By : Sri Narasimha Swamiji In life, we should not let others circumscribe us or define us. If you allow them to do that, they will reduce you and your work to zilch – as if what you are...
By: Seetha ‘Priya’ Relationship between a Guru and a Disciple : Once a contact between the Guru and the bhakta(disciple) is established, the relationship between master and disciple becomes a thing of beauty. This leads us to consider the principle...
At Sahada, a Brahmin was convicted and sentenced to death. He had a Muslim friend, who had great faith in Shri Sai Baba. The Muslim friend came to Shirdi and told Baba all about his friend and prayed. Shri...
By : O. K. Varda Rao Krishna says in the Bhagawad Gita that a true devotee – a bhakta, is one who “is not hateful towards any creature, who is friendly and compassionate, who has no idea of egoism,...
By : Dr. K. Nagesh Among close associates of Sai Baba, Nanavalli is considered a model of Vairagya. Shankar Narayan Vaidya alias Nanavalli was a peculiar person. It was not clear whether Nanavalli was treating Baba as a divine saint. He was treating Baba...
By : JayakrishNa Nelamangala Shree krishNArpaNamastu There is a popular idea that we can live happily without any philosophy. On the contrary, this upanishat teaches in this mantra that lack of knowledge of tattva is destruction of oneself. This...
By : Sneha Damle Hari Sitaram Dixit, H.S. Dixit was also called Kaka Dixit, Dixit or simply Kaka. He maintained a diary covering all the incidents and miracles in Shirdi. This diary not only covers the period after his...
By Dr. G.R. Vijayakumar Just after the conclusion of the All India Sai Devotees’ Convention at Hubli-Dharwar (Karnataka, India) in 1952, both Sri Narasimha Swamiji and Sri Radhakrishna Swamiji visited the Nimbal Ashram, near Sholapur, to meet Gurudev Ranade...
By : Seetha ‘Priya’ Nishkama Karma is not mere worklessness, external passivity or idleness. It is the state of establishment in the experience that one is the Atman, the pure spirit, the uninvolved witness of passivity as well as...
By: Dr. H. G. Adisesh Sri Narasimha Swamiji tells us: “He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.” We usually ask other people questions, but...
