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