Yearly Archive: 2005

Don’t Shoot

One of the characteristics of an avatar [divine incarnation] is the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time. In the following episode, we witness Bhagavan Sathya Sai Baba manifesting as three

Good Company

Question: Swami, company is very essential for everybody. Is it as significant as it is said to be? Bhagavan: Undoubtedly, good company is very important for every one of you. In fact, you should

Hands That Serve are Holier

Trees bear fruits; rivers carry water; cows yield milk, not for their own sake but for the sake of others. Equally the body is given to man for helping others. We witness today humanity

Eschew Envy: Uphold Truth

Sathya Sai Baba gave the discourse below on January 19, 1989, at the Sri Sathya Sai Hostel, Prasanthi Nilayam, in South India. Although this discourse is directed to students of the Sri Sathya Sai

See Me in All and Serve Me 

Geetha Mohan Ram literally grew up in Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s lap since she was born into a family that has had very close contact with Him.  As a child, Geetha  used to

O, Dance for Joy

In the following speech published nearly three decades ago, a close American devotee, John Hislop, congratulates the students of the Brindavan college campus for the extraordinary opportunity they have to adore and be in

The Private Room

In the following article, a devotee captures the quintessential experience of a much-solicited private audience with Sri Sathya Sai Baba. The seemingly indifferent attitude of the Lord metamorphoses into an intimate, almost familial interaction

Swami is Selfless

Question: Swami, we don’t find out our own faults. Even if we recognize them, we justify them. Because of our narrow-mindedness, we don’t understand Your infinite love. We doubt and limit Your love. As

Become the Master of Your Surroundings & Circumstances

Be bold. Do not grieve over the past; such grief is useless. Strange things do happen when times are not propitious and circumstances so conspire. Of what benefit is it to lay the fault