Ramanavami

Ramanavami is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Rama. Sai Baba tells us that when we observe the birthday of a divine personality, we also have to follow his teachings, remembering what constitutes the

Spirituality Is a Pleasure, Not a Pressure

Dr. Kailash Kumar, lecturer in English at Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prashanti Nilayam, retired from the Indian Army in the mid-1980s before joining the college faculty. He has coauthored the book

We Love You

A young adult relates her experience of the ten days spent with Swami during the Summer Course in May 1995. I can still recall the ride from Kadugodi to Bangalore Airport at the end

Prema

“Love is a flower; lust is a thorn. Prema (love) can be truly called prema only when it recognizes divinity and only when it realizes that we should love the divine. That kind of

He Whom Christ Announced

“Religions arise from the minds of good men, who crave to make all men good; they strive to eliminate evil and cure the bad. They are many, since they have to be adjusted to

Baba, Lighting the Lamp of Love

Dr. Michael Goldstein, Central Coordinator of the SSSB Council of the U.S.A., visited New Jersey and New York this October and gave wonderful talks on Swami. He enumerated a number of qualities of Baba

Hanukkah: A Celebration of God’s Grace

This year, beginning on December 17, Jews around the world observe Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights. The holiday commemorates two miracles associated with a battle between the Jews and Syrians in 165 B.C. The

The Call

At 10:30 A.M. on the 12th of May 1988, I was an atheist. Two hours later I knew that there was God. How this all came about and how I became a devotee of

Leadership—A By-Product of Spirituality

It was the eve of the opening of a super-specialty hospital, a unique institution providing free major surgery of all internal organs. This hospital of gigantic size, beautiful architectural design, and state-of-the-art equipment from

Sathya’s Teacher Gets Stuck to a Chair

Here is a funny incident of how one of Sathya’s teachers once got stuck to the chair on which he was sitting. It so happened that one-day Sathya was composing a melodious bhajan (hymn

Vishva Karma

Why do you like me? It must be there is a connection to Thee and i There must be a tie that makes You like me despite me, because in truth there is no

Swami on Sai Organization, Members, and Officers

Every man is living a life of self-interest, a selfish life. He does not think of the welfare of the society and doesn’t have God as his life’s goal and objective. Man is a