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27th
September 2006 |
Dasara First Divine Discourse |
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2nd Dasara discourse
Dasara First Divine Discourse
by
Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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"GIVE UP SELFISHNESS AND STRIVE FOR SELF-REALISATION"
[Released 2nd Oct.]
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The physical world as perceived by the naked eyes is considered as
truth. But it is only illusory. Divinity is the only reality. Unable
to realise this truth, people are wasting their time.
(Telugu poem)
Embodiments of Love!
God is only one, now and forever. Not realising this truth, you are
wasting your precious time thinking that all that you see in this
objective world is true. No! None of these objects is real. Truth is
eternal, beyond the three periods of time - past, present and
future. That is Divinity. How foolish it is to think that the
worldly vision which is subject to change from time to time is real.
You are a student today. Tomorrow you will become an officer in an
organisation and after some years you will be a retired officer.
Then, which is true? Is it the life as a student or as an officer or
as a retired official? There is a boy and a girl, who wish to get
married. Before their marriage, who is husband and who is wife? Once
they are married, they are referred to as husband and wife. But, how
long does this relationship last? It is only temporary.
Thus, all that you see in this objective world and all the
relationships between individuals are only temporary. They are never
real and permanent. But, Divinity is not like that. Divinity is what
it is - yesterday, today and tomorrow. It is Divinity always! Not
reposing your faith in such a true and eternal God, you are deluded
into thinking that what you see in this objective world is true.
Hence, first and foremost try to recognise the eternal truth. It is
only when you have recognised the Truth, you are deemed to have
recognised everything else. All others are only transitory. The
entire universe is subject to change. It is temporary and unreal.
Today’s mountain may be reduced to a mere hillock tomorrow. Today’s
rivulet may transform itself into a mighty river tomorrow. The
country of Bharat was once beautifully described as: “lofty
mountains, large rivers, huge trees with many branches, which make
it a beautiful country.”
People today repose their faith in ephemeral and unreal world and
forget God, who is the embodiment of truth. That is the root cause
for all the sorrows and difficulties faced by humanity. You say you
are encountering difficulties. From where did they come?
Difficulties are the consequences of one’s past deeds and thoughts.
Everything in this world is susceptible to change. It appears to be
unchanging, but it is not true. God is the only changeless
principle. We have therefore to install such a changeless and
eternal God in the altar of our sacred hearts and offer our love to
Him. Thereby, we can experience bliss. That is the foremost duty of
a human being. What is human life, after all? Is it merely eating,
drinking, sleeping and dying ultimately? By doing so, how can the
human life be termed as sacred?
Man, at the time of his birth is very pure and sacred. As he grows
old, gradually he loses his purity. This is not proper. A human
being has always to maintain his purity. Take for example, My case.
I was born. I grew up to be a boy, youth and old person. But, the
childlike simplicity and purity are always there in Me. I am always
like a child. As age advances, there might be several changes in the
physical body. They are all at the physical level. It is only out of
our delusion that we are exposed to the arishadvargas (the six
enemies of desire, anger, greed, delusion, pride and jealousy). As a
result, we are unable to realise the atma (Self).
It is said Jantunam nara janma durlabham (Of all living beings,
human birth is the rarest). Having attained such a rare birth as a
human being, we have to strive for self-realisation. We should not
waste our energies in worldly pursuits. He who is a realised soul,
is the liberated person in the real sense. Such a person constantly
contemplates upon the atma. On the other hand, one who is constantly
engaged in the pursuit of material comforts has his gaze fixed on
the panchabhuthas (the five elements of earth, water, fire, air and
space), pancha koshas (five sheaths of the soul) and panchendriyas
(five senses). One who realises the truth that the physical body is
ephemeral and the mind is like a mad monkey, will develop an insight
into the inner Self. The physical body is like a water bubble.
People know about it, yet they lead their lives reposing their faith
in such a physical body. As long as one has attachment to the
physical body, one has to experience sorrows and difficulties and
sin and merit.
The body is made up of five elements and is bound to perish sooner
or later, but the indweller has neither birth nor death. The
indweller has no attachment whatsoever and is the eternal witness.
(Telugu poem)
The dehi (Indweller) in the deha (physical body) is eternal. It is
referred to as the atma. We identify the physical body with certain
names. For example, the name ‘Anil Kumar’ is an identification for a
particular form. Similarly, the name ‘Sathya Sai Baba’ represents
this physical body. It is not possible to identify the physical
bodies, without names. A human being lives in the world, donning a
physical body that is ephemeral. All that we see in the objective
world are the creation of our own mind. What we cannot see with our
physical eyes is the truth. That is the atma. Hence, when someone
enquires, “Who are you?”, you should reply “I am the atma.” You
should not refer to the name given to your physical body. The name
given to your physical body is the one that is given to it by your
parents.
