Abhimanyu

Question: Swami, we hear that [in the epic Mahabharata] Arjuna was the only one capable of breaking through and emerging victorious from the Padmavyuha—the lotus-like military formation or maneuver—set up as a death trap.

Precious Time

Of all precious things in the world, time is the most precious. Think over how you are spending your precious time. Your primary duty as a human being is to offer your body, your

Atom of Majesty

Bhagavan Baba clarifies the symbolism behind His manifesting the lingam on the holy night of Shivaratri [on February 26 this year].  In the ensuing discourse, Baba emphasizes that His mission to establish righteousness on the earth

Love, Light, and Delight

Sunam Gyamtso, a former student of the Sathya Sai Institute, shares his thoughts and says that we are looking for miracles of materializations and forgetting the creator Himself who is the greatest miracle amongst

Holy Shivaratri

The following parable, from the Skanda Purana [Hindu scripture], of the hunter and the four deer highlights the fundamental requisite for devotion—keeping one’s word and worship of the Divine. These two acts draw the grace of

A Sanyasin’s Stay at Puttaparthi

The following anecdote related by professor Kasturi, one of Sathya Sai Baba’s closest devotees and His official biographer, gives us a little peek into Bhagavan’s Divinity and His omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence. Two years

Ashtagraha

Eight planets in a row! O the brilliant show! (Some killjoy says, they are not eight, but seven But, yet, the row is grand! )… Magnificent, rare! It happens once in a thousand years

Sai Gospel and the Quran

The subtlest, strongest relationship in life is between God and man. This is confirmed by modern Jungian psychology, though the Divine is termed and alluded to as the Self. Yet, in the external glamour

Was Krishna Partial

Question: Swami, we lack adequate knowledge of many important things. We have only a partial view of divinity. Hence, we tend to ignore the reality and are prone to doubt divinity. It is our misfortune

Clutches of Maya

“Veiled as I am by My inscrutable power of illusion, My maya, the world does not recognize Me. Although they do not know Me, Arjuna, I know them all…past, present, and future. Not understanding

A Happy Human Community

In this discourse, Sathya Sai Baba advises His college students to have firm faith in themselves so they can advance spiritually. He urges them to follow the path of truth, morality, and righteousness, living

Life’s Pilgrimage

The author entreats the readers to abide by Sri Sathya Sai’s spiritual guidelines as closely as one follows traffic signs for a safe and successful trip.  Life, according to Bhagavan Baba, is a pilgrimage from