C. Phalguna hails from Chennai. His family has been associated with Bhagavan for more than five decades. He is currently studying in the second year B.Com. (Hons.) class. Why does God descend on earth?

Controlling your desires is not like riding a bike. You don’t do it once and then know how to do it forever. It’s not like driving a standard-shift vehicle. If you can drive one,

Blessed indeed are those who endeavor to realize God, even in the midst of the manifold difficulties and obstacles that surround them in this world. Many people do not even believe in the existence

Hislop: Swami says that ‘All is done by the Lord and not by you.’ But the world over there is the concept that man is responsible for his own actions. Sai: You are God.

There is a marked difference between satisfaction, which is called trupti, and true joy, which is santrupti. To understand this, consider the distinction between kirtan and sankirtan. Kirtan, which is vocal music, comes only

It is always with a sense of extreme gratitude and indebtedness that I remember my family’s association with Srimati (Smt.) Easwaramma, the earthly mother of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. It would have been

Hislop: We see here the form of God as Swami. How are we to understand that form? Does God appear only as that one form? If the question is improper, may Swami please disregard it.

Swami says that it is not possible to give up the objects of this world, but if we can give up our sense of possessiveness we can be happy. He explains ‘detachment’ as follows:

Devotees at Prasanthi Nilayam celebrated the Lunar New Year Day, the first day of the year Plava, on Friday, March 17th. During the morning bhajan [devotional singing] session, Sri Sathya Sai Baba graciously gave

Sri Umamaheswara Rao, age 18, a student in Sri Sathya Sai College of Arts and Science, addressed a huge gathering in the Divine Presence at `Shivam’, Hyderabad City on the Telugu New Year Day.

Sri Ramachandra responded to the enquiry of Shabari, the simple ardent devotee, and named the nine steps in the path which will take man to the Lord: Shravanam Kirtanam Vishnusmaranam Padasevanam Vandanam Archanam Dasyam

For the last three days, the pundits [learned persons] who spoke here have been discoursing on the Ramayana [an epic about Rama]. This is understandable in the case of a specialist like Dikshit [a