Thought for the day as written at Prasanthi Nilayam - Mar 13th, 2006

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Of all the gifts you receive from God, the greatest gift is Santosham

(contentment). The opposite of Santosham is sorrow, which is the fruit

of desire that arouses hope and almost always results in disappointment

or despair. One desire engenders another and proliferates into a

hundred, even when it is fulfilled. It knows no justification and has

no end. So, Santosham is the supreme blessing of the Lord, who, in His

infinite Love, puts an end to that unquenchable thirst. No wealth or

worldly attainment can equal it in efficacy; Santosham is the

culmination of desire in full contentment and sacred satiety.

-SAI BABA