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IVINE VISIT

26th & 27th August, 2015

Dubai

United Arab Emirates


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Divine Visit to Dubai, UAE

26-27th August, 2015

Divine Disc ourse s

By Bha g awa n Sri Sa thya Sa i Ba b a

In the Sub tle Bod y

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Dubai Satsang

In August 2015, our beloved Bhagawan blessed Dubai, United Arab Emirates by fulfilling the

wishes of His devotees and visiting again for the second time this year.

In accordance with the divine instructions, two programs were organized during the visit to

Dubai. The first took place on the 26th of August and consisted of a drama presentation:

'Transformation of the Heart' by the youth of Dubai, followed by talks by eminent devotees

and ending with the divine discourse. The second day’s program was on 27th August. After

bhajans, there were two speakers before Bhagawan gave His divine discourse.

This is a Booklet of divine discourses and excerpts from the speeches given by members of

Swami’s entourage, including Mr. B. N. Narasimha Murthy, Mr. C . Sreenivas, Mr. Isaac Tigrett,

& Ms. Bhuvana Santhanam.


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rogramme

26th August, 2015

Swami arrived at Gupta Residence and gave an impromptu talk

to the welcoming team

Morning Session

Drama: ‘Transformation of the Heart’ (Presente d b y Dub a i Youth)

Talks by

Ms. Bhuva na Sa ntha nam

M r. B. N. Na ra sim ha Murthy

Divine Discourse by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba to

Dubai Youth

Evening Session

Talks by

M r. C . Sre e niva s

M r. B. N. Na ra sim ha Murthy Divine Discourse by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Question and Answer Session

27th August, 2015

Morning Session (Pre-lunch)

Divine Discourse by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Evening Session

Talks by

M r. Isa a c Tigret t

M r. B. N. Na ra sim ha Murthy


Question and Answer Session


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Welcoming our Lord – 26

th

August 2015

at Gupta Residence


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Divine Satsang – 26

th

August 2015

at Aswani Residence

The afternoon satsang commenced at 4 pm at the Aswani residence with a Youth Meet.

Bhagawan was very lovingly welcomed by the Aswani family. Young Bhangra dancers led

the way for Swami and it was indeed a sight to witness the joy and excitement amidst these

young ones.

Drama: “Hridaya Parivarthanam” – Transformation of the Heart

An engaging play titled 'Hridaya

Parivarthanam', meaning Transformation

of the Heart was next on the agenda. It

vividly drove home the story of leading a

life in today's world yet looking within

learning from the stories of young Dhruva,

Emperor Bali Chakravarthi and Lord

Hanuman.


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Excerpts from talk by Ms. Bhuvana Santhanam

“At this very moment, all of us sitting here are the most

fortunate in this world, as the Lord of the universe is right here

with us. What more do we want brothers and sisters? We

have Bhagawan, the Lord who created everything and we

are so fortunate and have so much of gratitude at

Bhagawan’s Lotus feet.”

“We get so caught up in our day-to-day lives and tasks that

we simply forget that the Lord Himself is with us, guiding us

every single moment of our lives. So connecting with Him

internally is very important.”

“God is, brothers and sisters, right here with us. How fortunate

are we? How are we connecting ourselves internally when

we come here for satsang with Him?”

“Selfless love and selfless service – these are the pair of footprints we need to follow,

internalise, and go through the transformation all the time having the awareness that Swami

is with us and can do anything and all that we need to do is connect with Him.”

Excerpts from talk by Mr. B. N. Narasimha Murthy

“Many times Bhagawan declared, ‘My mission is notbuilding schools, colleges and hospitals. My mission is

not removing the sufferings or the anguish of my

devotees.’ That is part of the mission, no doubt. ‘My

mission truly is transformation of the human heart,’ and

that is right now, right here. When I look into all of your

faces, dear children, transformation is here, right now.”

“Looking at my own life, as a boy of just 19 years I met

Swami more than half a century ago and He told me

two things. The first thing, ‘You are worrying about

future. Your future is safe in My hands.’ The second He

said, ‘See, boy I never asked you what is your name,

where have you come from, where are your parents,

what are you studying? You just do work and I will do

your work.’ These are the two things Swami told me in

the first interview way back in 1964.”

“Swami did not desert me even after He left the physical body. There were 75 days I

counted when my soul passed through the dark night from 11 April and 10 July, 2011. WhenSwami came back to me in this beautiful form, He asked, ‘Why are you crying? Where have

I gone? What happed to your faith? I am not a man. I am not this body. I am God! Why do

you forget that? How can I go away from you? My mission will continue.’”


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Divine Discourse by Bhagawan Baba to Youth

Hridaya has two words: ‘Hrid’ and ‘Daya’ That which is filled with full of Daya or compassion

is Hridaya. Parivarthana has two words: ‘Para’ and ‘Varthana’. ‘Para’ as in the word

Parabrahma or Paramatma means divine. ‘Varthana’ means behaviour. Only when we

behave in a divine way will there be transformation. Only when every ac t of yours is suffused

with compassion for the elders, that’s when you will have transformation.

We all are compassionate towards ourselves, if our stomach grumbles we immediately go

and get some food. If our body feels weak, we put it to rest. We do everything because we

feel pity, we feel compassionate for the pain of our own self. But when we can feel the pain

of all who are around us and not only just feel our own pain, but through our actions try and

to whatever best possible extent reduce and remove the suffering and pa in of others, that’s

when there is full transformation.

Within the last few months since Swami’s visit many of the elders took the lead to take the

children and the youth along with them for many of these seva projects. It is not that by

doing this seva we can transform or change the whole world. That is not the idea or the

purpose for which Swami asked you to do service. The purpose was to transform your own

self. When you serve others it is you who gets benefitted. When you help others, it is you who

gets helped. When you help, when you serve, when you care for others, you truly are

benefitting your own self, not just the others.

Therefore, why should we serve others, because you want to become better, you want to

become more divine. The whole journey is from I to We and then We to He. I is all about

myself, my family, my likes, my dislikes, my desires. We means when we start thinking ofothers too. That is all we need to do.

Out of compassion and love for the others think of the others and do whatever is needed

for their best. Be rest assured that God is there to look after their needs.


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When you serve, you become little more selfless, you become little more like Swami. By

continuously serving, eventually you fully transform into Swami. The longer piece of iron stays

with the magnet, the more it becomes like the magnet. So therefore don’t just restrict your

seva to once in a way or fare when you go out together. Even wherever you are speaking

to your neighbour in a kind way, smiling and greeting the elders and respec ting them. Being

kind and loving to younger ones. Being considerate and patient with the people of same

age. This is also seva.

It’s not just about distribution of ration or food to the needy. In your own thought in every

word, in every ac t showing compassion is great seva. Even if you get any small opportunity

wherever you get keep doing it. Don’t wait for one fine day, or one fine occasion to

undertake an activity in order to serve.

Every moment by speaking sweet words, thinking in a positive way, by being patient and

compassionate with others, you continue to serve me. I am in all so I am the one who

receives whatever you do, whatever you say or think.

Swami says one or two questions troubling the youth and children in their mind they wantto c larify, they may ask.

Question & Answer Session with Bhagawan Baba

Question: How do we reach out to a person who has closed himself to us? He is in need of

Your help and blessings. He is full of guilt, he does not speak out. We have tried in many

ways to reach out to him. Please show us the way Swami.

Swami: In the northern part of India, as the river Ganges flows, we find many rounded stones

in the bottom of the riverbed. We call them ‘saligramas’ and we worship them. Many other

people carry them as a mark of Vishnu and worship them in their own homes.

Do you think these saligramas appear on their own? They don’t! Because of continuous

pouring of water on them, all the rough edges are smoothened and they become round

or oval in shape. Then they are used as lingam, saligrama in the altar. That doesn’t happen

over one day. Years together because of continuous flow of water over them, all the

roughness, all the sharpness, all the harshness is smoothened out and there are no more

worthless pieces of stone in the river bed. Now they become worthy as they represent

Divinity itself.

