| |
108 Quotations on Faith in God
From
Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Divine Discourses
–
16 –
You
may boast that you have been visiting Puttaparthi since twenty
years or that you have made the place your permanent residence.
But, unless you follow the lessons I emphasise, that boast is mere
empty vanity. If you develop love for all beings, in the faith
that God resides in all, you may be anywhere else, but your
prayers would reach me and my grace will reach you. While in my
previous body, I told Naanaasaheb that I am in ants, insects and
animals, besides all men. When a dog ate off offerings intended
for Baba, it was declared to have reached Baba, for he had eaten
it in that form: "Naanaa says he is giving me food; but when I go
in the form of a dog he drives me off".
Be always saturated with
prema. Do not use poisonous words against anyone, for,
words wound more fatally than even arrows. Speak soft and sweet.
Sympathise with suffering and loss and ignorance; try your best to
apply the salve of soothing word and timely succour. Do not damage
the faith of anyone, in virtue and divinity. Encourage others to
have that faith by demonstrating in your own life that virtue is
its own reward, that divinity is all-pervasive and all-powerful.
– Sri
Sathya Sai Baba
From: Sri Sathya Sai
Baba's Divine Discourse on 25.10.1965
Sathya Sai Speaks, Volume V, Chapter 50: In ants and men,
Section: Parents must correct their wards on the spot
Online:
http://www.sathyasai.org/search/volume05/sss05-50.pdf
First Previous
Next
Last
|
