Discourse 1Happiness and sorrow cannot be parted1 January 1998, New Year, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 2Satya is heaven14 January 1998, Sankrānti; prize-giving of the sports meet, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 3Samyak sādhana5 February 1998, Chinese New Year, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 4Tārakaṃ and mārakaṃ15 February 1998, Students Hostel, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 5Man is the embodiment of Saccidānanda25 February 1998, Mahāśivarātri, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 6The power of saṅkalpas26 February 1998, Mahāśivarātri, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 7Remembrance Alone Is the Way Across15 March 1998, Brindavan, WhitefieldDiscourse 8The wise and the envious18 March 1998, BrindavanDiscourse 9Akbar and Bīrbal19 March 1998, Brindavan, WhitefieldDiscourse 10The Foolish Pāduṣā20 March 1998, Brindavan, WhitefieldDiscourse 11God fills every place29 March 1998, Ugādi, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 12Man, truth, love, and God4 April 1998, KodaikanalDiscourse 13Who can recognise the principle of Śrī Rāma5 April 1998, Śrī Rāma Navamī, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 14God pervades all14 April 1998, Tamil New Year; ViṣuDiscourse 15Truth Is God And Service Is Yoga16 April 1998, Sai Shruti, Kodaikanal, TNDiscourse 16Desires are the root of unrest17 April 1998, KodaikanalDiscourse 17The universe is the form of Viṣṇu18 April 1998, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 18The holy power of woman is the very safeguard of Bhārata19 April 1998, Women's Day (the nineteenth of the month), KodaikanalDiscourse 19Inquiry into the eternal and the transient is essential20 April 1998, KodaikanalDiscourse 20The body itself is foremost for the practice of Dharma21 April 1998, KodaikanalDiscourse 21The Puṣṭi, Samiṣṭi and Pravāha Jīvas22 April 1998, KodaikanalDiscourse 22Human Life Is Most Precious23 April 1998, KodaikanalDiscourse 23Every Person Longs for Śānti25 April 1998, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 24All Beings Are Parts of God26 April 1998, KodaikanalDiscourse 25Knowing Oneself Is What Matters28 April 1998, KodaikanalDiscourse 26God Alone Is the Ground of Ānanda29 April 1998, KodaikanalDiscourse 27God's Līlās Are Wondrous; They Hallow the Three Worlds6 May 1998, Easwaramma DayDiscourse 28Recognise the Oneness in Samaṣṭi and in Vyaṣṭi11 May 1998, Buddha Pūrṇimā, KodaikanalDiscourse 29Not the Man in Form: the Man of Conduct Is Needed28 May 1998, J.P. Nagar, BangaloreDiscourse 30The Oneness of Mind, Word and Deed Is Humanness31 May 1998, Indiranagar, BangaloreDiscourse 31By God's Grace Anything Can Be Achieved9 July 1998, Guru Pūrṇimā, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 32Only What Nurtures Human Values Is True Education10 August 1998, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 33Prema Alone Is the Path, Prema Alone the Goal14 August 1998, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 34The Whole World Is Filled with Viṣṇu25 August 1998, Gaṇeśa Caturthī, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 35Remembering the Name of God Removes All Sorrow4 September 1998, Onam, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 36By Sacrifice Some Have Attained Immortality10 September 1998, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 37Speak Gently and Sweetly11 September 1998, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 38Man's True Kin25 September 1998, Dasara, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 39God Is the Very Foundation of the World26 September 1998, Dasara, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 40Ānanda Alone Is Man's Own Home27 September 1998, Dasara, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 41The Five Elements Are the Very Forms of the Paramātma28 September 1998, Dasara, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 42The Heart Itself Is the Himācala, Īśvara Himself the Lord of the Heart29 September 1998, Dasara, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 43God's Prema Is Eternal, Everlasting30 September 1998, Dasara, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 44Aham, Ātma, Mind, Speech1 October 1998, Vijayadaśamī, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 45Good Resolves Are Themselves the Human Values8 October 1998, Change of Vice-Chancellor of the Institute, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 46Human Life Is the Fruit of Our Resolves11 October 1998, Pādukā festival, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 47The True Place of God's Pādukās Is the Heart Itself12 October 1998, Pādukā festival, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 48Dīpāvali: Its Inner Meaning19 October 1998, Dīpāvali, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 49Prema Alone Is the Root of the Tree Called Life22 October 1998, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 50Samyak Dṛṣṭi18 November 1998Discourse 51Women Alone Are the Root Cause of Bhārata's Greatness19 November 1998, Ladies Day, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 52The Body Is Truly the First Means to Dharma20 November 1998, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 53The Education of Bhārata Is What Develops the Divine Human Principle22 November 1998, Convocation, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 54Sarvaṃ Khalvidaṃ Brahma23 November 1998, Birthday, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 55The Man Who Has Shed Ahaṅkāra and Mamakāra Is Full of Ānanda24 November 1998, Valedictory of the convention of Presidents of Sathya Sai Centres overseas, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 56Man Alone Is Supremely Precious, Above All the Riches of the World3 December 1998, Finance management conference, Prasanthi NilayamDiscourse 57Those Who Spread God's Prema Are the True Messengers of God25 December 1998, Christmas, Prasanthi Nilayam