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Date:
Saturday,
November 01,
2014
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT
PRASANTHI NILAYAM TODAY |
The body is
made up of
five
elements and
is not real
at any time.
Body is like
a water
bubble. The
bubble is
born in
water,
sustained in
water and
ultimately
merges in
the water.
Similarly
the Self is
born from
Divine
Consciousness
(Sachidananda)
and merges
ultimately
in the
Divine.
Birth and
death are
scenes in
this drama
of life; do
not consider
them to be
true. In
your sleep
you may have
seen many
mansions,
but when you
are awake,
you don’t
see any of
them! The
buildings
you see
during your
day are not
visible to
you when you
are asleep.
Hence both
are untrue –
day-dreams
and
night-dreams
at best! The
only fact in
it is that
‘you’ are
present in
both times.
Similarly
though you
have a human
form, in
reality you
are Divine.
Therefore
sanctify
this birth
by leading a
pure and
sacred life.
Don’t
accumulate
the dirt of
worldly
life.
-Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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Date: Friday, October 31, 2014
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT
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The Vedas declare, “Mathru Devo
Bhava, Pitru Devo Bhava”. Revere the mother and
father as Divine. All of you must realize that
your blood, food, head and money are gifts of
your parents. First and foremost, offer your
gratitude to your mother. Never forget your
mother who gave you birth after allowing you to
grow within herself for nine months, and
provides you all care and comfort, unmindful of
her own discomforts. The mother always has the
child’s well-being uppermost in her mind on all
that she says and does. You may be highly
educated and your mother may be illiterate,
still you should have the utmost regard and
respect for her. Consider the teachings of your
mother as dear as scriptures themselves. Bereft
of character, worldly education cannot grant
peace or help you lead a Divine Life.
-Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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Date: Thursday, October 30, 2014
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT
PRASANTHI NILAYAM TODAY
In the cosmic context, Nature is the mirror, God is the viewer.
All that is reflected in Nature is Divine. God alone exists
everywhere. The object and the image appear because of the
presence of the mirror. When there is no mirror, there is no
image! God’s arithmetic is different from that of human beings.
When a mirror is placed before you, you have three entities –
you, the mirror and your image. When you take away one from
three, according to normal arithmetic, there must be two
entities, because ‘3 - 1 = 2’. However in the cosmic arithmetic,
there is no ‘two’ because when the mirror is removed, only ‘you’
remain! This is the mystery relating to Nature and the wonders
of the Lord. The glories of the Lord are multifarious and
marvelous, beyond words.
-Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM
TODAY
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The Himalayas or ‘Himachala’ forms the Northern
boundary of India. ‘Hima’ means ice. It is white in
colour and melts easily. Whiteness symbolizes
purity. ‘Achala’ means that which is steady. Your
heart should also be like the Himachala - pure,
steady and which melts with compassion. God resides
in each and every heart that is pure, steady and
full of compassion. But today, many hearts have lost
these noble qualities due to limitless desires. Life
is a long journey and your desire is the luggage.
The journey of your life will become enjoyable only
when you reduce the luggage of desires. Less
luggage, more comfort makes travel a pleasure! The
Gita teaches that you should offer everything to God
(“Sarva Karma, Bhagavadh Preethyartham”). You must
perform every single action with the only goal to
please God. This is the easiest and most effective
way to be free from all difficulties and hardships.
-Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM
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Human life is the combination of body, mind and
soul. Body is the basis to attain wisdom. Therefore
it should not be misused. You must purify your body
and mind by undertaking sacred actions. Do not
underestimate the potentialities of the human body.
In fact the human body is the basis for attaining
the goal of life. Work for the redemption of your
life by chanting the Divine Name and undertaking
sacred activities. You need not make any special
effort to acquire the human values – they are latent
within you, right from your birth. You have
forgotten them, as you failed to practice them.
Instead of giving tons of speeches, practice at
least an ounce of what you have learnt. Humanity is
on the decline only because people are not
practicing human values. You are developing desires
(asalu) forgetting ideals (adarsalu).
-Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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Monday, October 27, 2014
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM
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Control your desires. Cultivate love for God. That
love will confer on you everything you need. There
is no need for you to ask anything from God. Did
Rama not give to Shabari what she needed without her
asking? Did He not bless Jatayu with His Grace?
