Q & A with Bhagavan Archive

(From “The Movement,” California) Movement Newspaper: You’ve mentioned prior to this interview the “Hour of God.” You said that this hour will be brought to us some­time during the 1980s. Will this come about

(From “The Movement,” California) (I was in the United States in September‑October 1974, visiting Sathya Sai Centers. The California newspaper named “The Movement” devoted to an exposition of the spiritual life interviewed me in

Bhakta: How can delusion disappear, Swami? Swami: When you grasp its secret through inquiry, the many merges in five, the three in one, and the I exists as I. You get headache, you apply

The following questions to Bhagavan by a devotee and Bhagavan’s answers have been taken from a devotee’s diary. Q:    When the Avatar is incarnate on earth, can His message be received even when one

Bhakta: Some people describe Brahmam as asthi­-bhaati-priyam; what does it mean? How are these relat­ed to Brahmam? Swami: Is that the doubt? Asthi means ‘that which is’; Bhaati means ‘that which shines’; Priyam means—of

Swami:           Well! You look so full of joy today!  Bhakta:          You have yourself said that man is the embodiment of joy, isn’t it? Swami:            Then you must always be in this mood; do

Devotee: In the West, sadhana [spiritual effort] is gene­rally taken to be a process of self‑improve­ment. But that implies identification with the changing personality? Sri Sathya Sai: First, there may be the urge to

Hislop: One regards himself as a son of Swami. Swami is as the mother and we confide in Him directly, if possible, but if not then by prayer and by writing to him. Sai:

Question: Swami! Excuse me. A person observing you moving amongst people and choosing some of them for special attention is puzzled why some are left out. Sri Sathya Sai: Yes. It is quite natural

Hislop: Swami mentions Vedanta [one of the six schools of Hindu philosophy]. What is the correct use of that word? Sai: Vedanta is metaphysical enquiry of the divine, the world and the valid experience

Hislop: Swami, what does the mind know? There is much knowledge in the mind, but what does it really know? Sai: The mind does not know anything. So-called education is just book knowledge. Hand

Hislop: This car in which we are driving has certain natural factors that are neither good nor bad. If moving, it has speed and momentum. In like fashion, what are the natural powers of