So Says Sai

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So Says Sai

 

 

 

Swami often gives vibhuthi or bhasmam (sacred ash) to devotees. Many people smear their foreheads with this ash. What is the inner significance of this ash? When any object that has a name and a form is completely burnt, it is reduced to ash. The name and the form are gone. All things are one and the same in the final state as ash. When vibhuthi is given, Swami wants the recipient to understand this Advaitam (basic oneness). The devotee gets rid of ahamkara (ego arising from the feeling of separateness) and the sense of mamakara ('mine' and 'thine'). These two are based on name and form and when they are destroyed, the underlying unity of the Divine can be realized.

 

 

 

 

 

Source: Sathya Sai Speaks Vol. XX. P. 121.