Give the guru your mind, as you would entrust gold to the goldsmith. The guru may need to melt, mold, or beat your mind, but do not worry, as He will return to you

The following discourse of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the pilot to a series of discourses to be published in the following months. During the Summer Course in 1991, Bhagavan spoke on the

The pleasure that man gets from sense enjoyment is like the pleasure one gets while scratching eczema—it only makes the complaint worse. You cannot cure it by yielding to the temptation to scratch. The

Mr. T. G. Krishnamurthy is a long-time devotee of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba and the president of the Sai organization of Madras. We present here an inspiring talk he gave at the Manhattan

Baba told this story at Kodaikanal. Once a man fainted on the side of the road and was unconscious for a long time. An alcoholic saw the man lying on the side of the

What is man’s highest objective? What is his most precious ideal? The Vedas say that there is no rule higher than truth. This mansion, named the universe, stands on the foundation of truth—sathya. You

Do not encourage the multiplication of desires. It is best for you to be content with whatever you have been given. In the chapter on Bhakti Yoga, Krishna enumerated the 26 noble qualities of

When it rains on sand, the water seeps down. When it rains on red earth, the water stays. When the rain falls on an oyster, a pearl is born. Likewise, devotion grows according to

This is how Baba introduced the Gita during a discourse in Puttaparthi some years ago. Once there was a King who had a large empire. He was very sad because he was under the

Sathya Sai Baba tells us that if we surrender to the Lord, He is obliged to protect us. Does His protection and love stop with the individual devotee? It appears that His promise of

No one can liberate you, for no one has bound you. You hold on to the nettle of worldly pleasures and you weep in pain. The kite is pursued as long as it carries

(  Part 1  |  Part 2  ) Devotee: Can we not know at any time what stage we have reached in dhyana? Swami:  You can identify the progress or decline of dhyana only when