Yearly Archive: 2003

Bhagavan Baba received a complaint that spiritual life is complicated and difficult. He responded by saying that on the contrary it is worldly life which is complicated and difficult, whereas spiritual life is easy,

Q: Baba! Please tell us how you are attained. I find my sadhana [spiritual efforts] infructuous. A: I know you are inflicting many austerities on yourself. I must tell you that I am attained

In celebration of the Christian Lenten season, which culminates on Easter Day, Swami teaches us in the following passages the meaning of Jesus’s life and ultimate sacrifice of Himself. The true significance of these

On March 1st this year, the holy festival of Mahasivarathri will be observed around the world. Here Bhagavan Sri Sathya SaiBaba reiterates the real meaning of the various disciplines sages have exhorted us to

Embodiments of Love! You are all the embodiments of the Trinity. You are the embodiments of the three attributes (trigunas). You must propitiate Lord Shiva to achieve the purity of the heart, for Shiva

Sri Krishna encourages us to actively perform our daily chores and follow His example to work for the welfare of humanity. He asks us to be sthithaprajna—a person who is firm in mind and

Social norms of behavior have drowned in the Ganga. Contentment has disappeared from the minds of people. Morality, character, and human values are shattered. Men have lost their humanness. Everyone needs food to survive.

As Baba entered the premises of Dharmakshetra in Bombay,  He saw the drilling team who were going to drill for water. The person in charge of the team asked, “Swami, can we drill here?”

I am a registered medical practitioner, engaged in a long-term practice at Uravakonda, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh [Southern India]. During a time of difficult circumstances and their effects on me, I once became involved in

There are seven facets to dharma [right action] just as there are seven colors contained in the rays of the sun. The first facet of dharma is truth. The second facet is good character.

In the following discourse, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba advises not to let the mind waver and distract you from following the devotional path. Choose one God and stay steady with Him through the good

To attain the state of Purushottama [the supreme self], you must entertain pure feelings and engage in pure actions. Appreciate one truth, and you have understood everything. What is that truth? This is what