Who can ascribe a form to Him who is beyond all bounds and shapes?
One-can only laugh at those who babble that He is thus and thus and thus. He has no hands or feet or limbs or parts: How then can humans picture Him ? His radiance is that of a billion Suns and more: How can the mind hope to reach Him? 'Tis formless Force - to grasp It whole Who can venture? Who can claim success? 'Tis Atma with no fixed Form, since Time began, Illumining Space and the boundless vast He, the Ever-existing with no birth, no death, Sans beginning, middle or end, Unborn, undecaying, deathless He is the Atma, the Timeless, the Etenal Supreme. EMBODIMENTS of Love ! Since dawn this day, from every tongue, the words, "Happy Birthday" "Happy Birthdays" have been resounding. What exactly do these words mean? Are the words used with awareness of their significance, or, are they spoken as a conventional form of social etiquette? Such doubts do arise. The English word "happy" has as its equivalent in Thelugu Sant...
Good and bad coexist. None can separate them. But one with sraddha (steadfast faith) will always experience goodness. What else is to be conveyed to this august assembly? (Telugu Poem)
Embodiments of Love!
Today marks the beginning of another new year. Many new years have gone by, but there is no change in the life of man. What is the reason? The reason is that man is not making efforts to experience the principle of divinity, which is present in all in the form of love. Love is the true form of God. It is your foremost duty to recognise this eternal principle of love.
Today you are in search of divinity. Where is the need to search for that which is everywhere at all times? You are in search of God because you are unaware that God is always with you and in you. You are trying to have the vision of God through meditation. However, you should not be satisfied by merely performing such spiritual practices. What is meditation? Adherence to truth is true meditation.The eterna...
Editor's note: This is the alternative translation of the discourse originally published in Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 29.
You may master the Vedas and Vedanta,You may be an expert composer of beautiful poems and prose,
But if you lack purity of heart, You will ruin yourself.Never forget these good words.(Telugu Poem)
Embodiments divine Atma!
Since ancient times, Indian culture has been propagating the principles of four objectives of life (purusharthas), namely righteousness, wealth, desire, and liberation (dharma, artha, kama, and moksha), and also the principles of the Vedas and their auxiliary sciences. The word Veda is derived from the root vid, which means knowledge. This knowledge teaches one how to lead a meaningful and noble life in this world by performing good deeds to attain the four main objectives of life.
The Vedas are infinite
Sages and seers, in their state of deep contemplation, received the knowledge of the Vedas directly from Brahman. Initially, the Veda...