Satyopanisad

[Guest guest]

Swami! Today many people, particularly youngsters, are wasting their time. Many

are lazy, and idle away their precious time. So, in spite of rich resources, the

country is not progressing. Kindly suggest a cure for this malady.

 

There is no dearth of anything in this country. We have sufficient resources.

People are also highly resourceful and talented: There is nothing in the world

outside which is not here in Bharat. As the Kannada saying goes, enna bharate

tanna bharati .

 

History tells you that in the past this country was the target of invasions and

attacks by many foreigners drawn by the riches and the resources here. But

today, we find many lazy people wasting their precious time. Though they draw

fat salaries, they don't work proportionately. Thus, the country is betrayed and

cheated. You should follow Time. Time will not follow you. God is time,

samvatsaraya namah. Time is God. Kalaya namah, kalatitaya namah,

kaladarpadamanaya namah are some of the epithets of God depicting him as the

Master, the Designer and the Controller of Time. The Namavali emphasises this

aspect of Divinity. So, if you waste your time, it is a sin. You should spend

time in the most sacred way.

 

I tell my boys often: -

 

See no evil, see what is good,

Speak no evil, speak what is good,

Hear no evil, hear what is good,

Do no evil, do what is good.

 

Therefore, it can be concluded that `casting evil looks, hearing evil words,

talking evil, thinking evil, acting evil', amount to waste of time.

 

You should work hard. " Thou shalt live by the sweat of thy brow, " says the Holy

Bible. But, today it is not like that; people would rather like to have their

earnings without putting in any effort. Any work you do, do it with namasmarana,

repeating God's name. This is bhakti marga, the path of devotion. Such work

turns itself into an offering to God. This is anubhava jnana or Wisdom borne out

of experience or Practical Knowledge.

 

Idle people, lazy fellows can't achieve anything in life. Truly, if you work

with both the hands couldn't you feed one stomach? You, know how a photographer

clicks a camera. He adjusts his lens calculating the distance and asks you to be

ready before he clicks. Doesn't he? But, kalud u , the God of Death, does not

give you any time nor does he ask you to be ready as he clicks the camera of

life. He takes away your life all of a sudden, unnoticed. So, you should be ever

ready to face ,death. Hence, it is absolutely necessary to make the best use of

time in the most sacred way. Observe God's creation: the Sun, the Moon, the

Stars and the Planets. All of them move in their orbits so that you have day and

night in your life, constituting time. Trees and rivers follow time and are an

ideal to humanity. So; it is said that nature is the best teacher.

 

Swami has no holiday. You have at least a Sunday as a holiday during the week. I

receive thousands of letters everyday. I read them all. I attend to all my work.

I walk miles everyday moving amidst you. I supervise, monitor, guide and direct

all matters relating to the University, the Super-specialty Hospital and the

Water Project personally, besides thousands of Sai Centres spread all over the

world. I don't take rest; I don't have any interval or a holiday. Your happiness

is my happiness. God incarnates to show you the ideal way of life. So, don't

waste time. By karma, proper action, uphold dharma, righteousness, and merge in

Brahman - Divinity, and thus redeem your lives.