Yearly Archive: 2006

Sri Anil Kumar, the official translator of Bhagavan Baba, asked Swami the following question:  Swami! In the [epic scripture] Ramayana, the role of Hanuman is very prominent. He is the best example of dasyabhakti—devotion

Here is an illustration of this truth: When the people of Ayodhya came to know that Rama [their king] was leaving for the forest, a poor aged brahmin lamented, “I hear Rama is going

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

As God is the embodiment of effulgence, you have to make your life effulgent to experience God. You have to realize that the light of your life has come from that param-jyoti (the supreme

In the following discourse, delivered more than three decades ago, on the occasion of the Telegu New Year day, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba calls on His devotees to recognize the brotherhood of man

Manish Sarma (in XII standard), who spoke at one of the meetings last June in the Prasanthi Mandir, compared life to an airplane. He is the son of a pilot in the Indian Airlines

Early in 1976, my wife and I became acquainted with Pearl Harrison, a retired secretary of the medical faculty of a Sydney University. At first we thought this was just a chance meeting, but

This is the story of Swami’s magnificent grace played out in the tiny village of Melakavatti, 10 kilometers from Ooty in Tamil Nadu, India. Three hundred families live in this picturesque valley surrounded by

The full, cosmic, universal being descends into the human form, the Avatar, the scriptures declare. But we need to understand the word in the right perspective. What induces the Most High, the Universal Mind,

“How often did you lose faith in God?   Or chide Him for not granting your desires? How often did you silently meditate On the supreme Lord and the supreme Goal of Life? How

Question: Swami, we hear that [in the epic Mahabharata] Arjuna was the only one capable of breaking through and emerging victorious from the Padmavyuha—the lotus-like military formation or maneuver—set up as a death trap.

Of all precious things in the world, time is the most precious. Think over how you are spending your precious time. Your primary duty as a human being is to offer your body, your