Yearly Archive: 2011

Sankeertana

Sankeertana (singing in unison with others) is of four kinds: guna sankeertana; leela sankeertana; bhava sankeertana and nama sankeertana. Guna sankeertana: Applies to the kind of bhajan (devotional song) in which the devotee recites

Love is the Essence…

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba spoke to His devotees on Shivratri [night sacred to Shiva] and emphasized that one cannot win God’s grace by means of vows, fasts, feasts, and recitation of hymns of praise

Taste of Divinity

Crores [tens of millions] of people have had darshan [vision] of Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Millions of others yearn to see Him. Thousands have been blessed with interviews. I happen to be one such

It is all His Grace

I was returning from a bank meeting in Madras on February 7, 1965, by the Bombay Mail [train], having reserved a berth in the first class up to Tadpatri [a city in Andhra Pradesh, India],

Further Lease

Many people in the world are aware that Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the incarnation of the supreme intelligence and sovereign will, and that He has come on earth to restore righteousness and

Happiness and Splendor

On December 25th, 1961, I received a letter from Ramana ashram, Tiruvannamalai, written by Swami Abhedananda. “Excuse me, please, for this intrusion,” he pleaded. “I must admit that I have heard of Sri Sathya

The Ego

Hislop: Yes, I am the one who puts the separation between us. I am the ego. Sai: Ego is untruth. Hislop: Ego is untruth, then I… Sai: But you are not ego. You are

Spiritual Development

It is the bounden duty of man in this life, as also in later lives, to know and experience the basic cause of the universe and all the love and sweetness it evokes in

Alms and Qualms

In January 1969 while celebrating the Uttarayana [northern transit of sun] festival, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba said that we should yearn with anguish to win His grace. The grace is always there but it is

My Experiences

The common questions often asked [of me] by inquisitive friends, visitors, and acquaintances with a desire to know about Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba are: (1) What attracted me toward Him, (2) How I

Swami’s Gentle Reminders

Often in our daily lives we take Swami for granted.  Our minds are caught in the constant movement of time. Our thoughts are easily distracted by the vision before our eyes, the sounds we

Light in Darkness

The late Indra Devi, a popular yoga teacher of of the United States, counseled thousands of students, including many public figures and celebrities; taught her methods in China and India; and founded the Yoga