Devotee Essay Archive

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

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,

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

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

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

Our beloved Swami walks through the crowds. All eyes gaze on Him and happiness lights the faces of thousands. Occasionally a hand reaches up, hoping to receive a blessed gift from the Lord of

“The best guru is the Divine within you. Yearn to hear His teaching.” ~Sathya Sai Baba~ Swami often reminds us that peace is within. Recently, this teaching has taken on richer meaning in my

An Homage by Somar Sundarum Cooppan Recently I awoke at three-thirty in the morning. I lay awake thinking about the presence of Bhagavan, a unique being on earth at the juncture of the 20th

In 1896, Ramana Maharishi (then called Venkataraman), who was just sixteen years old, felt motivated by an inner urge to leave everything and go to Arunachala, a holy mountain in Southern India. Upon arrival