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Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s Divine Visit
Malaysia: 30th September ~ 1st October, 2015
Divine
Discourses
By Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
In the Subtle Body
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Introduction
In March 2015, Bhagawan visited Malaysia for the first time. Before
departing, He declared, “I will be back again.” No one would have guessed
that He would return just six months later, on 30th September, 2015. In
accordance with His divine instructions, a two‐day programme was
organised at Sai Ananda, in Selayang, Malaysia.
To prepare for Swami’s divine visit, preparations began months in advance.Earlier, Swami had blessed the development of a three‐storey Medicare Centre
building to be built next to Sai Ananda. The Medicare Centre would provide renal
dialysis, as well as general healthcare services to those in need.
Plans are also in place to expand further to provide dental and optometry
services, besides alternative medical treatment, women and childcare services
and counselling, as well as the provision of medical aids. Hence, the majority of
work that took place prior to Swami’s visit in September was to ensure that the
Medicare Centre building was ready by the time of Swami’s arrival.
Finally, the long awaited day arrived. Malaysia and Sai Ananda was blessed by
Swami’s divine visit. All who attended the two‐day event came empty‐handed,
but left with hearts full of love, stomachs filled with sumptuous food, and hands
full with gifts from our Beloved Bhagawan.
This Booklet has been prepared as per Bhagawan’s command and includes
complete transcripts of divine discourses and excerpts from talks given by
members of Swami’s entourage, including Sri B.N. Narasimha Murthy, Sri C.Sreenivas, Mr. Isaac Tigrett, and Mr. V. Kumar.
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Table of Contents
Day
1:
30th
September,
2015
at
Sai
Ananda
Excerpts from talk by Mr. Isaac Tigrett 5
Excerpts from talk by Sri C. Sreenivas 5
Excerpts from talk by Sri Narasimha Murthy 6
Divine Discourse by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba 7
Question and Answer Session with Bhagawan Baba 12
Day
2:
1st
October,
2015
(Morning)
at
Ayavoo
Residence
Excerpts from talk by Sri V. Kumar 21
Excerpts from talk by Sri B. N. Narasimha Murthy 21
Divine Discourse by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba 22
Day
2:
1st
October,
2015
(Evening)
at
Sai
Ananda
Excerpts from talk by Mr. Isaac Tigrett 30
Excerpts from Sri C. Sreenivas 30
Excerpts from talk by Sri B. N. Narasimha Murthy 31
Divine Discourse by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba 32
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Day 1 – 30th September, 2015
Evening Session at Sai Ananda
Talk
by
Mr.
Isaac
Tigrett
There was a great Maharaja who lived in Swami’s
Brindavan ashram. Once, her daughter telling me the
story of how her mother and Swami were very close, and
would always argue. She was real tough, but had an
intimate relationship with Swami.
They were arguing one day, and Swami said to her,
“Aren’t you scared of Me?" She said, “No, Swami, I’m notscared of You. But I’m scared of Your maya."
That’s what I learnt the first 17 years that Swami didn’t speak to me. He trained
me to believe His teaching, “I am the formless; you are the formless. Do not get
attached to the body.”
Looking for Him on the outside or even trying to understand this phenomenon is
a waste of time. Finding the Indweller and understanding the formless nature of
yourself and Divinity is important.
We don’t think that we can be Divine Beings because of all our frailties – hatred,envy, lust – and we think, “It’s impossible! How can I have all these feelings and
yet be a Divine Being?” This is the age of mistaken identity. This is the Kali Yuga,
the darkest age man has ever been in; as far away from spiritual awareness that
he has ever been.
There is one thing that Swami has taught us that we can do to lift us out of this
mistaken identity, and that is selfless service and selfless love.
Talk
by
Sri
C.
Sreenivas
Thirty years ago, Swami said, “What you see, is finite and
limited. What you cannot see, is infinite and unlimited.” I
always marvelled in wondering, what existed in the
unseeable, the unknowable, the infinite.
Today, I am awestruck by what I am seeing in all of you.
More so, at how the infinite can manifest itself in the
form of devotion, love, and service – which I am seeing
here in each and every one of you.
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What does devotion do? Devotion makes us take the journey which is really the
mission and the life of Swami: individual transformation. Nothing brings about
transformation more than an intense feeling of devotion.
Medical, educative, social reformative – whatever it might be, it is a manifestation
of love, which finds its root from the depths of devotion. If devotion can bringabout an individual’s transformation, your manifestation of love as service is
sowing of a seed of a societal transformation. Today if we think that we live in a
world that is automatically interconnected, then you are all sowing the seeds of a
mega human transformation. This is the moment of moments of history in your
lives, because the infinite, unlimited, unimaginable has chosen to select you
because of your devotion, your love and your deep hungering intent to manifest
as service.
Talk
by
Sri
Narasimha
Murthy
The only way we can know about God is from what He
talks about Himself, reveals about Himself, when He
comes down in human form.
Whenever Avatars have revealed something about
themselves, a lot of people did not believe. Otherwise
why should Rama wage a battle to rescue His wife?
Why should Krishna spearhead the great Mahabharatawar? Why was Jesus crucified?
The reason is, when something extraordinary happens, there are extreme
reactions. When Rama came, there was a Hanuman, the embodiment of complete
faith, devotion and total surrender. However, there was also a Ravana.
Swami has revealed that Prema Sai is already born. Around 2022, when the
Sathya Sai form completes its destined term of 96 years, He is going to declare
Himself to be Prema Sai Baba.
Prema Sai is a different kind of Avatar. Recently, Swami has revealed, “I amspeaking; I am giving discourses; I am building institutions. However, Prema Sai
is going to speak in silence. If you want to understand this silence of Prema Sai,
now you have to practise what I am telling you. Become selfless. Raise yourself
above selfishness. Identify yourself with the Atma. Then you will be able to
communicate with Prema Sai” – that is what He is saying.
We are very fortunate only if we believe what He says. Nobody can tell us what to
believe or what not to believe, except God.
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Day 1 – 30th September, 2015
Evening Session at Sai Ananda
Divine Discourse
by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“Leaving one’s home and family and
running away to the forest is not
sannyasa (renunciation); it’s not thyaga(sacrifice). If you give up all that which
is bad in you – that is true sacrifice. Sucha person is really a man of sacrifice, a
yogi.” (Telugu poem)
This is the word of Sai – the word of
truth.
In order to attain God, many people in
the world who feel that world is a burden
want to run away into a forest. If youcannot find God amidst the best of God’s
creation, that is, human beings, how will
you find God in the midst of wild
animals in the jungle?
If a person cannot see God in his fellow
brothers and sisters, how will he find
God in the depths of the dark forest?
Not by meditation; Not by chanting the name;
Not by undertaking pilgrimages;
Not by any of these means;By service alone one can attain God.
By giving up that which is selfish, and
developing selflessness, one can attain
God.
Narasimha Murthy just now said, “If you
want Swami, pray to Him. Yearn for it,and you will definitely find Him.”
Yes, what he says is true.
Once upon a time, when Sri
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was
becoming known as a spiritual master,
many Doubting Thomases would come
and ask him all kinds of questions.
“Do you see Mother?” “Does She
speak to you?” “What kind of words
does She use?” “What kind of dress does
She wear?” – and other things like that.
He would patiently answer these
questions, because he knew they were all
idle enquiries.However, one day someone came who
was to become very close to Sri
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa; his name
was Rakhal. He came and asked
Ramakrishna, “Swami, I have heard of
you and I have heard from the others that
you speak to Mother Goddess, that she
comes to you when you call her; that she
talks to you and she eats from yourhands. I, too, want to experience the
joy of being in communion with the
Mother; can I also have this experience?
Can you show me God?”
