Sri Aurobindo : conversations
Talks with Sri Aurobindo is a thousand-page record of Sri Aurobindo's conversations with the disciples who attended to him during the last twelve years of his life. The talks are informal and open-ended, for the attendants were free to ask whatever questions came to mind. Sri Aurobindo speaks of his own life and work, of the Mother and the Ashram, of his path of Yoga and other paths, of India's social, cultural and spiritual life, of the country's struggle for political independence, of Hitler and the Second World War, of modern science, art and poetry, and of many other things that arose in the course of conversation. Serious discussion is balanced with light-hearted banter and humour. By recording these human touches, Nirodbaran has brought out the warm and intimate atmosphere of the talks.
THEME/S
SATYENDRA: The British Government is preparing a huge scheme of insurance for all against the destruction caused by Germany.
SRI AUROBINDO: Yes, it will be a heavy bill. I don't see how they can meet it unless they socialise the whole Government. It is only by socialisation that they can succeed.
SATYENDRA: It may lead to socialism in England after the war.
SRI AUROBINDO: Yes, some form of modified socialism, of course.
PURANI: Shaw goes a step further—he wants communism.
SRI AUROBINDO: Communism exists nowhere, not even in Russia.
EVENING
PURANI: Sarat Bose has also been expelled from the Congress.
SRI AUROBINDO(laughing): Yes, two great Bose brothers are gone now. They may try to do some mischief now.
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