title: Sri Aurobindo's Humour
author: Nirodbaran
description: Pretty arcane dialogues between Sri Aurobindo and his privileged devotee Nirodbaran... Context not always clear and therefore the 'humour' may escape one's attention
zlib_text: Talks with Sri Aurobindo
  Volume 2
  by Nirodbaran
  Sri Aurobindo Ashram
  Pondicherry
  
  Pre Note
  Talks with Sri Aurobindo is a thousand-page record of Sri Aurobindo's con-
  versations with the disciples who attended 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. 
  NOTE
  These talks are from my notebooks. For several years I used to record most
  of the conversations whic