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| Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Know your duty and do them as best as you can, consistently. Tend your parents with love, speak the truth and act virtuously. When you have spare time, repeat the Name of the Lord, with the form that pleases you the most in your mind. Never indulge in talking ill of others or trying to discover faults in someone else. Do not cause pain to others in any form. Be like the lotus, unattached to the slush where it is born in and the water in which it is bred. The merits and demerits earned in past births is the slush, where the individual is born; the enticing illusion called world is the water that sustains. Do not allow that enticement to affect you. Be above and beyond earthly attachments like the lotus. Though you may be in it, you should not allow the world to get into you and affect your sense of values. - Sri Sathya Sai Baba  Yesterday's Thought Date: Friday, April 20, 2012 True knowledge is that which takes you across this sea of flux, of births and deaths. Knowledge is of two kinds - the first is Objective Knowledge or that of the world; the second is Integral Knowledge, the understanding that the Divine Self and the individual soul are one. Integral Knowledge destroys the delusion of considering this constant flux as reality; it removes fear from the heart and reveals to one that every being is truly Divine. There are two paths by which one can approach this Knowledge - the inner and the outer. The outer path is that of selfless actions and the inner path is deep meditation and equanimity. - Sri Sathya Sai Baba |
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2012-04-21
21-04-2012 - THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM TODAY
2012-04-20
20-04-2012 - THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM TODAY
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| Date: Friday, April 20, 2012 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY True knowledge is that which takes you across this sea of flux, of births and deaths. Knowledge is of two kinds - the first is Objective Knowledge or that of the world; the second is Integral Knowledge, the understanding that the Divine Self and the individual soul are one. Integral Knowledge destroys the delusion of considering this constant flux as reality; it removes fear from the heart and reveals to one that every being is truly Divine. There are two paths by which one can approach this Knowledge - the inner and the outer. The outer path is that of selfless actions and the inner path is deep meditation and equanimity. - Sri Sathya Sai Baba Yesterday's Thought Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012 You must tread the spiritual path with an unstoppable urge to reach the goal, and must cultivate the yearning for liberation. You have to dwell in a home built on the four strong pillars – Righteousness, Wealth, Desire and Liberation (Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha). That is, Righteousness should be the means to acquire Wealth and Liberation should be the only Desire. However much you may earn wealth or garner strength, unless you tap the springs of bliss within you, you cannot have peace and lasting contentment. The name manava (man) itself means, one who has no trace of ignorance. To deserve this name, you must remove your ignorance by incessant activity motivated by good impulses. - Sri Sathya Sai Baba |
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2012-04-19
19-04-2012 - THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM TODAY
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| Date: Thursday, April 19, 2012 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY You must tread the spiritual path with an unstoppable urge to reach the goal, and must cultivate the yearning for liberation. You have to dwell in a home built on the four strong pillars – Righteousness, Wealth, Desire and Liberation (Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha). That is, Righteousness should be the means to acquire Wealth and Liberation should be the only Desire. However much you may earn wealth or garner strength, unless you tap the springs of bliss within you, you cannot have peace and lasting contentment. The name manava (man) itself means, one who has no trace of ignorance. To deserve this name, you must remove your ignorance by incessant activity motivated by good impulses. - Sri Sathya Sai Baba Yesterday's Thought Date: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 The ear fills the head. The head directs the arm and the arm acts. So hear good things; do good things and share good things. That gives joy and contentment. Speak softly, kindly and lovingly; that is Dharma (righteousness). Give generously and wisely. Wipe the tear and assuage the sigh and the groan. Do not simply throw money at the needy – give with grace and humility, respect and reverence. Try to live with others harmoniously. Do not judge others by their dress or exterior. Nurturing anger and hatred in your heart is like carrying a pot with many holes for bringing water. Discard anger, hatred, envy and greed. To achieve this, dwell on the Name of the Lord; it will certainly help you. - Sri Sathya Sai Baba |
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2012-04-18
18-04-2012 - THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM TODAY
