Monthly Archive: March 2020

The New Year Pledge

Today is the holy Yugadi (Telugu New Year) day. We bid farewell to the year gone by and welcome the New Year. We hope that during this year, called Siddharthi, our time and activity

Teaching Values by Example

The following are excerpts from Bhagavan Baba’s valedictory discourse that He gave to the National Symposium on Value Orientation in September 1987. “Human values cannot be learnt from lectures or text‑books. Those who seek

How I Was Translated

Years ago I had read an article on Baba in the Illustrated Weekly and had at once rejected the whole description as “trash,” sentimental, and useless. I used to receive those letters that most

Baba is Everything

To me Baba is everything; I am but an insignificant thing; I write because He holds my pen; He alone sings and teaches all men. I echo when He sings or talks; I am

Lynn

This is the story of Lynn, a Bal Vikas Child, from Santa Barbara.  Lynn—The child When I think of our daughter, Lynn, a mosaic of bright images comes to mind… Lynn, the child of

The Four Ashramas

Q. In this cosmos that is the human body, what is the best dharma [right action] to follow? Which Ashram [four age-based life stages] is most conducive for that dharma? How many Ashrams are

Character

The devotee is inseparable from God. When he is filled with the love of God and is totally forgetful of himself, he experiences oneness with God.  Prahlada was such a supreme devotee…. His form