for a single Ashram and variety can be the spice of Yoga as well as of life.Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume 2. 1934 — 1935
Letter ID: 677
Sri Aurobindo — Roy, Dilip Kumar
Undated
Well, I don’t know that I want you to go as far as Anilbaran or give up speaking and singing! One Anilbaran is enough for a single Ashram and variety can be the spice of Yoga as well as of life.
But what is the matter with Bejoy Chatterji1? This fantastic case has lifted him up beyond earthly realities? Or he has been taking bhang with the Sannyasis? Whence these stupendous imaginations? You might suggest to him that if he wants to invite the Kutch river or the mountain Chitrakoot to Calcutta to preside over this affair, he need not be shy about it – perhaps they might consent. As for myself, I am trying to have a vision of myself presiding over a Congress of all religions. God! before it was well on its way I would have evaporated into the formless (and Congressless) Brahman. As such evaporation is not in my programme, I must unregretfully decline.
1 Bejoy Chatterji (1879-1943). A barrister. Joined the staff of the paper Bande Mataram and worked with Sri Aurobindo as co-editor.