Baba's sayings,quotations,views and discourses on Buddhism

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Dear All,

 

Please send me Baba's sayings,quotations,views and discourses on Buddhism as

soon as possible. I will be very thankful to you.

 

Om Sai Ram to all Progya

[Guest guest]

Sai Ram!

In response to your request, the following quotations are taken from the book, A

Compendium of the Teachings of Sathya Sai Baba:

 

"For 26 years Buddha sought the realization of the Self by studying scriptures,

meeting sages and saints and listening to their teachings. He found that by

these means he could not experience reality. He realized that the knowledge of

the Self has to be gained through an inward search. He stopped the outward

quest and gradually experienced knowledge of the Self from within.....Through

his enlightenment, he discovered the importance of Dharma and wanted to make it

the basis of society." SS June 1998 P 149

"Buddha undertook various enquiries to discover the Divine and came to the

conclusion that it is only through mastery over his senses he can achieve this.

Man has to make the right use of his senses for sacred purposes to realize his

divinity." SS Feb 1998 P 29

"Buddha before attaining nirvana, liberation, taught well. His brother Ananda

was shedding tears. He told Ananda,`Don’t cry like this. Why do you shed

tears?’ Ananda said, ‘Since you are dying, I am crying.’ Buddha said, ‘I am not

dying, nor are you going to live! All of us will leave this body at one time or

other. So, don’t shed tears.’

"Who is observing this sort of teaching today? We should strive to be a true

ideal. This is the true symbol of the celebration behind the birthday. But all

the ideals that are repeated and told are not being practiced." Christmas

Discourse, 1997

"Buddha never mentioned God. The story is known that he was a prince with wife

and child, that when he saw misery and death he determined to find their cause.

For years he engaged in severe austerities. He made three announcements: All is

suffering. All is transient. All is void." CWSSB P 106

"No one can live for himself. He is involved with parents, kinsmen, friends,

foes, society, countrymen, etc., in ever widening circles. Buddhists declare,

‘I take refuge in the Buddha. I take refuge in the Sangha. I take refuge in

Dharma’. The first is the involvement with the reality in one’s own individual

self. One must examine oneself whether he lives according to a mind, free from

polluting thoughts and feelings. Buddha is the symbol of the awakened

intellect. Is the intellect sharp enough for clear discrimination? This must be

one’s question to oneself.

"The second stage is refuge in Sangha. Just as one yearns for and works towards

securing property, welfare and happiness for oneself, one must also yearn for

and work towards securing these very things for the sangha (society) to which

one belongs. Without society to guard and guide, the individual is lost, as a

drop of oil on an expanse of water. One’s welfare is based on the welfare of

society. The welfare of a particular society is based on the welfare of the

country.

"The third stage: refuge in dharma. Dharma means the vesture of the cosmos, that

which is its very nature, namely Prema or Divine Love. When one seeks refuge in

Love that sustains and promotes progress, the individual, the society and world

become a sublime Trinity." SSS VOL XI Chap 24 P 142

"You have seen hundreds of funerals; but, no lesson has been learned. Buddha saw

but one. It changed the course of his life and opened a new chapter in the

history of the world. You have seen long processions of Hindu monks; Buddha saw

only one. You have seen sick men by hundreds. The renunciation of the Hindu

monk, the suffering of the sick, the pitiable condition of the aged - these

made a profound impression on Buddha. He left his palace, his wife and his new

born child to seek remedy for the miseries of life." BTBOS P 128

"Siddhartha (meaning he who has attained his goal) was the founder of Buddhism.

His family name was Gauthama. He was a prince, son of King Suddhodhana and

Queen Maya of the Kingdom of the ‘Sakyas’ whose capital was Kapilavastu. He was

born about 567 B.C.. He became ‘Buddha’ or the enlightened one, later in his

life and formed the religion Buddhism.....

"He taught the gospel of the four Aryan truths: (1) Life is full of suffering.

Every event in life is painful (birth, age, disease, desire and so on). (2) It

is desire that is the origin of suffering. It is the craving or thirst

(Trishna) that binds us to the unending cycle of birth and death. (3) It is

possible to achieve the suppression of suffering. He said by wisdom and

understanding and through full awareness of the self, man can attain the state

of bliss. For this he must awaken himself from the Anjana to Jnana. (4) The way

to end suffering is to follow the noble eightfold path. In this all extremes are

to be avoided and middle path has to be followed. He also said that by torture

of the body ‘Nirvana’ or salvation cannot be achieved. He taught

non-attachment. He said a wise man, who is a ‘Sama Darshi’, who looks upon

everything in an objective unattached manner is a real ‘Bodhi’ or truly

enlightened person. He said only a pure in heart shall attain Nirvana or

liberation. The Buddha does not mention either God or the soul in his

teachings. Instead he refers constantly to ‘Manas’ or mind, which prompts all

actions and words.....

"The whole of the simple doctrine of Buddha is best expressed in the Buddhist

Pancha-shil. It consists of the following resolutions:

(1) I will refrain from killing any creature.

(2) I will refrain from false-hood.

(3) I will refrain from stealing.

(4) I will refrain from intoxicants....." GIC P 68

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progya shankar

saibabanews

Wednesday, September 15, 2004 12:54 AM

[saibabanews] Baba's sayings,quotations,views and discourses on Buddhism

Dear All, Please send me Baba's sayings,quotations,views and discourses on

Buddhism as soon as possible. I will be very thankful to you.Om Sai Ram to all

Progya

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"Sesha M. D. Mantripragada" <maheswari

Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:29pm

Re: [saibabanews] Baba's sayings,quotations,views and

discourses on Buddhism

 

dear progya shankar,

 

please enter into the site: http://www.saidarshan.org

 

in this site there are some (5) discourse of Swami under the title

discourses and subtitle on Festivals, on the occation of Buddha

Poornima . and also in the title Religions you can encounter some

sayings of Swami on Buddhisom. and if you try in other Sai Website

links you can find many more.

 

have a good time

Sai Ram.

sesha maheswari

 

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sai_sevak9

Wed Sep 15, 2004 3:44pm

Re: Baba's sayings,quotations,views and discourses on

Buddhism

 

Namaste,

 

The Life and Message of the Buddha

>From Extracts of Speeches/Writings of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

http://www.geocities.com/saibababuddha/

 

Buddha's Gospel of the Good Life

In Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba's own words

http://sss.vn.ua/buddha2.htm

 

Swami's Discourses by Festivals

http://www.saidarshan.org/baba/docs/frdisc.html?fest

Click on Buddha Poornima

 

Jai Sai Ram

 

 

 

saibabanews, progya shankar <progyas>

wrote:

> Dear All,

>

> Please send me Baba's sayings,quotations,views and discourses on

Buddhism as soon as possible. I will be very thankful to you.

>

> Om Sai Ram to all

> Progya

[Guest guest]

thaks a lot Charlene for your help. May Sai Shower His Grace on you and your

loved ones.

with lots of love and regard your sister

 

progyas

 

 

Charlene <jaisairm wrote:

Sai Ram!

In response to your request, the following quotations are taken from the book, A

Compendium of the Teachings of Sathya Sai Baba: ..........

 

 

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progya shankar <progyas

 

thak you very much Sir for your co-operation.

 

 

saibabanews_webmaster wrote:

"Sesha M. D. Mantripragada"

Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:29pm

Re: [saibabanews] Baba's sayings,quotations,views and

discourses on Buddhism

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