Sri Sathya Sai Baba – His Writings
Introduction – The Avatar’s Pen
Baba speaks of Himself as the mother yearning to feed an unruly child who, in its ignorance, refuses to eat what will cure its hunger. The child has to be coddled and coaxed, wheeled and petted, even caught unawares sometimes by means of a story or a song, to induce it to accept the food it needs. Baba’s immeasurable Love, persuades Him to pack a medicinal dose in a sweet smile, a panacea in a palatable parable or a profound thought in a syrupy joke. Let us dip into the books Baba has given Mankind in order to draw it to the feast that He has prepared for its hunger. His books are an invitation to His presence, fresh and fascinating as they are.
Baba writes in simple and elegant, colloquial Telugu or English prose. The message is always extempore, His ideas receiving expression as mellifluous poems and songs, showering exquisite delight. Poetry and melody shine through each sentence and behind each phrase and clause lays a form that is apparently human, but is suffused with Divine Wisdom.
All the immortal pieces flowed from Baba’s pen as articles for the Ashram magazine ‘Sanathana Sarathi’ (The Eternal Charioteer) during its early years. Prof. Kasturi, the first editor of Sanathana Sarathi, who used to collect material from Bhagawan every month for the magazine, narrates the following remarkable experience regarding Bhagawan’s Omniscience and the innate simplicity with which Bhagawan wrote the Vahinis.
Grandeur of the Omniscient Teacher
Prof. N Kasturi writes
“Baba decided on a small book on the Upanishads, the Upanishad Vahini, in order to rivet the world to the efficacy of Vedanta. As editor of the magazine, which published serially the chapters of this book, I had an amazing experience, every month. After dispatching the magazine on the 16th of every month, I would go to him for the next part of the series. Announcing the name of the Upanishad Himself, He would ask me to wait for a while in His room and proceed along the verandah with a notebook and pen, towards the room where they stood a table with a chair by its side and nothing else besides.
Once, it was the turn of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, to be summarized and simplified. It is the biggest and the profoundest of the ten. I am certain that Baba had never read it or consulted others who could talk on it. And there was no copy available anywhere within miles. But forty minutes after he moved out with a pen and the notebook as His sole possessions, I could descend the eighteen steps from His room with a ten-page dissertation on the truths this Upanishad enshrined! I peeped into the script as I walked towards the Press and my eyes fell on the Telugu words, which said, ‘the grandeur of the intellect of Sage Yajnavalkya is impressively evident in this Upanishad’. I told myself, the grandeur of the Omniscient teacher that Baba is, is now impressively evident to me.”
The Vahinis
It was Prof. Kasturi who collated all the articles that Baba had written for the ‘Sanathana Sarathi’, the Ashram Periodical, and brought out in a book form as the “Vahini Series” as Baba used to title all His articles as Vahinis. Vahini meaning flow or stream.
There are 15 vahinis in all, written in Telugu by Baba and translated into English by Prof. Kasturi. The Vahinis like ‘Prema Vahini’ and ‘Dhyana Vahini’ are little gems, classics of the spiritual life from the moment that Baba wrote them. Their simplicity, which, at the same time, contains such a depth of meaning, is unique. They speak of Peace, Meditation, Love and Wisdom. They seek to acquaint the reader with the Upanishads and the Gita. In a class by itself stands ‘Sandeha Nivarini’, the Doubt Dispeller. It raises various metaphysical problems and answers them.
Prema Vahini – The Stream of Divine Love
Dhyana Vahini – The Practice of Meditation
Dharma Vahini – The Path of Virtue and Morality
Jnana Vahini – The Stream of Eternal Wisdom
Gita Vahini – The Divine Gospel
Prashanthi Vahini – The Supreme Bliss of the Divine
Sathya Sai Vahini – Spiritual Message of Sri Sathya Sai
Ramakatha Rasa Vahini – The Sweet Story of Rama’s Glory
Sandeha Nivarini – Clearance of Spiritual Doubts
Leela Kaivalya Vahini – The Cosmic Play of God
Sutra Vahini – Analytical Aphorism on Supreme Reality
Vidya Vahini – Flow of Spiritual Education
Upanishad Vahini – Essence of Vedic Knowledge
Bhagavatha Vahini – The story of the Glory of the Lord
Prasnothara Vahini – Answers to Spiritual Questions
Prema Vahini (The Stream of Divine Love)
Baba has said that if He were to be identified by one characteristic more than any other, He could most aptly be called ‘Prema Swaroopa’, the Embodiment of Love. The very first Vahini (stream) that flowed forth from his pen to fertilize the mind of man was the book, ‘Prema Vahini’. Narada, the great exponent of love as a spiritual discipline, defines the path of love as equivalent to supreme devotion. The love is described as Supreme, because it is full and free, with no conditions, no trace of bargaining, no taint of fear. Once such love is practiced and experienced all distinctions drop, duality ceases and only the truth remains.
Baba quotes the love of the simple milkmaids and cowherds of Brindavan towards Krishna as the best example of this parama prema (Supreme Love). Krishna Himself appreciated it thus: they long for Me so deeply, their thoughts, words and deeds are so imbued with Me, that they have no sense of time or space, no consciousness of their bodies and their needs. They are so absorbed in Me that they are like rivers that have merged in the ocean and lost their individual names and distinctions.
Baba says in Prema Vahini only through love can faith become steady; only through faith can knowledge be gained; only through knowledge can parabhakthi (complete devotion, self surrender) be ensured and only through parabhakthi can the Lord be realised.
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Dhyana Vahini (The Practice of Meditation)
Today quacks with new-fangled ideas lay down rules for Dhyana (Meditation), says Baba. Each one has his own special prescription and claims that his system can confer more benefit than that of others. But none have themselves experienced its sweetness of sanctity. That is the real reason why Dhyana has drawn out upon itself the cynical laughter of many. My intention is to instruct such people and guide them on the right path.
Baba goes on to reveal in these words the origin of His book, ‘Dhyana Vahini’. Even the most potent drug will not cure when it is only extolled in elaborate phrases at the bedside of the patient. The drug must be taken in and allowed to walk its way into the blood stream. Your reading what I write on Dhyana will not make it easier. The mind is a mad pleasure seeker, running after mirages seen through the inefficient and therefore, deceptive senses of perception. The multifarious desires that infect the mind have to be quelled and the mind focused on Ananda (bliss) only. Of course, it will itself turn to God. When knowledge is accepted as the master, when the mind is denied the food that breeds depravity, when the senses are tamed by firmness and faith, Dhyana will surely lead you to that Goal.
Baba distinguishes between concentration, contemplation and meditation. Concentration is an unwavering determination in one’s daily life, in the realm of the senses, the feelings and the intellect. Contemplation is achieved when the senses withdraw for some time and attachment to the objective world slackens, when you have completely broken away from all attachment, you enter a state of meditation, says Baba.
Baba gives the guidelines for meditation and mind control in Dhyana Vahini. He says that Dhyana is as life sustaining as dhanya (food). Baba explains the choice of place, posture, time-table and the curriculum, but lays greater stress on the compassion of the Lord who responds to the prayer embodied during Dhyana.
Since God assumes, for the sake of the sadhaka, the name and form that he meditates on, Baba assures us that Dhyana need never be a barter endeavour; the summit can be reached by perseverance, for He rises up to Himself the struggling and the exhausted.
Baba warns us against nine enemies that waylay the earnest sadhaka. Three of them are physical: adulterous urges, greed to possess things or gain exclusive love and the tendency to injure living beings; three are verbal: delight in causing panic by false alarm, speaking lies and spreading scandal; and three are mental: craving for what belongs to others, envy and cynicism.
Baba directs that the meditation on the form be accompanied by an unbroken absorption of the sweetness of the name by which that form is identified. When the form slips from attention, the name will soon bring it back; when the name drops from awareness, the form will restore it to the mind. Thus, the constant presence of God in the consciousness is ensured, says Baba.
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Dharma Vahini (The Path of Virtue and Morality)
Baba says, Dharma (Right Conduct) is like the river Saraswati, flowing unseen beneath the deeper levels of human consciousness, feeding the roots of activity, filling the springs of thought, cleansing the slushy eddies of feeling. When the river runs dry or is clogged by greed and hate, the avatar comes to let in a torrent of grace and restore its fresh, free flow.
Baba in Dharma Vahini has installed dharma on an unshakable foundation as the unity of all life, indeed, of creation: Whoever conquers the ego and overcomes the natural tendency to regard the body and its furniture as his true self, is surely on the path of Dharma, for he would soon discover the truth behind all the scintillating multiplicity. He would realise that the objective world is like a gem-studded wheel, over Brahman, which is the one and only truth. Sarvam Khalvidam Brahman (All is verily Brahman, God).
When man is aware of this truth, there will be no other; all will be you. Since you love yourself most, your love will flow in full measure towards all and encompass the living and the non-living. Dharma has to be built on the deep understanding of the depths of Being. Build your life, says Baba, on the Atmic plinth, the faith that you are a wave upon the ocean of bliss, a spark of the cosmic intelligence.
Then He asks, When you worship an idol, what is it that you really do? First, a form of God is imprinted on your mind, after that, you meditate on His Power, Grace and Omnipresence and project these qualities upon the idol, thus enabling your consciousness to transcend it and become unaware of the lithic substance before you.
In the same manner, imprint on your consciousness that form of God which delights you most and fills you with illumination and project that form on every man, beast, bird and insect, on every tree and plant, on every rock and hill; this sadhana (spiritual practise) will make you true, good and beautiful. This is the fundamental norm: Atmic awareness – the unceasing remembrance of the One appearing to be many.
