Yearly Archive: 2026

Smart Shopping

Tidbit: Don’t forget to take your reusable shopping bag when you go grocery shopping. Swami’s quote on nature and the environment: Nature is more progressive than man, and to protect Nature man has to

Seek Refuge in Him

It has become common to recognize each body and its form separately, and the common divine content is not seen by anyone. We are only looking at those different bodies and forms in an

Motherhood

Bhagavan Baba, in His discourse in 1976, said: “Treat your mother with care and consideration; God will treat you with affection. So, make her happy to the best of your ability.” Sloth and dullness

He, as the Other

It happened at Uravakonda, 24 years ago, when I was a teacher at the High School there. The most distinguished student at the school, Sathyanarayana, already known as Sai Baba was absent; He had

Conserve Electricity

Tidbit: Don’t forget to turn the light off when you leave a room. Save electricity. Don’t leave the lights on in rooms you are not using. Swami’s quote: In this world, trees, rivers, and

Nuclear Family or Joint Family: Which System is Better

“My Dear Students! You can develop your science and knowledge to any extent. There is nothing wrong in it. Learn everything. That is awareness in life. There is nothing wrong in learning. Subject all

Swami’s Darshan by His Grace

In April 2008, I went to Puttaparthi for Swami’s darshan with my son.  We planned to stay for two days only for my son wanted to attend an engagement ceremony of his cousin-sister in

A Master Appears

With soft and silent tread. He came, And touched me, passing by…….. I SAW HIM…. And His Shining Presence made me want to cry! I felt the Glow within my heart …. A soft

Dharma Incarnate II

The Declaration Our Lord declared on the first day of the Navaratri Festival in 1967 that He was God Incarnate. While addressing the vast concourse of devotees, before the hoisting of the Prasanthi Flag,

Nirvikalpa

Samadhi is of two types: savikalpa and Nirvikalpa. In savikalpa, the thriputi or the threefold nature of knower, knowing, and knowee will persist. When it is realized that the knower is Brahman, knowing too

Offer the Vessel Bright

Sinking and rising, struggling in the Sea of tasteless, futile, birth‑death waves Do you not see the Boat of Bhakti that Sridhara the Lord, In His compassion, has brought to rescue you? Life is

Dharma Incarnate

Part I The Bhagavad-Gita (wherein the Dialogue between the dispirited warrior, Arjuna, and Lord Krishna, who is God incarnated to uphold Dharma, is given by the immortal Sage Vyasa) opens with the word—Dharma! The