Om Sri Sai Ram

SWAMI’S LETTERS TO DEVOTEES AND STUDENTS

AN ELDERLY WOMAN
An elderly woman grieving her husband's passing received a surprise letter of comfort
from Bhagawan, expressing:
Wedding binds two persons together as husband and wife. What were they to each other
minutes before? The one would not have worried for the other if the wedding had not
happened!
Where were the son, and the brother before they were conceived and born? Life is an
interlude between what was and what will be. This interlude should be used not to lament
over what cannot be helped or set right, but to seek God, see Him and take refuge in Him.
Your husband lived such a life in the light of Truth he had glimpsed. He did no wrong to
anyone; he loved and served the suffering and the illiterate. He salvaged many families
from penury and infamy. He helped many young people to go through college. Many sick
persons were saved by his timely donations. He was ever cheerful and spread cheer
wherever he went. And, at last, God willed that he cast away the body that limited him. Of
what profit is it now to calculate what might have happened, had he not gone to Madras
that day?
Your duty from now on is to sustain the fame he earned, to follow the ideals he had placed
before himself. Your husband is here, in MY presence now, and he will be there forever as
he had wished to be when alive. Swami will not allow him to be separated from the
Presence. He is now free from bonds and boundaries.
You are indeed fortunate that destiny drew you to him and gave you so many years of
loving companionship with such a fine person. His thoughts were pure; there was no
blemish of envy, hatred, or greed in him. So his place is with Me, forever. I am writing this
letter to you in order to shower on you the cool rain of love. That rain will scotch the flames
of grief that are now raging in you. Your husband is at Prasanthi Nilayam, in the presence
of Sairam, having attained that climax by his spiritual attainments.
Baba
*****
LOVE HAS NO DISTANCE
During Bhagawan’s absence from Prasanthi Nilayam in earlier years, He used to send
letters to be read out loud for all the residents; to bring them joy and make them aware
that He was thinking of them, and knew of their whereabouts—no matter the distance
between:
Blessings to all at the Mandir!
Tell them to fulfill the duties assigned and carry out the responsibilities fixed. The daily
schedule of Pooja, Dhyana, Bhajan, Sankeertan and study should be followed punctually
and with faithful devotion. People should move along with others with love and reverence.
Of what benefit is Sadhana if it is done without controlling jealousy, envy, pride, anger, and
malice?
However long you may live in the Ashram, these vices will yet undermine whatever merit
you acquire. The proof of the rain is the wetness of the ground. The proof of Sadhana is the
subjugation of the senses. Give up irrelevant and impertinent talks and activity; cultivate
self-examination, self-discovery; develop the inner eye, the inner discipline. Make the best
of this chance acquired as a result of the good done many previous lives. Of course,
Swami's Sadhana
Baba
*****
DISCLOSING HIS OMNISCIENCE AND DIVINE QUALITIES:
DEAR CHILD VEERBHADRAM
Dear child Veerbhadram!
You are Badhram (meaning: happy, full of confidence and joy). Aren't you? You might
answer, "What kind of bhadram is this?" Of course, that answer is natural.
When life flows clear and smooth with no hurdles to cross, to feel that it is all because of
one's own choice and to forget God, and when that flow encounters obstacles and
obstructions at every turn, to lament and lose heart—are these not signs of the intellectual
frailty inherent in man? You, too, are human, dear Bhadram; therefore, it is no wonder
that you are overcome by depression and despair when troubles bother you at every step.
Bangaroo! Man only is the target of trouble; trees are not. Even when they are, they have
no capacity to express how deep they are hurt.
And though the life of man is basically a manifestation of Immortality and an unbroken
stream of Ananda, he strays away from the awareness of the Atman, the spring of that
Ananda, slavishly yielding to the ravishing tactics of the mind, the reason, and the vagaries
of the ego. Sinking and floating, rising and falling on the turbid waves of the sea of
delusion, he is tossed between anxiety and calm, grief and joy, pain and pleasure. He is
afflicted with the evanescence of the world and the unreality of his plans and passions.
