Editor's preface

In the autumn of 1978, Sri Chinmoy embarked on a lecture and concert tour through the State of California. This book contains the lectures he delivered plus some of the interviews he had with educational, political and military officials in the state.

Included in this volume is a most significant lecture Sri Chinmoy delivered the following year at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California, entitled "The Meaning of Discipleship Today".