Dasharatha had prayed for so long that his son
should perform the last rites for him. But he did
not get it, while the bird Jatayu got the privilege
of a few drops of water from Rama before its death
and attained liberation. Rama even performed his
last rites. Mother Shabari was eagerly waiting for
Lord Rama’s arrival with sweet fruits for several
years. Her intense devotion to the Lord fetched its
reward – God confers His Grace according to each
one’s deservedness and it cannot be secured by
agraha (force or power).
-Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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Date: Saturday, October 25, 2014 |
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM
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Every being passes through the stages of birth,
youth, old age and death. Childhood is spent in
playing, youth in family life and old age in
discharging responsibilities. One way or the other,
there is mental suffering associated with each of
these stages. Our attitude to life is akin to that
of a tamarind. The tamarind is made up of three
parts – the seed, the skin and the fruit. Similarly
a human being has the gross body, the subtle body
and the causal body. Suppose a raw, young tamarind
is hit with a stone, the outer layer as well as the
inner layer will be hurt. On the other hand, when a
ripe tamarind is hit with a stone, only the outer
skin breaks and the juice is available for
consumption. The one with worldly associations is
similar to a raw tamarind. Gradually, give up all
desires, as the nature of desires is to multiply.
-Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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Date:
Sunday, October 26, 2014 |
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM
TODAY
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Let us not relate to God as a hidden, invisible
entity. God doesn’t live in a place foreign to your
dwelling. He is installed in you. He is with you, in
you, above you, around you and below you. We have
forgotten the easy way to reach God. All sufferings
will vanish in no time if we sincerely call out to
the Lord and sing His glory. The Lord’s Name is the
only refuge to cross all the difficulties. There is
nothing greater or mightier than His Name. The
moment one chants His glory and sings His name, one
attains bliss. Meditation and many rituals were
followed in many ages, but in Kali age, chanting
God’s Name (Namasmarana) is the only way to attain
the Supreme.
-Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM
TODAY |
With the Lord’s name as the very breath of your
life, engage in all life's activities, with no fear
of fall. When the mind weds worldly activity (pravrithi),
the progeny is bondage; when it weds spiritual
renunciation (nivrithi), the progeny is freedom.
Nivrithi confers fearlessness, and grants strength
and courage, for it is desire that weakens man and
makes one cringe. Detachment endows you with
self-respect, and the capacity to stand up to
slander and calumny. There are some who weep at the
slightest sign of defeat or disappointment. This is
despicable behaviour. When the Lord is installed in
the altar of your heart why should you have fear or
sorrow? Do you not know He is there, guarding you
and guiding you? He is in all beings, always.
Remember this fact wherever you are and whatever you
may do. If only you do not give up the recitation of
His Name you will succeed.
-Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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Date:
Thursday, October 23, 2014
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM
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The festival of Deepavali is to express gratitude at
the defeat of the Naraka (demonic) tendencies in
man, which drags one down from Divinity. Naraka,
whose death at the hands of Krishna is celebrated
today, signifies hell. Narakaasura is the
personification of all the traits of character that
obstruct the upward impulses of man. The human being
is a composite of man, beast and God, and in the
inevitable struggle among the three for ascendency,
you must ensure that God wins, suppressing the
merely human and the lowly beast. The griha (home)
where the Name of the Lord is not heard is a guha
(cave), and nothing more. As you enter it, as you
leave it and while you are in it, regularly perfume
it, illumine it and purify it with the Name. Light
it as a lamp at dusk and welcome it at dawn, as you
welcome the Sun. That is the genuine Deepavali, the
Festival of Lamps.
-Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014 |
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM
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God is inscrutable. He cannot be realised in the
outer objective world; He is in the very heart of
every being. You extol God as omnipresent,
omniscient and omnipotent, but ignore His presence
in you! Who can affirm that God is this or that? Who
can affirm that God is not of this form or with this
attribute? Each one can acquire from the vast
expanse of the ocean only as much as can be
contained in the vessel one carries to its shore.
From that quantity, they can grasp but little of
that immensity. Gemstones have to be sought deep
underground; they do not float in mid-air. Seek God
in the depths of yourself, not in the 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. (Divine Discourse, 19 June 1974)
-Sri
Sathya Sai Baba
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014 |
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM
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Do not be elated by riches, status, authority,
intelligence, etc., which you may have. Consider
that they have been given to you on trust, so that
you may benefit others. They are all signs of His
Grace, opportunities of service, and symbols of
responsibility. Never seek to exult over others'
faults; deal sympathetically with the errors and
mistakes of others. Seek the good in others; hear
only good tidings about them; do not give ear to
scandal. On the occasion of Deepavali, resolve to
light the lamp of Namasmarana and place it at your
doorstep, the lips. Feed it with the oil of
devotion; let steadiness be the wick. Let the lamp
illumine every minute of your life. The splendour of
the Name will drive away darkness from outside you
as well as inside. You will spread joy and peace
among all who come near you.
-Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM
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You may undertake any number of spiritual practices,
but never forget God’s name even for a moment. Never
do anything that will take you away from God. You
can achieve anything through prayer. You need not
pray loudly; it is enough if you pray mentally. God
resides in your heart and listens to all your
prayers. If you aspire to attain His grace,
contemplate on Him incessantly. Worldly difficulties
come and go. Do not attach much importance to them.
Through prayer one can overcome any difficulty. Only
God’s grace is true and everlasting, strive to
attain it. Chant the name of God day in and day out.
That alone will protect you at all times. Just as
air is all pervasive, God is present in you, with
you, around you, below you, above you. Hence be in
constant communion with Him. When you develop faith
in Divinity, you will naturally have unity.
Consequently, there will be no scope for
enmity.(Divine Discourse, 21 July 2005)
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20, 2014 |
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI
NILAYAM TODAY
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‘Sa’ means Divine; ‘ai’ or ‘ayi’ means Mother
and ‘Baba’ means Father. The Name, Sai Baba
means Divine Mother and Father. Sai’s descent is
to achieve the supreme task of uniting the
entire mankind as one family through the bond of
brotherhood and to affirm and illumine the
Divine (Aathmic) Reality within each and every
being. The Divine takes the form as Avatar to
reveal Himself as the basis for the entire
Cosmos, and to instruct all to recognise the
common divine heritage that binds everyone; so
that human beings can work hard to rid
themselves of animalistic qualities. I am the
embodiment of Love; Love is My instrument. I
reveal truth about Myself for, I desire that you
should contemplate on this and derive joy. Also,
may you be inspired to observe the disciplines
laid down and progress towards the goal of Self-Realisation.
Realise the Sai who shines in your hearts.
(Divine Discourse, 19 June 1974)
-Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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Date: Friday, October
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM
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There may be a few statements in Bhagavad Gita or
other scriptures that might appear to contradict
each other. For instance, in the Gita in one place,
Lord Krishna stresses the need for action, at
another the adherence to Dharma, and in another
place commends renunciation of all Dharma and urges
complete surrender to the Lord. These apparent
contradictions are not contradictions. The teaching
varies according to the state of spiritual
development of the person concerned and the
situation in which one is placed. The lesson here is
one must pay due care and attention to understanding
completely the inner significance of the great
teachings of the Avatars and sages before any
criticism is attempted. (Divine Discourse at Trayee
Brindavan, July 1988)
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM
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God is not a separate entity. Man is the image of
God. Scriptures declare, God appears in human form (Daivam
maanusha rupena). Though God has no separate form,
Avatars descend from time to time to show how human
lives can be divinised. I have often declared that
God does not come down as Avatar to relieve
individuals of their troubles and sorrow and to
confer joy and happiness on them. Difficulties,
troubles and worries come in the natural course as a
consequence of your past actions. The Gita declares:
Human beings are bound by merits and demerits
(Karma) from previous lives (Karmaanubandheeni
manushya loke). As is your action, so is the
reaction. When you stand before a mirror and offer
salutations, the salutation is reflected by the
image. If you scowl at the mirror, the harshness is
reflected back at you. (Divine Discourse, Sep 3,
1988)
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Date: Wednesday,
October 15, 2014
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM
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Krishna told Arjuna, "You are My devotee and My
friend." Neither Arjuna declared himself as a
devotee nor Krishna remained content with just
declaring Arjuna to be His devotee. Why did Krishna
say: “You are My friend?” This declaration has a
profound spiritual significance. This will be clear
only when we practice the spiritual life. If merely
the Lord were to call Arjuna, "My friend" his ego
could get inflated and he could take undue liberties
with Krishna. If He were to say, "My dear, you are
My devotee," he could become extremely submissive
and maybe even develop fear towards the Lord. Fear
should not be instilled; nor should he be encouraged
to take excessive liberties. Hence the terms devotee
and friend, were used by Krishna. "You are My
friend. You may be free with Me up to a point. You
are My devotee. So observe certain restraints.
