
    June 1st Rs 31  3-10
    June 2d Rs 29-15  0
    " 3d Rs 26  7  5
    " 4 Rs 23  6  4
    " 5 Rs 22-13  7
    " 6 Rs 22  0  7

Rs 1 added from reserve

" 7 Rs 21-12  0
    " 8 Rs 20-15  1
    " 9 Rs 20  1  1
    " 10 Rs 17-13  4
    " 11 Rs 16  2-10
    " 12 Rs 14-13-10
    " 13 Rs 13  4-10
    " 14 Rs 12-10-10
    " 15 Rs 11