AN INTERVIEW TO STUDENTS – PART 1
September 9,1991
On this day, Swami graciously blessed the 1st MBA boys with an interview.
Bhagavan profoundly delivered this sweet message for almost two hours.
Student : Where are we going Swami? (Destination)
Sathya Sai with Students in the Prasanthi Nilayam Interview Room
Swami : You are going from hostel to the Institute, Institute to the Mandir and
back to the hostel, like a triangle. (Jokingly)
Swami : What is education?
Student : Concentration of mind.
Swami : Yes, concentration of mind. Not merely collection of facts. But all of
you are collecting information.
Swami : (Asking the question) What is man made up of? (He Himself told)
Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide. Trees are made up of three
elements; Oxygen, Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide. Man exhales Carbon Dioxide and
trees receive it and give Oxygen to man. This is how balance is maintained. The
sun is made up of Hydrogen and Helium. Hydrogen burns but Helium does not. When
both the gases are present together, how can Hydrogen alone burn and not
Helium? There is a balance existing between them. Who has created the gases
there?
Scientists combine Hydrogen and Oxygen to prepare water. But who has created
this Hydrogen and Oxygen? When you churn the ocean of milk, you first get
poison and then comes Amrita (nectar). Similarly when humanity is churned, you
get Vairagya (detachment). When you question yourself, ‘Am I the body?’, you
realise that the body is made up of flesh, blood, bones, urine and excreta,
then you will get detachment. Though the body looks good on the outside, it is
dirty inside. Life is momentary.
Youth is like lightning - it does not last long.
Desires are like passing clouds.
Beauty is like a flower that blossoms in the morning,
And dries up in the evening.
To be Continued...
Source: Students with Sai Conversations Part 1 (1991-2000)
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