Why is it that some people are more mature in their understanding, while others are narrow minded?
All are the Divine's children. Hence all of you should live as embodiments of Love and like brothers and sisters, loving and serving.
People keep a distance as long as they do not understand the power of love. Once they understand and experience love, they will become one. You will be able to realise this truth sooner or later.
When a plant bears flowers, not all the flowers blossom at the same time. Some are in the process of blossoming, some are fully blossomed, yet others will be only in the bud stage. Only the fully bloomed flower spreads its fragrance.
Similarly people will also be in different stages of evolution - some are like the bud; some are at a blossoming stage; and some others are like the fully bloomed flower, spreading their fragrance. Wait patiently till the stage of fragrance arrives.
- Divine Discourse, Oct 27, 2006.
You are a fragment of the Divine. This is the greatest truth everyone of you must fully realize.
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Life 23 (Jul 14 - Jan 15)
Re: Life 23 (Jul 14 - Dec 14)
by winston » Sun Oct 05, 2014 7:27 am
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Re: Life 23 (Jul 14 - Dec 14)
by winston » Mon Oct 06, 2014 6:36 am
What is the minimum prescribed qualification to receive the Grace of the Divine?
Just as you prescribe minimum qualifications for any profession, the minimum qualification for grace is surrender of egoism, control over senses, and regulated food and recreation.
You are made or marred by the company you keep. A bad person who falls into good company is able to shed his evil quickly and shine forth in virtue. A good person falling into evil company is overcome by the subtle influence and quickly slides down into evil.
- Divine Discourse, Sep 27, 1965.
Adhere to right conduct and observe purity in thought, word and deed. You will secure the grace of the Divine.
Source: radiosai.org
Just as you prescribe minimum qualifications for any profession, the minimum qualification for grace is surrender of egoism, control over senses, and regulated food and recreation.
You are made or marred by the company you keep. A bad person who falls into good company is able to shed his evil quickly and shine forth in virtue. A good person falling into evil company is overcome by the subtle influence and quickly slides down into evil.
- Divine Discourse, Sep 27, 1965.
Adhere to right conduct and observe purity in thought, word and deed. You will secure the grace of the Divine.
Source: radiosai.org
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Re: Life 23 (Jul 14 - Dec 14)
by winston » Tue Oct 07, 2014 6:15 am
What is the best routine to maintain our physical and mental fitness?
Just as every day you engage in exercise and consume tonics, calculating the intake of calories and vitamins, and paying meticulous attention to the nutritional value of the food, pay attention also to the intake of impressions into the mind - whether they debilitate or strengthen, whether they add to the power of resistance of the mind against the viruses of greed, envy, hatred, pride, malice, etc.
Have a meal of good acts of service, divine thoughts, and drink the premarasa (juice of Love), so that they may be washed down, and digested well. Then you can be shining in mental health, happiness and wholesomeness.
- Divine Discourse, Oct 6, 1970
Simple faith in the words of the wise, is more profitable than years of study and discussion.
Source: radiosai.org
Just as every day you engage in exercise and consume tonics, calculating the intake of calories and vitamins, and paying meticulous attention to the nutritional value of the food, pay attention also to the intake of impressions into the mind - whether they debilitate or strengthen, whether they add to the power of resistance of the mind against the viruses of greed, envy, hatred, pride, malice, etc.
Have a meal of good acts of service, divine thoughts, and drink the premarasa (juice of Love), so that they may be washed down, and digested well. Then you can be shining in mental health, happiness and wholesomeness.
- Divine Discourse, Oct 6, 1970
Simple faith in the words of the wise, is more profitable than years of study and discussion.
Source: radiosai.org
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Re: Life 23 (Jul 14 - Dec 14)
by winston » Wed Oct 08, 2014 6:35 am
Why should greed in any form be uprooted right away?
Destiny is all powerful. Justice always wins.
Selfishness will end in ruin. This is the law of the Universe.
Fill your heart with the light of Love so that the evil qualities of hate, greed and conceit, find no place therein.
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Destiny is all powerful. Justice always wins.
Selfishness will end in ruin. This is the law of the Universe.
Fill your heart with the light of Love so that the evil qualities of hate, greed and conceit, find no place therein.
Source: radiosai.org
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Re: Life 23 (Jul 14 - Dec 14)
by winston » Sat Oct 11, 2014 5:58 am
How do we constantly remind ourselves of the unity in the multiplicity we constantly perceive?
Clay is one substance, but from it, several products of different shapes and names can be made. The same white milk is obtained from cows of different colours living in different countries. Similarly the Divine God is One, but dwells in innumerable bodies with different names and forms.
Take the example of gold. From the same metal, a variety of different types of ornaments can be made.
If you examine the cosmic scene, you will find that out of the same basic substance a variety of objects with different forms are produced. Out of a single seed comes a tree with different branches, leaves, flowers and fruits. Branches, leaves, flowers and fruits are unique and distinct, vary in form, name and use; but all of them have come from the one same seed, their source.
