Book Review of the week - God in Our Midst. Poornavathar Sri Sathya Sai Baba

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Book Review of the week

Wednesday, November 19, 2003

 

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God in Our Midst. Poornavathar Sri Sathya Sai Baba

by Dr. Hiramalini Seshadri

Amra Publisher, Chennai, India; 1999

216 pages

 

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Back Cover

 

Widely known as the Man of Miracles, Sri Sathya Sai Baba remains an

unexplained phenomenon to mankind at large, even at the turn of the

millenium. God Incarnate to millions of His followers, a World

Teacher to other millions of admirers, Baba has won the praise of

even doubters and detractors by His singular pursuit of the ideal

that "Service to man is service to God". In this personalised

biography, Hiramalini Seshadri captures the essence that is Sathya

Sai Baba. Her transparent honesty, strength of conviction and

logical analysis make the book a compelling read; the lucid style of

writing and heart warming narrative add to the book's can't put down

quality. A thought provoking read, this book could change your life!

A person of many parts, Hiramalini Seshadri, besides being a popular

freelance writer and vocalist of the Sai Kriti Concert Group, is a

Senior Consultant in Internal Medicine at the well known Apollo

Hospitals, Chennai. The first Indian woman to be elected to the

British Society for Rheumatology, she has to her credit many

scientific articles and a chapter on rheumatology in a clinical text

book of medicine. This biography of Sri Sathya Sai Baba is her first

major book.

 

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Contents

 

The Story behind this Book

Acknowledgements

Introduction: God and Avatars

Chapter 1: Prophecies

Chapter 2: The Advent and Early Years

Chapter 3: Sathya to Sathya Sai Baba

Chapter 4: The World Discovers Baba

Chapter 5: Avatar - The Magnet

Chapter 6: Baba and the World's Religions

Chapter 7: The Sathya Sai Mission

Chapter 8: Prashanthi Nilayam

Chapter 9: The Times to Come

Postscript

Glossary

Illustrations

 

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GOD IN OUR MIDST – POORNAVATARA SAI – Review by Ron Nater

The writer of God In Our Midst, Dr. Hiramalini Seshadri, explains in

the opening of her book that she is only the pen, and the real

writer is Sathya Sai Baba. In which case Sai Baba has a wonderfully

light and very easy-to-follow writing style, which invites the

reader to read on and on effortlessly. The book starts with a

scientific but light-hearted kind of study of who we are, why we are

here and why God created us. The story of Sathya Sai Baba unfolds

through the quoting of many prophesies, from many different sources,

which foretold Sai Baba's incarnation. Dr. Seshadri then continues

to tell us about Sai Baba's birth and growing up as a small child,

while he was surrounded by and performed many unbelievable acts and

miracles for his friends. The open and easy-going narration of

Shirdi Sai Baba's life and the many experiences with Sai Baba, as

quoted from books written by many devotees, leaves the reader with a

very playful and open attitude towards God and life. Sai Baba's

human sides, Sai Baba and the world religions and Sai Baba's mission

are beautifully clarified, and the book finishes with a description

of Prashanti Nilayam, Sai Baba's home for everyone, and of the times

to come. A wonderful, very complete, joyful and jovial little gem

about the life and times of Sri Sathya Sai Baba!

 

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The book is available at:

 

Sri Sathya Sai Book and Information Center, Toronto Canada

http://www.saibooks.org

 

Sathya Sai Book Center Of America

http://www.sathyasai.org/inform/tustin.htm

 

Sathya Sai Book Centre, London UK

http://www.srisathyasaibooks.org.uk/

 

Jai Sai Ram Books

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