NEO-HINDU MOVEMENTS BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SAI BABA MOVEMENT

(Founder: Sathya Sai Baba / Sathyanarayana Raju)

Official websites: Sathya Sai International Organisation: http://www.sathyasai.org Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust: www.srisathyasai.org.in Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust, Publications Division: www.sssbpt.org Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust, Publications Division: www.srisathyasaipublications.com Bhagavan’s Photographs Online: www.saireflections.org Radio Sai Global Harmony: www.radiosai.org Saicast: Streaming Videos http://www.saicast.org/ Reporting Website from Prasanthi Nilayam: www.theprasanthireporter.org Sri Sathya Sai Easwaramma Women’s Welfare Trust: www.ewwt.org.in Bal Vikas Wing of Sri Sathya Sai Organisation, India: http://sssbalvikas.ssssoindia.org Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning: http://www.sssihl.edu.in/ Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Sri Sathya Sai with Students: https://sathyasaiwithstudents.blogspot.com/ Vahini Project: www.srisathyasaividyavahini.org/ Sri Sathya Sai Universe: http://saiuniverse.sathyasai.org/ Sri Sathya Sai Humanitarian Relief: http://sathyasaihumanitarianrelief.org/updates/ Medical services of the Sai Central Trust: www.sssmt.org.in/pages/index.asp Sri Sathya Sai Drinking Water Projects: www.sathyasai.org/saiwater/content.htm Sathya Sai Baba – Life, Love & Spirituality: https://sathyasaibaba.wordpress.com/

Sathya Sai International Organisation – Romania: https://saiuniverse.sathyasai.org/tags/romania/ http://www.swami-center.org/ro/text/teachings-of-babaji/page_03.shtml

