Thought of the Month Archive

Yashoda did not know where Balarama and Krishna were born. She brought them up as her own children. They were born in Mathura, but grew up in Gokulam. They grew in the womb of

Today marks the beginning yet another new year. Many new years have gone by but your old habits have not changed and life remains the same. The reason is that man is not making

Faith is very essential for the pilgrim on the spiritual Path. Man is now caught up in temporary and trivial preoccupations in the too short interval between birth and death, and he deceives himself

Right from small ants, mosquitoes, and birds to mighty elephants, every being is the manifestation of God. Even the trees, hills, and mountains are manifestations of God. Such being the case, how can there

Merely having a human form does not make one a human being; it is the conduct and behavior that matters. In the same manner, mere acquisition of bookish knowledge does not make one truly

Mental Peace can be obtained only by constant contemplation of God. This cannot be purchased from the market. It is only by constant contemplation of God that mental worries can be overcome. This is

In every human heart there resides a gnawing desire to achieve unwavering and lasting ananda (bliss). Day and night throughout his life man is endeavoring without a moment’s rest to attain this stage, and

“If anyone serves me, he must follow me.”  ~John 12:26 “When we live and practice Jesus’ teachings we are true Christians, not before.” ~Sathya Sai Baba, Christmas 1979 Practice the spiritual disciplines necessary to

Sankeertana (singing in unison with others) is of four kinds: guna sankeertana; leela sankeertana; bhava sankeertana and nama sankeertana. Guna sankeertana: Applies to the kind of bhajan (devotional song) in which the devotee recites

It is the bounden duty of man in this life, as also in later lives, to know and experience the basic cause of the universe and all the love and sweetness it evokes in

For man, health is the greatest wealth. From time immemorial, many countries have been delving in ways to preserve good health and disseminating the knowledge among all. In the absence of sound health, human

There is not one dharma [right action] for Indians and another for Westerners. Dharma is universal. Yes, there is a test that may be applied to any action and you may thereby determine if