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was a
very practical teacher. He did not want to
waste words and said, “Come, I will
show you God.”
“Where is God?” Rakhal asked.
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Ramakrishna said, “He is outside in the
garden.”
He took the boy by the shoulder and told
him to look inside a well, saying, “God is
in this well.”
The boy was surprised but, because Sri
Ramakrishna had told him, he bent down
to look at what was inside the well – and
do you know what he did? He pushed
that boy into the well! The boy started
fighting for breath and was struggling to
save himself. Sri Ramakrishna was
standing above, laughing.
This boy said, “You told me you would
show me God. You brought me all the
way here and threw me into this well.
What are you doing?”
Ramakrishna replied, “The way you are
struggling for breath, the way you are
yearning to live – if you pray to see God
with the same intensity, you will
definitely be able to see God.”God is not a toy for you to play with
when you have nothing to do, praying
and playing and then going back to your
own worldly ways. It is not during the
times of your need that you should come
to God; God should become your
constant need – that is how you will get
to see and experience God.
Devotees want shortcuts to reach God.There might be shortcuts in the world,
but there are no shortcuts in
spirituality, unless one has given up all
desires. Then, there is only one thing left
and that is to see and experience God.
There is no other way one can
understand Him.
It is when you are capable of such
yearning, of such intensity of prayer, that
God takes upon Himself a physical form
and comes down amidst His devotees to
help them experience the reality of God,
the nature of the Divine, and make them
yearn to become like Him. The One whois infinite, the One who is formless, the
One who is invisible, takes upon
Himself, a form that one can see, hear,
touch and experience – but that is only to
give you a glimpse of what God is like.
Ultimately, He gives up the physical
body, and goes back to His pure Divine
Self. He comes to tell you, to reach Him
and see Him where he truly is – whereyou already are.
God has already done His part of the
bargain, by coming to where you are –
now it is your duty to see God where He
truly is.
If you want to catch the Krishna who
steals butter, you have to follow the
footprints of Krishna in the butter – that
is how Mother Yashoda was able tocatch the naughty Krishna.
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If you want to reach Me, you have to
follow My footprints, too. My footprints
of love and service are what you must
follow and, if you walk in My footsteps,
you will definitely reach Me.God descending to be amongst you, was
the first part of this story. Yourascending to be with God, is the second
part. With that, the circle is complete. No
matter how much you describe it, singabout it, discuss it or imagine it – unless
you have put a morsel of food in your
mouth, it is not going to satisfy your
hunger. If you are really and truly hungryfor God, only experience can satisfy you.
Descriptions and endless talking about
God are not going to help anyone.
God has already done His part of the
duty by coming to where you are.
Now it is your duty to go and see God,
where He is.
My devotees should yearn to be dear toMe. If you are dear to Me, you will be
near to Me. Nearness does not mean you
are dear. Many people have lived with
Me for many years and have developedhorns on their heads, thinking they are so
dear to Me. Truly speaking, I have tokeep such people close to Me so that
they don’t go and trouble others outside!
It is not always that they are so dear – itis to save My devotees outside that I
must bear the burden of keeping certain
people around Me; just like Shiva keeps
a serpent around His neck – so that itdoesn’t go and bite others!
You must remember that dearness to
God is far more important that nearness.
If you are dear to God, you need not try
to go where God is, for God will be at
your shoulder wherever you are – because God wants to be with you far
more than you want to be with God. Adevotee is not the one who says, “God
resides in my heart.” That is true, God
resides in every heart, in every atom, infact in – but a real devotee is one who
should be able to say, “I reside in God’s
heart.” Then, truly, is he a devotee.
Narada once developed tremendousconceit – he thought he was the best
devotee of the Lord and, one day, he said
to Narayana in jest, “O Narayana! Who
is your greatest devotee?” Narayana
knew that it was just Narada’s ego which
was making him ask the question and he
was after a certificate which he could
display wherever he went in the world,
signed and certified by Lord Narayana,saying that Narada was the greatestdevotee.
There is no need for any certification.
Your conduct will be the certificate of
devotion.
Then Lord Narayana said, “There is afarmer on Earth, and he is My dearest
and greatest devotee.” Narada was very upset. He thought, “Let
me go and find out for myself,” and went
all the way down to the Earth where this
farmer was living.
He watched him throughout the day.
When the farmer woke up, he
remembered Lord Narayana, continued
with his morning prayers and ablutions
and then went to his fields.
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At midday, again he thought about Lord
Narayana once before taking his meals.
Then again, before sleeping, he
remembered Lord Narayana.
So Narada counted: one, two, three. He
thought, “It was only three times during
the day, that this farmer rememberedthe Lord, whereas I keep chanting His
name all the time. Obviously I’m the
greater devotee!”
He went and argued with the Lord, but
Lord Narayana wanted to teach him a
lesson, He gave him a pot full of oil and
told Narada to put it on his head and go
around the world, saying, “If you don’t
drop one drop of oil, then you are
definitely My greatest devotee.”
Narada thought it was quite simple, so he
put the pot of oil on his head, and
balancing it carefully, went around the
world. As he travelled, he was very
careful not to drop any oil, wanting to
win the prize of being known as the
greatest devotee.When he had finished his circuit and
returned, he proudly said, “Lord, I have
fulfilled what you had asked me to do. I
have not dropped even one drop of oil
from the vessel!”
Narayana said, “That’s very good, but
tell Me, how many times did you chant
My name during this exercise?”
Then Narada realised, that not even once,
had he remembered Lord Narayana.
Narayana said, “You have no family, nochildren, no business to look after, no
loans to repay, nothing to do, but sitting
and chanting My name all day long.
Look at that farmer – he has to look after
his farm, his family, his children – andstill he’s able to remember Me three
times. Therefore, he is the greater
devotee.”
Giving up everything, hiding in a forest,
and chanting My name is not going to
grant you darshan. Being in the
community, working for the community,
doing your duties – discharging them
correctly – and being a kind person,would win you the Lord’s grace far more
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easily, wherever you are.
Do everything for the sake of Swami.
Ask yourself, “If I do this, would my
Swami be pleased? Or would He not?” If
I would be happy, do it. If your heartsays, “Swami won’t be happy,” don’t do
it. However difficult it may be, howevercomplicated it might look, if your heart
says that it will please Me, have the
courage to go and do it. If your heartsays that it would not please Me, have
great courage not to do it.
That is the only way to lead your lives.
Be here in the world and you will be ableto realise God. It is nothing very
complicated to know and experience
God, for that is what you are; that is your
truth. It is just that it is covered by too
many layers of ‘I’ and ‘mine’. Layer by
layer, remove everything – progress
through ‘we’ and ‘ours’, then you will
reach ‘He’, the Divine.
One hand remembering the Lord, the
other serving the Lord, is the right way.
Where do you serve Me? At least when I
had a body, you could come and serveMe – you were able to touch My feet;
you were able to offer Me food and look
after My personal comforts. However,Swami’s body is no longer there to be
served. However, all bodies are My bodies. I dwell in all. So, whomever youserve, you serve Me.
With that breadth of vision, you will
truly be able to love and serve Me – and
that is the way you will come to
experience Me.
Many people have worked very hard to
develop the medical centre here. I know
the trials and tribulations each one of youhas gone through – but what seemed
impossible has happened, not just because of My grace, but through your
sincere efforts. When your effort and My
grace meet, anything is possible. Thatyou must believe.
I am ready with My hand – but your
hand has to join Mine. To clap, two
hands are needed.
I am delighted to know that service in
this centre will start very soon. I assure
you that it will grow into a centre of
great service and spirituality. I give My
blessing to all the devotees who have
joined hands to help serve the people of
this land to which you all belong.
Mother and motherland are greater thanheaven. If you serve your mother and ifyou serve your motherland, it is
equivalent to having experienced heaven.
