Sathya Baba
Sathya Baba
Indian guru who was known for claiming that he was the reincarnation of Sai Baba of Shirdi and as a supposed miracle worker.
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth28 November 1926
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Being bound to the world with attachment to worldly objects is negative approach.
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Choose friends who will stick to you till the end, through thick and thin.
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Campaign against the temptations of the senses; Conquer inner foes; Triumph over your ego.
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BECAUSE you have taken residence in this body, you cannot call the body I . When you sit here in this Hall, you do not call the Hall I . You know, you are separate and that you are here only temporarily.
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ANY one may blame you; but you should ignore all such blame and go forward in doing service without rancor.
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A person should strive to use every talent and skill they have, not only for their own benefit, but for the benefit of the whole world.
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A person might be an expert in any field of knowledge or a master of many material skills and accomplishments. But without inner cleanliness his brain is a desert waste.
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Service without ideal of self . . . trains you to transcend all the artificial distinctions imposed by history and geography, and to realize that the human community is one and indivisible.
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Service springs out of LOVE and it scatters LOVE in profusion.
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Service is the highest spiritual discipline. Prayer and meditation, or knowledge of scripture and Vedanta (holy scriptures of India), cannot help you reach the goal as quickly as service can. Service has a double effect, it extinguishes the ego and gives bliss.
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Service is God. Why has God endowed man with a body, a mind and an intellect ? Feel with the mind, plan with the intelligence and use the body to serve those who are in need of service. Offer that act of service to God; worship home with that Flower.
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Service is divine - It makes life worthwhile.
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Service has been defined as Love made manifest . Baba repeatedly asks us to expand our hearts to include all humanity. He tells us that to care only for our own interests and those of our families is a constriction of our heart. Such constriction eventually results in loneliness and unhappiness -- as indeed we can see all around us, for it is the malady of the present age.
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Service expresses the divinity hidden in man. It broadens one's heart, it destroys narrow-mindedness, and it gives delight. The evil qualities and tendencies in us can be driven away through service.