Worldly Desires Versus Desire for God

Hislop: One very strong tendency is in the tongue, the problem of taste, which gives rise to craving for more. How do we overcome that? Sai: The body is like a boil. Water is

Divine Love Through Sacrifice and Suffering

Love is, thus, an amalgam of sweetness, effulgence, and wisdom. Compassion is the reflection of love.  Jesus is the embodiment of compassion. He looked with compassion at the poor and the miserable and gave

Divine Life

In 1957 in the discourse below, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba advised us to pray that He make us a flute in His hands so that He can breathe through us, and out of

Friends?

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba enlightened the students attending the Summer Course more than 30 years back on the choice and importance of true friendship. During his sojourn in this transient world, wading through joy

A Devotee’s Story

At the onset, let me thank our dear beloved Swami for giving me the opportunity to write about such a noble soul as Mr. Sundaram Srinivasan, affectionately known as Srini. It was with great

Do You See Him?

It is surely Babaji’s wish that we should all feel the ties across the ocean, for each moment He is building the bridges for international shanti [peace]. This shanti He has given to me

A Service Project

The following article describes a service project that has special meaning for the Sathya Sai Baba Center of Manhattan, New York. In 1995 Sai Center meetings were held in Sanders Hall at the Madison Avenue

The Flood of Love

This is a transcription of the talk delivered in the Divine presence of Bhagavan Baba by Sri Hemant Kumar, a student of Swami’s Institute Bhagavan narrated this experience, which happened 30 years ago. A devotee

Changing the Undercurrent

Dear Readers, My name is Wolfgang Shatriya. I am of German descent and I have been living under the guidance of Swami for the last 20 years. I know this is a big stretch,

Swami’s Views on Meat

Visitor: How does one get devotion to God? Sai: Confidence is necessary. Food is the start. The body is made from food. Without health, it is very hard to do anything. The stomach is

Liberation in Contemporary Life

Liberation is just the awareness of truth, the falling off of the scales of delusion from the eye. It is not a special suburb of select souls; it is not a closed monopoly of

Love the Source of Love

Bhagavan Baba exhorts devotees to seek the true source of love—God Himself who is immanent in every being in this world. In this Shivaratri discourse from more than four decades back, Baba encourages everyone