Question: What is Indian humour?
Guru: Many years ago a seeker from North Dakota made her first promise to her Indian Master. It was that she would be in the hotel lobby at a particular time early in the morning to take the Master to the airport. Now the Master had implicit faith in this North Dakota seeker. But the North Dakota seeker did not fulfil her first promise to her Master. So the human in the Master said, “She is a perfect Indian disciple, for she believes in eternal time, not earth-bound time.” The North Dakota seeker came quite late, but the Master was lucky enough not to miss his plane.
Sri Chinmoy, AUM — Vol.II-5, No. 4, 27 April 1978, Vishma Press, 1978