Thieves or Masters?

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

God’s Will Ultimately Prevails

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

Gita: The Song of Life – 3

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

Taittiriya Upanishad

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.

Think Before You Ask

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?”

Crocodile Jaws

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

Facets of Dharma

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.

Choose Your God

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

Mundaka Upanishad—Knowledge of the Soul

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

Gita: The Song of Life – 2

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

Resolve and Implement

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

Master the Mind 

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