I am a registered medical practitioner, engaged in a long-term practice at Uravakonda, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh [Southern India]. During a time of difficult circumstances and their effects on me, I once became involved in

There are seven facets to dharma [right action] just as there are seven colors contained in the rays of the sun. The first facet of dharma is truth. The second facet is good character.

In the following discourse, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba advises not to let the mind waver and distract you from following the devotional path. Choose one God and stay steady with Him through the good

To attain the state of Purushottama [the supreme self], you must entertain pure feelings and engage in pure actions. Appreciate one truth, and you have understood everything. What is that truth? This is what

Chapter one of the Bhagavad Gita explains the remorse Arjuna feels when he faces his kin in the battlefield. Unwilling to fight and possibly kill the soldiers—many of whom he knows personally—Arjuna would rather

Hal Honig, the National Sai Service Coordinator, spoke to the devotees at the Manhattan Sai Center and shared some experiences from a visit with Swami in Puttaparthi. He spoke about Baba’s teachings and shared ideas how

A Christian priest learned a lesson in sense control from the driver of a horse carriage in which he was traveling. The priest noticed that the driver was beating the horse severely as they

Examine every day what you do and with what motives; then you can yourself pronounce judgment on your progress. It all looks so easy, but it is one of the hardest assignments. Digest 2,

In a discourse, at the first conference of Sathya Sai Seva Organizations, Bhagavan Baba elaborated the various rules and regulations that members and office bearers of the Sathya Sai Organizations should follow. He said

The epic battle of Kurukshetra took place around 3,100 B.C. between the Kauravas and the Pandavas. King Dhritarashtra, the father of the Kauravas, being blind, did not qualify to become the King, so the

Early this morning, I was in the kitchen rinsing off the breakfast dishes before going to work. A thud against the back door caught my attention and I went to investigate. Lying on its

Enveloped with Love Swami sometimes manifests a gift for a devotee to take home to a sick relative, and on those occasions He will sometimes put it in a suitable envelope from His latest