Thoughts Are Things

Hari I am watching my thoughts, feelings, and actions Are they clear, translucent, pure upward-moving, virtuous, loving inspiring, faithful, joyful, warm Satwic peaceful panorama quiet, unruffled lake, a crystal window pane through which all

Yoga in Modern Life

These days all over the world there is clearly a great curiosity about the science of yoga. Especially in western countries, many people seem to have been attracted toward yogic practices. Their interest, however,

When Swami Gave Himself a New Name!

On the 25th of November in 1958, Sri S. R. Venkatraman and his family were returning from Puttaparthi after attending Swami’s birthday celebrations. Baby Gitasudha, Venkatraman’s daughter, suddenly lay dead. The miserable parents were

Uprooting of Impulses

Of all the workshops of the world, the workshop of the body is the most wonderful, because it is the tabernacle of the Lord. In such a factory, the impulses are sublimated into vows,

Which is the Real? … This or That?

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba in this discourse speaks about the reality of man that is Brahmam, that resides in one and all whether living or non-living. The beacon of the spirit is the

Toward a Universal Religion

Almost every living religion today claims that it is a world religion. In so far as the term `world religion’ connotes the wide geographical extent of its spread, it is perhaps a justifiable claim.

The Sai Religion

In this discourse of October 1976, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba talks about the unity of all the religions and says that the Sai religion is that religion that feeds and fosters all religions

Stages of Sadhana

Hislop: Once he has tasted sugar, one never mistakes salt for sugar. If that bliss of which Swami speaks is our real nature, how is it that we confuse the unreal for the real?

The Discovery of Truth—that is the unique mission of Man

Man is a mixture of maya and Madhava; the maya (illusion) throws a mist that hides the Madhava (God). But through the action of the healthy impulses inherited from acts performed while in previous bodies or through the cleansing done by

The Fingers Five

Bhagavan Baba, in His valedictory address to the Fifth All India Seva Dal Conference, made a call to all units of the Sathya Sai Seva Samiti (organization) to work as a single entity like

The Pole Star

The pure heart shines with a faultless brilliance. Sweet love grants unblemished joy. Goodness is the most efficacious specific for the illness that lays humanity low. Goodness is even the reservoir of immortality. Attach

Unfortunate Children

 In the following discourse, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is speaking to inmates of a remand home in Hyderabad about how they should conduct their lives. This is a good lesson for all of