Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 4

Letter ID: 1022

Sri Aurobindo — Roy, Dilip Kumar

August 13, 1945

I never said anything of this kind and never mentioned Krishna in connection with the Mikado. All that I said about the Mikado was that he (or it is rather his position as the divine descendant of the Sun-goddess, Mother of Nippon) was the centre of the whole social system, culture and religion of patriotism of the Japanese nation and if that broke down, all the rest would sink down with it. That is a historical and actual fact as anybody who knows anything of that country at first hand will tell. I fail to see how in saying that obvious thing I did anything wrong. Whether the Japanese were right or wrong or their faith justified was not the question; and Krishna has nothing to do with the Mikado.

It is a pity that you still allow yourself to be emotionally upset by anything said by anybody, whether as a report or an opinion or a dictum about Yoga, etc. This you have done so many times and I have pointed out the mistake. You must get rid of this altogether. If you hear anything attributed to me you should merely ask me first as to what I actually said or did. Apart from inventions, people often misreport owing to misunderstanding or inaccurate memory. Anyhow now that you know that your reaction was groundless, you will I hope get over it at once and recover the peace that came to you before this happened. Keep to that and don’t allow anything to interfere with it.

My love and blessings.