Yearly Archive: 2026

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

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

“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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

Clouds Clouds In the blue. A beauteous sight are thee! Colors soft and mountain high You break the monotony of the sky. You draw our eyes upward by your charm You build castles for

Tidbit: Are you turning the tap/faucet off while you are brushing your teeth so that water is not running while you are brushing? Turn it back on only when you are ready to rinse

Lt. Gen. (Retd.) S. P. Malhotra, PVSM, served as Commandant, and retired as GOC-in-C, Northern Command; served in Burma and the Far East during the Second World War; was appointed as the first Indian