Sri Aurobindo
The Mother

to Prithwi Singh

Correspondence (1933-1967)

29 October 1935

Prithwi Singh — Sri Aurobindo

Mother,

It is mentioned in p.45 of The Mother that there are Vibhutis of the powers and personalities of the Ishwara and those of the Mother, but in both cases it is the action of Grace of the Mother, Her power and force and working that can alone effect a transformation of the Vibhuti.

I should like to know Mother what is the difference in the form of expression or realisation between the Vibhuti of the Ishwara and the Vibhuti of the Mother? E.g. Christ, Chaitanya, Ramkrishna, Confucius, Zarathustra, Mahummad, Buddha, Sankara, Alexander, Napoleon — among these well-known figures who are the Vibhutis of the Mother and who are the Vibhutis of the Ishwara? And what to say of the Mother's action in the case of the Avatara, Rama and Krishna? I should like to know something of these, Mother.

With deep devotion

Prithwisingh

The¹ Mother's vibhutis would normally be feminine personalities most of whom would be dominated by one of the four personalities of the Mother. The others you mention would be personalities and powers of the Ishwara, but in them also as in all the Mother's force would act. I do not quite catch the question about the transformation of the Vibhutis. All creation and transformation is the work of the Mother.

Sri Aurobindo
29 October 1935

¹ This letter was published at Vol.25 of SABCL

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