Sanctify Your Life by Sacred Thoughts - Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Today there is no fear of sin. Wicked deeds and acts of cruelty have become an everyday occurrence. Their magnitude is beyond all description. Devotion to the Lord has become extinct. Oh man! Understand that you can attain peace and happiness only by chanting the Divine name

(Telugu Poem)

Embodiments of Love!

Man experiences the cycle of birth and death in Prakriti (Nature) which is the presiding deity of life principle. He gets deluded by the temptations of the world. Prapancha (world) is constituted by Padartha (matter) which is its very basis. The sum and substance of this is that it is matter which tempts man. Matter is not permanent; it does not symbolize truth. How can this false and ephemeral matter bring eternal peace in man’s life, the very basis of which is truth? Yad Drishyam Thannasyam (all that is seen is bound to perish). Whatever is seen by the eyes is subject to change. How can transient matter give everlasting happiness?

We see various objects in this world and are deluded that they are permanent. It is a grave mistake. Whatever is seen by the eyes is impermanent. Even our body which we see is not permanent. It is wrong to consider it permanent. Since ages, man has been tempted and deluded by the physical, ephemeral and false objects of the world. Man should try to recognize the underlying eternal principle in this impermanent world.

Fundamental Principle of Wisdom

In this world, ‘Aham Etat Na’ (I am not this) is the fundamental principle of wisdom. In Vedic parlance, `Aham’ means Atma. `Etat Na’ means not this. It means that I am not this body which is transient and ephemeral; I am the eternal Atmic principle.

© "Sanathana Sarathi" (May, 2003) published by Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust, Prasanthi Nilayam 515 134, Anantapur District. Website: srisathyasai.org.in.

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