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                                           Sri Aurobindo said that
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                                           religious kriyas (rituals),
                                           h       e          h       i  m           s     e      l   f       h       a     d           d       o      n       e          s     o       m          e
                                           and added: “If they are
                                           r     e      l   i   g      i   o      u       s         k      r    i   y      a      s        (   r     i   t    u       a      l  s     )   ,

                                           done sincerely, one may

                                           a      n       d          a      d       d       e      d       :      “    I   f       t    h       e      y          a      r    e






                                           attain the Divine.

                                           d       o       n       e         s     i   n       c      e      r     e      l   y      ,     o       n       e          m          a      y






                                           Otherwise, one generally

                                           a      t    t    a      i   n          t    h       e          D         i  v      i   n       e      .






                                           gets the realisation of the


                                           O          t    h       e      r    w          i   s     e      ,      o      n       e          g      e      n       e      r     a      l  l   y





                                           vital gods. Men must be


                                           g       e      t    s        t     h      e          r     e      a      l  i   s     a      t    i   o      n           o      f       t    h       e









                                           v      i   t    a      l      g      o       d      s      .     M           e      n           m          u       s     t        b       e









                                           absolutely sincere.”
                                           a      b       s     o      l   u       t    e      l   y         s     i   n       c      e      r     e      .  ”













                                                   -Champaklal Speaks, 2002, p. 121









































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