Why are you confound and confused by this false panorama? Remember, you are thereby
despising and denying your own Atmic identity. You have stored in your brain the Vedas,
the Sastras, the Puranas, the Ithihasas and the Upanishads, but you behave like dull boor;
you bewail your lot and weep at your plight, as it is not worthy of the learning you have
accumulated. You have to draw strength and courage therefrom and further the
blossoming of holy, heartening thoughts.
Should this one single trouble—want of money—make you stoop in weakness and fear?
You have with you, and you know its efficacy, the Name, which is Dhanvanthari for the ills
and anxieties of man. Instead of letting the name dance merrily on the tongue, why are you
paying attention to what you call 'loss,' 'grief,' and 'worry'?
You are the repository of so many branches of scriptural scholarship; but you have neither
realized their value nor attempted to experience the joy they can give you. This must be
your goal. On the other hand, you are spending your days contentedly and with vast self-
satisfaction, as if the biggest purpose to which you can devote your learning is exhibiting it
in speech and demonstrating it in outer behavior. The result is, you are led into the baseless
belief that you are being 'attacked' by anxieties and adversities.
Really speaking, these are all objective phenomena, passing clouds that are but a feature of
the external nature. The Ananda that the Atma can confer on you cannot be lessened or
hindered in the least. Have faith in this Truth. Don't you know, Bangaroo, the freedom, the
delight and the peace that you can derive by the contemplation of the Ananda that the
unbroken awareness of the Atma can endow you with! Then, though mountains roll on
your head, do not get attached with, or affected by, happenings in the objective world.
To preach to others is quite easy; but it is extremely difficult to put even a fraction of what
is preached into actual practice and experience the felicity promised. You have been
announcing in ringing tones that Swami knows everything; Swami is the Unitive
Embodiment of all the names and forms by which man has adored God down the
millennia. But you forget to establish its truth in your life, which problems overwhelm you.
Don't I know? The other day, when you were reduced to plead with your father for help
and when you were about to proceed to where he resides, your wife suggested, "We shall
write to Swami about our troubles and losses," let me ask, why you told her, "I won't allow
this; you should not write." May I tell you the reason? You thought she might inform me
various other details! Don't I know? Can I know if she writes to me? Foolish Bangaroo!
Don't I know that you went to Ramachandrapuram, proposing to give a series of talks on
the [Bhagavad] Gita and returning with a minus balance? The 'Gita discourse' did not
receive the response you expected, since your talk was pervaded and polluted by the
Burrakatha style that has struck roots in you since long. It cannot easily be overcome. Bear
with it patiently and by steady effort, get rid of this tendency. If you desire that your Gita
talks should be appreciated, some improvements are called for. Without effecting them,
why do you moan, be gloomy and dejected, blaming your scholarship and your experience
as mere useless loads?
Well, for me, who is fostering all these worlds, fostering you and your family is no burden. I
am giving you these series of troubles, in order to teach you some lessons. "Study is not all
important. Practicing what you have learnt is very necessary." My purpose is to bring to
your notice this facet of the process of learning.
Let me tell you this. He who but plants a sapling cannot but water it; if he had no will to
water it, he wouldn't have planted it. This is the identifying principle of the Atma and the
Jiva, the Universal and the Individual, God and man. You had written and published that
the name of Swami is dancing in home after home, that Swami's Form is being adored in
home after home. And for this little vision, you were filled with Ananda. No, it is not every
home only; the Sai Name will arouse ecstatic delight filling the entire world, nay, every inch
of it. People sing now, "All is Sai-full, this world is Baba-full." This fullness will be realized,
without doubt. Be bold; be in bliss; take up the burden of the duties assigned to you. Seek
the realization of the four goals of man-justice, prosperity, righteous desire, and liberation
from bondage.
When you resolve to progress on these lines the Lord of Parthi (Sai Ram) will Himself be
available to you as the God who will lift you and liberate you. Therefore, Bangaroo, seek
and gain your own motivating principle, I will never give you up. I will forget you, no
never.
You have been maligning the rich; give up this erroneous habit. Not only the rich; you
should not dishonor anyone in any manner in any measure. Remember, Sai resides in all
men; so maligning any person involves the maligning of Sai Himself. If they are bloated in
their ego, they will suffer. How can it affect you? Convey my blessings to your wife and
children.