Exercise control over yourself in your devotion."
(Divine Discourse at Trayee Brindavan, July 1988)
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Date: Thursday,
October 16, 2014
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM
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The observance of nonviolence has been described as
the highest form of Dharma. All the violence in the
world today is due to the fact that people do not
lead righteous lives. It has been said that the body
has been given essentially to pursue Dharma. Among
the teachings of the Buddha to the world, the
foremost was Ahimsa (not causing harm to anyone).
Nonviolence is not merely refraining from inflicting
injuries on others with one's limbs or weapons.
Nonviolence has to be practised with Thrikarana
Shuddhi (purity of thought, word and deed). There
should be no ill-feelings, which is itself a form of
violence. To cause harm to others through one’s body
is Himsa (violence). No one should be harmed even by
speech. The speech should be sweet, pleasing and
wholesome. All actions should be helpful to others.
(Divine Discourse, May 15, 1996)
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Date: Tuesday,
October 14, 2014
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM
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Fix your faith firmly in the Lord and not on the
things of the world. When you have strong faith in
the Lord, your discrimination will be perfect. You
will be guided by your Conscience, which will always
lead you properly. In vedantic parlance, the
Conscience is called ‘Chit’. God is ‘Sat-Chit-Ananda’.
Sat means Being, Chit means Awareness. When and
where these two are combined, there is Bliss. This
is the meaning of the divine name, BABA - Being +
Awareness Bliss +Atma. All of you are aspirants of
bliss. You must enjoy uninterrupted bliss. To attain
that Ananda (Bliss), you must combine Sat (Being)
and Chit (Awareness). Without Divinity, there is no
bliss or joy. Hence always think of Him, Live in His
presence. (My Dear Students, Vol 2, Ch 17, “Lessons
from the Immortal Indian Epics”)
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Date: Monday,
October 13, 2014
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM
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The base for making a pot is clay. For making a pot,
the potter is the cause and the pot is the effect.
The pot may break, but the clay remains as it is.
Out of a permanent substance, clay, the potter makes
a pot. The fate of the pot does not affect the
potter. The clay in the pot too has no impact on the
potter. Extending the analogy, God is the changeless
Creator, who creates innumerable objects in
creation, which are subject to change in name and
form. A pot cannot be made without the potter and
the clay; both are necessary. Similarly the Creator
is the instrumental cause of creation (Nimitta
Karana). The human body may perish, like the pots,
but the Creator and the Elements used for creation
are imperishable. The human beings, during their
lifetime, have a choice - to put their body to good
use or bad use. (My Dear Students, Vol 3, Ch 16,
“Sri Adi Shankaracharya: His Life”)
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Date: Saturday, October 11, 2014
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM TODAY
Clay is one substance, but from it, several products of
different shapes and names can be made. The same white milk is
obtained from cows of different colours living in different
countries. Similarly God is One, but dwells in innumerable
bodies with different names and forms. Take the example of gold.
From the same metal, a variety of different types of ornaments
can be made. If you examine the cosmic scene, you will find that
out of the same basic substance a variety of objects with
different forms are produced. Out of a single seed comes a tree
with different branches, leaves, flowers and fruits. Branches,
leaves, flowers and fruits are unique and distinct, vary in
form, name and use; but all of them have come from the one same
seed, their source. This is the meaning of the Sanskrit term,
“Ekoham Bahushyam” implying “The One, who chose to become Many.”
(My Dear Students, Vol 3, Ch 16, “Sri Adi Shankaracharya: His
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Date: Sunday, October 12, 2014
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM TODAY
Srishti, Stithi and Laya (creation, sustenance and dissolution)
are the three forms of the Divine Will; you have to penetrate
the inner meaning of Srishti, by means of Karma Yoga; you have
to grasp the significance of Stithi, by means of Bhakthi Yoga
and when you master the Jnana Yoga, you arrive at the experience
of Laya, of manifoldness in the One. Bhakthi (devotion) makes
you aware of the Lord who sustains and supports every being; it
is love, which is eternal, true and blemishless. There is no one
who is devoid of bhakthi; deep down in the core, everyone has
the feeling of kinship with all creatures. It is this that makes
a lonely person miserable, that makes everyone likeable to
someone or other. If you have no love; you are like a lamp
without the flame, blind and blinding. Love of the pure type is
unmixed with hate, untampered with greed. (Divine Discourse, Oct
12, 1964)
-Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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Date: Thursday, October 09, 2014
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM TODAY
A person with gratitude is meritorious and an ungrateful person
is a sinner. Throughout your life, never forget even a small
help that someone has rendered to you. Remember that you are who
you are because someone helped you in the past. The word
Paropakara (helping others) is a combination of three terms –
Para + Upa + Kara. Para = Atma; Upa = Near and Kara = action.
