Thought of the Month Archive

God is the echo of the hills, the flutter of the leaves, the whisper of men, the babble of children, the Om (primordial sound) that is wafted everywhere. God is present at all places, but

The Isaavaasyopanishad [Hindu scriptures] declares that whatever bhoga (pleasure) one wants to enjoy, he should do so in a spirit of renunciation. In daily life, enjoyment and renunciation do not go together. The tyagi

When Jesus was a child, during a visit to Jerusalem, he was lost in the crowd. After a frantic search Mary found him in a temple listening intently to the speech of a priest.

Most people today have no real idea of what is devotion and what is spiritual discipline. Different forms of worship, pilgrimages, meditation, and the like are equated with devotion. These are not the indices

To develop one’s moral and mental strength, one should practice sadhana (spiritual exercises) for disciplining the mind. For this purpose, one has to promote ten kinds of purity (satwa). First: The first is purity of the

Every person is apt to commit mistakes, without being aware of it. However bright the fire or light, some smoke will emanate from it. So also, whatever good deed a man might do, there

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 maya-constituted beings, there are two maya gates: The appetite for sex and the appetite of the tongue. These two have to be conquered by every man. So long as they persist, they cause sorrow.

You have been born because you did not pass in certain subjects; there is some balance of experience which you must acquire to complete the course. If you become convinced through Self-realization, that your

Contemplate on God with a pure heart. There is no greater spiritual exercise. But as long as men are attached to worldly objects, they can make no progress in the spiritual field. Once Radha

Will a snake be killed by mere rubbing of its hood?” Will mere punishing the body stop the sensual desires? Will giving up hunger and thirst result in the knowledge of atma? Without self-realization

Excerpts from Bhagawan’s discourses on various occasions that remind us of what He envisioned for the Bal Vikas (Sai Spiritual Education) movement and what He expects from children and gurus. According to our Indian