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How to go through the path of Vanaprastha
The Vanaprastham stage is full of austerities. Vanaprastham precedes the Sanyasa stage. It is possib
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India always prayed for the welfare of all
From time immemorial the culture of Bharath by its spiritual strength has been bringing peace and se
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We need to show gratitude towards society
Students must develop the spirit of unity along with the formal education. One is born in the societ
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All Indians must be united: Analogy of Dharmaja
Divine and novel thoughts are within man. For this, unity is very essential. Dharmaja set a very goo
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What is Sangham or Society
What is meant by ‘Society’? Society is the one that makes various people of different ideas and
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Unity in society is important for country's development
Embodiments of Love! For a family to be safe and secure, for a society to progress, for a nation to
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Sangha Samskara Manthayu Ganga Galise
The social culture has gone into the drain, Contentment has disappeared from humanity, The moral
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Paschatya Vidyala Prabhavamadhiemo
For us, study is not important, what is very essential is culture. What sort of effect has western e
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Durbuddhula Talanunna
Today, in human beings , how do you find intelligence? If we have heads with wicked thoughts, ears t
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Never give up truth in lIfe
Never give up truth. Truth is our life. Truth is changeless in all the three periods of time. Truth
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Everything depends on your mind; Purify it
For good and bad, our behavior is the main cause. Nothing wrong in education, nothing wrong with the
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The words, mind, ego and the spirit belong to the same family
Students!! The culture of Bharath is noblest and second to none. Man is sum total of hi
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What is education and what is culture
People study and spend hours and hours in research in laboratories. People examine, experiment and e
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Lyrics are not given importance in music today: Humorous analogy of Thyagaraja Krithi
In a music concert the musician concentrates on the ‘raga’, the tune, ‘tala’, the beat and t
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Sankranti Signifies Man's journey from the outer to inner
The very word ‘Sankranti’ conveys the infinite inner meaning. But man without understanding the
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Inner Significance of festivals in India
Embodiments of Divine Atma!! The festivals celebrated by people of Bharat, are all signifi
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Practice is more important than preaching while rendering service
Being called as Bharathiyas, who belong to the rich and sacred culture of Bharath, the Bharatiyas to
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Parama Pavanamaina Bharathavaniyandhu
In the sacred land of Bharat, the quality of patience is highly valued!! Of all the vows the vo
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Swami on India and its culture; Analogy
There are ideals in the world at every needed time. There are certain prescribed ways of conduct in
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Swami on five sheaths of human body
The human body is encased in five sheaths: Annamaya kosha (the sheath of food or physical sheath),
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Born as a human we should behave befitting the name
We have to first understand what is meant by humanity? Human being behaving like a human being manif
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Good culture leads to good qualities
If we wish to possess a good heart, it is essential to move in a good company. At times, however, go
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Paramatma Prema Dharanilo Janulaku
The first duty is to make people experience the divine love in this world. In fact progress is ensur
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Who is a true messenger of God
Embodiments of Love! everyone knows that human life is highly valuable, sacred and noble. Students f
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Modern day practices in spirituality and demoralisation of Indian culture
Embodiments of the sacred soul! Students!! To follow a spiritual path is the desire of
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Swami on Inter caste marriages
New fashions can be noticed today. Swami has said, ‘Caste of humanity’. Yes, it is true. Since S
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Swami on ancient and modern culture
When Brahma manifests with the four faces, the devotee looks at the manifestation and gets absorbed
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God is the indweller - Eknath's story
Several great sages and personages of India have shown these ideals of service, ideal of worshipping
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What is Sin?
