The heart with compassion is the temple of God.
If God is a flower, you should feel yourself a bee that sucks its
honey;
If he is a Tree, Be a creeper that clings to it; If he is the sky,
be a tiny star that twinkles in it.
Above all, be conscious of the Truth
That you and He are bound
By Supreme Love.
God has no preferences and prejudices; His is but reaction,
reflection and resound.
Prayer must emanate from the heart, where God resides, and not
from the head where doctrines and doubts clash.
Nations are many, but Earth is one;
Beings are many, but Breath is one;
Stars are many, but Sky is one;
Oceans are many, but Water is one;
Religions are many, but God is one;
Jewels are many, but Gold is one;
Appearances are many, but Reality is One.
God, if you think, God you are. Dust if you think, dust you are.
As you think, so you become. Think God, be God.
Transmuting "man" into "God" and experiencing that Ananda or Bliss
is the one and only achievement for which life is to be devoted.
Duty is God;
Work is worship.
O Lord, take my love and let it flow in fullness of devotion to
Thee.
O Lord, take my hands and let them work incessantly for Thee.
O Lord, take my soul and let it be merged in oneness with Thee.
O Lord, take my mind and thoughts and let them be in tune with
Thee.
O Lord, take my everything and let me be an instrument for thy
work.
God is the mother and father of the world.
Our parents are the mother and father of this body.
God is one; there are not many Gods, one for each tribe among
men.
Once we surrender our mind to God completely, He will take care of
us in every way.
— From the discourses of Sathya Sai Baba
God or devil, good or bad are denisens of one's own heart
Where God is there the devil cannot be.
God plays pranks and directs.
He causes tears and quenches tears.
He cures madness and inflicts madness.
God rewards according to the manner
in which He is conceived or approached.
He grants you consolation and courage
Once you have cleansed yourself by tears.
— From the discourses of Sathya Sai Baba
God is the Seed;
The Universe is the Tree,
Impulses and passions are the branches,
Intelligence is the flower,
Pure Consciousness is the fruit,
Love is the sweetness in the fruit.
— From the discourses of Sathya Sai Baba
See God in everyone you meet;
See God in everything you handle;
Live together; Revere each other;
Let not the seeds of envy and hate grow and choke
The clear stream of love.
— From the discourses of Sathya Sai Baba
God is
The soul of Life;
God is
The Granter, the Force,
The Sustainer.
— From the discourses of Sathya Sai Baba
God is worshipped only in
pictures, images, idols.
He is not recognised in
all living beings,
In beauty, harmony, melody,
truth and goodness.
— From the discourses of Sathya Sai Baba
God thinks, plans and resolves
in all heads,
He sees through all the eyes,
He eats through all mouths,
Hears through every ear.
— From the discourses of Sathya Sai Baba
God will never disown you,
for He is your very core,
Your basic Reality.
— From the discourses of Sathya Sai Baba
God will certainly be pleased if you give water for the thirsty,
bread for the hungry and clothes to the naked.
— From the discourses of Sathya Sai Baba
Love God with all your heart,
With all your soul
and with all your strength.
Love is the form of Brahman (The Supreme Reality)
Brahman is love Divine.
The merger of human love with
Divine love brings about Cosmic Order
One who is full of love attains
The states of Oneness with Him.
— From the discourses of Sathya Sai Baba
Why fear when I am here?
Never be afraid of anything because God is in you, with you, above
you, around you. He follows you like a shadow. Never forget him.
— From the discourses of Sathya Sai Baba
If you incline towards God the passions that enslaves you will be rendered powerless.
— From the discourses of Sathya Sai Baba
If you become aware of God's presence within you and also the
presence of the same God in all else,
There is nothing to equal the peace and joy that you get.
— From the discourses of Sathya Sai Baba
God can be addressed by any name that taste sweet to your tongue or
pictured in any form that appeals to your sense of wonder and awe.
God designed in different faiths adored by different human
communities are all limbs of the One God that really is.
God does not live in structures of stone or brick. He lives in soft
hearts warm with sympathy and fragrant with universal love.
God has no forms, no limbs, no qualities, no preferences, no
prejudices.
God has no beginning and no end.
— From the discourses of Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Without God, life is like a school without a teacher. It is a wire
with no current passing through it; it is a body with no soul.
— Sathya Sai Baba
"This world is His Play, it is not an empty dream; it has purpose
and use. It is the means by which we can discover God; see Him in the
beauty, grandeur, the order, the majesty of nature. these are but
shadows of His glory and His Splendour. The play is His, the role is
his gift, the lines are written by Him; He directs, He decides the
dress and decoration, the gesture and the tone, the entrance and the
exit. You have to act well the part and receive His approbation, when
the curtain falls. Earn, by your efficiency and enthusiasm, the right
to play higher and higher roles - that is the meaning and purpose of
life. Do not worry about anything. Place yourself fully at His
disposal, He knows. He has written the Play and He knows how it will
end and how it will go on. Yours is but to act and retire. The Lord
alone is aware of the Play, for His is the Plan! You see only the part
of the Play on the stage and so it is all very confused. When the
entire story is unfolded, then you will appreciate His plan, not until
then; for that, you will have to get behind the screen of Maya and
contact the Director Himself. While you are an actor on the stage
reciting your role, you cannot grasp the inner meaning of the entire
play which has the 'World' as the stage ang 'ages' as the duration. You
are only actors on the stage, before the footlights. The Director who
knows the Play, who assigns the roles, who gives the cues, who calls
you in and puts you on - He is behind the curatin. You're a puppet, He
holds the strings. You are only working out His plan. Identification
with the adventure in the Play and with its success or failure."
— From the discourses of Sri Sathya Sai Baba