Sai Humor And Golden Words Of Wisdom [Part 2 of 2]

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Om Sri Sai Ram

Om Sai Jai Sai Jai Jai Sai

 

SAI HUMOR AND GOLDEN WORDS OF WISDOM FROM SWAMI [Part 2 of 2]

 

If you feel you are a hundred percent dependent on God, He will look

after you and save you from harm and injury.

 

Love with no expectation of return.

 

Activity must be dedicated to God, the Highest Good. Then, it will

provide health to body and mind.

 

God is omnipotent. All powerful

 

God is Omnipresent. Present everywhere.

 

God is Omniscient. All knowing.

 

God, first; the world next; myself last!

 

Live on your own earnings, your own resources.

 

Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his

tastes, thereby putting an end to the very essence of life contained

in them.

 

Each man carries his own destiny in his own hands.

 

Dreams relating to God are real.

 

The easiest way to control sensuous desires is to practice

altruistic love.

 

Our good conduct is our true wealth.

 

If some people say there is no God, it only means that they are at

too great a distance to be aware of Him.

 

Men are born with a helpless lamenting cry; they should die with a

smile of happy joy.

 

Do not belittle any religion or give predominance to any religion.

 

Love knows no fear and so love needs no falsehood to support it.

 

Do not use poisonous words against anyone, for, words wound more

fatally than even arrows.

 

You must be a lotus unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the

sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water

which sustains it!

 

Be loving, begin to perceive your inner voice and follow it.

 

The root is education and the fruit is virtue.

 

Of all the insanities that harass man, God-madness is the least

harmful, and the most beneficial.

 

You may be able to pay back any debt; but the debt you owe your

mother, you never can repay.

 

Love is the light that guides the feet of man in the wilderness.

 

Every experience that is drawn through any of the senses has an

effect on one's health.

 

Mine, not thine, this sense of greed is the root of all evil. This

distinction is applied even to God! -- my God, not yours! Your God,

not mine!

 

Discipline is the mark of intelligent living.

 

No one can judge another, for, when another is judged you are

yourself condemned.

 

Love seeks no reward; Love is its own reward.

 

One without power does not mean lack of physical or mental strength.

 

Speak soft and sweet; sympathize with suffering and loss and

ignorance: try your best to apply the salve of soothing words and

timely succor.

 

The Lord is but a witness; He is above all hate and anger, of

attachment derived from "mine" and "thine".

 

Nothing is to be used as itself, for itself.

 

"Seeing is believing: I will believe in God only if I see Him;" but

are all things seen or heard or touched or tasted, as real as they

seem?

 

Either the Government must have the capacity to educate and reform

the people or the people must have the capacity to educate the

Government.

 

Peace - It can come only from the Fountain of Peace within.

 

It is best to live with honor for just a day than with dishonor for

many decades; better a short lived celestial swan than a century-

lived crow.

 

Every sense is an outlet for the energy of man in a direction that

binds him to the objective world.

 

Spiritual progress is right living, good conduct, moral behavior.

 

Do all acts as offerings to God; do not classify some as `my work'

and some as `His work'.

 

The reasoning faculty must be employed to distinguish between the

limited and the unlimited, the Temporary and the Eternal.

 

Life is a mirage;

It comes from no visible rain;

It falls into no recognizable sea.

 

When the magnet does not attract the needle, the fault lies in the

dirt that covers up the needle.

 

Food should not be too salty, too hot, too bitter, too sweet, too

sour.

 

There should not be any trace of dislike or distrust on the score of

nationality, language, caste, economic status, scholarship, age or

sex.

 

The end of knowledge is love.

The end of education is character.

 

Each country is but a room in the mansion of God.

 

The very joy derived from service reacts on the body and makes you

free from disease.

 

The age period 16 - 30 is a crucial stage, when man achieves best

and struggles hardest to achieve.

 

Man is a spark of the Divine.

 

All things in creation are subject to the law of change and man too

is subject to this law.

 

Service is spiritual discipline, not a pastime of the rich and well-

placed.

 

Too much food results in dullness of mind.

 

God alone is the giver of life, the guardian of life, and the goal

of life.

 

All spiritual practice must be directed to the removal of the husk

and the revelation of the kernel.

 

The same current activates all.

 

Man is now able to soar into outer space and reach up to the moon;

but he is not moral enough to live at peace with his neighbor!

 

The food that one eats has to be pure, free from the subtle evils

radiated by the persons who collect the materials, who cook the

dishes, and who serve them.

 

Whatever is to our advantage will appear right to us; We do not

usually look upon a matter from the other fellow's standpoint.

 

However high a bird may soar, it has sooner or later to perch on a

tree top, to enjoy quiet.

 

The purpose of living is to achieve the `living in God'

 

When you feel you cannot do good, at least desist from doing evil.

 

Condemn the wrong and extol the right as soon as you notice either

in your children; that will settle them on the straight path.

 

Awake, Arise and Stop not until the goal is reached.

