Divine Wisdom

 

Love Is Of Three Kinds

"Love is of three kinds, self-centered, which like a bulb, illuminates just a small room; love for friends and family which, like the moonlight, spreads wider but is dim, and love for all, which like the sunlight, is all pervasive and bright.  Cultivate the third type of love, it will save you.  All the service that you do to others through that love is in fact, service to yourself." 

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(February 27, 1961)

Signs of His Grace

"Do not get elated at the riches, status, authority, intelligence, etc. which you may have.  Consider that they have been given to you on trust, so that you may benefit others.  They are all signs of His grace, opportunities for service, signs of responsibility." 

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba~

(October 25, 1965)

Our True Destination

"Life is a short play on the stage.  This body is like a bubble .  The mind is always fickle.  In the Gita, Arjuna confesses to Krishna that the mind, which is constantly vacillating, is difficult to control.  Nevertheless, man has to concentrate on his true destination.  What is the destination, the goal and the aim of life?  The Bhagavata and the Bhagavad Gita have made this clear.  Our destination is the source from where we came."

(From "Life" Bhagawan Uvacha Series Vol. 3 compiled by N.S. Venkatesh)

May All Living Beings in All the Worlds be Happy

 

Roots of Wisdom - Quietude and Action

 

"Living in the world, there is action in the midst of quietude and quietude in the midst of action.  Only when they are one will there be a perception of the immanent truth."

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

Inner Transformation

 

How can one begin the inner transformation necessary to attain peace and freedom? 

"Each one of you must make your own heart a Prasanthi Nilayam. The transformation must begin from this very moment. Analyse your words, deeds, and thoughts, and get rid of evil ones that harm you and others; instead, cultivate sahana (fortitude), shanti (firm peace), satya (truth), etc. 

Now, the mind flutters about and squats on all and sundry objects in the Universe. It refuses to stay only on one idea - God. Like the fly that sits on fair and foul, but denies itself the pleasure of sitting on a hot cinder, the mind too flees from all thoughts of God. The fly will be destroyed if it sits on fire; the mind too is destroyed when it dwells on God, for the mind is but a pattern of desire woven with warp and woof of the same material! 

Desire ceases when God seizes the mind. In fact, since desire is the very stuff of which the mind is made, the mind becomes nonexistent when God completely occupies the mind; then you become free."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(Divine Discourse - September 26, 1965)

The heart is like a musical chair in which there is room for only one. Give, in your heart, place only for God. – BABA

Sai Madhuryam

Out of action arises the bondage of Delusion;

From Delusion grows a perverted mind;

Mental perversion leads to perverse deeds;

Such deeds again result in rebirth.

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

Sri Sathya Sai Speaks

"Since I move feely among you, talking and singing, even intellectuals are unable to grasp My truth.  My power, My glory or My real task as Avatar, I can solve any problem however knotty.  I am beyond the reach of the most intensive inquiry and the most meticulous measurement.  Only those who have recognized My love and experienced that love can assert that they have glimpsed My reality.  For the path of Love is the royal road that leads mankind to Me."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(June 19, 1974)

Sai Blossoms

"Man should keep his tongue under control, serve society with dedication and lead a worthy life.  Life is essentially transient.  Hence while life lasts, one must earn the esteem and regard of one's fellowmen.  One should not waste one's life.  It must be filled with bliss.  This is the true path for everyone."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(October 1, 1995)