Sayings of Sai Baba
To enable you to realise the Lord within you as the Prime Motivator is the task for which I have come in human form. I have come to correct the intelligence by various means. I have come to reveal to people the worth of the Vedas, the Scriptures, and other spiritual texts.
A society without values will cease to be human. The more human values are cherished, the better will be the growth of society, the nation and the world. We cannot rest content with an education system which is confined to academic achievement. It has to simultaneously promote human virtues. The main problem of our education is to adapt the spiritual and cultural traditions we have inherited from the past, to the needs of daily life today.
I do not appreciate in the least the distinctions between the various appearances of God. I do not proclaim that this is more important or that is less important. Continue your worship of your chosen God along the lines already familiar to you.
The Governor of Uttar Pradesh said just now that he does not see signs of moral revival, though much is being talked about achievements in the field of economic revival. Let Me assure him that the moral revival is already there and it is gaining volume every moment. Indeed the reconstruction of humanity on moral foundations is today a world problem, not merely an Indian problem.
In all countries the emphasis is on the standard of life, not on the way of living. Once you turn towards the path of worldly happiness, you will be led on and on to greater and greater discontent, competition, pride and jealousy.
I have come to give you the treasure of Bliss; to tell you how to tap that
spring; for you have forgotten the way to blessedness.
My activities or movements will never be altered whoever may pass whatever opinion on them. Not even the biggest scientist can understand Me by any laboratory knowledge. I am always full of bliss whatever may happen. Nothing can ever come in the way of My smile. That is why I am able to impart joy to you and make your burden lighter.
I never exalt when I am extolled nor shrink when I am reviled. Few people have realised My purpose and significance. I am the dweller in the temple of every heart.
"There are four types of persons: the ‘dead’, who deny the Lord and declare that they alone exist, independent and self-directed: the ‘sick’, who call upon the Lord when some calamity befalls them or when they feel temporarily deserted by the unusual source of succor: the ‘dull’, who know that God is the eternal companion and watchman, but who remember it only off and on when the idea is potent and powerful: and lastly the ‘healthy’, who have steady belief in the Lord and who live in His comforting creative presence always".
"That is My path, the path of Love, along which I shall take you. This I offer as my visiting card to every one of you when you come to Me. I know your name, your degrees, your profession, your status and your history. But you do not know Mine. I have no need to know all about you from perusal of your cards: but I want you to know something of My glory: and so I give you a glimpse of it, as a Miracle. But I also give you enough of My Love so that you can mix a little of it with whatever you do or feel or think and make it sweet and palatable".
Man in his ignorance finds contentment in separating himself from the rest for the search of his own happiness, forgetting that he cannot be happy unless all are happy. He pollutes himself through the cultivation of pride. He uses time for degrading himself to the bestial level. The thirst of sensual greed can be prevented by keeping good company and putting into practice the axioms of good conduct that one can imbibe from it.
The company of good persons shall promote good thoughts. It is good thoughts that help us to strengthen our will power, which is the basis of acquiring other qualities, that is, discrimination, determination, intelligence, and enquiry, but this will power becomes weak due to limitless desires. It is a great pity that the mind of man is making him sacrifice the good things in life like the love of God, fear of sin and morality in society.
Man by his very nature has a tendency to make an effort to satisfy the desires that arise within him or which are prompted through senses from without. Very often these are deleterious. Is there any end to the list of your worldly desires? When you satisfy one, another starts tantalising you. If something is lost or stolen from you, you lose faith in Me. I have not come to guard your jewels and your valuables. I have come to guard your virtues and character, and guide you to the Goal.
I am engaged in the task for which I have come. I shall not stop. I am full of bliss. Many hesitate to believe that things will improve, that life will be happy for all and the Golden Age will return. Let me assure you that This Divine Body has not come in vain. It will succeed in averting the crisis that has come upon humanity.'
The relationship between the individual and society has to be rightly understood. Why should the individual serve others? What claims has society on the individual? When we examine these issues, we realize that the individual can find fulfilment only in society. Born in society, growing up in society, living in society, man's life also ends in society. Man cannot exist for a moment away from society. In the word samaajam (society), "sam" represents unity, "aa" means going towards. Samaajam means marching forward in a united manner
No benefit accrues without adherence to proper discipline. Everything should be within certain limits. Our body is the best example for this. If the body temperature crosses the limit of 98.4 degrees Fahrenheit, fever sets in. 120/80 is the perfect blood pressure, crossing which the body will be subjected to ill-health. Even the eyes can see light only up to a particular level of intensity. The retina of the eye will get burnt if you try to see excessive light. Thus, God has set certain limits to everything in His creation. So, man should keep a check over his desires. Otherwise, he will be put to danger. Only when man leads a regulated life, can he enjoy health and happiness.
The earth is a caravanserai where men come and stay for the night and when dawn breaks they tramp their different ways. Kith and kin are the words we use for the attachment to the travellers cultivated in the caravanserai during the short term of acquaintance. Husband and wife are like two pieces of wood drifting down a flooded river; they float near each other for some time and when current comes between, they are parted; each must move on to the sea at its own rate and in its own time. There is no need to grieve over the parting of the two.
"You must have noticed that I do not speak about Sai in My Discourses, nor do I sing of Sai during the Bhajan with which I usually conclude My discourses. And you must have wondered why. Let me tell you the reason. I do not want the impression to gain ground that I desire this name and this Form to be publicised. I have not come to set a new cult. I do not want the people to be misled on this point. I affirm that this Sai form is the Form of all the Various Names that man uses for the adoration of the Divine. So, I am teaching that no distinction should be made between the names Rama, Krishna, Iswara, and Sai, for they are all My Names".