Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 15 (1981 - 82) Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 15 (1981 - 82) Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba Index Of Discourses 1. Kingdom of Mother Sai ........................................................................................... 3 2. Vidhyaarthis and Vishayaarthis ............................................................................. 7 3. Getting or giving .................................................................................................... 12 4. The cleansing process ............................................................................................ 16 5. Day of Dedication ................................................................................................... 23 6. Raama the ideal ...................................................................................................... 25 7. The faith and the ideal ........................................................................................... 29 8. Eternal harmony .................................................................................................... 32 9. The flowers that God loves .................................................................................... 40 10. Light and warmth .................................................................................................. 47 11. The Gaayathri ........................................................................................................ 50 12. A happy human community .................................................................................. 52 13. The highest saadhana ............................................................................................ 61 14. The foundation stone ............................................................................................. 63 15. The Universe – the Guru ....................................................................................... 65 16. Why Sai colleges? ................................................................................................... 72 17. Call to Sai Samithi members ................................................................................. 79 18. Character training ................................................................................................. 81 19. The teacher’s task ................................................................................................. 87 20. Purity—the real value............................................................................................. 90 21. Good health and goodness ..................................................................................... 96 22. Make every moment a yajna ................................................................................. 99 23. Prema saadhana ................................................................................................... 102 24. Faith in the goal .................................................................................................... 108 25. The garden of the heart ....................................................................................... 111 26. Finish the game .................................................................................................... 114 27. The unique University ......................................................................................... 119 28. Poornaahuthi and Sharanaagathi ...................................................................... 122 29. Nara and Naraka ................................................................................................. 125 30. Village youth for villages ..................................................................................... 131 31. Lessons on seva saadhana ................................................................................... 136 32. The fingers five ..................................................................................................... 141 33. An ideal university ............................................................................................... 145 34. Learning of higher values .................................................................................... 151 35. Awake! arise! ........................................................................................................ 157 36. Two kingdoms with one king .............................................................................. 163 37. Parama prema ...................................................................................................... 168 Index https://sathyasai.us/devotion/discourses 1 Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 15 (1981 - 82) Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba 38. The Shivam night ................................................................................................. 172 39. Offer the vessel bright ......................................................................................... 178 40. Bhakthi, stage by stage ........................................................................................ 183 41. Singing the Name ................................................................................................. 190 42. The triple purity ................................................................................................... 194 43. The teacher-learner team .................................................................................... 198 44. Love of the Motherland ....................................................................................... 201 45. Fourteen in one ..................................................................................................... 207 46. Refrain from asking ............................................................................................. 210 47. Mahaabali ............................................................................................................. 217 48. For all mankind .................................................................................................... 222 49. Sacrificial fire ....................................................................................................... 228 50. Significance of Yajnas ......................................................................................... 234 51. The lamb ............................................................................................................... 242 52. The voice of God .................................................................................................. 246 53. The ultimate attainment ...................................................................................... 249 54. The jewel in the iron safe .................................................................................... 255 55. Your birthday gift ................................................................................................ 258 56. The purpose of education .................................................................................... 262 57. Three in one .......................................................................................................... 267 58. The three levels ..................................................................................................... 272 59. Everyone is a son of God ..................................................................................... 275 Index https://sathyasai.us/devotion/discourses 2 Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 15 (1981 - 82), Discourse 1 - Kingdom of Mother Sai 1. Kingdom of Mother Sai Date: 05 February 1981 / Location: Anantapur When man makes mind his master It burdens him, worse than any beast; When man makes buddhi his master It raises him, high as Lord of the Living. Will the good, and you are happy. Will the bad, and you are sad and lost. Don't will at all, and be at peace This is the Truth, the Word of Sai. Embodiments of the Divine Atma, Teachers and Students, Man has achieved immeasurable progress in science and technology. But, in the field of morals, he is still unable to rid himself of narrow cynicism, limited outlook, and the demonic hold of selfishness, pride, envy and other evil traits. When we examine the basic cause for this state of affairs, we discover that it is the consequence of egoism that has struck deep roots in the heart of man. It has reduced man to the status of a puppet. It pollutes his thoughts, words and deeds. It directs him to gather and hoard material riches. It does not allow the Atma to shine forth. When the veil of egoism is set aside, the Athmic Essence, and with it anandha and jnana, will be revealed. Time is invaluable; do not waste even half a minute. The hours that have passed cannot return; the wheel of time will not halt for any person. So, examine your thoughts, words and deeds and find out whether spending precious time on them is worth while or not. Death is always waving its sharp sword over the head but, unmindful of this imminent and inescapable fate, many are lost in plans to build rich, prosperous and luxurious lives for themselves. They live in hope and dreams of better days. The Fire of Wisdom alone is capable of reducing these plans and hope into ash. Education must broaden the vision You are striving to gain education in this College in order to earn your livelihood. But, it is very hard to earn riches, to use them rightly and to keep them safe. When riches accumulate, pomp and pride become more insidious. As a result, one's character is lowered. Vemana says that when one loses wealth, his bad qualities also