On the morning of Thursday, March 22, 1979, in Prasanthi Nilayam, when I was granted an interview by Bhagavan, He produced a most beautiful ring for me. In it Swami’s face was shown in

Hislop: Swami says that He cannot give to a dry heart. Why is the heart dry? Sai: Even that, God gives for our own good. When you don’t have hunger, why should He give

Devotee: In the West, sadhana [spiritual effort] is generally taken to be a process of self‑improvement. But does that imply identification with the changing personality? Sri Sathya Sai: First, there may be the urge

Sankeertana (singing in unison with others) is of four kinds: guna sankeertana; leela sankeertana; bhava sankeertana and nama sankeertana. Guna sankeertana: Applies to the kind of bhajan (devotional song) in which the devotee recites

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba spoke to His devotees on Shivratri [night sacred to Shiva] and emphasized that one cannot win God’s grace by means of vows, fasts, feasts, and recitation of hymns of praise

Crores [tens of millions] of people have had darshan [vision] of Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Millions of others yearn to see Him. Thousands have been blessed with interviews. I happen to be one such

I was returning from a bank meeting in Madras on February 7, 1965, by the Bombay Mail [train], having reserved a berth in the first class up to Tadpatri [a city in Andhra Pradesh, India],

Many people in the world are aware that Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the incarnation of the supreme intelligence and sovereign will, and that He has come on earth to restore righteousness and

On December 25th, 1961, I received a letter from Ramana ashram, Tiruvannamalai, written by Swami Abhedananda. “Excuse me, please, for this intrusion,” he pleaded. “I must admit that I have heard of Sri Sathya

Hislop: Yes, I am the one who puts the separation between us. I am the ego. Sai: Ego is untruth. Hislop: Ego is untruth, then I… Sai: But you are not ego. You are

It is the bounden duty of man in this life, as also in later lives, to know and experience the basic cause of the universe and all the love and sweetness it evokes in

In January 1969 while celebrating the Uttarayana [northern transit of sun] festival, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba said that we should yearn with anguish to win His grace. The grace is always there but it is