Good people sacrifice their personal interests and purify the atmosphere of their environment. They are like an incense stick that goes on burning and radiating fragrance to everyone who comes close to them, even

Hanuman is an integral and an important part of the Ramayana. There are very important lessons that we can learn from him. In the following discourse, Bhagavan Baba illustrates the various ways in which a

At one of the sessions at the recent convention in Taupo, New Zealand, we were asked to discover the inner meaning of the words of a beautiful prayer that Baba gave us many years

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba has opened schools and colleges to impart education to young boys and girls. In the following article, a student shares his experience of undergoing Baba’s tests when he is

Bhagavan Baba says follow the four Fs, which are Follow the Master, Face the devil, Fight to the end, and Finish the game. The following article illustrates that this is true in Christianity and

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai’s teachings have been consistent since His advent. Four decades ago, on the auspicious day of Yugadi—the Telugu New Year day—He categorically emphasized sweet and gentle speech as the fundamental criteria

This letter written by an Indian physician more than three decades ago reveals the healing aspects of the vibhuti [sacred ash] manifested by Bhagavan Baba. The thrilling anecdote underscores similar experiences of thousands of devotees worldwide. 

Question:  Swami, Ravana’s abduction of Sita is a very heartbreaking episode in the Ramayana. How is it that Sita wanted a golden deer, which is so uncharacteristic of her? How strange is it that

What Gita teaches is anaashakti yoga [communion through equanimity], the yoga of disinterestedness or impersonal action, in which you remain totally indifferent to any personal interest in the work that you do and in

One kind word pleases everybody Why, then, should you be miserly in soft speech? By pleasing words, all beings are happy Therefore, speak lovingly always Why be chary in the use of kind words?

On the morning of December 1, 1988, I sat watching in ecstasy, as Sathya Sai Baba made His rounds of the darshan [public audience] area, accepting a letter or two here, manifesting vibhuti [sacred

Sergeant D. S. Kadam, aged 34, was in the Ordinance Section of the Indian Army. On the 18th of October 1968, he sustained at very close range a gunshot injury on his left leg,