Sri Sathya Sai International Organization

All are one, all are essentially divine. Give up multiplicity to attain unity. The Vedanta declares that the Atmic principle is the underlying unity in diversity. Bulbs are many but the same current flows in all of them. Likewise, the Atmic principle exists in all. Man’s inability to understand this principle of unity is the cause of his ignorance. True humanness lies in understanding unity in multiplicity. You have to develop sacred vision in order to develop unity.

All of you are Embodiments of Divinity. Your forms are divine. You and God are one. You are not different from God. Experience this unity. Ekam Sath (truth is one). Unity is truth. Unity is divinity.

When one understands the truth that the same divine principle is present in all, there will be no room for differences and troubles. Therefore, always focus on the Divinity of humanity. All our difficulties arise when we multiply our differences, forgetting our Divinity. Therefore, we should firmly install the divine principle in our heart, which is the same in everyone.

Your enemies are not outside. Your bad thoughts are your worst enemies and thoughts based on Truth are your best friends. But today, people do not befriend the thoughts based on Truth, which are essentially divine. You have to make friendship with sath, the eternal truth. Sath means Being, the ever-existent God. The worldly friends and enemies change with the passage of time, but sath is the true and eternal friend. This friend is always with you, in you, around you, above you, below you and protects you just as the eyelid protects the eye.

By conscious effort, habits can be changed and character refined. People always have within them, within their reach, the capacity to challenge their evil propensities and to change their evil habits. By selfless service, renunciation, devotion, prayer, and reasoning, the old habits that bind people to earth can be discarded and new habits that take them along the divine path can be instilled into their lives.

People must first of all get rid of self-interest and self-centeredness. They must develop love, forbearance, and compassion. They must try to live harmoniously.

The Lord is a Mountain of Love (Prema). Any number of ants carrying away particles of sweetness cannot exhaust His Plenty. He is an Ocean of Mercy without a limiting shore.

Human life is noble since it is essentially divine. In fact, man and God are not two different entities, they are one and the same.

The best way to love God is to love all and serve all. Man’s foremost duty is to serve his fellowmen and make them happy. Your life will be redeemed only when you involve yourself in the service of society. The highest sadhana (spiritual practice) is to transform love into service.

The Buddhist prayer must be properly understood. When the Buddhists say: "Buddham sharanam gachchami, Dharmam sharanam gachchami, Sangham sharanam gachchami," the real meaning of the prayer is: You must divert your mind (Buddhi) towards right conduct (Dharma). And the right conduct should aim at serving society. When this is done, society gets purified.

What is meant by Samadhi? It means treating pleasure and pain, gain and loss alike. Equal mindedness (Sama-dhi ) is "Samadhi". To look upon light and darkness, pleasure and pain, profit and loss, fame and censure with an equal mind is Samadhi.

After purity in vision and thought, the third requirement for every man, is pure deeds (Samyak-Karma). Everyone should do pure deeds. Through pure deeds, man is able to recognize his human essence. Man is not merely an embodied being. By his capacity for developing good vision, entertaining good thoughts and performing good deeds, he has the power to transform humanness into Divinity.

Buddha declared that everyone should cultivate at the outset a pure vision (Samyak-dhrishti). It is only when man has a pure vision that he can get rid of impurities in the body, speech and mind.

Embodiments of Love! Goodness means good behavior, good conduct, good discipline, and good character. Truth, righteousness, peace, love and nonviolence are verily the five life principles (pancha pranas) of man.