At the Dharmakshetra

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Swami's discourse in Bombay in 1971 ======================================= At the Dharmakshetra, in Bombay, in 1971, Sathya Sai Baba said in a discourse in which He describe the miraculous events in the epic, The Ramayana. Nothing ever happens without proper reason, however,

accidental or mysterious it might appear. The roots go deep and are out of sight, Baba was telling Hislop, in Bombay, at Dharmakshetra, the same thing. The bridge towards Sri Lanka was being built over the straits, so that Rama and His ARMY could march across the realm of the demon king , Ravana, where Sita was imprisoned. The valiant monkeys were plucking mountains and leaping vast distances in space wiith those peaks hoisted on their shoulders, so they could be thrown into the sea to create a passage for Rama. The monkeys had formed a queue all the way from Himalayas down to the southern most point where the bridge was fast coming up. When the causeway was completed, the word went fast along the queue that no more hills were needed and each monkey placed on the ground, wherever it stood, the hill that it had on its shoulder at that time. One hill, however, did not sit quietly. It started bewailing its fate, ‘Oh , why was I removed from where I was, and why am now refused? Alas, I was elated that I am destined to serve a divine purpose. I was overjoyed that the armies of Rama, and Rama Himself, will walk over me. Now I am neither there nor where I was, the mountain shed profuse tearE News reach Rama and His compassion was great. He sent word that in His next Avatar, when He will come again upon His mission in human form, He will certainly bless the sorrowing hill. This was the Govardhana peak which Rama (as the boy Krishna) lifted on His finger and held

aloft for a full seven days in order to save the cowherds of Gokul from the deluge of rain that Indra dared inflict on them. Baba said I related this story to Hislop when he asked Me whether inanimate things, too had emotions and feelings of disappointment and despair. The occasion at Dharmakshetra was that I had asked about 100 saries be brought, so that I could select some for distribution to the women workers at Anantapur who were helping to build the Sathya Sai college there. I selected 100 saris and asked them to return the rest to the shop. I kept the four aside and the 96 were placed in my room. Later, when I passed a table on which the four discarded saris were kept, Hislop was standing by the side of the table. It was noticed

that the cardboard box which contained the four were dripping tears. The saris were weeping because they could not get appreciation from Me and were declared unfit. YES, they had shed tears. You may ask whether this is ever possible, I answer, there is nothing in this world which has no heart, which is in cable of feelings joy or grief. Only one must have the eye to see, the ear to listen and heart to respond Sri Sathya Sai Baba Sathya sai Speaks, vol. VII . (SHARING WITH SAI LOVE) RAM.CHUGANIRam ChuganiKobe, Japanrgcjp

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