Sincere effort and actual activity entitle you to the grace of God. When Jesus Christ entered the precincts of the Temple of Jerusalem and found people sacrificing doves and other living beings to God,
Small Stories
April 1, 2003
Sathya Sai Baba says, “The inner meaning of all spiritual discipline is to make man realize his true nature.” What is this true nature? Baba says that we are God, not different from God.
Sri Krishna explains to Arjuna that He comes down as an ‘avatar’—divine incarnation—to protect the good and the righteous and to destroy evil. He leads people on the path of peace and prosperity, perfection
Once a few of us were sitting on the verandah at Whitefield in Bangalore, Swami very graciously joined the group and narrated the following story: There was a king who asked a Pandit as
Bhagavan Baba received a complaint that spiritual life is complicated and difficult. He responded by saying that on the contrary it is worldly life which is complicated and difficult, whereas spiritual life is easy,
Q: Baba! Please tell us how you are attained. I find my sadhana [spiritual efforts] infructuous. A: I know you are inflicting many austerities on yourself. I must tell you that I am attained
In celebration of the Christian Lenten season, which culminates on Easter Day, Swami teaches us in the following passages the meaning of Jesus’s life and ultimate sacrifice of Himself. The true significance of these
On March 1st this year, the holy festival of Mahasivarathri will be observed around the world. Here Bhagavan Sri Sathya SaiBaba reiterates the real meaning of the various disciplines sages have exhorted us to
Embodiments of Love! You are all the embodiments of the Trinity. You are the embodiments of the three attributes (trigunas). You must propitiate Lord Shiva to achieve the purity of the heart, for Shiva
Small Stories
March 1, 2003
Sri Krishna encourages us to actively perform our daily chores and follow His example to work for the welfare of humanity. He asks us to be sthithaprajna—a person who is firm in mind and
Social norms of behavior have drowned in the Ganga. Contentment has disappeared from the minds of people. Morality, character, and human values are shattered. Men have lost their humanness. Everyone needs food to survive.
As Baba entered the premises of Dharmakshetra in Bombay, He saw the drilling team who were going to drill for water. The person in charge of the team asked, “Swami, can we drill here?”
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