Devotional sources

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Sathya Sai Speaks. Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Revised and Enlarged Edition, Prashaanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, /s.a/. • Volume I: Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba (Delivered during 1953- 60), ISBN 81-7208-149-9 / 81-7208-118-9 (Set) • Volume II: Discourses of Bhagavan Shri Sathya Sai Baaba (Delivered during 1961-62), ISBN 81-7208-150-2 / 81-7208-118-9 (Set) • Volume III: Discourses of Bhagavan Shri Sathya Sai Baaba (Delivered during 1963), ISBN 81-7208-151-0 / 81-7208-118-9 (Set) • Volume IV: Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba (Delivered during 1964), ISBN 81-7208-152-9 / 81-7208-118-9 (Set) • Volume V: Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba (Delivered during 1965) (Sathya – Dharma – Shaanthi - Prema), ISBN 81-7208-1153-7 / 81-7208-118-9 (Set) • Volume VI: Discourses of Bhagavan Shri Sathya Sai Baaba (Delivered during 1966), ISBN 81-7208-154-5 / 81-7208-118-9 (Set) • Volume VII: Discourses of Bhagavan Shri Sathya Sai Baaba (Delivered during 1967) (Sathya-Dharma-Shaanthi-Prema), ISBN 81-7208-155-3 / 81-7208-118-9 (Set) • Volume VIII: Discourses of Bhagavan Shri Sathya Sai Baba (Delivered during 1968), ISBN 81-7208-156-1 / 81-7208-118-9 (Set) • Volume IX: Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba (Delivered during 1969), ISBN 81-7208-157-X / 81-7208-118-9 (Set) • Volume X: Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba (Delivered during 1970), ISBN 81-7208-158-8 / 81-7208-118-9 (Set) • Volume XI: Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba (Delivered during 1972). (Sathya-Dharma-Shaanthi-Prema), ISBN 81-7208-159-6 / 81-7208-118-9 (Set) • Volume XII: Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba (Delivered during 1973-74), ISBN 81-7208-160-X • Volume XIII: Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba (Delivered during 1975-77), ISBN 81-7208-161-8 / 81-7208-118-9 (Set) • Volume XIV: Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba (Delivered during 1978-80), ISBN 81-7208-162-6 / 81-7208-118-9 (Set) • Volume XV: Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba (Delivered during 1981-82), ISBN 81-7208-163-4 / 81-7208-118-9 (Set) • Volume XVI: Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba (Delivered during 1983), ISBN 81-7208-164-2 • Volume XVII (Second Volume in the New Series): Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba (Delivered during 1984), ISBN 81-7208-165-0 / 81-7208-118-9 (Set) Note: The next 13 volumes (volume 18 – volume 30) are printings of the discourses delivered by Sathya Sai Baba in the period between 1985-1997 (a volume per year). I could not get access to the printed volumes, so I had no bibliographic information on these volumes. The discourses included in them are available on the website. • Volume 31: Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba Delivered during 1998, Prashanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, /s.a./, ISBN 81-7208-337-8 / 81-7208-118-9 (Set). • Volume 32: Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba Delivered from Jan 1999 to June 1999 (part 1), Prashanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, 2001, ISBN 81-7208-286-X / 81-7208-118-9 (Set). • Volume 32: Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba Delivered from July 1999 to December 1999 (part 2), Prashanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, 2001, ISBN 81-7208-287-8 / 81-7208-118-9 (Set). • Volume 33: Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba Delivered during 2000, Prashanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, /s.a./, ISBN 81-7208-337-8 / 81-7208-118-9 (Set). • Volume 34: Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba Delivered during 2001, Prashanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, /s.a./, ISBN 81-7208-308-4 / 81-7208-118-9 (Set). • Volume 35: Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba Delivered during 2002, Prashanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, 2003, ISBN 81-7208-346-7 / 81-7208-118-9 (Set). • Volume 36: Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba (Delivered during 2003), Prashanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, /s.a./. • Volume 37: Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba delivered during 2004 (except 5 Dasara Dicourses in 10/2004), Prashanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, /s.a./, ISBN 81-7208-428-5 / 81- 7208-118-9 (Set). • Volume 38: Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba (Delivered during 2005), Prashanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, /s.a./, ISBN 81-7208-454-4 / 81-7208-118-9 (Set). • Volume 39: Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba delivered during 2006, Prashanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, /s.a./, ISBN 978-81-7208-505-6 / 978-81-7208-528-5 (Set). • Volume 40: Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba delivered during 2007, Prashanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust Publications Division, 2008. • Volume 41: Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba delivered during 2008, Prashanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust Publications Division, 2010. • Volume 42: Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba delivered during 2009, Prashanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust Publications Division, 2010

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Prasanthi Vahini. Discourses, /Bombay/: Sri Sathya Sai Education Foundation, /1962/.

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Jnana Vahini. Discourses, Third edition, /Bombay/: Sri Sathya Sai Education Foundation, 1970.

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Bhagavatha Vahini, Translated by N. Kasturi, First edition, Bombay: Sri Sathya Sai Education Foundation, 1970 (reprinted in 12 editions).

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Githa Vahini (Including Prasnottara Vahini), Translated from the original Telugu, Second edition, /Bombay/: Sri Sathya Sai Education Foundation, 1970.

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Dharma vahini. Thirteen discourses, Translated from the original Telugu, Fourth Edition, Kadugodi, Bangalore Dist.: Shri Sathya Sai Education and Publication Foundation, 1975. Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Chinna Katha. Volumes I-II. Stories and Parables: Quoted from the Divine Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Prasanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, /s.a./, ISBN 81-7208-048-4.

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, My Life Is My Message, Prasanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, /s.a/, ISBN 81-7208-148-0.

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Leela Kaivalya Vahini, Prasanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, /s.a./, ISBN 81-7208-043-3.