I have written this long letter out of the compassion and love I bear towards you. I have not
written this out of anger or a sense of hurt. Be ever in joy; be ever intent on practice and
experience.
The Resident of your Heart,
Sai
*****
SELECTIONS FROM LETTERS WRITTEN TO STUDENTS OF THE BRINDAVAN
CAMPUS:
1 DEC 1971
I suppose all the hostel boys are happy? Is the discipline being properly maintained?
Exercise some control in regard to your thoughts, words and actions and understand and
carry out SAI's command, work hard and study with interest. Do not let down your
parents and their hopes and expectations but strive to make them happy. Studying in SAI's
college, staying in SAI's nilayam and being frequently in SAI's company, you should feel
SAI's presence everywhere. It is only when you understand and assimilate SAI's ideals of
living that SAI's Grace is showered on you.
In my presence you display utmost obedience and reverence, but in my physical absence,
you indulge in careless and vulgar actions. You may think that they are for your good but
the truth is not hidden from Me. Understand that SAI is present (resides) in your heart; it
is SAI's wishes and not yours. That should be materialized in your actions, it is understood
that you don't believe that SAI resides in your heart.
SAI is your Thaai, Maai, Aayi. So, do not give place to any ill feelings but conduct
yourselves towards one another as brothers do.
Convey my blessings to all
Baba
The secret of perfect health lies in keeping the mind always cheerful never worried and
never hurried.
Baba
*****
JANUARY 1972
SANKRANTHI
Dear Boys,
How are you all? Are you pursuing the same old habits or has there been any change? Has
there been any acquisition of noble ideas and ideals? In winnowing, the dry outer coverings
are removed from the grain. Similarly, you should also separate and isolate the seeds of bad
thoughts and emotions from the good and healthy ones. Let not the seeds of bad thought
sprout anywhere near you. At least from this Sankranthi day onwards, live up to the word
you've given to Swami and walk along the flowery path shown by SAI. Receive in full SAI's
Grace and Love. Lead your life with good thoughts, good inclinations and good ideals.
Strive to attain the fruits of your studies. SAI is your 'Hridayasthaayi'. SAI is the One who
grants your wishes. It is this SAI, who is your Thaai: SAI MOTHER.
Blessings to All,
Swami
*****
11 JULY 1972
To All Hostel Boys!
How are you? You are very happy because I am not there. No, no, I am here, there and
everywhere. Swami is Love. Love is Swami. Therefore, Love is there. There are two kinds
of love. One is called Personal love and the other is called Impersonal. Personal love relates
to the physical part of the being and Impersonal to the spiritual part. Life is intended to
practice Impersonal love, because this Love is revealed in your heart and then you realize
wonderful universal truth, spirit or existence, which is called God.
To devote yourself to Swamiji in order to realize Him means shedding your individual sense
and knowing that you are Universal Truth and spirit. This is possible only when you
transcend the individual sense or the ego sense in you. The ego sense is the cause of your
unhappiness, bondage and misery in the world.
'SAI KRISHNA' through Geetha has asked you to surrender yourself to the Divine
completely and be free from the ego sense. When the ego sense is eliminated you shall have
the universal vision and based upon that vision you love all alike. God is love and He dwells
in love. In one who dwells in God, God dwells in him. God as love is dwelling in your hearts
and therefore, the Kingdom of Heaven is within you. When you realize this truth in the
freshness and beauty of the Immortal Spirit. Let thy life sing with the music of love.
With Blessings,
Baba
*****
17 JULY 1972
Dears!
Little knowledge is a dangerous thing making one conceited, it causes his downfall. Ego is
the root cause of all troubles.
Realizing is resting. Laziness is rusting. Is it not the truth? Surrender of the disciple and
blessings of the Swamiji (God) smoothens the path of self-realization. Life without Swamiji
is like a boat without a rudder. Churning the mind with self-inquiry gives the cream of
Knowledge. Love is the manifestation of self-illumined. Like water in a reversed pot, the
spiritual knowledge does not enter the mind pot. Man's heart is the temple of the Divine.
