Recognize the Power of Mind

Today man has to understand the true relationship between matter and mind. When one is asked about the mind, he says, “Don’t mind.” When he is asked about matter, he answers, “It doesn’t matter.”

The Purpose of Human Life

You say atma, atma! What is this atma? Earlier, the sages had seen atma as perfect love. But atma is higher than perfect love. There are four objectives of life for every man. They

Swami’s Continuous Divine Grace  

I had the grace of Bhagavan’s darshan [sighting of a holy man] three times in India in 1990, 1994, and 2010.  Yet when Covid hit in 2020, I slipped into a deep depression, and

Sri Sathya Sai On: How to Become Best Sai Students?

In the following discourse to the students in the hostel, Bhagavan said that as Sai students they should not only be serious about their studies but also inculcate discipline and purity in letter and

Sing the Glory

Here comes the Morning Star! The day intends to dawn! Awake from deep slumber and sing with birds the song! The World is Paradise now since Sathya Sai has come! Redeemed is all mankind,

A Letter from Liverpool

I arrived in London on Thursday, 12th Septem­ber [1963], and found I could not get admission in any college for the course in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. I went to Glasgow but there, too,

Dhyanam

Bhakta: Swami, I have a few doubts concerning the subject of dhyana that You are now writing about, can I ask You? Swami: Of course, you can ask and have your dou­bts removed. It

Ravana – Lessons to absorb and put into practice

The bad qualities and the cruel ideas that are in us are symbolic of the aspect of Ravana [King of Lanka in the epic Ramayana]. The good in us is symbolic of Rama. It

Stoop to Serve

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba gave a discourse for Ganesh Chaturthi in 1971 and said: service, the utilization of time, and skill to uplift society—that is the highest form of adoration that God will

Our Offering

The Bhagavad-Gita (IX, 26) says, `Offer Me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, a drop of water; that is enough.’ But Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba does not ask even these things.

Three‑in‑One Now

On Krishna Ashtami in 1967, Bhagavan Baba in His discourse said that man must allow the Krishna within him to Lord over his mind and let Him trample on the hissing hoods and tame

Soar Like a Lark

We totter and grope in the dark In the mire of ignorance; we flounder, Instead of soaring like a lark! Come, arise, awake, falter not, For, He is here; why fear? He is so