At the Onam festival in 1974, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba said that–”You must take this as the Onam message—strive to manifest, cultivate, and express love, and suppress pride and egoism, so that you

That Light because of which Men see the sun Whose all-Pervading Presence None have felt. Whose prime essential Essence is but One Pure Consciousness wherein All else has dwelt. Thou are that truth That

Look around you and you will see everywhere the specter of suffering. Try to understand it, and, more often than not it will baffle you. How, you will argue, can God the infinitely merciful

In the Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna says that one of the qualifications for a devotee to earn His love is “nirmamo nirahankaarah ” (XI I‑13), without mine-ness and without egoism, free from the feeling

(From “The Movement,” California) Movement Newspaper: You’ve mentioned prior to this interview the “Hour of God.” You said that this hour will be brought to us some­time during the 1980s. Will this come about

The heart of a human being should be full of the noble qualities of tolerance, perseverance, sympathy, and contentment. Only then can the human easily understand the principle of the Self and propagate the

God’s love is indeed equal toward all. A fragrant flower emits the same fragrance irrespective of the hand it is held in; be it the left hand or the right. It is not for

The Sufi tradition found its milestone of advaitic thought in the beliefs of Ibn­ al‑Arabi (1165‑1240) and the widespread acceptance of his theory of Wahdat‑al-Wujud [unity of being]. Al‑Arabi is nearer to Vedic and

In 1967 Howard Murphet, the author of the book Man of Miracles, spoke at a public meeting in Chennai [Madras in Southern India] in the presence of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Following is

The inextricable relationship between the devotees and the Lord, a relationship maintained by unassailable and unflinching faith on the one side and a continuous and loving care for the devotee on the other, was

(From “The Movement,” California) (I was in the United States in September‑October 1974, visiting Sathya Sai Centers. The California newspaper named “The Movement” devoted to an exposition of the spiritual life interviewed me in

Men who are devoted to Me are full of love. They always stand by dharma or righteousness. They speak the truth. Their hearts melt with mercy. They are devoid of wrong conduct. They avoid