Swami’s Teachings Archive

In a pond, along with the lotus flowers that bloom, there are blood sucking leeches that thrive. Like the lotus cannot survive without water, human life cannot survive without love. Don’t let the leeches

If you keep laddu—an Indian sweet, in your shirt pocket, and forgetfully give the shirt to the washer-man, you will find that the pocket will develop stains when he returns the shirt after laundering

All living things in the world share one, and only one, common feature: the eternal spirit. In all manifold forms of creation, in unity and in diversity, we find only the spirit of the

Rama – whose birthday, Ramanavami, you are celebrating today – exemplifies the way to save the self in the perilous journey from birth to birthlessness. Rama is the embodiment of dharma (righteousness). That is

Shivaraathri is a very auspicious day. It falls on the fourteenth day of the lunar fortnight, when the moon is waning and the sun lies in the sign of Aquarius. The festival relates to

The following quotations reflect the ways in which we as spiritual aspirants can apply Sai Baba’s teachings in our life. “You will experience the fruits of celebrating the birthday only when you follow the

The nine-point code of conduct can be viewed as a spiritual journey. We begin with meditation and prayer which develops the inner view. We then expand our spiritual orbit by sharing devotional singing with

Deepavali will be celebrated this year on November 6, 1999. The human being is a composite of man and beast and God, and in the inevitable struggle among the three for ascendance, you must

The following article is based on discussions conducted by members of the Brookline Center (Northeast Region) on the nine-point code of conduct, given to devotees by Sathya Sai Baba as a prescription for spiritual

ln continuation of Dr. Hislop’s talk, published in the December issue of Sai Sarathi, the following are some of the questions that the audience had the opportunity to ask him after his talk. Q:

During my first trip to Prashanti Nilayam, I noticed a quote of Baba’s hanging on the dining hall wall—“Let the Universe be your teacher.” Reflections on this sentence led me to believe that Baba