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Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba Cover Page Photograph: The Chitravathi River 25th December ...............................Christmas Contents Page Subscribe Online Sanathana Sarathi Archives Darshan Updates Video Links BHAGAVAN’S DISCOURSE: BAMRITAB DHARABBBBBBBBBB 1ST SEPTEMBER 1996 B SUPREME BLISS COMES FROM ABSOLUTE WISDOM Does onion give up its smell even if you sow it in the seed bed of camphor, add fragrant musk as manure and nourish it with scented water? (Telugu Poem) A N A N D A I S T H E P R I N C I P L E O F B R A H M A N Students! AN SHOULD FIRST OF ALL develop physical, mental M and spiritual powers in order to sustain humanness and illumine his divinity. Human birth is not meant to enjoy physical, materialistic and worldly life. Birds, beasts and animals also enjoy the same type of physical happiness that you aspire for. Man should Realise his Divinity Then what is the speciality of human birth? Jantunam Nara Janma Durlabham (of all living beings, human birth is the rarest). What is it that makes human birth rare and unique? Animals also eat food like you and B 2 B SeptemberB 2014B BBBBBB SanathanaB SarathiBB Contents Page Subscribe Online Sanathana Sarathi Archives Darshan Updates Video Links develop relations with their kith and kin Students should consume only like you. They also have desires like you. If BBBBBBBSattwicB foodB and developBB physicalB B you also lead a life of animals and beasts, and mental strength. When you what for is all your education? What is the develop physical and mental Vijnana (secular knowledge), Sujnana (spiritual knowledge) and Prajnana strength, your spiritual strength (constant integrated awareness) that you will also improve. When you have acquired by your studies? Is all your follow the path of spirituality, you education only meant to fill your belly? This will be free from all doubts and is not the sign of humanness; this is not delusions. It is the wrong food the goal of human life. Man should realise that gives rise to evil tendencies his true Self and the source from which he like anger, lust, tension, etc., and has come. causes all problems. Therefore, it is Karmanubandheeni Manushya Loke necessary that you should always (Man in the world is bound by action). eat only Sattwic food. Even birds and animals also perform actions. So, man should perform actions which are associated with righteousness. from Anna (food) to Ananda (bliss). It All the Karma (action) that man performs begins with Anna and its ultimate goal should be associated with Dharma. Man is to attain Ananda. There is an intimate should use his intelligence and power relationship between food, Brahman and of discrimination and enter the field of Ananda. In fact, Ananda is the principle action wholeheartedly. Before performing of Brahman. That is why Divinity is any task, he should enquire whether described as Brahmanandam, Parama that particular action is befitting for a Sukhadam, Kevalam Jnanamurtim human being or an animal. Infinite and (God is the embodiment of divine bliss, immeasurable divinity is immanent in man. supreme happiness, wisdom absolute). Having such sacred and divine human What is the source of Brahmanandam? birth, it is a shame to lead a life of birds What is Brahmanandam like? It is the state and animals. of supreme happiness. Where does this Brahman is all-pervasive. From this supreme happiness come from? It comes principle of Brahman, Akasa (ether) with from wisdom absolute. The Ananda that sound as its attribute has emerged. Wind originates from wisdom is the basis of comes from Akasa, fire comes from wind, human life in this world. But man today is water comes from fire and earth comes unable to realise what true Ananda is. He from water. Crops grow on earth, food does not know what true happiness is. He comes from crops and from food, man considers material and worldly happiness has originated. Human life is a journey as true happiness. How long does the BSanathanaB B Sarathi BBBBBBBSeptemberB 2014 B 3 B Contents Page Subscribe Online Sanathana Sarathi Archives Darshan Updates Video Links worldly happiness last? It is like passing the food served in the plate has to reach Bclouds.B IsB this theB happinessB thatB youB your Bstomach,B you haveB to putB your handsB B should aspire for? I have told this many and mouth to work. In the same manner, times. Adi Sankara has also taught the you have to put into practice at least a same truth. Some of you may think Swami little of what you have studied and learnt is repeating the same things again and to experience happiness. What is the use again. I want to ask you a question. Why of that education which is not put into do you fill the same belly again and again? practice? Such people are a burden on Is it not to fill the same belly that you eat earth. This is not how you should lead your three times a day? How many bags of rice life. You should serve society and put a you have consumed so far and how many check on the chaotic situation prevailing more you will consume, you yourself do in society today. Man can acquire the not know. capacity to do so only through education. You struggle hard in life merely for the Only students are capable of solving the sake of filling your belly. You acquire problems of society. But they are becoming many forms of knowledge from various incapable because of their selfishness and fields. But you are not able to enjoy self-interest. In fact, they are leading the total bliss. So, take refuge in God and life like animals. This is not the purpose of contemplate on Him. He will certainly education. Having attained human birth, show you the right path. (Telugu Poem) you should set an ideal to society. What sort of ideal? It is an ideal befitting for a You have consumed innumerable bags human being. of rice. Still your belly is not full. Therefore, you should listen to the same teachings What is the purpose of life? I mentioned again and again, ingest their essence, put this yesterday. Even a dead rabbit has some them into practice and experience bliss. value but not the dead body of a human Adi Sankara said: being. Even chappals are permitted in a house but not a dead body.