108 Quotations on Faith in God [105]

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108 Quotations on Faith in God

>From Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Divine Discourses

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In your eyes, Hiranyakasipu and others may appear to be demons. But in the

view of the Divine they may appear as persons who help the devotees to affirm

their faith in God. The Lord makes an example of the demons to teach the

devotees the truth of the Spirit. The good is wedged in between two bad things.

Pleasure is an interval between two pains. Indeed, if there had been no

Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakasipu, there would have been no occasion for the advent

of the Narasimha Avatar to bless Prahlada. Without hatred on the one side, the

power of faith on the other cannot be demonstrated. Although Prahlada's father,

Hiranyakasipu, subjected his son, a great devotee of God, to numerous ordeals,

Prahlada emerged from them as an ideal lover of God, who acquired undying

glory.

Hiranyakasipu was the instrument for revealing the greatness of Prahlada. The

Lord creates hostile forces to demonstrate the power of faith in the Divine and

to confer peace and plenty on the believers.

– Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Divine Discourse on 28.6.1989Sathya Sai Speaks,

Volume XXii, Chapter 20: Brahmamayam Jagath,Section: Demons teach devotees the

Divine power.Online: http://sathyasai.org/search/volume22/sss22-20.pdf

 

 

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