Preface (9) for the valuable assistance which he rendered on behalf of the Ganpati Sansthan to the foundation of the Adhyatma Vidya Mandir, to which the credit of the preparation and printing of the present and the companion volume is entirely due. The prepa- ration of the present work acquired a new impetus since the starting of the Adhyatma Vidya Mandir in 1947, though initially the work had been begun six years before. When His Highness the Raja- saheb of Sangli expressed his earnest desire that "the highest, the noblest, the grandest, and the most glorious purpose that one can conceive be achie- ved, himself being an humble tool in the matter", hearty response was given to it on that day, the Ashadha Shuddha Ekadashi, 29th June 1947, which was, therefore, regarded as the Foundation day. No small praise is due to my spiritual friend, the late Shri M. H. Gadagkar, B. A., at whose earnest initiative the Adhyatma Vidya Mandir began to take concrete shape. It has to be noted also that but for the very efficient conduct and management of the affairs of the Adhyatma Vidya Mandir by such sympathetic and spiritually-mind- ed persons as Shri G. V. Tulpule, M. A., Prof. N.G. Damle, M. A., and Shri K. D. Sangoram, B.A., LL.B., nothing great could have been achieved. A great deal of the organisation of the Adhyatma Vidya Mandir was due to Shri S. N. Deshpande, M. A., B. Sc., who as Manager of the Ganpati Sansthan Press, has carried to completion the printing of the present volume and the companion volume to follow.
