FOREWORD This is an invaluable discourse delivered by the late Shri Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar, the second Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangha, who we affectionately know as Shri Guruji. Many Swayamsevaks introduce themselves by saying, "I am an Ordinary Swayamsevek." Taking a clue from this type of introduction, Shri Guruji has ably elaborated all salient features of the R.S.S. in this small discourse. Narrating many events from the life of Dr. Hedgewar, the founder of Sarsanghchalak of the R.S.S., Shri Guruji has explained in a very simple, lucid, and organized style how a Swayamsevak should conduct himself in society, how