Divine Discourses Archive

Gurus—not Teachers
In the following discourse, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, lays down the basic guidelines for gurus to follow. Education confers humility; endows one with an authority to command that will entitle one to affluence. With
Divine Discourses
July 1, 2019

How to Cultivate Friendship with God
In August of 1978, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba spoke to the Brindavan hostel boys about friendship. Following is an excerpt from that discourse. Sneha [affection] is the eighth of the nine stages of bhakti
Divine Discourses
June 1, 2019

Sri Sathya Sai Advises Parents
Bhagavan inaugurated an exhibition entitled ‘Creative Creation’, organized by the students of Brindavan Campus as part of the Hostel Day celebrations of Sri Sathya Sai College, Brindavan, on 4th and 5th of February 1984.
Divine Discourses
May 1, 2019

Time is the very form of God… Time wasted is life wasted
All things happen according to the dictates of time; Both good and bad depend on time; Prosperity and poverty likewise depend on time; Time is the determinant of all things, There is none who
Divine Discourses
April 1, 2019

How to be Near and Dear to God
Of what avail is it to be a scholar or clever intellectual If one does not practice even a fraction of what one knows? Not all the luxuries and pleasures of the world will
Divine Discourses
March 1, 2019

Life‑long Bhajan
In this divine discourse delivered on the sacred Mahashivaratri day, Bhagavan Baba reminds devotees to transform the exercise of all-night bhajan (devotional singing) into a life-long bhajan of adoration and pilgrimage to the Lord within. Throughout
Divine Discourses
February 1, 2019

Climb the Right Tree
In the following discourse, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba enumerates the various qualities required of a devotee and explains what real devotion is. Know that your hunger has not been fully appeased even after
Divine Discourses
January 1, 2019

How to Win the Lord’s Grace
Oh good and noble people assembled here! May you be filled with mutual affection and unalloyed joy! May you be compassionate toward all those who are afflicted! May you lead righteous family lives and
Divine Discourses
November 1, 2018

Develop Spiritual Oneness
Religion teaches self-discipline and promotes one’s well being; it enhances one’s spiritual power and makes one effulgent. If people live without knowing its inner secret, the community and its culture decline and suffer. Embodiments
Divine Discourses
November 1, 2018

Lost and Found
In His Navratri discourse, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba asked His devotees to sharpen their intellect and cleanse their consciousness to attain peace and security through satsang, japa, dhyana, and namasmarana, (holy company, chanting, meditation,
Divine Discourses
October 1, 2018

Significance of Vinayaka Worship
The stream of man’s life is marked by different stages. In each stage man falls a prey to vices like egoism, jealousy, and falsehood instead of cultivating truth, righteousness, and humility. A life that
Divine Discourses
September 1, 2018

The Spider in the Same Web
In the following discourse, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai says that the taste of the Divine can be experienced in the atom or the cosmos, the friend as well as the foe, the virus and
Divine Discourses
September 1, 2018

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