Sri Aurobindo
Autobiographical Notes
and Other Writings of Historical Interest
Part Two. Letters of Historical Interest
2.Early Letters on Yoga and the Spiritual Life 1911–1928
To People in India, 1914–1926
To N. K. Gogte [1]1
Dear Sir,
I regret that I have not been able to reply as yet to your postcard. I am entirely occupied with the work for the Review which has to be given to the Press shortly. After the 17th I shall be more free and hope then to be able to reply to the questions you have put to us.
Yours sincerely
Aurobindo Ghose
Pondicherry
9 Sept. 1914
1 othing is known about the recipient of these letters, except that he wrote to Sri Aurobindo after the appearance of the first issue of the Arya asking some questions about meditation. Gogte was perhaps hoping that his question would be answered in “The Question of the Month”, a feature in early issues of the journal. Sri Aurobindo in fact wrote an answer to the question “What exactly is meant by meditation in Yoga? And what should be its objects?” in the October 1914 issue (published in Essays in Philosophy and Yoga, volume 13 of The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo, pp. 445–47). This essay bears some resemblance to the answer he sent directly to Gogte.{{1}}9 September 1914. This is a postcard sent by Sri Aurobindo to Gogte explaining that he was unable to answer his letter immediately.