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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If a person desires to understand clearly the sacred books and scriptural texts of India, to imbibe their message, he must learn the Sanskrit language; he cannot avoid that responsibility and that duty.
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Learn to speak what you feel, and act what you speak.
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Learn to give, not to take. Learn to serve, not to rule.
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Life is, Loving - Listening - Lifting - Learning - Living
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In the first stage of boyhood, he is led from ignorance and 'innocence' into the world of knowledge, when he is accepted as a pupil by a Guru (Preceptor). After that, he has to serve the Guru and obey him, without feeling burdened and bound. In the second stage of youth, he has to share with society the means and measures for its progress and security; he has to start earning for his livelihood and spending his income with intelligent care; he has also the duty of providing examples to those younger than himself and guide them into socially useful paths. At the same time, he must follow the footsteps of elders and learn from them lessons for his own advancement.
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However great an intellectual may be, however great one may be as a scholar or a man of learning, one has also to acquire humanness. Without humanness, scholarship and intellectual eminence are of no value.
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Through the media of films, books, music and the behavior of elders, young minds are excited and aroused into indulgences.
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What is the unmistakable mark of a wise man? It is Love, Love for all humanity.
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The pure heart is the best mirror for the reflection of Truth. So all these disciplines are for the purification of the heart. As soon as it is pure, all truths flash upon it in a minute.
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We see flowers of all kinds. Men are able to make plastic flowers of the same kind. But can any one fill the plastic flowers with the native fragrance that is got from natural flowers? This is possible only by the Divine.
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The science of Yoga was assigned great prominence in the past by Indians.
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The same person has come to Me seeking success at the examination, then a job, then a father-in-law, then a child, then a rise in the salary, a transfer in a cheaper place and a seat in the Medical College for his son - a never ending series of wants, until at last he comes seeking My Grace for an end to worldly pursuits and for initiation into the path of spirituality.
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The root is education and the fruit is virtue.
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The service of man is the only means by which you can serve GOD.