The joy of service will make you forget
all short-term pleasures, like the chataka
bird that waits only for pure raindrops
and does not drink from dirty pools and
ponds. In the same way, you must only
experience the bliss of the Divine andnot spoil your taste with other lowly,
worldly pleasures. Live in a way that is
true to your nature, true to your Divinity.
If you have any questions – anything you want to clarify, you may ask now.
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Day 1 – 30th September, 2015
Evening Session at Sai Ananda
Quest ion and Answer Session
Question 1: Swami, why is there so
much confusion amongst Sai devotees in
accepting You in the subtle form? How
can this drama help in Swami’s mission?
Answer: I was the Indweller of every
heart even before I came as Sathya Sai
Baba; I was the Indweller of every heart
whilst I lived physically as Sathya Sai
Baba; I will continue to be the Indweller
of every heart even after I cease to exist
as Sathya Sai Baba – because Sathya Sai
Baba was the manifestation of the
unmanifest. The truth is the unmanifest,
which is there at all times, in all beings.
Even when I came as Sathya Sai Baba
with a form – while I was still theIndweller of every heart – did everyone
accept Me as their Master? There werestill a great many people, worldwide,
who could not understand and accept Me
as a Divine Master. Even today, there are
people who are still not done accusing
Sai Baba of things that are not true. I tell
you, God is the Indweller of all hearts
and He prompts you from within, like agood friend – but it is only if you listen
to his advice that you can benefit. If you
listen to your mind, you cannot.
In a market full of noise, if you want totalk to your friend, you won’t be able to
hear him, because the noise around will
drown the voice of your friend and the
lack of clarity will tend to cause you to
misunderstand what is being said. If youtake him to a corner, or a quiet place and
talk to him closely, when there is no
noise, you can hear his voice clearly.
There are some people who only listen to
the mind, which makes lots of noise and
always tries to make you accept what it
says, as true. There are some who try to
listen to the heart, but the noisy mind is
still there – so they hear some things thatthe heart is saying, but don’t hear
everything, and they become confused.Then, there are others who have the
courage to shut off their mind, go to the
silent depths of their own hearts andlisten to what heart is saying, and in this
way, they are able to decide and know
the truth.
A teacher teaches all the students in a
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class. Do all the students get 100%
marks? The same heart speaks to
everyone; the same God speaks to
everyone within – but it depends on how
much you practise and follow what theheart says, just as it depends on how
much effort the students make in order to
do well in their examinations.
The teacher makes no distinctions; he
teaches the same lesson to every student, but the results depend on who makes an
effort – who listens to the teacher and
who does not.
The sun shines equally on all continents.If you close the doors and windows, who
can help you with the darkness that you
experience? Rain pours from the sky, but
if you keep your bowl upside down, how
can you collect the water? The wind is
blowing all the time, but if you choose
not to breathe and suffer as a result, who
can help you? The choice that you need
to make is between listening to Me, theIndweller, and listening to the mind,which is very treacherous. When they
make this choice and truly listen to their
heart, all confusion will disappear andcertainty will come.
A few moments ago, I said that My
being there alone is not enough – your
being there is equally important. Only
good students will benefit from thelessons taught by a good teacher,
otherwise all the words will fall on deaf
ears. Those who practise will know the
truth. Practise listening to your heart;
that will help.
Question 2: In 2011, when theFukushima nuclear disaster happened in
Japan, I had the good fortune to
intuitively receive the message that, at
the time when You gave up Your
physical body, You were also taking
upon Yourself the nuclear disaster. Lateron, I found that that there was a person to
whom You appeared and informed that
You had to go in order to prevent the
Fukushima disaster from happening. I
would just like Your comment on this.
My second question is, I’ve been brought
up as a Christian, and we have very
strong views about homosexuality.
There’s a lot of argument and debateabout same-sex marriage. Could you
please advise on this issue?
Answer: There are so many disasters
and I don’t even keep a count of how
many I have taken upon Myself. It is not
my nature to remember how many I have
helped in how many ways. Love just
gives and forgives. It doesn’t keep an
account of what it does for whom. Knowfor sure that every person who has beensaved has been saved by God’s grace
alone. The times that the world would
have broken in two, for the amount ofselfish deeds people have done and the
consequences which should have borne, Ihaven’t kept count whether in Japan, or
America, or India, or Malaysia – I don’t
keep a count of these things – it is notMy nature. I only know to give.
Swami had to leave the body early
because he had to take upon himself a
many such disasters that would have,
otherwise, made the world go through
very, very tough times.
Whatever you do, nature is the reaction,
reflection and resound of your own
thoughts, words and deeds.
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Therefore, nature would definitely havereacted to what you did. Karma is the
law of this universe; every action must
have a reaction – and somebody has to
bear the reaction.
If somebody has not paid for food, it
means somebody else must have paid –nobody gets free food.
The results of all your karmas has to be
experienced. The only karmas from
which you don’t have to experience the
results, are those which are selfless,
because there are no consequences for
selfless actions; the only consequences
are bliss and love.
Every selfish action has a detrimentalreaction. Yes, if it makes you happy toknow that I have taken these disasters
upon Myself, so be it – but the truth is, it
should shake up the conscience ofmankind to see how many times you
pass on the consequences of your deeds
to someone else to suffer. When are you
going to be selfless – and see to it that all
can live in peace and harmony?
How many Avatars will have to come to
bear the consequences of your actions?
You only remember Swami when you
are in difficult times – but if you
remember God at every moment, then
you will never get into any difficulty.
You would never have to suffer any
negative consequences, because you
would never do any negative action.
Everything would be positive and
blissful.
The human body is given only for the purpose of attaining God. It is a boat, in
which you can travel across the ocean.
But if the body it is only considered as a
bundle of senses and the body’s onlyneeds are to fulfil one’s own physical
pleasures then this is not the right use. A
knife can be used to save a patient by
operating upon him or can be used to
harm somebody when it is in the hands
of a robber. The body itself is not at
fault; it is the mind which drives the
body.
Everything that has been given to man, isfor a particular purpose – the mouth has
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been given to speak, the ears have been
given to listen, the eyes have been given
to see. Similarly, every sense is there for
a purpose and, as long as it is used for
that purpose, it is the correct use. If it isonly for the sake of deriving pleasures
then it is the wrong use. The tongue can
taste the sweet payasam. It can also eat
flesh and enjoy it – but the tongue is not
meant for the purpose of killing
something, eating its flesh and enjoying
it.
Ears are given to listen to the name of
God. They can also listen to all kinds ofthings which are not so good – but the
correct use of ears is to listen to good
things.
Eyes are given to see the beauty of
nature – to understand how God
manifests within nature and to enjoy the
bliss. However, the same eyes can see
and enjoy things that are not divine – but
that is not the right use for the eyes.
In the same way, every sense has a
particular use, a particular role to
perform. As long as it is performing the
role that it is intended for, there is
nothing wrong, but when you only use
them merely for pleasure, it is wrong. So
one must understand the very purpose of
why one is born. If you know your
purpose is to realise your divine nature,all other questions will be answered of
their own accord. If you think your
purpose is only to lead a life of temporal
pleasures, then there will be endless
confusion.
These senses are like fire – the more
wood you put on it, the more it will ask
for. The only solution is to not put any
wood onto it, so that it dies on its own.
Man minus desires equals God so, if you
know the right use of your body, which
is to engage itself in dharma – dharma
sadhana – that is to engage in good,
righteous conduct and thereby attainGod, then there is no way you can
deviate. All our answers lie in only one
thing – what is the purpose of life?
Is it to live like animals? Or is it to live
like the divine? If you stoop to becomingan animal, then your destiny will be
animal. If you can rise up to become
divine, then your destiny will be divine.
