My friends wonder why I take so little food. But why should I eat much just to satisfy the body’s appetite?Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume 2. 1935
Fragment ID: 16994
1935
My friends wonder why I take so little food. But why should I eat much just to satisfy the body’s appetite?
Food is necessary for the maintenance of the body which is the instrument of the sadhana, so it must be taken in sufficient quantity for that. It is not to satisfy the appetite but for this purpose that you must take sufficient food.