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Message For the Day…” Don’t Ignore GOD’s Presence In You …’

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God is inscrutable. He cannot be realised in the outer objective world; He is in the very heart of every being. You extol God as omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent, but ignore His presence in you! Who can affirm that God is this or that? Who can confirm that God is not of this form or with this attribute? Each one can acquire from the vast expanse of the ocean only as much as can be contained in the vessel one carries to its shore. From that quantity, they can grasp but little of that immensity. Gemstones have to be sought deep underground; they do not float in mid-air. Seek God in the depths of yourself, not in the tantalising, kaleidoscopic Nature. The body is granted to you for this high purpose; but you are now misusing it, like the person who used the gem studded gold vase that came into his hands as an heirloom for cooking his daily food. 

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day…” Progress towards Self Realisation…”

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Sa means Divine, ai or ayi means Mother and Baba means Father. The Name, Sai Baba means Divine Mother and Father. Sai’s descent is to achieve the supreme task of uniting the entire mankind as one family through the bond of brotherhood and to affirm and illumine the Divine (Aatmic) Reality within each and every being. The Divine takes the form as Avatar to reveal Himself as the basis for the entire Cosmos, and to instruct all to recognise the common divine heritage that binds everyone. Only when this happens can human beings work hard to rid themselves of animalistic qualities. I am the embodiment of Love; Love is My instrument. I reveal truth about Myself for, I desire that you should contemplate on this and derive joy. Also, may you be inspired to observe the disciplines laid down and progress towards the goal of Self-Realisation. Realise the Sai who shines in your hearts. 

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day…” GOD Resides in your Heart and Listens to All Your Prayers…”

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You may undertake any number of spiritual practices, but never forget God’s name even for a moment. Never do anything that will take you away from God. You can achieve anything through prayer. You need not pray loudly; it is enough if you pray mentally. God resides in your heart and listens to all your prayers. If you aspire to attain His grace, contemplate on Him incessantly. Worldly difficulties come and go. Do not attach much importance to them. Through prayer one can overcome any difficulty. Only God’s grace is true and everlasting, strive to attain it. Chant the name of God day in and day out. That alone will protect you at all times. Just as air is all pervasive, God is present in you, with you, around you, below you, above you. Hence be in constant communion with Him. When you develop faith in Divinity, you will naturally have unity. Consequently, there will be no scope for enmity.  

Sathya Sai Baba

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Message For the Day…” Human Beings are Bound by Merits and Demerits of Past Lives…'”

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God is not a separate entity. Man is the image of God. Scriptures declare that God appears in human form (Daivam maanusha rupena). Though God has no separate form, Avatars descend from time to time to show how human lives can be divinised. I have often declared that God does not come down as Avatar to relieve individuals of their troubles and sorrow and to confer joy and happiness on them. Difficulties, troubles and worries come in the natural course as a consequence of your past actions. The Gita declares: Human beings are bound by merits and demerits (Karma) from previous lives (Karmaanubandheeni manushya loke). As is your action, so is the reaction. When you stand before a mirror and offer salutations, the salutation is reflected by the image. If you scowl at the mirror, the harshness is reflected back at you.  

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Message For the Day…” One Must Pay Due Care to Understand the Teachings of Great Avatars…”

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There may be a few statements in Bhagavad Gita or other scriptures that might appear to contradict each other. For instance, in the Gita at one place, Lord Krishna stresses the need for action, at another the adherence to Dharma, and in another place commends renunciation of all Dharma and urges complete surrender to the Lord. These apparent contradictions are not contradictions. The teaching varies according to the state of spiritual development of the person concerned and the situation in which one is placed. The lesson here is one must pay due care and attention to understanding completely the inner significance of the great teachings of the Avatars and sages before any criticism is attempted.

Sathya Sai Baba

 

 

Message For the Day…” What is Non-Violence …” ?

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The observance of non-violence has been described as the highest form ofDharma. All the violence in the world today is due to the fact that people do not lead righteous lives. It has been said that the body has been given essentially to pursue Dharma. Among the teachings of the Buddha, the foremost was Ahimsa (not causing harm to anyone). Non-violence is not merely refraining from inflicting injuries on others with one’s limbs or weapons. Non-violence has to be practised with Thrikarana Shuddhi (purity of thought, word and deed). There should be no ill-feelings, which is itself a form of violence. To cause harm to others through one’s body is himsa(violence). No one should be harmed even by speech; our words should be sweet, pleasing and wholesome. All actions should be helpful to others

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Message For the Day…” Why Lord Krishna told Arjuna ‘ You are My Devotee and My Friend ‘ …” ?

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Krishna told Arjuna, “You are My devotee and My friend.” Neither Arjuna declared himself as a devotee nor Krishna remained content with just declaring Arjuna to be His devotee. Why did Krishna say: “You are My friend?” This declaration has a profound spiritual significance. This will be clear only when we practice the spiritual life. If merely the Lord were to call Arjuna, “My friend” his ego could get inflated and he could take undue liberties with Krishna. If He were to say, “My dear, you are My devotee,” he could become extremely submissive and maybe even develop fear towards the Lord. Fear should not be instilled; nor should he be encouraged to take excessive liberties. Hence the terms devotee and friend, were used by Krishna. “You are My friend. You may be free with Me up to a point. You are My devotee. So observe certain restraints. Exercise control over yourself in your devotion.”

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day…” What is the Meaning of BABA …” ?

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Fix your faith firmly in the Lord and not on the things of the world. When you have strong faith in the Lord, your discrimination will be perfect. You will be guided by your Conscience, which will always lead you properly. In vedantic parlance, the Conscience is called‘Chit’. God is ‘Sat-Chit-Ananda’. Sat means Being, Chit means Awareness. When and where these two are combined, there is Bliss. This is the meaning of the divine name, BABA – Being +Awareness Bliss + Atma. All of you are aspirants of bliss. You must enjoy uninterrupted bliss. To attain that Ananda (Bliss), you must combine Sat (Being) and Chit (Awareness). Without Divinity, there is no bliss or joy. Hence always think of Him, Live in His presence.

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day…” God is the Changeless Creator…”

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The base for making a pot is clay. For making a pot, the potter is the cause and the pot is the effect. The pot may break, but the clay remains as it is. Out of a permanent substance, clay, the potter makes a pot. The fate of the pot does not affect the potter. The clay in the pot too has no impact on the potter. Extending the analogy, God is the changeless Creator, who creates innumerable objects in creation, which are subject to change in name and form. A pot cannot be made without the potter and the clay; both are necessary. Similarly the Creator is the instrumental cause of creation (Nimitta Karana). The human body may perish, like the pots, but the Creator and the Elements used for creation are imperishable. The human beings, during their lifetime, have a choice – to put their body to good use or bad use …

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Message For the Day…” Bhakthi Makes you Aware of the God …”

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Srishti, Stithi and Laya (creation, sustenance and dissolution) are the three forms of the Divine Will; you have to penetrate the inner meaning of Srishti, by means of Karma Yoga; you have to grasp the significance of Stithi, by means of Bhakthi Yoga and when you master the Jnana Yoga, you arrive at the experience ofLaya, of manifoldness in the One. Bhakthi (devotion) makes you aware of the Lord who sustains and supports every being; it is love, which is eternal, true and blemishless. There is no one who is devoid of bhakthi; deep down in the core, everyone has the feeling of kinship with all creatures. It is this that makes a lonely person miserable, that makes everyone likeable to someone or other. If you have no love; you are like a lamp without the flame, blind and blinding. Love of the pure type is unmixed with hate, untampered with greed.  

Sathya Sai Baba