Yearly Archive: 2005

Question:  Swami, Ravana’s abduction of Sita is a very heartbreaking episode in the Ramayana. How is it that Sita wanted a golden deer, which is so uncharacteristic of her? How strange is it that

What Gita teaches is anaashakti yoga [communion through equanimity], the yoga of disinterestedness or impersonal action, in which you remain totally indifferent to any personal interest in the work that you do and in

One kind word pleases everybody Why, then, should you be miserly in soft speech? By pleasing words, all beings are happy Therefore, speak lovingly always Why be chary in the use of kind words?

On the morning of December 1, 1988, I sat watching in ecstasy, as Sathya Sai Baba made His rounds of the darshan [public audience] area, accepting a letter or two here, manifesting vibhuti [sacred

Sergeant D. S. Kadam, aged 34, was in the Ordinance Section of the Indian Army. On the 18th of October 1968, he sustained at very close range a gunshot injury on his left leg,

Baba often uses the analogy of the swing of the pendulum to describe the state of our mind. In the interview room, He says with deep sympathy, “Your mind is like the pendulum; it

Question: Swami, You are unique in explaining both the components of our life, the spiritual and the physical. You alone can do it in this world. It is most necessary that we mix with

To get at the core of God at His greatest, one must first get into the core of himself at his least, for no one can know God who has not known himself. After

Sri Sathya Sai Baba gave the discourse below at His Prasanthi Nilayam ashram on June 29, 1989. In the discourse, He shows the path a devotee can easily follow to experience oneness with the

Dr. P. V. Shankar has been a devotee of Sri Sathya Sai Baba for the last 36 years, during which time he has had numerous opportunities to be in the Divine presence. On one

What does Sai Baba mean by saying that the search for truth is four-fifths self-inquiry and one-fifth meditation? What does God’s light mean? And what is meant by “not doing anything” about your faults

Devotees from U.S.A., U.K., and Poland jointly presented a musical performance to our beloved Lord Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba on 11th September, 2004. The people from the three groups joined hands and created