Don't inflame it with ideas of mine and thine.
"Time lost is life lost". Doing one's duty however small, in an unattached manner gives rise
to the awakening of self-awareness. Ego is limiting and pushing one into darkness. Truth is
a flame of life, trying to reach the peak of attainment! The angry do not go to hell but
inflame hell fire wherever they are. Water does not stay in the basket. Wisdom does not
stay in the mind passionate. Mind is like a dog, wanders without any objective...
This is My Love
With Blessings,
Baba
*****
LETTER WRITTEN TO A DEVOTEE FROM THE U.S.A
You as body, mind or soul are a dream but what you really are is Existence, Knowledge,
Bliss. You are the God of the Universe. You are creating the whole universe and drawing it
in. To gain the infinite universal individuality, the miserable little prison individuality must
go. Bhakti is no crying or any negative condition. It is the seeing of all in all we see.
It is the heart that reaches the goal; follow the heart.
A pure heart seeks beyond the intellect. It gets inspired. Whatever we do reacts upon us, if
we do good, we shall have happiness and if evil, unhappiness. Within you is the mighty
ocean of nectar divine. Seek it within you, feel it, free it, it is here the Self, it is not the body,
the mind, the intellect, the brain, it is not the desire of the desiring, it is not the object of
desire.
Above all, there you are. All these are simply manifestations. You appear as the smiling
flower, as the twinkling star. What is there in the world, which make you desire anything?
With Blessings and Love,
Sri Sathya Sai Baba
*****
1 JANUARY 1974
Dear Boys!
Wish you a happy and peaceful New Year. What is the happiest day in your life? All are
happy days to a person of true knowledge. Happiness is an internal conscious experience,
which comes as an effect of the extinction of mental or physical desire. The lesser the desire,
the greater is the happiness, so that perfect happiness consists in the destruction or
satisfaction of all desires in the Absolute Being. Life is an experience meant to train the
individual for a higher, deeper and more expanded state of existence through the
experience of the results of action. The aim of everybody's life is the attainment of complete
perfection in the spiritual absolute.
Prema is not an illusion. It is a reality and actuality for those who have realized oneness in
life.
What is man's dearest possession apart from his life; one's dearest possession is one's own
true Self and there is no permanently dear thing apart from that.
God is great, all others are mere dusts.
God only is real and great. Everything else is unreal and valueless. I go further and say that
God only exists and there is nothing second to SAI (God).
With Blessings,
Baba
*****
SHANKARANTHI 1974
Dear Boys,
Let every human being remake himself. Let us understand that we live not for money
making, not for fulfilling our wants, not for scholarly and intellectual pursuits, but for
spiritual development. Effects of karma's of the past have to be effaced with karma's
backed by PREMA.
Every karma must have a background of PREMA.
It is only in this world that spiritual progress can be made. Annihilation of ego and
dissolution of desires can be made here and now. Conquer desires, the little 'I' feeling,
Vaasanas, vikaras, raga and dwesha. All these have built this world of appearances and
illusions.
Fill the heart with the LIGHT of PREMA so that the evil qualities of hate, greed and
conceit find no place therein.
In winnowing, the dry outer coverings are separated from the grain. So too, you should
separate the bad thoughts and emotions from the good and healthy ones. From this
Sankraanthi Day onwards, walk along the FLOWERY PATH shown by SAI.
Receive in full SAI's Grace and Love. SAI is your Hridaya Sthaayi. SAI is the ONE who
BLESSES your life with PEACE. SAI is the ONE who grants your wishes.
IT IS THIS SAI, WHO IS YOUR THAAYI (Mother).
With Blessings and Love,
Baba
*****
5 AUGUST 1974
JANMASHTAMI SANDESH
Dear Boys!
Accept My Blessings and Love. In the world today so full of people who are selfish,
unloving and unloved, this brand, this kind of atheism is almost a religion.
What is the SELF? It is the Self that says 'Not I' for if it says so, then it is unreal self, since
the real Self has no thought of itself. The real Self is the selfless self, the self that has no
thought either of or for itself.