No human being can resist love. If some transformation is not happening, change is not

happening, you need to pour more love; you need to have more patience. At the end

never forget I am at the core of every being. I am love and when the love outside merges

with love inside, that’s when the change happens. This hard heartedness, this hard

headedness, it is just the outer surface; it will melt away, the more water you pour on it, the

more it will melt.

If fire is small, it needs only a glass of water to put it off, if it is a big fire you need rainfall to

put it off. Likewise, if a person is taking more time to change, he needs more love from you

for a longer duration.


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It is possible, at the end, the chaitanyam only, Divinity only, lies in everyone, the

consciousness is same. Therefore, it is not possible that one cannot be transformed.

These three magical mantras, with purity, patience and perseverance anything can be

achieved. If you are truly interested in the wellbeing of the person, never give up patience

and perseverance.

Question: Swami, You say that when you were in physical

form that body was also untruth and this Sookshma

Swaroopa is also untruth. But having worldly desires, like

Your knowing my name and always being getting close to

You, getting more and more attached to You, is also a form

of Godly desire. Is it wrong, Swami?

Swami: For a man or woman constantly living in this world

surrounded by people and lot of activities, it‘s impossible to

become totally desire less. After all if you feel hungry and

your body requires food, to go and eat your food is also a

kind of desire. It is not a wrong desire.

Better than desiring love and affection from worldly people you are getting used to desiring

the same from God. That is better than before. Ultimately, to feel that everyone is God and

so instead of wanting love, you want to give love to others, that is the highest desire, then

you become like God.

At the first step you want love from others, second step, you want love from God, third step

you want to give love to others. That way the lower desire is replaced by higher desire,

know for sure, it is your only desire give love to others; until then you have not yet reached

the highest state of desirelessness.

If you have to reach from here to third house, you have to cross second house. Likewise,

from just expecting love and affection from worldly temporary people expect it from God.

In the movie where they showed Dhruva who wanted the affection of his father, it was

temporary desire. But if he did not get it from father he asked from God. Today what does

Dhruva do? Like a star in the sky, nakshatra, he guides the people to their destination. He is

now no more expecting but he is there to give. That is the highest. If there is nothing wrongthen don’t limit yourself, don’t tie joys and sorrows. It is limited desires. The greatest joy

comes to you when you try giving love to others.

Question: Swami, for every creation there is a creator. For a God to be considered as a

creator who created God? What is the magnanimity of the power with which God insisted

to create His creation? Who created God?

Swami: The one who created you is God; the one who created God is you. A mother is not

a mother unless there is a child. A child is not a child unless there is a mother. Therefore, a

mother creates a child and child creates a mother. This is the connection with the creation

and creator.


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There is nothing but an all-pervasive consciousness, which took a shape in order to become

seen and available to many. It just separated itself from itself. If we have a huge piece of

sugar candy and break it into 10 pieces, each of them would change in quantity but quality

would remain the same. Therefore, you are not created; you are only separated from what

already existed. You are not new or different from what already existed.

Different truth, there is actually no creation. God decided to separate Himself, He only

created an entity or separated Himself into an entity.

In truth, God always was, is and always will be. However, He cannot be created or

destroyed. It is th perception of God of being separate and you being separate make you

believe that there is creation and there is destruction. It is and God was and will always be.

You are just separated and then once you merge back then there is no difference knowing.

Understood?

We all exist like a ir. Nobody creates or destroys the a ir; it just exists. The air inside this room

may look different from the a ir outside. But it does not mean this air has been created from

that air. This air is separate from that air. When rooms go all air becomes one.

Likewise you are not created, you are only separated from the original true Divine Self. Like

this space gets separated by the wall. Wall disappears, the space is the same. Because of

the wall, we call it drawing room, kitchen, dining room, things like that. Like that because

of these bodies we call ourselves boy, girl, old man, old women, young man young women.

The moment this wall disappears space is same.

The water inside the pot, when we take it out from the river, the water in river and the pot

is the same water. Water in the pot and the glass is the same water. You didn’t create more

water. You only separated it. It always existed. Therefore, glass of water has come from thepot, which has come from the river. All the water is the same. Quantity is different, quality is

same.

Question: We have to face the result of our past karma in this world. Then what about doing

one’s duty, when we are already reaping previous births’ karma? Can man ever distinguish

which is his past and which his present karma? Cannot Swami’s will transform anything or

wipe out all the past karma? How does all this operate, Swami?

Swami: The basic fundamental issue is that for every action, there is a reaction,

commensurate to the kind of action. A good action will bring a good or favourable

reaction. An action which is not so good will only bring an unfavourable reaction. Some

actions have an immediate reaction. Some actions have delayed reactions. Some actions

have much more delayed reactions.

If you hit the floor, the floor hits you, will receive an immediate reaction. If you eat food now,

it will digest and give energy in some time. If you sow a seed, it will grow into a tree. That is

further delayed reaction. All our actions have a reaction.

In your first class in school, you study abcd or 1234. These are the basics. If in that class you

have studied well, in the second standard when you pass, you will be taught how to form

words, how to add and subtract.


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If you haven’t done your first class well, obviously second class will become tougher. If you

don’t do your second-class well, your third class multiplication, division, formation of

sentences will become further more complicated. If, in the third standard you are not able

form sentences or add and subtract, it means you have not done your job well in the

second standard.

Whether you remember or not, your current

situation is proof of what you have done in

the past. Do not bother what you should

have done in the past. Once the time is

gone, you can never reverse it. What is in

your hand today is important. Instead of

brooding over the past and worrying when

or how you made a mistake, know that you

have somehow made your mistake. Now

it’s time you can correct it. By working

harder you can become better. Don’t

waste your time trying to remember, when

you did it or why you are suffering because

of that.

Know for sure because the world is bound by action-reaction. Reactions are the results of

some action done at some point in time. Whether we remember or not is immaterial. What

is important is what you are doing with the present. Are you doing anything so that you

don’t get in similar situations in a later stage and aga in regret having lost this prec ious

present, which is omnipresent?

Therefore, as youth, as young people, it’s all the more important that this time in your hands

is used correc tly. How to use this time correc tly? Follow the heart. The heart will never lie to

you, misguide you, or mislead you. Whether you like it or not, like a good friend, it will always

tell things for your own good, not simply to please you. Mind is a bad friend. It tells things to

please you, but it doesn’t care about your higher good. Heart may displease you now, but

if you follow it, you will be better in the long term. Therefore, all should follow the state of

their heart and not simply listen to the insecure mind. You will always be doing the right

thing and always be getting favourable results.

No pain is unbearable; remember it’s your action which brought you this. Where does God’s

role come? God like a doctor – He diagnoses your pain and knows that you have

overeaten, therefore, you are suffering. Then He tells you to fast for some time and take a

few medicines, that way your pain will subside. If you follow the doctor’s prescription, diet

plan as well as medicine, then obviously your pain will subside. But most of the time we

don’t want to follow the doctor’s plan. That is why we continue to suffer more. God, the

Divine Doctor, cannot remove your pain; He can only help you only to remove your own

pain. It’s said in the Bhagawad-Gita, you alone can redeem yourselves, you alone are the

cause of your own bondage, you alone are your friend, you alone are your enemy. Nobodyelse can do anything about it. God’s grace and love are like anaesthesia which help you

cross over that situation. If you follow this advice of love, of being kind, eventually all the

pains will disappear from the roots.


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Question: Swami, you say the mind is a drunken monkey. Whenever I try to focus on my

studies, my mind is not in one place; it starts roaming around somewhere else. How to focus

on my studies? If I am focusing on some project, even if a single mistake happens, I become

fed up and depressed. How to focus on something you’re doing?

Swami: Do you know that the moment you were born you didn’t start walking running or

worse dancing like you did now. You learnt it over a period of time. You took some steps.

