GEM 733

Virtuous conduct also ensures mental peace and that, in turn, saves you from many a physical and mental illness.

(From : Garland of 1008 Gems, Bhagawan Shri Sathya Sai Baba's Sayings)

Sai Jewel - 26

Some Qualities

There are some qualities which are always accompanying the jeeva (individual).  His sorrows, his birth, his work, his hatred, his likes and dislikes, his lack of discriminating power and his ignorance are qualities which are always accompanying the jeeva.  Ignorance gets mixed with lack of discriminating power.  Attachment gives rise to anger.  Anger gives rise to hatred.  Hatred gives rise to birth and sorrow.  All these qualities are related to each other in an inseparable manner.

For sorrow, birth is responsible and for birth, one's own karma is responsible.  However, we may ask if sorrow is natural to man or is it coming half-way through one's life?  Truly, if sorrow is natural to man's life, he cannot get rid of sorrow all through his life.  There is no basis for us to think that sorrow is a natural quality for a human being.  If that is so, it could not be got rid of by any method.

(Summer Showers in Brindivan, 1977, pg 84)

Sing Praises

Respect All Religions

Respect All Religions

I always say : Let the different faiths exist, let them flourish, let the glory of God be sung in all the languages in a variety of tunes.  That should be the ideal.  Respect the differences between the faiths and recognize them as valid so far as they do not extinguish the flame of unity.


(**Sai Baba in an interview given to RK Karanjia of Blitz - 1976)


(Extract from : 'God Lives In Prashanti Nilayam')

16. Om Sri Sai Maheswara Swaroopaaya Namah

Garland of 108 Precious Gems

Ashtotthara Satha Nama Rathnamala 

16.  Om Sri Sai Maheswara Swaroopaya Namah

Maheswara is another name of Siva meaning 'auspiciousness' or 'profusion of favours'.  The most meaningful symbol of Siva is the oval shaped figure which is called Linga (Symbol); It is like the Zero '0' and Siva can be attained only when the circle of discipline is completed and when man realizes that "he is nobody, the world is nothing and there is no where to go or nothing to lose, or gain".

Baba creates these symbols of Siva in Himself and allows thousands to witness their emergence, on the great day dedicated to the worship of Siva, or Maheswara, viz., Maha-Siva-Rathri.  Siva is also the third aspect of Divinity, the Layakaaraka, the merciful God who merges all in the Universal, reduces all to the ultimate ash.

So Siva is clothed in ash; He showers ash; He grants the sacred ash; He is revered by the ceremonial wearing of ash.  Baba showers this ash (Vibhuthi) from His palm, His forehead, His feet and His pictures.  For His devotees, this gift of ash is the panacea for all physical, mental and intellectual illnesses.  Baba is indeed Maheswara.

Maheswara also means the supreme God - the Sovereign of all the Gods (Maha-Iswara) (Great God Supreme).  Since Baba has graciously declared that He is Sarva-Devatha-Swaroopa; Viswa-Viraat-Swaroopa, He is undoubtedly Maheswara Swarupa.

(From : Garland of 108 Precious Gems, 

Ashtotthara Sathanama Rathnamala, by Prof N Kasturi)

THE KEY TO GOD'S HEART (Chapter 5)(Para 1)

Man craves to see God, feel God, touch God, speak to God. He goes on pilgrimages, reads scriptures, carries out rituals but God cannot be reached by the mind or described by the word. When this longing intensifies like a cool breeze over a desert, the vapor condenses and the down pour of rain descends for the parched hearts of man. Out of compassion and affection for mankind, God incarnates as with some of the great masters of the past, Jesus, Zoroaster, Krishna and Buddha; and it is the most wonderful thing. To touch and feel, to relate to Him as a friend, as a disciple to a master, as a father to a son, as a mother to her child, any human relationship, all human relationships find their source to Him.

(From : THE KEY TO GOD'S HEART by R SAI)

GEM 732

When the senses are brought under control of the mind, the mind itself ceases to function.

(From : Garland of 1008 Gems, Bhagawan Shri Sathya Sai Baba's Sayings)

Heaven

Heaven is not a supra-terrestrial region of perpetual spring; 
it is an inner experience, a state of supreme Bliss.

(Baba, The Breath of Sai, pg 259)