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Jnana Vahini (The Stream of Eternal Wisdom)
Whenever the gross and even the subtle are transcended, when the intelligence is clarified, when the self is free from feelings, impulses and instincts, what remains in the consciousness is the true self only. The person, then, is one with Eternal Truth, the One beyond everything. He becomes Brahman or Paramatman says Baba. This awareness is the acme of Ananda (or bliss).
In the Taittriya Upanishad it is declared that, from Ananda all this is born and through ananda all this lives, in Ananda all this is merged, and in Ananda all this rests. The greater the awareness of Paramatman (Supreme Divinity), the more the Ananda.
Baba summarises the Truth in one sentence. Awareness is Life and then goes on to reveal that all men are Divine like Myself: the only difference is that they are yet unaware of their divinity. They have come into this karmic prison through the karmas of many lives. I have taken to this mortal form out of My own free will. They are bound to the body, while I am free of this bondage.
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Gita Vahini (The Divine Gospel)
Baba’s Geetha Vahini is the holy Bhagavad Gita retold in order to save modern man from the myopia of egoistic materialism. It is not a resume or a commentary or an abridgement. It is the voice of Krishna Himself, ringing over the clash of hate and greed and calling us into more worthwhile victories. He has declared that He has come to unify and clarify, fructify and fortify the holy aspirations of man. The doubts and delusions, which torment us while we are engaged in the battle with our outer and inner kith and kin, are treated here with love and sympathy by Sai Krishna, who also provides us with the answers.
We are encouraged in Geetha Vahini to offer Baba the prayer he puts into the heart of Arjuna (in the great epic Mahabharata) – ‘as You are guiding this chariot, guide me also and show me the way’ – for, He is in fact the charioteer installed in everybody. The Geetha, as expounded by Baba, is a textbook of Yoga and a guide for spiritual practise. It is a yoga shastra and Brahma vidya (Knowledge of the Self) rolled into one. Through smile and story, sneer and laughter, banter and reprimand, question and counter-question, Baba pours into us the nectar of wisdom in this beautiful volume.
At Kurukshetra (the battleground in Mahabharata), Krishna said that the mind and its vagaries could be tamed by Abhyasa (discipline) and Vairagya (detachment). In Geetha Vahini, Sai Krishna adds Vichara (discriminative reasoning). Baba also analyses the concept of Kshetra (place), Yagna (sacrifice), Yoga and Maya (illusion) and sheds light on many corners, which the lamps of ancient masters did not illumine. The ideal of Nishkama Karma, (selfless action), gets a glow of heroism when He interprets it as a conscious refusal of the fruits of activity, a courageous turning away from both triumph and failure.
There are many passages on ‘Geetha Vahini’ of self-revelation by Baba, where it becomes difficult to determine who is speaking to us so intimately Krishna or Sai? How can I ever forget Him who never forgets Me? is the question, Baba asks. Forgetting is a human frailty. Let me tell you, there is no need for Yoga, Tapas (penance) or even Jnana (wisdom). I only ask you to fix your mind on me, dedicate it to me. That is all I demand and all that you need to do, says Baba.
This is the promise of Grace, which all devotees can hope to receive. Grace revives us when we are in great pain and restlessness. It revives us when we totter through the great alleys of our meaningless and empty lives. It revives us when our disgust for our own being, our own indifference, our weakness, our hostility and our total lack of direction and composure has become intolerable.
It revives us when year after year, the longed-for perfection does not appear, when the stale compulsions reign within us as they have done for decades, and when despair destroys all joy and courage. Sometimes, at that moment, a wave of light breaks into our darkness, saying, You are accepted.
Geetha Vahini also condemns fanatic, blinkered gurus and pompous exponents of the Geetha whose oratory sounds hollow because they do not themselves practice what the Geetha preaches.
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Prashanthi Vahini (The Supreme Bliss of the Divine)
Baba’s book Prasanthi Vahini, gives us the key to the treasure house of that peace which escapes understanding and defies logic, namely ‘Prasanthi’ (or supreme peace), which the Gita calls the goal of human endeavour.
‘Santhi’ means peace unaffected by desire, greed, hatred or anger. It is not curtailed by adversity or multiplied by windfalls. Baba says that we must cultivate the three virtues of viveka (intelligence), vairagya (detachment) and vichakshana (discrimination) in order to equip ourselves with Prasanthi. He prescribes the Viveka Chudamani, composed by Adi Sankara, as the text, which can develop in us these three virtues.
Baba says, Like the children playing with dolls you, too, call some beings elephants and others horses, some friends and others enemies, and spend your entire life in such make-believe. Once you realise that without the spirit they are the same inert substance, the notion of many and the diversity of name and form, both disappear, and there can be no liking and disliking any more. You laugh and weep, love and hate, live in joy, sorrow, anger and fascination, but all these varied reactions do not make the objective world less unreal.
Vairagya (detachment) gets a new meaning in Prasanthi Vahini. ‘Raga’ means attachment and vairagya comes when you realise that the stone to which you were attached is really god. The stoneness is like a veil cast by your ignorance upon what is really of the same substance as you yourself. The vairagya that results from this illumination is lasting and most sublime, Baba explains.
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Sathya Sai Vahini (Spiritual Message of Sri Sathya Sai)
Bhagawan has announced Himself as the Divine Teacher of Truth, Beauty and Goodness. By precept and example, through His writings and discourses, letters and conversations, He has been instilling the supreme wisdom and instructing all mankind to translate it into righteous living, inner peace and universal love.
When the ‘Ramakatha Rasavahini’, the uniquely authentic nectarine stream of the Rama story, was serialised in full in the ‘Sanathana Sarathi’ (the ashram monthly), Bhagawan blessed readers with a new series, which He named ‘Bharathiya Paramartha Vahini’ (The Stream of Indian Spiritual Values). While these precious essays on the basic truths, that foster and feed Indian culture since ages before history began, were being published, Bhagawan decided to continue the flow of illumination and instruction under a more comprehensive and meaningful name, ‘Sathya Sai Vahini’ —the holy stream from the Lotus Feet of the Lord—“The Flow of Divine Sai Grace.” This book, therefore, contains the two Vahinis that have merged in one master stream.
Inaugurating these series, Bhagawan wrote, for publication in the Sanathana Sarathi, “Moved by the urge to cool the heat of conflict and to quench the agonising thirst for ‘knowledge about yourself’ that you are afflicted with, see, here it comes, the Sathya Sai Vahini, wave behind wave, with the Sanathana Sarathi as the medium between you and me.”
With infinite compassion, this Sathya Sai incarnation of the Omniwill is giving millions of persons in all lands freedom from disease, distress and despair, narcotics, narcissism and nihilism. He is encouraging those who suffer gloom through wilful blindness to light the Lamp of Love in order to see the world and the Lamp of Wisdom to see themselves. “This is a tantalising true-false world. Its apparent diversity is an illusion. It is One, but is cognised by the maimed multiple vision of humans as Many,” says Bhagawan. This book is the twin Lamp He has devised for us.
‘Sathya Sai Vahini’ reveals to us in unmistakable terms that the self in man is “no other than the Overself or God.” We are told that this is true not only of mankind but of all beings, everywhere and anywhere. In fact, “Will causes this unreal multiplicity of Cosmos on the One that He is. He can by the same Will end the phenomenon.” “Being (God) is behind the Becoming and Becoming merges in Being. This is the eternal Play,” says Bhagawan.
To sum up, the ‘Sathya Sai Vahini’ is the holy gospel given to us by the Person who, as The Eternal Charioteer, is eager and ready to hold the reins of our senses, mind, consciousness, ego and intellect, and guide us safely to Prasanthi Nilayam, the Abode of Supreme peace, the goal of all mankind.
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Prasnothara Vahini (Answers to Spiritual questions)
Prasna means “question.” Uttara means “answer,” and Vahini indicates “a stream.” This book is the stream of the questions that have evoked answers from Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Among the tasks that Bhagawan has assumed while incarnating, He has declared as basic, the one which He calls, “the clarification and purification of the religious scriptures of mankind.” Every Vahini emanating from Him has done this service to some aspect or other of the spiritual upliftment of man.
This Vahini is one of the earliest in the series, since it seeks to elucidate the fundamental concepts and precepts of religion, especially the technical words and expressions that seek to concretise them. For some years, this was published as an Appendix to a single Vahini, the Geetha Vahini, but later it was placed in the hands of seekers as a key publication, helpful for readers of all the Vahinis.
The Ancient Wisdom (Sanathana Dharma), the Perennial Path, has been communicated to posterity in words that have suffered distortion, devaluation, dilution and denigration through the efflux of time and the controversies among commentators. Varna (social system based on profession), Asrama (stages of life according to ancient religion), Yoga, Sanyasa (renunciation), Yajna (sacrifice), Karma (action), – these are interpreted by dialecticians and practitioners of varied schools and sects, in confusing and contradictory
versions.
Bhagawan has resolved these tangles. His exemplary love and patience sweeten not only every answer but every question too, for, He has, by posturing as the interrogator, made the clarifications full and fruitful.
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Sandeha Nivarini (Clearance of Spiritual Doubts)
A series of Baba’s articles published to remove the weeds of doubt growing wild in the hearts was collectively entitled ‘Sandeha Nivarini’. Even in his teens and twenties, Baba took delight in prodding those who gathered at His feet to ask Him questions on spiritual matters. These became the cues for dissertations, short and long, with many an interspersed parable, poem or song, to lead the questioners from darkness to light.