It is the Self that has forgotten itself because somehow it remembers itself only in others. It
is the Self that seeks the truth without a thought of self because truth is selfless wisdom. It
is the Self that is quiet because quietness is the cessation of self through the wordlessness of
the mind. It is the Self in wordless meditation, because wordless meditation is the stopping
of the mind through union with the Divine. It is the Self that does not judge, does not
evaluate, does not compare, does not condemn, does not separate, does not seek security of
any kind, and does not seek even itself.
It is the Self that has completely abolished itself and yet in a strange and mystical fashion is
never more complete, never more real, never more itself than it has ever been. This is the
real Self.
God is Love, Love is Selflessness. Selflessness is the abolition of all sense of selfhood and
separativeness, all thoughts of you, all identification with the isolative life of the counterfeit
being called self. Self is separativeness. Separativeness is the denial of wholeness.
Wholeness is God. The denial of God is Godlessness, God privation, atheism. Atheism
therefore as now understood, is not the denial of this or that religion, or the denial of this or
that concept of God. It is rather the denial of a life of love, which is the nature of God. It is
the assertion of the life of self, which is negation of the being of God. In short, real atheism
is the denial of love, the assertion of selfishness.
The process of God-ward called self-sacrifice is in its most real essence, love. For, God is
love and love alone can lead to Him. As the most God-full act is the act of love, so the most
God-less act is the act of non-love or hate. But hate, which is separativeness, can arise only
when there is selfishness or self-fullness. Thus it comes to pass that the most Godless,
loveless act is the act of selfishness or self-fullness.
Love must be completely selfless to be God-ward, to be Divine. Its creation must be the
beloved first, its technique must be your happiness not mine. This way to happiness is the
forgetting of oneself and the remembering of God (Sai Krishna).
Whatever we do reacts upon us. If we do good, we shall have happiness and if evil,
unhappiness. Within you is the real happiness, within you is the mighty ocean of the nectar
Divine. Seek it within you, feel it, feel it. It is here, the Self; it is not the body, the mind, the
intellect, the brain. iI is not the desire nor the desiring. It is not the object of the desire.
Above all, these you are. All these are simply manifestations. You appear as the smiling
flower, as the twinkling stars. What is there in this world, which can make you desire
anything?
It is the pure heart that reaches the goal. Follow the heart. A pure heart seeks beyond the
intellect. It gets inspired.
With Blessings,
Sri Sathya Sai Baba
*****
BOYS
Through the awareness of the Divine alone can we really bring true peace to the world.
There is no doubt that considerable effort is being made by great leaders of the world in the
material plane to bring about peace and harmony. But Sai does not see any sign of their
success.
The only way left is for us to turn our mind within ourselves and find out the true and
everlasting basis, the supreme source, from which alone can we get true happiness and
peace in the world. The basis is GOD, who is in fact dwelling in the hearts of everyone of
us. He is the Universal Spirit.
Every one of us is the very embodiment of Divinity. Your true being is Sath-Chit-Ananda,
representing Existence-Consciousness-Bliss. You have forgotten this truth. Remember it
now, and take the holy and powerful name of the Reality until your mind disappears and
you stand revealed as Truth itself, and enjoy, as Sai has been enjoying, the Eternal Bliss
which never exhausts itself.
With Blessings,
Baba
*****
MY DEARS,
The time will come when the whole of this dream will vanish. To everyone of us there must
come a time when the whole universe will be found to have been a mere dream, when we
shall find that the soul is infinitely better than its surroundings. In this struggle through we
call environments, there will come a time when we shall find that these environment were
almost zero in comparison with the power of the soul. It is only a question of time, and time
is nothing in the infinite. It is a drop in the ocean. We can afford to wait and be calm.
With Blessings,
(Baba) Sri Sathya Sai Baba
*****
YOU IN ME AND I IN YOU
The bird with you, the wings with Me;
The foot with you, the way with Me;
The eye with you, the form with Me;
The thing with you, the dream with Me;
The world with you, the heaven with Me;
So are we free, so are we bound;
So we begin and so we end;
You in Me and I in you.
