Divine Wisdom

Namasmarana

"Do you know the power in reciting My name?

It is the spiritual power to reach Me.

A direct wireless message is sent to Me

When, with all your heart, you repeat My name.

Think of Me and nothing more,

And My eyes will be set on you,

Loving you with My glance,

Like a mother to her child,

Blessing you with My divine love for always."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(From: "Sai Darshan")

Forbearance

"Forbearance is equivalent to truth itself.

Forbearance is the heart of righteousness,

forbearance is the very essence of the Veda,

forbearance is non-violence in practice.

Forbearance is contentment, it is compassion.

Truly it is everything in all the worlds.

Only when you have developed patience and forbearance 

will you be able to obtain the Lord."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(S.S. January 1996)

Divine Wisdom

Quotable Quotes

"Where there is love,

there is life."

~ Mahatma Gandhi ~

Desire

Desires dance dreams of delight

Banish contentment out of sight

Set us on an elusive chase

Exhaust us by running the race.

Sorrow stalks unsatisfied desires

Jealousy and anger feed the fires

The longest pain comes, and cannot hide

From desires that are satisfied.

~ Hal Honig ~

(S.S. October 1992)

Fear Kills

A Sanyasi once met the Cholera Goddess on the road, returning from a village where she had thinned the population.  He asked her how many she had taken into lap and she replied, "Only ten."  But really speaking the casualties were a hundred.  She explained, "I killed only ten, the rest died out of fear!"

Man is Atmaswarupa, that is, Abhayaswarupa.  If he knows his real nature, he will give no room for weakness, cowardice.

(Chinna Katha from the Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)

Celestial Poems of Sathya Sai Baba

"We can obtain butter by churning milk,

We can obtain fire by churning water,

But nothing can be obtained by listening to useless words,

Never forget this good word of wisdom."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

Ganesh Chaturthi - 19th September

You Must Not Lose Heart

"You must not lose heart when you are disappointed.

Perhaps your wish itself was wrong or its realisation

may have landed you in a worst situation.

Anyway it is the will of the Lord and He knows best."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

The Begging Bowl

When a child dies, ask yourself the question, "Is it for my sake that he was born?"  He had his own destiny to fulfil, his own history to work out.

Gautama Buddha's father was so overcome with grief when he saw his son with a begging bowl in the street that he told him  thus: "Everyone of my ancestors was a King; what misfortune is this that a beggar was born in this line?"

Buddha replied: "Everyone of my ancestors had a beggar's bowl;  I know of no king in my line."

The father and son walked different paths, travelled along divergent routes.

(Chinna Katha from the Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)

I Am With You Always

Celestial Poems of Sathya Sai Baba

"Where enthusiasm, boldness,

Courage, intelligence,

Strength and valour dwell,

There the Divinity always helps."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

Quotable Quotes

"If we really want to love,

we must learn to forgive."

~ Mother Teresa ~

God is Love

Spread my Name

"Spread my name by the love you give

Spread my name by the actions you do

For I am always on the lookout

For a sincere devotee,

To be used by Me,

To assist Me in My mission,

To spread the divine message of:

'Give love and taste the nectar of your divinity'."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(From: "Sai Darshan")

Celestial Poems of Sathya Sai Baba

"The Lord abides in the universe

And the universe abides in the Lord.

The unity of the two can never be separated.

The words of Sai are pearls of Truth."

~ Sathya Sai Baba ~ 

It Is Never Too Soon

There was once a miser who lived in a leaky house; the rain water poured into the house through the roof but he sat through it all.  Neighbours laughed at him and warned him to get the roof repaired.  But in the rainy season, he replied, "Let the rains subside, how can I repair it now?"  And when the rains stopped, he replied, "Why should I worry about leaks, now the rains have stopped?"

Do not suffer the leaks when the rains come, as they are sure to do; repair the roof now itself.  That is to say, acquaint yourselves with the spiritual primers and text books now itself; begin  the first lesson of silence, prayer and chanting the Name of the Lord.

It is never too soon in the spiritual realm.

(Chinna Katha from the Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)

Divine Wisdom

When the Avatar is Here

We scamper through life, running with fear.

When dying is mentioned, we turn a deaf ear.

Somehow we live with the thought we can take

With us, when we die, all that we make.

We must all live as if each day is the last,

Not living in the future nor dwelling in the past.

Constantly we must think about God in our chosen form,

For only with this thought can we escape being reborn.

We all must die, it is deemed that way.

We could leave our body on any given day,

But the Avatar has come and says not to fear,

That the Atma lives when the body dies here.

~ Joy Ziegler ~

(From the book "Life is a Challenge - Meet It"

by Joy Thomas)