Patel, Govindbhai

My Pilgrimage to the Spirit

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Sri Aurobindo — Patel, Govindbhai

December 28, 1933

December 28, 1933

Mahatma Gandhi wrote to me as follows:

December 25, 1933

After receiving your letter, I enquired and came to know that there was an invitation from Pondicherry and most probably I shall have to go there. If I come, I would very much wish to see Sri Aurobindo. So, see if you can arrange for an interview, without much trouble. Personally I am going to ask for it when my coming is finally decided.

Rajahmundry

The following reply was sent throught me:

... I am unable to see him because for a long time past I have made it an absolute rule not to have any interview with anyone. I do not even speak with my disciples and only give a silent blessing to them three times a year. All requests for an interview from others, I have been obliged to refuse. The rule has been imposed on me by the necessity of my sadhana and is not at all a matter of convenience or anything else. The time has not come when I can depart from it.