Thought of the Month Archive

There is one cause of all your sorrows as well as your joy and happiness. That is your mind. Many people have an adverse view of the mind; they call it monkey mind. But

Whoever is fully awake and has developed his powers of discrimination will not suffer from sorrow nor be subject to fear. Only a person who has attachment to the body and attachment to objects

This New Year day is an opportunity to contemplate on the vastness of time, of its speed, of the short span of time that we share and which has to be put to the

The Gita does not intend that you should pluck a leaf or flower or a fruit from some plant or tree and place it before God. Nor does it ask you to bring water

Activities are of three kinds; karma (action), akarma (inaction), and vikarma (un-action). Of these, un-action is the most subtle of activities for it is neither sloth nor action motivated by desire. It is simple

What is the difference between the “Inner Divine and the ‘Cosmic Divine? In fact, there is no difference at all. Divinity in man is the ‘Inner Divine’ and the Divinity that pervades the cosmos

There are three states relating to the mind; shoonyatwa (emptiness), anekagrata (simultaneous pulls of multiple thoughts) and ekagrata (one-pointedness). These three states are referable to and arise from the three gunas (qualities) in man.

Jesus: I assure you that unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. The greatest in the kingdom of heaven is the one who humbles himself and

What is that prevents man from securing enduring happiness? There are five kinds of sufferings (kleshas) which stand in the way: “Avidya” (ignorance) is one kind of suffering. What is this ignorance? In the

In the following thought Swami talks about social consciousness and the transformation of all human. He says: The rich as well as the poor come to Sai Baba to seek love, peace, and liberation

Whatever service you are rendering you should not feel that you are serving others, but that you are serving God Himself. While taking bath or giving one to the children, consider that you are

Realize and understand fully well that the only royal path to reach God is the path of prema (love). You will be able to taste this sweet honey of prema only at the lotus