Saturday, May 10, 2008
Devotees bargain with God. They try to use the Lord to solve their problems and promise to adore Him when He brings them prosperity. They believe they can tempt Him with gifts of money, coconuts or cranial hair, as if they possess them by their own unaided skill! No. Offer Him steadfast faith, pure...
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Friday, May 9, 2008
The spiritual aspirant must adhere to the Sathwa ideal - serenity, purity and equanimity. His inborn nature and social nurture might help him in this, but he/she must consciously and steadily cultivate this perseverance to attain purity of thought, word and deed. It is wrong to attribute the ups and...
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Everything is possible by the power of love. Love is everything in this world. The world cannot exist without love. Do not entertain bad desires. They will bring about your ruin. We must keep the mind peaceful and sacred. We can acquire peace of mind only by love for God. Divine Discourse, May 26,...
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Monday, May 5, 2008
Suppose you make an idol of Lord Krishna in silver. All parts of the idol are in silver. When you see the form of Krishna in the idol, you are not aware of the silver. When you want to see only the silver out of which the idol is made, the form is out of your view. Similarly, when you turn your mind...
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Sunday, May 4, 2008
Look at the modern attempts to understand God by concentrating on exploring the secrets of Nature. This is a wrong approach. The effort should be to realize that Nature has come from God. Only then God can be experienced. You have to turn your mind from the mundane to the Divine, from Nature to...
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Friday, May 2, 2008
How should devotion to God express itself? Not in ostentatious external forms like smearing vibhuti, wearing a special dress or flaunting a rosary. Devotees make a distinction between personal duties and service to the Divine. They look upon worship, meditation and the like as Divine service and...
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Speech is produced cheap, but it has high value. It can elevate as well as demean man. Listening to a speech, a zero can rise into a hero or a hero can collapse into a zero. It can inspire or plant despair. It must be true and sweet, not false and pleasant. Man must endeavour to acquire speech...
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Sunday, October 28, 2007
Love is the fruit that grows on the tree of Divine Name. Baba Nowadays, people laugh at the idea of Naamasmarana and Naamasankeerthana (remembering and singing God's holy Names). They ask, what is in a Name? It is just an assortment of sounds. My words too are assortments of sound, but, when they...
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Friday, October 26, 2007
Prayer must come from the depths of feeling; the Lord looks for bhava (sincerity of feeling), not bahya (outward pomp). Baba People are of three types. First, Bhakthi rasa-aathmakam (emotional type). The second, Kriyaaathmakam (active type). The third, the rational type. The emotional type of...
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Thursday, October 25, 2007
It is only when the body, the mind and the spirit are in harmony that peace will prevail. Baba In their life-long quest for happiness people forget that they can secure enduring bliss only by pursuing the spiritual path. Towards the end of their life, when all other sources have failed, they turn...
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