Page 7 - Sri Aurobindo on Sri Krishna

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)