Yearly Archive: 2004

In the following discourse, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Baba highlights an episode from the life of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to show the brotherhood of humanity. He also emphasizes the need for pure devotion that transcends all

The glory of Baba was for years a fairy tale for me. My wife was an ardent devotee and believed in His Divinity with her entire heart. But she was not free to worship

Question: Swami, You seem to be very upset and annoyed when anything goes wrong regarding discipline, educational standards, and personality development in general. Swami, You come down heavily on students when they don’t meet

Since the sense organs are highly potent, the first and foremost task for man is to bring them under his control for leading an ideal life. Because young people today have lost control over

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba in the following discourse stresses the gratitude one owes one’s parents. In particular, he draws on the example of His love for His mother Easwaramma, whose devotion to Baba allowed

There used to be a village-chief who did not like Buddha’s way of life. He used to look upon him as a lazy person who was gathering round him young men and making them

In the ensuing discourse, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba emphasizes the key role of societal service in upholding dharma—righteousness. He urges us to control the three vices of anger, desire, and greed citing examples from the

Question: Swami, to what extent are parents responsible for the degradation of values among children? Bhagavan: My opinion is that parents are solely responsible for spoiling children. Many parents behave like Dhritarashtra, the blind

The sadhaka (spiritual aspirant) should always seek the truthful and joyful; he must avoid all thoughts of the sad and the depressing. Depression, doubt, conceit—these are harmful to the spiritual aspirant. When his devotion

In April many states of India celebrate their New Year. According to the Indian almanac 1985 was the year of Krodhana, so, Swami discoursed on the challenge of anger and how to deal with

To the vast majority of people, especially westerners, the idea of kneeling down and touching, with hands, forehead or lips, the feet of another human being is somewhat alien. Even my husband, Ron, before

In 1973 Baba spoke with His American devotees and gave the following message. You, as body, mind or soul, are a dream. What you really are is: “existence-knowledge-bliss.” You are God of the universe.