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Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba speaks here about the significance of Onam—a festival celebrated in Kerala—and its relevance to us all. Bhagavatha represents the essence of all the Shastras (spiritual sciences), the truth proclaimed by

Swami wrote this letter to a great Vedic scholar who had, in distress caused by perceived neglect, started deploring his fate and losing even the strength to pray to Baba, whom he adored. This

We hear many people lamenting the state of affairs and talking of the spread of injustice and falsehood, of cruelty and hatred in the world and in this country. This is like shouting for

Students! You are familiar with the game of football. There are six players on each side for this game, and the goal is at the end of each side. The six internal enemies—desire, anger,

There is a method by which the demands of the senses can be reconciled and harmonized. This is by treating both good and bad with equal mindedness. Tukaram [a saint] is an illustrious example

Embodiments of love! Everything in the world has a value, but the value of the spoken word cannot be easily measured. By his words man can acquire every kind of wealth. By their words

People in general cannot understand what spirituality is and what individual freedom is. Spirituality does not mean living in solitude, far away from society. On the other hand, true spirituality consists in sowing the

The root cause of all difficulties experienced by man is forgetting his spiritual reality and identifying himself with his body. The body is only the vesture of the indwelling spirit. By immersing himself in

Just as there are four stages in the life of everyone—boyhood, youth, middle age and old-age—there are four stages in each person’s acquisition of jnana (knowledge of Supreme Being), contemporaneous with these stages. Jnana is

Excerpts from the Divine Discourse delivered by Bhagawan on 30 May 1993. In this age of technology, in order to maintain the burdensome family life and to bring more prosperity, man struggles day and

Creation has to be viewed as a cosmic stage. God is the director and dramatis parsonae in this play. He assigns all the rolls of the characters in the play. All creatures in the

Trees produce fruits for the enjoyment of others. Rivers carry water to meet the needs of others. Similarly, cows offer their milk to humans. However, man, forgetting that he has been endowed with a