Past Sai Messages for the Day
Sunday, March 8, 2026
Shraddha (faith) is essential for accomplishing even small things in life. Through shraddha, you develop the capacity to make proper use of your time and opportunities. Maintaining a proper time schedule for all your daily activities will help you keep your heart in perfect condition. The schedule should be observed strictly. The decline in discipline everywhere, which we witness today, is due to the failure to observe the rules relating to time and place.
Saturday, March 7, 2026
Devotion and faith are the two oars with which you can take the boat across the sea of worldly life. A child told its mother when it went to bed at night, “Mother! Wake me up when I get hungry.” The mother answered, “There is no need, your hunger will itself wake you.” So too, when the hunger for God comes, it will itself awake you and make you seek the food you need.
Friday, March 6, 2026
No evil thought can penetrate the mind of a person immersed in love and compassion. The thoughts we indulge in shape our nature and affect us. For example, when a flash is used to photograph someone, their face is lit; but so too, to a certain extent, is the face of the photographer.
Thursday, March 5, 2026
When one's words are in accord with one's thoughts, they become truth. When the spoken word is translated into action, it becomes right action (Dharma).
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
With sacred feelings and divine thoughts, cultivate the spirit of love in you. God is not found separately in a temple or in an ashram, etc. Truth is God. Love is God. Dharma is God. When you worship God by following these principles, without doubt, God will manifest then and there. Love God wholeheartedly. Pray to God and become friends with Him. You can achieve anything if you have God as your friend.
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
The Lord is a mountain of love (Prema). Any number of ants carrying away particles of sweetness cannot exhaust God’s abundance. He is an ocean of mercy without a limiting shore. Devotion is the easiest way to win divine grace and to realize that God pervades everything. In fact, God is everything! Total surrender, leaving everything to God’s will, is the highest form of devotion.
Monday, March 2, 2026
All avatars came to tell mankind that all human beings are incarnations of the divine (avatars). Having taken birth as human beings, mankind should conduct themselves as embodiments of the divine (as beings in whom the divinity resides). Recognizing your spiritual reality, you should live always in the atmic consciousness (Atma-tattva).
Sunday, March 1, 2026
God does not appreciate external pomp and exhibitionistic behavior. He does not calculate the number of hours you did devotional singing, or repetition of Lord's name, or the number of miles you walked singing devotional songs. He examines the purity of your heart, as evident from your words and deeds. Do not preach. Practice.
Saturday, February 28, 2026
You must carefully think over the consequences of whatever you say or do. In whatever way you want others to honor you, love you, or behave, you should treat them the same way.
Friday, February 27, 2026
People do not take birth for the enjoyment of personal possessions and comforts. They have a higher goal to achieve, something more permanent and lasting. It is the realization of oneness with the divine, which alone can give lasting bliss. Even while being engaged in the activities of the secular world, we should strive to sanctify all actions by dedicating them to the divine.
Thursday, February 26, 2026
To a worldly person, a ‘God-intoxicated’ man will appear mad, and the person will laugh at him. But to the God-intoxicated man, the world appears insane, foolish, misled, and blind. Of all the insanities, ‘God-madness’ is the least harmful, the most beneficial.
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Do not depend upon others to do your work. Do it yourself; that is real freedom. Again, never accept anything ‘free’ from others; pay it back, in service or work. That will make you self-respecting individuals. Receiving a favor means getting bound to the giver. Grow with self-respect and dignity. That is the best service you can do to yourself.
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Bhajan means to contemplate on God. That alone gives us peace and happiness. Peace and happiness are not separate from each other. They can be attained only through contemplating on God.
Monday, February 23, 2026
When we become conscious of the omnipresence of divinity, our thoughts, speech, and actions become pure. We will not use offensive language or think of causing harm to anyone.
Sunday, February 22, 2026
The Lord is everyone’s Father, in whose property everyone can claim a share. But to get the father’s property, one must reach a certain age, a certain standard of intelligence and discrimination. God’s property is grace and love (prema). If you have discrimination and renunciation, you can claim your share, which is your right.
