The Synthesis of Yoga THE YOGA OF SELF-PERFECTION   [A newly found incomplete chapter to follow Chapter XXV of Part IV] Chapter XXVI The Supramental Time Consciousness   The supermind in its supreme status is the truth-consciousness of the Infinite, the inherent light and power of self-knowledge and all-knowledge of the Supreme who is the self of all, the living eternal truth of all that is and of whom all objects and beings, all the universe and motion of things and happenings in time is a partial continually proceeding manifestation. The Supreme organises through the power of self-realisation and self-manifestation that re

Notes on the Texts   The Synthesis of Yoga. A typed copy of this incomplete chapter, with handwritten corrections, was found recently among Sri Aurobindo's papers. It is headed: THE SYNTHESIS OF YOGA/The Yoga of Self-Perfection/ Chapter LXXIV". The last chapter of the Synthesis published in the Arya was numbered "Chapter LXXIII"; this was later changed to Chapter XXV of Part IV. Accordingly the present chapter, which was unquestionably meant to follow that chapter, but which was not completed when the Arya abruptly ceased publication, has been numbered Chapter XXVI of Part IV. Two obvious verbal omissions have been supplied within square brackets. Italicisation has been mad

Archival Notes THE DEPARTURE TO CHANDERNAGORE   A NOTE   Since what follows is a critique rather than a narrative, the writer will not attempt to conceal his presence, as a narrative writer should, but will employ the first person throughout. This will serve to remind the reader that the opinions expressed are the writer's own.   THE DATE OF SRI AUROBINDO'S DEPARTURE   The date of Sri Aurobindo's departure from Calcutta for Chandernagore has long been a subject for speculation. It is the exact day and not the month that is uncertain; the event definitely took place in February. Sri Aurobindo is known to have left Chandernagore, after a stay of mo

God and Immortality   Chapter I The Upanishad   The Upanishads stand out from the dim background of Vedic antiquity like stupendous rock cathedrals of thought hewn out of the ancient hills by a race of giant builders the secret of whose inspiration and strength has passed away with them into the Supreme. They are at once Scripture, philosophy and seer-poetry; for even those of them that dispense with the metrical form, are prose poems of a rhythmically mystic thought. But whether as Scripture, philosophical theosophy or literature, there is nothing like them in ancient, mediaeval or modern, in Occidental or Oriental, in Egyptian, Chaldean, Semitic or Mongoli

Archival Notes SOME PONDICHERRY SIDELIGHTS This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the publishers of Sri Aurobindo: Archives and Research. The writer, a member of the staff of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram Archives and Research Library, accepts full responsibility for the contents of the article, which is the result of his own research and his own interpretation. The purpose of the biographical portions of Archival Notes is to present materials dealing with the period of Sri Aurobindo's life covered by the current instalment of Documents in the Life of Sri Aurobindo. The form of presentation selected is a variety of the classic biographical narrative, one that, owin

Notes on the Mahabharata [SECOND VERSION]       It was hinted in a recent article of the Indian Review, an unusually able and searching1 paper on the date of the Mahabharata war that a society is about to be formed for discovering the genuine and original portions of our great epic. This is glad tidings to all admirers of Sanscrit literature and to all lovers of their country. For the solution of the Mahabharata problem is essential to many things, to any history worth having of Aryan civilisation & literature, to a proper appreciation of Vyasa's poetical genius and, far more important than either, to a definite understanding of the great ethical gospel which Srikris

Notes on the Texts       Notes on the Mahabharata [Second Version]. This untitled essay on the Maha-bharata occupies a later part of the notebook containing the draft of "Notes on the Mahabharata" published in the last issue. It is essentially another version of the same article. A large portion of the earlier writing was evidently meant to be incorporated in the new version, either verbatim or in a rewritten form (see footnotes on pp. 124 and 145). For a discussion of the date of the article, see Notes on the Texts in the last issue. Most of the version published in the present issue appeared under the editorial title "The Problem of the Mahabharata" in Vyasa and Valmiki (195

Documents in the Life of Sri Aurobindo   THE INDIA INTERVIEW Article from India (Tamil weekly) 18 September 1909   la   Page-206 Page-207 lb       A Conversation with Sriman Aravinda Ghosh       A few days ago one of our correspondents went to Calcutta and spoke to Mahajnani Sriman Aravinda Ghose on several topics. We give here excerpts from the conversation.       Our correspondent had the darshan of Aravinda-babu at 6, College Square Street [sic], Calcutta. The house belongs to Babu Krishna Kumar Mitra, who has been deported. The family of Babu Krishna Kumar resides downstairs, wh

GLOSSARY       This glossary explains non-English words (Sanskrit, Greek, etc.) occurring in the present instalment of Record of Yoga. Sortileges and words written in Devanagari script are omitted, as are Sanskrit terms which are common in Sri Aurobindo's writings and do not have a special sense in the Record. Words are Sanskrit unless otherwise indicated. Sanskrit words are spelled in the glossary according to the standard international system of transliteration. In the text of the Record, the spellings and diacritics are those of the manuscript.       Words are defined in this glossary only in the senses in which they are used in the portion of the Record published in the pre