What are the three valuable riches we must ensure we gather?
Good conduct, good qualities and an exemplary character are the most valuable riches one can possess. But men today have given up these three and are seeking worldly goods and, immersed in their own concerns, are imagining that they are leading pious lives.
The Divine cannot be attained through such delusions. All the teachings one listens to, the books one studies, and the education one receives are only serving to nourish these delusions and not helping men to seek the Divine. To realise the Divine, one has to get rid of these delusions.
All education today aims only at preparing students for worldly purposes. Think of the great sages and renowned men of the past who did not have this education but who led such exemplary lives! What great things are you going to achieve by pursuing these studies during all your waking hours, merely for earning a living, while forgetting God?
~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~
(Divine Discourse - 29.5.1988)
Man today is trying to master every kind of knowledge, but is unable to discover his own true nature. – BABA
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