In Sandeha Nivarini Baba says, I am happy when anyone asks Me about the things he has not understood. Of course, you have every right. Then he asks the pupil, but are you reflecting on the answers I give and practicing what has been told you, with the conviction born of faith? What am I here for? Is it not for explaining to you the things you do not know? Ask me without hesitation or fear. I am always ready to answer. Only, the enquiry must be earnest, emerging out of a genuine desire to know and to practice what is good.
It can be revealed now that the bhaktha (devotee) who visits Baba with questions- personal, philosophical and religious in every chapter of Sandeha Nivarini is a creation of the Divine pen. Baba reveals through this character, His infinite compassion towards the samsayatma, the person afflicted with doubts. He poses the problems and provides the answers.
He writes, Bhaktha! I converse with you about every point you place before Me, and allow many to take part in this conversation. The sun’s light falls upon the mirror, the light from the mirror upon the walls of the bungalow and the light from the walls upon the eye. Similarly, this Sandeha Nivarini has been planned in order that the illumination of My teaching may fall upon you and thence on to the pages of the ‘Sanathana Sarathi’, so that the effulgence may illuminate the world and bring the light and harmony into the heart of mankind.
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Leela Kaivalya Vahini (The Cosmic Play of God)
The ‘Vedas’ (ancient Indian scriptures) originated from the breath of God; each syllable is sacred. Each word is a manthra. It exhorts all men to pursue the same holy desire. All hearts must be charged with the same good urge. All thoughts must be directed by noble motives towards holy ends. All men must tread the one path of truth for all are manifestations of the One.
The world is enchanting, because it is tantalising in appearance, though it is fundamentally untrue. It is a phenomenon which is fading out. When this truth is realised, one becomes aware of the Cosmic Sport of God and the Eternal Universal Being.
‘Leela Kaivalya Vahini’ is a cool crystal clear stream that flows from the Divine pen of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba to dissolve all obstacles like doubts and dogmas, purposeless arguments and flimsy fancies of the sadhaka (spiritual aspirant).
These articles, originally published in the ‘Sanathana Sarathi’ (the Ashram periodical), were given a book form and placed at His Lotus Feet on the auspicious occasion of His 65th Birthday, which eventually fell on the 50th year of proclamation of Avatarhood.
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Sutra Vahini (Analytical Aphorism on Supreme Reality)
The ‘Vedas’ (ancient Indian scriptures) originated from the breath of God; each syllable is sacred. Each word is a manthra. It exhorts all men to pursue the same holy desire. All hearts must be charged with the same good urge. All thoughts must be directed by noble motives towards holy ends. All men must tread the one path of truth for all are manifestations of the One.
The world is enchanting, because it is tantalising in appearance, though it is fundamentally untrue. It is a phenomenon which is fading out. When this truth is realised, one becomes aware of the Cosmic Sport of God and the Eternal Universal Being.
‘Leela Kaivalya Vahini’ is a cool crystal clear stream that flows from the Divine pen of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba to dissolve all obstacles like doubts and dogmas, purposeless arguments and flimsy fancies of the sadhaka (spiritual aspirant).
These articles, originally published in the ‘Sanathana Sarathi’ (the Ashram periodical), were given a book form and placed at His Lotus Feet on the auspicious occasion of His 65th Birthday, which eventually fell on the 50th year of proclamation of Avatarhood.
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Sri Sathya Sai Baba – His Poems
Introduction
Whether from Japan or the USA, Iceland or Brunei, whether erudite scholar or schoolchild, everyone finds a roadmap in Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s teachings. Direct and simple, they transcend religion and cut straight to the heart of the matter.
They speak of how to keep oneself anchored to the inner self in this fast and often confusing world, how to remain incorruptible under materialistic pressures, and how to restore humanity. They tell us who we really are. Baba’s words invite us to transform ourselves, to be the miracle.
Day in and day out, for more than seven decades, Baba patiently spelt out his teachings in a number of moving speeches, memorable aphorisms and— poems. Baba would spontaneously sing these unique poems in the melodic style of the oral Telugu narrative tradition. Dramatic, often packing a punch into the last line, these poems deliver hard truths in a provocative manner. Some of these poems exist in a number of versions across different discourses.
The English translations below follow Baba’s Telugu words and lines, occasionally departing from the literal for the sake of communication. Structured like song lyrics, the short lines of the translated poems accentuate the melodic form and emphasis of the original poems.
Poems
Oneness
We belong to the same race, the human race
The Divine we all worship is the same
We all belong to the caste called humanity
We speak only one language, the language of the heart
There is only one God
Religions are many
but their path is the same
Clothes are unique
but they are all made from thread
Different ornaments
are made of the same gold
Cows come in many colours
but milk is always white
It is the same life
in all living beings
No matter what the social status
we are born the same way
Whatever flower you choose
it is the worship that counts
Divisions and diversity occur
only to make life easier
Essence of Religion
Muslims say “Allah”
Christians, “Jehovah”
Vaishnavites call Him “Vishnu”
And Shaivites, “Shiva”
O’ people, realize
He who fulfills desires
and bestows longevity, happiness,
fortune and prosperity
on those who pray whole-heartedly
is only One
When Vaishnavites say Vishnu’s the greatest
When Shiva’s the greatest say the Shaivites
When Ganapati’s followers call Him the greatest
When Saraswati’s the greatest say the educated
When Muslims say Allah’s almighty
When Christians say it’s Jesus
When my devotees say I am the greatest
When some say all gods are the same
You must understand
All religions agree—
Truth, Brahman, is One
He who plants Love
in his heart
Only he—
Only he is Christian
Only he is Sikh
Only he is Hindu
Only he is Muslim
Only he is human
Only he is a Guru
Morality
A termite infestation is slow to start
Soon they’ve eaten all the wood away
Bad qualities slink into the mind stealthily
Even the great are eventually ruined by them
O’ brave children of India, listen
A country’s honour depends
on morality
Without morality a country
declines
A worthy country is that
which has morality
Some Truths
Is there a better donation
than food?
Aren’t parents truly gods?
Are there better habits
than spiritual discipline?
Is there a better virtue
than compassion?
Can you find anything more beneficial
than the company of good people?
Is there an enemy worse
than anger?
Is there a worse malaise
than debt?
Isn’t infamy like death?
Is there a memoir
more lasting than fame?
Human Values
Just as a lily beautifies a lake
And the moon illumines the sky
As waves adorn the ocean
Virtues enhance human beings
Truth, morality, non-violence
peace and love
The five life-breaths of man
on earth
Of these five breaths
Love is the most important
So strengthen the Love
in your heart
In the absence
of truth, morality, love and peace
All the skills you’ve learned
are worth zero
The end of charity is zero
The results of a big job, zero
The merit from multiple
apparently good deeds, zero
The mansion of our timeless dharma
Upheld by the four walls of virtues
Only He who awakens
the spirit of Love
who instils brotherhood
and egalitarianism
who teaches human values
Only He is God
Only He is Sai
What Sai wants from you are virtues —
Be brotherly to all
Give up selfishness
Serve the community with a pure heart
Truly, this is the real wealth
you can give Sai
Seva – Selfless Service
When you do service tenderly
and without selfishness
That’s really service
Truly, when you do service
with fellow-feeling
you find peace
Social service in a village
As good as worship of Lord Rama
That which is filled with Love
The kingdom of Rama
No welfare without Love
No peace without service
Where’s God, where all
have you looked for
the secret?
Is God not in the heart?
By serving others
you receive Love
That’s how you find
your divine self
All that you do with the body
All you say with words
All notions of your mind
All activities of sense-organs ten
All ideas of your intellect
All worries in your sub-conscious
All everyday customs
All religious austerities
All vedic injunctions
When you consider
whatever you do
as service to God
Sai’s organizations
will be successful
Prema – Love
Brahman is Love
Nothing but Love
Only Love will merge
with Love— so
Anchor yourself
in Love, become
worthy of Oneness
God is Love
Love is His divine form
Love makes the world go around
When you cannot feel
even the slightest spark
of love in this world
O’ man, how will you
seek and realize
Divine Love
Education
Education is that which teaches
Good conduct
Good thoughts
Love of Truth
Devotion
Discipline
Diligence
A student must learn this
Mark Sai’s word, it points out the truth
How to achieve
universal peace
Cut back
narrow-mindedness
How to live together
with egalitarianism
here and now
What makes this happen at once—
Isn’t that Self-knowledge
Can news of a lamp dispel
all the darkness in the world?
Can names of five kinds of foods
satiate a hungry person?
Will hearing what money can do
chase away a beggar’s poverty?
Can stories of the power of medicines
cure a sick man’s diseases?
Can studying a multitude of sciences
solve the lack of self-knowledge and
dispel spiritual ignorance?
Even if you master theory
The outcome of education
not put into practice
is a big zero
The dimwit studied
all that there is to study
and became very bright but
he did not know himself
The wretch studied too much
of any and every subject
but he did not give up
his meanness
All that this type of
education is good for
is logic and argumentation
Not holistic knowledge
What’s the point of studying
all that there is to study?
Why kill yourself?