The objective of your meritorious deeds must be to progress
nearer to God. The same Divine (Atma) is present in you and
everyone. Do not perform noble deeds with the feeling that you
are doing charity. Real Paropakara is to act with faith and do
meritorious acts to serve the Divine in others, without
entertaining feelings of division and difference. Understand
clearly that physically harming or injuring others is not the
only sin, but seeing others as different from the Divine within
you is also sin. You may be different individuals in bodies, but
the Lord within is One. (My Dear Students, Vol 3, Ch 14, “The
Glorious Childhood Days”)
-Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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Date: Friday, October 10, 2014
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM TODAY
Prema (Love) is the seed, thanmayathwam or overpowering
experience of merging, is the tree and inexhaustible bliss is
the fruit. For this consummation, faith is essential. Look at
Arjuna! When the choice was placed before him to decide which he
should receive, the army of redoubtable heroes belonging to the
Yadava clan or Krishna alone who is unarmed and refusing to
fight, he asked only for Krishna! He knew; he believed; and he
was saved. The same choice all have to make even now, when the
Lord has appeared in His swaruupa (form) here. What does it
profit if one accumulates money, gold and grain? The bliss,
derived from the worship of the name and form which arouses
spiritual joy, is far more desirable than these. Want of faith
is the source of weakness in all fields. (Divine Discourse, Oct
12, 1964)
-Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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Date: Tuesday, October 07, 2014
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM TODAY
Just as every day you engage in exercise and consume tonics,
calculating the intake of calories and vitamins, and paying
meticulous attention to the nutritional value of the food, pay
attention also to the intake of impressions into the mind -
whether they debilitate or strengthen, whether they add to the
power of resistance of the mind against the viruses of greed,
envy, hatred, pride, malice, etc. Have a meal of good acts of
service, divine thoughts, and drink the premarasa (juice of
Love), so that they may be washed down, and digested well. Then
you can be shining in mental health, happiness and
wholesomeness. (Divine Discourse, Oct 6, 1970)
-Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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Date: Wednesday, October 08, 2014
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM TODAY
Duryodhana symbolises one who has wicked thoughts. His minister
was Dushasana. Dushasana represents one who promulgates bad
laws. The combination of these two led to the growth of greed.
On account of unrestricted growth of greed (lobha), Kauravas
were totally destroyed. On another occasion Lord Krishna said,
Arjuna means a person whose heart is pure and immaculate. Lord
Krishna clarified to Arjuna in the battlefield, “Destiny is all
powerful. Justice always wins. Selfishness will end in ruin.
This is the law of the Universe (Yuga Dharma). He further
explained to Arjuna that greed of Kauravas will cause them
ruin.” Kauravas were not prepared to give their rightful share
to the Pandavas. They wanted to keep everything to themselves,
including what belongs to others. This selfishness is called
greed. (My Dear Students, Vol 2, Ch 17, “Lessons from the
Immortal Indian Epics")
-Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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Date: Sunday, October 05, 2014
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM TODAY
All are God's children. Hence all of you should live as
embodiments of Love and like brothers and sisters, loving and
serving. People keep a distance as long as they do not
understand the power of love. Once they understand and
experience love, they will become one. You will be able to
realise this truth sooner or later. When a plant bears flowers,
not all the flowers blossom at the same time. Some are in the
process of blossoming, some are fully blossomed, yet others will
be only in the bud stage. Only the fully bloomed flower spreads
its fragrance. Similarly people will also be in different stages
of evolution - some are like the bud; some are at a blossoming
stage; and some others are like the fully bloomed flower,
spreading their fragrance. Wait patiently till the stage of
fragrance arrives. (Divine Discourse, Oct 27, 2006)
-Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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Date: Monday, October 06, 2014
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM TODAY
Just as you prescribe minimum
qualifications for any profession, the minimum qualification for
grace is surrender of egoism, control over senses, and regulated
food and recreation (ahaara and vihaara). You are made or marred
by the company you keep. A bad person who falls into good
company is able to shed his evil quickly and shine forth in
virtue. A good person falling into evil company is overcome by
the subtle influence and quickly slides down into evil. Reading
that Krishna advises in the Gita the giving up of all individual
responsibilities (Dharmas), an enthusiastic devotee gave up all
obligations and limits; but he had to be told that one
obligation still remained if the grace of God had to be secured:
maam ekam sharanam vraja - "Surrender to Me only". When that
surrender is complete and all acts, words and thoughts are
dedicated to Him, along with all their consequences, then the
Lord has promised that He will free you from sin and sorrow.
