Devotee Essay Archive
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
Devotee Essay
April 7, 2012
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
Devotee Essay
March 5, 2012
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
Devotee Essay
April 18, 2010
Though our minds naturally turn to the sacredness of Gurupoornima, Baba has been telling us, “Every day is Gurupoornima; every day is Thursday, the day of the guru.” We should contemplate this truth with
Devotee Essay
July 1, 2009
It is always with a sense of extreme gratitude and indebtedness that I remember my family’s association with Srimati (Smt.) Easwaramma, the earthly mother of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. It would have been
A child’s introduction to the Lord: to be read to, or read by the young child From time to time, in the life of the world, Lord God Himself is born in a body
Few months ago I returned from a three-month trip to Prasanthi Nilayam and it was an inspiring, uplifting, and a very blessed stay. I was able to experience the celebrations of Swami’s 80th birthday, Christmas,
Devotee Essay
October 31, 2006
and the Meaning of Christmas I was raised as a Lutheran and had a deep relationship with Jesus as a child. I can still recall the songs I sang happily in Sunday school: Jesus
Devotee Essay
December 1, 2001
Body comes from the food eaten by parents. Food comes from the dust of this earth. The Divine Lord Sai has breathed life into this piece of dust that you now call body. Without
Devotee Essay
July 1, 2001
It’s not easy for a simple God fearing village housewife to assume the mantle of “mother” of the Avatar and recognize in her “son” the incarnation of the Divine. How Easwaramma faced this difficult
From the very beginning of my relationship with Swami, He made it perfectly clear that my specific path was Equanimity. In my learning process I was shown that all the “different” paths of Swami’s
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