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108 Quotations on Faith in God
From
Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Divine Discourses
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105 –
In your
eyes, Hiranyakasipu and others may appear to be demons. But in
the view of the Divine they may appear as persons who help the
devotees to affirm their faith in God. The Lord makes an example
of the demons to teach the devotees the truth of the Spirit. The
good is wedged in between two bad things. Pleasure is an
interval between two pains. Indeed, if there had been no
Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakasipu, there would have been no occasion
for the advent of the Narasimha Avatar to bless Prahlada.
Without hatred on the one side, the power of faith on the other
cannot be demonstrated. Although Prahlada's father,
Hiranyakasipu, subjected his son, a great devotee of God, to
numerous ordeals, Prahlada emerged from them as an ideal lover
of God, who acquired undying glory. Hiranyakasipu was the
instrument for revealing the greatness of Prahlada. The Lord
creates hostile forces to demonstrate the power of faith in the
Divine and to confer peace and plenty on the believers.
– Sri
Sathya Sai Baba
From: Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Divine Discourse on
28.6.1989
Sathya Sai Speaks, Volume XXII, Chapter 20: Brahmamayam Jagath,
Section: Demons teach devotees the Divine power.
Online:
http://sathyasai.org/search/volume22/sss22-20.pdf
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