Devotee Essay Archive

Having been trained in the art and science of photography, I am particularly pleased when Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba uses our much appreciated but little understood craft to illustrate His own Divine Teachings.

Perhaps by the grace of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba we can explore this question.  There are always examples in this world to draw inspiration from. Baba frequently refers to the animal kingdom to

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is now a phenomenal institution rather than a matchless personality. It is impossible to deal, even meagerly, with any single facet of His supreme versatility. In fact, it is

Baba means Father. Our beloved Baba is, as the Vedas extol, the Fatherliest of Fathers, the Motherliest of Mothers, and the Childliest of Children. When we celebrate the golden birthday of our golden Baba,

From countries all over the world, people come to a small place in India called Prasanthi Nilayam, “the abode of peace,” to observe and be near the Avatar, Sathya Sai Baba, that again, like

The other day, a friend of mine told me that he had requested Baba to relieve him of a position he held since it had added considerably to his mental tension. He said that

Love is the most direct way to God: love of God and love of all beings. Every human being feels love in some form or in some way. Why then are so many caught

In connection with a job search, I once met an elderly and well-educated person. I showed him a copy of a book that I wrote. He looked at the second page where it was

Dr. Baranowski is a scientist who has explored the recesses of the human body and mind, especially, the auras that form the bio‑magnetic field around the body and that reveal, when photographed and inter­preted,

The human predicament The human predicament resembles that of Arjuna [from the epic Mahabharata], who with the vision provided by the Lord saw the Cosmic Form—the Vishwarupa. What is striking of the cosmic vision

Have you ever enjoyed the pleasure of deep silence? By silence I mean absolute stillness of the mind. Shastras say, “If one can completely stop the mind for a moment, he is saved forever.”

Indra Devi, who is well known to our readers, has had the experience of a great big act of Grace from Baba, something which we love to call a Miracle. “In person and through