Sathya Sai
Baba3..
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Discours
compiled by T. Hosein and K. Mathura Vol 1…
All
Spiritual exercises like japa and dhyana are efforts to control
the mind and prepare it for the journey to the Divine.That journey is service to
society. This service must be done with the awareness that the Divine dwells in
every heart, in every individual and in every living thing... p 9
There is nothing
more precious in the world than Time. You should not waste even a single minute
of it... p 22
You must fill
yourself with the feeling that God is in you, beside you, around you, and with
you wherever you go. When you love God with this consciousness, the love results
in Self-realisation... p 25
A good character is
the greatest wealth you can acquire.. p 29
Love
in speech is Truth
Love
in action is Righteousness (Dharma)
Love
in thought is Peace
Love
in understanding is non-violence... p 50
The attitude of
surrender to the Divine and dedicating all thoughts, words and actions as an
offering to the Divine will lead to Self-realisation. The bliss one will
experience in that state is beyond description in words... p 73
The Divine is
present in everyone. Holding firmly to this belief, one should not cause harm to
anyone because he would be causing harm to God who is present in everyone... p 104
Discours
compiled by T. Hosein & K. Mathura, Vol 2…
There
are three obstacles which stand in the way of the full free flow of Love from
man to God. They are man’s inveterate foes : desire, anger and greed…
p 17
The truth is: the
body, the mind, the entire cosmos is in the Atma. The Atma cannot
be inside anything else. It is the All. It is everything. God is the
heart of man… p 35
You have to attain
the stage when you can say You (God) are I
This is the essence
of all truths. This is the root of everything. This is the goal proclaimed by
all the scriptures… The only relationship that lasts for ever and does not
change is the association with the Atma… You are not the body. You are not
even a separate spirit. You are a fragment of the Divine. This is the great
truth that everyone has to realize fully… p 51
There is a guru in
each of us. It is the Atma principle. It is the Eternal Witness
functioning as Conscience in everyone. With this Conscience as guide, let all
actions be done… p 52
Hence, Om,
Braman and Atma signify the same entity… p85
As long as egoism
exists, experience of divinity is impossible. Egoism and envy have to be totally
uprooted… p 88
All spiritual
exercises are designed only to cleanse the mind. When the mind becomes pure, the
divine is experienced spontaneously… p 109
As you sow, so
shall you reap. Your present state is the result of your past actions. Everyone
should realize that for happiness or sorrow, profit or loss, his own actions are
responsible… p 145
The
best way to love God is to love all.
Love
all, Serve all… p 172
Liberation is not a
special state or objet. It is the gradual elimination of all desires… p 198
The body is only an
instrument. It is the Divine that animates it and makes it moves about and
experience things… p 204
When you realize the impermanence
of the body and of all sensory experiences, you acquire the sense of detachment…
p 238
Voice
of the Avatar, Sathya Sai Baba
The
realisation that you are the Atma
and that there is nothing except the Atma anywhere at any time; this is
Self-realisation, the realisation of the Atma by the Atma, of yourself, by
yourself as the Self… You desire God, not for God’s sake, but for your own
sake. And what is this "you" which desires, which serves, which tries,
which yearns and which is satisfied or pleased or happy. It is the "I"
(The Atma, the Self)… p 11
Old
age when physical charm is lost and when you have to depend on others for
everything will soon be upon all. Prepare then for death, have the equipment to
meet it calmly, joyfully, with quiet resignation to the will of the Lord. You
cannot get it in a trice, when you want it; it is the result of long years of
practice. See the hand of God in everything that happens; then, you will not
exult or grieve. Then your life will be one continuous meditation… p 44
The
first sign of spiritual life is Detachment… p 110
You
have to continue meditation until the awareness that you are doing meditation
disappears… p 17
There
is nothing to be gained, except the awareness of what already IS. Simply BE;
that is the state of Bliss, of Peace and Truth and Love… p 23
True
spirituality is the awareness of the fundamental unity of man in God… p 36
Reduce
desires, loosen attachments; you win freedom… p 44
Know
that you are but an instrument; what can you anticipate, what can you prepare
for? It is all His will, His plan… p 72
You
can be a pilgrim even while attending to your daily duties. Only, you have to
feel that each moment is a step towards Him, with Him… p 85
He
gave you the time, the space, the cause, the material, the idea, the skill, the
chance, the fortune, and you did but little of your own. So, why should you feel
as if you are the doer?