Ask your mother you fell down again got up with some support again tried to walk again

fell down again took some support and walked. Over the years, you mastered the art of

walking, mastered of talking, writing, reading, singing everything took time. If you would

have given up as a child the willingness to walk, then today people had to carry you

around. If you had given up the desire to talk, would you have been able to do whatever

drama you did today? Because you persisted you could attain it. You didn’t give up half

way through.

Likewise, when the mind troubles you, it’s mainly because it doesn’t know the value of what

you are doing. You are studying and it is going elsewhere it because the mind does not

know the value of studies. If you develop interest in studies, because you know its value,

you will definitely be able to focus your mind in such times. Tell your mind in such times, if I

am not focusing now, tomorrow I will have to suffer. I would rather work hard and focus it

now than suffer tomorrow. If it is a very difficult situation, just get up and leave the place.

Go around, drink a glass of water or read a book and when your mind again become calm,

come back and focus back on the studies. But giving up and running away thinking mind

is not under your control will never allow you to attain anything.

When you want to play a computer game your mind is focused. When you want play

outside, your mind is focused. While eating, your mind is focused. In all these activities, your

mind is focused because you like all these. You like all these because you think you derive

joy out of them, but if you tell the mind that the highest joy is to do your duty well, that is

what is your role is, you will be able to bring your mind to focus on it. Focus on it and do not

give up half way. It is not right.

Now that we have become such a good group of youngsters, you should meet once in a

while, discuss your practical issues and share with each other. Once in a while invite an

elder to talk to you and clarify all these issues. Don’t simply keep doubts in your minds. They

are the foundation. If the foundation is weak the building cannot be tall. All these Dubai

buildings, you are only seeing what is above the earth. You don’t know what is below the

earth. As tall it is above, so deep it is below, too. Only then will it withstand the pressures.

Likewise, these are foundation years of your lives. Make your foundation strong. Don’t leave

gaps. Don’t leave doubts, otherwise you cannot build a tall building of your life with these

foundations. C larify as and when it comes. If it is very difficult, just close your eyes, pray to

Me and I will send the answer to you some way or the other. Don’t just say it is okay to have

a doubt, I will see later. That is not the right attitude. You should be c lear now.

(The session end ed w ith M a ng a la Ara th i fo llow ed b y lunc h.)


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August 2015 - Evening Satsang

Excerpts from talk by Mr. C. Sreenivas

“The moment you ask yourself the ‘why’ to life, you are

beginning on your journey in life to a miracle. The

‘why’ to life: ‘Why do I live? Why do I do a certain

thing?’ The moment this question comes to you, the

answering of ‘how’ is child’s play. Because the

question that will confront you is so supreme, so

profound, that it is from thereon that the power of

earth, the power of Swami, and the power of the

universe will begin to act through you. These areincredible moments. Do not make the mistake of even

remotely trivializing this, because it is a moment

genuinely beyond comprehension and let it be so.”

“At this point in time, your bodies are instruments and

chosen to be His bodies in operation. It is not a small

thing in your life. Rarely in human history ever, has the

Divine, so profoundly and so powerfully proclaimed

that your body is now His body. That He has no body

to act and work but He has all your bodies, which are

His very own. It is not a small thing. Every day begin

with your eyes open, the power of that body; the word

miracle will become so easily imagined.”

“Pray to Him that this thought and this grace that He wishes to confer on us, that our bodies,

however infirm, however incapable they might be, may there be in every cell of our beings.

Feel Him, live Him! Work for Him! And eventually merge in Him. This is the strength that you

are going to feel! Sai Ram!”

Excerpts from talk by Mr. B.N. Narasimha Murthy

“J esus Christ asked 2,000 years ago, "What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole

world and loses his own soul?" So what is more important is the mission and the task that has

been entrusted to you, because you have been following in Swami’s footsteps very

correc tly. We came with Swami here this J anuary, earlier this year. The few things that

Swami told you all, you have been following very religiously. Therefore, you have the

potential. But where does that potential come from? The potential is not to do external

work. External work is definitely required because it is an expression of love and compassion

in our hearts. But what is more important is the work we do inside.”


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“Krishna said there are four

categories of very fortunate

people. He calls all of them

‘sukrithanaha’, meaning fortunate.

Anybody who comes to Him for

anything is fortunate.

The first category is the ‘Aarta’, the

one who goes to God for relief from

some kind of suffering, which we

cannot find a solution for in this

world.

The second is ‘Artharthi’, the one

who prays for more wealth, profits

in their business, promotions in their

career, or more name, more fame

for worldly things.

The third is ‘J ijnasu’, who has

realized that whatever we achieve

in the world ultimately is of no use.

In this life we have a lot of money

and built mansions! When we

leave this world we become

paupers again. That’s why in the

next life we have to start from zero

again. Then what is the use of

asking for all this?

Therefore, the jijnasu or the spiritual aspirant prays to God, "Swami, by Your grace, I have

found that all that we achieve in this world is of no use. It is not going to give me permanent

joy. All that I get from this world is temporary pleasure. Help me to realize You in my heart,

so that I may put an end to all my suffering and sorrows, which come with ignorance of

identification with the body-mind complex. As long as I think, I am the body there is no end

to my suffering.

The fourth category is the ‘J nani’ who has realized that he and God are one. He is with God

all the time. His mind is absorbed in God all the time because that is the only thing worth

doing.

Therefore, our potential increases as we get promoted from one category to another

category. Aarti and Artharthi, the first two categories are like primary school, but how long

are we going to stay in primary school? We have to rise higher because Swami has beenteaching us that life in this world is temporary.”


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Pa t ram pushpam pha lam toyam yo m e b hak tya p rayac c ha ti,

Tad aha m bha kt i upa hritam ashnam i praya ta tm ana h

Whatever is offered to Me with love, and devotion; whether it is a leaf, a flower, a fruit or a

drop of water, I accept it with love.

Embodiments of divine love, devotees and children! God will always stretch His hand to

give and never to take, because everything in this universe belongs to Him. There is nothing

that He lacks at any point of time. The body, mind, senses, and your life are not things which

you have earned for yourselves, they are given to you as gifts from Swami. It is not because

of you that inhalation and exhalation takes place in your body; it is not because of you that

the digestion takes place in your body. So many of you are sitting here. It is not that any of

you can earn this life for yourself.

Embodiments of divine love, devotees and children! God will always stretch His hand togive and never to take, because everything in this universe belongs to Him. There is nothing

He lacks at any point of time. The body, mind, senses, and your life are not things which you

have earned for yourselves, they are given to you as gifts from Swami. It is not because of

you that inhalation and exhalation takes place in your body; it is not because of you that

the digestion takes place in your body. So many of you are sitting here. It is not that any of

you can earn this life for yourself.

Your heart is beating all the time. It never stops. Whether the heart should continue to

function or stop is not in your hands. All this is functioning because of the energy and

consciousness of God. Only when this physica l activity takes place in your body by God’s

power, are you able to do what you want to do. If for one moment the heart stops

functioning, all your actions, all your activities will immediately stop.

When ego and attachment attack you, you have to think, "All this is given to me by God.

Nothing is mine." J ust as a father gives a birthday gift to his son and will never take it back,

God also, once He has given this life to you, will not take it back. A father will purchase a

gift with his money. He has earned the money, he has purchased the gift and given it to his

son who has come from him; once he has given the gift to him, he will not ask for it back.

Similarly, I give you a body, senses, and life with the intention that you will put it to good use.I don’t intend to it back. But when you yourself come and offer it with a sense of surrender,

only then will I accept it.

Patra or leaf means, the body. Pushpa or flower is the flower of the heart. Phala or fruit is

the fruit of our actions. Thoya or water means, the tears of joy you shed with devotion.

Actually, a leaf, flower or fruit are all temporary things. When you offer your life on your own,

back to God, that is true devotion. When ego raises its hood, you have to remind yourself

again and again, “This life is given to me by God. It’s not mine. It belongs to God,” and get

rid of the ego. Only then can you find true fulfilment in life."Whatever you do, whatever you keep, whatever you eat, whatever you give in gift,

whatever you see, O son of Kunti, do all that and offer it to Me for My sake," said Krishna to

Arjuna.


