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1008 Pearls of Sayings of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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505

PRAYER must emerge from the effect to the causes. The individual Self has to yearn for the Supreme Self. It must emerge from a pure heart. Prayer drinking cup must be clean, both on the out side and the inside. Prayer should not arise out of the tongue, as music rises out of the gramophone record. When the song does not arise from your depth, when you are not involved in it, how can it draw God unto you? You must achieve confidence, then the self-confidence will lead to self-sacrifice and self-realisation.

506

WHOLESOME happiness arises only from fullness of Love, Truth, Peace, Charity and Fortitude. These can fructify only in the atmosphere of Love - Sathya Sai. Men yearn for good times, high status, power and good life. But seldom do they yearn for good thoughts, wisdom and virtue. What better advice can Sai give?

507

GOD is the entity close to man, dearest to man. Your mother and father might be far away, but God is right with you. Even if you do not Love Him, He will not depart from you or move afar. "Anoraniyam" say the Vedas (Smaller than the Atom). He becomes "Mahathmaheeyaam", expanding beyond the Cosmos and fitting all with Grace. In every call, He will be in you. You can earn this Awareness through intense Love.

508

BLESSEDNESS can be conferred only by the Divine Source; it cannot be acquired from worldly achievements and triumphs. It is dependent on the Immutable Triad, of Sathyam, Shivam and Sundaram.It assumes all forms, this Santham!It assumes all names, this Shivam!It is Sath-Chith-Anand, this only one!It is Sathyam-Shivam-Sundaram!

509

LET the children, even grown-up boys and girls, touch the feet of the Father and Mother every morning before the daily tasks are started; it will generate a reverential atmosphere in the home. Five minutes in the shrine room and the Namaskaram for Parents - let this be the daily routine. The Upanishads recommend this as the basic requirement of our Culture: "Mathru Devo Bhava; Pithru Devo Bhava; Acharya Devo Bhava".

510

THE home is the temple where the family, each member of it is a moving temple, is nurtured and nourished. The Mother is the high priest of this House of God. Humility is the incense with which the house is filled. Reverence is the lamp that is lit with Love as the oil and Faith as the wick. Spend the years of your lives, dedicating them for such worship in the homes that you will find.

511

PEOPLE crowd into film shows, rush towards social clubs, spend days together in playing cards, but when they are asked to sing the Glory of God and purify themselves and the atmosphere, they clamour for concession! When the heads hit against each other in anger, can the feet be steady and unaffected? They too will kick and trample as maliciously as they can.

512

REMEMBER three things always: continue Seva, wherever you are; seek chances of helping others; never lose an opportunity of using your skills and enthusiasm for the alleviation of sorrow, pain or distress. Again, do not omit or neglect or postpone your own particular spiritual Sadhana. Study Japam, Dhyanam, Bhajan, Namasankirtanand other such disciplines. Above all, have the faith that Swami is with you at all times and all places.

513

AS the Vedas announce, there is no Dharma higher than Truth. Truth gets hidden, appears distorted and is declared to be failing; so, the Avatar asserts its validity and value once again. God wears Truth, the good seek Truth and the bad are rescued by Truth. Truth liberates; Truth is power; Truth is freedom. It is the lamp that illuminates the heart and dispels doubt and darkness. The effulgence of God is Truth. Welcome God in your heart. Install Him there as a result of yearning. Be always concerned with Brahman; then you are entitled to be known as a Brahmin.

514

INJURY inflicted on any being is sacrilege, self injury. Love is transformed into poison if hate contaminates it. Love some, but do not hate the rest, for that hate will foul the Love and make it mortal. Love comes automatically to the realised soul; but the Sadhaka has to cultivate it by means of Seva and inquiry into the unity of the Atman. Love must low not only from the tongue or head, but chiefly from the heart.

515

PRASADAM means Grace, which flows from God when He is propitiated. My Grace is ever with you; it is not something that is given or taken. It is given always and accepted by the Consciousness that is aware of its significance. Win the Grace of your own subconscious, so that it may receive the Grace of God which is ever available. God does not deny anyone; it is only you, who deny God. When the gift is preferred, you have to do only one little act so that you may earn it. You have to extend your hand to receive it.

