I am writing this from Brindavan. I came here from California about a month ago. In that time, I feel like I have died and been reborn! To explain: Let me go back to

I’ve laid out a garden in my heart Removing all nettles, rocks and bushes Such as anger, desire and pride upstart To grow the rarest flowers fresh from blemishes. I water the plants with

Dato Jagadeesan was the Director of Industrial Promotion for the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority in Kuala Lumpur. He authored the books, ‘Journey to God: The Malaysian Experience with Sai Baba’, ‘Journey to God II:

Bhakta: Namaste [greetings], Swami. Swami: Shubhamastu [let there be auspiciousness]. Bhakta: With Your grace, everything is shubham [auspicious]; without it, everything is ashubham [inauspicious]. Swami: Good, but have you realized how both these are

The mind wills, yearns, prompts and insists on effort and action. This process is named sankalpa. These are like shasanas (commands). Everyone has to be aware of the variety and validity of the actions

Sneha [affection] is the eighth of nine stages of bhakti (devotion) described in the Bhagavatam [scripture] and other texts. It is usually translated as ‘friendship’, a term that has been understandably vulgarized by application

O Christmas Season of recent past—Blessed by a drama that Baba directed: As Lazarus was raised, after breathing `his last’, Walter Cowan was thrice `resurrected’. When spirit left the body’s brace Sai appeared at

We came to the presence of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba in 1948, and since then Bhagavan has been guiding us. In the presence of Bhagavan we have learned so many things; in fact,

Hislop: Is not praying to God the same as begging? Sai: To beg from an equal puts you down and him up. But when you ask God, you rise up to His level. You

Be he a student, a celibate, a householder, or a renunciant, the goal is one and same for all. Contemplate on the principle of so-ham [that I am] that your inner voice teaches. Say

This great Motherland of ours, which produced high-souled men           who spread its glory across the continents; This heroic land that won its freedom from occidental adventurers; This sacred land that achieved eminence in

Swami inaugurated the Sri Sathya Sai Arts and Science College for Women at Anantapur on July 22nd, 1968. The public meeting held in connection with the inauguration was presided over by the Andhra Pradesh