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Spirituality is not so complicated as to do a lot of penance, meditation and earn merit.

Whatever you think, feel, say and do, when you offer it for the love of God, all that becomes

spiritual. When you offer to God something, naturally you will offer the best.

When I came to Dubai this morning, they did not prepare the food generally eaten here.

They prepared Indian food and offered it to Me. The food was very tasty and very

refreshing. I can’t describe it! They put in all efforts with the feeling that what we offer to

Swami should be the best and worked for it.

However, giving Swami the best food alone is not sufficient. Only when you offer your best

thought, best feeling and best action to God, He receives it with joy. To offer our bad

thoughts, bad feelings and bad actions is not the right offering at all. When you lead your

life with the desire that all your life you want to offer to God, you will always see that your

thoughts, actions, and feelings are always sacred and pure. Therefore, it is very essential,

every day, whenever you do, offer it to Him with prayer. Only when we do that can we

escape from the fruits of our actions, the consequences of our actions and attain bliss.

J ust as a postman picks up a postedenvelope, looks at the address and sends it

to the person to whom it is addressed, the

consequences of your actions also reach

you. O man, is it possible to cross over the law

of karma, of action and reaction? You may

study all the scriptures in the world, adore

your family deities, go into the forest and

undertake very severe penance, but is it

possible to escape the consequences of

one’s actions? Whatever penance, japa or

meditation you do, you cannot escape the

consequences of your actions. But, if you

write the address of God on a ll your actions,

the consequences will not come to you, they

will go to God. If you can practice only these

two things, you can lead your life in great joy

and bliss: Offer every action for the love of

God, and give up desire for the rewards of

your actions.

You may be a businessman. It is necessary to

very cleverly and with subtle thinking do your

business. It is also necessary to do your

business as per the law of the land. It is

necessary to earn some profit. When you do

your business thinking, "This business is God’s

gift to me. I am giving it back to God," thenthat makes the business spiritual. Whatever

you do, do it for God – it becomes spiritual.


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Spirituality is not studying scriptures, going on pilgrimages, going into the forest and doing

penance. When you offer with love all your actions to God and a lso give up the desire for

the rewards of the action, then it becomes spiritual.

I have been saying the same thing that I have told you earlier, but I am only a teacher. You

are students. Subject and syllabus are the same. As long as you don’t study well and pass

and go to the next class, I have to keep teaching you the same syllabus. You may think

Swami has been telling you the same thing as He has been saying before, but as long as

you continue in the same class, because you don’t study properly and go to the next class,

you have to listen to Me. You come into the classroom, sit well, listen well and also pretend

as if you understand everything, but once you go out of the class, you forget. The second

day, again you come to the c lass. Aside from what you learn in the c lassroom, after going

home, you have to do some homework.

Only by practice and detachment can you control your mind. Once you have to cultivate

detachment, you are very much afraid. "If I lose this how will I be able to live?" That’s how

you fear. On the one side you keep saying, "God is giving everything. He is looking aftereverything.” On the other side, you fear, "If I lose all, what will happen to me?" How will you

lose anything? If God wants to give anything, He will definitely give you. Nobody can stop

that. Similarly, if God wants to take it back, nobody can stop Him. Therefore, learn to live

with courage, giving up fear, and developing faith.

In Dubai, all the people have built big mansions, living a good life, thinking they are very

happy. That is not real bliss. All that is imagination; that is not the truth. They may have the

best of the beds, but they won’t get sleep. They might have achieved big name and fame,

but in the families there is total confusion. They may earn lot, put it in the bank, and deposit

even crores of money, but they are a lways living in fear that they may lose it. They purchase

very expensive medicines but they never get any good health because they are

dependant only on external things; they are forgetting the internal.

When you know what is there inside you, then nothing outside you can instil fear. Everything

is complete. That is complete. This is complete. Everything is complete. The bliss that is within

us is the perfect bliss. That is the permanent bliss. All the pleasures and happiness we get

from outside, is always changing and is always temporary. If you want to attain permanent

bliss, you have to love everybody and serve everybody. Whatever you do, you should do

it for God’s sake. Even after doing your ac tivity you have to offer the results of your actionsto God. J ust do these two things, and your life will be filled with bliss and you will be able to

give joy and bliss to others also.

You cannot achieve everything in one day. Only by gradual practice can you achieve

anything. What elders do children will also follow. Looking at children, their friends, other

children will also learn. When the children enacted the drama here, they learnt from their

parents and manifested the same things here. When parents are good, children will be

good. Parents and teachers, both should be good.

In order to train parents and teachers I am starting a new programme, ‘Guruvikas’, to teachthem to train the children how to be good. If we set right one student, that one student will

become good. If we set right one teacher, through that teacher, many students will gain.


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All of you get together and discuss in deep thought how you can start value-based

education in the schools in Dubai.

Children here learn only materialistic education; they don’t learn paravidya or spiritual

education. When we learn both material and spiritual education, then we attain the right

balance. Therefore, elders have to get together and discuss how we can give spiritual

education to children along with material education.

I am very happy with all the service activities you are undertaking. You should not get into

arguments about whether Swami is here or there, but do what Swami tells you; that will be

a great service to everyone. Swami is there in every one. Whomever you serve, you are

serving only Swami. Whether it is a Hindu, a Muslim or a Christian, you should think and feel

that Swami is there in everyone and love and serve everyone. When you have Swami’s

darshan in every one, finally you will be able to have darshan within yourself. When your

mind becomes pure and peaceful, you can see God within yourself in the lake of your

mind.

I am playing this drama because if one man can achieve it then everybody can. With your

efforts and My grace, you can achieve anything and everything. My blessing and grace is

there on a ll of you in bounteous quantity. When you do service, even others' hearts will get

transformed. Do not limit yourself to any organization or institution; wherever you get

opportunity to do service, you should do service. If you have any questions you can ask.

How many students are here? They should lead the whole thing first. They have learnt so

much from Swami. They should take the initiative both on the girls' and the boys' side. Whom

does the father ask to look after his business? He will tell his own children first whom He hastrained so very carefully. Therefore, it’s the first and foremost duty of all Swami’s students

here to take up service activities and lead them from the front. Don’t follow from behind.

Lead from the front. If all of you will work together, you will first get transformed, you will feel

the joy and bliss within.

Don’t worry about what is happening to the others. First worry about what is happening to

yourself. If you are becoming purer, calmer, and kinder – that is all I want to achieve. My

mission is not to build big institutions and buildings. My mission is only to see to that every

individual is transformed, becomes full of love and compassion and is fearless, selfless. Thatis all I want to achieve. Rest is secondary and will happen on its own if this is taking place.

Happy for you. Good set of students. They don’t ask any questions (laughter). Tomorrow

when the exams are there let Me see how many pass (laughter). I’ll keep sending tests and

exams every now and then. As a teacher it is My duty to keep checking My students' quality.

Therefore, be quality students. I don’t want quantity. Be quality. So shall we close the

programme for today. Sing a bhajan.

(Bha ja n sing ing c ont inued a nd the session e nd ed w ith Ma ng a la Arath i fo llow ed b y p ra sa d .)


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Divine Satsang – 27

th

August 2015

at Gupta Residence

Divine Discourse (Pre-Lunch Session for Sai Hridayam Group)

Sreenivas came to Swami as a young college boy. During those days, there was no college

set up by Swami. So he had to go to Bangalore University and get his degree. We did not

have a university; we only had a small college of Arts & Science in Brindavan. Even in those

days, he worked very hard and secured first rank in the University of Bangalore. He was

much appreciated by the vice chancellor there. He could have chosen to use all his

abilities, knowledge & skills to achieve anything in life. But, even as a young boy, he had

decided to stay with Swami. Nonetheless, he had such good parents. His father wascommissioner of police and mother was a doc tor. In those days also, they had allowed him

to live with Swami and do whatever was directed/asked by Swami. His entire life, he has

spent with Swami and continues to do so.