What is sin? As per Indian culture, ‘service to others is merit and harming others is sin (paropak
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Paapa bheethi, Daiva preethi, Sangha neethi
“The ignorance, due to lack of fear of sin, The absence of love for God,
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We must lead an ideal family life to bring in Unity
It is the world and the duty of the householder that form the basis for one’s service to the commu
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Religions and their practices are different; But God is one
Though from ancient times the Hindu philosophy has been fostered and protected by Hindus, unfortunat
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How religions arisened in the world
Embodiments of the sacred Atma!! Bharath from times immemorial has taught the world the w
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India has proclaimed that truth is one
However, the same Atma was present in both of them. Truth is one and age becomes irrelevant where Tr
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Scriptures and Puranas proclaim truth
It is only when action is related to the Atma that the nature of Sathya or Truth stands revealed. Wh
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Swami on the role of youth in uplifting India
Sacred students! There are two things which are important for man’s life. One is confidence in o
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Develop patriotism towards your country
My country is India. My religion is the religion of India. My ideals and traditions have been born
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Why summer course for youth; It's purpose
We have come into this world with our body as a part of ourselves. So long as you remain a part of
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Swami has placed all hope on Youth
A great many people who are educated, who are in charge of education and who are in responsible posi
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All religions taught us to be good
Young students! Indian culture is based on non-dual thought and non-dual philosophy. This special
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Adi Shankara says; Grammar cannot save you
He devoted all the time that was available to him and all the energy that was in his body for the p
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Early life of Sri Adi Shankaracharya
More recently, in the year the name of which was Nandana, in the month the name of which was Vaisha
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Swami on the deterioration of Indian culture
Young students! Today, the question arises in the mind of every youth, whether our country Bharat
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Utilize the summer course opportunity
During the one month that is to follow, there will be many elders, who have had considerable exper
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Bharathavani Guru Sishya
In this great country of ours, the sacred relationship between the teacher and the taught has now be
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Scriptures explain the essence of Seva
According to the culture of India and the traditions of Bharat, we have been told that mother, fathe
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Message of Bhagawan to all the Sai devotees
Therefore Sai devotees must, to some extent, sacrifice the selfishness, reduce the involvement in th
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Indian culture taught humanity to see God in everyone
Since ancient times, the Bharatiyas have spread their sacred culture all over the world. This cultur
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Man needs to have the sense of gratitude
The main quality gifted to man by God is “gratitude”. In the ancient culture of Bharath, it was
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Utilise time optimally and lead a good life
Time is highly sacred and valuable. Each one has to introspect whether he is making proper use of t
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Unity is the essence of human life
Embodiments of Love! Ages have gone by and the world has undergone many changes; but there is no tra
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Do not hate anyone
That is why Upanishads also have declared, do not hate anyone. Whomsoever you hate or make an enemy,
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Significance and greatness of India
From stone to a precious gem, from an inert thing to the most illuminated, from the lowest caste to
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Significance of nature and man
Embodiments of divine love! The wonders of nature are extremely sacred, they have got a message and
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Friendship with Mind
All potentialities are the reflections of mental feelings. We should have friendship with our mind.
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Uphold truth and righteousness
Truth is God. Righteousness is the very foundation. The culture of Bharat is based on the dictum tha
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Message to students on Sports meet day
All your games are not sports and games over a limited period. You should be in this game throughout
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What is true culture
The culture of Bharat emphasizes unity and not multiplicity. It is not the diversification of unity.
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Significance of Indian Culture
All ancients extolled the culture of Bharat. The culture of Bharat demonstrates and proves unity in
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Swami on Confidence and Faith
The culture of Bharat lays much emphasis on three principles in the field of education. The first de
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Man has Incredible powers
Man has infinite power within him. In this world there is no other power which is not present in man
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Vedas propounds unity
The Veda in Bharatheeya culture is most important and is held as the standard. The whole world is fu
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Reverence to Parents linked to Indian culture
All the boys and girls who belong to balvikas should in the very first instance learn to give regard
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Cultivate Love and Reverence
Sweet and tender hearted boys and girls! You should recognize that in our culture and in our traditi
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Role of Balvikas Gurus and Parents
Teachers, who are verily embodiment of Divine souls, must imprint in their mind that it is very nece
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Impart Indian culture to Balvikas Students
Our ancient Bharatiya culture was essentially based upon discipline and control of one's own self. T
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Human life rests on human values
Embodiments of Love! The mansion of human life rests on the four pillars of truth, righteousness,
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Foster the culture of Bharath; Analogy of paddy and cloth
You must also give importance to culture and refinement. Earlier, the Vice Chancellor spoke about th
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Follow the culture and tradition of Bharath
You young people should clean your minds, develop pure ideas, and take this opportunity to see what
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Swami on the Culture of Bharat
The very culture and tradition of Bharat is that, it has inculcated this one and only Love. And it h
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Kerala is the center for God
The people of Kerala should strengthen sacred ancient culture. They have the seeds of ancient cultur
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Swami on the Sacred texts of India
When one wants to fell a tree or destroy a tree, he can do so only by cutting the roots. By working
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True Vidya is Atma Vidya
Just by getting educated and having learning in you and just by creating more and more machines and
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Balvikas children must respect parents
According to our Indian culture, we refer to mother as our God, we refer to father as our God, mothe
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Balvikas role in Society
Today we see demons dancing in our society in the form of injustice and hatred. Our ancestors gave u
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Be grateful to balvikas gurus
Boys and Girls, you are the future of our country, having been born in the sacred land of Bharata,
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Khanda khandantara
"This country has given birth to great people who have earned reputation in all the continents of th