Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

CWSA 35

Fragment ID: 9606

Visiting the Ashram [4]

He can come for darshan on August 15th, but accommodation in the Asram is very doubtful as there is very little and old habitual visitors and disciples have first claim. As for staying after the darshan that we do not usually decide till we have seen the person. The charge for board and lodging is 1 Re. a day or 30 Rs. a month – 10 as. is the charge for boarding only, as many stay outside but take their food in the Asram. If he lives outside then the question of sanction does not arise (for the one month’s stay); only if he wants to live in the Asram. As to personal instructions, he knows I suppose that I see nobody – Mother also is unable to see people freely – the personal element comes in not so much through verbal instruction as through a spiritual influence and reception between the Guru and disciple.

24 March 1937