Q & A with Bhagavan Archive

Bhakta: Swami, the inner meaning of the Maha­bharata and the Ramayana that You explained is re­ally very interesting. If only one probes deeply, what else is there in them? That kind of Mahabharata and

Bhakta: Swami, last time you spoke of the Mahabharata war; in the same manner, does the Ramayana also happen in everyone’s heart? Swami: Undoubtedly! It does take place systemati­cally and in the same sequence.

Hislop: Once one has tasted sugar, one never mistakes salt for sugar. If that bliss of which Swami speaks is our real nature, how is it that we confuse the unreal for the real?

Q.    Swami, you say that one has to do some things, that one should not do certain other things. How are we to know which is which? What is the authority? A.  

Hislop: Swami, on the road to Simla [hill station in North India], drivers were very reckless in trying to stay close behind Swami’s car. At one moment our car, which was going at a

A Visitor: The word ‘surrender’ is not the correct word, so self-realization… Sai: Self-realization–that is why they call it so. You realize your own Self. You are you, not your wife. You are You.

Devotee: Swami, we are like lumps of iron; the Lord is like the magnet. Both are related to each other. But if that lump of iron has to be changed into an article of

Hislop: We do not perceive life with absolute clarity, and yet we are acting all the time, and unclear action makes for a confused life. We are unhappy about that confusion, and in an

Devotee: Baba, what is concentration? What does it mean? How is it different from meditation? Sri Sathya Sai Baba: Concentration is the fixation of attention on one point, on one act or thought, or

Q.  Swami, I have heard people use the word ‘amanaska’ [mind that is free of desires and thoughts] often. What does it mean? A.  This entire creation, when it is realized as but Seen

Hislop: Why does Baba have regular schools? Why does He not have religious schools? Sai: Religious schools would appeal only to the religious, whereas Baba’s task is to raise the general public into devotion

Sadhaka: All those who are loyal to Bharatiya [Indian] cul­ture accept the Vedas as authoritative sources for every aspect of life. They assert that the Vedas are the roots of their faith. What exactly