Monday, August 29, 2011

Forgiveness


"Forgiveness is a quality that every man should possess."


~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~
(Divine Discourse - 15.4.95)


Friday, August 26, 2011

Sadhana is Cleaning Your Heart

"Sadhana is a cleaning process.
"What are we cleaning?
Your heart! Why?
God gave it to you in a perfect condition
and we were successful in making it imperfect."


(From: "Divine Reflections" by Prof. K. Anil Kumar)


Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Silence


Do not speak... unless it improves on silence! Do not engage in mindless chatter.

Only when you are truly silent can you truly hear what is going on in your head
This is a basic value of meditation and quiet reflection.

Have you had your silence period yet today?

Keep quiet and you might just manage to keep some peace.


(The Daily Enlightenment)

Monday, August 22, 2011

Celestial Poems of Sathya Sai Baba


"Can all birds, tinted green like the parrot,
Ever sing and speak?
Do the worms that creep on the flower
Ever turn into bees?
Does the donkey that dons the tiger skin
Ever become a tiger?
Without knowing who you are,
Will you become the enlightened one?"
~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Sri Krishna Janmashtami (Aug.22 2011)


"Be fearless. Never waver in your determination or your
dedication to the spiritual life. Give freely.
Be self-controlled, sincere, truthful, loving
and full of the desire to serve. Learn to be detached
and take joy in renunciation.
Do not get angry or harm any living creature
but be compassionate and gentle; show goodwill to all.
Cultivate vigour, patience, will, purity; avoid malice and pride.
Then you will achieve your destiny."


(Krishna Quotes from the Bhagavad Gita)

Mind is Like a Fly


"Mind is like a fly. It wants to think of sacred things
in the presence of Swami. The moment
darshan is over, the fly will fall on ice cream.
During darshan, the fly is in sublime heights,
up through awe and wonder. After that the fly
will rest on pizza.

WATCH THE MIND!"


(From "Divine Reflections" by Prof. K. Anil Kumar)


Thursday, August 18, 2011

The Greatest Sin


Once Jesus was walking along the streets of a city. It was a slum area. He saw a young man rolling in dirt, he was dead drunk. He went to him, sat by his side and woke him up. The young man opened his eyes and saw Jesus. Jesus asked him, "Son, why are you wasting your precious youth in drinking?" The young man replied, "Master! I was a leper. You cured me of my leprosy. What else can I do?" Jesus heaved a sigh and walked away.

In another street, he saw a man madly pursuing a beautiful woman. Jesus caught hold of him and asked him, "Son! Why do you desecrate your body by indulging in such a sinful act?" The man replied, "Master! I was really blind. You gave me vision. What else can I do?"

Jesus trudged along another street. He saw an old man crying bitterly. Jesus approached him and gently touched him. The old man wiped his tears and looked at Jesus. Jesus questioned him," Why are you weeping, old man?" "Master! I was nearly dead. You granted me life. What else can I do except weep in this old age?"

In times of difficulty and distress, we cry out for God's help. But when God out of his boundless love and compassion responds to our prayer, we ignore Him and fall back into our self-centred life. One must guard against this greatest sin of ingratitude towards God.


(Chinna Katha by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)


Wednesday, August 17, 2011

"Man today is enveloped in attachment and hatred.
The moment he casts them off,
he will realise his divinity."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~
(Divine Discourse - 16.8.96)


Awareness

"Awareness consists in the conscious remembrance
of God on all occasions."


~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~
(Divine Discourse 31.7.96)

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

The "I"


"When do I start saying "I"?
I start saying "I" from the moment I wake up.
The moment I get up from bed, I say "I", not before that.
When "I" appears, peace disappears."


(From "Divine Reflections" by Prof. K. Anil Kumar)


Sunday, August 14, 2011

True Beauty

Beauty makes sense,
beautiful only when it is felt in the heart.
And a beautiful heart is one that sees beauty all around.
even sees the beauty in what the world sees as ugliness.
A beautiful heart is one filled with Compassion
because there is nothing more beautiful than a kind heart.
The Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are beautiful because they have beautiful hearts.
This is the secret to true beauty.


(The Daily Enlightenment)

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Celestial Poems of Sathya Sai Baba


"Do not take all that meets the eye to be true.
Shedding your sloth,
Come with Me -
I will show you for sure the Truth."
~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

The Faults of Others

One should not consider the faults of others,
nor their doing or not doing of good or bad deeds.
One should consider only whether
one has done or not done good or bad deeds.


~ Dhammapada ~


Love for God


"Love for God does not mean giving up your normal duties.
In the performance of these duties, every action
should be done as an offering to God."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~
(Divine Discourse - 25.12.95)


Monday, August 8, 2011

What We Think, We Become


What we think, we become.

All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts, we make the world.

~ The Buddha ~


Saturday, August 6, 2011

A Sacred Mission

"Let us understand that whatever job we are doing
is not merely a profession. It is not merely a means if livelihood.
It is a mission given to us by God.
It is not simply a job; it is a sacred mission."


(From: "Divine Reflections" by Prof. K. Anil Kumar)


Thursday, August 4, 2011

God Responds

"God responds to the prayers of devotees and comes
to their rescue when they have purity of heart.
One with a pure heart can even alter the Sankalpa of God.
The story of Markandeya bears ample testimony to this."


~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~
(Divine Discourse - 19.10.2004)


Wednesday, August 3, 2011

"When the lamp shines brightly at home,
Where is the need to go to the house of others for a lamp?
When you are verily the divine,
Where is the need to seek him elsewhere?
When you forget the divinity in you,
Are you not forgetting your own self?"


~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~


Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Ignorance

"Do not be ignorant about who or what is right or wrong.
Blame the ignorance, not the ignorant!"

(The Daily Enlightenment)


A Hundred Years of Life

"Supposing the Lord blesses a man with a hundred years of life, he should not get puffed up with pride and start jumping from a tree with the confidence that he will live for a century. He may live for a hundred years but may have his legs broken in the fall! So, in accepting the blessing of God, one should also try to lead a righteous life."


~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~
(S.S. August 2005)