Yearly Archive: 2001

In the following discourse, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba says that we can call ourselves children of God only when we recognize that He does pure and selfless actions, for our sake with no

  John Hislop of Los Angeles, who was very devoted to Sri Sathya Sai Baba, addressed an audience in Bombay on January 1, 1971. In the presence of Swami, he narrated his first meeting

In Goa, a state in Western India, the late Indra Devi of Tecate, Mexico, spoke to people assembled in the presence of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba on December 12, 1970. Although most of

Surrender all you have to the Lord. Sometimes, when you have some extra cash with you, you hand it over to a trusted friend and request him to safeguard it for you, saying, “I’m

and the Meaning of Christmas I was raised as a Lutheran and had a deep relationship with Jesus as a child. I can still recall the songs I sang happily in Sunday school: Jesus

The gopis [milkmaids] had the highest kind of bhakthi [devotion] in their hearts. Wherever they turned, they saw only Krishna. On their foreheads they wore blue kumkum [auspicious powder] to remind them of Him.

Acid Test A story which Bhagavan has often repeated is the one that demonstrates the futility of scholarship and literary attainments without practical knowledge. Once there was a learned pundit [scholar] who had mastered

A supreme moral and spiritual crisis grips the world today. People everywhere feel frustrated and helpless, anxiously wondering what is in store for humanity. The hopes raised by the advances of science have overcome

Why is steady and concentrated effort most essential in our journey toward God? Here’s what Swami says: The hero is the steady person who is not agitated to the slightest extent by ups and

Love is God. The cosmos is permeated with love. Assuming the form of love, to promote love among mankind, Showering the nectarine stream of love, Love has incarnated as Sri Devi, Sai Devi, the

The Lord’s grace is like the wind that blows. Roll up your sails, the boat lies limp and lame; unfurl and it moves faster and faster. It is like light, one person uses the

[A model prayer to Mother Sai given during Dasara by Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.] Mother Sai, We are all children within thy womb. As the mother lovingly bears the hammering of the embryo,