Yearly Archive: 2004

 At Trayee Brindavan (Sai Baba’s ashram in Bangalore), Bhagavan Baba gave a detailed account of the life of Samartha Ramadas, the great saint from Maharashtra, west India. In a place called Badar in the

Come! O’ Come! O’ Lord to one and all Thou Divine stealer of hearts and souls With a melodious patter of Thy lovely feet Moving like the soft breath of the fading wind Thy

Dr. R. S. Padmanabhan is regarded by some as Swami’s most sincere living devotee today. On his 80th birthday, Bhagavan called him and a few relatives for an interview. Swami hugged him and told

The Navaratri (nine nights) is the festival to commemorate the victory of good versus evil. The embodiment of divine power in its various manifestations as Mahasaraswati (satwic—pure), Mahalakshmi (rajasic—activity) and Mahakali (tamasic—dullness) was able

Question: Swami, I beg your pardon for asking this question. While I am afraid to pose the question, I am also very keen to know the answer from You. Since You are our most

One of the first principles of straight living is the practice of silence. For the voice of God can be heard in the region of your heart only when the tongue is stilled and

The following article is condensed from a discourse Sathya Sai Baba gave at Prasanthi Nilayam on the occasion of Krishna’s birthday, August 14, 1990. Like a feast to a starving man, Like rain for the parched earth,

Story 1 An old merchant from Kuppam arrived late one evening by car with his family. As soon as Baba saw him, He asked, “How deep is the well?” I thought the inquiry was

Today man is deluded by attachment. He is unable to realize the sacredness of the human body. So, like birds and animals he is engaging in worldly pleasures.  Human body is gifted to experience

In the following article, condensed from a discourse given by Sathya Sai Baba at Prasanthi Nilayam on the last day of the Dasara festival, October 6, 1992, Swami talks about His past incarnation as

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba clarifies the meaning behind the worship of Ganesha, the figure of God with the elephant head. In the following discourse delivered at Prasanthi Nilayam, He encourages us to look behind

Once it happened that Krishna [a Hindu deity], [His brother] Balarama and [His cousin] Satyaki, who were little boys scarcely four or five years old at that time, strayed into a thick jungle all