Buddha's Gospel of the Good Life(SATHYA SAI ABOUT SATHYA SAI AND 'SANATHANA DHARMA)

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Buddha's Gospel of the Good Life

 

In Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba's own words

Compiled by Rameesh & Ananda Kasturi

 

 

Offered with lots of love and happiness at the Lotus feet of our beloved Swami,

on the occassion of Buddhapoornima on 30.05.1999

 

 

 

Contents

I. CHILDHOOD

II. BUDDHA'S TEACHINGS

III. UNDER THE BODHI TREE

 

IV. THE NOBLE TRUTH TAUGHT BY BUDDHA

V. LAST MOMENTS OF THE ENLIGHTENED ONE

VI. THE DHAMMAPADA, THE VEDAS AND SATHYA SAI BABA

VII. THE BRAHMIN - A POEM

 

VIII. THE FIVE HUMAN VALUES

 

IX. SATHYA SAI ABOUT SATHYA SAI AND 'SANATHANA DHARMA'

X. USEFUL INFORMATIONS

XI. BIBLIOGRAPHY

XII. INDEX OF QUOTATIONS

 

 

 

 

IX. SATHYA SAI ABOUT SATHYA SAI & SANATHANA DHARMA

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"This Sai has come in order to achieve the supreme task of uniting the entire mankind as one family through the bond of brotherhood; of affirming and illumining the inner reality of each being in order to reveal the divine which is the basis on which the entire cosmos rests; and of instructing all to recognise the common Divine Heritage that binds man to man, so that man

can rid himself of the animal and rise to the divine which is his goal!"54

S.S.B.

"'SANATHANA DHARMA' is the very basis of living. It deals with the total personality. It embraces all Faiths and has established worldwide influence. 'Sanathana' means Eternal. Only a 'Dharma' (Code of Righteousness) which can win universal acceptance can be called 'Sanathana'. The religions we know are all derived from a person or prophet who is adored as the ideal.. Islam has Mohamed, Christianity has Jesus. Buddhism has the Buddha. But 'Sanathana Dharma' is not derived from or through any person. It is the primal essence of all other faiths. It is the essence of all the messages the prophets proclaimed. It is welcomed by all mankind, for it welcomes all mankind."55

 

S.S.B.

"Men may have different languages and lifestyles but God is One and He is present everywhere. All religions speak of Him as Love and as attainable through Love. Forms of worshipping God differ, for they are shaped by time and place, but Love is the basic content of all the forms."56

S.S.B.SaiSewak, Bear all and do nothing;Hear all and say nothing;Give all and take nothing;Serve all and be nothing.

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