-Baba.
*****
My Dear Boys!
Accept my Love and Blessing. I received all your letters. Give all that is yours to Sai
Krishna lovingly. Like the fool who squanders his life’s boon, you, too, can receive Bliss
from above and still look for the sun at high noon. Give all yours to Sai and merge with
Him, just like a moth that flies into the flame. Then you will surmount all problems. He is
reality. Life is a false game. My Boys! Be Happy and study well. Your Sai is always with you
and around you.
Love,
Baba.
19.9.1977
*****
NEW YEAR MESSAGE
1.1.80
Convey My New Year Blessing to all boys. Tell them that they should study well and pass
their examinations in the First Class. They also lead an ideal and worthy life by implicitly
following Swami’s Commands and cultivating high and noble thoughts. They should shape
themselves into boys having good qualities, good behavior and a pure mind.
If they nurture such sacred ideas at a young age they will stand in good stead both in youth
and in old age. Such sacred ideas will remain with them throughout their lives and express
themselves in all actions. Also tell them that they should avoid excessive talk and should
give no opportunity to go out of their way to establish unnecessary contacts with each
other. Instead, they should fulfill the purpose for which they have come and follow the
ideals of Sai.
Ultimately, this is what will remain. This alone will take them to the goal and shower
Grace. No one is related or attached to the other.
The only true and permanent relationship is with Sai and all other attachment is merely
worldly and false. This truth must fill their heart to the brim and continue to ring within
forever.
Sai.
*****
5.2.1980
Tell the boys to study hard and write the exams well. The opportunity, which they are
getting, is indeed a great boon, which even Devas aspire for. Once this great opportunity
slips away, it is lost forever and this atmosphere can never be regained. The Avatar will
soon be recognised by one and all and the entire world will come to His feet and turn
towards the spiritual path. Make the best use of your time now so that you do not repent
unnecessarily later. What is the use of all your studies if you cannot grasp the real Vidya.
Convey My Love and Blessings to all the boys and tell them to be disciplined. This
opportunity would never come again and ask them to make best use of it. Even countless
births would not get them back this opportunity.
Baba
*****
28.2.1980
Accept my Love and Blessings. What is morality in the hands of a philosopher? A good deal
depends on the definition of the morality especially in the hands of a philosopher. If he
looks upon morality as only a convenience imposed by common consent by the people on
themselves, the philosopher would presumably attach very little importance to moral issues
arising in that connection. If on the other hand, his views lead him to look upon morality as
something more than a convenience of life, as having a basis more fundamental and rooted
in eternal verities, then naturally the importance of morality to him would be very great. It
is purely a question of definition and attitude. My Love and Blessings to all.
Baba
 *****
7.3.1980
How are all of you? Truth is that which does not hold anyone in dissatisfaction but elevates
one to more genuine form of happiness, until its Absolute state is reached. It is not
contradicted by any other experience and does not point to the existence of any thing better
or higher than it. That which never changes and is unrestricted by anything is Truth.
Physical Science is objective and cannot lead to the Absolute Truth, but Spiritual Science or
Brahma Vidya can lead to the Absolute Truth. GOD alone is Truth, all others are mere
dust. Do you agree? Yes, GOD alone is real and great; everything else is unreal and
valueless. There is nothing second to GOD. Live in GOD.
My Love to all.
Baba.
*****
Love and Blessings to all. Tell the boys to maintain silence, be disciplined and study hard
and do well in the exams to please Swami.
In this age of Kali, when the evil force are rampant and destroying all good people, when
even the devotees of GOD are going down to these bad evils, the name of GOD alone can
save anyone. Tell everyone to take this “Sai” Mantra and live with it throughout their lives.
It is the name that will guide and save.
Many devotees have come here and I am busy with the constructions going on; hence I
could not write anything to the boys. Give them My Love and Blessings.
Baba.
