Divine Discourses Archive

Alms and Qualms

In January 1969 while celebrating the Uttarayana [northern transit of sun] festival, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba said that we should yearn with anguish to win His grace. The grace is always there but it is

How to Realize the Divine Within

During the birthday festival celebrations in 1966, Sathya Sai Baba inaugurated a library in Andhra Pradesh [southern India] and in His discourse pointed out that reading, without getting the urge to improve one’s character,

Secure God’s Love

“Strive to understand well the nature of God’s love. To secure that love is the sacred goal of human life,” declared Bhagavan Baba in 1984 in a deeply moving address to the vast gathering

Serve Parents Serve God 

In this discourse given by Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba on Ladies day more than a decade ago, He emphatically urges his students and others to make their parents happy as therein lies the

Baba’s Dasara Discourses

Sathya Sai Baba’s Dasara [the festival celebrated on the occasion of Navaratri (nine nights), which commemorates the triumph of good over evil] discourses in 1964 undoubtedly struck a fresh note, revealing a new tone

Krishna—Incarnation of Love

In this extraordinary revelatory discourse delivered during the 1991 Krishna Janmashtami [birth] day, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba sheds light on the inner spiritual meaning behind many of the Indian customs prescribed by ancient

 Stoop to Serve

In the following discourse delivered nearly four decades back, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba explains the inner efficacy of worshipping Ganesha, and the role of selfless service. This year Vinayaka Chaturthi [for worshipping Ganesha] falls on

Manifest the Divine within You

In this remarkable discourse, Bhagawan Sri Sahya Sai Baba entreats devotees to constantlyoperate with the conviction that they are ever in the presence of God. Baba emphasizes the ever-present state of God in our lives

Mahabali

What does ‘incarnating’ mean? It is God appearing on earth Filled with affection and love For mankind, everywhere— Divine consciousness in human form. Bharat [India] has gained wide renown through many sons and daughters

Good Company

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba gave the following to the college students at Puttaparthi. However, we, too, can learn a lesson or two from it. The company one keeps decides his character; a person tries

Bharatiya Culture

In this article written for the Sanathana Vedanta Sabha more than four decades ago, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba forcefully points out the urgent need to foster the Vedas and the Sanskrit language.  Dharma

The Two Mothers

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba spoke to the students at the Youth Camp and asked them to let go of all desires for sense-objects, concentrate on God alone, and surrender all desires to Him.