all", Love for all creatures and objects. Putting a ceiling on one's desires. "Help ever, Hurt never" Celibacy after the age of fifty. Vegetarianism, moderate and sattvik diet (pure with regard to ingredients, utensils, manner of preparation, and mental attitude). Abstinence from drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes, and drug use. Importance of bhakti (devotion) to God. Developing "prashanti" (translates to "Highest Peace") and eschewing vices of character. Japa (ritual chanting of Baba's name), thinking of God always, and other sadhana (spiritual exercise) to foster devotion. Highly committed devotees use the phrase "Sai Ram" as a salutation. Conducting pooja or aarti (a form of ritual worship) twice daily in front of Baba photos. "Yagnas" (or ritual worship, involving ritual offerings of fruits, vegetables and ghee to a pyre) are frequently conducted at the ashram. The propagation of peace around the world and avoidance of conflict. Non-violence towards all sentient life and avoidance of elective abortion. Man seeks the Truth; he seeks to know the reality because his very nature is derived from God who is Truth. He seeks Love, to give it and share it, for his nature is God and God is Love. Practices in the ashrams and the person of Sathya Sai Baba The popularity and the donations by followers enabled Sathya Sai Baba and his organizations to build an ever-increasing ashram called Prashanthi Nilayam near the once poor and isolated village of Puttaparthi. An important practice in his ashram in Puttaparthi was the darshan (spiritual sight) that Sathya Sai Baba gave. During darshan Sathya Sai Baba walked among his followers. He may have listened to a few chosen persons, accepted letters, or materialized and distributed vibhuti (sacred ash). He said that his darshan has spiritual benefits for those who attended it. Usually people waited hours to get a good place for darshan. Sathya Sai Baba sometimes invited people for a group interview with him in a room in the ashrams mandir (Hindu temple). Followers considered it a great privilege to get such an interview. Sometimes a person from this group was invited for a private interview. Sathya Sai Baba's manifestations of vibuthi emphasized his claim to be a reincarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba who used to take ash, called udhi, from an ever-burning fire, called a dhuni. Vibuthi is an ancient Hindu symbol, among others associated with Shiva. Sathya Sai Baba resided much of the time in his main