Do
your duty, as a sincere Sadhana… p 89
Liberation
happens when you Love every being so intensely that you are aware of only ONE…
p 161
While meditating, first
imagine and feel that you are in the Light, then, gradually, you can feel the
Light is in you, not outside you; and finally, you will realise the Truth, that
You and the Light are One and will ever be One… p 200
A
recapitulation of Baba's teachings
Rise
every day with the thought of God; spend every day with the Name of God
go back to bed with the thought of His glory as enshrined on His Name… p 54
God
is not outside, God is inside you. You are not a man, you are God yourself…
Believe that God is the inner Truth in everything and being… They are no
other, you are all living cells in the Body of God. You are the breath of God,
it is because of Him that you are alive, active and aware… p 65
God
is Love and when one lives in Love e is living in God. P 66
Each
body that you see before you is a mirror, in which, if only you open your eyes,
you can see the image of God. The God in you is in each of them, too. Do not
imagine the others to be distinct, they are only you, in so many mirrors… p 93
I
am yours; you are mine, forever and ever. I am in you; you are in Me.
There
is no distance or distinction… p 94
There
are three desires which every I cannot escape from:
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I
must live; this is the urge for immortality.
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The
desire to know. This is an indication of the omniscience of which the I is
the inheritor.
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The
desire of joy. This evidence shows that deep in the core of the I there is a
spring of bliss which seeks its mate and its fulfilment… p 98
The
realisation that you are the Self and that there is nothing except the Self
anywhere at any time…. This is Self-realisation; the realisation of the Self
by the self, of yourself by yourself as the self…p 113
Know
that he who loves another is really loving himself. You are really loving
yourself; for, there is only You in everyone… There are no others. You are all
living cells in the body of God. You are yourself God… p 136
Friendship
is the expression of unshakeable Love. Love that is noble, pure and free from
desire or egoism. I bless you that you may have such friendship from others and
that you too make others happy by granting this holy type of friendship… p 337
From
keeping good company, detachment follows as a consequence. From acquiring
detachment, removal of all illusory relationships follows as a consequence. From
the removal of all relationships, steadiness of mind follows as a consequence.
From the steadiness of mind, liberation of the individual soul follows as a
consequence… p 341
The
good people can be recognised by their gentle thought, word and deed… p 343
You have to proceed from
the known to the unknown. Then, the love expands in ever widening circles, until
it covers all nature, until even plucking a leaf from a tree affects you so
painfully that you dare not injure it… p 357
Sathya
Sai Baba, Life, Death and Liberation
You
have been born because you did not pass in certain subjects; there is some
balance of experience which you must acquire to complete the course. If you
become convinced, through Self-realization, that your true nature is Supreme
Consciousness, then you have finished the course, you have "passed"…
p 9
The
mind is described as the inner instrument. It is known as mind (Manas)
when it is engaged in good and bad thoughts. It is called intelligence (Buddhi)
when it exercises the discriminating power. When expressing the will, it is
called Chitta. As a manifestation of the Divine in the individual it is
known as the "I" (Aham). When the mind identifies whit the
body-consciousness, it is known as ego (Ahamkaara). It causes the sense
of "I do" and "I experience"… p 9
All
relationships are incidental and temporary. As long as one is involved in
worldly life, the relationship of mother and son, husband and wife, brother and
sister and the like, have to be recognized as natural phenomenon. All these
relationships have no permanence. Separation is inevitable sooner or lather. But
between you and God, there can be no separation, at any time. p 10
Love
yourself for the God that is embodies; love others, for the God that is
enshrined in them, that speaks and acts through them… p 43
The
purpose of "living" is to achieve "living in God"… p 51
The
Atma has no birth, and so, no death. It is ever existing, never
