Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 2. 1934 — 1935

Letter ID: 544

Sri Aurobindo — Roy, Dilip Kumar

January 1935

Since you have been so kind as to go through my letter of yesterday please achieve this also. I happened to chance upon a book¹ of this very Dr. Stanley Jones and one of his most popular ones (to judge by its numerous editions indicated on the fly leaf) and could not refrain from quoting a few passages, therefrom. Yes, he is liberal – but of this superficial type and more dangerous because of his liberalism it seems to me. He is sure however (complimenting India, naturally, for it all) that “India is becoming saturated with Christ’s thoughts and ideals and is heavy to the point of precipitation into Christian forms and expressions.” Qu’en dites-vous, since he considers your saying if you put Supramental for Christ in the sentence quoted which is wrong? The Supramentalist or the Christist? Puzzling, what? Please correct also wherever needed, never mind the Supra whatever it is.

Precipitation indeed! The wish is father to this very precipitate thought. Well, I don’t think I would put the Supramental into competition on that basis with Christ. If there is any truth to be taken up in the Stanley Jones Christ it will be taken up, but surely not in Christian form or expression.

¹ Christ of the Indian Road.

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