Thought of the Month Archive

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

All worldly pleasures are transient and temporary. Very often they result in sorrow and disappointment. God alone is the source of enduring bliss. The purpose of human birth is to realize the inherent divinity

Without pain, one does not realize the value of pleasure. The value of light can be realized only when there is darkness. This message of truth must be taught to the entire world, as

Just as Om is the sound symbol of God, the linga is the form symbol or the visible symbol of God, the most meaningful, simplest and the least endowed with the appendages of attributes.

Nature or prakruti is the world of vasanas, (tendencies, desirous impulses). The mind is attracted toward nature and the external objects of the world by means of this tendency for attachment; and it starts

Man must give up the craving for material comfort and the attachment to sense-objects. He must discard the false fears, the absurd desires, the sorrow, the worries, and the artificial pleasures that now fill

Embodiments of love! There is no nobler quality in the world than love. It is wisdom. It is righteousness. It is wealth. It is Truth. Everything is permeated with love. Everything in the cosmos

Of all the workshops of the world, the workshop of the body is the most wonderful because it is the tabernacle of the Lord. In such a factory, the impulses are sublimated into vows,