108 Quotations on Faith in God [98]

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108 Quotations on Faith in God

>From Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Divine Discourses

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Faith in God implies recognition of the omnipresence, of the Divine in the

universe and seeking to experience that divinity within one's self. The Divine

is One, though it may be called by many names. It must be realised that God is

all-pervasive and nothing exists without the power of the Divine. One should

not allow one's faith in God to be affected by the ups and downs of life. All

troubles should be treated as tests and challenges to be faced with courage and

faith.

You should learn from the example of Ranthi Deva, who retained his faith in

God and exhibited his compassion for the suffering despite the extreme privation

to which he was reduced by the vicissitudes of life. To feed a hungry man, he

and his family gave up the meagre food they had gathered and denied themselves

even water, to relieve the thirst of a man crying for water. The Divine had

subjected him to these ordeals and later blessed him with grace.

Prahlada was unaffected by all tortures to which he was subjected because

he saw in everybody and everything in the form of Vishnu. He exemplifies the

strength derived from the love of God to the exclusion of everything. Worldly

love is blind and fickle. Divine love is all-embracing and defies description.

When the heart is freed of all impurities, it can experience the Divine. It

will revel in the bliss of that experience and will not seek any other trivial

pleasure. When one is immersed in the nectar of divine love, he experiences

ineffable bliss. Such a person experiences Saakshaatkaaram (direct experience)

of the Divine.

– Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Divine Discourse on 3.6.1986Sathya Sai Speaks,

Volume XIX, Chapter 11: Spiritual Pancha Sheela,Section: All troubles should be

treated as tests.Online: http://www.sathyasai.org/search/volume19/sss19-11.pdf

 

 

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