Devotee Stories Archive

Swami’s Continuous Divine Grace  

I had the grace of Bhagavan’s darshan [sighting of a holy man] three times in India in 1990, 1994, and 2010.  Yet when Covid hit in 2020, I slipped into a deep depression, and

A Letter from Liverpool

I arrived in London on Thursday, 12th Septem­ber [1963], and found I could not get admission in any college for the course in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. I went to Glasgow but there, too,

Loving Care

I would like to share an experience that seems to point out a very important message. On Wednesday, July 14th I awakened re­membering the tail‑end of a very vivid dream in which I found

Oh, Ye of Little Faith!

A friend with whom I work has listened to my endless tales of Sai Baba’s miracles and power with doubt and teasing. But he did not ever scoff or deny His grace and even

Baba and the Bees

The other day here in Prasanthi Nilayam I was listening to a story about Baba being told by Mr. Kasturi to a group of us Westerners. The story related to a cat who called

Blessings

Guru in Hinduism means a personal spiritual teacher or guide. The syllable ‘Gu’ means darkness or ignorance and the syllable ‘Ru’ stands for repeller of darkness. So a Guru is the light of awareness

Sri Jodi Adipalli Somappa

“Then, suddenly from among the crowd, an old man emerged. He shouted in a loud commanding voice, ‘Give the child to me’. There were two women and one man with him, who also pleaded,

When the Doorbell Rang

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba entered our lives in the strangest way. Ever since His grace flowed for the first time in 1966, the bond of love has maintained its pace all these 19

The Miracle in Reverse

Long ago, about 2,000 years in the past, Lord Jesus Christ trod on the surface of the earth in the small region of Pales­tine. He only preached for 3 years. He spoke to the

Memories Of Summer Course 1974

Brahman and Bharat and Birthday Cake In early May of 1974, Swami traveled from Prashanthi Nilayam to Brindavan for the Summer Course in Indian Culture and Spirituality set to take place later in the

The Sathya Sai Avatar: My Perceptions

Sri Anil Vinayak Gokak, a retired officer of the Indian Administrative Service (Maharashtra cadre), served as the seventh Vice Chancellor of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning from February 2005 to August

Being in Sai Presence

Rajdeep Singh was a student at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning from 1989-1992. Formerly he was with the Indian Navy and is currently a pilot with Indigo Airlines. Was it a