What you achieve in this world is all temporary. The wealth, the name, the fame, friends,relations - all of them will go once the body is gone. What remains with you forever is the

good name that you have created for yourselves, is the good work that you have done, it

is the people whom you have helped, that is how you are remembered forever.


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Today is also very significant because the Onam Festival is being celebrated. It is again the

story of a devotee and the Lord. A devotee who had decided to give everything when the

Lord asked for it.

Bali Chakravarthy was a great king. He ruled over this entire earth and the skies. When the

lord decided to show his devotion to the rest of the world, and asked him for three steps of

land, he immediately agreed. In one step, the little Vamana covered the earth. In one step,

he covered the skies and in the third step, he did not know where to put. Lord Bali

Chakravarthy offered his own head and then he was sent down to the netherworld where

he became the king and he ruled there.

His own guru, Shukracharya told him, “Don’t be too willing to give up anything for this little

brahmin boy, he is not a brahmin boy, he is lord Vishnu himself, and he has come to ask

everything from you and take away everything from you." Then emperor Bali told his own

guru, "What kind of guru are you? Guru’s duty is to take one towards God. You are asking

me to go away from God? Even if I had to give up everything including myself, what greater

fortune can I have? The Lord whom we ask for everything has come here to ask me forsomething. What greater good fortune can I have? When the Lord asks, I should be able to

give," and that’s how he offered himself.

So many kings and queens have ruled this earth. The books of history are full of their names,

mostly for the wrong reasons but our Puranas still remember Emperor Bali whenever there is

mention of Lord Maha Vishnu’s Avatars. Until today, we remember him for his devotion, the

love he had for the Lord, that he offered everything including himself and become eternal

like the name of the Lord.

Yesterday, we saw the story of Dhruva, a little boy who decided not to hanker after thelove of the world, not to seek the love of the worldly, but to seek the feet of the Divine, the

Divine parent father and mother that Narayana is. The five year old Dhruva undertook

penance in order to gain the grace of the Lord himself and ultimately became a star in the

sky and still guides many on to right path both on the earth and beyond.

Those who are ever remembered, those who become immortal, are truly the only people

who have led lives of sacrifice, who have always thought there is nothing greater than

being of any service to the Lord Himself. God is complete by Himself, He does not need

anything. It is only for the sake of making you immortal and making you understand the

Divinity, that He creates such opportunities.

In 40 years that Sreenivas spent with Me, he never felt as pure as he feels now. When he

sees those children being treated, being saved, when he sees the joy in the faces of the

childrens’ mothers, that truly makes him realize the oneness of this entire creation. That

makes him understand, what Swami’s heart is like; how Swami feels the pain and sufferings

of all. When Sreenivas said the hospital would not be ready by the time we

thought/expected, because Raipur is a small town and not a c ity like Bengaluru, and there

is an issue with everything, I told him, "Whatever it takes, you must start on a given date. If it

was your child, would you not want the operation to happen to save the child? Think thatway for every child. Every child that is not getting educated upon may lose his sight in life.

Every child who is not being operated may lose his life. All are My children and I feel equally

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Before marriage, you are alone. You only think about yourself. After marriage, your love

expands. You also worry whether your wife had food, whether she took rest, whether she

sleeping well. When you have children, you also will start thinking about their welfare,

children’s friends, then their relations. This is how love expands. Expansion of love is the way

of life.

However, this expansion should not just get limited to

only your blood relations “Rak tha Sam ba ndham ” it

should go beyond that as “A tma Sam ba ndham ”

relation of the spirit. The whole creation is one.

Therefore, everyone's joy is your joy. Everyone’s

suffering is your suffering. If one can cry in others' pain

and laugh in others' joys, then you are truly

becoming like Me. Therefore, try and live every

moment of your life, try and do whatever you do in

such a way that it is worth being emulated and

being remembered by generations of human

beings.

I said this morning that the greatest thing you can do is to become an example to others.

Be remembered forever for what you have done when the opportunity was given to you

and be a guiding light to others for times to come. For they can take lessons from your lives

and can know that such a person existed and who did such a thing. If he could do it, we

can do it better. That is how you inspire with your acts and become immortal.

The Vedas declare, "Na ka rmana na p ra jaya dhanena thyagena ike

amruta t twamanashuh," not by worldly actions, nor by progeny, nor by wealth, does one

become immortal. It’s only through actions, service and sacrifices that one becomes

immortal.

What better message can I give on this auspicious Onam day, which is the testimony of the

love of the devotee for the Lord? Through the love that manifested as sacrifice, more than

the Lord, the devotee became immortal. Even today, the people of Kerala believe their

King Bali comes back to them, to inspire them, to continue to be in service of the Lord who

manifests in all creation. Therefore, by serving all they can serve Lord, just like their king did.

These are not mere stories, but they have deep significance and inner meaning. We mustderive inspiration and try and emulate as much as we can in our own lives. That is the whole

purpose of this birth, the great gift given by God.

I know what you can become. You may not know. Therefore, I train you to truly become

what you ought to be. Aim high, don’t have a low aim. If you aim high, you will be able to

reach. Aim to be Divine. Be courageous to do whatever it takes to ultimately attain the

purpose for which you were born. Do not compromise and settle for anything lesser than

Divine. This is My message to this group of people. Work together, walk together, and merge

together.

Evening we will meet for satsang. You all have prasadam, take rest and we will meet again.

Is there anything spec ific you all want to know from Swami? I will tell.


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So many children Swami saw this morning; they all were saying, "Swami, please use me as

instrument in Your mission. Please make me a servant in Your mission." That gave Me so

much of joy because as Creator, I feel so hopeful when I hear such words from little children.

I know that their parents are doing the right thing by telling them the right things. They want

to be doctors, engineers, accountants not because they want to make big wealth of it, but

so that they can serve in Swami’s mission. If the parents lead the right kind of life, the children

will follow.

Einstein was a great scientist but with little common sense. He had a cat and he would let

the cat inside his lab while he was working. He was very fond of it. The cat would come and

scratch on the door to get inside for it did not know how to ring the bell. Einstein would open

the door and let the cat in. The cat being the cat couldn't stay in one place for too long.

Again when it wanted to go outside, it would scratch the door. Einstein would again getup

from his experiments, open the door and let the cat out. This was disturbing him so he

decided to make a small hole in the door so that the cat could come in and go out.

After sometime, the cat gave birth to kittens and these kittens would follow wherever the

cat went. Now Einstein thought, there are three kittens, I should make three more holes in

the door. He started making holes and his wife came and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Mother cat is coming; poor kittens also have to come so I am making holes for them." His

wife said, "You are such a great scientist, but you have no common sense, all bookish

knowledge, no general knowledge no practical knowledge. If the cat comes, the kittens

will follow. They need only one hole, they don’t need four holes. Tomorrow if the cat gives

birth to few more kittens, there would be only holes in the door." Then he realized, as the

cat went, the kittens would follow.

The lesson is - as the parents do, the children will follow. If parents do the right thing, the

children will do the right thing. If parents do the wrong thing, the children will also do the

wrong thing. Tomorrow, you can’t blame what the children would become. You have to

only blame yourself for this.

Therefore, 'Follow the Master, Face the devil, Fight till the end and Finish the game.' Follow

the Master. We will come back in the afternoon for more talk and discussion.

Next year, in J anuary, Swami is going to come back. This is only going to grow and grow. Those people who have some purity in their hearts and, who are less selfish will be able to

understand. Even if the sweetest things are served for a person suffering with fever, one

whose tongue is bitter cannot taste the sweet. Therefore, one who is free of this selfishness,

free of these attachments will be able to apprec iate Divinity. For others, Divinity will only

appear as a bitter pill. They won’t see beyond that.

Very happy. Have your lunch.

(The session end ed w ith M a ng a la Ara th i fo llow ed b y lunc h.)


