How God Came into My Life

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Through the ages, great souls have appeared who have seen God face to face and have walked with Him during their lives. They may belong to different times and they may have been born in different lands. But they are, all of them, Pilgrims to the Eternal who lived, moved and had their entire being in God. Some of them had this in- stinct for God implanted in their hearts even from birth. The souls of some others, which they had ignorantly mortgaged to the enticements of the world, were miraculously redeemed by God and they turned a new leaf in their lives. A few others had to struggle the hard way against ob- stacles to their devotion and had to face privation, poverty and even persecution. But like the true devotees that they were, they transformed these hindrances into opportunities to strengthen them in their resolve not to be deflected from their quest for God. Some of these God-intoxicated Saints often broke forth in strains of devotional poetry in which they proclaimed the glory of the great Original from which everything has sprung.

This book attempts to give glimpses of the way that God confronted these saintly personages and annexed them to Himself. They are published in the hope that they will invite the reader to greater intimacy with these devotees of the one universal God.

The Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan-that Institute of Indian Culture in Bombay-needed a Book University, a series of books which, if read, would serve the purpose of providing higher education. Particular emphasis, however, was to be put on such literature as revealed the deeper impulsions of India. As a first step it was decided to bring out in English 100 books, 50 of which were to be taken in hand almost at once.

It is our intention to publish the books we select, not only in English, but also in the following Indian languages: Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.

This scheme, involving the publication of 900 volumes, requires ample funds and an all-India organisa- tion. The Bhavan is exerting its utmost to supply them.

The objectives for which the Bhavan stands are the reintegration of Indian culture in the light of modern knowledge and to suit our present-day needs and the resuscitation of its fundamental values in their pristine vigour.