Sai message for the day

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Swami! A change is very much needed in every field of our activity.

Almost all walks of public life are nowadays polluted, disgusting and

disappointing. How is change to be brought about?

 

Sai Baba: Truly speaking, villagers who are unlettered, innocent and

rustic are living in greater peace and co-operation, more intimate

relationships, and mutual love than the so-called urban,

sophisticated, educated, and seemingly cultured people. The latter

are full of ego and jealousy. To bring about a change, they need to

work for it. They must put in enough sincere effort to overcome

qualities like egoism pride, jealousy, and hatred. Butter is no doubt

very soft. But in order to make ghee out of it, you must heat it.

Similarly for any change, you have to work for it. You should first

of all listen to all good things from good people. This listening,

s'ravan a is the first step. It is not enough if you simply listen.

You should remember, recall, recollect, and recapitulate the good

things you have listened to. This is called manana. The third thing

is to practice what you have listened and learnt. This is called

nidhidhy a sa . Take a small example. First of all, your food must be

cooked in the kitchen. Then it has to be brought and kept on the

dining table and served. It is then that you eat it. Further, the

food that you eat must be digested, assimilated, and the nourishment

is to be supplied to different parts of your body. Is it not so?

Similarly, s'rvan a , listening is like cooking, manana, remembering

is the same as food kept on the table, whereas nidhidhy a sa ,

practicing what is heard is like eating and digesting.