j~nAna and bhakti - shri satya sai baba

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namaste.

 

The following is an excerpt from shri satya sai baba's discourse

at Abbotsbury, Madras on 19-1-1986. The full discourse can be

accessed at

 

http://www.sathyasai.org/search/volume19/sss19-01.pdf

 

 

The Love of God

 

One may be a master of all the scriptures

And competent to teach the Vedanta;

One may be a great ruler

Living in a many-splendoured mansion;

One may be a valiant hero

Who has vanquished his enemies;

Or one may be a pitiable

Victim of poverty and privation;

If he has no devotion in him

His life is devoid of meaning.

A servant who is filled with love of the

Lord is more to be adored than the overlord of the world.

 

 

"Bhakti is service to Hrishikesa," it has been said.

Service to God has been described as Bhakti. The heart

of the devotee flows with love of the Lord through constant

remembrance and recitation of His name. Out of this stream

of love, devotion emerges. One who is nourished by the nectar

of bhakti will have no desire for anything else. To be

unaffected by joy or sorrow, gain or loss, praise or blame,

to remain steadfast and unwavering in faith, is the hall-mark

of true devotion. Affection, attachment, desire are natural

qualities in man. When these qualities are directed towards

God and when one is continuously engaged in good deeds, these

qualities acquire purity and sacredness. Then a man becomes

not only a great soul but can become devine. ....

 

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Regards

Gummuluru Murthy

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