In the following discourse, Baba explains the importance of action in our lives. No event is coincidental. Everything happens in response to the actions we perform. So we must be very careful in performing

In one of his longer poems, Tennyson describes prayer as a moment when “the man in God and the God in man” meet. He must have dimly seen what Baba puts so clearly and

The three-wheeled scooter driver, Ashok Kumar, age 21, was not honest. He cheated his customers every time, charging them too much. One day he took a customer to Golf Links (an elite locality of

Sri Krishna tells Arjuna to master the mind by dhyana (contemplation or intense concentration) and derive jnana (wisdom and understanding) and bhakti (devotion, adoration and emotional yearning). In chapter nine He tells us that

In the following article Ms. S. D. Krystal from Pacific Palisade, a long time devotee of Bhagavan Baba, shares her experience with Swami, who protects His devotees like a loving and caring mother. We

In an interview in 1989, Swami told me, “Don’t worry. Always think of God, I am always with you. Have a happy and healthy life.” I am sure He tells this to thousands of

A life of spirituality, or a spiritual life, means one devoted to earnest effort for realizing and uniting with the Divine. The term spiritual life in itself may sound somewhat like emphasizing the obvious. For

Establish your mind and intelligence in Me. If you cannot accomplish this and find it difficult, give up your egoism and carry on activities that are moral and holy. If even this is too

The following article is excerpted from the book, Easwaramma, The Chosen Mother, about Swami’s own mother. In the book, author N. Kasturi paints a striking picture of how the Avatar taught an ordinary mother to be

Lord Krishna visited Queen Gandhari, the mother of the Kauravas in the epic Mahabharatha,  to console her after the Kurukshetra battle. She accused him, saying, “Since you are God,  how could you be so

Sri Krishna tells Arjuna that action [karma] cannot be avoided. Even the simple acts of maintaining our bodies are actions. We must discriminate and not follow our desires and fancies, but master them and

 In His discourse to Bala Vikas teachers in 1978, Bhagavan Baba said that young people must be led into good ways of living, into simplicity, humility, and discipline by their teachers. The advice He