The whole world calls you by this name only. It is not the name that
is important. Both name and form are temporary and unreal. As long
as you live in this world, they are relevant. The moment you depart
from this world, none cares for them.
For example, there is a millionaire. He has plenty of money and is,
in fact, rolling in wealth. His end is nearing. He is undergoing
great suffering. All his relatives surrounding him are restless. In
fact, they are weeping. Exactly in that moment, wisdom dawns on him.
He is reminded of Adi Sankara’s verse:
Punarapi jananam punarapi maranam,
Punarapi janani jathare sayanam,
(Oh Lord! I am caught up in this cycle of birth and death; time and
again, I am experiencing the agony of being in the mother’s womb.)
He has realised the fact that all his relatives and friends cares
for him as long as he was alive. He felt very sorry for his pitiable
state and wailed, “My dear ones! All that I have earned during my
life has been handed over to you. Even the palatial buildings and
big mansions that I have built have also been handed over to you. My
bank deposits have also been given away to you. Yet, you do not care
to think about me and are worried about your own future.” True.
People are worried only about wealth and property as long as they
live in this world. They do not think at all about what will happen
to the life principle after their death. As long as there is
life-force in the body, people are deluded to think, “It is my body,
my mind, etc.” You are now sitting in this hall. As soon as you get
up and take two steps, you do not know what will happen to you. Once
you depart from this world, who is related to whom? Who are your
friends and relatives? No relationships at all! Hence, the physical
body should not be given too much importance.
The body should be purified by undertaking good deeds. Since people
develop many kinds of relationship with the external world, they are
afflicted with several impurities. It is only when such impurities
are cleared to a certain extent will one keep good health. For
example, there were rains a few days ago. Because of the rains, the
water was polluted. Several people who drank the polluted water
became sick. In many places, people suffered due to their
ill-health. Today the food we eat, the water we drink and even the
air we breathe, are all polluted. Hence, this widespread pollution
has to be controlled at least to a certain extent by undertaking
sacred activities. That is the reason why the nine forms of devotion
have been prescribed as Sadhana: Sravanam (listening), Kirtanam
(singing), Vishnusmaranam (contemplating on Vishnu), Padasevanam
(serving His Lotus Feet), Vandanam (salutation), Archanam (worship),
Dasyam (servitude), Sneham (friendship), Atmanivedanam
(self-surrender).
One has to adopt any one of these sadhanas for pollution control.
Humanness is not confined merely to jivatwa (life force); it is
associated with Daivatwa (divinity). Every human being, in fact
every living being, is an embodiment of Divinity verily! Even the
insects and bacteria!
What is the sadhana that a human being is expected to undertake?
Sadhana does not mean mere physical exercise. It is an enquiry into
Truth at the level of the mind and intellect. What is Truth? Is it
the body or the mind or the intellect? No, none of these. The mind
is a mad monkey. It is fickle in nature. If you follow such a fickle
mind, you cannot reach your true destination. It has to be discarded
one day or the other. However, food and recreation are necessary to
a certain extent to protect the body. Even that food has to be pure
and sattwic. If you thus carry on your activities and lead a sacred
life, what more sadhana is required?
Whatever activities you may undertake, you must constantly
contemplate on ‘Soham’ mantra, which reminds you of your innate
divinity with each inhaling and exhaling process. The same principle
has been explained in the mahavakya, ‘Aham Brahmasmi’ (I am Brahma)
in the Vedas. From the time you get up from your bed till you go to
sleep, you must constantly remind yourself that you are Brahman
verily and not merely a human being made up of the five elements.
You must develop the faith that God is your mother, father and
everything else and that He alone is your sustainer and refuge.
After all, who gave you the mother? Is it not God? Everything in
this world is by God’s grace only. If you forget God and concentrate
on other thoughts, you will lose everything in life. If you
constantly contemplate on God, all worldly thoughts will leave you.
Hence, cultivate godly thoughts with love. Prema muditha manase kaho
Rama Rama Ram (Sing the sweet name of Rama with your heart filled
with love). Love is God. God is love.
Devoid of this love, there is no mother, no father, no brother, no
wife. Everything is suffused with love. It is only for our
convenience, for our pleasure and for our own selfish purposes that
we develop worldly relationships. Hence, give up selfishness and
strive for self-realisation. You must enquire into yourself, “Who am
I? Body, mind, intellect, chittha or ahamkara?” You are none of
these. You are yourself. “I am I.” Recognise this truth. You are all
pursuing education and acquiring academic degrees like B.A., B.Com,
M.B.A., etc.