Man is a combination of animal andman. So when you say “I’m a man”, it is
a half-truth. “I am a man, and not an
animal,” is the complete truth. Think like
this and you will know all the answers to
all your questions in your daily lives.
Question: Bhagawan, many families areexperiencing conflicts as a result of Your
now being the Subtle Form. Sometimes,
it is very sad for us to hear these things.
How long will these leelas continue?
Answer: Families will experience
conflict about whether they believe in
My Subtle Form or not, as long as they
have egos. If they think that, what they
alone say is right, what they alone knowis truth, what they alone hear is correct,
then nobody can help. Many times, there
are conflicts between husband and wife.
If both of them are speaking the truth,
where is the question of conflict? It is
only if one person is not correct can there
be conflict. If you are really listening to
your hearts, there will be no conflict. If
some of you listen to your minds,obviously there will be conflict.
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If all the members of the family are truly
listening to their hearts, not only in this
matter, but in every matter that relates to
their family, then there will never be any
conflict – because they will all have thesame answer to the same question. So, it
is not I who create conflict – it is you
who create the conflict; I have always
been there to bring peace.
However, if there is a person who issincerely finding it difficult, and
suffering as a result, how do you help
them?
When you feel that I am around you,when you feel it is Me telling you how to
live your life and progress, by changing
your attitude, by changing your acts,
thoughts and words – that is what you
can impress upon them.
When you return home from this satsang
and your husband sees you and asks
what happened – and sees the love, the
peace, the kindness with which you
answer the question – from that moment
onwards, the love, the kindness with
which you lead your lives, both within
family and without, will be the proof of
Swami’s presence.
It is said that if something has touchedthe Philosopher’s Stone, it will change
into gold. If you have truly experiencedMe, you will change and that change will
be the proof of My existence. There is no
point in fighting a verbal battle at home.Instead, start changing yourself and truly
start living, from this moment onwards,
the way I expect you to.
Looking at the transformation that hasoccurred in you, others will change. A
fire cannot be doused by adding more oil
– you have to quench it with water.
Arguments will not dissolve any conflict.
It is only when you listen to your heart
and behave in a kind way will you be
able to resolve any conflict, whatever it
may be.
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Question: Swami has said that nature,
time and karma are under the control of
God. Yet, humans have limited free will
and God is the dispenser of truth and
action. In this aspect, man is differentfrom God. It is not always true that the
individual and the Universal are one and
the same. In one sense, they are different
and in another, they are inseparable.
This relationship of distinction andoneness is beyond the capacity of the
intellect to grasp. It can be understood
only through the Vedas and their
message. Swami, can You help us tounderstand?
Answer: Water descends as rain. Rain
becomes a river. Someone fills a pot with
water from the river. Now you refer to it
as ‘pot water’ but, earlier, it was referred
to as ‘river water’. Next, someone else
takes a cup of water from the pot. Now it
is called ‘a cup of water’. The water in
the river is the same as both the water inthe pot and the water in the cup. There isno difference – the nature of the water is
just the same, even if the quantity, or the
shape, or size of the vessel that carries itmay be different.
Similarly, with the deha-bhava, that is,
when you are still not able to overcome
attachment to this body, it is like water in
a cup and defining it as ‘drinking water’.You refer to your body as ‘myself’ – but
the body is also Divine. When your
spiritual growth develops a little further,
you will feel that you are nothing but a
part of the one Divine Self; a crystal of
sugar within the huge mountain of sugar
that is God.
When you feel that oneness within, you
have developed jeeva-atma-bhava – this
is like ‘pot water’. Finally, when all the
cups and pots are broken, the water
merges back into the river – that it is like
atma-bhava – and you feel that you and
that river are one.At first, Jesus said, “I am messenger of
God,” then later on he said, “I am the sonof God.” Finally, he said, “I am God. My
Father and I are one.”
It depends on your stage of spiritual
evolution. For a primary school child, the
sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
That is the truth, because that is all he
can understand. For a high school child,the sun neither rises nor sets – that is the
truth as he understands it. For a scientist,
the sun is the action and reaction of gases
– hydrogen and helium. That is the way
in which he understands the sun.
Your understanding will vary, depending
upon how much you have grown
spiritually, but truth does not vary. It
depends on how much you have evolved
– and, only by experiencing the truth will
you know the real truth.
Brahmavid brahmaiva bhavati – the one
who knows Brahman becomes Brahman.
Therefore, if you perceive external
differences, it is not because there are,
truly, any differences – it is because you
have not yet evolved sufficiently to
understand the oneness of all.
When you give up deha-atma-bhavam,
when you give up jiva-atma-bhavam, as
you progress, you arrive at paramaatma-
bhavam – and that is when you realise
the Divine.
It is like this building – there is a ground
floor, a first floor and a second floor.
From the ground floor, you ascend to thefirst, and from the first, you go up to the
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second. All are part of the same building.
The difference is only because you are
on the ground floor and, right now, you
can only see the ground floor.
As you ascend, you can see the first and,as you ascend further still, you can see
the top. When you arrive at the top, yourealise that all the floors are part of the
same building.
It is because there are floors that there
are three levels. If you remove all thewalls and slabs, it is the same space that
exists at the ground, the first and the
second levels – it all depends on yourstate of spiritual evolution.
To help you understand this concept
better, I have said, “Give up the body;
the body is a bubble on the water – do
not follow the body. The mind is a mad
monkey – do not follow the mind.Follow the heart.” If you keep following
the heart, you will ascend. Your
understanding will improve and then you
will see everything as one. You will not
see the walls and pillars which
distinguish this area – you will see thewhole space as one.
The easiest path is ‘Not me, not me’.
If you render service, your ego will
deflate, attachment to your body will
decrease, attachment to your mind will
diminish – and then you can understand
the truth better.
Question: For a busy person, when it
comes to selfless service and all that,would serving the parents and immediate
family members alone be sufficient,
without any engagement with society inrelation to selfless service?
The second question is that You havementioned at some point that You are
ushering in the Golden Age now and that
it will last for so many years. What
happens to the world after the Golden
Age?
Answer: Service can be given to anyone.
Even speaking kindly to your elders is
service. If you listen patiently to others,
even that is service. There is no end toone’s busy schedule in this world. One is
constantly getting busier and busier.
Look at your own life – when you were a
child, you were less busy; when you
went to college, you became busier; as
you matured and became a householder,
you became still busier. This will keep
on happening.
However, if you can serve your parents,it is, after all, only duty with love. It is
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your duty to serve your parents. Duty
without love is deplorable. Duty with
love, is desirable – but love, without a
feeling of duty, is Divine. True service is
when there is no sense of duty in it;wanting to love, wanting to serve
because you feel all are yours.
Serving your parents is service, but of a
lesser kind. The highest service is when
there is no sense of duty involved. If youdon’t serve your parents, you are not
being a son – you are not doing your
duty and that is a sin. Serving your
parents does not mean that you are trulyserving – you are doing it as a part of
your duty. Though you are doing your
duty with love, which is desirable, the
highest of all is love without any sense of
duty.
Loving anyone, serving anyone, without
any expectations and where there is no
relationship, is the highest kind of
service – and that service alone canliberate you. Therefore, you must findtime to give the kind of service which is
not bound by any sense of duty. That
will help you, truly.
Where there is a will, there is a way. If
you work a little less, you will earn a
little less – that’s all. However, you can
render service in the extra time that you
will have to spare.
Why are you born? The purpose of birth
is not to accumulate things; it is not just
to have a big family; it is not to gainfame or popularity – all these will
disappear in a moment. Don’t be proud
of your youth, your money, or your
people. All these are temporary – in just
one moment, it can all disappear. If you
know the purpose of life, you will know
how to divide your time correctly and
progress accordingly.
