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In 1985 on Christmas Day in Brindavan, Bhagavan Baba asked Mr. Al Drucker of the United States to speak to the people assembled there. Drucker narrated how he had asked Swami if He was

Following is an extraordinary letter Bhagavan Baba wrote to a devotee wherein Swami enumerates the qualities one should cultivate to become His devotee. We should regard these words as our life breath. Moksha [liberation] is

Heart must understand heart; heart must be drawn to heart, if friendship must last. Friendship must bind two hearts and affect both of them beneficially, whatever may happen to loss or gain, pain or

Sri V. C. Kondappa in his Telugu book, Sree Sayeesuni Charitram, notes that Sri N. Kasturi has given in Sathyam Sivam Sundaram a few important details of the early life of the Baba of

Puttaparthi…Prasanthi Nilayam… Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba … I had heard about them and I had read about them. Yet I had not seen them and I never knew I could see them, so

(It was four years ago that I was given the directive: “You don’t even know your own religion. How can you know Me?” This led me to a study of Islam with a fresh

Amitava Ghose is the President of the Sathya Sai Baba Center of Cherry Hill, NJ. He had most of his education in India and is presently working in Salem, NJ. The following is a narration of

What is mala? Man commits many offences, knowingly or unknowingly, not only in this life but also in previous lives. The imprint of these actions is carried by the chitta (memory), life after life,

With your elephant’s trunk And single tusk, and benign looks, With the tingling of your anklets, And your prodigious belly, Looking like a dwarf, But capable of bestowing all knowledge, Oh son of Parvati!

The world has had many great souls who sacrificed their lives for truth, Even now there are many who have given their lives for the good of others, There are many who have not

Committed to Making a Difference, One Step at a Time All eyes were turned to the skies on the morning of June 22, expecting thunderstorms that had been predicted by all weather forecasters. But

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, in His discourse on Guru Poornima [the day when the guru or teacher is venerated], said that recitation of the Lord’s name, penance, worship, and vows or disciplines all