1. God is without any attributes; He has no birth or death, although He incarnates on earth in human form. Therefore, man is nothing but divine.
2. Every one should have faith in God. But people sometimes worship God and then start hating Him because they lack firm faith. Such people cannot be called human beings in the true sense of the term. Man can attain peace of mind only when he has firm faith and sense of total surrender.
3. Creation emerges from truth and merges into truth. Is there a place in the cosmos where truth does not exist? Visualize this pure and unsullied truth.
4. Seek chances of helping others. Never lose an opportunity of using your skills and enthusiasm for the alleviation of sorrow, pain or distress. Again do not omit or neglect or postpone your own particular duty. Above all have faith that God is with you all times and at all places.
5. The same God is present in all things. You may worship different names and forms of God, but you should develop the faith that God is only one. Offer your salutations to everyone you meet. Even when you come across a beggar, offer your salutations to him. His physical body may appear to be that of a beggar but in respect of the soul, he is bigger. Therefore, offer your obeisance to all because the same soul is present in al. Never consider any body your enemy; never hate anyone.
6. Jewels are many, but gold is one.
Faiths are many, but goal is one.
Cows are many, but milk is one.
7. There is no discipline equal to service to smother the ego and to fill the heart with genuine joy. To condemn service as demeaning and inferior is to forego these benefits. If a wave of service sweeps over the land, catching everyone in its enthusiasm, it will be able to wipe off the mounds of hatred, malice and greed that infest the world.
8. When rivers go and merge in the ocean, they acquire the depth and glory of the unfathomable ocean. In a similar manner, when all other forms of education merge with spiritual education, they acquire the form and grandeur of the spiritual education. It is only when your education is combined with penance that there is a possibility of the blossoming of your heart and the enabling of your ideas. Penance does not mean that you should give up everything and go the forest and stand there with your head on the ground. Penance is that with the help of which you can make your thought, word and deed harmonize with each other.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
HUMAN VALUES
1. Lead your life, chanting within you constantly the name of God who is the embodiment of peace and love. When all individuals develop peace in them, then the entire country will become good and peaceful. Those who aspire for the welfare of the country should live always in love.
2. There is love in every one of us. But we do not make proper use of it. Rather, we put our love to mis-use. How far can a person go if he walks on his head instead of his feet? God has given us feet for walking. Similarly, God has given us tongue to speak the truth. Speaking untruth is like walking on our head. God has given us head to make proper use of it and think: “What is good and what is bad? What is truth and what is untruth?” While saying or doing anything, first we should think what is we are saying is true or untrue and what we are doing is right or wrong. After due consideration, we should only take the path of truth.
3. Truth is eternal. It does not undergo any change in the three periods of time – past, present and future. There is not Dharma greater than adherence to truth. Dharma originates from truth only. Where there is no truth, Dharma does not abide there. When we have Truth and Dharma, peace will descend upon us and we will attain supreme peace.
4. The highest step in various modes of worship of God is self-surrender. Surrender does not mean offering our body to God. Real surrender is the chanting of the Divine Name and making it the basis of our life. God has given us hands to serve mankind. Similarly, God has given us tongue to chant the Name of God and He has given us feet to serve mankind. God can not be attained by money. It is God who has given us all our money. Hence, we should utilise money on our worldly and spiritual pursuits. Also use it to help poor people.
5. We can attain God by chanting His Divine Name. Make any Name of God as the basis of our life and then we can achieve everything. Name is eternal but form is ephemeral; the form has old age and death. Therefore, it is the Name that is important. Therefore, chant the name of God constantly. Other spiritual practices such as charity, yajna, worship are of little use if we do not chant the Divine Name.
6. Everything happens according to the feelings of your heart. Good and bad feelings are the main cause of our good fortune or misfortune. To become fortunate, we should cultivate good qualities which build our character. When we cultivate good qualities, we develop good tendencies. Only such a virtuous person can undertake good deeds. By associating with bad company, a person becomes bad and by keeping company with good people, he acquires virtues. Therefore, we should have good company and good things around us.
7. Let us think for a while:
(a) Who provides food to sustain the tadpole in the crevices of a rock?
(b) Who waters the growing plant on the top of a cliff? Who provides water and manure to trees that grow on stones in mountainous regions?
(c) Who has painted the several colours on the plumes of a peacock and who has made the parrot look so attractive with its multi-hued feathers?
