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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The fear and anxiety that infect humanity today are the results of this degradation of values, this ignorance of what is of significance and what is not, this want of faith in what the elders and sages have handed down as the wisdom of ages. People prefer what is pleasing to what is beneficial.
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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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Is the intention pure, selfless, and born out of love? Is it based on truth? Does it result in peace? If so, it is a right action.
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Any happiness that you can give to others will result in happiness for yourself in the end. Man must realize that he cannot get anything without sharing it with humanity around him. So, you must believe that happiness of the people around you will lead to your own happiness in due course.
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Action with love is right conduct. Speak with love and it becomes truth. Thinking with love results in peace. Understanding with love leads to non-violence. For everything love is primary. Where there is love there is no place for hatred.
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Food conditions the nature of the mind. Mind guides the thinking. Thinking results in action. Actions lead to commensurate or matching results and effects. This chain of action between the food we eat and the results of our actions highlights the fact that meat eating leads to beastly actions and the concomitant evil effects.
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Good ideas, good conduct and adherence to Truth should result from our education. Only those who acquire these qualities can be called truly educated.
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Too much food results in dullness of mind.
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When Love animates actions, it results in Right Action.
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He has created duties only to foster the consciousness of all living beings. He has no activity and no obligation. He brings about the result for every activity. Without Him, no activity can yield result! He decides which result should accrue from which act.
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I never asked you to earn me. I want only that you should need me. Your path is not one of merit. Bring the recurring desires of your mind to me, every time they emerge. They cannot shock me, for I willed them! Bring me your confusion, your fear, your craving, your anxiety, your inability to love the world, your hesitation to serve, your jealousy, all the deficiencies that defy your spiritual disciplines.
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In cultivating human values, emphasis should also be placed on avoiding wastage of money, food and time.
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Injury inflicted on any being is sacrilege, self-injury.
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Education in Human Values is designed to prepare everyone for this life of dedicated service.