Swami’s Letters to Rajagopal These five letters are addressed to a devotee named Rajagopal or Raja. In some of the letters Swami mentions Raja’s wife who is Annalisa (Jyoti) Rajagopal, an Italian. *click on below images to enlarge

Swami letter to Hislop Swami wrote many letters to overseas devotees in the 60’s and 70’s. We are extremely pleased to be able to share the treasure of some of those letters addressed to Dr. John “Jack” Hislop. Hislop is fondly remembered as the author of Conversations with Sri Sathya Sai Baba and also My Baba and I. He was appointed by Swami in 1975 as the founding President of the US Sri Sathya Sai Council (now the SSSIO of USA) and was also head of the International Organization for many years. Letters to Hislop are presented below in chronological order with translations on a white background. Titles of letters to Hislop are All are in the same stream, The Secret of Perfect Health, Man is God, Keep Trying, Oh! Lord Prayer, Let God Work Through You, Encourage people to correct themselves by highlighting the good points. *click on below images to enlarge 

Swami’s Letter to Charles Penn “Charles Penn of Los Angeles is a Captain in the Civil Air Patrol, attached to the U.S. Air Force. This is a voluntary organization formed for the express purpose of rescuing pilots who have had ‘forced landings’. During the air search for lost flyers, Penn saw Baba sitting beside him, and knew that he was directed by Baba. “Penn! You need not look out! I shall look for you” were the words he heard, words which convinced him that he is but an instrument in His Hands. “This gave me a feeling of fearlessness in the hailstorm across the mountain peaks”, he says. “Petrol splashed across the wind screen but I saw Him beside me and so, calm and collected I brought my plane down and, after hurried repair, went again.” *click on below images to enlarge   

Swami’s Letters to Students and Professors Here we are presenting Swami’s letter written to Students and Faculty of Sri Sathya Sai Institutes. Sri Sathya Sai Baba says that His students are those that follow His teachings. In the following letters, Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba conveys His utmost love and care in guiding His students along the spiritual journey of life. The letter addressing them is presented below with translation on a white background. *click on below images to enlarge

Swami’s Letter to Smt. Subbamma garu When I am residing in your hearts how can you be far from Me? “Subbamma was the person most anxious about Baba’s health and most worried about feeding the hundreds of pilgrims who gathered at Puttaparthi. Baba even now says that the grinding stone in her home was always busy preparing chutney out of the heaps of coconuts for the hundreds who stayed at her house. Subbamma was grinding and grinding,besides boiling rice and preparing dishes almost eight hours of the day! She had immense love and devotion for the Lord, and Sai Baba had said that He would satisfy her one great desire – to have the Darshan, that is, the blessing of seeing in person the Vision of Sai Baba in her last moments. It is indeed a thrilling story, the story of those moments and that Darshan. Subbamma fell ill and was taken to Bukkapatnam, but in spite of her illness, she came over one day in a bullock cart to see the Prasanthi Nilayam, which was then underconstruction. She was soon bedridden and could not move; her condition worsened; and Sai Baba was away at Bangalore! Subbamma in her delirium talked about Baba and the Vision of Sai Baba of Shirdi which she had been privileged to see. She spoke of the many “miracles of Lord Krishna ” which she had witnessed. When normal consciousness returned, her talk concerned the same incidents and the same Person. She was in the midst of relations who had little sympathy with these sentiments, for they felt that her love for the strange miraculous young boy had taken her away from attachment to her kith and kin. They told her that her Baba was a hundred miles away, and it would be better for her to concentrate her final attention on her family gathered around her. But her faith in Sai Baba did not falter.Meanwhile Baba left Bangalore for Tirupathi. He knew that Subbamma’s soul was struggling to free itselt from the mortal coil, and that she was rolling in her deathbed atBukkapatnam. The people around her announced that she had breathed her last. But a peculiar glow on her face made them hesitate to take the body away for cremation. A few wise people shook their heads when it was suggested that she had died. They advised patience, and admonished the relatives, “The bird has not yet flown.” How could that bird fly, even though the doors of the cage were wide open? She must have the Darshan, the promised Vision, and she must wait until Baba came. Baba was hurrying toward her bedside. He left Tirupathi by car, and arriving at Puttaparthi, proceeded to Bukkapatnam three full days after the announcement of Subbamma’s end! Her eyes had lost the glint; she was placed on the floor; for no Hindu should die while on the bed, and people were evincing an uneasy impatience. Sai Baba sat by her and in a low voice called out, “Subbamma, Subbamma,” just twice! To the evident wonderment of everyone crowding around, Subbamma opened her eyes; her hand extended toward Baba and grasped His Palm firmly and began to stroke it lovingly. Baba put His Fingers to her lips; her mouth opened a little, as if she knew that Baba was giving her something to slake the thirst of the soul. From the Fingers of Baba there poured into her mouth a small quantity of water which He said was from River Ganges. Subbamma then joined the ranks of the released!” by Professor N. Kasturi