8. God is our sole refuge wherever we may be, in a forest, in the sky, in a city or in a village or on the top of a mountain or in the middle of deep sea. Every thing happens by the Will of God. We should develop such firm faith. All are embodiments of God; we should know this and make efforts to attain God.
9. When we sow a Karma, we reap a tendency. When we sow a tendency, we reap character. When we sow character, we reap destiny. Therefore, destiny depends upon character, character depends upon tendency, tendency depends upon action and action depends upon thoughts. Hence, good thoughts are the fundamental basis of our good fortune.
10. Once Sai Baba told a devotee “Oh devotee! I am always with you and I am always present at your back.” After walking some distance, the devotee turned back and saw but did not find Sai Baba there. Then he thought that Baba had told him a lie. “He told me that He will be behind my back, but He is not to be seen”. He went back to Baba and said “You promised that you would be at my back, but when I looked behind me, I did not find you”. Baba replied, “Oh devotee! When you looked behind your back, you turned your back also. Hence, I also turned to be at your back”. The words of God are mysterious, wonderful and have a deeper meaning. Not all can understand God. Follow His command, it our duty.
2. There is love in every one of us. But we do not make proper use of it. Rather, we put our love to mis-use. How far can a person go if he walks on his head instead of his feet? God has given us feet for walking. Similarly, God has given us tongue to speak the truth. Speaking untruth is like walking on our head. God has given us head to make proper use of it and think: “What is good and what is bad? What is truth and what is untruth?” While saying or doing anything, first we should think what is we are saying is true or untrue and what we are doing is right or wrong. After due consideration, we should only take the path of truth.
3. Truth is eternal. It does not undergo any change in the three periods of time – past, present and future. There is not Dharma greater than adherence to truth. Dharma originates from truth only. Where there is no truth, Dharma does not abide there. When we have Truth and Dharma, peace will descend upon us and we will attain supreme peace.
4. The highest step in various modes of worship of God is self-surrender. Surrender does not mean offering our body to God. Real surrender is the chanting of the Divine Name and making it the basis of our life. God has given us hands to serve mankind. Similarly, God has given us tongue to chant the Name of God and He has given us feet to serve mankind. God can not be attained by money. It is God who has given us all our money. Hence, we should utilise money on our worldly and spiritual pursuits. Also use it to help poor people.
5. We can attain God by chanting His Divine Name. Make any Name of God as the basis of our life and then we can achieve everything. Name is eternal but form is ephemeral; the form has old age and death. Therefore, it is the Name that is important. Therefore, chant the name of God constantly. Other spiritual practices such as charity, yajna, worship are of little use if we do not chant the Divine Name.
6. Everything happens according to the feelings of your heart. Good and bad feelings are the main cause of our good fortune or misfortune. To become fortunate, we should cultivate good qualities which build our character. When we cultivate good qualities, we develop good tendencies. Only such a virtuous person can undertake good deeds. By associating with bad company, a person becomes bad and by keeping company with good people, he acquires virtues. Therefore, we should have good company and good things around us.
7. Let us think for a while:
(a) Who provides food to sustain the tadpole in the crevices of a rock?
(b) Who waters the growing plant on the top of a cliff? Who provides water and manure to trees that grow on stones in mountainous regions?
(c) Who has painted the several colours on the plumes of a peacock and who has made the parrot look so attractive with its multi-hued feathers?
8. God is our sole refuge wherever we may be, in a forest, in the sky, in a city or in a village or on the top of a mountain or in the middle of deep sea. Every thing happens by the Will of God. We should develop such firm faith. All are embodiments of God; we should know this and make efforts to attain God.
9. When we sow a Karma, we reap a tendency. When we sow a tendency, we reap character. When we sow character, we reap destiny. Therefore, destiny depends upon character, character depends upon tendency, tendency depends upon action and action depends upon thoughts. Hence, good thoughts are the fundamental basis of our good fortune.
10. Once Sai Baba told a devotee “Oh devotee! I am always with you and I am always present at your back.” After walking some distance, the devotee turned back and saw but did not find Sai Baba there. Then he thought that Baba had told him a lie. “He told me that He will be behind my back, but He is not to be seen”. He went back to Baba and said “You promised that you would be at my back, but when I looked behind me, I did not find you”. Baba replied, “Oh devotee! When you looked behind your back, you turned your back also. Hence, I also turned to be at your back”. The words of God are mysterious, wonderful and have a deeper meaning. Not all can understand God. Follow His command, it our duty.
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