Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume II - Part 1
Fragment ID: 10897
Such qualities as faith, sincerity, aspiration, devotion etc. make up the perfection indicated in our language of the flowers1. In ordinary language it would mean something else such as purity, love, benevolence, fidelity and a host of other virtues.
1 The Mother named the Plumeria flower “Psychological perfection” and said that its five elements were faith, sincerity, aspiration, devotion and surrender. – Ed.