Guest guest Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 Thus Spake The Lord Grief sends you to God. When a child dies, ask yourself the question, 'Is it for my sake that he was born?' He had his own destiny to fulfill, his own history to work out. Gauthama Buddha's father was so overcome with grief when he saw his son with a begging bowl in the street that he told him thus: 'Everyone of my ancestors was a King; what misfortune is this that a beggar was born in this line?' Buddha replied, 'Every one of my ancestors had a beggar's bowl; I know of no king in my line.' The father and son walked different paths, travelled along divergent routes. You know from the experience of the Cauvery river floods that nothing can save a man from drowning in the floods, neither status, nor caste, nor wealth, nor even health, unless he knows the simple art of swimming. Need I say that crossing the ocean of worldly life and reaching the other shore of the sea of Birth Death, is similarly possible only for those who know the art of spiritual discipline? Birth and Death are two high cliffs between which the river of life flows. Reference: Sathya Sai Speaks; Vol. II, P. 288. Sathya Sai Speaks; Vol. IV, P. 17. Sathya Sai Speaks; Vol. IV, P. 145. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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