August 1, 1962⁷

A well-known member of the Ashram handed a letter to Amrita for the Mother, requesting him to read the letter. Amrita went upstairs and read the letter to the Mother. When he brought it back, he asked Rose to put the letter inside an envelope and seal it. A few hours later, when the sadhak came back to Amrita to learn about the letter, Amrita gave him the envelope and said:

> Who says it is a letter? You must teach me English.

[At that time Nolini happened to enter Amrita's room.]

Sadhak: Nolini-da, Amrita-da always cuts jokes with me.

Nolini: What else can he do? Why do you forget that this is his nature?

Amrita: I must say that it is not my nature, but my poor fate.

From:Chinmoy Kumar Ghose,Amrita: the fount of nectar-delight, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1972
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