There should be harmony in thoughts, words and deeds: Anecdote of three brothers

There are three brothers in a house. There will be peace at home when the three brothers love each o

Do not be angry in your life

Man is wasting his life due to lack of forbearance. He gets angry every other moment. Anger is the w

Everything can be achieved through pure love

Human being comes from God but forgets his source. Clouds originate from sun but they cover the sun.

What is sacrifice in its true sense

This body is mortal. Sacrifice means not to leave this body or wife and family. The evil qualities t

Sevadal should never enter into politics: Guidelines to the Members of the Sri Sathya Sai Organisation

The members of Sevadal participating either in samithi or as Sevadal or in bhajan activity or in stu

Swami's guidelines to leaders of the organisation and Sevadal

As long as one is alive, one must participate in Seva at least for a few hours every day. Workers an

Life of Baba at Venkusa Ashram

The boy stayed for twelve years from 1839 to 1851, in the ashram of Venkusa. Venkusa loved the boy v

Eat less, talk less, work more and derive great joy

We should all be united. Hatred might arise among brothers, but there must never be any room for hat

Youth should have more patience: With analogies

Human mind is completely polluted due to cinema, TV, and radio. All the sacred qualities latent in m

How should one speak?

However, one has to talk and cannot give up talking. But how should one talk? One must talk with pur

The attributes of wisdom - Sraddha, Rutham, Sathya and Yoga

The first one is “Shraddha”. It has two meanings: ‘interest’ and ‘stability’. Shraddha

Parents should be role model to children

One must not indulge in worrying about others the moment one gets up from sleep.

Do not have hatred towards anybody

Nityananadam, parama sukhadam Kevalam gnyaana murtim Dwandwateetam, gagana

We should always be happy and be united: New Year Message

Embodiments of Love!! Love all! One must not give scope to even an iota of

Develop faith and confidence

“Where there is confidence there is love. Where there is love there is peace.

Man's anger and desire are ruining him

The desire and anger in man – one is death itself. For the tree, ‘anger’ is an enemy like the

Same principle of Atma is present in everyone: With Analogies

Embodiments of Love!! Recognise that it is one Atma that pervades all. Do n

Swami explains the workings of body, mind, intellect and atma

Man must aspire to become broadminded living in this vast and wide world. Every human being has four

Do not criticize or comments on others

One must abstain from criticising the faults in others or their wrong doings. Criticizing others is

Story of Muthu Swami iyyer, the greatest lawyer of India

There lived two brothers in a remote village in the then state of Madras. The elder brother was a vi

How the word, Rishikula turned to school in modern times

The word ‘Rishi’ relates to those people who had no delusions about the body but naturally exhib

Youth have the incurable disease of Ego

Young men and women today, prone to the effects of their age lose all patience and have no sense of

What is Sin?

What is sin? As per Indian culture, ‘service to others is merit and harming others is sin (paropak

Essence all religions is the religion of Sathya Sai

When one fosters the idea that people of all religions are necessarily the descendants of God, then

Religions are never the reason for chaos and confusion

Embodiments of pavitra atma, Religion and sect is not responsible for the strif

As is your vision, so is the world

One must experience the bliss and share it with others. When man sees the world through the glasses

True devotees do not have bad qualities

One finds people in the garb of devotee everywhere for if every one of them were a true devotee then

Develop positive thoughts

Clean, remove all the negative feelings. Develop, grow more and more positive thoughts. As along the

Love all, hate none

When once you say God dwells in everyone you should love all. But you just say so but you consider s

Unity makes India ideal

Embodiment's of love! Unity is the most essential today to mould Bharat as an ideal country. All our

Types of people who hate God

There are four types of people who turn against God. The first category are those who don't have fai

Swami on the devotion of Thyagaraja

Thyagaraja was a great devotee but he too had to face so many difficulties.Thyagaraja, who could bea

How to control the tongue

Jayadeva had complete control over his senses; he was always immersed in Krishna consciousness. He t

How should we control and use our senses

Surdas said, “O Lord! Everyone has eyes! Are they able to see you? They see all the crooked things

Swami on the role of head, heart and hand

The food and habits of man today are very peculiar. Two aspects are important to man namely, the hea

Message of Bhagawan to all the Sai devotees

Therefore Sai devotees must, to some extent, sacrifice the selfishness, reduce the involvement in th

Do not hate anyone

That is why Upanishads also have declared, do not hate anyone. Whomsoever you hate or make an enemy,

Promote love and get rid of hatred

Embodiments of the Divine! We must develop faith in the decisions that we have taken in this c

Stay away from hatred and criticism

In the Sathya Sai organizations, we should regard ‘Love’ as the essential life giving source. Am

What is the True meaning of Spirituality

Spirituality does not mean a life of loneliness or solitude. Spirituality is one which is beyond all

Vedas propounds unity

The Veda in Bharatheeya culture is most important and is held as the standard. The whole world is fu

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

Develop kshama with love

Students! In everyone of your spiritual endeavour, you must make the resolution, “This I MUST achi

Lack of kshama leads to jealousy; Analogies of Ravana, Asuya and Anasuya

Anasuya who had three sons. They were no ordinary sons for they were none other than Brahma, Vishnu,

Love is the basis for forbearance

Embodiments of Love! Boys and Girls! True and Selfless Love manifests as sacrifice. Such love knows

Revere your Mother and Love her

Be full of love. There is nothing beyond love. In our heart, we should be full of love. Even a belch

Swami never gets angry with anyone

The peacock is so beautiful. If you take the feathers of the peacock and put them on a hen, how does

Importance of Mothers words

Mother's words are very sweet! She may beat you or scold you when she is angry but she can never hav

Swami on Emperor Bali and Vamana

Embodiments of love! Based on the principle of truth Emperor Bali considered all his subjects as his

Swami's teachings for Balvikas Gurus

Today in the context of there being about 5000 Balvikas gurus and if each teacher can set right at l

Students should not hate each other

Embodiments of love! In your classes, there may be small differences between individuals. On the bas

Balvikas role in Society

Today we see demons dancing in our society in the form of injustice and hatred. Our ancestors gave u