 

Limiting birth by artificial means is an absurdly wrong step. The

consequences of this act are irresponsible fatherhood or frustrated

motherhood.

 

The mind fixed in the awareness of the One is like a rock,

unaffected by doubt, stable, secure.

 

Instead of making the senses which are at best very poor guides and

informants his servants, man has made them his masters.

 

Jesus said:

 

First - He is a messenger of God.

 

Second - He is the son of God.

 

Third - He and His Father are one.

 

Women have equal chances and equal rights to attain Godhead

 

Let the wave of memory, the storm of desire, the fire of emotion

pass through without affecting your equanimity.

 

Silence is the speech of the spiritual seeker

 

All men are cells in the same divine organism, in the divine body.

That should be your faith, your fortune, your fort, your fullness.

 

Hate screeches

 

Fear squeals

 

Conceit trumpets

 

But love sings lullabies.

 

Food cooked in water should not be used the next day; it becomes

harmful.

 

No society can find its fulfillment, no social ideal can fructify,

without the blossoming of the spirit of man.

 

Patience is all the strength that man needs.

 

The earlier years of life are the most crucial, and so the mother

and the father have to share the responsibility for the upbringing.

 

Through the media of films, books, music and the behavior of elders,

young minds are excited and aroused into indulgences.

 

The God of death does not give notice of His arrival to take hold of

you. He is not like the photographer who says, "I am clicking, are

you ready?"

 

Whenever you get a little leisure, do not spend it in talking about

sundries, but utilize it in meditating on God or in doing service to

others.

 

Greed yields only sorrow; contentment is best.

 

Whatever acts a good or bad man may do, the fruits thereof follow

him and will never stop pursuing him.

 

It is not the standard of living that is important, but the manner

of living.

 

You must render service out of spontaneous urge from within, with a

heart filled with love.

 

A chance conglomeration of humans does not become a society.

 

A society has to be welded into a unit by the consciousness of

kinship in God.

 

Unity is divinity; Purity us enlightenment.

 

Reform the body, reconstruct the mind, regulate the way of living,

then, the country will become automatically strong and prosperous.

 

Forget the harm that anyone has done to you, and forget the good

that you have done to others.

 

There is only one royal road for the spiritual journey...Love.

 

If one student is bad, only that student is affected. But if one

teacher is bad, hundreds of students get spoiled.

 

Your thoughts play a vital role in shaping your life.

 

Religion is three-fourths character.

 

The present is a product of the past, but it is also the seed for

the future.

 

Open the gates of wisdom tear the veil of ignorance enter the abode

of Divine Bliss. Rest in peace forever.

 

Form a Satsang, where you meet and exchange truths and virtuous

talk; where you study holy books and discourses on the glory of God.

 

All work is God's. He inspires, He helps, He executes, He enjoys, He

is pleased, He reaps, He sowed.

 

Have faith in yourself. When you have no faith in the wave, how can

you get faith in the ocean?

 

Do not contemplate on death; it is just an incident in life;

contemplate on God, who is the master of all life.

 

You must welcome tests because it gives you confidence and it

ensures promotion.

 

So long as you say 'I am' there is bound to be fear, but once you

say and feel 'I am God' you get unconquerable strength.

 

By eating flesh one develops violent tendencies and animal diseases.

 

Do not get swelled up when people praise you and do not feel

dejected when people blame you.

 

Serve man until you see God in all men.

 

Knowledge without devotion to God produces hatred.

 

What is the unmistakable mark of a wise man? It is love, love for

all humanity.

 

Service springs out of love and it scatters love in profusion.

 

Soft sweet speech is the expression of genuine love.

 

Mankind can find happiness only in unity, not in diversity.

 

Philosophy that cannot be understood, scriptures that are not

practiced - it is a waste of time to talk of them.

 

Anger is the harvest of the bewitching mind; it enslaves man and

fogs his understanding.

 

People are born for different tasks, but in order to survive every

one requires the same nourishment; inner peace.

 

Whatever the trouble, however great the sorrow, persist and win by

recollecting the Lord.

 

Those who have gone through pain and suffering can understand and

sympathize with those who are in pain

 

The basic Truth in all religions, irrespective of country or race is

one and the same.

 

Whenever and wherever you put yourself in touch with God that is the

state of meditation.

 

The mind is a bundle of desires - remove the threads of attachment

one by one; at the end the 'cloth' disappears and the mind is clear

and pure.

 

Practice silence - for the voice of God can be heard in the region

of your heart only when the tongue is stilled and storm is stilled

and the waves are calm.

 

Practice the vocabulary of love - unlearn the language of hate and

contempt.

 

God is in you, around you, behind you, above you, beside you.

 

Of all the righteous acts, help rendered to those needing it, is the

most righteous.

 

Surrendering the fruit of action to the Lord is real sacrifice.

 

My birthday is the date when divinity blossoms in your heart.

 

God is neither distant nor distinct from you.