That is the way you should think when it
comes to service, because your busy
schedule is no excuse. However busyyou are, you still have to breathe, don’t
you? However busy you are, you stillhave to eat. Service should become like
your breath – it should be automatic. It
should be happening all the time – in theoffice, or not; whilst you are at home and
while you are out and about.
Every one of your actions should be a
service without any expectation, then itwill become Divine. When you start
living your life like this – when all start
living lives like this – then the Golden
Age will dawn.
The Golden Age is not a particular time
or a particular place. As we are travelling
around these countries, in Australia, the
sun rises first; in Singapore it rises a little
later; in India, later still. Long after, it
comes to London.
It is the same sun; it just depends upon
where you are – sunrise is defined bythat alone. The Golden Age is happening
every moment, depending upon your
spiritual evolution. For a person who hasrealised his divine nature, the Golden
Age is here and now. For the person whohas yet to attain that, it has yet to happen.
When most of the people in the world
lead a life of purity, of divine realisation,
then you will see all around you, people
who can feel the Golden Age – because
they have golden hearts.
Such an age will last forever, for those
who can live forever in that way.
There is no point in worrying how long,
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how far – all these are immaterial.
More importantly, in this Golden Age of
Sathya Yuga, how can it be of
consequence to you if it does not help
you? What are you doing about it?
In the Kali Yuga, you can realise the
Golden Age – but the Golden Age can
also be turned into a Kali Yuga. It all
depends on you and your deeds. For the
one who closes his eyes and sleeps
through the day, day is night. For the one
who works hard and achieves something,
night becomes day. It all depends on
what you are – the Golden age dependson just that.
Question: How to differentiate between
myself – the ego – and the Atma?
Answer: When there is a sense of ‘I’ in
it – ‘I’ and ‘mine’ – then it is only yourego, your sense of separate self. When
you feel everything is ‘we’ and ‘ours’,
then you are identifying yourself with the
Divine or Atma. That is the only
difference.
When you feel selfish – ‘I and mine’ –
you are identifying yourself only with
your body and mind.
When you think it is for ‘us’, it is ‘ours’,you are identifying yourself with the
Divine Atma.
Whatever you think, say or do, if you do
it only out of selfishness, you are
identifying with body and mind. If you
do it selflessly, you are identifying
yourself with Atma. That is the only
difference.
How many of you are confident that,
after listening to all this, you will go and
actually put it all into practice? That is
My question.
Everybody should say “Yes, we are!”
The way you think, is how you will
become. Sow a thought, reap an action;
sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit,
reap a tendency; tendency shapes
character, which shapes destiny.
So, it starts from the very first thought –
and ends in your destiny. If you thinknow, that, yes, Swami has taken so much
trouble, out of love alone, to come all the
way here – to bring all these very busy
people from India just to talk to you and
tell you how to live your lives, should
you not make the effort to transform
yourselves, from this very moment on?
Should you not, tomorrow, look different
to your own people? More kind, more
compassionate? More selfless?
Think in this way – decide and do. Don’t
postpone it for another day – the best day
is today. The best moment to do it isnow.
The bhajan ‘Hari Bhajana Bina’ was
sung after Bhagawan’s divine discourse.
Then,
the
youth
of
Sai
Ananda were given the opportunity to
present three musical offerings to
Swami (Nee Naninthal, Sejahtera
Malaysia and Teri Bin Suni Lage
Zindagi). In between the songs, poems
dedicated to Swami were narrated,
featuring beautiful excerpts from
Swami’s previous discourses.
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Day 2 – 1st October, 2015
Morning Session at Ayavoo Residence
Excerpts
from
talk
by
Sri
V.
Kumar
Once while studying in Parthi, an elderly gentleman gave a
lecture on a deep spiritual topic. Within ten minutes,
everyone was asleep! As a student, I could not digest it at
all. That evening, Swami came and explained the entire
teaching in a few short sentences. He said, “Just love Me.
Just think of Me. That is enough."
Every day, we go through many different experiences –friends tell us many things; we get upset; we meet our
lecturers or bosses. Many times we feel these people were
born just to make our lives more painful!
We must then ask ourselves: have I thought enough of Swami? He is the panacea
for all the ills. He is the beginning and the end. He is also the journey. So that is
what we really need to do – think of Bhagawan right from morning till evening.
Then, as we keep doing what we want to do, God will make sure we are on the
right track. He will make sure everything is converted into a divine offering. This
is practical spirituality – just thinking of Him incessantly, building up theintensity, and living with Him every moment. That will make us dear to Him.
Excerpts from talk by Sri B. N. Narasimha Murthy
These days, Swami makes a very powerful statement, “When
I was in the physical body, you were known because of Me.
People recognised you because people saw Sathya Sai Baba.
‘Oh, He’s such a great Divine Master and these people are his
devotees.’” Therefore, society recognised you as devotees of
Sathya Sai Baba. Then Swami says, “Today, I should be
known because of you.”
Today, I can assure you that whoever comes and sees what is happening here in
Sai Ananda, Malaysia will know that your Master is very great. If these people can
have so much dedication and do so much, how great should their Master be?
Krishna said, and Baba also says, “Whoever practices My teaching – selfless love
and selfless service – whoever has offered their mind to Me, to them I shall grant
glory in both material life and spiritual life.” Swami is saying He will give us both.
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Day 2 – 1st October, 2015
Morning Session at Ayavoo Residence
Divine Discourse
by B hagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
When a child is born, he thinks that it is
right to ask his father for things that he
likes. That is true; it is the father’s
responsibility to provide what the child
needs. However, when the same childgrows up and the father grows old, it is
then the father’s right to ask his child for
whatever he needs or requires, and it is
child’s responsibility to provide for his
ageing father.
If the father discharges his duties and
responsibilities to a young child, he willdefinitely be assured of his needs when
he grows old. If parents take care of theirchildren in the right way, the children
will definitely take care of their parents
when they grow old. As you give, so youreceive. In fact, when you give, be
assured that you will receive much more
– for in giving, is the secret of receiving.
Parents have a great responsibility, not
only towards their children, but also
towards society and the nation. Whenthey bring a child into this world, they
are also bringing a citizen of that nation
and another human being into the world.
Therefore, it is crucially important not
just to give birth to the child, but to bringhim or her up in the right way, so that he
or she becomes a good, responsible
citizen of the nation, as well.
Narasimha Murthy asked, “What makesthese people in Malaysia do so much for
Swami now?” It is because, when they
needed Me, I did all that was needed for
them; because of My love, which I gave
to them in their times of need and
‘brought them up well’ like a divine parent. Now, as they have grown up,
they have come to understand their
responsibilities and are discharging their
duties towards Me – towards society.
Nowadays, parents are very busy. The
father is busy, the mother is busy;everybody is so busy that mothers, in
order to help the family earn a few more
rupees, take up very difficult jobs – andthen they put their children into nursery
schools where the children are looked
after by other women.
There is only one purpose for which
you are born – to realise your Divinity.
If you place your children in such
schools and do not look after them
directly, when they grow up, they will
also put you into old people’s homes and
you, too, will be looked after by o. All
they will do is send money to the place
for your maintenance and expenses.
Unless you develop this heart-to-heart
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bond with your children, you will not
receive the same love when you grow
old. Gratitude will only develop within
them if you have looked after them
selflessly and brought them up well.I see here generations of devotees, there
are grandfathers, fathers, and evengrandsons. The manner in which the
grandfather lives his life and brings up
his son, so will the son walk in thefootsteps of his father.
