Divine Discourses Archive

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!
Divine Discourses
September 1, 2008

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
Divine Discourses
September 1, 2008

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
Divine Discourses
July 1, 2008

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
Divine Discourses
July 1, 2008

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
Divine Discourses
June 1, 2008

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
Divine Discourses
April 1, 2008

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
Divine Discourses
April 1, 2008

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
Divine Discourses
March 10, 2008

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
Divine Discourses
February 1, 2008

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
Divine Discourses
January 10, 2008

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,
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January 10, 2008

Namasmarana—the Panacea
Diamond cuts diamond. Thorn removes thorn. Karma cures karma. Karma, derided as causing the dualities of grief-joy, pain-pleasure, birth—-death, also brings about liberation from the chain of duality. Karma causes both bondage and liberation.
Divine Discourses
January 1, 2008
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