516

THE Kshetra or Field or Body must be transmuted into the Dharmakshetra, the purified area of Virtue and Vairagya (Renunciation of lower desires). Then the Charioteer will take charge and man gets liberated and the body becomes Brahmakshetra. That is the life story of a self-realised person.

517

THE Avatara-Purusha, however, has come solely to save mankind, and so, He is aware of the pilgrim, the path and the goal. He is the master of creation and He is fully conscious of His power. He knows the past, the present and future of all. He leads and liberates.

518

AMBITION to earn fame in the world, to gain some position of authority over fellow men, to lead a luxurious life - this can never ensure Shanti, Mental Peace. Mental Peace is the result of quite different attainments. Wealth cannot command it, nor authority commandeer it! It must be won the hard way through Meditation, Namasmaran and the nine steps to the presence of the Almighty. It must be won on the Earth, to which man rightfully belongs, and not on any other heavenly body towards which he may dare navigate.

519

THE basic lesson that each Religion teaches is to surrender to the sovereign will of God and leave the consequences of deeds well done to the Lord Himself. It is His will, and your only duty is to shape yourself into a fit instrument. To suppress the assertive ego, disciplines have been laid down in every Religion, by every compiler of moral codes, by every educator and reformer of human morals. But the oldest, most effective and the most successfully practiced system is the body of directives laid down in the Vedas and Shastras of India.

520

TIME ticks on relentlessly and man is born, lives and dies, rotating on the wheel of Karma and consequently unaware of the means of escaping from the oncoming destiny. Agony and anxiety have not softened his heart; adventure and achievement have not made him humble. He is proud of his advance in the path of hatred and haughtiness. He revels in cruelty and sin. He displays an unholy satisfaction in immorality and untruth. He has reduced himself to a level lower than that of beasts.

521

THE receptacle may be different, but the Divine content is the same. The taste of sea water will be saline whether you test a truckload, a bowl full, a pit full, a sip or a drop on the tongue; the taste of the Divine can be experienced in the atom or the Cosmos, the friend as well as the foe, the virus and the Universe. This is the Realisation, the Liberation, the Illumination and the Revelation: "Sarvam Vishnumayam Jagat." This sphere of change is surcharged with the Omnipresent Divine.

522

THE Saints and Sages of India and even the Incarnations that God vouchsafed to take in this land have proclaimed and practiced the ideal of service to fellow beings. Krishna drove the chariot of Arjuna during fateful days when the fortunes of the Pandavas were decided at the point of the sword. Imagine the Lord of the Universe holding the reigns of Arjuna's horses. Note how Hanuman was elated when he rose to the status of the servant of Rama.

523

THERE is no discipline equal to service to smother the ego and to fill the heart with genuine joy. To condemn service as demeaning and inferior is to forego these benefits. If a wave of service sweeps over the land, catching everyone in its enthusiasm, it will be able to wipe off the mounds of hatred, malice and greed that infest the World. Attune your heart so that it will vibrate in sympathy with the woes and joys of your fellow men. Fill the World with Love. Love will warn you against advising another to do something which you are unwilling to do; your conscience will tell you that you are living in a lie!

524

ASCETIC practices, years of constant recitation of the Name, pilgrimage to holy places and shrines, study of the sacred books - these will not help the aspirant to spiritual victory as much as communion with the Godly and the good. Bharath is a rare treasure house of spiritual jewels; it can confer all boons on the sincere.

525

NEVER give up the Gayatri. You may give up or ignore any other Mantra, but you should recite Gayatri at least a few times a day. It will protect you from harm, wherever you are - traveling, working or at home. Westerners have investigated the vibrations produced by this Mantra and have found that, when it is recited with the correct accent as laid down in the Vedas, the atmosphere around becomes visibly illumined. So Brahmaprakasa, the effulgence of Brahma, will descend on you and illumine your intellect and light your path when this Mantra is chanted. Gayatri is Annapurna, the Mother and the Force that animates all life.