Likewise, it is not difficult if you become
dear to God, if you follow in the
footsteps of God. You have to see thatyour children also learn this from you
and then they, too, will follow in your
footsteps. Whatever parents do, the
children will see and learn; what you say
is not enough – but what you do, your
children will see and learn – and they
will follow in your footsteps. It is very
important for parents to lead exemplary
lives; lives full of love and service. Onlythen will the children learn and follow intheir footsteps.
Einstein was a great scientist. He was
very intelligent but lacked common
sense. Most highly-educated people are
like that. They have a lot of knowledge,
but very little practical or common sense.
He had a pet cat that was very dear to
him. He was so fond of the cat that,wherever he was, he allowed the cat to
stay with him; even when he was doing
his experiments, the cat would be sitting
by his side. The cat became a mother and
gave birth to a few kittens. Because the
cat used to disturb Einstein, every time it
wanted to enter his laboratory, Einstein
made a small hole in the door for the cat
to come in and go out, so that it did notdisturb him whilst he was working.
After that the cat had borne kittens,
Einstein thought, “Now I need to make
more holes in the door for the kittens to
come and go, too.” So he started making
holes in the door – smaller holes.His wife came by and asked what he was
doing. He replied, “The cat now haskittens and they, too, need to enter and
leave. I don’t want to be disturbed,
opening and closing the doors, so I am
making more holes.”
His wife said, “You are a great scientist,
but you don’t have an iota of common
sense. Don’t you see? If the cat can comethrough that hole, the kittens will follow
the mother and enter and leave through
the same hole. You don’t need to make
more holes.”
The meaning of this story is that,
wherever parents go, the children will
follow. If parents lead the children
towards God, the children will also go
towards God. If parents lead the children
towards the world, the children will also
go towards the world.
If, tomorrow, children do not lead a lifeof service and sacrifice, verily, the fault
would lie with the parents for not
showing them the right way. Parentswant the children to do well – attain
good degrees, take up a good job, earnwell and have everything in plenty.
These desires are not wrong in
themselves. As parents, their
responsibility is to see to that their
children are independent and can take
care of themselves; that they have
education, knowledge and meaningful
work to do in the world – but, above all
these responsibilities, the highest is that
they should go towards God.
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Different people will give you different
opinions based on their own
understanding of things. Let Me ask you
a question – how many of them really
lead a life of joy? Do you think that
accumulating material objects will give
them more happiness? From a smaller
car to a bigger car to a much bigger car?
From a smaller house to a bigger houseand, then, a much bigger house? From a
small family to more and more?
This is never-ending. The more you try
to do, the more you become dissatisfied
and spend your entire life trying to make
yourself happy, you cannot be happy.
You can only be happy if you make
others happy. If you make God happy,
everyone around you will be happy, andyou will be happy within yourself.
Happiness is union with God. It is only
when you lead your life in unison with
God that you attain permanent or truehappiness. Until then, it will be like
chasing shadows – for a moment it may
seem you have grasped it, but the next
moment it will slip through your fingers
and you will be miserable again, chasing
a few more shadows.
There will be no end to this. How can
that which is unreal, that which does not
exist, give you real or permanent joy? If
you want to have vegetarian food in a
restaurant, you need to go to a vegetarian
restaurant. You need to look at the board
outside the place to see what it says. If it
says it is a vegetarian restaurant, then
you can go and eat there.
If you go to a non-vegetarian restaurant
and ask for vegetarian dishes like idli,
dosai or sambar , who is going to serveyou? For sure, someone is going to ask
you, “Did not you see the board outside
before coming in?”
There’s a big board on the world saying,‘Temporary, ephemeral, transient –
nothing permanent can be obtained here.’
Having entered this temporal world, if
you demand permanent things, you are
obviously not going to get them. Know
that all that you see in this world, is just
temporary. It will only last as long asyour body However, you live on in the
memory of the people who rememberyou for the good that you have done to
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them.
Even today, people still love, worship,
and adore Sai Baba. It is not because Sai
Baba is still physically present as He was
then, but because He is present in thehearts of the men and women whom He
had served selflessly, whom He hadloved selflessly. By the principle of
reflection, reaction and resound, all the
love and selflessness comes back to Him.
God has no particular form, name, shape,
size or other attributes – He will be
whatever you envisage. If you feel that
God is love, you will feel nothing butlove. If you feel God is not love, then
you will not feel love. Whatever your
perception is, so will He attain that form.
In the time of Krishna, a great artist once
came who was very proud of his
knowledge and skills in painting. He
issued a challenge that nobody could
paint better than him. Krishna gave him a
small task, in order to deflate his ego. He
said, “Can you paint Me?”
The artist said, “Of course I can paint a
portrait of you.”
Krishna said to him, “Come tomorrow.”
The artist came with all his canvases,
paints and brushes and started sketchingKrishna. Once he had done the basic
work, he said, “Let me go home, finish itand bring it tomorrow.” Krishna agreed.
He went back home, finished the
painting, and came back the next day,
but when he looked, they were totally
different – the painting looked different
from Krishna’s appearance that day.
So he tried again the next day. Again,
when he finished, he saw that the
painting did not match Krishna’s looks.
He tried a third time, and failed again!
Then he understood. He thought he could
understand the Lord. He had such ego,
that he thought he knew what the Lord
looked like and that he could paint him – but the truth was, he knew nothing.
The next day, he came and said, “Lord, I
am very confident that today it will not
mismatch. It will truly be like You,” –
and he revealed what he had brought.
There was no canvas, there was no
painting – it was simply a mirror – and
when Krishna smiled, the reflection also
smiled; when Krishna laughed, thereflection also laughed. It was truly
Krishna that he could express on that
mirror.
Our hearts are like mirrors. If they are
pure and clean, we can definitely reflect
God in our hearts. Any other way of
understanding God is simply a waste of
time. Singing His glory, describing Him,
talking about Him – you will never be
able to completely capture the essence of
God. You can see only when you have a
pure and clean heart; that’s when He will
reflect within your heart – and that is
how you will understand Him and know
Him.
Everything selfish is impurity. It is like
the dust that settles on a mirror; it prevents you from seeing your reflection.If you remove all the dust of selfish
impurities, the mirror will become clean.
Wipe it clean with acts of selflessness
and all the impurities – the dust of
selfishness – and the mirror will become
bright and clean for God to reflect in –
and your life will fully become a
reflection of His life.
There is only one purpose for which you
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are born - to realise your Divinity.
Everything else that you do, should
surely help you to attain that rather than
lead you away from the path. If you want
to come to Malaysia from India, youhave to buy a ticket which takes you to
Malaysia.
If you buy another ticket, you can go to
other places, but not to Malaysia. If you
want to reach God, the only ticket yourequire is selfless service and selfless
love. Only through that can you reach
Me. With other tickets, you may reach
other destinations, but you will not reachMe.
All these young people must continue to
serve with humility, love and
brotherliness. Nobody should become
conceited, thinking that he is the leader
and the others are followers. Do not
create such divisions.
You may feel that all are different, but
are all one. There may be five fingers on
a hand and one may be smaller than the
others, but when all the fingers function
together, the hand can do a lot of work.
When they work separately, they cannot
do anything. One finger alone cannot
even lift a tumbler. You need all five to
work together. Although they are
different sizes and shapes, when they all
work together, they can do any amountof work.
Some here are older, some are young,
some are ageing. Some are lawyers,others are architects, engineers,
administrators – they resemble the
different fingers of the hand. The hand is
Me. When all five fingers act together,
you will be able to do My work.
There is only one purpose
for which you are bornis to realise Your Divinity.
Do not create unnecessary differences –
that is the mistake that everybody made
earlier, as a result of which, so much ofMy work is suffering now. Do not repeat
those mistakes. If you do it unknowingly,it is a mistake – if you do it knowingly, it
is a crime. Desist from committing
mistakes that you know you should not
be making – treat and respect everyone
as Swami Himself.
