1008 Pearls of Sayings of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

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1008 Pearls of Sayings of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

 

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An ardent devotee, who wishes to remain anonymous, has woven this

resplendent garland of 1008 petals, each one suffused with the

honeydew of the Grace of the Divine Master. Over the last three

years, each day, he called out, from the Divine Discourses of

Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, compiled in English by the noble soul,

Shri. N. Kasturi, a glittering piece to serve as "Thought for the

Day." Not one day passed by without the 'Thought' being written out

and displayed on a Board attached to a tree in the vicinity of the

Poornachandra Auditorium in Prashanthi Nilayam. It has been to us,

in Prashanthi Nilayam, a common sight, every day, of Devotees

congregating in front of the Board, after the morning Darshan, to

have their minds soaked in the "Thought for the Day" and to gather

the strength and competence to take one step toward the Divine

Master.

 

With the Blessings of Bhagawan Baba, this Devotee has completed this

labour of love – putting 1008 Gems inside the covers of a handy Book

that any Devotee can have as the priceless possession for his

lifetime. He has prayed to Bhagawan Baba to bless him with leave to

place copies of this Volume, free of cost, in the hands of the

students and the Teachers of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher

Learning and other Devotees who come with a ardent desire to sit at

Bhagawan's Lotus-Feet. The contents of the Book, primordial,

authentic, perennially sweet, and ennobling, can be read over and

over again, at all times of the day. By the Grace of Bhagawan Baba,

such reading will help to intensify the process of purification of

the reader's mind. The Avatar is here to act as our Guru. Bhagawan

has made his advent on Earth for our benefit, and to give us the

opportunity to learn the Truth, and establish the foundation for our

spiritual advancement. We, who are at the Divine Lotus Feet, are

fortunate because we have been given a chance to move away from the

pattern of life, in which we are enmeshed, in the twilight zone of

Illusion - a state, which obscures the Truth and prevents us from

realizing lasting happiness. At this juncture, we should resolve,

with all our hearts, to surrender to the Divine Master. By this act,

we will experience Bliss, the supreme goal in life, and leave behind

the miseries and disappointments of the past and the present and

move into a future full of Divine Grace.

 

Says Bhagawan Baba:

 

"The choice is yours and the timing is yours. I shall always be

here, waiting for you."

 

This Volume, "Thought for the Day", constitutes a bridge that will

help us, when we are on it, to learn to concentrate, and to acquire

the ability to contemplate and finally reach the stage of meditation

on the vision of Reality and the Divine presence.

 

In his Avatar as Krishna, Bhagawan has said:

 

"Knowledge is superior to Practice;

Meditation is superior to Knowledge;

Superior to Meditation is Renunciation of the Fruit of Action;

>From Renunciation arises immediately Peace"

 

Meditation holds the Golden Key to the Glory of Renunciation and the

sacred Kingdom of ever-lasting Peace. This Volume, "Thought for the

Day", is a powerful instrument placed in our hands to facilitate our

entry into the domain of 'Meditation' that will lead us

to 'Divinity'.

 

The architect of this compilation in English makes this plea:

 

"Let this sacred text of Divine Thoughts, rendered in the English

language, find its bloom in all the other languages of the World.

Anyone, willing to take up this task, is free to do so, subject to

the compassionate condition that the product will be placed in the

hands of Devotees free of cost."

 

By the Grace of Bhagawan Baba, may this noble aspiration find

fulfillment!

 

With the Book in our hands, we stand immersed in the milky ocean of

the Lord's Compassion. And, then, we are warmed by the Radiance of

the Divine Master - a Radiance that of an order of magnitude so

great that no mortal can find words to describe it. In every breath

that we take, in every atom of our behaviour and in every

manifestation of our intellect, we should strive to become worthy

recipients of the Divine Master's Love and Compassion.

 

AUM SRI SAI RAM

 

JAI SAI RAM

S. Sampath

Vice-Chancellor,

Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning

 

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