 

What is offered to God is totally free from all defects and

imperfections.

 

The joy that we cause in the heart of God is the only worthwhile

achievement.

 

The acid test by which an activity can be confirmed as holy or

sacred is to examine whether it promotes attachment or avoids

bondage.

 

Body is like a flashlight.

Eye is like the bulb

Mind is the battery cell

Intelligence is the switch

Only when the four work together do you get the light.

 

Any happiness that you can give to others will result in happiness

for yourself in the end. Man must realize that he cannot get

anything without sharing it with humanity around him. So, you must

believe that happiness of the people around you will lead to your

own happiness in due course.

 

Illnesses are caused more by malnutrition of the mind than of the

body. I will recommend the repetition of the Name of God. That is

Vitamin G. That is the medicine; regulated life and habits are 2/3

of the treatment, while the medicine is just 1/3 only.

 

It is only when you have both divine grace and human endeavor that

you can experience bliss, just as you can enjoy the breeze of a fan

only when you have both a fan and the electrical energy to operate

it.

 

Do not think that only those who worship a picture or image with

pompous paraphernalia are devotees. Whoever walks straight along the

moral path, whoever acts as he speaks and speaks as he has seen

whoever melts at another's woe and exults at another's joy.... is a

devotee, perhaps a greater devotee.

 

This is bad; this is good - can such judgements be ever made about

anything in God's creation when all are manifestations of His will?.

 

Love is one without a second. When this love is directed towards the

world, it is called attachment (anuraga), and when directed towards

God, it is called Prema (devotional love).

 

The play is His

The role is His gift

The lines are written by Him

He directs, He decides the dress and decoration,

The gesture and the tone,

The entrance and the exit.

You have to act well to receive His approbation

When the curtain falls

Earn by your efficiency and enthusiasm

The right to play higher and higher roles

That is the meaning and purpose of life

 

Living with God is the true education

Living for God is the true devotion

Living in God is the true spirituality.

 

A bubble of water is born out of water. It is made up of water. It

ultimately mixes with water and disappears. As in this analogy, man

is like a bubble and Narayana is like the source, "water". Man is

born out of Narayana, is made up of Him and ultimately merges with

Him.

 

A pure thought from a pure heart is better than a Mantra.

 

A zero will get its value only if it is placed after an integer. So

also a "Jiva" will get some value only if it is placed in

conjunction with divinity.

 

Accommodate all forms of God in your heart. Do not exclude some and

welcome others. Accept all achievements and failures as proofs of

the grace of God.

 

Adoration, affection and attachment are the flowers. Devotion and

dedication are the fruits. When they ripen they fill themselves with

the sweet sustaining juice called wisdom.

 

Ambition to earn fame in the world, to gain some position of

authority over men, to lead a luxurious life can never ensure mental

peace.

 

An expansive mind is more laudable than an expert brain. One person

shedding love is more desirable than a hundred hard hearted

companions.

 

An iron box is essential to keep safe the precious stones. So too

the body is essential to keep safe the precious gifts of virtue,

love and discrimination.

 

Anger, ego, jealousy are the biggest diseases. Keep yourself aloof

from these three diseases.

 

Anger cannot be destroyed by anger and cruelty by cruelty. Anger can

be subdued only by forbearance and cruelty can be overcome only by

nonviolence.

 

Anger is like an intoxicant; it reduces man and degrades him to the

level of an animal.

 

As long as the sugar is on the tongue, you feel the sweetness in

taste. Similarly, so long as the heart has love, peace and devotion,

you feel bliss.

 

As the food, so the mind. As the mind, so the thought. As the

thought, so the act.

 

At all times, engage yourself in serving others. There is no greater

Sadhana than this.

 

Be a servant; a servant of God. Feel that you are an instrument in

His hand. Let Him shape you and use you as He knows best.

 

Be clear and content

Be moderate and wise

Be vigilant and steady.

Be earnest and sweet.

 

Be good, Do good, See good - this is the way to God.

 

Be guarded against the 'evil of the tongue', 'evil of the mind'

and 'evil of the hand'.

 

Be like a star which never wavers from the crescent, but is fixed in

steady faith. Be like a lotus which is not affected by the water in

which it is born.

 

Be what you profess to be. Speak what you intend to do. Utter what

you have experienced. No more. No less.

 

Believe that God is one, though he is addressed and prayed to by

different groups of people in different names.

 

Believe that there is no morality higher than truth, there is no

prayer more fruitful than Seva.

 

Believe that there is nothing greater than truth; nothing sweeter,

nothing more precious and nothing more lasting.

 

Bend before the lowly, the humbly, the Godly, the good. Do not bend

before the proud; the promoters of hate and greed.

 

Bhajan cleanses and purifies the atmosphere by its vital vibrations.

It inspires, instructs, it calls and comforts.

 

Bhakti (devotion) is as essential for experiencing Atmic Bliss as

blood is essential for the body.

