Sri Sathya Sai International Organization

There is one way of getting over the results of karma. If you earn the grace of the divine, even mountains of sin can be reduced to dust. Only the divine has the power to confer such grace. A spark of fire can burn down a mountain of cotton. How to get the spark? Only through love. Develop love.

To promote the feeling of unity, we have to participate in service activities. We must utilize the body for cultivating good qualities, pure thoughts, doing good actions, and experiencing sacred feelings. Only through sacred acts can our life be sanctified and made worthy.

Conquer lust, anger, and hatred, and manifest equal and unconditional love for the entire creation. Then, you are fit for inner communion with divinity (yoga), which will open your heart.

I want only your love. Your love makes me happy. My love is your greatest wealth and good fortune. This is My greatest gift to you. Take good care of this precious gift. This is My blessing to you on this day. May you all have steady devotion, and sacred, long, happy life! May you have all this! May all your difficulties be removed! May you experience unalloyed bliss!

The person devoted to God knows no failure. The name of the Lord, if taken sincerely, overcomes all obstacles. It is saturated with sweetness; it has no iota of bitterness. When the savior is by your side, why doubt whether you will be saved?

Past, present, or future, for all time, women are the backbone of progress, the heart of the nation, the very breath. The mission of women is to lay down the canons of righteousness and morality. They must provide children with moral and spiritual training. When mother is imbued with dharma, the children get the benefit and get similarly saturated.

The doctor first diagnoses the disease. Then he prescribes the course of treatment. So too, you must submit yourself to the diagnosis of your illness, viz. misery, travail, and pain. Investigate fearlessly and with care, and you will find that while your basic nature is bliss (ananda), you have falsely identified yourself with the temporary, the frivolous, and the paltry and that attachment brings about all the sorrow. You have to realize that both joy and sorrow are passing phases, like white or dark clouds across the blue sky, and you have to learn to treat both prosperity and adversity with equanimity.

Engage yourselves in social service, remembering and worshiping God and recognizing your inherent divinity. This is the way to sanctify your lives. Be aware of the divinity in you. There is no need to search for God anywhere outside you. The bodily vesture you are wearing should not produce the delusion that you are the body. Shed that delusion, and you will realize the Brahman that you really are.

There is no charity greater than feeding the hungry, there is no greater god than parents, there is no greater dharma than compassion, there is no greater gain than the company of the good, there is no enemy greater than anger, there is no wealth greater than good reputation, and there is no ornament better than the chanting of God’s name.

My truth is one. All belong to Me, and I belong to all. My only wealth is love. I embrace all with love. Even people who come to Me with hatred in their hearts are dear to Me. I do not search for your faults. I go by the principle of love. All should take note of My equanimity and follow this principle of unity.

Do bhajans and have the name of the Lord always on your lips. Do not waste even a single moment. By chanting the name of Rama, Hanuman the monkey, became all-powerful, the embodiment of peace and the exemplar of all noble qualities. Sita was full of praise for him.

The spiritual precept insists, “Have faith in yourself.” That is, first of all, know yourself. Everybody asks the question, “Who are you?” There is none to ask, “Who am I?” When the question, “Who are you?” is asked, a reply that you are so and so, or you are from such and such place, or you are doing such and such job is not the proper answer. “I am the atma,” is the only right answer.

Austere spiritual practice (tapas) does not mean going to the forest or standing upside down and doing some meditation or the other. Keep your word, adhere to truth, show gratitude where due and stay firm in your self-confidence. These are the true qualities of a good individual. If you adhere to these tenets, you will easily overcome any obstacle that may come your way.

The Universe is permeated by the Divine, say the Upanishads. The Lord resides in every living entity. When man respects his human character and realizes his obligation to discover his divine nature, the divine in him will manifest itself. Experience of the Divine must be sought in the company of good people.