Summer Showers in Brindavan Collection. Discourses by Sri Sathya Sai Baba at summer schools (translated into English) 1972-2002, (available online at http://www.sssbpt.info/english/showers.html):

• Summer Showers in Brindavan 1972. Discourses by Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba: Delivered during the summer course held for college students at Whitefield, Bangalore, India, Revised edition, Prasanthi Nilayam, India: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, 1998, ISBN 1-57836-050-1, Copyright Sathya Sai Book Center of America. • Summer Showers in Brindavan 1973. Discourses by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba: Delivered during the summer course held for students at Brindavan, Whitefield, Bangalore District on Indian Culture and Spirituality, First Enlarged Edition, Prasanthi Nilayam, India: Sri Sathya Sai Books & Publications Trust, /s.a./, ISBN 81-7208-360-2 / 81-7208-113-8 (set). • Summer Showers in Brindavan 1974, Part - I, Discourses by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba on Brahman: Delivered during the summer course in Indian Culture and Spirituality, May-June 1974, First Enlarged Edition, Prasanthi Nilayam, India: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, /2004/, ISBN 81-7208-355-6 / 81-7208- 113-8 (set). • Summer Showers in Brindavan 1974, Part - II, Discourses by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba on Bharath: Delivered during the summer course in Indian Culture and Spirituality, May-June 1974, First Enlarged Edition, Prasanthi Nilayam, India: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, /2004/, ISBN 81-7208-356-4 / 81-7208- 113-8 (set). • Summer Roses on the Blue Mountains, 1976. Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba on Indian Culture and Spirituality during the summer course held for college students at Ootacamund, Revised Enlarged Edition, Prasanthi Nilayam, India: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, 2003, ISBN 81-7208-347-5 / 81-7208-113-8 (set). • Summer Showers in Brindavan 1977. Discourses by Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba: Delivered during the summer course held for college students at Whitefield, Bangalore, India, Revised edition, Prasanthi Nilayam, India: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, 1998, ISBN 1-57836-054-4, Copyright Sathya Sai Book Center of America. • Summer Showers in Brindavan 1978. Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba: During the summer course held for College students at Whitefield. Bangalore, India, Revised edition, Prasanthi Nilayam, India: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, 1998, ISBN 1-57836-055-2, Copyright Sathya Sai Book Center of America. • Summer Showers in Brindavan 1979. Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba: Delivered during the summer course held at Brindavan on Indian Culture and Spirituality, Prasanthi Nilayam, India: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, 2004, ISBN 81-7208-361-0 / 81-7208-113-8 (set). • Summer Showers 1990. Indian Culture and Spirituality: Discourses by Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba Delivered during the Summer Course May-June 1990, Prasanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, 1993 (Published and distributed by The Sathya Sai Book Center of America). • Summer Showers in Brindavan 1991. Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba on the Upanishads during the Summer Course held between 20 May – 2 June 1991, Prasanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, /s.a./. • Summer Showers in Brindavan 1993. Indian Culture and Spirituality: Discourses by Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Prasanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust and Sathya Sai Book Center of America, 1994, ISBN 1-57836-058-7. • Summer Showers in Brindavan 1995. Discourses by Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba on the Srimad Bhagavatham: Summer Course in Indian Culture & Spirituality, Brindavan, Bangalore, May 20-31, 1995, Prasanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, /s.a./. • Summer Showers in Brindavan 1996. Discourses by Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba on the Ramayana, Prasanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, 1999, ISBN 1-57836-031-5, Copyright Sathya Sai Book Center of America. • Summer Showers in Brindavan 2000. Discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Prasanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, /2001/, ISBN 81-7208-285-1 / 81-7208-113-8 (set). • Summer Showers in Brindavan 2002. Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Prasanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, 2002, ISBN 81-7208-113-8 (set).

To access the complete collection of Sathya Sai Babaʼs volumes see: http://www.sssbpt.info/english/sss.htm

For further readings of Sathya Sai Babaʼs teachings: http://sssbpt.org/index.html and https://srisathyasaipublications.com/

“Sanathana Sarathi”, the monthly magazine in English and Telugu of Sathya Saiʼs movement, being published regularly since 1958 till present (available online at https://saireflections.org/journals/index.php); copyright Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust, Publications Division, Prasanthi Nilayam; registered with Registrar of Newspapers R.NO.10774/1958 Regn. No. HDP/002/2018-2020

Antonov, Vladimir ; Teplyy, Anton ; Nikolenko, Mikhail, Sathya Sai Baba – The Christ of Our Days, /s.l./: /New Atlanteans/, 2008, ISBN 978-1-438-25276-6.

