Sai message for the day

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Swami! I am interested in philosophy. Do you advise me to study

philosophy?

 

Sai Baba: Many read books on philosophy. What is the use? Their

reading of philosophy brings them down to " full loss " . It should be

the other way round. Philosophy should " fill-loss " in our life. Then

only is its study useful. Go through the book of your heart. It is

not enough if you merely repeat mantras. You will never be able to

experience their efficacy by doing so. You have to know what you are

repeating. In other words, you need to have practical knowledge.

 

Take for example, the Bhagavadgita, where in the first verse,

dharmaks etre kuruksetre ; the king wanted to know from Sanjaya what

was happening there in the battlefield. Does it not look silly and

meaningless? In a battlefield what else can one expect other than

fights and killing. Did King Dhritarashtra expect a dinner or, a

football match in the battlefield? Then, why did he put that question

to Sanjaya at all? Well, it is not as simple as it sounds.

Dhritarashtra wanted to know from Sanjaya if his sons, the Kauravas

had undergone any transformation in the last minute before the war

started, which possibly could lead to a compromise between the

Pandavas and the Kauravas. So, mere reading is not enough. One must

know the inner significance and subtle meanings of the text for a

clear understanding. This is " Fill-loss " which is true philosophy.