Devotee Essay Archive

Mr. Tajmool Hossein, B.A., LLB. (Honors.), London, was a towering and authoritative figure in the legal fraternity. He qualified as an English Barrister at Lincoln’s Inn, London, in December 1964 and was appointed Queen’s

Arjun Kumar Sengupta has a Ph.D. in Economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he taught at the London School of Economics and Delhi University. He worked as an economic adviser to international agencies and

Darshan is the moment when our eyes get the blessed opportunity to see the Lord. Somebody said, “Man walking on the moon is not so important when God walks on earth.” God, whom the

Living in Dharmakshetra (Mumbai) I was blessed at an early age. As a child I visited the center regularly with my grandfather. The first time I met Swami was in Kodaikanal. He walked into

This article is based largely on comments Sathya Sai Baba has made in His discourses about the eighth-century saint/poet Shankaracharya. In the early centuries of the Kali Age (Iron Age), Buddhism and Jainism were the predominant religions

Dr. Jack Hawley, Management Consultant and former Visiting Faculty Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning “To transform the world there is no need for a new social system. What is essential is a

To be the “Mother” of the Avatar is undoubtedly a blessed and unique pri­vilege for any woman. But to recognize the Divinity of the Avatar and to accept one’s own role as one of

“Death came with a dagger to kill Dada; but I struggled with him and brought him down. Now, Dada is safe.” “Death attempted to snatch Dada Saheb away; but I did not let him,”

Every animate being has to attain fulfillment. That is the destiny, however hard, however long, the journey. When and how are determined by the nature of the cumulative effects of many lives. The effects

People conceive of God in various ways—as Saraswati, the bestower of wisdom, as Lak­shmi, the bestower of prosperity, as Vishnu, the preserver and protector of man, as Vighneshwara, the remover of all obstacles in

Bhagavan’s mission is to bring about a spiritual transformation, in order to save mankind from the abysmal depths of materialism into which it is blindly heading at present. His self-imposed task is to weed

Bal Vikas [a values-based program for children, now known as Sathya Sai Education (SSE) teachers must realize the sanctity of the Bhagavad-Gita [The Song of God—an epic], and its teachings. The aim of the