
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
Devotee Talks
March 1, 1996

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
Devotee Stories
March 1, 1996

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
Thought of the Month
March 1, 1996

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
Divine Discourses
December 1, 1995

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
Devotee Talks
December 1, 1995

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
Devotee Stories
December 1, 1995

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
Devotee Stories
December 1, 1995

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
Small Stories
December 1, 1995

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
Divine Discourses
June 1, 1995

Lessons From the Sea
This is the World Teacher’s Day, named after the First Preceptor—the codifier of Vedic texts, the poet who compiled the great epic Mahabharata famous as the fifth Veda and that other great text book
Divine Discourses
June 1, 1995