Sai Madhuram

 

The Ever Auspicious Lord

The manifest form of Om, the one who has come to teach,

The One who churns for butter, the hearts and minds of men,

The Friend, the charmer, the liberator from blinding bondage,

The Comforter of those who clamour and pray, the Destroyer

of currents that drag,

The Consoler of torn hearts, like the moon so cool,

The Derider of Pride, the Healer, curing birth and death,

The Lotus-eyed, the Negator of Time, Himself the process and

the play of Time,

The Thief who steals for Himself the pure minds of the good,

Beauty embodied, the child of Dhevaki, Vaasudheva, Son of

Vaasudhev.

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

Baba's Storytime - Lighting the Lamp of Wisdom

Once a sadhaka, who had great ambition to know something about the divine, wanted his eye of wisdom to be opened. 

He entered a cave where a guru was residing. While entering the cave he saw a small light. As he moved forward, even that little light got extinguished. In darkness one feels frightened, and in fear, we think of God very intensively. Thus he uttered loudly the word 'Namah S'ivaya' and on hearing this, the saint asked him who he was. He said that he had come to seek his grace. 

The great saint, who was sustaining himself in the cave only by breathing the air around him, had the competence to know the mind of his visitor. He said that he will answer his question later but asked him first to go and light the lamp, which had been extinguished. The visitor took a matchbox and tried to light the lamp but did not succeed. He told the guru that he had finished all the matchsticks and yet he had not succeeded in lighting the lamp.

The guru then asked him to open he lamp, put out all the water and pour oil in it, and then try to light it. The person did this but the lamp would not light even then. The guru then said that the wick was probably wet with water and asked him to dry it nicely in the open and then attempt to light the lamp. He did this and succeeded. 

Then the person ventured to mention his need and sought it to the guru. The surprised guru said that the appropriate answer was being given all the while. The visitor pleaded that, being an ignorant man he was not able to understand the significance of the teaching and requested the guru to explain to him in clearer terms. The guru said:

"In the vessel of your heart, there is the wick of your jîva. The wick has been immersed all these days in the water of your sensuous desire. Therefore you are not able to light the lamp of wisdom. Pour out all the water of desires from the vessel of your heart, and fill it with Namasmarana of God. Take the wick of jîva and dry it in the sunshine of vairagya; squeeze out of it all the water present in the form of desire and put into the heart the oil of devotion of Namasmarana. It will be possible for you to light the lamp of wisdom".

(From the Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)

Vision of the Divine

"Devotees should develop one-pointed concentration.  There is no need to go in search of God who is omnipresent.  If devotees develop a vision of love (prema nethra), they can have the vision of the divine within themselves."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(23 September 1997)

Sri Sathya Sai Speaks

"One's present is but the result of one's past and the habits formed during that long period.  But whatever the nature of one's character, it can certainly be modified by changing your habits, thoughts and imagination."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(Prema Vahini, Pt. 1)

Divine Wisdom

 

Keshava Madhava

 

Keshava Madhava Jaya Deva Madhu Soodana

Netra Kamala Dala Atheeta Manohara

Antaryami Prabhu Parameswarea

Maya Manusha Vesha Leeladhara

The victorious Lord Keshava, Madhava, the slayer of the demon Madhu!  The most captivating Supreme Lord with lotus petal-shaped eyes, the Divine Indweller of the heart!  The Lord who has assumed an illusory human form to enact a Divine play!

May All Living Beings in All the Worlds be Happy

 

Children of God

"All are children of God.  Therefore, if at any time feelings of hatred develop between you and others, remind yourself that you are not separate from them.  Consider that all are one, achieve unity and experience bliss.  Seeing unity in diversity is divinity and true spirituality."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(May 31, 2008)

 

Peace and Harmony in the World

What is the greatest threat to peace and harmony in the world today? Bhagawan gives us an important reminder today that each one of us can become emissaries of peace.

"No quarter should be given for propaganda which sets up one religion against another. All the diverse communities in the nation should be united. Mankind should become one family. The world will then become a paradise. If differences are allowed to grow, the nation will disintegrate. 

It is said that atom bombs will reduce the world to ashes. But those who are promoting religious bigotry and hatred are doing damage worse than what atom bombs can do. They are destroying love and compassion in human hearts. They are breaking up mankind into fragments. There is no greater sin than this. 

What the world needs today is the redeeming and unifying force of love, love which continually expands and embraces more and more people. By giving up narrow ideas regarding one’s religion, nation or caste, by developing a broad outlook and cultivating the company of the good, you can elevate your life and make it meaningful and satisfying."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(Divine Discourse - December 25, 1985)

All religions, all scriptures, all spiritual teachings point only to one truth: the unity of divinity. – BABA

The Heart

"In the journey of life, the body is like a cart and the heart is like a horse.  Unless you feed the heart well, the journey cannot proceed properly.  The heart must be fed with good fodder in the form of good company, good conduct and good thoughts."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(May 3, 1987