But mentally, you know ... (Mother makes a gesture: completely obtuse). There is a prince of Kashmir who came here once, a young man [[Yuvaraj Karan Singh. ]]; he went to England, and there he wrote a thesis on Sri Aurobindo's political life, Sri Aurobindo, Prophet of Indian Nationalism, with a preface by Jawaharlal Nehru. I read the preface, but afterwards, the day after I saw Nehru - it's awful! Understands nothing, he understands nothing, nothing, nothing, absolutely obtuse. It's very kind, but written by someone who understands nothing.... I will tell you the thing: between my first and second visits here, while I was away in Japan and Gandhi was starting his campaign, [[Gandhi arrived in India in January 1915 from Africa. He started his "noncooperation" campaign in 1920. ]] he sent a telegram, then a messenger, to Sri Aurobindo here, asking him to be president of the Congress - to which Sri Aurobindo answered "No."

Those people never forgave him.

Yes, he never understood why Sri Aurobindo did not resume his political life.
No. And then, you see, he takes Gandhi's asceticism for spiritual life - always the same mistake! There's no way to pull them out of it. Unfortunately, the entire world has caught the same idea.

Then when there was that Cripps proposal, [[See Agenda III, November 17, 1962, p. 420. ]] I believe it was Nehru (or Gandhi, I don't remember which of the two) who said, "He has withdrawn from political life, why is he meddling! It's none of his business." They never forgave him. That is to say, completely obtuse, unable to understand that one can have a knowledge higher than practical knowledge.

There you are.

page 173-74 - Mother's Agenda , volume 4 , 15th June 1963

They've asked me for a message.... On the 19th, the prince of Kashmir, K.S., is holding in Delhi a big meeting of all the members of the parliament and the government to tell them that there is only one policy worth following, that of Sri Aurobindo. And he wants a message from me. Here it is:

"O India, land of Light and spiritual knowl

edge, wake up to your true mission in the

world. Show the way to union and harmony."

I deliberately didn't use the word peace; I said harmony. I don't want to say peace, because for them, peace means telling other nations platitudes so as not to fight (!). So I don't want to use that word.


page 256 , Mother's Agenda , volume 8 , 12th Aug - 1967

Do you know K.S., the former prince of Kashmir? He has founded a sort of "committee for Sri Aurobindo's centenary." He's very active and they want to found ... an "institute" or something to "study Sri Aurobindo's works" and to "put them into practice" from a governmental and international point of view. He first thought of founding it in Delhi - I said, "Fine." But there was a big movement for it to take place here, in Auroville .... There are two things they want to do in Auroville: that institute, and in 1972, they want to launch an Indian satellite for "communications," and they've nearly decided that it will be launched from Auroville and will be called Sri Aurobindo .... And then, I already told you about a boat that will leave from America also in '72 - Sri Aurobindo's Boat. They're trying to do something ...


Page 479-80 , Mother's Agenda , volume 10 , 20th Dec - 1969