 

Be like the ant. When the ant gets a mixture of sand and sugar, it

selects only sugar; it neglects sand. See only good in others. Pay

no attention to the bad.

 

Body is a house given to you for rent. Live there so long as He

wills, thanking him and paying Him the rent of faith and devotion.

 

By chanting the name of the Lord sanctifies your time. By singing

His glory, sanctify your life. Always continuously develop a pure

heart for the welfare of the world.

 

Calamity, danger, death cannot be avoided for all time. They are

inevitable factors of life and you have to learn to live bravely

with them.

 

Chanting the name of the Lord must be considered as the highest form

of Sadhana. You can travel anywhere in the light of this name. In

this age of Kali Yuga, the easiest way to reach the Lord is this

chanting of the Lord's name. There is nothing more sacred than this

name.

 

Character is the most precious gift of education. Without character,

wealth, education and social status are of no avail.

 

Close your eyes to the faults of others, but keep them open to

discover your own.

 

Consider the entire society as your home, only then you will realize

genuine unity with all.

 

Constant dwelling with the name of the Lord gives that unshakeable

peace unaffected by the ups and downs of life.

 

Command the mind, regulate your conduct, keep your heart straight

and clear, then you will get the grace of God.

 

Concentration is a conscious activity and meditation is a super

conscious experience.

 

Contentment is the most precious treasure. Contentment alone can

lead man to the goal of life, the attainment of divinity.

 

Cows may be of different breeds or colors or sizes, but milk they

yield is the same, the world over. So too, all religions, what ever

their origin or extent of influence, are means to teach man this

process.

 

Creation is divine; imitation is human.

 

Dedicate all your physical possession and mental skills and

intellectual attainments to the service of the Lord.

 

Desire is storm, greed is whirl-pool, pride is precipice, attachment

is avalanche and ego is volcano. Discard these and you will be

liberated.

 

Dedicate your hands to the service of mankind, never deviate from

that attitude.

 

Dedication ensures success; purifies inner vision, gives lasting

joy.

 

Desires, disappointments and despair cause diseases. Filling the

mind with the thought of God is the curative drug.

 

Develop the quality of love that asks for no return, develop divine

knowledge and develop the inner vision.

 

Devotion is the sustenance of the heart, just as food is the

sustenance for the body; devotion to duty is the highest form of

worship to God.

 

Devotion is not a uniform to be worn on certain days when you gather

for worship and then to be laid aside when the service is over.

 

Devotion to God does not mean merely offering worship in a shrine or

taking part in Bhajan or Sankirtan. One must recognize the form of

Divine in the images one worships or human being one serves.

 

Devotion truly means worshipping the Lord, not caring for the fruits

of one's actions.

 

Discipline is the mark of intelligent living; it is more essential

for success in spiritual effort.

 

Dive and declare the depth, eat and judge the taste.

 

Divine bliss cannot be gained by accumulation of impediments like

cars and houses, land and gold, stocks and stores.

 

Divine is neither manufactured by any company nor available in any

shop. It is not something that can be earned from outside, it has to

sprout and grow from within and treasured within.

 

Divine is the inner core of all beings, near and far, big or small.

Expand your consciousness to its utmost limits.

 

Do and dedicate,

Work and worship,

Plan and protect,

But do not worry about the fruit,

That is the secret of spiritual success.

 

Do good deeds, you get good in return. Do bad deeds, you reap bad

results; do not blame God, thank yourself, blame yourself.

 

Doing one's duty, however small, in an unattached manner gives rise

to the awakening of self awareness.

 

Do not be affected when the results you anticipate are not produced;

do not anticipate at all, but leave it to God.

 

Do not depend on others to serve your needs, become your own servant

before proceeding to serve others.

 

Do not get puffed up when you succeed. Do not get punctured when you

fail.

 

Do not give room for differences based on language, religion, caste

or nationality. Develop the feeling that all are children of God.

You may worship God in any form of your choice, but always bear in

mind that God is one. Cultivate love and promote unity and harmony

among all.

 

Do not give up worldly duties, but do them with the Name of God on

your lips inviting the Grace of God on your heads.

 

Do not lay claim to long life but to divine life; do not pine for

more years on earth, but for more virtues in the heart.

 

Each has his particular duty, task, role as an individual; do that

duty, carry on that task. Play that role as best as you can; that is

how one can fulfill himself.

 

Earning money cannot be the purpose of education; acquiring good

qualities can be the only purpose of education.

 

Education does not mean only giving meaning to the words. Whatever

is learnt in schools and colleges has to be practiced and has to be

used for the welfare of the society. That is true education.

 

Education is a wasteful process unless knowledge is transformed into

wisdom and wisdom is expressed in character.

 

Education is to be valued not as a means of earning one's

livelihood, but as the essential requisite for a happy, peaceful and

progressive life.