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27

th

August 2015 – Evening Satsang

Excerpts from talk by Mr. Isaac Tigrett

“There is nothing more exciting in life than being in

a place that raises your consciousness and gives

you insight. I am so glad to travel with Sai Baba these

last two years and one of the greatest blessings is

these two gentlemen – Sri Narasimha Murthy and Sri.

C. Sreenivas. They inspire me every time they speak.

It is absolutely extraordinary to travel with these two

great souls! We are the lucky ones, to speak of these

things, to speak to Him, to be with you all; it meansthat we’ve been given the privilege. We have been

inspired by Him allowing us to visit you and to share

the great moments with His beloved devotees.”

“I hope to be a student till my last breath. I’ve been

learning from Him, from His creation, from this young

girl who plays the cymbals and by that young man

who said all of us are one family. Swami takes care

of the weak ones, not to judge them. We live in a

crazy and selfish world. We all want to be important.

We all wish to be better than others. We need to

develop kindness and be able to see Swami in all.”

“Last night as I was going through the Uvacha series, I was inspired and I thanked Swami.

Swami said, ‘Don't say thank you; be grateful.’ Some might wonder why Swami chose me

for his work; I too often wonder and have this same doubt. I once asked Swami, ‘Why are

you using me for all Your work?’ Swami said, ‘Because you are convenient and obedient!’

So, I thought if I wasn’t obedient, he might have as well chosen somebody else!”

Excerpts from talk by Mr. B. N. Narasimha Murthy

“What Baba is doing today is preparing the world for the advent of the Prema Sai. On the

1st of August, 2015, after Guru Purnima, which was on 31st J uly, Swami called a few elders

(trustees) of the Alike and Muddenahalli institutions. Swami told us, ‘See, you’ve to change

your attitude and outlook. Why? Till now, Muddenahalli campus or Alike was only an

educational campus with schools, colleges and campuses. Now it has become an

ashram.’ Swami made it very clear that He is preparing the ashram for Prema Sai. He asked

a question, ‘I am building an auditorium that can accommodate 5000 people. It is not

required for Me. Who is it for? It is for Prema Sai that I am building this.’


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We prayed to Swami when the construction started, ‘Swami, what shall we name this hall?’

Swami said, ‘C all it Premamrutham because it is for Prema Sai.’”

“He is preparing the world, by visiting different countries, which He had earlier promised. On

Maha Shivarathri day in 2011, Swami had announced that He would soon be going around

the world, visiting every country. That is what Bhagawan has been doing in His subtle form.

He has been going around, visiting every country.”

“Devotees abroad, outside India, have to be more grateful because it is for their benefit

that Bhagawan is going around the world visiting different countries. He has already visited

five continents – Asia, Australia, North America, Africa, and Europe. He is setting up ashrams

everywhere. He is preparing Muddenahalli, the state of Karnataka, the country of India and

the whole world for the advent of Prema Sai.”

“On 1st August, Bhagawan made a very powerful statement, ‘Prema Sai is an Avatar so

very powerful that anyone with any turmoil in his heart or mind will immediately get peace

of mind just by having His darshan.’ Therefore, the whole world will rush to have the darshan

of Prema Sai. He also said, ‘Prema Sai is already born.’

Now, only prasava has happened, the boy has been born. Pravesha will happen when He

is 11 years old. My dear brothers and sisters, we are very fortunate to witness the advent of

Prema Sai in another five to six years, around 2022. Swami has told me personally that PremaSai will come to Muddenahalli as a boy and all of you will have the glorious opportunity to

serve Him - and He is building an ashram for this purpose.”


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“I d o not d wel l in Va ikuntha, neither do I resid e in the he a rts of the y og is. I instal l my self

whe re M y d evo tees sing My glory.”

Embodiments of Divine Love, devotees!

Since time immemorial, man has been searching for God everywhere. Man has beensearching for God and asking whether the Lord is in Vaikuntha, Kailasa, or Brahmaloka. Is

God in the mandir or in the masjid? However, man is not able to attain Godhood or find

God. Also, people belonging to various religions started to claim that their religion is the

greatest. With a narrow understanding and narrow-mindedness, people of various religions

started propagating about God in their own ways, in their own language. It is like the four

blind men who saw an elephant. One of them said that it was like a pillar, another said that

it was like a wall, and yet another said that it is like a rope. In the same way, people of

various religions are describing God in their own ways. They wrote various addresses for

gods and went on proclaiming that that is where God resided, in that particular address.

But wherever they searched for God, they could not find Him. The simple reason is that they

were looking for God only outside. They were not looking for God inside. It is useless to

search for something in a place where it is not. You can only find it if you search for it in a

place where it already is.

The trinity, Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara were once discussing as to where they could

hide the Divinity. Brahma said “Let us hide the Divinity of man in the ocean, where man

cannot know and he will not be able to find his own Divinity. Mahavishnu said, “No, no. That

is not the right plan. We can easily find man learning all kinds of arts and skills. He may getinto the depths of the ocean and he may be able to find the Divinity there." Then Shiva

said, “Let us hide man’s divinity on the moon. Definitely, man is not going to reach there."

Mahavishnu said, “J ust as how man can reach the depths of the ocean, he can also reach

the moon. So, it is useless to hide man’s Divinity there.”

Finally they discussed in depth and did what Mahavishnu advised. Man’s natural instinct is

to look outside, if we hide man’s Divinity within himself, he will never be able to find it. As

the Divinity is hidden within man, man is looking for God only outside and therefore, he is

not able to find him. Outside, one can only find the reflection of God; you cannot find the

real God. True Divinity is hidden in you and that is what even Tigrett was explaining.

For a man with body consciousness, to understand the formless energy that is God may be

difficult. J ust as a father becomes a child in order to entertain his children, God also comes

down to the level of human beings in order to teach them. Though God comes to the

human level, he never ever forgets His inner divinity. God comes to the individual soul level,

but if man thinks God in human form is the ultimate truth, He is making a big mistake. In a

heart which is full of love, compassion and sacrifice, God resides permanently.

Now, all of you are seated in this room. For those of you sitting in this room, it is not possible

to see the people sitting in the other room. Only when you cross over this wall, can you see

the people sitting in the other room. J ust because you cannot see the people in the other

room, you, cannot declare that there is nobody sitting in the other room. Many of you have

come here from India. When you were in India, would not have seen Dubai.


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J ust because you had not seen Dubai, to c laim that Dubai did not exist would not have

been correc t. Similarly, sitting in Dubai, you cannot see India. So, declaring that India is not

there is not correc t. When you go to India and see India, then you will know that India exists.

J ust because you can’t see something, you cannot say it doesn’t exist at all. What does this

mean? There is a wall between you and the truth, and hence you are not able to see the

truth. Between humanity and Divinity, there is a curtain. In the curtain, there are threads.

Ego and attachment are the wall and woven threads of the curtain that evades you fromGod. If you want to remove the curtain, you must remove one thread after another. When

you remove the threads of ego and attachment, then the curtain of maya will go and you

will be able to see the truth for yourself. Till then, you have to put in your effort.

Every ac t of selflessness is like removing one thread of ego. Every ac tion done with selfless

love will be like removing a thread of attachment. This way, if you remove all the threads of

ego and attachment from the curtain of maya, one day this curtain will fall away and you

will be able to see the truth for yourself. Till then, you have to keep attempting and putting

in the effort in that direc tion. This is the truth that Sai Baba taught to the world. Because we

are not able to remove ego and attachment, we are not able to find God within ourselves;

we are looking for God outside. All of these are wasteful efforts. In the same way, you see

a mirage of water in a desert; you think and imagine that there is God in the outside world.

When you realise that God is there within yourself, then the whole outside scene vanishes

and you will see Divinity.

“Brahm av id Brahm aiva bha va th i," - One who knows God will become God. You will

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There is space inside and outside the pot, but in ignorance, you think that the space outside

the pot and space inside the pot are different. If you break the pot, the space outside and

inside become one. Because of body consciousness, you lose divine consciousness and we

are confined to narrow-mindedness and narrow thinking. In order to give up your body

consciousness and attain divine consciousness, you have to completely get rid of ego and

attachment.

