Divine Nectar

146 Pages·2015·9.04 MB·English

by  Sathya Sai Baba

at the divine lotus feet of
Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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CONTENTS
Foreword ................................................................................................................................. 1
1 Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba ― Revelation of His Divinity and His Divine Mission
The Revelation ........................................................................................................................ 5
Divine Discourse at the World Conference of Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations
on May 17, 1968
Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s Letter to His Brother ....................................................... 13
May 25, 1947
The Message I Bring ............................................................................................................. 15
Divine Discourse in Nairobi, Kenya on July 4, 1968
2 Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba on the Sathya Sai Organisation
The Heart of the Organisation .............................................................................................. 21
Divine Discourse on November 21, 1968

Sathya Sai Seva .................................................................................................................... 25
Divine Discourse at the First All-India Conference of Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations
on April 21, 1967
3 Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s Message to Women
When Women Are Honoured ................................................................................................. 33
Divine Discourse on November 19, 1995
Role of the Mother ................................................................................................................. 37
Divine discourse on November 19, 2000
4 Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s Message to Youth
Always Be Happy and Peaceful ............................................................................................ 45
Divine Discourse at the World Youth Conference on July 28, 2007
Youth Should Transform the World ...................................................................................... 51
Divine discourse at the Sri Sathya Sai Second World Youth Conference
on November 18, 1999
5 Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s Message to Educators
Serve the Child ...................................................................................................................... 59
Divine Discourse at the Fourth All India Conference of Bal Vikas Gurus
on November 20, 1979
“Educare” Is True Education ................................................................................................ 63
Divine Discourse at the First Conference of Sri Sathya Sai Schools on November 20, 2001
True Education Fosters Human Values ............................................................................... 69
Divine Discourse at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, August 10, 1998
6 Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s Message to Healthcare Professionals
Doctors, Patients and Society .............................................................................................. 75
Address at the Cardiac Speciality Symposium on February 7, 1993
Food, the Heart and the Mind ............................................................................................... 81
Divine Discourse at the Second International Symposium on Cardio-vascular Diseases
on January 21, 1994
Sathya Sai Ideal Healthcare ................................................................................................. 87
Divine Proclamations
7 Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba on Harmony of Religions
Everyone Is a Son of God ...................................................................................................... 91
Divine Discourse on December 25, 1982
Attain Enlightenment by Renouncing Desire ....................................................................... 97
Divine Discourse on May 13, 2006
8 Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s Message to Sadhakas (spiritual aspirants)
Kshama, the Grandest and Noblest Virtue .......................................................................... 105
Divine Discourse on May 25, 2000
How to Become Dear to the Lord ........................................................................................ 113
Divine Discourse on May 24, 2000
Idols Are Pointers to Divinity ................................................................................................. 121
Divine Discourse on March 12, 2002
9 Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s Message on Service
Spiritual Significance of Loving Service ............................................................................. 129
Divine Discourse at the Sixth World Conference of Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations
on November 21, 1995