526

THE lotus has as many as a thousand petals. They all emanate from the Central Karnika or pericarp. Each petal draws its strength, sustenance, colour, fragrance and charm from the Karnika. Detached from the Karnika, the petal cannot survive. That attachment and that affection can be secured when the petal clings to the ideals of Sai and the lessons of Sai. In My message to you, there is no scope for your seeing differences or distinctions among those you serve. "Loka Samastha Sukino Bhavanthu", (May every being in all the Worlds be happy); That is My wish and Blessing.

527

FROM the narrow vision of "individual need" man must voyage out into the broad vision of the "Universal". When a drop of water falls into the Ocean, it loses its narrow individuality, its name and form, and assumes the form, name and taste of the Ocean itself. If it seeks to live separately as a "drop", it will soon evaporate and be reduced to non-existence. Each one must become aware that he is part of the one Truth that encompasses everything in the Universe. It is reprehensible to stick, for one's whole lifetime, to the narrow path of selfishness, envy and greed. Make the heart big and the mind pure.

528

MEN may have super abundance of food, clothing and housing, but their hearts may be dry and their spirits gloomy. Sense control, self-confidence, contentment, absence of hatred and greed are far more precious possessions than land, money or houses.

529

THERE are four "F's" that you will have to fix before your attention: (1) Follow the Master; (2) Face the Devil; (3) Fight to the End; and (4) Finish at the Goal. "Follow the Master" means: observe Dharma. "Face the Devil" means: overcome the temptations that beset you when you try to earn Artha (wealth or the wherewithal to live in comfort). "Fight to the End" means: struggle ceaselessly; wage war against the six enemies that are led by Tama or lust. And finally, "Finish at the Goal" means: do not stop until the goal, Moksha (Liberation from ignorance and delusion) is reached. The "F's" are fundamental for the pursuit of the four Purusharthas - Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha.

530

I HAVE not been Manager, Secretary, President or Chairman. I am the example, the Leader, the Guide. I have none to compel Me, nor do I profit. Still I work in order to guide and teach. If I remain inactive, how can the wheels of the World revolve? I attend even to the minutest detail of every arrangement here - the stage, the dais, tarpaulins, sheds, water tanks, pumps and everything else. I do everything even for Myself. So I do not need your Seva. If you do Seva to those who gather here, that gives Me Ananda. I need no other food beyond Ananda.

531

NO bird casts the seed on land to grow food for itself, nor do beasts plough and enclose fields claiming, "this is mine, this is for my children and my children's children". "Nishkama-Karma" is the natural face of activity for the children of God, the progeny of Immortality. They sing and swim, they dance and drive, they talk and walk and they pray and pine, because they must; it is the nature too. They do not know what will happen as a consequence; they do not care; they do not anticipate any result. They are just themselves when they do these things. It is Sahaja-Lakshana, their innate nature and their inborn characteristic.

532

JNANA is not an attribute of the Universal Absolute (Param-Atma). It is Param-Atma itself. The Upanishads declare, "Sathyam-Jnanam-Anantham-Brahma" (Truth, Wisdom and Eternity-is Brahman). Jnana is the fulfillment, it is the goal, the consummation. Man is as ugly as a face without a nose if he has no wisdom, whatever other attainments he may decorate himself with!

533

AGRICULTURE is for living; mind culture is for life. Skills are for shaping material things so that they cater more to the comfort of man; studies are for shaping attitudes, feelings, desires, emotions and impulses of man, so that they may confer more peace, more joy and more fortitude on man.

534

ONE day, Anjaneya appeared in a garden on the outskirts of Dwarka. Krishna, who heard about the pranks of the strange Monkey, directed Garuda to proceed and scare the animal out of the city limits. Garuda failed, even though he later took the entire army with him for the fray. His pride was humbled. Krishna sent a message through him to the Monkey, who had declared himself as Anjaneya, that he should deign to come to Krishna's court. But Anjaneya, recognised only Rama and would obey only Rama. So Krishna had to send another message that Rama was calling him to His audience hall! Devotion compels the Lord to yield to the whims of His servants. Anjaneya hurried to see Rama and Krishna gave him the dharsan of Rama Himself.

535

EGOISM will be destroyed, if you constantly tell yourself, "It is He, not I"; "He is the force, I am but the instrument". Keep His name always on the tongue, and contemplate His glory whenever you see or hear anything beautiful or grand. See in everyone the Lord Himself moving in that form. Do not talk evil of others; see only good in them. Welcome every chance to help others, to console others and to encourage others along the spiritual path.

