Almost half a century ago, in the midst of my earthly life was a call, That persisted doggedly causing an uneasiness in my monotony, I listened, listened intently with rapt attention, an ethereal call,

Raghava Krishna is an alumnus of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning in Prasanthi Nilayam. The great Indian epic Ramayana has been divided into Kandas or parts. Each Kanda has a great

Hislop: What is the most subtle point of Swami’s teaching, and then in the circle around that point, what are the things to do in order to realize that most subtle aspect of His

Man has to cleanse his mind of four blemishes before he can overcome the disaster that is fast overtaking him. They are ashraddha, krodha, avishwasam, and chinta (want of steady application in work, anger,

The mind causes rebirth to beings The mind causes release to beings The mind confers victory to beings In the struggle to attain the four: Goodness, fullness, fruition, freedom, dharma, artha, kama, moksha. The

In the wide-open frontier That I Am a hint of vastness embraces me From a balcony in the heavens Sai Avatar surveys His luminous creation Winged worlds Spiraling galaxies Timeless superluminal light years orbit

Ravi Mariwala, a Bal Vikas student from then Bombay, spoke many times in front of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba and thus developed the desire to be a student at His University. In 1982

Q. They speak of Avadhutas [mystics] also. Who are called so? What are their qualifications? A. Like the vanaprasthas [recluses] and the sanyasis [renunciants], they too have to be free from all attachment and

Enquire, enquire, enquire. Make a determined attempt. Don’t relax your spiritual efforts in any way. What we need to recognize is the mooladhaara [root basis of existence] principle. This principle is not visible through

“The true guru is not a human preceptor. It is the cosmos itself, prakriti, creation, the objective world around us. The universe and all its components are to be looked upon as one’s preceptors

Here is another poem by Kanaga Ranganthan, who recollects her response to the Sai call to His devotees, and how in just one darshan her life was changed forever as He came near her,

Man is a pilgrim toward Dharmakshetra (abode of righteousness), the pride of dharma, which is the abode also of shanti (peace]. But on the way he is led into the by-lanes and alleys of