Baskin, Diana, Divine Memories of Sathya Sai Baba, San Diego, CA: Birth Day Publishing Company, 1990, ISBN 18-785990-0-3 / 978-1878599001.

Berenstein, Marcelo, Sai Baba for Beginners, New York: Writers and Readers Publishing, Inc., 1999, ISBN 0-8631625-7-6 / 978-0-863-16257-2.

Bhatia, Naresh, The Dreams and Realities. Face to Face with God, Second Revised edition, New Delhi: Sterling Publishers, 1998, ISBN 81-207210-3-9 / 978-8120721036 (originally published in 1996, at Leela Press Inc.).

Caruth, Jeannette, Song of My Life: A journey to the Feet of Sathya Sai Baba, /s.l./: Leela Press Inc., 1996, ISBN 0-962983-5-8-6 / 978-0-962-98358-0.

Haraldsson, Erlendur, “Miracles Are My Visiting Cards.” An investigative report on the psychic phenomena associated with Sathya Sai Baba, London: Century Press, 1987, ISBN 0-7126-1514-8 / 9-780712-615-143.

Haraldsson, Erlendur, Modern Miracles. An Investigative Report on These Psychic Phenomena Associated With Sathya Sai Baba, Mamaroneck: Hastings House, 1997, ISBN 978-0-803-89384-9 (A revised edition published in 2013, White Crow Books).

Haraldsson, Erlendur, Miracles Are My Visiting Cards. An investigative report on the psychic phenomena associated with Sathya Sai Baba, Prasanthi Nilayam, India, Sri Sathya Sai Towers Pvt Ltd., 2006, ISBN 81-86822-32-1 / 978-8186822326.

Hislop, John S., Conversations With Sathya Sai Baba, Bangalore: Birth Day Publishing Company, 1979, ISBN 09-6009-585-3 / 978-0960095858 (Reprinted in 1981, 1999 by Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust).

Hislop, John S., My Baba and I, San Diego, CA: Birth Day Publishing Company, 1985, ISBN 0960095888 / 978-0960095889.

Kakade, Ramchandra T.; Rao, Veerabhadra A., Shirdi to Puttaparthi, Introduction Shri S.B. Chavan, Hyderabad: IRA Publications, 1990 (Third Revised & Extended Edition); (1st Edition: Hyderabad, R. T. Kakade, 1985 ; 2nd Revised Edition: 1989 ; 5th edition: Tustin, CA: Sathya Sai Book Center of America, 1992 ; 7th edition: Barkatpura, Hyderabad: IRA Publications, 1994 ; Hyderabad: IRA Publications, 2013).

Kanu, Victor, Sathya Sai Baba God Incarnate, Vols. I-II, Prasanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, /s.a./, ISBN 81-7208-059-X / 81- 7208-114-6 (Set). (Vol. II: Testimonies From Africa)

Kasturi, Narayan, Sai Baba: The Life of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, 2nd ed., /Bombay/: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, 1971 (Re-edited: Tustin, CA: Sathya Sai Book Center of America, 1989).

Kasturi, Narayan, Sathyam, Sivan, Sundaram: The Life Story of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, 3 vols., Prasanthi Nilayam, A.P.: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, 1973– 1975, (2nd edition: Withefield, Sri Sathya Sai Educational and Publication Foundation, 4 vols., 1977; 3rd edition in 1989, ISBN 1-57836-077-3).

Kheirabadi, Masoud, Sri Satya Sai Baba, Introd. Prof. Em. Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago, Divinity School, (Spiritual leaders and thinkers), Philadelphia, Chelsea House Publishers, 2005, ISBN 0-7910-8104-4.

Krystal, Phyllis, Sai Baba: The Ultimate Experience, Prasanthi Nilayam: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, 1985, ISBN 81-7208-038-7 (2nd edition in 1994, Weiser Books, ISBN 0877287945 / 978-0-877-28794-0 ; Reprint in 1998 from Sri Sathya Sai Books).

