Love, The Main Switch

All bodies are like bulbs, and love is the main switch. Only when the main switch is pressed will the bodies radiate light and happiness to one and all. You are switching off the main switch and trying to enjoy happiness.

It is impossible. Hrid + daya (compassion) = Hridaya (heart). Your heart should be filled with compassion. All your activities should be suffused with love. There is no strength superior to love

--Divine Discourse

Immortality is Nothing But Love

Immortality is nothing but love. Love is nectarous, it is infinite and all bliss. Today people are not making any effort to understand this principle of love.

It is only the power of love that can nullify a curse or a sin. It is only love that can remove all the bitter feelings and enhance the sweetness of life.

-Sathya Sai Baba

Divinity is Everywhere

A deep enquiry into the principles of science and spirituality will reveal that the atom is the basis of everything in this world. Even the food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breathe, are all constituted by atoms. But there is something more subtle and fundamental than even the atom. Everything has originated from the Fundamental Principle.

Instead of trying to know the Fundamental Principle, man is getting carried away by trivialities. Subtler than the atom, vaster than the cosmos, Divinity is present everywhere as the eternal witness. Try to experience the principle of the Atma which transcends everything. In order to experience the Atma, you should pursue spiritual education along with secular education.

--Sathya Sai Baba

God is Present in Everyone

God is present in everyone. He resides in every heart. So, do not confine God to a temple, a mosque or a church. Where man is, there God is. Daivam Manusha Rupena (God takes the form of man). As you do not realise this, you indulge in criticism of others. Whom are you criticising? Whom do you adore? Enquire for yourself.

God is present in all. So, when you criticise others, it amounts to criticising yourself. When you love others, you love yourself. If you criticise others, you criticise God. Sarva Jeeva Namaskaram Keshavam Pratigachchati (whomever you salute, that salutation reaches God) and Sarva Jeeva Tiraskaram Keshavam Pratigachchati (whomever you denigrate, the denigration too reaches God). When you help others, you will receive help tenfold. If you harm others, you will be put to harm ten times more. Always bear this in mind.

Chanting Divine Name

It is only the chanting of the divine name that can protect you. Money and high position are like passing clouds. You should not clamour for them. Instead one should take refuge in the divine name. He alone is truly blessed whose heart is filled with the divine name. People who do not relish the divine name may make fun of you. Some may tell you that there is no God.

What should be your reply? “God may not exist for you but He exists for me. Who are you to deny the existence of my God?” No one has any right to deny God. Never forget the divine name wherever you may be and under any circumstances. Sarvada Sarva Kaleshu Sarvatra Hari Chintanam (everywhere, at all times, under all circumstances contemplate on God). Imprint the divine name on your heart firmly and permanently.

True Spirituality

True spirituality lies in destroying one's bestial nature and rising to the level of the divine. But instead of ascending to divinity, man is degenerating to animal nature. He has forgotten the principles of spirituality. He celebrates festivals by merely partaking of sweets and wastes his time in pomposity.

One should ponder over the inner significance of each festival and celebrate it in a meaningful manner. Man should have total faith that he is not just a human being but there is God within. Only then will the animal nature in him be subdued. As man has forgotten his true nature, he has become bestial. You may belong to any country, religion, race, caste or gender, but you should firmly hold on to humanness.

Purify Yor Heart

Man performs various tasks and undergoes many experiences in this world. But what is the use of all this he does if he is unable to enjoy everlasting bliss? Not by wealth, not by action, not by study of texts, nor indeed by Darshan, Sparshan and Sambhashan (vision, touch and conversation) of noble souls can man attain eternal bliss. He can visualise the manifestation of God and experience bliss only when he purifies his heart. Love all. Have faith that God is present in all. Make everybody happy. Only then can you attain happiness. It is impossible for you to attain happiness without making others happy.

Love for God

Birds and animals have love in them, but they have no desires. They are contented when their hunger is satiated. But man is not like that. He wants everything. Even if he owns five buildings, he wants ten more... Today man’s desires are excessive. He has to reduce his desires. Less luggage more comfort make travel a pleasure... Once you control your desires, you can live in peace. But, never reduce your love for God. Develop more and more love for God. When you have love for God, you will have everything.

Divine Discourse

Clean Your Heart

God’s grace cannot be had by one who is wavering from moment to moment and whose heart is not pure. The Lord judges the devotee by the purity of his heart and not by the kind of worship or japa he performs. Even if you do not practice worship or meditation, it is enough if you have cleansed your heart. The Divine will then enter it.

Nama Smaranam

The remembrance of God and repetition of His Name is the only means of liberation that is easily accessible to all. People tend to treat the Name of the Lord casually, not realizing its potency. The power of the entire cosmos is contained in it. You must understand the significance of the Name properly and use it in the right way. Bhajan is an effective activity by which Kama (desire) and Krodha (anger) can be kept away.