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Swami! Everywhere we hear people speaking of `brain drain'.

Statistics indicate that from year to year the number of educated

people going abroad is increasing. Is this good?

 

Sai Baba: This is not good. It is not proper on the part of the young

people to leave this country and settle in foreign countries. Here,

in Bharat, according to tradition, you have five mothers almost

equally venerable. These five are the most revered and ranked along

with one's own mother. Who are those five mothers? The first and

foremost, of course; is the dehamata, the physical mother. It is this

mother who has given you birth, struggled hard serving you and

sacrificed everything for your comfort and upbringing. So, she has to

be revered. The second is gomata, the cow. It is the cow that gives

you milk and helps to nurture and strengthen your body. You have to

be grateful to the cow. The third is bhumata, Mother Earth. It is on

the earth that we live. We cultivate the land and grow grains. All

the metal ores we extract and use are treasured in the Earth. The

fourth is Vedamata, Mother Scripture. It is the Vedas, that teach you

the aim and the goal of life while showing you the spiritual path as

well. We should be grateful to Mother Scripture, as we should be to

our mothers. The fifth is des'amata, Motherland. Your culture,

tradition, and rich heritage are all embodied in this land where you

are born. You have to treat your des'a , country, as your mother. So

it is called des'amata , Motherland. des'a

 

For the simple reason that a woman you meet happens to be more

beautiful than your mother, you will not call her `amma', mother.

This message is conveyed in the Ramayana. At the end of the war,

after Ravana had died, Lakshmana said to Rama: " O Brother! This Lanka

is prosperous and exceedingly beautiful. Our enemies have all died,

and we have every right to rule this land. O Lord! Why don't you

become its king? Bharata has been already been there for fourteen

years as the king of Ayodhya. We can as well ask him to continue his

reign there, and we stay here and rule this kingdom. " Then Rama

replied, " O Lakshmana! Your motherland is greater than heaven itself.

Your mother may be ugly and another woman you have seen may be

beautiful. Yet, you don't address the beautiful woman as `amma'. "

 

Whatever may be the country you belong to, it is your Motherland.

Everyone must be patriotic. Everyone must love his or her own

country. You should serve your country.

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