Study the Self, it does not die
Motherland
In the holy land of India
Endurance our pride
Truth more valued than vows
Motherhood revered tenderly
Honour more precious than life
Alas! What can I say
of the state of things today
Our culture tossed in flames
Alien ways of life picked up
And the strange fad of “freedom”
– a double-edged sword –
Like the elephant ignorant
of its own power—
Today’s Indians
India—
A bough laden with Vedic knowledge
A stage for the ritual worship of gods
Mother of many divine incarnations
A heroic land where culture is learned
Karma – Action
There are no necklaces around your neck
When you are born from your mother’s womb
No pearl strings, no gold chains
No emeralds-garnets-topaz-diamonds
But
What you did
in your past lives
Good or bad, each
action is counted
without exception and
strung into a garland
Yes, Brahma garlands you
and sends you here
The weight of your past
karmas around your neck
Transience
Made of five elements
the body is fragile
No idea when
you will leave it
Theoretically, a hundred years
but don’t trust that
No idea when and where
you will leave this body
In childhood, youth
or old age
City or forest, water
or in-between spaces
Well, death is certain
So wise up
Know yourself
Realize the essence of dharma
While you still have this body
This is the correct way forward
You have Sri Sai’s word for it
Sadhana – the inward path
There’s no separate world
of gods called ‘heaven’
No doubt, it’s right here
in the human world
When people have good character
and are on the correct path
Why wonder about heaven?
It’s heaven on earth
You can
learn many skills
and win audiences over
You can
be a hero
and fight in a war
You can
be born as the king of kings
rule over a kingdom
and give gifts of cows and gold
You can
count the many minute dots
of stars in the sky
You can
identify each and every species
by its name
You can
master the eight
branches of yoga
You can
go on a journey
to the moon
But can you
become disciplined
restrain sense organs
point the mind inwards
Be unwavering, selfless and steady
Imagining God to be someone else
You do not know yourself
If you can put aside all notions
you yourself are God
Shake off the very thought
of the thought
Realize yourself soon
God is more intimate than your mother
and closer than your father
It’s an error to forsake such a God
What you’re being told is a fact
Atma Jnana – Knowledge of The Self
Kohl won’t mark eyeballs
Goo washes off the tongue
A lotus can’t be dirtied by muck
The Soul is never tarnished
For so-called seekers
with impure minds
how is it possible to find
knowledge of The Self?
Only for those with
a very pure mind
O’ brave children of India
Listen!
God’s Glory
How does the sun rise
and set day after day
without missing a beat?
How come the stars
-the lights of the sky-
hide only at daytime
How does the wind
support the life of millions
without resting a moment
How does river water
flow all the time
laughing and gurgling?
Wherever you look
How is nature full
of creativity?
And on earth a diversity
of status and riches
mindsets and species
Whose command is this?
The Lord of All, Behold!
Sathya Sai Avatar
The age has lost
its moral compass, so
I came to turn it around
and give it a new direction
Then world has fallen
to chaos and evil, so
I came to make it sin-free
and set it upright
Those on the wrong path
roam about freely, so
I came to protect
good people
I came to spell out
the hidden message
of sacred texts
blurred by Time
I came to lighten
the burden of Bhudevi (Earth)
I came to fulfill promises
made in the ‘tretha’ era
Just as Vasudeva
was called “Krishna”
on earth I too have
incarnated as “Sai”
Why did the supreme Lord Vishnu show up
to look after Prahlada that day?
Why did lotus-eyed Vishnu rush
to protect elephant Gajendra that day?
Why did He come determined to the aid
of young Dhruva that day?
Why did legendary Krishna go
to save poor Kuchela that day?
It’s the same why
He who looks after the helpless
He who looks after the world
The epitome of truth, consciousness and bliss
Divine Sri Sathya Sai
He has appeared today
as the Lord of Puttaparthi
In lieu of a million words, one
And no hypocrisy
Sai cares for education that revives
Not for dead degrees
Sai speaks lovingly from the heart
Sai doesn’t give sermons
Aware of His own nature, Baba
never finds mistakes in others
Like a child who doesn’t know deceit
He considers all beings as himself
Such a seer of seers was born
And is bound by Love
Need for Devotion
Birth is a reason to worry
Being on earth is a reason to worry
Living is a reason to worry
Death is a reason to worry
Childhood is a reason to worry
Old age is a reason to worry
Staying alive is a reason to worry, an annoying worry
Duties are a reason to worry
Difficulties are a reason to worry
Happiness is a reason to worry, a strange worry
O’ people, cultivate devotion at least now
When desires hound you
Open your mouth and say
Sai, you are God, I take refuge in you
When difficulties pounce on you non-stop
Raise your hand and say
Sai, you are God, protect me
When life’s suffering closes in, say
Sai, you are God, I won’t forget you
When your egotistic mind won’t listen
Bow your head and say
Sai, you are God, I’m your servant
On Love
Without Love,
You are Not
Human, Not
Christian, Not
Sikh, Not
Hindu, Not
Muslim, But
A Demon
on this Earth
On Truth
Of all traits, the practice of truth is great
Truth shines in all the worlds
A culture of truth is like ambrosia
The one who radiates truth is a noble soul
Treasures of Life
Listen, O’ brave children of India
A child without virtues
A pointless education
A lawless society
One without inner peace
A dark moonless night—
All futile
On Dharma
Fortunes come and go
but righteousness
endures
When you fill your heart
with righteousness, your life
as a human on earth
is fulfilled
Oneness
మన జాతి ఒక్కటే అది మానవజాతి
మన ఆరాధన ఒక్కటే దైవము
మన కులము ఒక్కటే అదే మానవకులము
మన భాష ఒక్కటే అరీ హృదయభాష
పరమాత్ముడు ఒక్కడే
మతములన్నియు వేరు మార్గంబు ఒక్కటే
వస్త్ర భేదము వేరు వస్తువొకటే
శృంగారములు వేరు బంగారమొక్కటే
పశుల వన్నెలు వేరు పాలు ఒకటె
జీవజంతులు వేరు జీవుండు ఒక్కడే
జాతి నీతులు వేరు జన్మంబు ఒకటె
పూజాతులు వేరు పూజ ఒకటె
బ్రతుకు కోసము బహుబాధ బద్దులైరి
Guidelines to Devotees
అనిశంబు అత్యంత అనురాగ భోగాను
రక్తులై సుజ్ఞాన సక్తులగుచు
స్వపర భేదము లేక సర్వ జీవుల యందు
సమభావమునుజూపు సరసులగుచు
కష్టజీవులయందు కరుణను చూపించి
తగిన సాయముజేయు దాతలగుచు
దాంపత్య ధర్మంబు ధరణిని వెలయంగ
పరులకు నాదర్శ సరణి యగుచు
జగతి సత్కీర్తిగాంచి శ్రీసాయి కృపను
సాటి మానవులందెప్డు మేటియగుచు
నిత్యమును ధర్మజిజ్ఞాస నిరతులగుచు
ఉత్తమోత్తమ వ్యక్తులైయుంద్రుగాక!
Essence of Religion
అల్లాయంచు మహమ్మదీయులు జహోవాయంచు సత్క్రైస్తవుల్
ఫుల్లాబ్జాక్షుడటంచు వైష్ణవులు శంభోయంచు శైవుల్ సదా
ప్రల్లాపంబున గొల్వ అందరికి ఆయురారోగ్య సం
పల్లాభంబులొసంగి బ్రోచు పరమాత్మున్డు ఒక్కడే యంచు భావించుడీ!
విష్ణువే గొప్పని వైష్ణవులనుచుండ
శంభుండు గొప్పని శైవులనగ
గణపతి గొప్పని గాణపతులు బల్క
శారది గొప్పని చదువరులన
అల్లాఘనుండంచు అల్ల తురకలు చెప్ప
మాకు క్రైస్తు అనుచు క్రీస్తులనగ
నేను గొప్పయటంచు నాదు భక్తులు చెప్ప
అందరొక్కటేయని కొందరనగ
సర్వజన సమ్మతంబ్బైన సత్యమొక్కటే దైవంబు గాంచరయ్య
గుండెలోన ప్రేమ పండించుకొనుచున్న
అతడె క్రైస్తవుండు అతడె శిఖ్ఖు
అతడె హైందవుండు ఆతడే ముస్లిము
అతడె మానవుండు అతడె గురువు.
Transience
పాంచభౌతికము దుర్బలమైన కాయంబు
ఎప్పుడో విడిచేది ఎరుకలేదు
శత వర్షములదాక మితము చెప్పిరిగాని
నమ్మరాదామాట నెమ్మనమున
బాల్యమందో మంచి ప్రాయమందో లేక
ముదిమియందో లేక ముసలియందో
ఊరనో అడవినో ఉదక మధ్యంబునో
ఎక్కడో విడిచేది ఎఱుక లేదు
మరణమే నిశ్చయమ్మది మానవునకు
బుద్ధిమంతుడై తన దేహమున్నయపుడె
తన్ను తా తెలియుట ధర్మతత్వ మరయ
సత్యమైనట్టి బాట శ్రీసాయి మాట!
Sadhana – the inward path
స్వర్గమనగ వేరు సుర లోకమున లేదు
నరుల లోక మందే అమరియుండు
సద్గుణంబులు కలిగి సరియైన నడతున్న
స్వర్గ మేల ఇదియె స్వర్గమగును
సకల విద్యలు నేర్చి సభ జయించగవచ్చు
శూరుడై రణమున పోరవచ్చు
రాజరాజై పుట్టి రాజ్యమేలగవచ్చు
హేమ గోదానముల్ యీయవచ్చు
గగనమందున్న చుక్కలు లెక్కగొనవచ్చు
జీవరాసుల పేర్లు చెప్పవచ్చు
అష్టాంగవిద్యలనన్ని అభ్యసించగవచ్చు
చంద్రమండలమైన చేరవచ్చు
కానీ దేహేంద్రియములనరికట్టి మనసు నిల్పి
నంతర్ముఖము చేసి నిశ్చల నిస్వార్ధ హృదయుడై నిలువగలడా
తల్లి కన్న మిగుల దైవమే దగ్గర
సన్నిహితుడు తండ్రి కన్న చాల
అట్టి ఆత్మ వదల అబ్బును పాపంబు
ఉన్న మాట తెలుపుచున్న మాట.
