| Date: Monday, February 17, 2014 | | THOUGHT FOR THE DAY | | Always help the poor and those suffering and in distress. Once upon a time, in Tamil Nadu, lived a poet saint who squatted on the small veranda of his hut and chanted beautiful songs to the Lord. One day, it was raining heavily. Another man came and asked him if he could also take shelter there. The devotee said, "There was place just enough for me to stretch out, but now that you are here we will both sit erect." Later, another man came and asked for shelter. The devotee again agreed, saying "There was place for the two of us to sit. Now that you also have come, let us all stand." He thus taught the principle of helping everyone and not sending anyone away who needed help, even when the means are limited. Cultivate this attitude of sharing with others any good thing you have. Thus you can practice daily, the great principle of finding God in every being. (Divine Discourse,"Summer Showers in Brindavan: 1972", Ch 21) | | | | Date: Sunday, February 16, 2014 | | YESTERDAY'S THOUGHT | God dwells in each and every one of us. Do not criticise anybody. If you criticize someone, you will accumulate sin. Do not hate anyone. Never criticise anyone's action or criticize them on the grounds of caste, race, gender, religion or community. There is only one caste, the caste of humanity. There is only one religion, the religion of love. There is only one language, the language of the heart. All of you must understand and internalize this. Become an ideal person from today. Develop faith in the 'Brotherhood of Man and the Fatherhood of God'. Do not worry about the past, forget it. This will lead you to real bliss. Thus I bless you! (Divine Discourse, "My Dear Students", Vol 2, Chapter 1) | Join Us on Facebook Just a reminder, if you are on Facebook then you should join our Sai Ram Facebook-page. We are nearing the 140,000 mark and unlike a lot of pages that are created and you join and then nothing beneficial ever happens, we actually send out daily Sai Baba updates and give exclusive content/images on most of our postings. |
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