Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume IV - Part 3

Fragment ID: 14604

As for Sannyasis and food, Sannyasis put a compulsion on their desires in this and other matters – they take ascetic food as a principle; but this does not necessarily kill the greed for food, it remains compressed and, if the compulsion or principle is removed, it can come up again stronger than before – for compression without removal often increases the force of these things instead of destroying them.