Develop complete faith that God is within you, in everyone and everywhere. J ust doing lip

service is not enough. When you are hungry and you go to a hotel, just by looking at the

menu card, your stomach will not be filled. Instead, when you read the menu card, your

hunger will increase. If you have to get rid of the hunger, you will have to eat, chew and

swallow the food, digest it and derive strength therefrom. Realisation and wisdom can’t be

attained by lecturing - not by intellect, by listening to lectures, by actions, by worrying, or

by progeny; only by sacrifice can one attain immortality.

Those who have been with Me are very noble and great. Narasimha Murthy came to Me

as a boy of 19 years. The only thing I asked from him was, "You do My work and I will do yourwork." Even Sreenivas joined My college and I told him only one thing, "Keep doing My work.

I will look after all your work and all your life." They led a life of discipline and did a lot of

work to help many people. Tigrett is not like that. He was a jungle tiger. It took him time to

understand. It took time for Me to make this jungle tiger a zoo tiger. For 17 long years, he

kept visiting Puttaparthi and Brindavan, but I never paid attention to him. Though I did not

speak to him, he knew I was God and with a sacred heart, kept coming to Me again and

again. When I placed a very hard test for him, with great effort, he passed and is now with

Swami.

One may be a millionaire or billionaire, but that is not important to God. A person may be

very great in the world, but if he is not a good person, God will not bless him. Greatness is

connected with the world and not with God. Goodness alone is connected with God. That

is what I was telling My alumni students. You acquire all kinds of degrees and earn lots of

things in this world, but if you don’t become dear to God, you will not become near to God.

If you want to become near to God, you must become dear to God.

Who is dear to God? Only those who listen to God, understand, and practise His teachings

in their lives become dear to God. It is not proper for anyone to listen through one ear and

let it out through the other ear. It is very essential to understand at least one or twoteachings, practise them and enjoy bliss therefrom. Instead of wasting time your time in

logic and argument, whether Swami is here or not, practise what Swami tells you and enjoy

bliss. Only once you experience it, will you be able to see God everywhere and enjoy great

bliss. If you cannot find God within yourself, you will definitely not find Him outside yourself.

He will only remain as an idol and will not become God.

"Deham e d eva lay am , Jeevud e sana thana Da ivam ."- The body is the temple of God and

one who dwells inside is God himself. Therefore, it is important you keep the body clean,

sacred and pure. It is not human nature to become slaves to oneself and one’s senses and

struggle for sensual pleasures.

Two saints, J nandev and Namdev were walking in a forest. J nandev, through penance,

had attained lot of siddhis or attainments.


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Because of the harsh sun, both of them felt thirsty. They spotted a well but the water was

very deep and they could not reach it. J nandev, due to his attainments and power,

changed himself to a bird, went down the well, drank and returned. Namdev felt this was

not correct. "First, I was an animal; now I am a human being. It is not right to become an

animal aga in." With devotion in his heart, he started chanting the name of God. With every

utterance of God’s name, the water started rising. Because of continuous chanting of

God’s name, the water level rose to the top. With his devotion, he could get God’s graceand drink the water. He did not want to become an animal to drink the water.

Because of the temptation of senses, we behave like animals and it is not right. Sense

control and mind control are very essential on the spiritual path. For all the senses, the mind

is the driver. If the car is moving in a zigzag manner, it is not the mistake of the car; it is the

mistake of the driver. If you have the right driver, he will drive the car properly and you will

reach the correc t destination. When you have a bad driver, you will meet with an accident

and never reach the destination. When you make your mind pure, you will drive the car of

the body properly and it will take you to the right destination.

"Yad bha vam tad b hava th i." As you think, so you become. When you have pure feelings in

the mind, the body and senses will be pure and you will be able to attain God. Because of

tendencies that have come with us from many, many lives, selfishness is deep within us.

Body consciousness is there very deep in us. It is possible to get rid of body consciousness

and attain divine consciousness by selfless service and selfless love.

Any teacher might make an advent, whether it is Shirdi Sai Baba, Sathya Sai Baba or Prema

Sai Baba. However, if the student is not correct, it is useless. Narasimha Murthy said that

when Prema Sai makes His advent, you will be able to see Him and derive great joy. But

truly I want to tell you one thing, however great and powerful the Avatar may be, if the

devotee is having deep attachment and ego within himself, it will be useless for him. You

can find fulfilment in your lives only if you get rid of ego and attachment, and practise

selfless love and service. Then you can go to Him and derive joy therefrom.

When Sathya Sai Baba came, you learnt some lessons in the c lass. Now, you will have to do

your homework. When you do your homework today, you will be able to understand the

class better the next day. Therefore, all of you should put in effort to serve society, to go

way from ego, and ultimately attain Godhood. One act of selflessness everyday will keep

your ego away. What you cannot achieve in many years, you want to attain in one day.Involve yourself in at least one act of service everyday, talk to everybody with selfless love

and one day or the other you will be able to reach Godhood.

My grace and blessings are there equally and in bounteous quantity to every one of you.

When it rains, every particle of earth gets the same water. If the vessel is small, you get less

quantity of water and if the vessel is big, you can get a large quantity. Therefore, My grace

depends on your effort. If you put in the right effort, you can enjoy divine grace to any

extent. This moment, you will have to decide that definitely from today onward, you will do

some kind of service every day and develop selfless love, and with My grace you will be

able to attain the goal. Now, you do your homework and when I start My class, I will invite

you and then you can come.

If you have any questions, you can ask. Only those who practise will get to ask questions.


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Question & Answer Session with Bhagawan Baba

Question: Is there free will or is everything decided

by Bhagawan Baba?

Swami: If you come to the c lassroom, it is your

destiny to get admission to the class, to have aparticular teacher come to teach you, and to

study certain subjects in a certain way, as taught

by the teacher you get. However, whether you

pay attention in the class, do homework well and

then understand the lesson better is your free will.

A student who comes to class and sleeps without

paying attention, or if his mind is in the football field

and not in the class, obviously will not progress and

will not attain much. So, for a man who has strictidentification with the body, the rules are, there is

a certain destiny that brings you to a certain place.

But what you make of it is your free will; You must

make the best of what your destiny provides you.

Coming to Baba is destiny, becoming like Baba is

free will. You must put in the effort.

As long as body consciousness is there, duality is there; both free will and destiny exist. Only

for one who has gone beyond body consciousness does nothing exist. Everything becomes

Divine, for he himself is Divine. Till then you have to go through the rules.

Question: Swami, what happens to a person after death?

Swami: Death is like the body that changes clothes. J ivatma changes bodies. Till it gets

another body, it has to wait. The wait is in order to check what one has done till date, how

one has led their life. One will attain another body, be born in another family and be taken

care of by some other parents, depending on how bad or good one has been in the

previous birth. So, death is like changing from old clothes to new clothes, so also from oldbody to new body. You then continue your journey. You go from class to home today, and

then to the next class. So also, you are born, you die and are again reborn. This journey of

birth and death keeps happening.

The world is like a classroom; the universe is like a university. Everybody who is born here is

born with a purpose – to learn this lesson to know that his true nature is Divine. Till he or she

learns this lesson, he will come back to the class again and again. Once you learn and

pass, you will get your degree; you need not come to c lass gain. You will become one with

the Divine and there is no more c lass for you. If you haven’t learned your ABCDs correc tly

in primary, how can you pass the entrance exam for the high school? Therefore, what you

do today, where you are is extremely important for determining your tomorrow.


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Question: There are three Avatars - Shirdi Sai is separate, Sathya Sai is separate and Prema

Sai is separate. Now, there was a statement that Prema Sai will be visiting Muddenahalli.

Could you please elucidate on that. Is Prema Sai’s mission separate?

