Author(s): Swami Ramdas

Swami Ramdas

All the speeches and talks given by Swami Ramdas including answers to questions during his World Tour which began on 3rd August 1954 and ended on 2nd January 1955, were first published by Anandashram in ten volumes. As a matter of convenience, the original Volumes 5 and 6 have been together published as this volume. This volume covers Pujya Swamiji's speeches, etc., from 14th September to 19th October 1954 in France, Belgium, Holland, England and America.

The object with which the tour was undertaken is given in the address which he delivered in Bombay on the eve of his departure to Europe and published as Publisher's Note to the first volume. The circumstances in which the tour was conceived and conducted have been described by Swamiji in his book "World is God". The publication of these volumes has been made possible by the indefatigable labours of Swami Satchidananda who accompanied Swami Ramdas and took copious shorthand notes of the talks and speeches at various places.

For the story of Swami Ramdas' life before renunciation, the reader is referred to the book, "Passage to Divinity" by Chandrashekhar. Swamiji, in his Autobiographical volumes "In Quest of God" and "In the Vision of God", narrates his spiritual struggles and experiences and gives an account of the founding of Anandashram to spread the message of Universal Love and Service.