Devotee Essay Archive

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

O Bhagavan Baba, with what gracious love, You as Adi Narayana [Lord Vishnu] flew to the rescue of Gajendra [the elephant] hearing his cries of extreme distress and prayers of one-pointed devotion, when he was

Worry is a self‑inflicted subtle pain in the mind of man. It is the result of unfulfilled desire for satisfying some whim or fantasy. Worry buffets its victims between hope and despair; they drift

God is formless and with form, too; He transcends both form and formlessness. God with form is visible, we can touch Him and feel Him and be aware of His presence. Such is Bhagavan