(Divine Discourse, Sep 27,1965)
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Date: Friday, October 03, 2014
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM TODAY
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Goddess Durga confers abundant energy on the
individual. Mother Lakshmi bestows various kinds of
wealth like money, food, gold, and vehicles for
movement, so you lead a happy life in this world.
Mother Saraswathi blesses you with education and
intellect. Hence everyone must worship the three
Divine Mothers. In all this worship, practicing
right conduct (dharma) is of utmost importance. You
should also make proper use of your intellect and
undertake only good, righteous and sacrificial
actions at all times for the benefit of the society
and sanctify your lives. People keep distance among
one another due to differences of opinion. In fact,
you are not different from others. Today they may
appear to be different, but tomorrow they may come
close to you. Hence all should live like brothers
and sisters with love and unity. ‘All are one; be
alike to everyone.’ This is my special message on
this holy occasion of Navarathri. (Divine Discourse,
9 Oct 2008)
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Date: Saturday, October 04, 2014
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM TODAY
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Those who struggle to uphold Truth are the real
devotees. The essence of all scriptures (Vedas) lies
in establishing this truth. Unfortunately, today
people who recognize such an eternal truth are not
to be found anywhere. You must never forsake Truth.
When truth (Sathya) and righteousness (dharma) come
together, there will be peace (Shanthi) and Love
(Prema). In fact, Truth (Sathya) is the basis for
all other human values, namely, Righteousness,
Peace, Love, and Non-Violence (Dharma, Shanthi,
Prema, and Ahimsa). Love (Prema) does not descend
from outside. It emerges only from within, from the
hearts of people. No human being can live without
love. True and real life is one that is suffused
with love. All virtues merge in love. Where there is
love, there will be unity that permeates all
barriers. Where there is love, people regardless of
caste, culture, and country will unite naturally.
(Divine Discourse, 6 Mar 2008)
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-Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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Date: Wednesday, October 01, 2014
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM TODAY
People experience pleasure and
pain, sorrow and difficulties in this world. When they
experience pleasure, they say it is due to their deservedness (prapti).
When they undergo difficulties,
they attribute it to their destiny. Really speaking, both
pleasure and pain are the result of one's own actions (karma).
As are the feelings that drive action, so is the result (Yad
bhavam tad bhavati). Every human being in this world has to
perform some kind of karma. Hence let the actions (karma)
performed by people be sacred. The celebration of Dasara is
meant to purify the actions performed by the five senses of
action and the five senses of perception (dasendriyas). Devi,
who is the personification of energy, is the driving force
behind all actions. Hence everyone must worship the Trinity of
Durga (goddess of energy), Lakshmi (goddess of all kinds of
wealth), and Saraswathi (goddess of education and intellect)
during this festival of Dasara. (Divine Discourse, 9 Oct,2008)
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Date: Thursday, October 02, 2014
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM TODAY
Arjuna entered the battlefield, fully
equipped and fanatically determined to destroy his enemies. But
when he took his position in the battlefield, he saw 'my
teachers’, 'my grandfather’, 'my
kinsmen’, 'my cousins', etc. and he was moved so much by this
sense of ‘I’ and ‘mine’ that he discarded the bow and desired to
return to the forest and beg for the rest of his life, than
fight the war. The ‘I’ that has really nothing to do with
earthly possessions, blinded him. Lord Krishna taught Bhagavad
Gita and removed this delusion (moha). The lesson for you is “Be
unmoved by duality”. Let not defeat or success affect your inner
calm and inner joy. See yourself as your Self unrelated to
others or the objective world. When you know your real Self, you
are liberated! That is Moksha. Liberation (Moksha) is not a
five-star hotel or a deluxe resort. It is just the awareness of
your reality and the rejection of all contrary conceptions.
(Divine Discourse, Oct 6, 1970)
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