536

MAN is suffering because he cannot rid himself of the greed for sense objects and sense pleasures or Vishaya-Vasana. He knows that he has to give up whatever he earns and collects, sooner or later; but yet, his attachment waxes instead of wanes as the years go by. If every man on Earth could take with him on death even a handful of mud from the Earth, there would have been nothing much left and mud would have been rationed at so many ounces per head!

537

YOU have read that the Lord, melted and moved when one performs acute Thapas, comes and asks softly and sweetly: "My dear child, what is it you need"? He wants you to express in words what you have yearned for and ask the Lord whom you have brought before you through the exercise of silence. That is the little game He plays. And sometimes He wills that the questioner answers in the way His plan demands.

538

TO cross safely the flood of "Birth-Death-Continuum", the bridge called Nishta or discipline of an unflinching kind is essential. It must be sturdy, a safe bridge or else you will fall into the raging waters and be drawn into the sea, infested with the sharks: Lust and Anger. See how great heroes like Prahalada did not lose their hold on the Lord, in spite of heavy odds. Prahalada never gave up the repetition of the Name of the Lord, though he was tortured, twisted and burnt. One must have that determination and faith.

539

SORROWS and disasters are like the clouds that flit across the sky; they cannot injure the blue depths of space. Your duty is just to strive on from this very moment. Do not vacillate or postpone. Who knows when death knocks? Maybe, he will knock this very night, this very moment; therefore, do not delay. Do you postpone for tomorrow the dinner of this day! Feed the spirit as scrupulously as you now feed the body.

540

YOU will find that you have craved only for paltry things and for momentary distinctions for fleeting fame; you should cry only for God, for your own cleansing and consummation. You should weep, wailing for the six cobras that have sheltered themselves in your mind, poisoning it with their venom: Lust, Anger, Greed, Attachment, Pride and Malice. Quiet them as the snake charmer does with his swaying flute. The music that can take them is the singing aloud the Name of God. And when they are too intoxicated to move and harm, catch them by the neck and pull out their fangs as the charmer does. Thereafter they can be your play things; you can handle them as you please.

541

IF you seek to fulfill low desires, why come here? Come here only if you seek to earn Grace. Go to a hospital only when you are resolved to take the drug the physician prescribes and go through the regimen he lays down. So, obey the directions that I give, whatever others may say or however difficult they may appear to be. You have not come to Prasanthi Nilayam to please those others. You have to please Me.

542

PRASANTHI NILAYAM is the centre for Spirituality uplifting the whole World; devotees from all over the World are here. The slightest mistake or wrong committed by you will be the talk of the World. Your behaviour must be exemplary; every country must learn from you. The foundation must not give way. You must be strong and steady, sincere and straight.

543

RAMA is the personification of Dharma. So Rama partakes of the Excellence of the Vedas. The Mahabharatha is generally known as the Fifth Veda. And the Bhagavatha describes the Glory and the Grace of the Lord and His splendour as the Indweller in All. So, that too is as efficacious as the Vedas to elevate man and to release him from the bondage to the mean and the sordid.

544

PEOPLE talk loud and long from all kinds of platforms about Dharma, Prema, Shanti, Daya, Sathya, etc. This is published in the Newspaper the next day and there their purpose ends. The paper of today is the wastepaper of tomorrow! It is used for packing or thrown into the dust heap and burnt as refuse. That is the story of all platform professions. Put into practice a fraction of what you preach.

545

TURN the key in the lock to the right, it opens; turn the same key to the left; it is locked. Turn your mind towards the objective World, it is locked, caught, entangled. Turn it to the right, away from the objects of the senses; the lock is loosened, you are free and deliverance is at hand. How to turn right? Well, begin with Namasmarana, as the first step. That will itself take you through the second and the third....to the very goal.

546

IF Liberation means the stoppage of grief and the acquisition of joy, then it is easy. What you have to do is to place all your burdens on God; that makes you free of grief and carefree. Then, when you take everything as the Leela of the Lord you love, you clap your hands in Ananda whatever may happen, for it is His Leela and you are as happy as He is, when His plans are going through!

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