Morality
కొలది కొలదిగ పుట్టును తొలుత చెదలు
కొరికి తినివేయు త్వరలోన కొయ్యనంత
చెడ్డ బుద్ధులు మదిలోన చేరనేని
పిదప నాశము చేయు నేపెద్దనైన
జాతి గౌరవంబు నీతిపై నిలుచును
నీతిలేకయున్న జాతి చెడును
నీతి కల్గు జాతి నిజమైన జాతిరా
వినుము భారతీయ వీరసుతుడ!
Atma Jnana – Knowledge of The Self
కంటిగ్రుడ్డుకు కాటుక అంటనట్లు
జిడ్డునేమాత్రమంటక జిహ్వయుండు
బురద అంటని తామరపూవునట్లు
దేనినంటకయుండును దివ్యమాత్మ.
చిత్త శుద్ధి లేని రిత్త సాధకులకు
ఆత్మత్తత్వమెట్లు అలవియగును?
ఆత్మత్తత్వమబ్బు అతి శుద్ధ బుద్ధికే
సత్యమైన బాట సాయి మాట.
What makes a human being worthy
అన్న దానము కన్ననధిక దానంబేది?
తల్లిదండ్రుల కన్న దైవమేది?
జపతపంబుల కన్న సత్యశీలంబేది?
దయ కంటెనెక్కువ ధర్మమేది?
సుజన సంగతి కన్న చూడలాభంబేది?
క్రోధంబు కన్న శత్రుత్వమేది?
ఋణము కంటెను నరునకు రోగమేది?
ధరణినపకీర్తి కంటెను మరణమేది?
సరిగ సత్కీర్తి కంటెను సంపదేది?
స్మరణమునకు మించునాభరణమేది?
God’s Glory
క్రమము తప్పక మింట ప్రతిదినంబును భాను
డుదయాస్తమయముల నొందనేల?
గగనంబునకు కాంతికాజేయు తారకల్
పగలు మాత్రము దాగు భంగియేల?
క్షణమైన విశ్రాంతిగొనక తా పవనుండు
కోట్లను బ్రోవ వీవనేల?
అనిశంబు కిలకిల ధ్వనుల నవ్వుచు నది
సలిలమై ప్రవహించు చందమేల?
ప్రకృతిలొ ప్రాణికోటి యందు ఎందు చూచిన?
ధన విభవ జాతి మత భేదమేల?
ఎవని ఆజ్ఞకు బద్ధులో ఎవరు ప్రభువో
అతని ఆజ్ఞను పాలింప అరయరండు
Human Values
కొలనుకు కలువయే శృంగారము
ఆకాశమునకు చంద్రుడే శృంగారము
సముద్రమునకు అలలే శృంగారము
మానవులకు గుణమే శృంగారము.
సత్యధర్మమహింసయు శాంతిప్రేమ
మానవుని పంచ ప్రాణాలు మహిని వెలయు
పంచప్రాణాలలో ప్రేమ ఎంతొ హెచ్చు
కాన హృదయాన ప్రేమను గట్టి పరచు.
సత్యధర్మప్రేమశాంతులు లేకున్న
విద్యలన్నియు నేర్చి విలువ సున్న
సత్యధర్మప్రేమశాంతులు లేకున్న
దానధర్మాలు సార్థకత సున్న
సత్యధర్మప్రేమశాంతులు లేకున్న
పదవులన్నియు చేసి ఫలము సున్న
సత్యధర్మప్రేమశాంతులు లేకున్న
బహుళ సత్కార్య లాభంబు సున్న
ఈ సనాతన ధర్మ హర్మ్యంబు నిలువ
గుణములు ఇవి నాల్గు పునాది గోడలప్ప
ఇంతకన్నను వేరెద్ది ఎరుక పరతు
సాధుసద్గుణ గణ్యులౌ సభ్యులార!
ప్రేమతత్వం ప్రబోధించి
సమత మమతలు పొందుపరచి
మానవత్వపు విలువలు తెలిపిన
అతడె దైవము, అతడె సాయి.
సాయి అర్థించు మీ నుండి సద్గుణములు
సర్వమానవ సోదర సఖ్యబుద్ధి
స్వార్థ త్యాగంబు పరిశుద్ధ సంఘసేవ
సాయికిచ్చెడి ధనమిదె సత్యముగను.
Sathya Sai Avatar
యుగధర్మ పద్ధతుల్ విగళితమైయుండ
నయమార్గమునదిప్పి నడపుకొరకు
లోకములు ఇలలో కల్లోలమై చెడియుంట
సన్మార్గ వర్తన సలుపు కొరకు
దుర్మార్గ వర్తనుల్ క్రుంగి దీనత నుంట
సాధు సంరక్షణ సలుపు కొరకు
కాల సందిగ్ధ విగ్రహసూక్తులైయుంట
భాష్యార్థ గోప్యముల్ పలుకు కొరకు
క్ష్మా భరము బాపి భూదేవి మనుపు కొరకు
త్రేతనొసగిన కోర్కెలదీర్చు కొరకు
అవతరించెను అచ్యుతుడవనియందు
వాసుదేవాఖ్య శ్రీసాయి వసుధశౌరి.
ఏగుణంబు గణించి యేతెంచెనోనాడు
ప్రహ్లాదు పాలింప పరమపురుషు
డేగుణంబు గణించి యేతెంచెనోనాడు
కరినిగాచెడి తరి కమలనయను
డేగుణంబు గణించి యేతెంచెనోనాడు
ధ్రువకుమారుని సాక రూఢిమీర
ఏగుణంబు గణించి యేతెంచెనోనాడు
పేదకుచేల్బ్రోవ వేదచరితు
డాగుణంబె గణించి యాయమరవంద్యు
డార్తజనులను పాలించు ననాధనాథుడు
శ్రీ సత్య సాయి నాథు శ్రీనాథు లోకనాథు
సచ్చితానంద మూర్తి పుట్టపర్తి షట్చక్రవర్తి
కోటి పూసల కొక్క కొల్కి పల్కేగాని
నీటి మాటల కోటి నేరడితడు
చచ్చి పుట్టుట మాన్పు చదువు వచ్చునెగాని
చచ్చు విద్యలు రావు సాయికెపుడు
మనసిచ్చుకొను ప్రేమ మాటలాడునెగాని
సాయి ఉపన్యాసమీయలేడు
తన యదార్థత తాను తప్పక చనుగాని
ఎదుటి తప్పుల బాబ ఎన్నలేడు
కల్లకపటాలు తెలియని పిల్లవాడు
ఎల్ల జీవుల తనవలె యెంచువాడు
ఇట్టి మునీసు జన్మించినాడు
పట్టుబడినాడు భక్తికి బాబగాను.
Seva – Selfless Service
కోమలత్వంబు నిస్వార్థ గుణము కల్గి
సేవ చేయుట నిజమైన సేవయగును
స్నేహ భావంబుతో కూడి సేవచేయ
శాంతిధామంబు చేరుట సత్యమయ్య.
గ్రామసేవయన్న రామసేవయె సుమీ
రామరాజ్యమన్న ప్రేమ మయము
ప్రేమ లేకయున్న క్షేమంబు లేదయా
సేవ లేకయున్న శాంతి లేదు
దేవుడెక్కడనుచు దేవులాడగనేల!
హృదయమందు లేడె ఈశ్వరుండు
ఇచ్చుకొనుడు సేవ పుచ్చుకొనుడు ప్రేమ
అటులే దైవ తత్వ మరయరండి
కాయంబుతోజేయు కార్యంబులెల్లను
మాటలాడుచునుండు మాటలెల్ల
తన మనస్సునగల తలపులన్నిటికిని
పది యింద్రియముల పనులనెల్ల
బుద్ధితో కలిగెడు పూనికలెల్లను
చిత్తంబునందలి చింతలెల్ల
అనుదినంబును సల్పు ఆచారములనెల్ల
నియమంబుతో జేయు నిష్ఠలెల్ల
వైదికంబులు లౌకిక వర్తనములు
ఏమి చేసిన నవియన్ని ఈశ్వరునకు
తాను చేసెడి సేవగా తలచియున్న
సార్ధకంబౌను శ్రీసాయి సంస్థలెల్ల.
Fruits of Devotion
పుట్టుటయే చింత భూమినుండుట చింత
సంసారమొక చింత చావు చింత
బాల్యమంతయు చింత వార్థక్యమొక చింత
జీవించుటొక చింత చెడుపు చింత
కర్మలన్నియు చింత కష్టంబులొక చింత
సంతసమొక చింత వింత చింత
సర్వ చింతల బాపెడి సర్వేశ భక్తి
కొనుడు ఇకనైన ప్రజలార కోర్కెమీర
విషయవాంఛలు నిన్ను వెంటాడు తరినీవు
నోరెత్తి సాయీశ శరణమనుము
కష్టపరంపరల్ కాల్దువ్వినపుడు
కరమెత్తి సాయీశ కావుమనుము
సంసార తాపముల్ సంఘటిల్లినప్పుడు
మనసార సాయీశ మరువననుము
మది దురహంకారమొదవినయప్పుడు
తలవంచి సాయీశ దాసుడనుము
సత్యభాషివై సాయీశు సాక్షిగనుము
మోక్షమాశించి సాయీశు మ్రోలమనుము
విశ్వమోహన గానము వీనులలర
ఆలపించిన శ్యాముడే ఆతడు నమ్ము.