 

Education must ultimately mean:

"E" for Enlightment

"D" for Duty and Devotion

"U" for Understanding

"C" for Character

"A" for Action

"T" for Thanking

"I" for Integrity

"O" for Oneness

"N" for Nobility

 

Education should be divorced from job hunting. Its primary purpose

should be to enable the educated to lead an honorable and meaningful

life in society.

 

Education without character, politics without principles and

commerce without morality are not only useless, but positively

dangerous.

 

Ego lives by getting and forgetting. Love lives by giving and

forgiving.

 

Engage always in good deeds, beneficial activities, speak the truth,

do not inflict pain by word or deed or even thought. That is the

highest gain which you can earn in this life.

 

Every action of yours at the present time is bound to have a

reaction, resound and reflection in the future.

 

Every human being is has a body which is like a chariot and has a

charioteer, which is the Atma. This is universally true and this is

the basis of the unity and diversity of in all mankind.

 

Every human being has four birthdays: the first is when he emerges

from his mother's womb; the second is when he begins his spiritual

study to lead him from darkness to light; third is when he has

gained wisdom for achieving self realization; the fourth and last is

when he realizes his true identity and merges with Brahman.

 

Every passing minute is a precious gift from God which you have to

use for the best and most lasting benefit.

 

Every rise will be followed by a fall; every elation will be

followed by depression.

 

Feel that you are a hundred percent dependent on God; He will look

after you and save you from harm and injury.

 

Feel that your family, your house, your fields, your cars are all

the Lord's property and that you are only the trustee.

 

Feel the presence of God when silence reigns; in the excitement and

confusion, you cannot hear His 'Foot Fall'.

 

For the disease of 'Bhavaroga' (birth death cycle), Bhagawan is the

medicine; for the disease of desire, Jnana is the prescription; for

the disease of doubt, the most effective remedy is paropakara

(service); for the major infection of asanthi (anxiety), the course

of treatment is Bhajan.

 

Friendship should not be based on consideration of fear and favor,

sacred friendship is that which enables one to help others at all

times and in all circumstances.

 

Get the doctor who would assure 'hereafter you will not fall ill'

and not the doctor who gives some relief to the present attacks.

 

'Gift' is a meritorious act, if it is rendered to the needy at the

time of need, in a manner that fulfills the need, it must be made

without pride and publicity.

 

Give up gaining; restraining in order to receive; becoming blind in

order to see more clearly.

 

Giving is gaining. Gaining is grieving.

 

Giving up one's evil thoughts constitutes sacrifice and yoga -

leaving one's wife, giving up one's material possessions and

repairing to the forest will be of no avail.

 

Goal of human life is not just eating, drinking, sleeping, tasting a

little joy and grief and finally dying like any bird or beast; the

goal is the realization of the eternal absolute.

 

God acts as creator, protector and destroyer. You must show your

gratitude to God by your actions, not your words.

 

God can be addressed by any name that tastes sweet to your tongue or

pictured in any form that appeal to your sense of wonder and awe.

 

God cannot be won by tricks or through short cuts, He can be won

only by the hard way of struggle, detachment and tough discipline.

 

God does not appreciate external pomp and exhibitionistic behavior.

God does not take revenge if you do not recognize Him or revere Him.

 

God does not calculate the cost of all which you surrender at His

feet; He examines the spirit in which it is surrendered.

 

God does not draw you near or keep you far; God does not deny

anyone, it is only you who deny God.

 

God does not live in structures of stone or brick, He lives in soft

hearts, warm with sympathy and fragrant with universal love.

 

God grants you what you need and desire; there is no reason to ask,

no reason to grumble.

 

God has given you the heart to use in life, return it to Him as

clean and as pure.

 

God has no desire to bless nor anger to induce Him to punish. You

get blessed and punished as a result of your own feelings and acts.

 

God has no preference and prejudices. He is but reaction and

resound.

 

God has not made any one wholly bad or wholly good; your likes and

dislikes are inducing you to label them such.

 

God is all mercy, adore Him so long as you have breath, so long as

you are conscious.

 

God is all names and all forms, He cannot be identified with one

name and one form; the whole universe is inhabited by God.

 

God is always ready to give you all that you want but you do not

seem to know what is good for you and what you really want, so it is

better and easier to surrender yourself completely to God and simply

ask for His Grace.

 

God is nameless, but He responds when His name, in any one of the

many, is taken by the seeker.

 

God is not attracted by your appearance, He will look at the

cleanliness of the inner self.

 

God is not involved in either rewards or punishment. He only

reflects resounds and reacts; He is the eternal unaffected witness.

 

God is not somewhere away from you, someone distinct from you, He is

in you, before you, behind you.

 

God is the sugar that can make the tasteless drink of life into a

sweet potion.

 

God sees your devotion and not power; God cares for your quality and

not your caste; God looks at your heart and not at your wealth.

 

God will respond only when you call Him from the depth of feeling.

He will be deaf even if you call him a million times automatically

and artificially with the tongue and not with the heart.