*****
10.3.1980
These days we are unfortunately witnessing before our own eyes all the evils of the Kali age
being very freely practiced by men and women everywhere, thus inviting the consequent
inevitable sufferings upon themselves and others. To counteract the evil forces that are
gaining ground, the only way prescribed is the chanting of Sai’s name, the glory of which
has been extolled again and again. All devotees and well wishers of humanity should now
wholeheartedly take to the chanting of the name of Sai (their Mantra) for longer hours
daily with faith and devotion and thus contribute their mite towards bringing in peace and
happiness, in this present day world of strife, turmoil and unhappiness.
My Blessings to all
With love,
Baba
13.3.1980
*****

Accept My Blessings. On this 1st day of January, Blessings to you for a long, healthy,
happy, peaceful, comfortable life with the experience of spiritual bliss. All of you should
grow into ideal persons. New Year Blessings and drops of Love. All the boys must study
well and cultivate discipline, humility and obedience. A life devoid of Divine Grace is verily
no life at all.
A birth wherein the Love of GOD is not secured is really no birth at all. Therefore, take to
the path of spirituality, undertake the necessary Sadhana and become worthy recipients of
Sai’s Love and Grace. Education merely for living is like chaff without the grain. This is
also not education in the true sense of the term. Practice Sai’s ideals and experience
Atmaananda. Love and Blessings to all.
With Love,
Baba.
1.1.1981
*****
My beloved teachers and boys!
Accept My Love and Blessings. In this world of change, we meet with various vicissitudes
of life, both pleasant and unpleasant. We are afflicted with disease, both mental and
physical. The body is stricken with diseases and the mind with worries. In this state of our
unhappiness, turmoil and misery, there is only one way and that is to take refuge in Sai.
Sai alone can remove these difficulties and disease and bring us to health, peace and
prosperity. He who has got Sai’s name on his lip is a Jeevan Muktha, because continuous
remembrance of Sai eliminates the ego sense and grants him the realisation of his
immortal, changeless Self. The name is a link between the devotee and Sai. It brings the
devotee face to face with Sai enables him to attain knowledge of his oneness with Sai.
With love,
Your Sai, your Own Sai, (Sri Sathya Sai).
29.3.1981 (Telugu New Year Blessings)
*****
Students!
Accept My Blessings. Because I am now immersed in activities that do not allow a
moment’s break, I do not have the opportunity to talk to you all directly.
Sai is always with each of you wherever you are. Be assured. The problems of the country
can be solved only when the special role of education is recognised and efforts made to
realise it. On you, the students, and efforts made to realise it. On you, the students, depends
the progress or decline of the country. You are the builders of future India. You are the
roots of the tree, the basement of the building. You have to journey longer than the others.
So it is not enough if you pour over plenty of books. You must equip yourselves to be the
guardians of the society and the pillars of the nation. You must fill your consciousness with
a sense of responsibility. You have to revive the culture of Bharath.
Discipline and sense of duty has to bloom in you. Do not struggle only for “Marks” but try
to avoid “Remark” on your conduct. You must act as a support of peace in the country and
must not, like the uneducated, lose control of yourselves and take part in anti-social
activities and destructive incidents. You must shape yourselves as Divine Messengers of the
ideals of intelligent service that is the hallmark of a good citizen. For, the purpose of
education is the transformation of all aspects of life into full strength and joy.
It is not the provision of begging bowls to the youth, and calling them degrees. Jobs are not
so fundamental; inner joy is the important gain. Suyoga is more important than udyoga
(Employment). From the menial to the minister, the current cry is for jobs. Udyoga really
means ‘ Higher Yoga’ and it is available to everyone at all times. Education must confer
humility; it must transform, moral, mental and spiritual fields and purify thought, word
and deed. The educated must gladden the heart of the parents; when that is done, it bears
fruit.
Education is fir life; not for earning a living, remember. May you all be earnest and skilled
builders of a happy and prosperous country. May all of you contribute to the establishment
of Ananda in all hearts.
Sai is always with you. Be Happy with Sai’s Love.
With Love and Blessings
Baba
10.3.1988
*****
I am not the body - a mass of flesh, bones and blood.
I am not the mind – a bundle of wasteful desires, manifest and unmanifest.
I am not the feeling - of infatuation that obstructs the way to liberation;
I am that Eternal Paramathman, who is aware of the power that I Am.
Students!

