Sorrows of Human Life

What is the only effective way to escape all the sorrows of human life?

"As a drop of water on a lotus leaf disappears in no time, even so, we should know that our life is transient and will disappear very much like that in no time. The world is full of sorrow and the human body is full of disease. Our life is full of turbulent thoughts and is like a dilapidated house. 

Under these conditions, according to Adi Sankara, it is possible to live in a peaceful manner, only by following the divine path and getting over all our worldly attachments. So long as one does not know who he is, one cannot escape these sorrows. So long as one does not realise the Easwara Tatwa (Principle of Divinity) or the presence of Easwara in everything, one cannot escape this sorrow. So long as one does not understand that to be born, to grow, to live and to die is only for one purpose and that is to understand the nature of Atma, the one imperishable thing, it is not possible for him to escape this sorrow."

-~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~ 

(Summer Showers - 2.6.1973)

The Lord is a photographer who takes the photograph without cautioning us with the word, “Ready”. Therefore, for us to be photographed well in the film-plate of the Lord’s Heart, we should be ready always. - BABA