Mazzoleni, Don Mario, A Catholic Priest Meets Sai Baba, (Translated into English from the Italian original by Christian Moevs), /s.l./, Leela Press, 1994, ISBN 09-629835-1-9 / 978-0-962-98351-1.

Mason, Peggy ; Laing, Ron, Sathya Sai Baba. The Embodiment of Love, 2nd edition, London: Sawbridge Enterprises, 1984, ISBN 0-907555-09-8 (1st edition 1982; Bath, U.K., Gateway Books, 1996).

Murphet, Howard, Sai Baba Avatar: A New Journey into Power and Glory, San Diego, CA: Birth Day Publishing Company, 1977, ISBN 09-600958-2-9 / 978-0960095827. Murphet, Howard, Sai Baba ‒ Man of Miracles, 2nd edition, /s.l./, Red Wheel / Weiser, 1977, ISBN 0877283354 / 9780877283355 (1st edition in 1971; Paperback Edition by Macmillan India Limited 1972, 1974, 1975, 1980 1981; York Beach, Maine, Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1987).

Murphet, Howard, Walking the Path with Sai Baba, Revised edition, York Beach, Maine: Red Wheel/ Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1993, ISBN 0-87728-781-3 (1st edition in 1983).

Murphet, Howard, Where the Road Ends: From Self Through Sai to Self, /s.l./: Leela Press Inc., 1994, ISBN 09-629835-3-5 / 978-0962983535.

Murphet, Howard ; Farmer, Ron, The Way to Love Divine, Third edition, Bangalore: Sai Towers Publishing, 2006, ISBN 81-7899-030-X / 978-8178990309.

Palanivelu, Sarojini, Sri Sathya Saiʼs Miracle & Spirituality, Parts I-II, Translated into English M.P. Moorthi, Madras: Saroj Sai Moor Publishers “Sai Baba Home”, 1989.

/Patel, Madhu ; Patel, Niranjan/, Sai Bhajana Mala, International Edition, Prasanthi Nilayam: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, /s.a./ (Book of prayers and devotional songs).

Penn, Charles, My Beloved. The Love and Teachings of Bhahavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Prasanthi Nilayam: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications & Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust, 1981.

Penn, Faith ; Penn, Charles, Sai Ram. Experiencing the Love and Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Prasanthi Nilayam, Anantapur Dt., A.P.: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, 1985, ISBN 81-720805-3-0 / 978-8172080532.

Priddy, Robert; Samuel Weiser, Source of the Dream: My Way to Sathya Sai Baba, York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, 1997, ISBN 15-786302-8-2 / 978-1578630288.

Ruhela, Satya Pal, In Search of Sai Divine: Exploring Sathya Sai Baba's Mystery and Unique Contributions as the Harbinger of the New Age, /s.l./: Partridge India, 2015, ISBN 14-828577-9-0 / 978-1482857795. Sai, R., Yours Yours Yours ... and Yours Only, /s.l./: Om Typesetting & Publishing / The Letter Press, 1993, ISBN 0-9522606-0-3.

Sandweiss, Samuel H., Sai Baba: The Holy Man and the Psychiatrist, San Diego, CA: Birth Day Publishing Company, 1975, ISBN 09-600958-1-0 / 978-0960095810.

Schulman, Arnold, Baba, New York: The Viking Press, 1971, ISBN 06-701434-3-X / 978-0670143436.

Steel, Brian, The Sathya Sai Baba Compendium: A Guide to the First Seventy Years, York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, Inc., 1997, ISBN 0-87728-884-4.

Svensson, Camille (ed.), Bhagavad Gita or (Divine Song), with Comments Taken from the Writings of Bhagavan Sathya Sai Baba, First edition, Sathya Sai Baba Society, 1985 (Reprinted at Tustin, CA: Sathya Sai Book Center of America, 1992).

Swallow, D.A., “Ashes and Powers: Myth, Rite and Miracle in an Indian God-man’s Cult”, in Modern Asian Studies, Volume 16, Issue 1, 1982, pp. 123-158, ISSN 0026- 749X (Print) / 1469-8099 (Online).

