What is the permanent address of the Divine? Bhagavan lovingly reminds us today.

Once Sage Narada appeared before Lord Vishnu and said: “Oh Lord! I move about in the three worlds and I know the past, the present and the future. If I want to convey to You any special information, to what address should I send it? I do not want Your temporary address. What is Your permanent address?” Vishnu replied: “Narada! Take down My permanent address: Mad-bhaktah yatra gayanti, tatra tishtami, Narada (Wherever My devotees sing My glories, I install Myself there).” People ascribe various abodes to the Lord: Vaikunta, Kailasa, Badrinath, Kedarnath and so on. All these are only ‘care of’ addresses. The direct address is only the heart of the devotee. As the Gita says: “The Lord dwells in the heart region of all beings.” As the Lord is omnipresent, He is equally present in the heart of everyone. Hence the Lord is described as Atma-Rama – one who delights the Atma (the heart) by His presence!

– Divine Discourse, Apr 14, 1989.



God is Ganalola and Ganapriya (one who is attracted by singing). Poems and prayers do not attract God as much as songs sung with devotion do. – BABA