Yearly Archive: 2004

Just as the rays of the sun absorb water vapor from the sea, gather them into clouds, and drop them as rain on earth so that they may flow as rivers back into the

It was the hour when man, bird, and beast were still wrapped in sleep. Everything had melted in the thick darkness. The train was speeding along like a spangled snake, along the sub-Himalayan jungle

Why the Form Bhagavan Baba is a unique incarnation of the supreme power whose purpose in taking human form is to make mankind realize the self within which is the eternal reality. Even while

Four years ago, my only son (now 10 years of age) had a severe scald, when he slipped into boiling sugar cane juice, his right forearm being badly affected. He could not bear the

Like a child I run to The With singing inner smile; I clap Thy mystery Like poet his dreamy thrill. Decked in simplicity, Clothed in dedication, I embrace Thy beauty With psychic intuition. I

Is it true? Can it be true? A boy calling himself Sai Baba! And consoling the dispirited, curing the ill, exorcising ghosts and teaching the old! I heard of this 16-year-old prodigy and entered

Question:  Swami, many speak of culture. What is the value of culture? Bhagawan: Culture is very important because your life and its value depend on it. Culture is a way of life. Culture enables

The easiest and most fruitful method of keeping yourself free from dust and rust is satsang (holy company). The company of the good and the godly will slowly and surely chasten and cleanse the

This discourse, given by Sathya Sai Baba at His Prasanthi Nilayam ashram in 1965, points out the way the spiritual seeker should proceed along the path to self-realization. Mukkoti Ekadasi [an Indian festival commemorating

Dr. Choudary Voleti, a cardiac surgeon, comes from South India. He was drawn to the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, one of Bhagavan’s many contributions of divine grace to mankind. Baba’s

Baba is the Moon, bright and beautiful; I am the star, twinkling and tearful. Baba is the Meru, sheer and beautiful; I am a dust under foot, weak and uneventful. Baba is the Kalpa

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba in the following discourse to the overseas devotees  lays out guidelines for a rewarding visit to His abode at Prasanthi Nilayam. He lovingly urges us to act in a