Yearly Archive: 2015

Body Is Not the Real Self

Dahyati iti dehah—That which is burnt is called the body. This is the derivative meaning of the word deha (body). It is a matter of common knowledge that the body is burnt after death. But even

Combine Morals with Business

“If you businessmen live according to right principles, all the corruption in the country can be ended in a moment,” observed Bhagavan Baba, in a powerful exhortation to a vast gathering of businessmen at

From the Garden of the Heart

Man has to progress every moment; a stagnant style of living does not befit him. How long could we tolerate a boy staying in the same class at school? He must proceed from one

 Our Sai Ma

I am grateful knowing… I can count on your strength Ask for your support, and know you’ll go to any length When I lose my way You help me get back on track When

The Fifth Root

This universe has been described in the Gita [the celestial song] as the Sanathana Vriksha [eternal tree], the infinitely spreading Ashwattha [sacred] tree, its roots being in the higher regions, its branches spread in

Shadow of the Absolute

While proceeding along the road, you can watch your shadow falling on mud or dirt, hollow or mound, thorn or sand, and wet or dry patches of land. You are unaffected by the fate

Revere Truth and Love

Bhagavan Baba advises the youth to cultivate love and gratitude toward one’s parents, the true representatives of the Divine on earth. The body is impermanent All one’s wealth is transient Children and wife are

S.S.E. Student Offerings to the Divine Mother 2015

May 6th of each year is observed as Mother’s Day.  For this occasion, our children submitted poems, drawings, and other creations for publication in Sai Sarathi. These following submissions on the theme of “mother”

Limits that Liberate

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba spoke on Indian culture at the Summer Course held in Brindavan in 1974. The advice He gave to the students is applicable to one and all. This is a

Sri Sathya Sai: Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent

This incidence happened during Dassara in 1995, just after I completed my B.Sc. (Honors) course, in the Brindavan campus of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning. All the boys of the Brindavan [in

Meditation

Meditation is generally understood as the process of fixing one’s mind on an image that gradually absorbs and lends the mind its own qualities. When you fix your inner attention on any form of

The Lord of the Heart

When Baba sent word that I was to make some remarks at this great New Year’s gathering of Sathya Sai devotees, I thought that if I were to speak with all the truth that