Swami: The mission is not separate. Every Avatar Krishna, Rama, J esus, or Buddha, all of

them were born for the same mission. The mission is transformation; transformation from

humanness to Divinity. The way it is being taught is different. Shirdi Baba talked in the

language of the place where He was born. Only those people could associate with Him.

Sathya Sai Baba did His work in a certain way and His devotees associated with Him in a

certain way. Prema Sai will do His work in a certain way and His devotees will like to

associate with Him in a certain way. In truth, it is the same water in different vessels. The size,

shape and colour of the vessels might be different, but the water, its sweetness, its property

to quench the thirst of the thirsty is same. Therefore, the underlying oneness is the same. The

outer appearances are different.

Question: Sometimes, we face adverse situations and we react to them without thinkingand act impulsively. Does this bring us down spiritually? What should we do to prevent such

reactions?

Swami: There are two ways one can live by: purvatapa and pashchattapa. Purvatapa is

thinking of the consequences before you act and then deciding whether the act is

meritorious or not. Pashchattapa is acting before you think and then suffering for what

you’ve done.

A man can truly live correctly if he thinks before he acts; i.e. purvatapa. In the

Mahabharata, Arjuna had to fight his own kith and kin. Before the battle itself, he saw theconsequences of the war and told Krishna that he did not want to fight because the war

would lead to destruction of his own people on both sides. That is purvatapa. Most of the

time we act instinctively and then we suffer. Thinking before acting is a good quality, which

is the power of viveka or discrimination, which is given only to human beings. Discriminating

right actions from wrong actions, i.e. viveka, and detachment, i.e. vairagya, from that

action which is not meritorious, is important. So, man has been bestowed with viveka and

vairagya, and it is upto the man whether to use them or not. Animals do not have this

power. So, they ac t without thinking and suffer or enjoy based on what they’ve done. Man

is different. He has been given this discrimination and detachment. Discrimination of right

from wrong, of good and bad, of meritorious and sinful acts, and then detaching himself

from all that is sinful, wrong and bad. You must practise using this. Only by prac tise will you

attain perfection. Therefore, the next time a situation arises like this, you will be able to

choose well.

The mind is always in a hurry. It wants its ego, which is its identity, to be protected. It always

acts in favour of its own ego. The heart always worries and thinks about others before

acting, because the heart is selfless. Therefore, the heart will take the right dec isions every

moment. Anytime you have to say or do something, take a moment, close your eyes, takea deep breath and think what it would lead to. Do not be in a hurry to act. Hurry, Worry,

Curry. Haste makes waste, waste makes worry. Do not be in a hurry.


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Question: In spite of our faith and devotion, suffering is not ending. Does that mean that ourprayer is not heard?

Swami:Suffering is not a state of the body, but a state of the mind. Draupadi was humiliated

in the court of the Kauravas because her own husbands, forefathers and elders had

abandoned her and allowed her to be humiliated at the hands of the wicked Kauravas.

She was perturbed, sad, and wondered why she must undergo such suffering when she

had such powerful husbands to protect her and so many elders in the court who could

have saved her. Eventually, she cried out to Lord Krishna. Initially, she cried out for help to

her husbands and the elders, but finally she surrendered herself to Krishna.

Though Krishna did not appear, her sari became inexhaustible and that was the proof of

Krishna’s grace. When Draupadi was later pondering in her chambers about the incident,

as to why this suffering was sent her way, and she thought very deeply and decided that

when she depended on herself, she had to suffer, when she depended on her husbands

the relations and relatives, she had to suffer, but only when she depended on God and

surrendered completely, there was no suffering, for He came and rescued her. So long as

we depend on our own skills, though we may pray, sing bhajans, do seva and do all

activities that we consider spiritual, we’ve truly not surrendered our mind completely to

God. J ust by singing bhajans, you cannot get rid of the suffering. Only when your mind iscompletely absorbed in God, like anaesthesia, which completely deactivates you from the

pains of the body, even though you undergo the operation, you do not feel the pain the

body has to undergo. Likewise, the mind which is completely absorbed in God, completely

surrendered to God, will know no suffering. Till then, one will undergo suffering. Only a mind

completely absorbed in God will know no suffering.

Question: Swami, you say, “Love all, serve all," but when we serve, if the same person comes

back to ask for more service again and again, isn’t that person being greedy?

Swami: When you start on a mission to serve, you don’t even see whom you are serving.

You are there only to serve. When a river flows, it does not see who is drinking water from it.

Whether an animal, bird, saint or sinner; it continues to flow. So, flowing is its nature.

So we should not judge while serving. How much can one take? There is a limit to it. Let him

stop on his own. If you start discriminating, you contaminate your ac t. Therefore, when you

serve, do not do any calculation, just serve and things will fall in its place.

Question: Swami, You have said that we have to do karma without thinking about the result.

How do we train ourselves to do our karma without even for moment thinking about the

result?


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Swami:No, no, I never said that you should not think about the result. You must think about

what the result will lead to, but you should not c laim ownership of the result. If you study

well, you will get good marks, but only for the sake of good marks, if you study, obviously

one will not learn. A lot of students are there whose aim is only to earn money; it is of no use.

They are not studying for the sake of learning. You study learn; you learn so that your mind

expands, then it acquires skills to help others. Studying for the sake of marks or money is of

no use. Therefore, even if you cook, do it so that everyone enjoys it. You don’t cook to getpraise. You only want to do well. Do everything as an offering to God. If you do everything

as an offering to God, you will do everything well. You should not claim ownership of the

result. You should do everything with tremendous zeal interest, and to the best of your

ability. Do not wait for someone to appreciate what you’ve done. You should offer

everything to God and if He is satisfied, you should be self-satisfied, because there is nothing

else to look forward to. Do everything with complete interest and involvement and do not

claim the result thereof. Do every ac tion as an offering to the Lord. What the Lord does with

it is up to Him. You don’t worry about that. If you do every action in such a way, you will

attain perfection.

Question: (asked by a small girl) Why do people suffer so much before they die?

Swami: Did you see somebody suffering so much?

Small girl: My grandma

Swami:We suffer because we are afraid to die. We are afraid to die because we think this

is all there is. You study in school. After sometime, you graduate and go to the next school.

You have to go to the next school, as your previous school will not have more classes. Youmight miss your old friends, teachers, and playground. In the process, you forget that to

learn more, you must move to a new school. You are so attached to your old school that

you do not wish to go to the new school. If you realise that by going to the new school, you

will learn more, you will get new friends, and get new insights, then you will not suffer. When

we die, we think it is the end and we are losing everyone close to us. That is not the truth.

When we die, we are born again to learn new lessons and play with new playmates till we

reach life’s goal. At your level, going from an old school to a new school causes suffering

because you are attached to your old friends. Likewise, with life, it is mental suffering. When

you grow up, you will understand better.

Question: In order to attain Divinity, we must control our mind and senses. However, in this

materialistic world, and day to day life, how is it possible to control our mind and senses?

Swami: The mind is an instrument given to you to attain Divinity. The mind is not an obstacle,

but it is through the mind that one should attain Divinity. When the mind is used to fulfil the

needs of the senses, it is not wrong. If you are hungry, you must eat, but what you eat must

be chosen carefully. You should eat Satwic food, that which is pure and fresh, without

harming anyone. It may not satisfy the taste of your tongue, but it will satisfy your hunger.

To that extent, using your mind and senses is not wrong. It is only when we are not satisfied

with fulfilling our need, but we become greedy, that the problem starts.


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One day, one girl visiting Muddenahalli brought Me coffee powder. She told Me, “Swami,

this is the best coffee powder in the world.” I asked, “What is it made of?" She said, "There is

a cat in Africa which is fed with coffee beans. It then excretes the beans, and along with

the excreta, the coffee beans are fried and then this powder is made.” Should you stoop

to such a level to satisfy your tongue? This is worse than an animal. Drinking coffee is ok but

drinking coffee of such nature is in no way justified.

The mind and senses, as long as they fulfil the basic nee

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