Further Lease

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

Happiness and Splendor

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

The Ego

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

Spiritual Development

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

Alms and Qualms

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

My Experiences

The common questions often asked [of me] by inquisitive friends, visitors, and acquaintances with a desire to know about Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba are: (1) What attracted me toward Him, (2) How I

Swami’s Gentle Reminders

Often in our daily lives we take Swami for granted.  Our minds are caught in the constant movement of time. Our thoughts are easily distracted by the vision before our eyes, the sounds we

Light in Darkness

The late Indra Devi, a popular yoga teacher of of the United States, counseled thousands of students, including many public figures and celebrities; taught her methods in China and India; and founded the Yoga

Sanathana Sarathi

Salutations and worship! O Sanathana Sarathi! Abide in Thee, peace and tranquility! Nobly from the pranava [primodial sound] didst Thou cast a Universe as of fun; Ambitious, Thine enemies knew not, that Thou bestowed

Silence

Have you ever enjoyed the pleasure of deep silence? By silence I mean absolute stillness of the mind. Shastras [epics] say, “If one can completely stop the mind for a moment, he is saved

Divine Mischief

Bhagavan must have been in His early twenties when He decided to play with some young cricketers by manifesting His powers through the medium of a cricket ball. A Raja (king) from the erstwhile

Prakriti and Paramatma,

Bhakta: You used the word, adhyasa. What does it mean, Swami? Swami: What? You do not know the meaning of that! “Seeing one form and taking it to be another, superimposing one thing upon