Book Reviews

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Sathya Sai Sath Sambhashana
Written by Sri Sathya Sai Baba, this book gives Telugu scans of the pages written by Sai Baba, and then English translation opposite. Illustrated, 124pp Click to read more
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Sri Sathya Sai, The Indweller
Originally written in Kannada for a South Indian audience, this small, consise book has been translated into English to benefit a larger readership. Its audience is an introduction to the works, teachings and miracles of Sathya Sai Baba. An excellent overview and introduction. Click to read more
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Darshan
Devotees from Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indies write of the formation of the Sathya Sai Satsangh in their nation and the activities of devotees, along with their pilgrimages to Prashanthi Nilayam, and of course, their interviews with Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Many family narratives are included in this tome. Click to read more
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Sai - The Indweller
Drawn from Professor Anil Kumar's Sunday Talks in Prashanti Nilayam Ashram, this compliation contains 14 chapters; the early chapters have a focus on Three Different Paths leading to Divinity. There is also one chapter with recollections from Prof. Kumar's visit to South America, USA and Canada Click to read more
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First Steps Towards Love
The conversations between a spiritual seeker and a spiritual master, which leads the seeker down the path to encounter with boundless love. Questions over a wide range of topics are answered, ordinary life, the goal of life, spiritual questions and the moral dilemmas faced by humanity in this age. Click to read more
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Children of Immortality
Subtitled, An exploration of the teachings of Sathya Sai Baba on loss and grief. A sensitive examination of sudden death and its impact on others, and the teachings of Sri Sathya Sai Baba. The introduction sets the framework for the book, which delivers a selection of the teachings of Sathya Sai on the purpose of life, suffering and death. Click to read more
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Helpline on the Sathya Sai Path
Talks to the Kerala Sai Youth by Narasimhamurthy, warden of the hostel; these have been brought together, edited and compiled into an extremely useful volume of talks on pursuing the path of sadhana (or spiritual effort), as founded on the teachings of Sathya Sai Baba. Click to read more
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Sathyam Sivam Sundaram Vol. 6
Sathyam Sivam Sundaram is the biography of Sathya Sai Baba drawn from both the life of Sai Baba and his intervention in the lives of his devotees. This is volume 6 of the biography of Sathya Sai Baba and covers the years 1985-1993. Click to read more
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Sri Sathya Sai Divya Kripasraya
Under the Umbrella of the Divine Grace of Sri Sathya Sai
The story of Narayana Bhat, the Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Trust and its secretary, B.N. Narasimha Murthy, who came to service of Sathya Sai Baba as warden of the hostel at Brindavan. Click to read more
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Sathyam Sivam Sundaram Vol. 5
Sathyam Sivam Sundaram is the biography of Sathya Sai Baba drawn from both the life of Sai Baba and his intervention in the lives of his devotees. This is volume 5 of the biography of Sathya Sai Baba and covers the years 1980-1985. Click to read more
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The Effulgent Sai Avatar
Collection of 8 signal discourses given by Sathya Sai Baba over many years which give the essence of his mission and guidance for youth. Prepared for the World Youth Conference in 2007, and includes the Letter written by Sathya Sai Baba to his brother Seshama Raju in 1947. Click to read more
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Discovering my Higher Power
Don McDowell was a frustrated pilot who took every opportunity to be trained and qualified as a pilot during World War II. In every instance, his life path was directed and changed to prevent this from happening. In 1979, McDowell found out why: Sathya Sai Baba came into the life of his family. Click to read more
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So Many Ways to Love
Elizabeth Benson grew up in rural New Zealand and tells a simple, stark narrative of a woman's journey of different life experiences and different spiritual experiences, culminating in the discovery of Sathya Sai Baba. Click to read more
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Be Like Jesus
Sathya Sai Baba has spoken about Jesus in his discourses. Fully referenced to Divine Discourses, this entire book is a compilation of Sathya Sai Baba's teachings and discourses on the life, teachings and sacrifice of Jesus. The last part attends Jesus and Sathya Sai Baba's teachings on the goal of life. Click to read more
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Sixteen Spiritual Summers
Sixteen Spiritual Summersby Sri Indulal Shah: An account of nine important aspects of being a devotee of Sathya Sai Baba. Written by Sri Indulal Shah, the accountant from Mumbai and the former world coordinator of the Sathya Sai Organistion. Outlines the many programs developed from the work and teachings of Sathya Sai Baba. Click to read more
Book Cover, thumbnail, Sri Sathya Sai Baba - A life
Sri Sathya Sai Baba - a life
Bill Aitken describes himself as a spiritual nomad and has written on travel and tourism for newspapers and magazines in India for several years. He is the author of The Manda Devi Affair, Riding the Ranges and Branch Line to Eternity, as well as travelling over most of India by train. A native of Mussoorie, Aitken writes on the Sai "Parampara" a phrase he uses to describe the 'Sai Tradition' which encompasses Shirdi Sai and Sathya Sai. This 'Parampara' breaks with orthodox tradition in both Islam and Hinduism by facilitating a direct contact with spirit and bypassing the need for priestly and ritual intervention. Read more.
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Taming our Monkey Mind
Sathya Sai Baba says that the mind is a bundle of thoughts. The mind tends to lead us around. The World is the problem; what is the solution? Master the mind and be a mastermind, Sathya Sai tells us. We need to set boundaries for the mind, bring it back under control, like the organ grinder's monkey. Thhis is done via the ceiling on desires program, using selflessness as the antidote to the outward going mind. The mind left to its own devices will waste food, time, money and energy. The teachings of Sathya Sai Baba are the true remedy to this waste. Read more.

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