disappearing. It has no beginning and no finish. It does not die, nor does it
kill. It is the Witness in each and all. The moment one becomes aware of the Atma,
one is freed from the bondage to grief. Forget that the objective world is
valid; it is at best a mental image that serve as a test… p 121
He
who destroys desire can conquer Death, for desire breeds activity, activity
breeds consequence, consequence breeds bondage, bondage results in birth, and
birth involves death… p 127
You
have been born for one purpose: to die. That is to say, to kill the
"I". If delusion dies, you become Brahman (the Supreme Spirit) or
rather, you know that you are Brahman… p 127
Because
of this Atmic Bliss principle in him, man is ever seeking bliss… p 138
Attachment
leads to desire; desire results in anger; anger blinds reason and promotes
ignorance; ignorance breeds dualities of "mine" and "thine",
good and bad, etc… p 146
That
state in which one is established in the Self at all times and under all
circumstances is called Self-realization… p 150
You
must have heard the Kalidasa story. He said he would get liberation "as
soon as I go", that is to say as soon as the ego disapears… The
"I" when crossed out becomes the symbol of a cross; so what is
crucified is the ego… p 192
Sathya
Sai Baba nous parle, Vol 1
Quand
le Seigneur devient l'unique objet de l'amour d'un individu, la composition
mentale de ce dernier subit une transformation et finit par changer complètement…
p 39
L'intellect
ne peut vous être utile qu'au début le long du chemin spirituel, ensuite c'est
l'intuition qui doit vous guider… p 102
Sathya
Sai Baba nous parle, Vol 2
Vous
croyez que vous êtes une entité séparée du tout. Vous pensez que vous êtes
mortels alors qu’en réalité vous êtes immortels et éternels… p 66
Krishna
et Sai Baba semblent différents à cause de leur aspect physique mais il
s’agit de la même entité, croyez-moi! … p 102
La
répétition du nom sacré du Seigneur est le meilleur exercice pour augmenter
votre amour envers votre prochain et envers Dieu et tout ce qui est beau et
noble en ce monde… p 121
Qui
a créé cette multiplicité à partir de l’Un? La réponse est très simple :
cette variété n’existe pas, elle n’est qu’apparente et n’a aucune réalité,
cette question n’a donc pas de sens… p 264
Anil
Kumar Kamaraju, Satiopanisad, Vol 1
Feeling
the presence of God always, everywhere, within and around is true wisdom…p 94
Your
parents sometimes stay away from you. But I am always with you, in you, below
you, above you and around you. I am indeed yourself. Your remember this always,
and that is enough… p 112
It
is only God who is with you during all your life and even after your death. So
God is your real friend and the only relation. These worldly peoples shouldn’t
be taken as friends and relatives… p 118
Come
what may, problems, difficulties, troubles, failures, loses, blame and what not!
You will know later that all this had happened for your own good… p 121
You
are not different from God. You are God. Your praise and blame don’t affect
God. The good and bad of your own actions come back to you as reaction… p 127
You
have to surrender both good and bad to God. Never get yourself attached to the
results of your actions, be they good of bad… p 162
Anil
Kumar Kamaraju, Satiopanisad, Vol 2
If
the stress is laid on the world, your love of God will be less, and on the other
hand, if your love of God is greater, your attachment to the world becomes
less… p 230
Once
you have the experience of the Self, the question of sadhana does not
arise… p 249
A
mother has three sons. She feeds the youngest by herself. The second is a grown
up boy who will go to the kitchen and will have his food serve by the cook. The
eldest son being an adult can serve food for himself and eat it. The youngest
child stands for the path of action, the second son represents the path of
devotion, while the eldest symbolises the path of wisdom… p 261
The
experience of visualising the Supreme Lord in all places, times and creatures is
truly Constant-Integrated-Awareness…
p 270
Non-violence
means not causing harm to anyone and not hurting anybody either by thought, word
or deed… p 288
You
are from God, bound to God and are God as well. Realisation of this truth is the
purpose of life… p 310
If
you become love, if you are love itself, it becomes infinite and you love all.
So, don’t become a lover but be love itself… p 370
There
should be perfect harmony in your thought, word and deed. This is true human
value… p 407
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