Q & A with Bhagavan Archive

Baba Answers
Q: Baba! Please tell us how you are attained. I find my sadhana [spiritual efforts] infructuous. A: I know you are inflicting many austerities on yourself. I must tell you that I am attained
Q & A with Bhagavan
April 1, 2003

Is a Path Needed?
Q: Baba! Your advent has been a great landmark in human history. A: Millions come to me, but few give me their attention. It is a matter of demand and supply. God
Q & A with Bhagavan
December 1, 2002

With You, Within You
Q: Swami! I wish to settle down here, at Puttaparthi, which is my real home. Baba: The repose of the wave is in the ocean, which is its support and sustenance. Your home is
Q & A with Bhagavan
November 1, 2002

Form or Formless
Question: Swami, God is attributeless. He is above satwic [pure], rajasic [active], and tamasic [dull] qualities. But we are bound by these three attributes. How can we realize God then? Bhagavan: The Divine has
Q & A with Bhagavan
November 28, 2000

Happy to Answer
The following excerpt from Pathway to Peace by Professor N. Kasturi illustrates Sathya Sai Baba’s unique and simple way of imparting essential truths to us—His devotees. Swami is happy when aspirants approach Him with
Q & A with Bhagavan
July 1, 1999

Fixing the Mind on God
The late Dr. John Hislop was a long-time devotee of Baba and was the first president of the North American Sai Organization. He had an extraordinary amount of personal interaction with Swami. Hislop: The
Q & A with Bhagavan
April 1, 1999

An Interview with Baba
In December 1978, Sri Sathya Sai Baba gave a group interview to Western devotees. This is the second of two articles. Devotee: Swami, would you please speak about the Jewish religion? Swami: See, I
Q & A with Bhagavan
June 1, 1997

Love—the Subtle Aspect
Dr. John Hislop has been an ardent devotee of Swami for many years. There are very few people who have had as much close contact with Swami as he has had. His intensity as
Q & A with Bhagavan
June 1, 1995

Q & A with Hislop
Dr. John Hislop has been an ardent devotee for many years. There are very few people who have had as much close contact with Swami as he had. His intensity as a spiritual seeker
Q & A with Bhagavan
April 1, 1994

Mind
Dr. Hislop has been an ardent devotee of Swami for many years. There are very few people who have had so much close contact with Swami as him. His intensity as a spiritual seeker,
Q & A with Bhagavan
February 1, 1994