Of what avail is it to be a scholar or clever intellectual If one does not practice even a fraction of what one knows? Not all the luxuries and pleasures of the world will

Before joining the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning by the grace of our Lord, I had received a few chances of experiencing minute drops of His Divine leela [play]. Here, I wish to

It was a lovely cool morning in Prasanthi Nilayam [the abode of everlasting peace], in the second week of May 1964. The time was about 6:40 in the morning.  The sun had risen and

The Sarathi calls on every heart Offering His equestrian art; He will curb the fiery steeds Of tongue, the eye, and ear; He will overwhelm your wily foe With His will, though He holds the

Sai: Who are you? Who are you? Hislop: I am the accumulation of all my past, all my ideas. Sai: Who is that ‘My’? Who is that ‘My’? Who is that ‘My’ who is claiming? Between the

Most people today have no real idea of what is devotion and what is spiritual discipline. Different forms of worship, pilgrimages, meditation, and the like are equated with devotion. These are not the indices

In this divine discourse delivered on the sacred Mahashivaratri day, Bhagavan Baba reminds devotees to transform the exercise of all-night bhajan (devotional singing) into a life-long bhajan of adoration and pilgrimage to the Lord within. Throughout

Berniece Mead, National Sai Spiritual Education Coordinator at the time, gave the following talk on the weekend of September 26-27, 1998, at the San Diego Sai Conference. I would like to offer pranams (salutations) at

This article is based largely on comments Sathya Sai Baba has made in His discourses about the eighth-century saint/poet Shankaracharya. In the early centuries of the Kali Age (Iron Age), Buddhism and Jainism were the predominant religions

Bhakta: Namaskaram [greeting], Swami. Swami: Happy to see you. You seem very tired, and in this summer travel is even more exhausting. Take rest for a little while, we can converse thereafter. Bhakta: When

To develop one’s moral and mental strength, one should practice sadhana (spiritual exercises) for disciplining the mind. For this purpose, one has to promote ten kinds of purity (satwa). First: The first is purity of the

In the following discourse, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba enumerates the various qualities required of a devotee and explains what real devotion is. Know that your hunger has not been fully appeased even after