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108 Quotations on Faith in God
From
Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Divine Discourses
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98 –
Faith in
God implies recognition of the omnipresence, of the Divine in the
universe and seeking to experience that divinity within one's
self. The Divine is One, though it may be called by many names. It
must be realised that God is all-pervasive and nothing exists
without the power of the Divine. One should not allow one's faith
in God to be affected by the ups and downs of life. All troubles
should be treated as tests and challenges to be faced with courage
and faith.
You should
learn from the example of Ranthi Deva, who retained his faith in
God and exhibited his compassion for the suffering despite the
extreme privation to which he was reduced by the vicissitudes of
life. To feed a hungry man, he and his family gave up the meagre
food they had gathered and denied themselves even water, to
relieve the thirst of a man crying for water. The Divine had
subjected him to these ordeals and later blessed him with grace.
Prahlada was
unaffected by all tortures to which he was subjected because he saw
in everybody and everything in the form of Vishnu. He exemplifies
the strength derived from the love of God to the exclusion of
everything. Worldly love is blind and fickle. Divine love is
all-embracing and defies description. When the heart is freed of all
impurities, it can experience the Divine. It will revel in the bliss
of that experience and will not seek any other trivial pleasure.
When one is immersed in the nectar of divine love, he experiences
ineffable bliss. Such a person experiences Saakshaatkaaram
(direct experience) of the Divine.
– Sri
Sathya Sai Baba
From: Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Divine Discourse on 3.6.1986
Sathya Sai Speaks, Volume XIX, Chapter 11: Spiritual Pancha Sheela,
Section: All troubles should be treated as tests.
Online:
http://www.sathyasai.org/search/volume19/sss19-11.pdf
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