Yearly Archive: 2005

Each year devotees celebrate Baba’s birthday all around the world in places such as London, Buenos Aires, Casablanca, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. But perhaps the most inspiring celebration of all is the one

The sadhaka should avoid the difficult obstacles in the path of dhyanam, (concentration) viz. anger, pride, conceit, the tendency to discover the faults of others, mischief, etc. The sadhaka must be vigilant not to

Prior to each festival celebrated at Prasanthi Nilayam [Sai Baba’s main ashram in India], it has become necessary to select and authorize certain individuals to serve as volunteers. The primary purpose of this procedure is

Dr. Charanjit Ghooi is an ObGyn specialist at the Sri Sathya Sai General Hospital in Prasanthi Nilayam, and practices alternative medicine with the blessings of Bhagavan Baba. She has written a number of books on

The Summer Course in Indian Culture and Spirituality held under Bhagavan’s divine guidance for many years has helped thousands of students gain insight into the vast subject. The courses also helped change the attitudes

The Lord has come, to hold the reins O yield to Him the horses ten; He showers grace, He is the goal, He knows the road, He is the road He was in us,

In the following anecdote, Sathya Sai Baba reveals the inner meaning of an interview [defined in para 1]. When we see Him inside us is when we enter-in-view of Him, He says: Many people

Provided your intellect is sharp and free from prejudices and predilections, the reality will reveal itself to you in a flash, for it is quite a simple thing. Only, it must be capable of

Mrs. Saguna Hejmadi [a volunteer at Sai Baba’s ashram and wife of an Indian diplomat] says, “Swami’s greatest miracle is transformation of the heart. The presence of Sri Sathya Sai Baba, the great Master,

Question:  Swami, Vibhishana [brother of Ravana] was a rakshasa [demon]; yet he was a devotee of Rama. Kindly tell us about Vibhishana. Bhagavan: Vibhishana’s devotion to Rama was unique . God is unconcerned with

Sneha is usually translated as friendship—but that word has been vulgarized by application to a number of transitory friendships between living beings…Friendship ought to be a spiritual bond, a heart to heart kinship, based

In the following excerpt from His discourse at the Sri Sathya Sai Convent School in the late 1960s, Bhagavan Baba charges parents to take full responsibility for inculcating righteous values in children from a