 

Grace of God is equal on all, but it leaks through the holes of

anger, ego, lust, greed and desires. Fill the holes with trust,

kindness, love, patience and gratefulness.

 

Hands are given to us so that we may perform good acts and offer the

flower of service to the Lord.

 

Hands that help are holier than lips that pray.

 

However you are, you are mine. I will never give you up. Wherever

you are, you are near me. You cannot go beyond my reach.

 

I do not need your garlands and fruits, they are not genuinely

yours, give me something that is yours, something which is clean and

fragrant with the perfume of virtue and innocence and washed in the

tears of repentance.

 

I do not reveal or refuse, it is for you to discover and decide.

 

I do not take anything from anyone except their love and devotion.

 

I have come not to disturb or destroy any faith, but to confirm each

in his own faith, so that the Christian becomes a better Christian,

the Muslim a better Muslim and the Hindu a better Hindu.

 

If God is a flower, you should feel yourself a bee that sucks its

honey, if he is tree, be a creeper that clings to it, if he is the

sky, be a tiny star that twinkles in it. Above all, be conscious of

the truth that you and He are bound by supreme love.

 

If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the

character.

If there is beauty in character, there will be harmony in the home.

If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation.

If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.

 

If thought and activities of the mind are sound, healthy, non-

violent, filled with love and morally harmonious, then peace is near

at hand.

 

In all the deeds that you perform, in all the individuals that you

meet and in all the thoughts that you entertain, you must see the

divine and act accordingly.

 

In an office if you work full time, you get full pay; if you work

part time, you get half pay. In the same manner, if you give only

part of your mind and ask for full return of the grace of God, it is

asking for full pay for half work.

 

In order to gain the benefit that education can confer, it must be

directed towards the cleansing of the inner instruments of thought

and feeling. It has to promote and protect the pleasure of spiritual

learning.

 

In the garden of your heart, plant and foster the rose of divinity,

the jasmine of purity and humility, the champak of generosity.

 

In the medicine chest of every member of our Sevadal, one must keep

in readiness tablets of discrimination, drops of self control, the

powers of faith, devotion and patience. Only then one can be freed

of the illness of ignorance.

 

In the path of Bhakti there are no hurdles young, high or low, man

or women, all are equally entitled to tread it.

 

In the Sathya there is no mithya, but in the mithya (Jagath) you

have to search for Sathya and experience it. You can do it, if you

rid your mind of all modifications and modulations. Let it be

transformed from its present complex confusion into some thing like

the sky, which does not bear any mark, though millions of birds fly

through it and thousands of planes move across it. Be unaffected,

untouched, unattached. That is the Sadhana which will reveal the

reality.

 

Influence of divinity is such that while you are contemplating it

all trace of envy and greed will disappear from the mind.

 

Install the Lord in your heart and offer Him the fruits of your

actions and the flowers of your inner thoughts and feelings. That is

the worship I like most, the devotion I appreciate most.

 

Instead of indulging in vain prattle, glorify God and walk in His

path and pray to Him. Spend the allotted span of years in the

contemplation and the adoration of the Almighty, not in servile

praise of the feeble, the futile and the weak. Life is an

opportunity afforded to each, not to eat and drink, but to achieve

something nobler and grandeur, to master oneself and merge in the

reality.

 

It is an act of merit to be of service to others, it is a sin to

harm others.

 

Its is more sacred and sanctifying to fill our hearts with love than

to fill our hearts with all kinds of books on spiritual matters.

 

It is of no use if you simply utter the name of the God and if you

do not follow the good things, it is just like uttering the name of

penicillin when you are running a high temperature.

 

It is only by means of purity of mind, can you come close to the

Lord.

 

Just as sugar cane does not yield sugar juice unless it is crushed,

as sandal wood does not give the fragrant paste unless it is rubbed

on the stone, so the goodness of people does not come out unless

they go through difficulties.

 

Karma Yoga is the earthen lamp, Bhakti Yoga is the oil in it, Raja

Yoga is the wick, and Jnana Yoga is the light.

 

Karma cleanses the mind if it is done as a dedicatory act, the

consequence being left to the will of the Lord. Repentance saves

even sinners from perdition. No ceremony of expiation is as

effective as sincere repentance.

 

Keep away from impure listening, impure acts, impure words, and

impure thoughts.

 

Keep the name of the Lord always radiant on your tongue and mind

that will keep the antics of the mind under control.

 

Knowing the way is not enough. The path must be traversed to reach

the destination. That journey is service to society.

 

Knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful; knowledge

without character is a powerful evil. Knowledge without action is

useless; action without knowledge is foolishness.

 

Learn to adopt, adjust and accommodate. Learn to give, not to take,

learn to serve, not to rule.

 

Less luggage, more comfort is a slogan for a journey of life; reduce

desires, loosen attachment, you will win freedom.

 

Let the name of the Lord come from the core of your heart. It should

not come merely from the lips. It should be chanted with love and

faith.

