Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Moksha
Monday, March 28, 2011
Celestial Poems of Sathya Sai Baba
Friday, March 25, 2011
Omnipresent Lord
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
My Mission
Monday, March 21, 2011
Baba's Car Gets the Pranams
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Unmerry-Go-Round
The possible reasons why you are still riding in the unmerry-go-round of life and death (Samsara) :
2. You have forgotten how sick and tired of the ride you were.
3. You enjoy it now, not realising you will get sick and tired of it.
4. You are sick and tired of it but don't know how to get off.
5. You are in the process of getting off.
6. You are actually a great Bodhisattva in disguise as an ordinary sentient being, secretly saving others.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Celestial Poems of Sathya Sai Baba
Three Principles
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Ceiling on Desires
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Why God Feels Sad
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Height, Weight, Heart
"Hey, coconut tree!" said Swami to a very tall man. "How tall are you?"
Friday, March 11, 2011
Celestial Poems of Sathya Sai Baba
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Little by Little
I resolve to do it all little by little.
I'm referring to walking my spiritual path.
No, don't get me wrong, I'm not being lazy or procrastinating.
I hereby resolve to, everyday:
1. Meditate a little (fifteen minutes to an hour)
2. Chant a little (Morning Puja and Evening Puja on the bus to and from work)
3. Reflect a little (realise one important thing a day, like this realisation!)
4. Help a little (make sure my day brings joy to at least one person)
5. Study a little (studying Dharma books before I go to bed and in my spare time)
I will saturate my everyday life with Dharma and be ever mindful.
Steady, steady! Don't ever get burnt out spiritually!
There is nothing as terrible as that!
The rabbit didn't win the race.
The tortoise was slow but steady, and he persevered humbly, realistically.
(From: The Daily Enlightenment)
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Dhyana and Japa
Celestial Poems of Sathya Sai Baba
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Desire Binds Us
Those who catch monkeys prepare a pot with a small opening and fill it with some sweets. The monkey, who desires the food, will put its hand inside that pot and take a big handful of the food. Thus, the monkey becomes unable to draw its hand out through the opening. Only on releasing the grip will the monkey be able to take its hands out.
It is its desire for the food that has bound its hands. Because it took with its hand some food to fulfill its desire, it was bound there. This wide world is like that pot and our 'samsaras' or families are like the narrow top. Our desires are the sweet in the pot. The world being the pot, containing the desires, sweets, man put his hand in the pot. When he sheds his desires, he will be able to live in the world freely.
To get freedom, the first thing to do is to sacrifice. In philosophical terms, this is called renunciation. We think that the world is binding us but the world is lifeless.
It is the desire that binds us.
Opportunity
As the saying goes, "opportunity seldom knocks twice."
We consider others to be fools if they do not realise and make full use of their open opportunities before their eyes.
There is, however, a golden opportunity right before every one of us alive who is able to read this very passage - the opportunity to walk forth on the path of self-improvement spiritually, the chance to get closer to perfection of body, speech and mind.
This time round, in this precious life as a human being, is the "break" we'd been cultivating for, the life in which we can very well work seriously towards transcending our craving, aversion and delusion.
It is not easy to be born in a human life. The odds are astronomical.
We'd all "struck lottery" already! (But of course we'd worked our way through the wheel of Samsara to deserve this life in the law of karma).
"Claim" your birthrights to become Enlightened!
Or you would be a fool indeed!
(From: The Daily Enlightenment)