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Some of the most significant Discourses that act as milestones in the Sathya Sai Avatar's mission are listed here. These key Discourses are a wonderful read for everyone, including those new to Sathya Sai Baba's life and work. They capture the essence of Sathya Sai Baba's teachings and guide us in gaining a better understanding of how to put them in practice in our daily lives.

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Number of Discourses with this Tag: 13

1. Divinity protects and safeguards man

Sri Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 32 (1999)

Sankranthi, Sports Meet

14 January 1999

If you cannot achieve what you want, do not waver or get depressed. He is a realised one who is cheerful in the face of all adversities.[Telugu Poem] Embodiments of Love! Students - Boys and Girls! “Ekamsena Sthitham Jagat (the whole universe is based on one aspect of divinity).” Just as the sun’s rays do not exist in the absence of the sun, so also the world cannot exist without divinity, the primordial basis. Here on this table you find a flower, a cup, a mike, and a handkerchief. The word ‘is’ is used to connote the existence of all these items. Here the emphasis is on the word ‘is’. There is a picture, there is a pot and there is a person. The word is proves their existence. This ‘is’ explains the principle of divinity in full. The shakti (power), leelas (divine play), and the effulgence of God are limitless. The five elements are responsible for the protection and sustenance of the world. The first element, the earth, is the basis for mountains and hills, river...

2. Immanent In You

Sri Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 2 (1961 - 62)

Shivarathri

04 March 1962

You have heard four people speaking now on the magazine Sanathana Sarathi and the value derived from it by readers. I know that you have been squatting for an hour or so, and you will come again for longer sessions later in the day, which will continue the whole night. Let Me tell you that far from sympathising with you, I commend your endurance, for such hardships make your lives worthwhile. To call it a hardship is a sign of delusion and ignorance of values. Just now, the entire country is under the shadow of a fear, the fear of the conjoint effect of eight planets that converge in one line for some short time. In order to ward off the evil, persons who have so far never spent a paisa on charity are spending lavishly for holy rituals, worship rites, and the propitiation of planetary powers. So far, so good; let some money flow from one pocket to another that is more needy. Let money circulate. Let the spirit of charity grow, even out of panic. But calamity, danger, and death cannot b...

3. Let life be fruitful and meaningful

Sri Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 32 (1999)

Dasara

17 October 1999

Brahmanandam Paramasukhadam Kevalam JnanarnurthimDvandvatheetham Gaganasadrusam Tathwamasyadhi LakshyamEkam Nithyam Vimalam Achalam Sarvadhee SakshibhutamBhavatheetham Trigunarahitham Sadgurum Embodiments of Love! Man should cultivate noble qualities in order to understand the secrets and the inner meanings of the Vedas. The terms used in the Vedas transcend the barriers of time and space. Consider the word Brahmanandam. It means eternal bliss. Such a word cannot be understood by comparison with the joy derived from materialistic pleasures (lokananda). Brahma is derived from the root word brihat, meaning vastness. Brahmanandam is that which is immutable. It is the true and infinite bliss. It can also be termed as Advaitananda, meaning the bliss that results from the experience of oneness. It can also be described as Nirgunananda and Nirakarananda (bliss that transcends form and attributes). Paramasukhadam means supreme happiness. It has nothing to do with the worldly happi...

4. Love is the only offering I accept

Sri Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 18 (1985)

21 November 1985

We have here at the World Conference delegates from many counties, wedded to different cultures and traditions, languages and styles of dress, food etc. But, this variety should not hide from our vision, the unity of Divinity inherent in all of you. The world today is afflicted with formidable problems and fast-spreading fear–fear of war, of famine, and of demonic terrorists, problems of racial, religious and regional conflicts, of economic recuperation and survival, of student indiscipline, of credal clashes, of frenzy and fanaticism, of power-grabbing and extreme egoism. The only remedy for this creeping fear is an attitude of Vairagyam (non-attachment). When one is attached to the body-mind complex and the I-and-Mine limitation, fear is inescapable. The Adhwaithic awareness, that what we witness is but a super-imposition of our own mind on Reality; it is the best cure; and service is the most effective sadhana. Our deeds reveal our motives; our motives design our habits; our ha...

5. My Reality Is truth, Goodness, Beauty (Alternative Translation)

Sri Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 10 (1970)

Shivarathri

06 March 1970

I am neither man nor celestial being. I am neither a brahmin nor a warrior (kshatriya ) nor a merchant (vaishya ) nor a labourer (sudra ). I cannot be described as a celibate, a householder, a recluse, or a monk. Know Me as the Teacher of Truth. My reality is truth, goodness, beauty (sathyam , sivam , sundaram ). (Sanskrit verse) Your reality is also truth, goodness, beauty (sathyam , sivam , sundaram ). Without truth, there cannot be goodness; without goodness, what does beauty avail? The effect of truth on the mind is goodness; the joy that flows from goodness is the genuine beauty that artists love. The three are really one and indivisible. Truth is goodness and goodness is beauty. Experience this truth. That will give you the highest bliss. Let not lesser joys distract you. Don’t fritter away your energy, playing the silly game of gaining and losing, gathering and scattering, winning temporary fame, fortune, and felicity. Go straight on the royal road that leads to self-realisati...

