108 Quotations on Faith in God [16]

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108 Quotations on Faith in GodFrom Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Divine Discourses

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You may boast that you have been visiting Puttaparthi since twenty years or

that you have made the place your permanent residence. But, unless you follow

the lessons I emphasise, that boast is mere empty vanity. If you develop love

for all beings, in the faith that God resides in all, you may be anywhere else,

but your prayers would reach me and my grace will reach you. While in my

previous body, I told Naanaasaheb that I am in ants, insects and animals,

besides all men. When a dog ate off offerings intended for Baba, it was

declared to have reached Baba, for he had eaten it in that form: "Naanaa says

he is giving me food; but when I go in the form of a dog he drives me off".

Be always saturated with prema. Do not use poisonous words against anyone,

for, words wound more fatally than even arrows. Speak soft and sweet.

Sympathise with suffering and loss and ignorance; try your best to apply the

salve of soothing word and timely succour. Do not damage the faith of anyone,

in virtue and divinity. Encourage others to have that faith by demonstrating in

your own life that virtue is its own reward, that divinity is all-pervasive and

all-powerful.

– Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Divine Discourse on 25.10.1965Sathya Sai Speaks,

Volume V, Chapter 50: In ants and men,Section: Parents must correct their wards

on the spotOnline: http://www.sathyasai.org/search/volume05/sss05-50.pdf

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