Accept My Blessings. Received your letters full of fragrant flower of information and
prayerful salutations. They have caused this nice letter to be sent to you. This letter is
giving joy to Sai and bringing Sai to you.
The need of the hour is not to picture life as garden of happiness and romantic love, but to
hold it out as a battlefield meant to be lived as an ideal of heroism and courage. In the
present circumstances, a play with words would be of no use at all. By obtaining mere
degrees, we can make neither your motherland glow with glory nor can you blossom forth
yourselves.
Seeking Truth, you should transform yourselves into great devotees, lovers of GOD and be
ready for any supreme sacrifice including laying down life itself. Bidding goodbye to all
selfishness and Self-interest, making Divine Love as the bow and Wisdom as the arrow, you
should forth as heroic students, placing your faith in the transcendental Truth and GOD.
You should know that you are born to achieve great and stupendous tasks in life. You are
the children of GOD. Heroes in action, great soldiers in the age of Kali, full of compassion
and Divine Love and resolved to make Divinity resound with success in the world.
This is not the time for rest and sleep. The future emergence of a glorious new Bharath is
dependent upon you. the mother is awaiting your arrival on the scene. If the morality of
Bharath is destroyed, the world will sink into utter ruin. If the spirituality of a Bharath
suffers and setback, it will be to the determent to the rest of the world. The unity and the
integrity of the nation would suffer a setback. The morality of Bharath is its sweet
experience of Divine Love. the love for GOD should saturate and flow as the very life-
blood.
Hearts should fill and overflow with waves of idealism. Do not become slaves of external
life and education and destroy the small saplings of spirituality in your heart light the
lamps of Truth and dispel all weakness in your heart. you are messengers of GOD and not
servants of the Lord of Death. Establish the Kingdom of devotion. Earn the love of GOD.
Develop spiritual knowledge along with worldly education. Love based on gunas suffers
modifications. Make that transcendental Love as your own goal in the life.
Do not become slaves of low desires and feelings. Make spirituality as your dwelling place.
Every object in creation is transient. It is only the Bliss of Atma, which is inexhaustible.
Strive to attain it. Only through Love of GOD can you attain such bliss and develop it into
full fruition. The inner significance of ‘Krishna Tulaa Bhaara’ is to show that all the wealth
of the world, with all its gold and diamonds, cannot match GOD.
It is only Divine Love, which is equal to Him. Foster such devotion in your hearts. Most of
you have not understood the principles that Swami embodies, nor can you comprehend.
Understand Sai’s Love. You cannot trace any selfishness in any corner of Sai. Whatever He
does, is for your sake. There is nothing in the world, which Sai needs.
Camphor is white as also the celestial cow,
Stars are white and also the wings of a swan,
And so is the sweet smile of beautiful Sai,
Sweeter than sweet juice of sugarcane or
Even the wine, is the love of Sai.
The Love of Sai is more soothing and comforting than the sight of a beautiful flower or the
sweet smile of an innocent child.
Sai’s word can confer all joy, happiness and prosperity on the world
Sai’s look can shower the delight of the rain of the paarijaatha flower
Sai’s Hand can confer the comfort of a loving mother’s hand.
This alone is for your joy and welfare - the conferer of Love.
I expect from you only one thing, that you should transform yourselves into ideal children
full of Bliss, the very embodiments of Atma, proving all this to the world by your behavior
and conduct in life. That alone is True Education. All other types of education are only its
limbs and parts.
What happiness did the Demon Somakasura enjoy, stealing the sacred scriptures and
abusing Hari? What did the ten-headed Ravana carry with him, seeking the wife of another
person? By how much did Duryodana gain by denying even an inch of space to Pandavas?
Could Kamsa, who vengefully and watchfully killed the innocent children of his sister, save
himself from death?
Even today that would be the fate of people, who are opposed to Dharma. What more can I
convey to you? Recognising his Truth, carefully follow the proper path and conduct
yourselves accordingly.
Sai,
The Resident of your heart.
23.9.1988
*****
With Pranams at the Lotus Feet of Divine Lord Sai
Sai brother, M. Palaniswamy
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