సత్యధర్మప్రేమశాంతులు లేకున్న
విద్యలన్నియు నేర్చి విలువ సున్న
సత్యధర్మప్రేమశాంతులు లేకున్న
దానధర్మాల సార్థకత సున్న
సత్యధర్మప్రేమశాంతులు లేకున్న
పదవులనేలిన ఫలము సున్న
సత్యధర్మప్రేమశాంతులు లేకున్న
బహుళ సత్కార్య లాభంబు సున్న
ఈ సనాతన ధర్మ హర్మ్యంబు నిలువ
గుణములియ్యవి నాలుగు గోడలప్ప
ఇంతకన్నను వేరెద్ది ఎరుక పరతు
సాధుసద్గుణ గణ్యులౌ సభ్యులార!
Education
సత్ప్రవర్తన సద్బుద్ధి సత్యనిరతి
భక్తి క్రమశిక్ష కర్తవ్యపాలనంబు
నేర్పునదె విద్య విద్యార్థి నేర్వవలయు
సత్యమును తెల్పు మాట శ్రీసాయి మాట.
విశ్వశాంతిని చేకూర్చు విధము నేర్చి
సంకుచిత భావములనెల్ల సమయజేసి
ఐహిక సహజీవనాదికమెల్లగూర్చి
త్వరగ నేర్పుటయె కాదె బ్రహ్మవిద్య.
అంధకారంబెల్ల హతమారునేచూడ
వసుధలో దీపంపు వార్త వలన
ఆకొన్న వారికి ఆకలి తీరునే
పంచభక్ష్యపు పేర్లు పరగ విన్న
నిరుపేదవాని పేదరికంబు పోవునే
విత్త ప్రభావంబు విన్నయంత
రోగపీడితుని బల్ రోగాలు పోవునా
ఔషథ మహిమము అంతవిన్న
శాస్త్రజాలంబునంతయు చదివినంత
దట్టమైనట్టి అజ్ఞాన తమము తెగున
ఆచరణలేని విద్యలు అవనియందు
దండి నేర్చిన ఫలమేమి? గుండుసున్న.
చదువులన్ని చదివి చాల వివేకియై మగిడి తన్నెరుగడు మందమతుడు
ఎంత చదువు చదివి ఏరీతినున్నను హీనుడవగుణంబు మానలేడు.
తరచి చదువు చదవ తర్కవాదమెగాని పూర్ణజ్ఞానమెపుడు పొందలేడు
చదువులన్ని చదివి చావంగనేటికి చావులేని చదువు చదవ వలయు.
On Love
కాదు మానవుండు ప్రేమయే లేకున్న
కాదు క్రైస్తవుండు కాదు సిక్కు
కాదు హైదవుండు కాదు ముస్లిమ్
వాడె రాక్షసుండు వసుథ పైన.
On Truth
గుణము లన్నిటా సత్యము గొప్ప సుమ్మి
ఎల్లా లోకములందు రంజిల్లుచుండు
సత్య సంస్కృతులమృతంబు సారని యందు
ఆత్మ వెలయించువాడే పుణ్యాత్మకుండు
Treasures of Life
గుణము లేని సుతుడు గురి లేని విద్యలు
నీతి లేని జాతి నిశ్ఫలంబు
శాంతి లేని జీవి శశి లేని నిషి సుమి
వినుము భారతీయ వీర సుతుడా
On Dharma
ధనము వచ్చును పోవును ధరణి యందు
నీతి ధర్మాలు నిలుచును నిజముగాను
నీతి ధర్మాలు హృదయాన నింపుకొన్న
సార్థకంబగు మానవ జన్మ భువిని
Motherland
పరమ పావనమైన భారతావనియందు
సహనమన్నదె మనకు చక్కదనము
వ్రతములన్నింటను వన్నెగాంచినయట్టి
ఘనసత్యశీలమే కఠిన తపము
మథుర భావంబేది మన దేశమందన్న
మాతృభావము కంటె మాన్యమెద్ది
ప్రాణంబు కంటెను మానంబె ఘనమను
మన దేశ నీతిని మంటగలిపి
నేటికిచ్చిరి పరదేశ నీతులరసి
వెస విచిత్ర స్వేచ్ఛయను విచ్చుకత్తి
ఔర! ఏమందు భరత పాలనంబు
ఏనుగెట్టుల తన బలమెరుగలేదొ
అట్టులైనారు భారతీయులు నేడు.
భరతదేశము వేదాల పట్టుగొమ్మ
యజ్ఞయాగాది క్రతువులకాటపట్టు
పెక్కు అవతారములగన్న పెద్ద తల్లి
నీతినియమాలజూపెడి త్యాగభూమి
Karma – Action
తల్లి గర్భమునుండి జన్మించినప్పుడు
కంఠమాలలవేమి కానరావు
మంచి ముత్యపు సరుల్మచ్చునకును లేవు
మేల్మి బంగరుదండ మెడకు లేదు
రత్నాల హారముల్ రంజిల్లగా లేవు
గోమేథికపు మాల కూడ లేదు
వజ్రాల మాల వన్నెగుంకగ లేదు
పచ్చగ పోల్లను పొదగ లేదు
కలదు కలదొక్క మాల అందరి కంఠమందు
గోవ జన్మాల కర్మలు పొందుపరచి
మంచిదైనను చెడుగైన త్రుంచకుండ
బ్రహ్మ మీకిచ్చి పంపును బరువు మాల
కర్మలన్నియు చేర్చిన కంఠమాల!
Oneness
Essence of Religion
Morality
What makes a human being worthy
Human Values
Seva – Selfless Service
Prema – Love
Education
Motherland
Karma – Action
Sadhana – the inward path
Atma Jnana – knowledge of The Self
God’s Glory
Sathya Sai Avatar
Need for Devotion
Oneness
Mana jāti okkaṭē adi mānavajāti
mana ārādhana okkaṭē daivamu
mana kulamu okkaṭē adē mānavakulamu
mana bhāṣa okkaṭē arī hr̥dayabhāṣa
Paramātmuḍu okkaḍē
matamulanniyu vēru mārgambu okkaṭē
vastra bhēdamu vēru vastuvokaṭē
śr̥ṅgāramulu vēru baṅgāramokkaṭē
paśula vannelu vēru pālu okaṭe
jīvajantulu vēru jīvuṇḍu okkaḍē
jāti nītulu vēru janmambu okaṭe
pūjātulu vēru pūja okaṭe
bratuku kōsamu bahubādha baddulairi
Essence of Religion
Allāyan̄cu maham’madīyulu jahōvāyan̄cu satkraistavul
phullābjākṣuḍaṭan̄cu vaiṣṇavulu śambhōyan̄cu śaivul sadā
prallāpambuna golva andariki āyurārōgya saṁ
pallābhambulosaṅgi brōcu paramātmunḍu okkaḍē yan̄cu
bhāvin̄cuḍī
Viṣṇuvē goppani vaiṣṇavulanucuṇḍa
śambhuṇḍu goppani śaivulanaga
gaṇapati goppani gāṇapatulu balka
śāradi goppani caduvarulana
allāghanuṇḍan̄cu alla turakalu ceppa
māku kraistu anucu krīstulanaga
nēnu goppayaṭan̄cu nādu bhaktulu ceppa
andarokkaṭēyani kondaranaga
sarvajana sam’matambbaina satyamokkaṭē daivambu gān̄carayya
Guṇḍelōna prēma paṇḍin̄cukonucunna
ataḍe kraistavuṇḍu ataḍe śikhkhu
ataḍe haindavuṇḍu ātaḍē muslimu
ataḍe mānavuṇḍu ataḍe guruvu.
Morality
Koladi koladiga puṭṭunu toluta cedalu
koriki tinivēyu tvaralōna koyyananta
ceḍḍa bud’dhulu madilōna cēranēni
pidapa nāśamu cēyu nēpeddanaina
Jāti gauravambu nītipai nilucunu
nītilēkayunna jāti ceḍunu
nīti kalgu jāti nijamaina jātirā
vinumu bhāratīya vīrasutuḍa!
What makes a human being worthy
Anna dānamu kaṇṭe adhika dānambēdi?
Tallidaṇḍrula kaṇṭe daivamēdi?
Jagadītapamukanna satyaśīlambēdi?
Daya kaṇṭe ekkuva dharmamēdi?
Sujana saṅgati kanna cūḍalābhambēdi?
Krōdhambu kanna śatrutvamēdi?
R̥ṇamu kaṇṭenu narunaku rōgamēdi?
Dharaṇi apakīrti kaṇṭenu maraṇamēdi?
Sarvadā kīrti kaṇṭenu smaraṇa ēdi?
Human Values
Kolanuku kaluvayē śr̥ṅgāramu
ākāśamunaku candruḍē śr̥ṅgāramu
samudramunaku alalē śr̥ṅgāramu
mānavulaku guṇamē śr̥ṅgāramu.
Satyadharmamahinsayu śāntiprēma
mānavuni pan̄ca prāṇālu mahini velayu
pan̄caprāṇālalō prēma ento heccu
kāna hr̥dayāna prēmanu gaṭṭi paracu.
