Sandeha Nivarini

“I am the Sai Baba of Shirdi come again; then I was mostly engaged in preparing the meal; now, I have come to feed you all with the strengthening and purifying repast,” says Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, of Prasanthi Nilayam, in the village of Puttaparthi, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh. He announced thus, in his Fourteenth year, while casting away his school books and addressing the first gathering of devotees in 1940. Ever since, Baba has been consoling, correcting, and curing, with His Compassion and All-conquering Prema, an ever-increasing band of physical and spiritual sufferers and establishing the new Sai Era of Peace and Joy. As part of His Mission of Dharma-sthäpana, Baba started in February, 1958 a monthly magazine to which He gave the significant name, Sanätana Särathi. Evidently, He meant to declate Himself more clearly through that title, the fact that He is both Sanätana (Ancient) and Särathi (the Charioteer of all physical embodied beings). He announced that the Sanätana Särathi is engaged in a campaign against Falsehood of all types and varieties, and also against the Spirit of Selfishness. This series of dialogues with Baba, published in the magazine originally in Telugu, reveals His Method of unravelling the mysteries of spiritual Truth and lovingly removing the mist that hides the vision of aspirants. This book is now before you. Perused with care and faith, it is bound to clarify, reinforce and convince. May its perusal lead you nearer and nearer the goal.

N. KASTURI, M.A., B.L.,
Editor, Sanatana Sarathi