Sai message for the day

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Some say that God has no form. But, we see devotees praying to idols

in temples. The Concept of Avatar, incarnation of God, is of special

significance in our land of Sanatana Dharma. But followers of other

paths argue that God has no form. We pray to you to clarify this

point.

 

When you see a doctor, you will be reminded of your physical

complaints. When you meet a lawyer, you think of litigation and court

cases, don't you? Likewise, when you see a gopuram, temple tower, you

will be reminded of God. As I often say, love may not have a form,

but a loving mother has. Water may not have form, but the tumbler

with water has a form; air may not have a form, but the balloon into

which it is pumped has a form. In the same manner, the formless

divine has its form or forms. The formless expresses itself through a

form.

 

A simple example. You know the screen in a theatre. You find pictures

projected on the screen. In every picture, there is the screen.

Without the screen, you can't see the picture. Pictures come and

pass. Not even one remains permanent. This screen may be described in

spiritual parlance as `sad and asad' or 'sadasad'. Sat is existence

asat is non-existence. Like this, these two co-exist, sakara one with

form and nirakara the formless.