Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

CWSA 35

Fragment ID: 9095

Acceptance as a Disciple, 1926 – 1949 [37]

As for the Zamindar he seems to expect some dīkṣā of the traditional kind from me, but this I do not give. He will have to be told that I do not and that my method is different. It may be a little difficult to explain to him or for him to understand what it is. Perhaps he may be told that those who come to have the Yoga are not accepted at once and there is sometimes a long period of trial before they are. We can see how he takes it and decide afterwards if he persists in his desire to come here.

11 July 1949