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From May 23rd to 26th, 2014, the Mid-Atlantic Region of the U.S. Sathya Sai Organization held its 39th Annual Retreat at Camp Westmont in Wayne County, PA, drawing nearly 900 devotees to the Memorial

“Oh tongue, you are the one selected to enjoy the sweet taste; you speak truth that symbolizes sacrifice! You respect yourself and others. Without leaving your home, you attend to your work, without friendship

Following are the reflections of Rajen I Ghayal’s pilgrimage trip to Puttaparthi in 2010. He went with the USA Sai Pilgrimage Group II and has some wonderful experiences. When the dates for the two

Devotee: How can we progress in devotion? Sai Baba: There are different modes of devotion: that which foolishly weeps for Me when I am not physically present; that which surrenders to Me with wild

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, in this discourse delivered on a Krishna Janmashtami day long back, firmly encourages us to cultivate universal love—the only way to God. It is a great pity that in

This is a story about Krishna. In a way, however, the story was not completed until November 1975. A number of years ago I was in Bhagavan’s car. He was in the rear seat with

In this powerful discourse, delivered on the auspicious Guru Poornima day nearly three decades back, our beloved Bhagavan Baba clarifies the way to the seat of the Divine—devotion coupled with good resolutions. Man is the

Hislop: This morning in the taxi from the airport, even the driver had a marvellous experience of Swami’s leelas [divine plays]. And, the Bombay airport officers told other miraculous stories about happenings in their

In a recent discourse, Bhagavan Baba enlightened the devotees on the underlying unity of beings and creation during the festival of Buddha Poornima. All the names and forms are but the manifestations of the

Every day, we are required to identify ourselves. If we travel quite frequently we are asked to produce some legal form of identification such as a passport. If we buy something, we usually hand

There used to be this charming little fast-food restaurant on Washington Street in Hoboken. It was the only place I’d been in for quite some time (and since) that still served chocolate sodas from a fountain. So, I

I had the great blessing of spending about 10 days in Swami’s presence in India in late February this year. Although I never had an interview, His answers came to me. Persistence and patience