To the Mothers

In a landmark discourse, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba issues a candid, endearing call to young mothers to embrace their responsibility as their children’s first spiritual preceptor, their efforts being crucial to sustain India’s

A Model Prayer to Mother Sai

  Mother Sai, We are all children within Thy womb. As the mother lovingly bears the hammerings of the embryo, Thou, too, in Thy supreme patience and compassion, dost put up with the painful

S.S.E. Student Offerings to the Divine Mother 2013

May 6th of each year is observed as Mother’s Day. For this occasion, our children submitted poems, drawings, and other creations for publication in Sai Sarathi. These following submissions on the theme of “mother”

The Loving Mother Sai

Swami often says, “My love is equal to the love of a thousand mothers.” Like a mother He is always with us even when we are having our food. Swami tells us that food

Pappu and Uppu [Lentil and Salt]

In this momentous discourse delivered nearly 50 years ago on the birthday of Lord Rama, Baba gives the formula for liberation: ardent devotion couched in detachment from the world.  In the Garudapurana [a Hindu

Sri Sathya Sai—The Supreme Poet

Sri Sathya Sai Baba, the sage of Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh, is well known in India and abroad as the great Indian preceptor preaching the sermon of following the fourfold path of satya [truth],

One Last Darshan

Sri Sanjay Sahani, a former Sai student, had been the warden of Sri Sathya Sai Boys’ Hostel in Prasanthi Nilayam. Later he was appointed Principal of the Brindavan Campus of Sri Sathya Sai University in Bangalore.

God Never Changes

I love miracles and I love to witness them. They make me feel happy. In the presence of a miracle, it seems there is nothing impossible for God in this world. When I see or

A Lake of Joy

Why wander far and near to seek? He dwells within thy heart; Yes, turn within and find Him there, He longs to see you start. But clean your heart before you seek, And offer

The All-Conquering Faith of Prahlada

The following is an excerpt from a discourse given by Bhagavan Baba on May 25th 1995.  Prahlada [devotee of Vishnu] remained unshaken in his faith in Lord Narayana [primordial personality of the godhead] despite

Nearest Devotee

“That devotee of mine, who expecting nothing, is pure, dexterous, unconcerned, free from distress, and renounces all undertakings, is dear to Me” (Bhagavan began His discourse with this shloka [verse] from the twelfth canto

No Mirror, No Image

Bhagawan Baba delivers the essence of the holy Shivaratri [holy night dedicated to Shiva]—the individual’s ultimate exercise to identify with the Universal—in this divine discourse nearly 45 years ago.  When the word ‘lamp’ is