May All Living Beings in All the Worlds be Happy

Sai Blossoms

"The gratitude I expect from you is your own happiness.  Always be cheerful and spread good cheer.  Real gratitude is to take bliss from God and share it with others.  It is not gratitude if you aim to please only God.  God is happy if you make everyone else happy."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(May 23, 2002)

Divine Wisdom

 

Ego

 

Spiritual Journey

What should we do to keep progressing in this spiritual journey?

"The swimmer in the river has to push aside the waters in front to the sides and to kick the waters to the back so that he can move forward straight and fast. Forcing the water back is the act that takes him forward. That is to say, do not attach importance to it, throw it back, give it up, renounce; that alone can help you to progress, even an inch. 

Instead, man collects and stores, accumulates and takes pride in what he holds firm, regardless of the preciousness of the human trait of renunciation. So, we sink in material possessions, victories, and vagaries. We do not float or swim across the temptations. We must try to discover and learn the means of progress. 

We may well ask, how can a man sunk in relative knowledge become aware of Atma? But there is no reason for despair or for condemning ourselves as mean and low. For when small men take big decisions, they earn encouragement from the great. When the tiny squirrel decided to share in building the passage across the sea, did it not receive the blessings of Lord Rama? The squirrel knew that its help could only be infinitesimal, but the feeling of dedication which prompted it won the grace of God."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(Divine Discourse - January 8, 1983)

Faith and self-confidence are essential for spiritual progress. – BABA

Respect and Love Your Mother

"We earn to be called children only when we uphold the honor and dignity of our mother.  The life of one who cannot win the love of their mother is a mere waste.  Therefor, we must first deserve mothers love.  No one can describe the love of a mother in words.  Only by the strength of a mother's will can one succeed in life.  Hence, one should respect and love one's mother."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(May 6 2005)

 

Eswaramma Day - 6th May 2026

 

What Are We Offering to the Lord?

On the auspicious occasion of the 15th Sri Sathya Sai Aradhana Mahotsavam, what are we going to offer to our beloved Lord? Bhagawan reveals today what He seeks from us.

"Cleanse your mind of all animal and primitive impulses, which have shaped it from birth to birth. Otherwise, just as milk, poured into a pot used for keeping buttermilk, curdles quickly, all finer experiences of truth, beauty and goodness will get tarnished beyond recognition. Do not postpone this duty to yourself, especially now, when you have the chance of contacting Me.

 I do not find you offering Me what I look for you bring things which are unworthy and impure. I feel very much when I find you so agitated and troubled with the cure so near at hand. Reduce your wants; minimise your desires. All these material knick-knacks are short-lived. 

When death deprives you of resistance, your kith and kin take off the nose-stud, and in their haste, they may even cut the nose to retrieve it! If you go on heaping desire upon desire, it will be impossible to depart gladly when the call comes. Rather, become rich in virtue, in the spirit of service, in devotion to the higher power. That is what pleases Me and saves you!"

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(Divine Discourse - October 26, 1961)

Sri Sathya Sai Aradhana Mahotsavam - 24th April 2026

 

On this sacred Aradhana Mahotsavam, may Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba's divine love, grace and teachings fill our hearts with peace, devotion and gratitude.

Wishing everyone a blessed and spiritually uplifting Aradhana Day.

Jai Sai Ram.

Peace and Happiness in Society

 

How do we bring about peace and happiness in society and in our individual lives?

"To attain peace and happiness, what is it that he must acquire? The first thing we must acquire is love for God. The Puranas and the great ones have declared that the Divine incarnates to alleviate suffering and pain, punish the wicked and protect the good. This is not correct. The Divine incarnates to teach mankind what love is and how to love. Only when such love is developed will man be free from sorrow and trouble. Sins will be wiped out, and fear will cease to haunt men. 

Therefore, the first aspect to be learnt is love for God. Where there is love for God, fear of sin will follow like a shadow. When both of these are present, society will experience morality. 

Man’s primary duty is to foster these three: Daiva Preeti, Papa Bheeti and Samaja Neeti (Love of God, Fear of Sin, and Morality in Society). If we desire an object, we must perform certain actions to achieve that object. We must recognise the distinctive qualities of the object we love and develop faith in it. Without love, you cannot have faith in it. Propelled by these two, we will take up necessary actions to achieve the object of love. 

Love is Bhakti; the faith is Jnana; the action performed to experience both is Karma. Therefore, it is said that Upasana (worship) is the combined outcome of Bhakti, Jnana, and Karma.

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(Divine Discourse - July 29, 1988)

As the oil is the basis to the flame in the lamp, Daiva-bhakti (Devotion towards God) is the basis to the flame of Jnana. - BABA