Foreword
The Walter Cowan block of the hostel in Brindavan was being readied to be inaugurated by the President of India. As we were standing around Swami, one of the senior students expressed a prayer that echoed the sentiment in all…
A Lesson on Silence & Devotion
Dr. Siva Sankara Sai 1989 Prasanthi Nilayam It was on 16th July 1995. After interviews, Bhagawan came to the Bhajan Hall and started interacting with students. These were the occasions that all students used to eagerly look forward to because…
It had to be You, Swami
Vivekanand Sahoo 2003 Prasanthi Nilayam During my childhood I was made to believe that parents were the only ones obligated to love you – from the rest of the world you had to earn it. Indubitably, when He walks into…
NarayanuniSevaye Deena JanoddharanaSeva
Sathya Dutt2008 Prasanthi Nilayam Those were my final days as a student in Swami’s hostel. Days were moving like seconds, and my heart was heavy with a question that was ringing within, “Swami, what I should do, for surely without…
Sarva Dharma Swaroopa Sai
Sai Surendranath 1984, Prasanthi Nilayam Sathya is My Prachar It was the early 1980s, our glorious students days at Parthi. It was fascinating to watch Swami walking amongst devotees and students, drenching them with His immense love. One day, Swami…
Lessons for Life
K S Ramakrishna Reddy Prasanthi Nilayam ‘God if you think, God you are; Dust if you think, dust you are’. These are the words from a letter written to Brindavan campus students in 1972 by Swami. He gave us a…
Time is relative; Love is absolute
NS Ramnath 1998 Prasanthi Nilayam Swami’s 70th birthday was just a few weeks away. People were flowing into Puttaparthi from around the world. The ashram buzzed with incessant activity – huge trucks delivering goods, large tents coming up on open…
Usher in the Golden Age
Krishnan Rajan 2005 Prasanthi Nilayam As students of Swami’s institutions, life at Bhagawan’s lotus feet taught one valuable lessons for an entire lifetime. Keeping aside aspects of His divinity, one could observe His perfect demeanour and imbibe ideal ways to…