Divine Discourses Archive

Dasara Festival

Every evening during the Dasara [10 days of Devi worship], the pundits and scholars who came for the Vedapurusha jnana yajna in 1962 gave very erudite discourses on the Vedas, Vedanta, and Shastras [holy

The Royal Road to God

The many saints, seers, kings, and scholars who have enriched its culture and brought joy and peace to the lives of people have made this land holy. It is a source of inspiration to

In Human Form

In a Gurupoornima discourse, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba explained the difference between the ordinary body and the body of an avatar. This year Gurupoornima [full moon festival honoring the spiritual teacher] falls on

Krishna and the Gopalas

Continuing the series on ‘Immortal Devotees’, the following is taken from Bhagavan’s discourse on 26-5-1995, when He spoke about the devotion of gopalas and gopikas. This year Krishna Ashtami is on 14 August. Balarama

Significance of Ganesha Principle

Embodiments of Love! One who recognizes his identity with the Divine is a real jnani (the knower of the absolute). All Indian festivals are sacred and invested with deep spiritual significance. They are not

Immortal Devotees of the Lord

The inextricable relationship between the devotees and the Lord, a relationship maintained by unassailable and unflinching faith on one side and a continuous and loving care for the devotee on the other, was the

To the Mothers

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, in His discourse in 1974, advised mothers on how to inculcate the right values in their children so that they can be the pillars of the nation. Many of

What’s In A Name

On Yugadi day [Telegu New Year] in 1973, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba said that the New Year day is in no way different from the previous or next day. It comes and goes

Divine Life

In 1957 in the discourse below, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba advised us to pray that He make us a flute in His hands so that He can breathe through us, and out of

Friends?

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba enlightened the students attending the Summer Course more than 30 years back on the choice and importance of true friendship. During his sojourn in this transient world, wading through joy

Love the Source of Love

Bhagavan Baba exhorts devotees to seek the true source of love—God Himself who is immanent in every being in this world. In this Shivaratri discourse from more than four decades back, Baba encourages everyone

Ask for Me

In the following discourse Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba says that we are not taking full advantage of His being amongst us. We ask Him for petty trivial worldly pleasures when all that we