Satyadharmaprēmaśāntulu lēkunna
vidyalanniyu nērci viluva sunna
satyadharmaprēmaśāntulu lēkunna
dānadharmālu sārthakata sunna
satyadharmaprēmaśāntulu lēkunna
padavulanniyu cēsi phalamu sunna
satyadharmaprēmaśāntulu lēkunna
bahuḷa satkārya lābhambu sunna
ī sanātana dharma harmyambu niluva
guṇamulu ivi nālgu punādi gōḍalappa
intakannanu vēreddi eruka paratu
sādhusadguṇa gaṇyulau sabhyulāra
Prēmatatvaṁ prabōdhin̄ci
samata mamatalu ponduparaci
mānavatvapu viluvalu telipina
ataḍe daivamu, ataḍe sāyi.
Sāyi arthin̄cu mī nuṇḍi sadguṇamulu
sarvamānava sōdara sakhyabud’dhi
svārtha tyāgambu pariśud’dha saṅghasēva
sāyikicceḍi dhanamide satyamuganu.
Seva – Selfless Service
Kōmalatvambu nisvārtha guṇamu kalgi
sēva cēyuṭa nijamaina sēvayagunu
snēha bhāvambutō kūḍi sēvacēya
śāntidhāmambu cēruṭa satyamayya.
Grāmasēvayanna rāmasēvaye sumī
rāmarājyamanna prēma mayamu
prēma lēkayunna kṣēmambu lēdayā
sēva lēkayunna śānti lēdu
Dēvuḍekkaḍanucu dēvulāḍaganēla!
Hr̥dayamandu lēḍe īśvaruṇḍu
iccukonuḍu sēva puccukonuḍu prēma
aṭulē daiva tatva marayaraṇḍi
Kāyambutōjēyu kāryambulellanu
māṭalāḍucunuṇḍu māṭalella
tana manas’sunagala talapulanniṭikini
padi yindriyamula panulanella
bud’dhitō kaligeḍu pūnikalellanu
cittambunandali cintalella
anudinambunu salpu ācāramulanella
niyamambutō jēyu niṣṭhalella
vaidikambulu laukika vartanamulu
ēmi cēsina naviyanni īśvarunaku
tānu cēseḍi sēvagā talaciyunna
sārdhakambaunu śrīsāyi sansthalella.
Prema – Love
Prēmarūpambu brahmambu prēmamayamu
prēma prēmato sandhimpa nīmamagunu
kāna prēmanu gaṭṭigā kalgiyunna
advitīyamunondaga ar’huḍagunu.
Prēma mayuṇḍu śrīdharuḍu prēmaye atani divyarūpamu
ā prēmaye okintanaina vivarimpaga
tatkāmita satpadhārdhameṭu
cēkura cēyu mānavā!
Education
Satpravartana sadbud’dhi satyanirati
bhakti kramaśikṣa kartavyapālanambu
nērpunade vidya vidyārthi nērvavalayu
satyamunu telpu māṭa śrīsāyi māṭa.
Viśvaśāntini cēkūrcu vidhamu nērci
saṅkucita bhāvamulanella samayajēsi
aihika sahajīvanādikamellagūrci
tvaraga nērpuṭaye kāde brahmavidya.
Jāti bhēdamu lēka janulakāśrayamicci
sarva samatvambu cāṭu tarulu
tanuvukai manakinta tamakambu valadan̄cu
caliyeṇḍa vānala saicu girulu
rēpumāpu koraku vāpōva valadan̄cu
vihagamul santuṣṭi vidya garapu
Andhakārambella hatamārunēcūḍa
vasudhalō dīpampu vārta valana
ākonna vāriki ākali tīrunē
pan̄cabhakṣyapu pērlu paraga vinna
nirupēdavāni pēdarikambu pōvunē
vitta prabhāvambu vinnayanta
rōgapīḍituni bal rōgālu pōvunā
auṣatha mahimamu antavinna
śāstrajālambunantayu cadivinanta
daṭṭamainaṭṭi ajñāna tamamu teguna
ācaraṇalēni vidyalu avaniyandu
daṇḍi nērcina phalamēmi? Guṇḍusunna.
Caduvulanni cadivi cāla vivēkiyai magiḍi tannerugaḍu mandamatuḍu
enta caduvu cadivi ērītinunnanu hīnuḍavaguṇambu mānalēḍu.
Taraci caduvu cadava tarkavādamegāni pūrṇajñānamepuḍu pondalēḍu
caduvulanni cadivi cāvaṅganēṭiki cāvulēni caduvu cadava valayu.
Motherland
Kausalya varasukti garbhamauṭanu gadā
rāmuḍu dēvuḍai ramaṇa gān̄ce
sītā mahāsādhvi celagi pen̄cuṭa kadā
kavalu kuśalavulu ghanulunairi
jijiyā lalāmayē celagi pen̄cuṭa kadā
vīra śivājīyu pērugān̄ce
putalibāyiye ran̄jilli pen̄cuṭa kadā
gāndhi mahātmuḍai ghanatagān̄ce
īśvarambāsādhvi yetti pen̄cuṭa kadā
satyanārāyaṇuṇḍu viśvaśānti kedige
prāṇikōṭi yī vidhi parimaḷin̄ce
aharambuna brōceḍi am’ma kaṇṭe
ādarambagu vastuvu avani kalade
am’ma pradhamākṣarambe ādyakṣarambu.
Parama pāvanamaina bhāratāvaniyandu
sahanamannade manaku cakkadanamu
vratamulanniṇṭanu vannegān̄cinayaṭṭi
ghanasatyaśīlamē kaṭhina tapamu
mathura bhāvambēdi mana dēśamandanna
mātr̥bhāvamu kaṇṭe mān’yameddi
prāṇambu kaṇṭenu mānambe ghanamanu
mana dēśa nītini maṇṭagalipi
nēṭikicciri paradēśa nītularasi
vesa vicitra svēcchayanu viccukatti
aura! Ēmandu bharata pālanambu
ēnugeṭṭula tana balamerugalēdo
aṭṭulaināru bhāratīyulu nēḍu.
Bharatadēśamu vēdāla paṭṭugom’ma
yajñayāgādi kratuvulakāṭapaṭṭu
pekku avatāramulaganna pedda talli
nītiniyamālajūpeḍi tyāgabhūmi
Karma – Action
Talli garbhamunuṇḍi janmin̄cinappuḍu
kaṇṭhamālalavēmi kānarāvu
man̄ci mutyapu sarulmaccunakunu lēvu
mēlmi baṅgarudaṇḍa meḍaku lēdu
ratnāla hāramul ran̄jillagā lēvu
gōmēthikapu māla kūḍa lēdu
vajrāla māla vanneguṅkaga lēdu
paccaga pōllanu podaga lēdu
kaladu kaladokka māla andari kaṇṭhamandu
gōva janmāla karmalu ponduparaci
man̄cidainanu ceḍugaina trun̄cakuṇḍa
brahma mīkicci pampunu baruvu māla
karmalanniyu cērcina kaṇṭhamāla!
Guidelines to Devotees
Aniśambu atyanta anurāga bhōgānu
raktulai sujñāna saktulagucu
svapara bhēdamu lēka sarva jīvula yandu
samabhāvamunujūpu sarasulagucu
kaṣṭajīvulayandu karuṇanu cūpin̄ci
tagina sāyamujēyu dātalagucu
dāmpatya dharmambu dharaṇini velayaṅga
parulaku nādarśa saraṇi yagucu
jagati satkīrtigān̄ci śrīsāyi kr̥panu
sāṭi mānavulandepḍu mēṭiyagucu
nityamunu dharmajijñāsa niratulagucu
uttamōttama vyaktulaiyundrugāka!
Transience
Pān̄cabhautikamu durbalamaina kāyambu
eppuḍō viḍicēdi erukalēdu
śata varṣamuladāka mitamu ceppirigāni
nam’marādāmāṭa nem’manamuna
bālyamandō man̄ci prāyamandō lēka
mudimiyandō lēka musaliyandō
ūranō aḍavinō udaka madhyambunō
ekkaḍō viḍicēdi eṟuka lēdu
maraṇamē niścayam’madi mānavunaku
bud’dhimantuḍai tana dēhamunnayapuḍe
tannu tā teliyuṭa dharmatatva maraya
satyamainaṭṭi bāṭa śrīsāyi māṭa!
Sadhana – the inward path
Svargamanaga vēru sura lōkamuna lēdu
narula lōka mandē amariyuṇḍu
sadguṇambulu kaligi sariyaina naḍatunna
svarga mēla idiye svargamagunu
Sakala vidyalu nērci sabha jayin̄cagavaccu
śūruḍai raṇamuna pōravaccu
rājarājai puṭṭi rājyamēlagavaccu
hēma gōdānamul yīyavaccu
gaganamandunna cukkalu lekkagonavaccu
jīvarāsula pērlu ceppavaccu
aṣṭāṅgavidyalananni abhyasin̄cagavaccu
candramaṇḍalamaina cēravaccu
kānī dēhēndriyamulanarikaṭṭi manasu nilpi
nantarmukhamu cēsi niścala nisvārdha hr̥dayuḍai niluvagalaḍā
Talapulandu vēru daivambu kalaḍani
talaci naruḍu tannu tāne maracu
talapulanni vīḍa tāne daivambagu
talapu bhrānti vīḍi tarali raṇḍu.
Talli kanna migula daivamē daggara
sannihituḍu taṇḍri kanna cāla
aṭṭi ātma vadala abbunu pāpambu
unna māṭa telupucunna māṭa.
Atma Jnana – Knowledge of The Self
Kaṇṭigruḍḍuku kāṭuka aṇṭanaṭlu
jiḍḍunēmātramaṇṭaka jihvayuṇḍu
burada aṇṭani tāmarapūvunaṭlu
dēninaṇṭakayuṇḍunu divyamātma.