Saturday, February 21, 2026
I am giving you three maxims that you have to bear in mind: service, service, service. Never forget the duty to serve. For this, you have to develop love. To develop love, you have to promote the spirit of sacrifice.
Friday, February 20, 2026
Though the objective world appears real, one must be aware that it is deluding us. As a result, one must give up the yearning to derive pleasure from the objects that appear and attract, both here and hereafter. One is liberated as soon as one renounces all attachment and desires.
Thursday, February 19, 2026
To realize a state of divine consciousness, devotion is essential. Devotion aims to awaken the divine consciousness in man. All activity aimed at turning the mind toward God is a form of devotion. To think of God for attaining worldly desires and physical comforts is not devotion. To envisage and experience the divine Sat-Chit-Ananda within is the true mark of devotion.
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
What is spirituality? It is the resolute pursuit of cosmic consciousness. Spirituality aims to enable man to manifest the divine cosmic consciousness in all its fullness. It means getting rid of animal qualities and developing divine tendencies.
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
As is your action, so will be the reaction. As is the sound, so is the resound. When you lovingly ask someone, “How are you?”, they will also ask, “How are you?” Everything has a reaction, reflection, and resound. Therefore, our speech, our actions, and our conduct should be good. This is the main quality of a true human being.
Monday, February 16, 2026
The lesson of Shivaratri is that devotees should foster good and sacred thoughts. They should be filled with godly thoughts. They should try to become one with the divine by reflecting on their inherent divinity. If you constantly chant the name of God, God-realization will come in due course.
Sunday, February 15, 2026
Today we are celebrating Shivaratri, which means ‘auspicious night‘. On this day, one should chant Shiva's name all through the night. This night, devotees are expected to stay awake by chanting the sacred name of Shiva. Keeping awake in any other way is purposeless. Spending the night reciting the Lord's name sanctifies one's life.
Saturday, February 14, 2026
Immerse your mind in good thoughts, and the world will be good; soak it in bad thoughts, and the world will be bad for you. So, recollect only good thoughts, think, plan, and do only good deeds, and speak and act only good. Then you will emulate God, the source of all good. This is the message of Shivaratri.
Friday, February 13, 2026
Do as much selfless service as you can, as quickly as you can. If you cannot do any good, at least desist from harming or from finding fault with others. Know that service is a better spiritual practice (sadhana) than even meditation.
Thursday, February 12, 2026
A person will be caught up in "negative" behavior as long as they identify themselves with the body. The moment they consider themselves master of the senses, their actions will be "positive". Mastery of the senses leads to liberation. Liberation is not something to be achieved in the afterlife. The striving for liberation must begin early in life and continue throughout life.
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
The peace of the world depends on peace and amity between nations; the peace of nations depends on the peace between villages, families, and, finally, between family members. So, every individual has a responsibility to love others, have faith in them, and revere them as sparks of the divine. Every man has to cultivate the virtues of tolerance, forbearance, and brotherliness.
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Once God is installed in your heart, only divine feelings will emanate. When sweet pudding is poured into a vessel with holes, what flows out of the holes will also be sweet pudding. Likewise, when you fill your heart with divinity, all your actions will become divine.
Monday, February 9, 2026
Faith has to be cultivated, first and foremost. It has to be nurtured in love; love is fostered by peace (shanti). Shanti can be obtained only when there is full reliance on God, with complete surrender to the divine will.
Sunday, February 8, 2026
To attain happiness, people must do their best to make others happy. Each has their duty, task, and role as an individual and as a member of the society to which they belong. Do that duty, carry on that task, and play that role as best as you can; that is how one can fulfil oneself.
Saturday, February 7, 2026
You need not make any special effort to acquire human values, namely, sathya, dharma, shanti, prema, and ahimsa. They are with you right from your birth. But you have forgotten them, as you have not put them into practice. Instead of giving tons of speeches, it is better that you practice at least an ounce of what you have learnt.