Warner, Judy, Transformation of the Heart: Stories by Devotees of Sathya Sai Baba, Boston, MA: Red Wheel/Weiser, 1995.

Wong, Tommy S. W., How Sai Baba Attracts Without Direct Contact: Diary of a 21st Century Sai Devotee, Scotts Valley, CA: Createspace, 2009, ISBN 14-486041-6-8 / 978- 1-448-60416-6.

Wong, Tommy S. W., How Sai Baba Attracts Without Direct Contact: Diary of a 21st Century Sai Devotee, Book 2, North Charleston SC: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011, ISBN 14-609804-3-3 / 978-1460980439.

***, Sathya Sai – The Eternal Charioteer, Prasanthi Nilayam, Anantapur Dt., Andhra Pradesh: Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, 1990, ISBN 81-7208-061-1 (Book of testimonials of disciples from different countries of the world ; Book dedicated to Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba on his 65th birthday, 23rd November 1990).

In Romanian language:

***, Ghid pentru cultura și spiritualitatea indiană. Din învățăturile divine ale Sfântului Sai Baba, trad. Dana Ligia Ilin, București/Chișinău, Ed. Arhetip/Sigma, 1992, ISBN 5- 88554-014-4. Hislop, John S., Al meu Baba și eu, /București/, Ed. Sri Sathya Sai, 1998, ISBN 973-0- 00711-X. ***, Dumnezeu este unitate. Fragmente din discursurile lui Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, trad. Alexandra Dogaru, Colecția Sathya Sai Baba, /București/, Ed. Sagittarius, 1999, ISBN 973-97167-7-6. Sathya Sai Baba, Dăruirea de sine, /Iași/, Ed. Sagittarius, 2002, ISBN 973-99928-1-1. Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Githa Vahini. (Învățătura divină), /București/, Ed. Sathya Sai, 2006, ISBN 973-87565-3-7.

Critical sources Bailey, David ; Bailey, Faye, The Findings, Conwy, North Wales: private publication, 2000. Premanand, Basava, Murders in Sai Babaʼs Bedroom. Who Murdered the Six?: A Critical Analysis of the Records, Podanur (Tamilnadu, India): B. Premanand, 2001. Premanand, Basava, Sabotage by Murali Krishna Yachendra, Podanur (Tamilnadu, India): B. Premanand, 2005. Warren, Marianne, Unravelling the Enigma. Shirdi Sai Baba in the Light of Sufism, Revised edition (of the previous one, issued in 1999), New Delhi: Sterling Paperbacks, 2004, ISBN 8120721470 / 9788120721470. https://www.enlightened-spirituality.org/Sathya_Sai_Baba_my_concerns.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/this_world/3791921.stm http://www.exbaba.com/ ; http://www.exbaba.com/letters/openlettermarch172008.html https://www.saiguru.net/ http://bdsteel.tripod.com/More/internetpropaganda_jm.htm http://bdsteel.tripod.com/More/joe_morenos_mo.htm https://robertpriddy.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/moreno-dares-not-show-his-face-why/ https://barrypittard.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/sathya-sai-baba-cult-blind-eye-to- massive-slander/

Academic sources

Babb, Lawrence A., “Sathya Sai Baba’s Magic”, in Anthropological Quarterly, Volume 56, No. 3 / July 1983, pp. 116-124.

Bowen, David, The Sathya Sai Baba Community in Bradford: Its Origin and Development, Religious Beliefs and Practices. Monograph Series, Community Religions Project, Leeds, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Leeds, 1988, published online at https://crp.leeds.ac.uk/wp- content/uploads/sites/52/2016/05/bowen1988.pdf (2016).

Kent, Alexandra, Ambiguity and the Modern Order: The Sathya Sai Baba Movement in Malaysia, PhD dissertation, Department of Social Anthropology, Göteborg University, 2000, ISBN 9162843311 / 978-9162843311.

Klass, Morton, Singing with Sai Baba: The Politics of Revitalisation in Trinidad, Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1991, ISBN 0-81337-969-5 / 9780813379692; Reprint, Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 1996, ISBN 0-88133-901-6.

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