Advice i Discarded

“Go slowly on Sai Baba, because people here are very Catholic,” I was advised, upon arriving in Mexico City after an absence of eight years to conduct a Sai Baba Seminar. Luckily i didn’t

Sanathana Sarathi

In Dharmakshetra… Kurukshetra Arjuna had a Sarathi! He was such a master Sarathi That He won the war for him! He held the reins of all the horses He helped his arrows to find

Rama, the Indweller

In the following discourse delivered almost two decades back, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Baba elaborates on the inner meaning of the Ramayana, and the need to comprehend Rama as the dweller within us, showering eternal

Rama Embodies Dharma

Q: Swami! Is it right on the part of Rama to kill Tataka, a woman? Bhagavan: Rama embodies dharma [righteousness]. Along with Lakshmana, He went to the forest led by Vishvamitra only to destroy

Body Performs & Mind Distinguishes

The body performs actions; the mind distinguishes between right and wrong. The atma [individual soul] functions as the witness. Although these three appear to differ from each other, they are interrelated; it is only

 You are Freed

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba brought forth the wondrous ten-inch lingam in 1974 on the auspicious Mahashivaratri day, in the process granting liberation to all who witnessed the event. Do not be misled by what

How Free is Free Will?

Karma or the consequence of activity is classified into three categories: sanchita, prarabdha, and agami. Sanchita is the accumulated karma of the past and agami is the karma that is being accumulated at present

Love and Reverence

The glory and majesty of the Lord is immanent in the universe, as fragrance in the air, of heat in fire, or as butter in milk. He is the string that passes through and

Destiny and Free Will

“Success or failure is your own making; you decide your own destiny; the Lord has no share in deciding it,” says Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. While the `writing on the brow’ (the handwriting on

Grace Abounding

It has only been a few years since I heard of Sri Sathya Sai Baba. I came to know of Him through my son, who is employed at a place near Puttaparthi. Though I

Swami’s Teachings

Hislop: What is the subtlest point of Swami’s teaching, and then in the circle around that point, what are the things to do in order to realize that subtlest aspect of His teaching? Sai:

Past Actions and Merit

Through activity man attains purity of consciousness. In fact man has to welcome activity with this end in view. And why strive for a pure consciousness? Imagine a well with polluted and muddy water