Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume II - Part 1

Fragment ID: 11364

Ramakrishna had the siddhi himself before he began giving to others – so had Buddha. I don’t know about the others [Vivekananda, Ramatirtha, Ramdas, Mahavir, Shankara]. By perfection of course is meant siddhi in one’s own path – realisation. Ramakrishna always put that as a rule that one should not become a teacher to others until one has the full authority.