Swami’s Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Riordin

Swami’s Letter to Swami Kriyananda Swami Kriyananda is one of the first chief direct disciples of Paramahamsa Yogananda living with him during the last years of his life. The Swami traveled to India and met Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Enter the Abode of Bliss

Swami’s Letter to Sri R. Chatterji Letter(and the translation) to Sri R. Chatterji of the Sri Sathya Sai Organization of Kolkata is presented below. There was no one to know who I am

Swami’s Letter to Nanjundaiah First coming to Sri Sathya Sai Baba in 1967, Professor M. Nanjundaiah served a lengthy career in higher education, joining the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning in 1973 at the College in Brindavan. Professor Nanjundaiah wrote a biography of Sri Sathya Sai Baba in Telugu. The letter addressing him is presented below with translation on a white background. April 24, 1974

Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s Letter to His Brother On May 25, 1947, at the age of 20, in response to a letter from his brother, who was concerned with what He was doing, Sri Sathya Sai Baba wrote the following letter. This letter disclosed His mission. My dear one! I received the communication that you wrote and sent. I found in it the surging floods of your devotion and affection, with the undercurrents of doubts and anxiety. Let Me tell you that it is impossible to plumb the hearts and discover the natures of jnanis, yogis, ascetics, saints, sages and the like. People are endowed with a variety of characteristics and mental attitudes, so each one judges according to his own angle, talks and argues in the light of his own nature. But we have to stick to our own right path, our own wisdom and our own resolution without getting affected by popular appraisal. As the proverb says, it is only the fruit-laden tree that receives the shower of stones from passers-by. The good always provoke the bad into calumny; the bad always provoke the good into derision. That is the nature of this world. One must be surprised if such things do not happen. The people have to be pitied rather than condemned. They do not know. They have no patience to judge aright. They are too full of lust, anger and conceit to see clearly and know fully. So, they write all manner of things. If they only knew, they would not talk or write like that. We, too, should not attach any value to such comments and take them to heart, as you seem to do. Truth will certainly triumph someday. Untruth can never win. Untruth might appear to overpower truth but its victory will fade away and truth will establish itself. It is not the way of the great to swell when people offer worship and to shrink when people scoff. As a matter of fact, no sacred text lays down rules to regulate the lives of the great, prescribing habits and attitudes that they must adopt. They themselves know the path they must tread; their wisdom regulates and makes their acts holy. Self-reliance and beneficial activity – these two are their special marks. They may also be engaged in the promotion of the welfare of devotees and in allotting them the fruits of their actions. Why should you be affected by tangle and worry as long as I am adhering to these two? After all, praise and blame of the populace do not touch the Atma, the reality; they can touch only the outer physical frame. I have a ‘task’: to foster all mankind and ensure for all of them lives full of bliss (ananda). I have a ‘vow’: to lead all who stray away from the straight path again into goodness and save them. I am attached to a ‘work’ that I love: to remove the sufferings of the poor and grant them what they lack. I have a ‘reason to be proud,’ for I rescue all who worship and adore me, aright. I have my definition of the ‘devotion’: I expect those devoted to me have to treat joy and grief, gain and loss, with equal fortitude. This means that I will never give up those who attach themselves to me. You must have read life stories of saints and divine personages. In those books, you must have read of even worse falsehoods and more heinous imputations cast against them. This is the lot of mahatmas everywhere, at all times. Why then do you take these things so much to heart? Have you not heard of dogs that howl at the stars? How long can they go on? Authenticity will win. I will not give up my mission or my determination. I know I will carry them out. I treat the honour and dishonour, the praise and blame that may be the consequence, with equal equanimity. Internally, I am unconcerned. I act but in the outer world; I talk and move about for the sake of the outer world and for announcing my coming to the people. Else, I have no concern even with these. I do not belong to any place. I am not attached to any name. I have no “mine” or “thine.” I answer whatever the name you use. I go wherever I am taken. This is My very first vow. I have not disclosed this to anyone so far. For me, the world is something afar, apart. I act and move only for the sake of mankind. No one can comprehend my glory, whoever he is, whatever his method of inquiry, however long his attempt. You can yourself see the full glory in the coming years. Devotees must have patience and forbearance. I am not concerned nor am I anxious that these facts should be known. I have no need to write these words; I wrote them because I felt you would be pained if I do not reply. Thus, your Baba