Citta śud’dhi lēni ritta mānavulaku
ātmattatvameṭlu abbunakkō?
Ātmattatvamabbu ati śud’dha bud’dhikē
vinuḍu bhāratīya vīra sutuḍa
God’s Glory
Kramamu tappaka miṇṭa pratidinambunu bhānu
ḍudayāstamayamula nondanēla?
Gaganambunaku kāntikājēyu tārakal
pagalu mātramu dāgu bhaṅgiyēla?
Kṣaṇamaina viśrāntigonaka tā pavanuṇḍu
kōṭlanu brōva vīvanēla?
Aniśambu kilakila dhvanula navvucu nadi
salilamai pravahin̄cu candamēla?
Prakr̥tilo prāṇikōṭi yandu endu cūcina?
Dhana vibhava jāti mata bhēdamēla?
Evani ājñaku bad’dhulō evaru prabhuvō
atani ājñanu pālimpa arayaraṇḍu
Sathya Sai Avatar
Yugadharma pad’dhatul vigaḷitamaiyuṇḍa
nayamārgamunadippi naḍapukoraku
lōkamulu ilalō kallōlamai ceḍiyuṇṭa
sanmārga vartana salupu koraku
durmārga vartanul kruṅgi dīnata nuṇṭa
sādhu sanrakṣaṇa salupu koraku
kāla sandigdha vigrahasūktulaiyuṇṭa
bhāṣyārtha gōpyamul paluku koraku
kṣmā bharamu bāpi bhūdēvi manupu koraku
trētanosagina kōrkeladīrcu koraku
avatarin̄cenu acyutuḍavaniyandu
vāsudēvākhya śrīsāyi vasudhaśauri.
Ēguṇambu gaṇin̄ci yēten̄cenōnāḍu
prahlādu pālimpa paramapuruṣu
ḍēguṇambu gaṇin̄ci yēten̄cenōnāḍu
karinigāceḍi tari kamalanayanu
ḍēguṇambu gaṇin̄ci yēten̄cenōnāḍu
dhruvakumāruni sāka rūḍhimīra
ēguṇambu gaṇin̄ci yēten̄cenōnāḍu
pēdakucēlbrōva vēdacaritu
ḍāguṇambe gaṇin̄ci yāyamaravandyu
ḍārtajanulanu pālin̄cu nanādhanāthuḍu
śrī satya sāyi nāthu śrīnāthu lōkanāthu
saccitānanda mūrti puṭṭaparti ṣaṭcakravarti
Kōṭi pūsala kokka kolki palkēgāni
nīṭi māṭala kōṭi nēraḍitaḍu
cacci puṭṭuṭa mānpu caduvu vaccunegāni
caccu vidyalu rāvu sāyikepuḍu
manasiccukonu prēma māṭalāḍunegāni
sāyi upan’yāsamīyalēḍu
tana yadārthata tānu tappaka canugāni
eduṭi tappula bāba ennalēḍu
kallakapaṭālu teliyani pillavāḍu
ella jīvula tanavale yen̄cuvāḍu
iṭṭi munīsu janmin̄cināḍu
paṭṭubaḍināḍu bhaktiki bābagānu.
Need for Devotion
Puṭṭuṭayē cinta bhūminuṇḍuṭa cinta
sansāramoka cinta cāvu cinta
bālyamantayu cinta vārthakyamoka cinta
jīvin̄cuṭoka cinta ceḍupu cinta
karmalanniyu cinta kaṣṭambuloka cinta
santasamoka cinta vinta cinta
sarva cintala bāpeḍi sarvēśa bhakti
konuḍu ikanaina prajalāra kōrkemīra
Viṣayavān̄chalu ninnu veṇṭāḍu tarinīvu
nōretti sāyīśa śaraṇamanumu
kaṣṭaparamparal kālduvvinapuḍu
karametti sāyīśa kāvumanumu
sansāra tāpamul saṅghaṭillinappuḍu
manasāra sāyīśa maruvananumu
madi durahaṅkāramodavinayappuḍu
talavan̄ci sāyīśa dāsuḍanumu
satyabhāṣivai sāyīśu sākṣiganumu
mōkṣamāśin̄ci sāyīśu mrōlamanumu
viśvamōhana gānamu vīnulalara
ālapin̄cina śyāmuḍē ātaḍu nam’mu.
Satyadharmaprēmaśāntulu lēkunna
vidyalanniyu nērci viluva sunna
satyadharmaprēmaśāntulu lēkunna
dānadharmāla sārthakata sunna
satyadharmaprēmaśāntulu lēkunna
padavulanēlina phalamu sunna
satyadharmaprēmaśāntulu lēkunna
bahuḷa satkārya lābhambu sunna
ī sanātana dharma harmyambu niluva
guṇamuliyyavi nālugu gōḍalappa
intakannanu vēreddi eruka paratu
sādhusadguṇa gaṇyulau sabhyulāra!
On Love
Kādu mānavuṇḍu prēmayē lēkunna
kādu kraistavuṇḍu kādu sikku
kādu haidavuṇḍu kādu muslim
vāḍe rākṣasuṇḍu vasutha paina.
On Truth
Guṇamu lanniṭā satyamu goppa sum’mi
ellā lōkamulandu ran̄jillucuṇḍu
satya sanskr̥tulamr̥tambu sārani yandu
ātma velayin̄cuvāḍē puṇyātmakuṇḍu
Treasures of Life
Guṇamu lēni sutuḍu guri lēni vidyalu
nīti lēni jāti niśphalambu
śānti lēni jīvi śaśi lēni niṣi sumi
vinumu bhāratīya vīra sutuḍā
On Dharma
Dhanamu vaccunu pōvunu dharaṇi yandu
nīti dharmālu nilucunu nijamugānu
nīti dharmālu hr̥dayāna nimpukonna
sārthakambagu mānava janma bhuvini
Sri Sathya Sai Baba – His Discourses
Sathya Sai Speaks
Absolute quiet filled with eager anticipation, suddenly ruptured by a mellifluous voice permeating through the audience of thousands, calming minds incredulous about the simplicity of life’s truths, filling their hearts with joy – this would be a description of an assembly listening to Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s divine discourses. Baba delivered hundreds of discourses on various topics to varied audiences for close to five decades.
Thanks to this gesture of His divine magnanimity, and the help of technology, we can still listen to many of those messages in His own voice. A selection of excerpts from Baba’s discourses listed topic wise along with the short stories called ‘chinna kathas’ narrated by Baba to elucidate values and Bhajans sung by Baba that would often mark the conclusion of His divine discourse are presented below by , a division of the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust.
Topics
Chinna Kathas
Quotes
“Life is a challenge, meet it! Life is a dream, realize it! Life is a game, play it! Life is love, enjoy it!”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“There is only one caste, the caste of humanity. There is only one religion, the religion of love. There is only one language, the language of the heart.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“Love lives by giving and forgiving. Ego lives by getting and forgetting.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“See no evil, See what is good. Hear no evil, Hear what is good. Talk no evil, Talk what is good. Think no evil, Think what is good. Do no evil, Do what is good.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“When we “skill” our knowledge, life is well-balanced. When we “kill” our knowledge, the balance is upset.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“The end of wisdom is freedom. The end of culture is perfection. The end of knowledge is love. The end of education is character.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“For the mansion of life, Self-confidence is the foundation, Self-satisfaction the wall, Self-sacrifice the roof, Self-Realisation is the life.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“Education should be for life, not for a living.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“We do not need different kinds of “information”. We need “transformation”.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“Money comes and goes. Morality comes and grows.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“Study to be steady.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“Those anxious to live in joy must always be doing good.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“See all work as spiritual exercise, as an offering. Then, work is transformed into worship.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“Work is worship. Duty is God.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“Removal of immorality is the only way to immortality.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“The best way to love God is to love all and serve all.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“Always repeat: I am human, not animal. I am human, not animal. When we join these two halves, we have the full truth.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“Where there is faith, there is love; where there is love, there is peace; where there is peace, there is truth; where there is truth, there is God; where there is God, there is bliss. ”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“Conscience is our real power, strength, and awareness.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“Some say that knowledge is power, but it is not true. Character is power.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“You must fill your heart with love for God (daiva preeti), fear of sin (paapa bheeti), and morality in society (sangha neeti).”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“When we turn our vision to the world, we develop attachment. When we turn to Divinity, detachment results.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“Keeping in view the atmosphere in the world, it is important to teach students about morality and ethics while equipping them with worldly knowledge.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“Humanness means unity in thought, word, and deed.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“The cause for this multiplication of human sorrow may be traced to man’s lack of faith in the essential unity underlying the phenomenal multiplicity.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“Gratitude is our life-breath.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“To transform the world from its present state, there is no need for a new social system or a new religion or creed. What is essential is a body of men and women with sacred ideals.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“One who respected his/her parents became worthy of everyone’s respect. The one who did not respect his/her parents was compelled to bow down to all. This inevitable law can never be changed by anyone.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“Do not ever think that you and God are separate. Think always, “God is with me; He is inside me; He is around me. All there is, Is God. I myself am God. I am the Infinite, the Eternal. I am not two; I am one, only one. There is no one else besides me. I and God are one and the same.” To realize this Unity, the first step is to develop Self-confidence. It comes when you realize that God is not outside of you.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“The essence of spiritual wisdom lies in apprehending and experiencing the oneness of the trinity of sathyam, jnanam, and anantam.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“The secret of perfect health lies in keeping the mind always cheerful – never worried, never hurried, never borne down by any fear, thought or anxiety.”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
