Talks with Sri Aurobindo: Volume 1

by Sri Aurobindo and The Mother and Nirodbaran

(Now reprinted with the entire content comprised in 2 volumes)

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
• The Mother and the Ashram
• His path of Yoga and other paths
• India's social, cultural and spiritual life
• The country's struggle for political independence
• Hitler and the Second World War
• Of modern science, art and poetry
• 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.  

About the Author:

Sri Aurobindo was an Indian/Hindu nationalist, scholar, poet, mystic, evolutionary philosopher, yogi and guru. After a short political career in which he became one of leaders of the early movement for the freedom of India from British rule, Sri Aurobindo turned to the development and practice of a new spiritual path which he called the "integral yoga," the aim of which was to further the evolution of life on earth by establishing a high level of spiritual consciousness which he called the Supermind that would represent a divine life.

Sri Aurobindo wrote prolifically in English on his spiritual philosophy and practice, on social and political development, on Indian culture including extensive commentaries and translations of ancient Indian scriptures, on literature and poetry including the writing of much spiritual poetry.