The author, W. M. Stephenson, is a teacher in School News Nationwide (a non-profit organization) in Brooklyn, New York. Being a dedicated teacher he functions as a personal academic tutor to college students who have problems with

The author has been a devotee of Swami since 1985, has written two spiritual books blessed by Swami, composed several English bhajans [devotional songs], and is currently a member of the Sai Center of

While in this transient world, wading through joy and grief, man has sore need of one of his kind to whom he can communicate his feelings, with whom he can share his discoveries and

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba spoke to the students at the Youth Camp and asked them to let go of all desires for sense-objects, concentrate on God alone, and surrender all desires to Him.

Swami says that we should discipline our children and not allow them to wander about without control. He further says: Discipline is the mark of intelligent living. Parents should not allow children to fall

The following is an extract from a discourse that Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba gave during the celebration of the Hindu Samaj [Hindu society] completing sixty years in an atmosphere of shanti [peace]. The society

I was among over a thousand delegates from India and many other countries who had the rare fortune to hear Baba make His wondrous declaration to the whole world on May 17th [1968]. As I

Some people [victims of ignorance] say that Swami does magic, and I agree with them. Swami Himself says that God is a magician and I know that Swami is God. The Lord created this

God is formless and with form, too; He transcends both form and formlessness. God with form is visible, we can touch Him and feel Him and be aware of His presence. Such is Bhagavan

The late Sri Ratan Lal, a devotee of Bhagavan Baba, used to speak to the foreigners who came to Puttaparthi for Baba’s darshans. The following essay has been excerpted from those talks. That which exists

In Bhagavan Baba’s teachings we often encounter expressions like “elimination of the mind,” “conquest of the mind,” etc. But what does it mean? It is difficult to understand, and to a Westerner it sounds

“I shall certainly come to your house.” “Mention the exact date, Swami! Why is it that You do not give the date? You simply promise to come, some time or another. For more than