Satguru Swami Tapovanam, known to the mahatmas as the vibhooti of the Himalayas spent half of his life amidst these ancient mountains. A number of sadhus and other aspirants had sat at his feet and received his grace and guidance in spiritual knowledge. Well informed as he was in our scriptures, his teaching was considered the most authentic. As a master renunciate, his guidance in solving problems faced by the spiritual seekers was always sought after.

It is the good fortune of the seekers that his spiritual guidance to a devotee couple in the 50s in the form of letters is now available in this book. Written by Sri Satguru’s own hand in Malayalam, the letters help one gain spiritual strength and devotion to the Lord.

We are sure that this book will be welcomed by aspirants all the world over.

We are grateful to H. H. Swami Mahadevavanam for bringing these letters into light by publishing the originals in a book form. On his request Sri T. N. Keshava Pillai has translated these letters into English, at once lucid and close to the original. We are grateful for his services. We also acknowledge our gratefulness to the couple Mr. and Mrs. Chandrasekhara Menon who were the happy recipients of the grace and the graceful letters of Satguru Sri Swami Tapovanam, who not only permitted us to publish them but also parted with the original letters for being preserved in our ashrama at Powai, Bombay.

Bombay 400 072

28-2-1976

Central Chinmaya Mission Trust