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
Germany has sunk a French refugee ship.
SRI AUROBINDO(smiling): You have seen how Hitler says Churchill has sunk the French ship.
PURANI: Does he say that?
SRI AUROBINDO: Yes. The Daily Herald has a report, perhaps true, about Germany inventing the story that England is going to invade France and Germany will come in as a saviour. (Laughter)
PURANI: Hitler wants all the world to believe this!
NIRODBARAN: Probably it is meant for home consumption.
PURANI: He is making Brittany an autonomous state, it appears.
SRI AUROBINDO: Yes. If reports are true, he intends to take back Alsace-Lorraine and make a kingdom of Flanders with Northern France included in it. Perhaps Italy will take Savoy, Nice and Corsica.
NIRODBARAN: Mussolini is stretching his arm to Palestine too.
SRI AUROBINDO: Yes, and he wants to drive out the Jews en masse.
SATYENDRA: Poor Jews! They have been cursed through the ages, driven out from everywhere
NIRODBARAN: Why is it so?
SRI AUROBINDO: Firstly, they have always tried to keep their individuality and, secondly, everywhere, by their cleverness, they have come to the top in all the professions and have created envy among others.
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