All of you are nothing but Myself. Thinkfrom My point of view, not from your
personal point of view. Think what I
would expect you to do, what I wouldexpect you to say – and do not think
from your individual point of view.
When you listen to your mind, it will
give different answers based on your
own ideas. When you refer questions to
your heart, it will always give you the
same answer, because the heart is the
same in everyone – it is the same Atma
which resides in all beings. Take noticeof your heart in every decision, not your
mind.
A rich man had cattle that were taken
into the jungle to graze. Along with his
own cattle were those of a poor man, the
herdsman in charge of all the cattle.
On one occasion, the bull that belongedto the poor herdsman and the bull that
belonged to the rich man, fought with
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each other. Their long horns did much
harm to each other and, in the end, the
rich man’s bull died. The poor man was
very afraid. He thought that if he
reported it to the rich man, he woulddefinitely be punished.
Gathering some courage, he came back,and said to the rich man, “Master, I have
something to tell you.”
The landowner said, “Yes, go ahead, tell
me.”
The poor man said, “Master, today there
was a fight between your bull and my bull.”
The rich man said, “So, what is unique
about that? Even people fight all the
time. What about bulls? That’s quite
natural.”
The poor old man was a bit relieved.
Then, he nervously reported, “Your bull
killed my bull.”
The rich man said, “So what? Everybody
who is born, has to die some day. It doesnot matter.”
Then the poor man realised – oh, he had
made a mistake. Now, he said, “I’m
sorry, I reported it the wrong way out of
nervousness. Actually, it was my bull
which killed your bull.”
The landowner said, “How dare your bull kill my bull?” He called the servants
and punished the poor old man.
Therefore, depending on your ideas and
attitudes, you will get different answers.
When it was the bull of the poor man, the
rich man said, “Death is natural. What’s
so different about it?” When he said it
was the rich man’s bull that died, he wasimmediately angry and he punished the
poor old man.
If you listen to your mind, which is full
of selfishness, it will give you different
answers based on your likes and dislikes.
If you only listen to God within you,God will tell you the right thing to do.
He will tell you the same thing,whenever you encounter a difficult
situation. If you have different opinions
in your head, find a silent corner and pray to Me deeply, “Swami, we all think
differently on this particular issue; I want
Your point of view. I want You to tell
me what You want us all to do.” TakeMy word – if you pray sincerely, all of
you will get the same answer. It cannot
be different.
If you go to a Shiva temple where a
lingam is installed, everyone who goes
will only see the lingam there. Nobody is
going to see an idol of Narayana or
Lakshmi or Durga. What is there is what
will be seen.
In the same way, if you truly refer every
question that you have to Me in your
heart, you will get the same, single
answer. There will always be unity –
unity of thought, word and deed.
Remember, when you work, anythingthat is negative is not Me. Any trace of
anger, jealousy, or ego – all that isnegative is not Me. Immediately askyourself, “Why am I undergoing these
negative emotions? Why am I
experiencing these negative feelings?”
Then you must remind yourself, “It is
because the negativity lies within me, notoutside. I get angry because anger lies
within me. I become egotistical because
ego lies within me. Likewise, I feelloving because love lies within me.”
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What is there inside you, is what you
will reflect outside.
It is a great opportunity to expand My
mission in Malaysia and you should all
consider yourselves as the fingers of My
hand. When all of you work together, Iwill be able to do My work.
Never allow any negative feeling to
creep in. The negative can be solved only
with the positive – you have to think
positively.
Pray to Me, seek My guidance. Unless
your heart is convinced of the
correctness of any action, don’tundertake it. Let there be delay, that is
okay, but do not do things in a hurry justto please your mind.
Always ask Swami what the right thing
to do is, and I will guide you; I am
waiting to guide you. I am waiting all the
time for you to come back to Me and ask
Me what to do.
Since a medical centre will be
established here and there are some
difficulties in acquiring the machines,
immediately after I return to India, I will
send five machines to start off the
dialysis centre. The rest will also come;
within a month everything will beequipped.
A train needs an engine to pull it.
(Referring to the Ayavoo family) This
family has been like an engine which haswhich sacrificed everything for the sake
of pulling the train of seva – and I am
very pleased.
Who can tell who is close to Me or who
is far away? You may live for forty years
without becoming close to Me – yet you
may live far away, and without even
meeting Me once, you may be close to
Me.
Krishna left the gopikas in Brindavan
long ago, and lived far away. He had
several wives – yet people don’t talk
about Krishna’s wives now. Even today,it is Radha-krishna that people think of;
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it is the one consort, Radha who stands
next to Krishna, not Sathyabhama or
Rukmini.
That closeness is rare. It is not physical
closeness to the Lord which matters, it isonly the closeness of the heart that will
ultimately make you immortal. When thechapters of My mission are written by
people in the future, all the names, all
these stories, all the work that has beendone – that you have all been doing, and
will do – will become a part of My glory.
Like the Ramayana and Bhagavatham,
when My stories are read by people inthe future, they will all be in tears to
know that such devotees existed – who
did so much without any sense of
expectation, just doing it selflessly to
please Me. I am proud that I have such
devotees, and I am very happy to know
that you all are working together.
May this be just the first of many places
where this work is begun and developed.
Many more such places will come.
However, you must always remember
that it is the same mother who has given
birth to all the different children; one
might have been born early, one might
have been born later, but the mother has
equal love for all of her children. They
all belong to her. There may be many
places, many people, many seva
activities – but there is only one Sai.Keep doing such things like this –
satsangs are very important to keep youcharged, energised, and focused. Every
month, people should meet in different
places, in order to give an opportunity toeveryone.
Begin the work slowly. I bless this whole
team with tremendous success. As long
as you all remain selfless, nothing canstop My work. No force on Earth can
stop My work – only selfishness can stop
this work, nothing else. So be selfless; do
everything without any expectations.
Every time you get any negative feeling
or emotion, immediately be on guard.
Remind yourself of your true nature –
which is love, and discard that which is
not you.
Work together in unity, be kind and
compassionate to everyone and truly
reflect Me in the pure mirror of your
heart. That is what will be seen by the
world tomorrow.
After the discourse, the children and youth of Sai Ananda presented Swami with
cards
and
gifts
made
by
them.
All
the
attendees
were
served
a
hearty
meal,
before departing.
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Day 2 – 1st October, 2015
Evening Session at Sai Ananda
Talk
by
Mr.
Isaac
Tigrett
It’s an extraordinary time we live in – the maya is so
intense! This is the Kali Yuga – the darkest age before the
dawn. It’s so intense that no one can take their path. We’re
so self‐involved, we can’t even concentrate. The five
senses are overstimulated, wherever we go.
This is a beautiful time to be incarnated, because one
person can change many. The positive energy, the selflessenergy of one person can change many. Swami has given
us the example of a candle – when brought into a dark
room, the entire room is illuminated.
All of us gathered today – either want to believe, don’t
believe, can’t believe or do believe. Only He knows. Soon,
we will disperse. What will you take with you? To your
family, to your lives, to your neighbours, to your business?
Excerpts
from
Sri
C.
Sreenivas
It does not matter what you know, it does not matter what
you say, it does not even matter what you believe. What
matters is what you can do at a given point in time.
There is nothing else in life. You may have a PhD or a number
of PhDs and forms of study or research or knowing of
comprehension of understanding. Nothing matters if you
cannot translate your tonne of knowledge, faith, and belief
into one ounce of impacting, touching action.
This morning, for example, Swami said, “I saw your hall,
Ayavoo.” Ayavoo told Him that he wished to install dialysis
machines, and Swami said, “One small act of My service is, I
will set up the dialysis centre to provide free of cost care to
every patient in Malaysia."