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| Date: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY The ear fills the head. The head directs the arm and the arm acts. So hear good things; do good things and share good things. That gives joy and contentment. Speak softly, kindly and lovingly; that is Dharma (righteousness). Give generously and wisely. Wipe the tear and assuage the sigh and the groan. Do not simply throw money at the needy – give with grace and humility, respect and reverence. Try to live with others harmoniously. Do not judge others by their dress or exterior. Nurturing anger and hatred in your heart is like carrying a pot with many holes for bringing water. Discard anger, hatred, envy and greed. To achieve this, dwell on the Name of the Lord; it will certainly help you. - Sri Sathya Sai Baba Yesterday's Thought Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 The source of all types of sorrow is ignorance (ajnana). The source of ignorance is identification with the body - the delusion that you are the body. This can be removed only by the acquisition of right knowledge. To remove darkness, light is needed; darkness cannot be frightened away, nor can you make it yield by prayer or petition or protest. It will not disappear unless light comes in. When ignorance goes, grief too vanishes. That is why, in the Geeta, Lord Krishna tells Arjuna, "Attach yourself to Me and earn the light of True Knowledge and tread the path of 'No grief'." - Sri Sathya Sai Baba |
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2012-04-17
17-04-2012 - THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM TODAY
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| Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY The source of all types of sorrow is ignorance (ajnana). The source of ignorance is identification with the body - the delusion that you are the body. This can be removed only by the acquisition of right knowledge. To remove darkness, light is needed; darkness cannot be frightened away, nor can you make it yield by prayer or petition or protest. It will not disappear unless light comes in. When ignorance goes, grief too vanishes. That is why, in the Geeta, Lord Krishna tells Arjuna, "Attach yourself to Me and earn the light of True Knowledge and tread the path of 'No grief'." - Sri Sathya Sai Baba Yesterday's Thought Date: Monday, April 16, 2012 The God of Death, Yama is also called Kaala, which means time. Time is the true God of Death. Time knows no mercy; you have to leave when the time is over. Each day, your span is shortened by twenty four hours. The God of Death is said to carry a rope. He does not run a rope factory to drag into his home all the millions who die. The dying person has the rope already spun and twisted round the neck. Each one spins this rope through every act performed during the years of one's life, now or in the past. Acts done with egoism, self-interest or an eye on the beneficial consequences make the rope longer and gives it a stronger twist. Good deeds done in a dedicatory spirit do not add to the length or the strength of the rope. They give peace and happiness in plenty. Resolve from this day to see only the good in others and to develop the good in yourselves. This is the best sadhana (spiritual practice). - Sri Sathya Sai Baba |
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2012-04-16
16-04-2012 - THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM TODAY - Sai Inspires
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| Date: Monday, April 16, 2012 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY The God of Death, Yama is also called Kaala, which means time. Time is the true God of Death. Time knows no mercy; you have to leave when the time is over. Each day, your span is shortened by twenty four hours. The God of Death is said to carry a rope. He does not run a rope factory to drag into his home all the millions who die. The dying person has the rope already spun and twisted round the neck. Each one spins this rope through every act performed during the years of one's life, now or in the past. Acts done with egoism, self-interest or an eye on the beneficial consequences make the rope longer and gives it a stronger twist. Good deeds done in a dedicatory spirit do not add to the length or the strength of the rope. They give peace and happiness in plenty. Resolve from this day to see only the good in others and to develop the good in yourselves. This is the best sadhana (spiritual practice). - Sri Sathya Sai Baba Yesterday's Thought Date: Sunday, April 15, 2012 The devotion of the Jnani (the Wise) is direct devotion (Bhakthi) to the Lord, for the Wise cognises the Lord as their own Self (Atma); this state is reached as a result of the merit accumulated through many lives. This devotion is not a stage attainable on the spur of the moment; nor is it available ready-made in shops for a price. It is the culmination of the spiritual endeavour of many lives. So too, if someone has become a Jnani today, you can imagine the years of Sadhana (spiritual efforts) that won for the person that state. The goal is reached stage by stage. Therefore, seekers and devotees must be ever vigilant, and keep away from all undesirable traits; they should try to grow in the contemplation of the glory of God, and in the practice of morality, eagerly striving to experience the real bliss of attainment. This bliss has then to be shared with the world. That will inaugurate world peace and world prosperity. - Sri Sathya Sai Baba |
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