A Humble Offering On Holy Mahasamadhi Day 2014

Sai Sermon

The Lord loves, not the Bhaktha but his Bhakthi, remember.

The Lord's Grace is like rain, pure water, falling equally everywhere; but its taste gets changed according to the soil through which it flows.

So also the Lord's words are sweet to some, bitter to others. The Lord's ways are mysterious. You do not know the real reasons behind the actions of the Lord.

SSS, Vol – 01, Ch – 01.

Do not therefore allow any circumstance to affect your faith in God, who is yourstrength and solace.

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People do not understand the ways of God.

How can they know why a particular event takes place at a particular time in a particular manner? He alone can know.

Do not think that only those who worship a picture or image with pompous paraphernalia are devotees.

Whoever walks straight along the moral path, whoever acts as he speaks and speaks as he has seen, whoever melts at another's woe andexults at another's joy---is a devotee, perhaps A greater devotee.

SSS, Vol – 02, Ch – 02.

My greatest wealth is Love. People speak about My powers and My miracles, but

I love all and I ask all to love.

All should share in this love. Only then there will be oneness.

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My Love is My greatest miracle.

What is My directive?

What is it that will please Me?

What is it that I desire?

That is Sai's most potent weapon.

SSS, Vol – 27, Ch – 31.

There is nothing that cannot be achieved in the world through love. Some things may be

achieved by other means, but through love even the Divine can be held in the palm of one's hand.

Only one thing: Love, Love, Love.

Seva brings you nearer to Me. The flower that is your heart gets fragrance by means of the Seva you do, and so it becomes more acceptable to Me. Love is the essence of that fragrance.

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Serve others to the extent possible.

You need not take up any service activitybeyond your means and capacity.

If you find your neighbours suffering , give them solace. Help them to the extent possible and make them happy. This is what I expect you to learn.

Fill your hearts with that which is godly. Then there will be meaning to your volunteer service.

SSS, Vol – 17, Ch – 16.

The Seva that you do, should not be done out of a sense of compulsion or to please others. It should be wholehearted and spontaneous.

Do it with all your heart without comparing yourself with others.

The basic purpose of all service activities is to effect a transformation from the state of man to the state of divinity.

What are required for service are not money and materials. A loving heart is the first requisite.

All service done without a love-filled heart is as dry as dust. Fill your hearts with love.

You must realize that your service activities are done for the sake of your own spiritual purification and uplift and have nothing to do with Swami. All actions should be done

with a view to purifying the mind and removing all the dross from it. This is Swami's teaching.

SSS, Vol – 21, Ch – 31.

You must strive to diagnose your own character and discover the faults that are infesting it.

Do not try to analyze the character of others and seek to spot their defects.

This self-examination is very necessaryto bring to light the defects that might undermine one's spiritual career.

SSS, Vol – 06, Ch – 07.

I wish to give you two directives.

1)Practice what you preach. Act according to what you say.

2) Don't preach what you do not practice.

If you talk about something which you do not practice yourself it is deceit.

If you do what you say, it is an index of greatness.

SSS, Vol – 18, Ch – 22.

I must also tell you of certain preliminary disciplines.

Practice the three disciplines of Silence, Cleanliness and Forbearance.

In silence can be heard the voice of God, not in the revelry of noise.

Through cleanliness you earn purity.

By forbearance, you cultivate love.

SSS, Vol – 08, Ch – 45.

As you go up in your career and life, your ego and jealousy must come down.

Money comes and goes; but Morality comes and grows.

SSS, Vol – 42, Ch – 02.

Cultivate that morality.

Whoever has morality, will never undergoany difficulty.

You should use the money that you earn usefully and wisely. Do not fritter away your hard-earned incomes on tinsel, entertainment and temporary pleasure. Think of your future, your children, your parents. Think also of the reaction these wasteful, attractions produce. Think of the harm they inflict on your precious character.

Think of all those who are dependent on you for food and shelter and the love that you alone can offer them.

Examine each item of expenditure with reference to these noble tasks. That is the sign of the wise man.

SSS, Vol – 03, Ch – 38.

I want to know that you have thoroughly transformed yourselves. It is such transformation that is the mark of true devotion.

Those who claim to be devotees should show in their actions some evidence of their faith.

There must be sincerity and unity of Thought, Word and Deed.

SSS, Vol – 20, Ch – 25.

“ Sai Ram” in words and dishonesty in thoughtsis brazen deception. “ Sai Ram” must emanate from the depth of One's being.

Do not treat My words too lightly.

Decide at least to carry out some one piece ofadvice for your spiritual advance.

Sanctify the body, sanctify each activity by devoting it to a high purpose.

I am not commanding you on the basis of My Authority. I am telling you out of the fullness of Prema, on the basis of the right I have, tochastise you and direct you along the path.

SSS, Vol – 01, Ch – 25.

Keep this in mind and redeem yourself.

Sai Confers Devotion, power, and ultimately liberation on you. Never get misguided by the words of others.

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Live in love

Love lives by giving and forgiving

Self lives by getting and forgetting

Fill your life with love