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The net result of all this living and toiling is whatever comes to memory at
the last moment of life. Therefore direct the entire current of life towards
acquisition of the mental tendency (samskara) that you want to have during the
last moment. The feeling that dominates the moment of death works with ...great
force in the coming life. This truth must guide a person for the journey of
this life too, for inborn desires are the wherewithal for this journey as well
as for the journey after this. Therefore from tomorrow, always keep death,
which is inevitable, before the eye of memory and engage yourself in the
journey of life with good wishes for all, with strict adherence to truth,
seeking always the company of the good, and with the mind always fixed on the
Lord. Avoid evil deeds, hateful and harmful thoughts, and don’t get attached to
the world. If you live thus, your last moment will be pure, sweet, and blessed.
- Prema Vahini, Ch 27.
Bend the body, mend the senses and end the mind - this should be your
endeavour.-BABA.
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Just as the woman should consider one person and one person alone as her master
and husband, the man too has to be faithful to one woman and one woman alone,
as his mate, his wife. She has to consider the husband as Divine and worship
him and minister to and follow his desires for the ful...filment of her duty of
loyalty to the husband (pativrata); so too, man should honour his wife as the
‘mistress of the home’ and act in accordance with her wishes, for she is the
Grihalakshmi (Goddess of prosperity of the home). Only then can he deserve the
status of ‘man’. Name and fame, honour and dishonour, vice and wickedness, good
and bad are all equal and uniform to both men and women. There is no such thing
as woman alone being bound and men being free; both are equally bound by the
rules of dharma. Both will fall into adharma if they conduct themselves without
due consideration of the attributes mentioned above.
- Dharma Vahini, Ch 6.
Both men and women should have good character.-BABA.
RELIEF MATERIAL FOR CHENNAI FROM PRASANTHI NILAYAM
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People have taught the eye, ear, and tongue the luxury of constant novelty. Now
do the opposite. Turn your mind towards the good and examine every minute’s
activities. Each deed is a chisel stroke shaping the rock of human personality.
A wrong stroke may disfigure the rock. Therefore even the tinie...st of acts
must be done with great care and devotion. For a drowning person, even a reed
is some support. So too to a person struggling in the sea of inborn desires
(samskara), a few kind words might be of great help. No good deed is a waste;
every bad deed has its consequence. So strive to avoid the slightest trace of
evil activity. Keep your eyes pure. Fill your ears with stories of Divine;
don’t allow them to listen to calumny. Use your tongue for uttering good, kind,
and true words. Let it always remind you of God. Such constant effort will
grant you victory.
- Prema Vahini Ch 27.
The real significance of culture lies in giving up bad thoughts and actions,
cultivating sacred thoughts and performing noble deeds.-BABA.
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In ancient times, people never gave up the practice of Dharma even when
threatened with death at the point of the sword. Now without even the slightest
pressure from others, people slide down and fall into unrighteousness
(Adharma). Practicing Dharma is not an ordinary affair. The one who does not
practice dharma ...is as bad as dead; one who practices it is of the divine
nature. Presently there is an urgent need to turn people onto the dharmic path
through the traditional methods of counselling with good advice, sharing with
them the attractive consequences of following the path, threatening to
dissociate from those who do not, and inflicting punishment as a last resort.
You should derive the greatest possible benefit from dharma and while following
it, avoid causing any injury to yourselves or others. You must spread the glory
of dharma by making yourself a shining example of the peace and joy it gives.
- Dharma Vahini, Ch 5.
Cultivate your heart to raise a harvest of Truth, Righteousness, Peace and
Love. - BABA.
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Everyone, be they learned or illiterate, should feel an overwhelming urge to
know God. God has equal affection toward all His children, for to illumine is
the nature of light. Utilising that illumination, some choose to read good
books while others do their daily tasks, whatever they a...re! Similarly
uttering God’s name, one can progress in the realisation of God, another may
choose to do wicked deeds! It all depends on how you choose to use the light.
But the Lord’s name is without blemish, always and forever. God’s name must be
recited and listened to. For some ailments medicines are prescribed for
external application while for others, they are to be consumed. But for this
universal ailment of the cycle of birth and death (bhava-roga), the medicines
prescribed are listening to spiritual discourses (sravana), singing God’s name
(kirtana), and the like. - Prema Vahini, Ch 21.
When God is pleased with you, the whole world will be pleased with you.
Therefore, let all your efforts be towards pleasing God.-BABA.
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The Lord descends now and then to uplift the downtrodden and to reestablish
righteousness (dharma). Clearly grasp this truth. Many who read the Bhagavad
Gita take it that the Lord incarnates when dharma is ‘destroyed’ and when the
forces of unrighteousness (adharma) begin to prevail. This is incorrect; The
Gita does not say nor is there any basis to draw the conclusion that dharma
gets destroyed. The word used is ‘diminish’ (glaani); that is to say, when the
indications are that dharma is in danger, “The Lord will come to protect dharma
from harm.” Lord Krishna did not say that He will come down to protect and
preserve it after dharma has been destroyed! Of what use is a doctor after life
has left? So too, the Lord will rush when the practice is declining or
weakening. The protection of dharma is the task of the Lord, for dharma is the
very breath of every soul (jivi). - Dharma Vahini, Ch 6.
When we practise righteousness (Dharma), the Divinity within us will manifest
itself spontaneously. - BABA.
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The body is the temple of the individual (jiva), so whatever happens in that
temple is the concern of that individual. So too the world is the body of the
Lord, and all that happens in it, good or bad, is His concern. From the
observed fact of the relationship between the individual and the body, know the
truth of the unobservable relationship of the Lord and creation. The
relationship of the individual (jiva) and the Lord, the kinship between the
two, can be grasped by everyone who acquires three chief instruments: (1) a
mind unsullied by attachment and hatred, (2) a speech unsullied by falsehood
and (3) a body unsullied by violence. Joy and peace do not reside in external
objects; they are within you. But in your foolishness, you search for them
outside yourself, in a world from which, today or tomorrow, you are bound to
depart. Therefore, wake up now! Try to know the essence of the eternal truth.
Try to experience the love that is God Himself. - Prema Vahini, Ch 19.
He who discriminates well before engaging in any activity will naturally be
righteous in conduct and behaviour. -BABA
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