 

Let your boat be on the waters, but do not allow the waters to enter

the boat. Be in the world, but not of it. That is the secret of a

truly happy life.

 

Life can be peaceful only when you can control excitement of your

body and mind, life is undoubtedly incomplete without thought about

God.

 

Life is a journey from "I" to "WE".

 

Life is enveloped in the bitter skin of lust, anger, greed,

attachment and jealousy; remove the skin and throw it away so that

the sweetness can be tasted.

 

Love in thought is truth.

Love in action is right conduct.

Love in understanding is peace.

Love in feeling is non-violence.

 

Love lives by giving and forgiving; self lives by getting and

forgetting.

 

Love saturates all activities with joy and peace.

Love ennobles the least and the lowest.

Love yourself for the God that it embodies.

Love others for the God that is enshrined in them.

 

Love the Lord's creation as much as the Lord Himself. Then the tree

of life will yield the sweet fruit of Madhura Bhakti.

 

Measure the height you have reached with the yard stick of virtue,

serenity, fortitude and equanimity.

 

Mind, word and act, all three must be filled with the belief that

all is His play that is the genuine path.

 

Name of the God is the rifle which guards you against the beasts of

prey in the jungle of life. Name of God is the most effective tonic;

it will keep off all illness.

 

Not by wealth or progeny, neither by reading or listening but only

by sacrifice can you get the vision of the divine. Sacrifice of ego

is the highest Sadhana.

 

Objective possessions and subjective passions are handicaps in the

race of realization.

 

Offer God real flower grown in the garden of your heart; fragrant,

beautiful and delighting.

 

Offering all the deeds of man at the feet of the Lord is the real

Yagna. Every action performed by man must be considered as an

offering to the Lord and as the Lord's work itself.

 

Only in fear of sin can you experience peace and nonviolence. Only

in love of God can you foster truth and love. In social morality you

can experience righteousness.

 

Only through renunciation can immortality (oneness with God) be

attained.

 

Peace of mind cannot be gained by wealth or fame or skill. It can be

achieved only through sacrifice.

 

Peace or distraction, calm or anxiety, it is the product of one's

thoughts and deeds.

 

Prayer alone makes life happy, harmonious and worth living in this

universe. Prayer brings man and God together and with every sigh

nearer and nearer.

 

Prayer is the yearning one experiences to awaken the divinity latent

in the heart. Prayer is not pronouncing of words.

 

Prayer reveals the real secret of life; prayer will succeed when

thoughts are pure.

 

Properties are not proper ties.

 

Pursuit of material pleasures will be like nectar at first, but like

poison at the end.

 

Religions are many, but the road is the same. Flowers are many, but

worship is the same, professions are many but living is the same.

 

Remember that God is not someone else, but one's own inner self.

 

Remember that if there is anything sweeter than all sweet things,

more auspicious than all auspicious things, holier than all holy

objects, verily it is the name of the Lord.

 

Remember there is no morality higher than truth. There is no prayer

more fruitful than Seva.

 

Remove from the garden of your heart, the thorny bushes of greed,

anger, jealousy and selfishness.

 

Reverence for all life in thought, word and deed is nonviolence.

 

Sadhana leads to Truth

Sat karma leads to Dharma

Bhakti leads to Peace

Upasana leads to Love.

 

Science is below the mind, spirituality is beyond the mind.

 

Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.

 

Service is the ship by which one can cross the ocean of Samsara

(life)

 

Service to man is the highest form of worship. Do not offend or harm

anyone.

 

Seva (service) taken up as Sadhana (discipline) teaches Sahana

(patience).

 

So long as man is not able to push away the clouds of selfishness,

he cannot look at the sun of wisdom.

 

Success or failure is your own making. You decide your destiny. The

Lord has no share in deciding it.

 

Suffering entitles you more to the Grace of the Lord. When suffering

comes in waves, one behind the other, be glad that the shore is

near, bear them bravely. Like cowards, do not throw the blame on

some outside power or develop dislike for the Lord.

 

The bird with you - the wings with me.

The foot with you - the way with me.

The eye with you - the form with me.

The thing with you - the dream with me.

The world with you - so we are bound.

So we begin - and so we end.

You in me - and I in you.

 

The day when we understand that every thing belongs to God that will

be the dawn of knowledge.

 

The essence of all the Puranas and Vedas is "Do good to others and

keep away from doing harm to others".

 

The good hearted man who professes no religion is the truly

religious man.

 

There is nothing in the universe higher than God; different from

God; distinct from God.

 

Those who walk with God always reach their destination.

 

Through reading you gather information but through service you get

transformation.

 

Truth is the sustaining factor behind all; it is the very core and

essence of divine life.

 

Unless God's Grace and human effort come together the result cannot

be achieved.

 

Use the body as a boat to cross the ocean of life with devotion and

detachment.

 

Water flows from a higher level to the lower. God's Grace too flows

down to those who are bent with humility.