How many people are there with such degrees! What service do they
render to the society? They are all concerned with their own career
and earning. They do not at all help others. All this worldly
education is for making one’s own living. That is not the purpose of
one’s education. We must render selfless service. The fruit of all
actions must be sacrificed. It is only such a person who deserves to
be called a yogi. A yogi is not one who merely sits under a tree and
meditates, closing his eyes. Real sacrifice involves giving up your
desires. One has to broaden his heart. One should not be
narrow-minded. If you are inflicted with narrow-mindedness your
whole life will become narrow. Develop broad-mindedness. Cultivate
broad heart. The reference to ‘heart’ in this context is not to the
physical heart. If the physical heart is enlarged, it needs surgery.
Develop love. Only then can you be called a real human being.
Dear students!
You think Swami’s discourses are very simple. But, the entire
essence of the Vedas is contained in them. The essence of all the
sastras is to be found in Swami’s words. Why should you be proud of
your education? However high academic degrees a person may have
acquired, a human being must always conduct himself with humility
and obedience. Education with humility is the watchword. At the
mental level man must be desireless. Then only can he be called a
human being. Excessive desires lead to danger. You should not
indulge in unnecessary desires. That will lead to waste of time.
Time waste is life waste! Time is God, don’t waste time’. Even the
little time at your disposal must be spent in contemplation on the
Soham manthra. Then only will your birth as a human being be
sanctified.
If you go on wasting your time in reading newspapers, all that you
acquire will only be useless. Nowadays newspapers have degenerated
into a nuisance. You will find all sorts of unnecessary things in
the newspapers. You might have seen several advertisements with
obscene pictures in the newspapers daily. What sort of pictures are
they? Fie on them! We don’t like to go through such newspapers at
all! These are not the stuff we have to read. We have to visualise
God, who is beyond name and form. God’s name is sweeter than the
sweetness of banana fruit and dates. What for all these festivals
being celebrated? Every festival is meant to remind us about God.
People of all religions have festivals to celebrate.
All religions teach only good things. Realising this truth, one
should conduct himself carefully with proper understanding. If you
have a discriminatory intellect, which religion is bad? Oh! The
brave son of Bharat! Hear.
(Telugu poem)
Every religion preaches good only. Religion per se is not bad.
Hence, you should respect people of all religions. It is only when
your mind is distorted that you develop a bad opinion about a
particular religion. Once you develop a discriminating intellect,
you will realise that all religions lead to the same God.
Dear students!
Please do not waste time. Sanctify every minute of your life and
thereby experience bliss. Man is essentially the embodiment of
bliss. Hence you must always be happy and blissful. Do not crave for
unnecessary desires and feel depressed when they are not fulfilled.
Happiness is union with God. You must always be happy and smiling.
Even when you are faced with difficulties or during examination
time, you should not put up a ‘castor-oil face’. Always be smiling.
The more you feel enthusiastic and energetic, the more you will be
happy. After all, what is there for you to worry about? Nothing, to
My knowledge. A student who did not prepare himself well will be
worried during examinations. If you have prepared well, then why
should you worry? You will surely get good marks. Hence, read well,
pass the examinations with distinction and serve the country.
The festival that is being celebrated today is meant only to
encourage you. The ten-day Dasara festival is meant to control your
ten senses. The legend says that Goddess Chamundi killed the demon
Mahisha during this Dasara festival. What is the inner meaning of
this story? We should not under any circumstances associate
ourselves with demons. You are a human being and not a demon. How
can there be friendship between a human being and a demon? A human
being shall have relationship with another human being only.
Satsangatwe nissangatwam,
Nissangatwe nirmohatwam,
Nirmohatwe nischalatattwam,
Nischalatattwe jivanmukti.
(Sanskrit sloka)
(Good company leads to detachment; detachment makes one free from
delusion; freedom from delusion leads to steadiness of mind;
steadiness of mind confers liberation.)
Always be in good company. If you join bad company, you will also
become bad. Hence, you should never make friendship with a bad
person. The moment you come across such people, just say ‘goodbye’
and move on. You need not develop hatred towards them. Whomever you
come across, consider them as embodiments of Divinity and salute
them. Even when you come across people who hate you, offer your
pranams (salutations) to them. Enquire, “How are you brother?” Then
they will also respond, “How are you brother?” A human being is one
with certain human values. What are those human values? Sathya,
Dharma, Santhi, Prema and Ahimsa. They are all interrelated. Always
speak truth, observe Dharma (righteousness). Be peaceful. Be happy
and blissful. You should conduct yourself with love in society. Love
is God, God is Love. Hence, live in love. Then only can you acquire
true knowledge. That is wisdom.
Embodiments of Love!
I always address you as embodiments of love. The reason being, I am
suffused with love. Love is My property. You all are heirs to that
property. I will distribute that love to one and all. I do not hate
anyone. I have no selfishness at all! My love is selfless love.
(Bhagawan concluded His discourse with the Bhajan “Prema muditha
manase kaho …”)
Source: sssbpt.org
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