Divine Discourses Archive

Who is Sai?

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s reality is difficult to comprehend, and yet we really want to understand it. On June 19, 1974, He allowed us a glimpse into this reality. God is inscrutable. He

The Esoteric Significance of Ganesha Worship

With your elephant’s trunk And single tusk, and benign looks, With the tingling of your anklets, And your prodigious belly, Looking like a dwarf, But capable of bestowing all knowledge, Oh son of Parvati!

Devotion and Self-Sacrifice

The world has had many great souls who sacrificed their lives for truth, Even now there are many who have given their lives for the good of others, There are many who have not

Roots into the Deep

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, in His discourse on Guru Poornima [the day when the guru or teacher is venerated], said that recitation of the Lord’s name, penance, worship, and vows or disciplines all

The Love of the Gopis

Bhagavan Baba has spoken about the gopis and their devotion to Lord Krishna on Krishna Janam Ashtamis [the day He was born] past. He has said that the inner eye and the inner senses are

The Cleansed Heart

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, in the following discourse, urges us to surrender completely to the Lord and make our every action a yajna [sacrifice] rather than a battle. Gain, gain, that seems to be

The New Year Day

Devotees at Prasanthi Nilayam celebrated the Lunar New Year Day, the first day of the year Plava, on Friday, March 17th. During the morning bhajan [devotional singing] session, Sri Sathya Sai Baba graciously gave

The Search for Sita

For the last three days, the pundits [learned persons] who spoke here have been discoursing on the Ramayana [an epic about Rama]. This is understandable in the case of a specialist like Dikshit [a

Mahashivaratri

In the following discourse Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba has explained the meaning of Shivaratri and how it should be celebrated. This year the holy festival falls on March 6th. Many stories are told

Selfless Service as Spiritual Discipline

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba says that although we are engaged in some form of seva, we feel frustrated with the results. But if we serve with unselfish love based on truth, righteousness, and

Oneness Essential

Today is an auspicious day, for the New Year is welcomed with great expectation and the old year is given a grand farewell. This ritual has occurred since the history of man began. But

The Higher Path

“Uttarayana” is the time when the sun starts its northward journey, and it is a very auspicious time of the year.  The word Uttarayana has a physical as well as spiritual meaning. For you,