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What is the cause of agitation? How are we to get rid of it? What

changes are needed to be free from agitation?

 

Absence of satya, truth and dharma, righteousness is responsible for

all agitation today. Therefore, people have lost peace and bliss.

 

Modern man has faith neither in himself nor in God. He is blind

having lost the two eyes of faith. Human life without faith is a

barren land. It is not man manisi (Telugu) who should change. It is

the mind, manasu (Telugu), that has to change. Niti (morality), riti

(conduct), and khyati (good name) are essential. Truth or satya is

morality or niti, righteous conduct or dharma is the way of life or

rithi while sacrifice or tyaga is the good name or khyati that you

should get.

 

A man with desires, kama,

 

is never happy.

 

A man with anger, krodha,

 

will have no friends.

 

A man with greed, lobha,

 

is cut off from bliss, ananda.

 

Therefore, kama, krodha and lobha are enemies. The happiness of the

vyakti, individual, depends on samisti, the community. The individual

has a form. The community has no form. If you respect the individual,

it means you are respecting the community. The community is in srsti,

the creation. The Creator is paramesti, God. So it all begins with

vyakti, the individual and ends in paramest, divinity. In other

words, God has created this world in which samisti, communities

consists of vyakti, individuals. Thus, they are interrelated and

interdependent. Therefore, in the individual, morality is truth. His

conduct should be righteous and his reputation lies in realising God.

 

Sai Baba Buddha speaks of certain aspects of individual sadhana.

Buddha said, samyakdrrsti, good vision, is necessary. " Your vision

must be pure and sacred " . This will lead to samyak s'ravanam, good

listening. These two great qualities imprinted in the heart induce

samyak bhava, good feeling. This prompts and promotes samyak kriya,

good action. Therefore, at the individual level, when good vision,

good listening, good feeling and good action are followed, the

community will be ideal. There will be no disquiet and agitation.

 

One has to correct one's lapses and mistakes. You should never speak

ill of anybody. There is another episode connected with Buddha.

Buddha mercifully accepted the invitation of a prostitute to dine at

her residence. While He was proceeding, the village head came and

objected to His visit to her residence, as she was a bad character.

Buddha caught hold of his right hand and said, " Now, clap your hands

if you can " . The village-head said " Oh! Lord! How can I clap with one

hand while you hold my right hand? "

 

Buddha smiling said, " You can't clap with one hand. You have to join

both the hands. Similarly, you have said that the woman is of loose

character. Who has made her like that? Only you people spoiled her " .

Then the village head and other elders fell at His feet and followed

Buddha. The woman too changed her behaviour and became His devotee.

 

During that time another significant event happened. One day Buddha

was tired and taking rest. So He asked one of His disciples to

address the gathering that evening on a spiritual topic. The disciple

got up, and while speaking in praise of his master, Buddha, he

said, " No master like Buddha was ever born before him nor would be

born later " . Everyone clapped. On hearing this, Buddha came into

their midst, and gently said, " How old are you? " How do you know that

no one like your master was born before and would be born in future?

How can you speak about the future? Many noble people lived in the

past and are now living in the present, and also will be born in the

future " . Thus, He indicated indirectly the advent of Avatars, divine

incarnations.

 

One has to live attached to God anurakti, detached from the world

virakti, with devotion, bhakti and achieve liberation, mukti, with

all your energies, s'akti. This is the only solution to problems like

agitation, restlessness and conflicts internal or external.