"I always say, "Sadhana first, Sankalpa later". That is the correct order. My Sankalpa confers bliss only after assessing the depth of the yearning in the devotee. Sadhana (discipline, spiritual striving and steady practice) is the essential prerequisite. A teacher evaluates the written answers of his students and assigns them marks only after careful scrutiny of what they have written, isn't it so? I, too, measure and weigh the sincerity and steadiness of the Sadhana you have imposed on yourselves and then frame My Sankalpa (Will) accordingly. Of course, many are not aware that the misery in which they find themselves can be negated by Sadhana."
~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~
(Sanathana Sarathi - Dec. 2005)
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