God Is a Good-Hearted Friend

I first heard about Baba on an aircraft on my way back from England via Pakistan. An Englishman sitting next to me on the plane noticed that I was a vegetarian and a teetotaler. He

Impact of Karma

Q. What is moksha? A. Moksha is liberation from all that binds. That is to say it is the attainment of the ever-existing, ever-stable, ever-pure atma-tatwa [soul principle] and getting rid of the ever-changing,

Love is the True Form of God

Today marks the beginning yet another new year. Many new years have gone by but your old habits have not changed and life remains the same. The reason is that man is not making

Birthday Sparks

In this seminal discourse delivered 50 years back on His birthday, our dear Swami hands to us two keys to His heart: equanimity amidst life’s vicissitudes and total empathy with others’ joys and sorrows. 

Sai’s Grace Through Test of Illness

I am an American married to a Tamil man from Kodaikanal. In my first years with Swami, I spent a lot of time in Puttaparthi, but later Kodaikanal became the venue for most of the

Supreme Love

In this discourse, delivered three decades ago during Christmas, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba offers His quintessential message—imbibe and practice selfless love toward all. The Lord is love, His form is love, All beings

He is and Will be Present Forever

Rosa Lina Munoz was born in Bogota, Colombia (South America) in a very spiritual and loving family. She first set eyes on Sai Baba in February of 1996 and it changed her life. With

My Journey to Sai

Having taken birth in a Hindu family in Fiji, I was brought up worshiping many Gods and Goddesses. Thinking back, I recall that in the late 1960s someone had given my parents a picture

Our Roles

Many of us have celebrated numerous birthdays, and while we have blown out more and more candles on bigger cakes, our resolutions and wishes have `gone with the wind!’ Year after year we have

Face Inner & Outer Obstacles

Faith is very essential for the pilgrim on the spiritual Path. Man is now caught up in temporary and trivial preoccupations in the too short interval between birth and death, and he deceives himself

The Faith and the Ideal

To place one foot forward, man needs an inner urge, a purpose, a prompting. His will is moved by his wish. Therefore, man must endeavor to wish for higher and holier goals. His mind

One Flame, a Billion Lights

Bhagavan Baba has emphasized that we must enlighten ourselves by destroying our lower tendencies and celebrate the Deepavali festival. This year it falls on October 26th. In various parts of India, there are different