Page 9 - Sri Aurobindo on Sri Krishna
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When Sri Aurobindo wrote to a disciple who had Sri Krishna
as his iṣṭa-deva
... your turn towards Krishna was not an obstacle....I affirm that
positively in answer to your question. If we consider the large and indeed
predominant part he played in my own sadhana, it would be strange if
the part he has in your sadhana could be considered objectionable.
Sectarianism is a matter of dogma, ritual etc., not of spiritual
experience; the concentration on Krishna is a self-offering to the iṣṭa-
deva. If you reach Krishna you reach the Divine; if you can give yourself
to him, you give yourself to me. Your inability to identify may be because
you are laying too much stress on the physical aspects, consciously or
unconsciously.
(CWSA, 35: 431)
