The teachings of Jesus and Sai

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Dear Readers,

 

Two thousand years ago when Jesus walked on this earth He gave

mankind a message. He taught them in parables and showed them way to

the Kingdom of God. Today we have Bhagawan, the Supreme Lord, once

again walking the earth and showing the way to HIS Kingdom. Back then

it was the Son and now it is the Father.

But the message is the same!

 

Jesus: Man cannot live by bread alone, but needs every word that God

speaks.

Sathya Sai: Man does not live by bread alone. He lives by the Atma.

Devotion and surrender and not greed and deceit should form the basis

for man's life and lead to the blossoming of Spiritual Wisdom in his

Heart.

Life is not to be dedicated for mere food and drink, or merely

catering to the cravings of the senses. It has to be devoted to the

attainment of Bliss that God alone can confer.

Jesus: Do not put the Lord your God to the test.

Sathya Sai: Who is there so bold that he can say, " The Lord must wear

this dress " , " The lord must act only in this manner " ? Who can limit

His glory or set His direction?

Jesus: Go away, Satan! The scripture says, 'Worship the Lord your God

and serve only him!'

Sathya Sai: Fill your Mind with the desire to see God, be with Him,

Praise Him, glorify Him, and taste the Glory of His Majesty. There is

no Bliss higher than that.

The essence of the Scriptures lies in this one rule: " Repeat the Name

of the Lord, keeping His Glory always before the Mind. "

Jesus: Happy are those who mourn; God will comfort them!

Sathya Sai: Bear calumny, loss, disappointment, defeat, boldly and

with equanimity; them no mental, depression can overwhelm you. I must

tell you that I am happy when someone among you is subjected to

suffering, for that is a chance given to you to demonstrate your

intelligence and sense of values.

Jesus: Happy are those who are humble; they will receive what God has

promised.

Sathya Sai: Real education requires the cultivation of a sense of

humility. Great learning brings humility. Without humility there is

no education.

True education gives you humility; from humility you get

deservedness; from such deservedness you will get wealth; from wealth

you will get Dharma, and thence happiness in this temporal world as

well as in the spiritual world.

Jesus: Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God

requires. God will satisfy them fully!

Sathya Sai: Understand that the purpose of life is to know through

Love the ultimate embodiment of Love, namely God. And demonstrate

through your own Love that you have known Him.

Jesus: Happy are those who are merciful to others. God will be

merciful to them.

Sathya Sai: Live without hating others, condemning others, and

seeking faults in others.

The spiritual journey lies through compassion, sympathy, mutual help

and service. These are fostered by Society and are to be used for

Society.

Jesus: Happy are those who work for peace, for God will call them His

children!

Sathya Sai: When man thinks, speaks and acts along virtuous lines his

Conscience will be clear and he will have Inner Peace. Knowledge is

power, it is said; but Virtue is Peace.

Strive for the happiness of the community and of the human race. Pray

that all men everywhere may have peace and plenty. Be eager to do

good, and always be good.

Jesus: Happy are you when people insult you and persecute you and

tell all kinds of evil lies against you because you are My followers.

Be happy and glad, for a great reward is kept for you in heaven. This

is how the prophets who lived before you were persecuted.

Sathya Sai: Meet hatred with your innate Love; Meet grief with innate

joy; meet anger with the shield of Shanti or Inner Peace. You are

bound to win.

Jesus: Happy are the pure in Heart. They will see God.

Sathya Sai: It is Inner Purity that matters, not the outer movement

of lips. Smarana [chanting the Name] being an inner activity, helps

that inner transformation.

Jesus: Do not think that I have come to do away with the Law of Moses

and the teachings of the prophets. I have not come to do away with

them, but to make their teachings come true.

 

Sathya Sai: I have not come on any mission of publicity for any sect,

creed or cause; nor have I come to collect followers for any

doctrine. I have no plan to attract disciples or devotees into my

fold or any fold. I have come to tell you of this universal unitary

faith, this atmic principle, this path of love.

Ekam Sath Viprah Bahudha Vadanti (truth is one, but scholars refer to

it by different names). It is not correct to say that you like only

Rama or Krishna or Siva or Sai Baba. There is only one God and He is

omnipresent. Do not hate other religions. A Hindu should become a

better Hindu, a Christian a better Christian and a Muslim a better

Muslim.

Jesus: If your right eye causes you to sin, take it out and throw it

away! It is much better for you to lose a part of your body than to

have your whole body thrown into hell. If your right hand causes you

to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is much better for you to

lose one of your limbs than for you whole body to go to hell.

Sathya Sai: We should not give freedom to the organs but use them in

complete accord and control within the limits set by ones country,

time and circumstances.

Jesus: You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a

tooth for a tooth'. But now I tell you; do not take revenge on

someone who wrongs you. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, let

him slap your left cheek too. And if someone takes you to court to

sue you for your shirt, let him have your coat as well. And if one of

the occupation troops forces you to carry his pack one furlong, carry

it for two. When someone asks you for something, give it to him; when

someone wants to borrow something, lend it to him.

Sathya Sai: I command you: never hate others, or wish evil of them or

talk ill of them. Only then can you attain the state of

Santhaswarupam [become the embodiment of Peace].

Jesus: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those

who curse you and pray for those who ill-treat you.

Sathya Sai: To think that some are your enemies, some are your

friends, some are your children, some are your relations and to

develop attachment or dislike towards them is not correct. See the

one Atma in them all. Give up illusion and ignorance.

Imagine that Light in you more and more intensely-and it will be so.

Let it shine all around you, enveloping you in the brilliance of

Love; let it spread from you, in ever widening circles, taking into

its fold your kith and kin, the loved ones, friends, companions-nay,

strangers, foes, rivals, enemies-all men all over the world, all

living beings-all Creation.

Jesus: Make certain you do not perform you religious duties in public

so that people will see what you do. If you do these things publicly

you will not have any reward from your Father in heaven.

Sathya Sai: Do Karma, but do not hanker after the fruit. Do not

complain that you did not get public recognition for the donations

you gave to some Trust. Fruits, whether good or bad, yourself have to

consume; so the best means of liberating yourself from the

consequences is to ignore the fruit and do Karma, only for the sake

of Karma.

Jesus: No one can be a slave of two masters; he will hate one and

love the other; he will be loyal to one and despise the other. You

cannot serve both God and money.

Sathya Sai: It should be realised that there is room in the heart for

only a single person. It should not be regarded as a long sofa or as

a musical chair. God alone should be installed in the heart.

Where money is calculated and garnered, and exhibited to demonstrate

one's achievements, I will not be present. I come only where

sincerity, faith and surrender are valued.

Jesus: Do not judge others, so that God will not judge you. For God

will judge you in the same way as you judge others and he will apply

to you the same rules you apply to others. Why then do you look at

the speck in you brother's eye and pay no attention to the log in you

own eye? First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will be

able to see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

Sathya Sai: Do not try to find fault with others; search, rather for

your own. I direct you to implant three ideas in your Hearts: (1) Do

not forget God: (2) Do not put faith in the world you se around you;

it is changing every second and does not last; (3) Do not be afraid.

You are the imperishable Atman that knows no fear. I want you also to

banish two ideas from your Hearts: (1) Forget the harm that anyone

has done to you and (2) forget the good that you have done to others.

Jesus: Ask, and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock, and

the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks will receive,

anyone who seeks will find, and the door will be opened to him who

knocks.

Sathya Sai: Individual effort and Divine Grace are both

interdependent; without effort there will be no conferment of Grace;

without Grace, there can be no taste in the effort. To win that Grace

you need only have faith and virtue.

 

Ram Chugani

Kobe, Japan