Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba (an interpretation); the man and the Avatar

softcover, 1975, 308pp, in good condition, cover some wear, stamp on first page

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Bhagavan Sathya Sai Baba has been a name to conjure within different parts of the world. An enchanting bhajan composer and singer, a world teacher, and unexcelled educator of the vital, a yogishwara pressing an amazing variety of talent and capacity into service for the fulfillment of his mission, a kalpataru or a wish-fulfilling tree for his devotees, the very avatar of Love, the Voice of one's own innermost heart speaking to each individual externally, a universal presence to be felt and known, a promoter Matter and Spirit and the inaugurator of a new social order, he is easily the most colorful and many-faceted prophet that modern India has produced. Several antinomies meet and mingle and are reconciled in his personality- the most significant pair being one of Solitude and Multitude.

Thousands of Sathya Sai Samitis function in all parts of India and there are hundreds of them in the U.S.A, U.K. and several other parts of the world. Crowds collect in their lakhs to hear him in India. What is the secret of this charismatic power that Bhagavan Baba wields wherever he goes?

Baba declared in the Sri Sathya Sai world Conference held in Bombay in 1968 that the mission for which he has come is the spiritual regeneration of India and of the mankind through him. And he has said that he will not cease from his labours till his mission is fulfilled.

There are books in the field which detail has miracles, give an account of the setting in which he works, or are chronological surveys of his life-events. This book is an interpretation of the many facets of Baba's personality by a disciple who has lived close to him in his Asram and moved with him on his momentous tours. Professor Vinayak Krishna Gokak is one of those who are near and dear all in an ocean of love which encircles and buoys up equally all those who have plunged into it. The reader is invited to take a dip into the refreshing and radiant waters of this little pool before encountering the ocean itself.