Swami was not one given to platform articulation, but for genuine, meaningful
action – because He is in the suffering of the sufferer; He undergoes the pain of
the person undergoing the pain. He is one with them.
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Excerpts
from
talk
by
Sri
B.
N.
Narasimha
Murthy
Even after shedding the physical body, was there anyone
who continued to shower His love and compassion oneveryone? An X‐Ray, CT scanner, ultrasound, or any other
machine may show what is broken or intact in our body,
but it is the love and compassion of Swami which sees the
broken heart.
In modern times, when the maximum number of human
beings are inhabiting this planet, there are maximum
number of broken hearts. Broken hearts of the poor, aswell as the rich. It is the power of Swami’s love and
compassion that repairs them.
Whether He had a physical body earlier, and now He does not have one, it does
not matter for Him ‐ and it should not matter for us as devotees. Because we
worship Him as God. We need not worship Him as a human body. It should not
make a difference because it does not make any difference for Him.
Whether it is His poor children in Malaysia who need dialysis, poor boys or girlswho need education in India or elsewhere, or His children in Nigeria who are in
dire need of healthcare for their hearts, Swami responds because He is our divine
father, He is our divine mother.
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Day 2 – 1st October, 2015
Evening Session at Sai Ananda
Divine Discourse
by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“I reside neither in Vaikuntha, nor in the
hearts of yogis. Wherever My devotees
sing My glory or chant My name, Iinstall Myself there.” (Sanskrit Poem)
Embodiments of Divine Love!
Once, Lord Narayana asked the great
Sage Narada, “Having travelled all over
the three worlds, what is the greatest
thing that you have ever seen?”
Sage Narada replied, “Earth is the
greatest thing; it is so vast, it bears all its
inhabitants, it gives life, it sustains life –
that is why it is called Mother Earth.
Therefore, the land on which people
reside, giving them food and life, is the
greatest.
Then the Lord asked, “Yes, but the land
is only a small part of the Earth. Theoceans are larger than the land – three
quarters of the Earth is covered with
water. Hence, the ocean is greater thanthe land on Earth. Is it true? Is the ocean
greater than the land?”
“What is more, Sage Agastya drank all
the water of all the oceans, so isn’t it a
fact that Sage Agastya must be
greater than the ocean?”
Narada replied, “Yes, Lord. Sage
Agastya is greater than the ocean.”
Then the Lord asked, “Sage Agastya is
just a star in the vast sky, so the sky is
greater than Sage Agastya isn't it?”
Sage Narada said, “Yes, Lord. The sky is
greater than Sage Agastya.”
Next, the Lord said, “When I came down
as Vamana Avatar, with just one step, I
crossed the entire sky, so am I not
greater than the sky?”
Sage Narada said, “Yes, Lord. You are
greater than the sky.”
Then the Lord said, “However, I reside
in the hearts of My devotees. I danced to
please My devotees for a cup of
buttermilk. So, are My devotees not
greater than Me?”
Sage Narada told, “Yes, Lord. Your
devotees are greater than You.”
In fact, the devotees of the Lord are
greater than the Lord himself. For the
Lord resides in their hearts. Whereverthere is devotion – pure love for the Lord
– that is where the Lord resides.
There is nothing greater than the hearts
of devotees. A heart that is pure, full of
devotion, and full of selfless love is truly
the home of the Lord.
There are many devotees gathered here.
They may call themselves ‘devotees’,
however, if a student goes to school,
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writes his own question paper, writes his
own answers, evaluates his own paper,
and gives himself a pass mark, saying, “I
have passed,” nobody is going to accept
such a certificate.It is the teacher who must prepare the
question paper; the student must answer.The teacher must correct, evaluate and
give the marks. The marks thus awarded
are the true reflection of the student’sabilities.
In the same way, it is not enough just to
call yourselves ‘devotees’. It is the Lord
who must be able to call you Hisdevotee, just as it is the teacher who
must assign the marks.
What does the Lord expect of His
devotees? He does not expect them to
know the entire life-story of the Lord, or
to describe to others what the Lord has
done, what He is capable of doing, or
what He is going to do. Whether you say
it or not, the Lord’s glory will never
diminish.
All He expects from His devotees is pure
love, for if love is pure, God Himselfwill be drawn towards you. You need not
go searching for God – God will come
searching for you.
In India there is a temple for Panduranga
Vitthala. Some distance away, therelived a little boy, Pundarika, who served
his parents as the very embodiments of
God. Our scriptures say, “Mother is God,
father is God.” He served his parents
selflessly, with much devotion, in the
belief that he was serving the LordHimself in the form of his mother and
father. Pleased with his devotion, the
Lord was very happy.
Where there is true love and true
service, the Lord will manifest.
There is no need to call or invite Him;
He will come of His own accord.
The people of that place were going on a
pilgrimage to Pandharipur, where there is
a temple of Vitthala and His consort,Rakhumai. When they were all leaving,
the little boy, Pundarika thought, “How
nice it would be if I could visit thistemple and have darshan of the Lord.”
However, when he looked at his old
parents, who needed his care, he decided,
“The Lord resides in my mother, the
Lord resides in my father; let me serve
them. I am sure that my service will
reach Panduranga Vitthala in thetemple.”
All the devotees left for the pilgrimage,
singing the glory of the Lord, walking all
the way to Pandharipur. However, this
little boy continued to serve his
parents in his home. While he was
massaging the feet of his parents and
getting them ready to sleep, he heard a
knock on the door. When he heard theknock, he asked, “Who is it? I am
serving my parents. I cannot come and
attend to you.” From outside, the reply
came, “I am Pandharipur Natha, the Lord
of Pandharipur. I am Vitthala who has
come to see you because you could not
come.”
The boy said, “Then wait outside; let me
finish serving my parents and I willcome and see you.” The Lord waited. He
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threw a brick towards the Lord and said,
“Stand on the brick and wait for me. I’ll
come in a while,” – and the Lord waited.
To this day, if you go to the temple, the
statue of the Lord is still waiting for thetrue devotee to come and see Him.
I have waited all My life – and for manylives – for My true devotees. Nobody
needs to tell Me where a true devotee is;
I will find My way to him, for I reside inno other place than the heart of such a
devotee. It is not for the purpose of
praising anyone in public that I say this,
but let Me tell you, many people haveinvited Me to Malaysia earlier, but the
truth is that most of those invitations
were only a way for someone to show
supremacy over another. One person
thought, “Only if I invite Sai Baba, will
He come to Malaysia.” Another said,
“No, only if I invite Him will He come,
for I am dearer to Him.”
With this attitude, many people tried inmany ways to bring Me here, but therewas no way I could have come.
However, now, without any invitation, it
is I who said, “I want to go to Malaysia. Iwant to go to Sai Ananda. I want to bless
the Medical Centre.”
If there is true love and true service, the
Lord will manifest. There is no need to
call or invite Him. He will come of Hisown accord.
Many devotees in Malaysia have been
rendering great service to Swami byserving their fellow brothers and sisters.
You come to the podium and shout,
“Dear sisters and brothers, dear sisters
and brothers,” but do you mean any of
it? If you truly feel that all are your
brothers and sisters, should your hearts
not pain you when you see their
sufferings? If you truly believe that all
are My children, should your hearts not
bleed when you see their pain?
Hrud (heart) + daya (compassion) =hrudaya; the seat of compassion is the
heart. The Lord truly resides in the heartthat is truly filled with compassion.
When I came to Malaysia, I asked wherewe were to stay. He (Brother Ayavoo)
said, “Swami, our home is ready. Come
and stay there.” Today, I took all of themand showed them the room that he had
kept for Me. It had been his room, but he
changed it entirely and gave it to Mewhen I came the last time. When we
were leaving, I told him, “Use it now; it
is your room.