Free Will?

Free will implies a ‘willing’ in freedom, the will arising from the essence of one’s self and therefore being free from coercion of any type. Otherwise, we could not say it is ‘free’ will.

May Thy Will Prevail

Many of us who have approached Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba are distressed; some are seekers of enjoyment; a few are seekers of knowledge, and a microscopic few are men of wisdom. Men approach

The Question and the Answer

Do you remember when you chose? The time when you chose this life The day you chose these lessons The moment you chose your parents The second you chose to be You Why do

The Footprints of God

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, in a Janmashtami day discourse, charts the way to imprint God in our hearts—live in God, with God, and by means of God in all places and at all times as

Namasmarna Is the best Sadhana

For maya-constituted beings there are two maya gates: the appetite for sex and the appetite of the tongue. These two have to be conquered by every man. So long as they persist, they cause

The Gayatri Path to God

In this discourse, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, asks us to recite the Gayatri Mantra at least three times a day to get the full benefit. He also explains the meaning of the whole

Baba and the Moon

Often as a child I had heard about the “Man in the Moon,” but was never able to discern any such person no matter how hard or how often I looked. Then one evening

Another Overseas Lesson

It was during the Dasara festival that Baba kept sending wave upon wave of bliss to me. It came at all times, until one knew that only He could be creating such moments filled

Hijackers Defeated

For the past four years many people have urged me to write an account of the hijacking my husband and I experienced on our way home from a visit to Baba in March of

Is this for Me?

“When I am with a child, I am a child….” How delightfully true! In 1978, a large group of children from a center in England visited Brindavan, taking with them seven sacks of ‘presents’

This Bank and That

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, in these divine words uttered 45 years back, extols the importance of growing our account in the spiritual bank vis-a-vis the material bank. Among the four goals of human existence—dharma

Shanti

There are many people who are not aware of even the meaning of the word, prasanthi. It is as the backbone to each individual and for the sadhaka (spiritual aspirant) it is as the