 

We do no get what we desire, we get what we deserve.

 

Wealth that you hoard is not yours; wealth that you have given is

really yours.

 

Yesterday has deceived you and gone, tomorrow is a doubtful visitor.

Today is a fast friend, hold fast to it.

 

You cannot always oblige but you can be obliging.

 

You cannot claim to be educated or grown up unless you have mastered

the science of self control and destroyed the root cause of

delusion.

 

You must give up the luggage of your desires and wishes and thus

make life less burdensome.

 

You must surrender your judgement to the Lord, then Lord will assume

full responsibility.

 

You need offer only two things to God - pure love and selfless

service.

 

Your life can be peaceful only when you can control your excitement

of the body and mind.

 

Your virtue is your shield; your vice is the weapon that inflicts

wounds on you.

 

Destroying pride man becomes endearing;

Destroying anger man gets rid of sorrow

Destroying desire man acquires peace;

Destroying greed man achieves happiness.

 

Bear in mind the three P's: Purity, Patience and Perseverance. With

these three, you are bound to acquire good health and bliss

 

Action with Love is Right Conduct.

Speak with Love and it becomes Truth.

Thinking with Love results in Peace.

Understanding with Love leads to non-violence

 

What is devotion? It is not merely offering several types of worship

or going on pilgrimage. Unalloyed and true love for love's sake

alone constitutes devotion. True devotion is the love flowing from a

pure heart unpolluted by selfish motives.

 

Humanness can be promoted only through spirituality and not by any

other means. Just as a seed can sprout only when it is planted in

the soil and watered, human values can grow only in a spiritual

soil. If a man wants to cultivate human values, he has to apply the

manure of spirituality to his heart, water it with love so that

human values will grow

 

While taking food, you should not discuss dreadful incidents. No

room should be given to subjects which excite the mind. Silence

should prevail during eating. Even sound waves enter into us and

affect our minds. Hence people should avoid seeing television while

taking food.

 

Spirituality does not mean leading a lonely ascetic life.

Spirituality means getting rid of attachment and hatred and looking

upon the whole humanity as one.

 

I know your name, your degrees, your profession, your status and

your history. I know your past, present and future. But you do not

know me. That is why sometimes in order to reveal who I am, I myself

show my visiting card, something which you call a miracle.

 

It is not enough to praise God. You have to love Him. You have to

become Love itself so that you can love the entire universe. When

you become embodiments of Love, you can love all.

 

To earn the Grace of the Divine, the easy way is surrendering at the

Feet of the Lord. There is so much power in the feet of the Lord

which you cannot understand. The feet form the basis for not only

the physical frame of the body, but also for spiritual and ethical

purposes.

 

There is no greater penance than contentment for securing happiness.

There is no worse disease than insatiable desire.

There is no greater virtue than compassion.

Peace is the highest spiritual discipline.

 

Hold all your property and wealth in trust for the Lord, who gave

them to you. Even you and your family, you must take as a sacred

trust, as persons given to you by the Lord to love, foster and

guide. Thus you must elevate your attachment into worship and make

it an instrument of spiritual progress.

 

Be like the ant: When the ant gets a mixture of sand and sugar it

selects only the sugar. It neglects the sand. See only the good in

others; pay no attention to the bad.

 

Devotion to God does not mean merely offering worship in a shrine or

taking part in Bhajan or Sankirtan; one must recognize the form of

the Divine in the images one worships or the human beings one serves

 

The only hold that man has in this dreadful darkness is the name of

God. That is the raft which will take Him across this stormy sea

darkened by hate and fear, churned by anxiety and terror.

 

The affection between a mother and a child or between a husband and

wife is incidental to a certain temporary relationship and is not

real love at all. True Love has neither a beginning nor an end. It

exists in all three categories of time - past, present and future.

That alone is true Love which can fill man with enduring Bliss.

 

Discipline grows out of devotion. Devotion stems out of duty.

Observe the three D's - Discipline, Devotion and Duty. This is true

spirituality. In the performance of every duty there should be

devotion. There should be devotion and not diversion.

 

Fulfillment in life is not attained by physical health and strength

alone. Even when the stomach is full, the mind must get the

satisfaction. Hence, effort should be made to promote mental health

also. Only when both the mind and the body are hale and well, can

one experience happiness.

 

Alone bestows the supreme good

 

Alone is the destroyer of the cycle of existence Devotion

 

Alone is the means of recognizing divinity

 

Alone is the means of liberation.

 

1. Welcome good company.

 

2. Eschew all association with the evil minded.

 

3. Perform meritorious acts ceaselessly.

 

4. Always discriminate between the transient and the ever

lasting

 

Truth is the mother

Wisdom is the father

Right conduct is the brother

Compassion is the friend

Peace is the spouse

Forgiveness is the son

These six alone are the real relations for every one.

 

Jai Sai Ram

Swamy Mahadevan

Bow to Shri Sai-Peace be to all

Baba Bless you ever!!!