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When God comes down in human form, He chooses to honour the limits of time, as
that is the Dharma He Himself has ordained for any physical body. The
difference, however, is that His withdrawal is part of a Master plan that none
can comprehend entirely. And yet, He has not gone anywhere, because He always
resides in the temple of our Hearts. It was the 24t...h April, 2011 that
Bhagawan Baba chose as the day we must turn all our adoration to His true form
- the limitless infinite one. And befittingly, this day is celebrated every
year as the 'Sri Sathya SaiAradhana Mahotsavam’.
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Consider the meaning of the name ‘Sai Baba’. ‘Sa’ means Divine; ‘ai’ or ‘ayi’
means mother, and ‘Baba’ means father. Your physical parents exhibit love with
a dose of selfishness; but Sai, your Divine Mother and Father, showers
affection or reprimands only to... lead you towards victory in the struggle for
self-realisation. Sai descended as Avatar to achieve the supreme task of
uniting the entire mankind as one family through the bond of brotherhood, of
affirming and illumining the Divine (Atmic) reality in every being. Divinity is
the basis for the entire cosmos, and My mission is to instruct all to recognise
the common divine heritage that binds one person to another, so that you can
rid yourself of the animal, and rise to the Divine! I desire that you
contemplate on this, derive joy and be inspired to observe the spiritual
disciplines I laid down to progress toward the goal of realising Sai, who
shines in your hearts.
- Divine Discourse, 19-June 1974.
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Since I moved freely among people, talking and singing with them, even
intellectuals were unable to grasp My truth, My power, My glory, or My real
task as Avatar. I can solve any problem however knotty. I am beyond the reach
of the most intensive enquiry and the most meticulous measurement.... Only
those who have recognised My love and experienced it can assert that they have
glimpsed My reality. Do not attempt to know Me through the external eyes. When
you go to a temple and stand before the image of God, you pray with closed
eyes, don't you? Why? Because you feel that the inner eye of wisdom alone can
reveal Him to you. Therefore do not crave from Me trivial material objects;
but, crave for Me from within, and you will be rewarded. The path of Love is
the royal road that leads mankind to Me. My grace is ever available to devotees
who have steady love and faith.- Divine Discourse, 19 June 1974.
Fullness in life is marked by the harmony of thought, word and deed.-BABA.
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Many venture to describe the attributes of God and proclaim Him to be such and
such; but these are but their own guesses and the reflections of their own
predilections and preferences. Who can affirm that God is this or that? Who can
affirm that God is not of this form or with thi...s attribute? God is
inscrutable. He cannot be realised in the outer objective world; He is in the
very heart of every being. Gemstones have to be sought deep underground; they
do not float mid-air. Seek God in the depths of yourself, not in tantalising,
kaleidoscopic Nature. The body is granted to you for this high purpose; but you
are now misusing it, like the person who cooked his daily food in the gem
studded gold vase that came into his hands as an heirloom. Man extols God as
omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent, but ignores His Presence in oneself!
-Divine Discourse, 19 June 1974
To gain liberation and to win Rama’s grace, it is not enough to repeat His
name; you must practice the Rama principle. -BABA.
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Ravana (the villain in Ramayana) sought wealth and gratification of desire,
utterly violating the principle of dharma. He was a scholar par excellence. He
had mastered the sixty-four disciplines of learning whereas Rama had mastered
only thirty-two.... However Rama put them into practice and thereby digested
them, whereas Ravana failed to digest them. The indigestion on the part of
Ravana arose in the form of desire (kama), which ultimately destroyed him.
While Rama was the embodiment of Dharma, Ravana remained as the embodiment of
kama. Thus there arose a conflict between righteousness and unrighteousness.
Rama transformed Himself into the embodiment of sathya (Truth), since He
followed the principle of dharma. Since Ravana violated dharma, he became the
embodiment of asathya (untruth). There is an eternal warfare between
righteousness and unrighteousness, truth and untruth. It is your duty to follow
and practice the twin principles of truth and righteousness.
- Summer Showers Ch2, May 20, 1996.
Reining in your senses is growing in wisdom. - BABA
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Consider each brother, sister, comrade, companion, and collaborator of Rama as
an example of a person saturated with Righteousness (dharma). In Ramayana,
Dasaratha is the representative of the merely physical, with the ten senses.
The three qualities (gunas) — serenity, ac...tivity, and ignorance (satva,
rajas, tamas), are the three queens. The four goals of life, the purusharthas —
righteousness, wealth, fulfilment of desires, and liberation are the four sons.
Lakshmana is the intellect; Sugriva is discrimination (viveka); Vali is
despair; and Hanuman is the embodiment of courage. The bridge is built over the
ocean of delusion. The three Rakshasa chiefs, Ravana, Kumbhakarna, and
Vibhishana, are personifications of the active (rajasic), ignorant (tamasic),
and pure (sattvic) qualities. Sita is the Awareness of the Universal Divinity
(Brahma-jnana), which the individual must acquire and regain while undergoing
travails in the crucible of life. Be established in the faith that the Lord
(Rama) is the
Reality in your daily existence. - Ramakatha Rasavahini, ‘The Inner Meaning’.
First weed out the evil thoughts and bad habits. Second, cultivate good
habits.-BABA
Videos
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<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOponDVIJF4> Thursday Divine Darshan of
Sathya Sai Baba - Part 94 || Kodaikanal - April 1997
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<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h09a02UdDpc> Aradhana Mahotsavam Morning
Programme at Prasanthi Nilayam - 24 Apr 2016
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<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjKipo5J5nw> Maha Narayana Seva on Sri Sathya
Sai Aradhana Mahotsavam at Prasanthi Nilayam - Apr 24 2016
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<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kie52W-igw> Thursday Divine Darshan of
Sathya Sai Baba
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