The five points of Spiritual Discipline

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AUM SAI RAM!!

 

Bhagawan Baba insists on five points of discipline for the permanent

residents of Prasanthi Nilayam and for our homes,cities and villages .

"They are:

 

(1) Silence. It is the first step in spiritual sadhana; it facilitates the

other steps. It promotes self-control,lessens the chances of

anger,hate,malice,greed,pride. Besides the Footsteps of God can be heard

only when silence reigns in the mind.

 

(2) Cleanliness. It is the doorway to Godliness; Inner and outer cleanliness

are essential, if you desire to install God in your heart.

 

(3) Service. Service saves you from the agony you get when another

suffers;it broadens your vision,widens your awareness,deepens your

compassion. All waves are on the same sea,from the same sea. Seva teaches

you to be firm in this knowledge.

 

(4)Hatelessness.Adhweshtaa Sarva Bhoothanaam-No being is to be looked down

upon as secondary,inferior,unimportant or expendable. Each has its alloted

role in the drama designed by the Almighty. Do not slight,insult or injure

any being;for God is in every being and your slight becomes a sacrilege.

 

(5) LOVE. Do not calculate or weigh the reaction,result or reward.Love

calls; love responds.Love is GOD;live in Love.

 

You are deriving exaltation,while worshipping a carved stone idol in the

temple.How much more exalted you should be ,while worshipping the self-same

God,residing in the temple-hearts of the men and women around you!And not

merely in the human frames-in every bird,beast,tree,pebble and speck of

dust!!"

 

Quote Bhagawan BABA- Guru Pournima Festival,Prasanthi Nilayam,19-7-1970.

 

"A strong will is the best tonic;the will becomes strong when you know

that you are a child of immortality or a person who has earned the Grace of

God." Baba.

 

at the lotus feet of Sai.anita.