Yearly Archive: 2004

“I Know, I Know Everything”

Sri Gangeya, an engineer by profession, was born and raised in Sri Lanka. He later migrated to the U.S. and is currently the devotion coordinator at the Flushing Sai Center, New York. He has

Small Teachings

Just as the rays of the sun absorb water vapor from the sea, gather them into clouds, and drop them as rain on earth so that they may flow as rivers back into the

The Punkhawala

It was the hour when man, bird, and beast were still wrapped in sleep. Everything had melted in the thick darkness. The train was speeding along like a spangled snake, along the sub-Himalayan jungle

Fun With Sai

Why the Form Bhagavan Baba is a unique incarnation of the supreme power whose purpose in taking human form is to make mankind realize the self within which is the eternal reality. Even while

His Healing Touch

Four years ago, my only son (now 10 years of age) had a severe scald, when he slipped into boiling sugar cane juice, his right forearm being badly affected. He could not bear the

Like a Child

Like a child I run to The With singing inner smile; I clap Thy mystery Like poet his dreamy thrill. Decked in simplicity, Clothed in dedication, I embrace Thy beauty With psychic intuition. I

Unbelievable Prophecy

Is it true? Can it be true? A boy calling himself Sai Baba! And consoling the dispirited, curing the ill, exorcising ghosts and teaching the old! I heard of this 16-year-old prodigy and entered

Value of Culture

Question:  Swami, many speak of culture. What is the value of culture? Bhagawan: Culture is very important because your life and its value depend on it. Culture is a way of life. Culture enables

Watch the Company We Keep

The easiest and most fruitful method of keeping yourself free from dust and rust is satsang (holy company). The company of the good and the godly will slowly and surely chasten and cleanse the

Close the Windows and Save the Lamp

This discourse, given by Sathya Sai Baba at His Prasanthi Nilayam ashram in 1965, points out the way the spiritual seeker should proceed along the path to self-realization. Mukkoti Ekadasi [an Indian festival commemorating

He Knows Us and Loves Us

Dr. Choudary Voleti, a cardiac surgeon, comes from South India. He was drawn to the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, one of Bhagavan’s many contributions of divine grace to mankind. Baba’s

Baba and I

Baba is the Moon, bright and beautiful; I am the star, twinkling and tearful. Baba is the Meru, sheer and beautiful; I am a dust under foot, weak and uneventful. Baba is the Kalpa