Preface

Dear Reader, addressing a mammoth gathering at Gudur some years ago, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba said, "You will not be wrong if you call Me Premaswarupa". In fact, Baba showers Prema, seeks Prema, and establishes Prema in the heart of the individual, the fabric of society and the complex of nations. Humanity which has lost its way and is shivering in terror unable to control the evil that it has generated by its insane pranks, needs Baba's Grace and Prema, to allay its neurosis and bring it back to the Light. Baba said years ago that He would inaugurate His task of re-creating and re-forming Man on the true basis of Dharma, when he completes thirty-two years of stay here upon the Earth. In 1958, when he reached that moment, He blessed the venture of a monthly magazine, and he named it Sanathana Sarathi, a name full of fragrance of the Githa and the Lord's Role as the Charioteer of whoever selects Him as the Guide. It is significant that the very first series of articles that Baba wrote for the Sanathana Sarathi was "Prema Vahini". These discourses are collected in this book, as they were first presented, in English Translation. Sathya, Dharma, Santhi and Prema are the Four Pillars of the New World of the Sai Era and under Baba's Guidance, humanity has to discover Santhi, through Prema. For that task, this book will be of immense help; while reading it you are in touch with the very source of Prema; while translating its message into action, you are visibly led by the Grace of the Lord Himself; while enjoying the thrill of Sadhana prescribed here, you are responding to the majesty of the very Ocean of Mercy.

N. Kasturi, Editor, Sanathana Sarathi