Devotee Stories Archive

My Journey to Sri Sathya Sai Baba

The author, W. M. Stephenson, is a teacher in School News Nationwide (a non-profit organization) in Brooklyn, New York. Being a dedicated teacher he functions as a personal academic tutor to college students who have problems with

A Kidney Stone at Prasanthi

The author has been a devotee of Swami since 1985, has written two spiritual books blessed by Swami, composed several English bhajans [devotional songs], and is currently a member of the Sai Center of

The Light of Love

I was among over a thousand delegates from India and many other countries who had the rare fortune to hear Baba make His wondrous declaration to the whole world on May 17th [1968]. As I

Baba’s Feet

“I shall certainly come to your house.” “Mention the exact date, Swami! Why is it that You do not give the date? You simply promise to come, some time or another. For more than

Advice i Discarded

“Go slowly on Sai Baba, because people here are very Catholic,” I was advised, upon arriving in Mexico City after an absence of eight years to conduct a Sai Baba Seminar. Luckily i didn’t

Grace Abounding

It has only been a few years since I heard of Sri Sathya Sai Baba. I came to know of Him through my son, who is employed at a place near Puttaparthi. Though I

Why Fear When I am Near

At about 2:30 p.m. on April 24,1986, in the hot, humid and sultry climate of Hyderabad, I felt giddy and had a blackout. My wife prayed to Bhagavan [Sai Baba] and simultaneously she applied

A Stream Immortalized

Two Rover vans and an omnibus were speeding along the road that runs through the Wild Life Sanctuary on the border of Mysore State [southern India], toward a stream that marks its boundary with

Experiences from Childhood

Our family, my grandmother, mother, aunty, my brother, and younger sister, used to stay in Bangalore. Both my sister and I were then studying there. My grandmother and my mother came to know about

Easwaramma Day Celebrations

Shalini, the author of this article, is a child with sensory neural deafness in both her ears. She has been fitted with a cochlear implant in her left ear. Her parents have decided to

Materialization

I first heard of Sathya Sai Baba in 1981 during a casual conversation with a friend of mine. From what I could gather, Sathya Sai Baba was a leading guru in South India who possessed

His Hands and Feet Are Everywhere

“Baba! Do You hear the bhajans [sacred hymns] we do at home every day?” “My dear fellow! Wherever My name is, My form is there also. I do listen to your bhajans every day.