6. Objective, not object

Sri Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 10 (1970)

Guru Purnima

18 July 1970

THERE is need for a Guru, some one who can guide and lead, who has covered the road and knows its ups and downs. You may have the lamp, wick and oil; but, someone must light it. there may be some convolute drawn on the board, but, some one who knows that it is the letter G, the letter O and the letter D must teach the child to identify them as Jee, 0 and Dee. That is enough, some one must tell him that it has to be read, not as Jeeodee, but as God, and that the sound God represents the concretised Divine principle that is immanent in the Universe, that moves the dew to drop, the lotus to bloom, the butterfly to flit and the sun to rise, that is all the power, all the wisdom, all the love, all the miracle that ever was, is and will be. Those who teach about Nature and its laws, matter and its properties, forces and their pulls, teach to bind, not to liberate; it is a burden, not bliss. It provides a stone boat for you to cross the sea, with waves of grief and crests of joy. It cann...

7. Revelations about the Sai Avatar

Sri Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 23 (1990)

Dasara

28 September 1990

At the tip of the tongue dwells the Goddess of Prosperity; There dwell friends and kinsmen; Bondage is wrought by the tip of the tongue; Death waits verily at the tip of the tongue. EMBODIMENTS of Divine Love! All the wealth that man acquires is got through speech. Man's friendships and relations are established through speech. Man forges fetters through speech. In the last reckoning, even death overtakes man through speech. In human life, speech is extremely vital. When his speech is pure, man gets sanctified. In all circumstances, one should be on guard in the use of words. Purity in speech is ensured only by the company of the good. "Can the mind concentrate in the contemplation of God without good qualities and good thoughts? Can a house be built without brick and mortar?" (Swami recited a Telugu poem). Not men alone, but all living beings are enveloped by the six enemies (desire, anger, infatuation, greed, pride and envy). Of the six, the primary ones are Kama (desire) a...

8. Siva Sakthi

Sri Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 3 (1963)

Guru Purnima

06 July 1963

(Baba was brought down the winding stairs into the private room on the ground floor, because He insisted on giving darshan to the thousands of devotees who had come on that auspicious day. He had had an attack of cerebral thrombosis (or tubercular meningitis?) and was in bed for eight days from the morning of Saturday, 29 June, to the evening of 6 July. His left hand, leg, and eye were affected, His right hand had also slight palsy, the tongue was indistinct, and the face was twitching. He was placed on the silver chair in the prayer hall, and His hand and leg were adjusted in proper position. As soon as He was seated, He communicated the following message, which was interpreted and announced. This is not Swami’s illness. This is an illness that Swami has taken on in order to save someone. Swami has no illness, nor will He get ill at any time. You must all be happy; that alone will make Swami happy. If you grieve, Swami will not be happy. Your joy is Swami’s food. Then, B...

9. Swamis Declaration of His Divinity

Sri Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 29 (1996)

31 July 1996

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Don't think I am speaking out of ego. I am only revealing the truth about Myself. You have not understood even a fraction of My Reality. None can describe My nature as this or that. I am a man among men, a woman among women, a child among children, and when I am alone, I am Brahman. This is My Reality (loud applause). I conduct Myself according to the group of people around Me. When I am among elders, I have to behave like an elder. When among children, I have to act like a child. If an old man plays with toys, children will laugh at him. If a child uses a walking stick like an old man, elders will be amused. It is natural for an old man use a walking stick and for a child to play with toys. Similarly, when I am with children, I make them happy by giving them this and that. But when someone comes to Me with a desire for spiritual knowledge, I teach the same to him. When a householder comes to Me, I teach him the dharma of a householder.

10. The day that wrought the great change

Sri Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 23 (1990)

Avatar Day

20 October 1990

THE NAME of Prashanthi Nilayam has spread to all parts of the globe. People from all countries are coming here. Prashanthi Nilayam has become a mini-world. What has been accomplished here in fifty years could not have been achieved in five hundred years. The Supreme Power of attracting so many from all parts of the world can only belong to the Divine. There is nothing greater or more magnificent than Jyothi (Light). No other object has the power of light. Light alone has the power to dispel darkness. Light has yet another power. Light (or flame) always moves upwards. Even if you keep a lamp in a pit, the light will only spread upwards. The two important characteristics of light are to dispel darkness and go upwards. However, if the light has to shine without intermission as Akhanda Jyothi it needs a proper basis. First of all, the light (lamp) needs a container. There must be a wick (to light the flame). There must be oil in the wick and in the container. These three are not enough to...

Sri Sathya Sai Speaks

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1. Divinity protects and safeguards man

2. Immanent In You

3. Let life be fruitful and meaningful

4. Love is the only offering I accept

5. My Reality Is truth, Goodness, Beauty (Alternative Translation)

6. Objective, not object

7. Revelations about the Sai Avatar

8. Siva Sakthi

9. Swamis Declaration of His Divinity

10. The day that wrought the great change

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