The Spirit of Service ............................................................................................................ 133
Divine discourse on November 21, 1988
Foreword
Om Sri Sai Ram.
Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the Jagat Guru, Sad Guru, and Guru Naam Guru. He
is the universal teacher, Divine teacher, true teacher, and teacher of teachers. His
message is universal and eternal and transcends the limitations of space, time, race,
gender, ethnicity, nationality, and religion. His life is His message, and His message
is love.
His every word is a mantra, His every sentence is a sutra (aphorism), His every con-
versation is a Gita, and His every discourse is a Veda. His teachings are the essence
of all scriptures. Swami’s unique and magnanimous teachings given through His
discourses, writings, and conversations, as well as His exemplary life, are unparal-
leled in human history, both with respect to their content and their efficacy in trans-
forming countless lives for the better. Loving Lord Sai is indeed the Omnipresent,
Omniscient, and Omnipotent Lord of the universe, come down in human form for the
redemption of humanity.
Diving deep into His teachings and practising them in our daily lives, our lives will be
redeemed and we will reach the summum bonum of life.
On the auspicious and historic occasion of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s 90th
Birthday celebrations, we offer at His Divine Lotus Feet a garland of Divine discours-
es in which He has expounded on various aspects of human life and addressed
them in detail. In His infinite compassion, He revealed His Divinity and His Divine
mission in these discourses. He also emphasised the harmony of religions and the
universality of faiths. These discourses also dwell upon His message to the Sathya
Sai Organisation that bears His name and His message for women, youth, health
care professionals, educators, leaders, and spiritual seekers in general. We pray to
Bhagawan that the readers may drink the Divine nectar of His words, enjoy Divine
bliss, and redeem their lives by practising His teachings.
Jai Sai Ram.
Narendranath Reddy, MD
Chairman, Prasanthi Council
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ll service should be regarded as an offering to God and every opportunity
to serve should be welcomed as a gift from God. When service is done in this
spirit, it will lead in due course to self-realisation.
–Sri Sathya Sai Baba,
November 19, 1987
Chapter
One
Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba ––
Revelation of His Divinity and
His Divine Mission
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The Revelation
ou are engaged in discovering solutions rated with the message. Then they will spread
to problems, arguments to overcome effortlessly and efficiently, and the face of the
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doubts and means to prevent new prob- world will be transformed.
lems and fresh doubts from arising; such exer-
cises, which all conferences relish, cannot help Namasmarana, the Only Hope
successful navigation across the sea of spiritual for Man in This Age
endeavour. The Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Secretar-
ies of Sathya Sai Organisations from all over the
These are but frail contrivances, these discus- world are here. You are officers of the Sai Army.
sions, resolutions, speeches, and regulations. How can you lead soldiers into the fray when you
The world is much too stormy and agitated to be are not aware of the intricacies of warfare, when
quietened by these. This is the time for cool calm you are yourselves inefficient instruments?
contemplation, not quick passionate speculation
and hasty decision. You can attempt to lead others only after practis-
ing the disciplines to perfection. This is true of all
You need to contemplate once again on the eter- fields of human activity. Ananda (bliss) and pras-
nal lessons laid down by the sages of India’s anthi (supreme peace) have to be acquired first
past, lessons that have been neglected and cyni- by you and then can be communicated to others.
cally forgotten in recent years. The suggestions
and solutions that come out of the discussions Teachers in schools have themselves to be ex-
today are all good, so far as they go, but how can amples of what they require the pupils to be.
a person who cannot himself swim teach others Men in authority who exhort others to follow the
the art? How can one whose granary is empty paths of love and co-operation have themselves
pour out in charity? to practise those virtues. The people are now not
willing to be led; the leaders have no capacity to
Acquire the wealth of devotion, fortitude, and lead. Progress is the result of mutual trust be-
peace before venturing to advise others how to tween the leaders and the led.
acquire them. Bharat (India) has suffered slights
and disregard as a result of a spate of teachers The unrest that is rampant now in all sections
who have not cared to practise what they teach. of the people everywhere is due to the irrespon-
I know you have the enthusiasm to carry My mes- sibility of parents, teachers, administrators and
sage among the people of this country and other leaders, as well as of those who hunger to benefit
countries. Let Me remind you that the best and from them.
the only successful way in which you can do it
is to translate the message into your own lives. Namasmarana is one of the basic disciplines to
Your thoughts, words, and deeds must be satu- which this Conference is paying great attention.
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The scriptures say that in this age of material- only within the rooms. The merchant could not
ism it is the one hope for man. So you should not be shooed off like that; he appeared the next day
brush aside the Name as a piece of glass or as in front of the house and held out 10,000 rupees
a pebble. as his offer for the marble. The mother refused to
part with it but kept it now in an iron safe, under
Man Is Using a Gem lock and key! When the merchant came the next
to Play Marbles on the Road day with 50,000 rupees, she took it to a bank and
There was once a boy who picked up a precious deposited it in their safety vaults.
gem, bright and round, and used it for playing
marbles on the road with his comrades. A mer- You Are Unaware of the Value
chant dealing in precious stones chanced to pass of the Name of God
along that road, and his discerning eye fell on the You are also playing marbles with the Name of
gem. He approached the boy, took him aside, and God, unaware of its value. Once you realise its
offered to pay him fifty rupees in exchange. If the worth, you will keep it in your heart of hearts as
boy could know the value of fifty rupees, he would the most precious treasure. Know that the Divine
have known the value of the gem! He went to his Name is the key to success in your search for
mother and told her that a stranger had tempted consolation, confidence, courage, illumination
him with fifty rupees in return for the marble he and liberation.
played with. She was surprised that it was so
costly, and she said, “Do not go out of the com- Another illustration can be given from the an-
pound with it; play in the garden with your friend.” cient texts. On one occasion, a competition was
When the value was revealed, limits were set. arranged among the gods for the purpose of
selecting the leader of the ganas (troops of de-
The merchant had no sleep that night; he was mi-gods who are the attendants of Shiva). Par-
planning to secure the gem from those simple ticipants had to go round the world quickly and
folk so that he could sell it at huge profit to some come back to the Feet of Lord Shiva.
millionaire or Maharaja. He discovered the house
of the boy and he moved up and down that road The gods started off on their own vehicles; the
hoping to see the boy. When he saw the boy play younger son of Shiva also enthusiastically en-
with it as if it was as cheap as a marble, his heart tered the competition. He had an elephantine
was wrung in agony. The boy threw it on the floor head but his vehicle was a mouse! Therefore, his
just at the moment his mother emerged from the progress was severely handicapped. He had not
inner apartments and it struck her foot and fell proceeded far when Narada appeared before him
under a bush. He spoke to the boy, asking for and asked him, “Whither are you bound?” The
the gem in exchange for a hundred rupees, and son was very much annoyed and he fell into a
again for 500 rupees! The son ran into the house rage, for, what happened was a bad omen, doubly
in tears, complaining about the stranger who will unpropitious for those going on a journey.
not let him alone. The mother came out into the
garden and begged the merchant to go away. It is inauspicious if the first person you come
across when you are on a journey is a lone Brah-
The merchant grasped the chance; he told the min. Though the foremost among the Brahmins
mother that he was ready to give a thousand (he was the son of Brahma Himself), Narada was
rupees on the spot, if the marble was placed in a bad omen! Again it is a bad omen if someone
his hand! On hearing this, she forbade the child asks you, “Whither are you bound?” when you
to play with it outside the house; he could play are going somewhere. Narada put him that very
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