Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume I - Part 4

Fragment ID: 10503

I only said what was originally meant by the ceremonies – the rites. I was not referring to the feeding of the caste or the Brahmins which is not a rite or ceremony. Whether the śrāddha as performed is actually effective is another matter – for those who perform it have not either the knowledge or the occult power.