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108 Quotations on Faith in God
From
Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Divine Discourses
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One
may have immense faith in God. But from time to time, the power of
Maya may undermine this faith. In Mahabharata
even staunch devotees of Krishna like Dharmaja and Arjuna
displayed hesitancy in acting up to the advice of Krishna and had
to be taught their duty through Bhishma and Draupadi respectively
Faith in God
should never waver. In no circumstance should anyone go against
the injunctions of the Divine. Whatever worship one may offer,
however intensely one may meditate, if one transgresses the
commands of the Lord, these devotional practices become futile.
The reason is that the Divine has no selfish objective or aim. It
is out of small-minded selfish motives that people act against the
sacred commands of the Lord. Even small acts of transgression may
in due course assume dangerous proportions.
Like the clouds in the sky which are brought together or dispersed
by the winds, the passage of time brings about for men the union
or separation of associates and happiness or sorrow. Time is the
form of God. It should not be wasted. It is to understand such
sacred truths that festivals like Ganesh Chathurthi are celebrated.
– Sri
Sathya Sai Baba
From: Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Divine Discourse on 12.09.1991
Sathya Sai Speaks, Volume XXIV, Chapter 24: Vinayaka worhsip ranks
first,
Section: Faith in God should never waver
Online:
http://www.sathyasai.org/search/volume24/sss24-24.pdf
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