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My
Activities
You can observe Me and My activities…
“You can observe Me and My activities;
note how I adhere to righteousness, moral order, truth and
universal compassion. That is what I desire you to learn from
Me. Many of you plead for a 'Message' from Me, to take to
the Samithi (Sai centre) of which you are members. Well, My
life is My message. You will be adhering to My message if
you so live that your lives are evidence of the dispassionate
quiet, the courage, the confidence, the eagerness to serve
those who are in distress, that My life inspires you with.”
- From Bhagawan’s Discourse on the occasion
of
World Conference of Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations,
in Mumbai, on 17th May, 1968.
Reference: "Sathya Sai Speaks", Vol.- VIII,
Chapter-19. Page: 96-97
I need nothing…
“I need nothing, however great or small,
in this Universe. At no moment has desire affected me for
any thing or activity. I have come to give, not to receive.
And, what you can offer Me is just this: pure, unadulterated
love. When you offer Me that, I derive Ananda.”
- Bhagawan Baba’s Discourse on 23rd Nov
1974, Prasanthi Nilayam.
Reference: "Sathya Sai Speaks", Vol. - XII,
Chapter - 53. Page: 311
My activities are not for publicity
“My activities are not for publicity
or propaganda or even to confer joy on others! They are for
conferring joy primarily on Me! I have no need to please others
and to earn approval or appreciation. For, I and you are not
distinct entities; you are I and I am you. I am the current
that flows into every bulb and illumines it. Those who see
Me as separate are seeing falsehood. I am in your hearts;
you are in mine. Don't be misled into doubt and distress.”
- Bhagawan Baba’s Discourse on 20th July
1972, Prasanthi Nilayam
Reference: "Sathya Sai Speaks", Vol. - XI,
Chapter - 43. Page: 281-282
I do not need any publicity…
“I do not need any publicity, nor does
any other manifestation of the Lord. What are you daring to
publicise? Me? What do you know about Me, I ask you? You speak
one thing about Me today and another tomorrow. Your faith
has not become unshakable! You praise Me when things go well
and blame Me when things go wrong. You flit from one refuge
to another.
And even before your Bhakthi (devotion) ripens,
you strive to lead others, you collect donations and subscriptions
and plan mandirs (temples) and sangams (associations); all
this is mere show, which brings spiritual loss, rather than
spiritual gain.
When you start publicity you descend to the
level of those who compete in collecting clientele, decrying
others and extolling themselves. 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.”
- Bhagawan Baba’s Discourse on 15th Oct
1964, Prasanthi Nilayam
Reference: "Sathya Sai Speaks", Vol. - IV,
Chapter - 35. Page: 210
My activities and movements will
never be altered…
“My activities and movements will never
be altered, whatever one may say about them. Meanness may
prompt people to remark on My dress or they may talk cynically
of My hair, but I shall not be affected a bit. My discourses,
My plans for Dharmasthaapana (establishment of righteousness),
My movements, I shall not alter in the least. I have stuck
to this determination for many years now and I am engaged
in the task for which I have come, to inculcate the path of
Prasanthi (supreme peace). I shall not stop, nor retract a
single step…
Not even the greatest scientist can understand
Me by means of the categories to which he is accustomed. I
always smile at those who deride Me, and even those who praise
Me. I am always full of happiness, whatever may happen. Nothing
can come in the way of My Smile. Derision and calumny only
tend to make it grow bigger and more joyful.”
- Bhagawan Baba’s Discourse on 30th Nov
1965, Prasanthi Nilayam
Reference: "Sathya Sai Speaks", Vol. - V,
Chapter - 42. Page: 234-235
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