“Education should promote culture. It is not by education alone but by culture that one gets refined. Culture promotes refinement. It is termed as Samskaara, which consists of Sadguna (good character), Sadaachaara (good practices) and Sadbhaavana (good feelings).”
Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Revered Founder Chancellor, SSSIHL
The Summer Course in Indian Culture & Spirituality serves as an induction programme to all students and teachers of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning with an objective to expose students of the University to the rich cultural and spiritual heritage of Bharat. It orients students into Bhagawan Baba’s educational philosophy and gives them deep, first hand insights into how they can directly benefit from this unique institution.
The genesis of the event dates back to the early seventies, when Bhagawan Baba organized Summer Courses in Indian Culture and Spirituality for the benefit of students. The course then was usually three to four weeks long and would typically consist of a series of lectures on Indian culture, the essence of the scriptures and other spiritual topics delivered by learned scholars, senior devotees and men of esteem. The highlight however was the daily discourse by Baba Himself, delivered typically in the evening.
In 2011, Bhagawan willed that the Summer Course be reinitiated in a shorter format of two-and-a-half days and which is now an annual event at SSSIHL in the beginning of each academic year that the Students and Teachers of the University eagerly look forward to participate, experience and learn.
The Summer Course was and is an effective way to inspire young minds to follow a life of good values and character. The event also marked the beginning of the academic year for students and teachers of all the four campuses of SSSIHL.
View a brief report along with pictures from the Summer Course 2023, held at each of the four campuses below:
SSSIHL Anantapur Campus
SSSIHL Brindavan Campus
SSSIHL Muddenahalli Campus
SSSIHL Prasanthi Nilayam Campus
