Yogi Ramsuratkumar was for many years an almost secret saint in India, hiding in plain sight as he was by wandering the streets as a beggar. Today his ashram in Tamil Nadu is a pilgrimate site for thousands.

Step into the unfolding sotry of this great yogi's life. Firsthand accounts, anecdotes and teaching stories open his life within these pages, a life that is mystical and astounding in its scope whiel at the same time felt to be "nearer than the near." To be touched by the truth, beauty and love that emanate from such a being is to be reminded of our deepest longings.

The life of this beggar, Yogi Ramsuratkumar, calls upon us to touch the spiritual longing within ourselves and celebrate the inspiration of a rare man who abandoned everything for God.