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
PURANI: Gandhi speaks of a premonition of a fast.
SRI AUROBINDO: Good Lord!
PURANI: In reply to Malaviya who had asked him not to fast whatever else he might do, Gandhi said that if he was inspired by God, he might or must.
SRI AUROBINDO: The British Government ought to set up somebody to fast against him—(laughter) not to give up his fast till Gandhi stops.
NIRODBARAN: Linlithgow is returning, it seems.
SRI AUROBINDO: Yes.
PURANI: They talk of Samuel Hoare as the successor to Linlithgow. In the Indian Express there is a cartoon showing Hoare as a rabbit being stewed in his own juice. (Laughter)
SRI AUROBINDO: He is needed in Spain. Lothian would have been the best choice. But he is also much needed in America.
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