This is the meaning of the Sanskrit term, “The One, who chose to become Many.”
- My Dear Students, Vol 3, Ch 16, 'Sri Adi Shankaracharya: His Life'.
You are a fragment of the Divine. This is the greatest truth everyone of you must fully realise.
Source: radiosai.org
Clay is one substance, but from it, several products of different shapes and names can be made. The same white milk is obtained from cows of different colours living in different countries. Similarly the Divine God is One, but dwells in innumerable bodies with different names and forms.
Take the example of gold. From the same metal, a variety of different types of ornaments can be made.
If you examine the cosmic scene, you will find that out of the same basic substance a variety of objects with different forms are produced. Out of a single seed comes a tree with different branches, leaves, flowers and fruits. Branches, leaves, flowers and fruits are unique and distinct, vary in form, name and use; but all of them have come from the one same seed, their source.
This is the meaning of the Sanskrit term, “The One, who chose to become Many.”
- My Dear Students, Vol 3, Ch 16, 'Sri Adi Shankaracharya: His Life'.
You are a fragment of the Divine. This is the greatest truth everyone of you must fully realise.
Source: radiosai.org
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Re: Life 23 (Jul 14 - Dec 14)
by winston » Sun Oct 12, 2014 5:46 am
Why is love the most potent tool and easiest means to understand Divinity?
Creation, Sustenance and Dissolution are the three forms of the Divine Will;
You have to penetrate the inner meaning of Creation by means of Karma Yoga; you have to grasp the significance of Sustenance by means of Bhakthi Yoga and when you master the Jnana Yoga, you arrive at the experience of Divine Will, of manifoldness in the One.
Devotion makes you aware of the Lord who sustains and supports every being; it is love, which is eternal, true and blemishless.
There is no one who is devoid of devotion; deep down in the core, everyone has the feeling of kinship with all creatures.
It is this that makes a lonely person miserable, that makes everyone likeable to someone or other.
If you have no love; you are like a lamp without the flame, blind and blinding. Love of the pure type is unmixed with hate, untampered with greed.
- Divine Discourse, Oct 12, 1964.
Fill your heart with the light of Love so that the evil qualities of hate, greed and conceit find no place therein.
Source: radiosai.org
Creation, Sustenance and Dissolution are the three forms of the Divine Will;
You have to penetrate the inner meaning of Creation by means of Karma Yoga; you have to grasp the significance of Sustenance by means of Bhakthi Yoga and when you master the Jnana Yoga, you arrive at the experience of Divine Will, of manifoldness in the One.
Devotion makes you aware of the Lord who sustains and supports every being; it is love, which is eternal, true and blemishless.
There is no one who is devoid of devotion; deep down in the core, everyone has the feeling of kinship with all creatures.
It is this that makes a lonely person miserable, that makes everyone likeable to someone or other.
If you have no love; you are like a lamp without the flame, blind and blinding. Love of the pure type is unmixed with hate, untampered with greed.
- Divine Discourse, Oct 12, 1964.
Fill your heart with the light of Love so that the evil qualities of hate, greed and conceit find no place therein.
Source: radiosai.org
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Re: Life 23 (Jul 14 - Dec 14)
by winston » Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:52 am
What is the relationship between the Creator, His creation and the five elements?
The base for making a pot is clay. For making a pot, the potter is the cause and the pot is the effect.
The pot may break, but the clay remains as it is. Out of a permanent substance, clay, the potter makes a pot. The fate of the pot does not affect the potter. The clay in the pot too has no impact on the potter.
Extending the analogy, the Divine is the changeless Creator, who creates innumerable objects in creation, which are subject to change in name and form.
A pot cannot be made without the potter and the clay; both are necessary. Similarly the Creator is the instrumental cause of creation.
The human body may perish, like the pots, but the Creator and the Elements used for creation are imperishable. The human beings, during their lifetime, have a choice - to put their body to good use or bad use.
- My Dear Students, Vol 3, Ch 16,
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The base for making a pot is clay. For making a pot, the potter is the cause and the pot is the effect.
The pot may break, but the clay remains as it is. Out of a permanent substance, clay, the potter makes a pot. The fate of the pot does not affect the potter. The clay in the pot too has no impact on the potter.
Extending the analogy, the Divine is the changeless Creator, who creates innumerable objects in creation, which are subject to change in name and form.
A pot cannot be made without the potter and the clay; both are necessary. Similarly the Creator is the instrumental cause of creation.
The human body may perish, like the pots, but the Creator and the Elements used for creation are imperishable. The human beings, during their lifetime, have a choice - to put their body to good use or bad use.
- My Dear Students, Vol 3, Ch 16,
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Re: Life 23 (Jul 14 - Dec 14)
by winston » Tue Oct 14, 2014 6:08 am
What is the means to obtain bliss and ever revel in it?
Fix your faith firmly in the Divine and not on the things of the world.
When you have strong faith in the Lord, your discrimination will be perfect.
