Mind

"Mind is the cause for everything, good and bad, happiness and misery."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(August 5, 1999) 

Gems of Wisdom

 

Roots of Wisdom - Contaminated Mind

"Mountains and forests are excellent places.  

But once you put designs on them, they become no better than the marketplace.

Books and paintings are elegant things.  

But once they are coveted unreasonably, they become no better than pawned goods.

Generally, if the mind is untainted, 

even the vulgar world is the realm of sages.

But if the mind is infatuated, even places of pleasure become seas of regret."

"If the heart is uncontaminated, everywhere is a good place."

(From the book "Roots of Wisdom" written by Hong Yingming)

Search for the Reality

 

"When people spend their lives without discovering who they are, such lives are a waste.  Search for the Reality, for the eternal witness within, the divine that animates - this is the first duty of a person to oneself."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(August 1974)

Contemplation of God

 

Is mere contemplation of God or chanting of His many names sufficient to experience oneness? 

"Today, man aspires for God and contemplates on Him, but mere aspiration and contemplation are not enough to experience God. God is not pleased by contemplation alone; one has to totally surrender oneself to experience Him. Once you surrender yourself completely to God, you and He become one. 

What are the spiritual pursuits to be followed to become one with God? When fire and coal are placed apart, they remain as they are. Only when they are brought together and fanned can coal get transformed into fire. 

Likewise, go closer to God and love Him wholeheartedly. Such nearness and dearness to God will ultimately make you one with God. This is what Vedanta declared, “Brahmavid Brahmaiva Bhavati” (the knower of Brahman becomes Brahman). The food eaten gets digested, and its essence is supplied to all parts of the body. This means that the food partaken becomes one with the body. 

Similarly, you have to offer yourself completely to God. Only then can you become one with Him. All your thoughts should become Divine.

- So I Sathya Sai Baba -

(Divine Discourse - October 11, 1998)

This is the very purpose of human existence - to see God and merge in His Glory. All other victories are futile.– BABA

Wise Words

 

Sri Sathya Sai Speaks

"Very often, people who experience troubles in life complain: "Why is the Lord subjecting me to trials like these?"  The truth is the Lord neither punishes nor rewards anyone.  The devotee has only to do his duty and leave the results to God.  If the actions are good, the fruits will also be good.  If the actions are bad, the results will be equally bad  Hence without examining the nature of one's actions, there is no meaning in blaming God for what one experiences." 

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(May 3 1987)

Sai Blossoms

"My suggestion to you today is this: just as you attend to the needs of the body, feeding it three times a day, in order to keep it in good running condition, so too spend some time regularly everyday to keep your inner Consciousness in good trim.  Spend one hour in the morning, another at night, and a third in the early hours of dawn, the Brahma-muhurta as it is called, for reputation of the Name and meditation on the Lord.  You will find great peace descending on you and great new sources of strength welling up within you as you progress in this spiritual discipline.  After some time, the mind will dwell on the Name wherever you are and whatever you are engaged in, and peace and joy will be your inseparable companions!"

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(March 25 1958)

 

Be in Sai

 

Divine Wisdom