You will be guided by your Conscience, which will always lead you properly. In vedantic parlance, the Conscience is called ‘Chit’.
The Divine is ‘Sat-Chit-Ananda’. Sat means Being, Chit means Awareness. When and where these two are combined, there is Bliss. This is the meaning of the divine name, BABA - Being + Awareness Bliss + Atma.
All of you are aspirants of bliss. You must enjoy uninterrupted bliss. To attain that Ananda (Bliss), you must combine Sat (Being) and Chit (Awareness). Without Divinity, there is no bliss or joy. Hence always think of Him, Live in His presence.
- My Dear Students, Vol 2, Ch 17, 'Lessons from the Immortal Indian Epics'.
Simple faith in the words of the wise is more profitable than years of study and discussion
Source: radiosai.org
Fix your faith firmly in the Divine and not on the things of the world.
When you have strong faith in the Lord, your discrimination will be perfect.
You will be guided by your Conscience, which will always lead you properly. In vedantic parlance, the Conscience is called ‘Chit’.
The Divine is ‘Sat-Chit-Ananda’. Sat means Being, Chit means Awareness. When and where these two are combined, there is Bliss. This is the meaning of the divine name, BABA - Being + Awareness Bliss + Atma.
All of you are aspirants of bliss. You must enjoy uninterrupted bliss. To attain that Ananda (Bliss), you must combine Sat (Being) and Chit (Awareness). Without Divinity, there is no bliss or joy. Hence always think of Him, Live in His presence.
- My Dear Students, Vol 2, Ch 17, 'Lessons from the Immortal Indian Epics'.
Simple faith in the words of the wise is more profitable than years of study and discussion
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Re: Life 23 (Jul 14 - Dec 14)
by winston » Thu Oct 16, 2014 5:23 am
Why is the observance of non-violence important?
The observance of non-violence has been described as the highest form of Dharma. All the violence in the world today is due to the fact that people do not lead righteous lives.
It has been said that the body has been given essentially to pursue Dharma. Among the teachings of the Buddha, the foremost was Ahimsa (not causing harm to anyone).
Non-violence is not merely refraining from inflicting injuries on others with one's limbs or weapons. Non-violence has to be practised with purity of thought, word and deed.
There should be no ill-feelings, which is itself a form of violence. To cause harm to others through one’s body is violence.
No one should be harmed even by speech; our words should be sweet, pleasing and wholesome. All actions should be helpful to others.
- Divine Discourse, May 15, 1996.
A heart saturated with love of the Divine can never entertain thoughts of violence.
Source: radiosai.org
The observance of non-violence has been described as the highest form of Dharma. All the violence in the world today is due to the fact that people do not lead righteous lives.
It has been said that the body has been given essentially to pursue Dharma. Among the teachings of the Buddha, the foremost was Ahimsa (not causing harm to anyone).
Non-violence is not merely refraining from inflicting injuries on others with one's limbs or weapons. Non-violence has to be practised with purity of thought, word and deed.
There should be no ill-feelings, which is itself a form of violence. To cause harm to others through one’s body is violence.
No one should be harmed even by speech; our words should be sweet, pleasing and wholesome. All actions should be helpful to others.
- Divine Discourse, May 15, 1996.
A heart saturated with love of the Divine can never entertain thoughts of violence.
Source: radiosai.org
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Re: Life 23 (Jul 14 - Dec 14)
by winston » Thu Oct 16, 2014 5:23 am
Why is the observance of non-violence important?
The observance of non-violence has been described as the highest form of Dharma. All the violence in the world today is due to the fact that people do not lead righteous lives.
It has been said that the body has been given essentially to pursue Dharma. Among the teachings of the Buddha, the foremost was Ahimsa (not causing harm to anyone).
Non-violence is not merely refraining from inflicting injuries on others with one's limbs or weapons. Non-violence has to be practised with purity of thought, word and deed.
There should be no ill-feelings, which is itself a form of violence. To cause harm to others through one’s body is violence.
No one should be harmed even by speech; our words should be sweet, pleasing and wholesome. All actions should be helpful to others.
- Divine Discourse, May 15, 1996.
A heart saturated with love of the Divine can never entertain thoughts of violence.
Source: radiosai.org
The observance of non-violence has been described as the highest form of Dharma. All the violence in the world today is due to the fact that people do not lead righteous lives.
It has been said that the body has been given essentially to pursue Dharma. Among the teachings of the Buddha, the foremost was Ahimsa (not causing harm to anyone).
Non-violence is not merely refraining from inflicting injuries on others with one's limbs or weapons. Non-violence has to be practised with purity of thought, word and deed.
There should be no ill-feelings, which is itself a form of violence. To cause harm to others through one’s body is violence.
No one should be harmed even by speech; our words should be sweet, pleasing and wholesome. All actions should be helpful to others.
- Divine Discourse, May 15, 1996.
A heart saturated with love of the Divine can never entertain thoughts of violence.
Source: radiosai.org
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