Sri Sathya Sai Baba Centre of Scarborough

Quotes

"Help ever, hurt never."
                                       -Bhagawan Baba

"Love all, serve all."
                                  -Bhagawan Baba

"Why fear when I am here?"
                                              -Shiridi Sai Baba

"Service to man is service to God."
                                                         - Bhagawan Baba

"What you must develop is the the VISION DIVINE,
 An awakening of intuition most fine;
 For you are really here on a HOLY MISSION-
 That of discovering what you are, whence you came from
and whither you shall go."
                                          -Bhagawan Baba

"Science asks the question, 'What' and the question, 'How' and seeks to get the answers from the objective world of name and form; the world can see, hear, taste, touch and smell; the world can categorise through reason. But the science of spirit asks the question, 'Why? For what purpose It discovers that Maya is the answer for the Why. Go into the truth and you see the One behind the manifold. Brahman alone is the One, all else is the super-imposition of names and form upon its Sat-chit-ananda essence."

"The intellect must investigate, as far as it can, the fundamental problem, why this birth, whither this life, whence this adventure, what the effect of human actions is on this life and on future lives, etc. Consciousness must delve deep into the Divinity the underlies it."

"Faith will only come if you develop hunger for God. A man who does not feel hunger will not relish a feast."
                              -Bhagawan Baba

"The best sadhana is to behave as you do, when you get a parcel of books by post. To get at the books, you unwrap the parcel and throw off the material used to pack the books. Now, Take the prayer that is deepest and the most significant - "I want peace". Unwrap the layer 'I' or ego and the layer 'want' or desire. Then you get peace. So throw away the packing and hold on to the thing packed and protected."
                                                                      -Bhagawan Baba

"Seek ye the kingdom of God and His Righteousness and all other things will be added unto you"
       - Jesus Christ

"Spiritual hunger is the ultimate meaning of every activity in life. The dissatisfaction and the restlessness that  remain even after obtaining all necessities of life, show that everyone consciously or unconsciously suffers from spiritual hunger and it is not appeased until the spirit within is realised. Without this divine discontent, there is no real progress."

"The poor, the illiterate, the ignorant, the afflicted, let these be your God. Know to these alone is the highest religion."
                                               - Swami Vivekanada

" The purpose of spiritual education or Brahma Vidya is to enable to have a Vision of the Divine in society. When man combines this vision with Tapas, he merges with God. The vision of Divinity and merging with Divinity are two poles; one positive the other negative. The positive and negative will join together and take you to a position where you will become Divine."
              - Bhagawan Baba

"Devotion is not a uniform to be worn on certain days, when you gather for worship and then to be laid aside when the service is over. It must mean the promotion of an attitude that is ever present. It is the sustenance, just as food is sustenance for the body. It is a mental outlook and attitude that is everpresent."
                                                                   - Bhagawan Baba

"Bhakthi is the state of mind, in which one has no separate existence apart from God. The Bhaktha's very breath is God; his every act is by God, for God; his thoughts are of God; his words are uttered by God, about God. Like the fish which can live only in water, man can only live in God-with peace and happiness. In other media, he has only fear, frantic struggle, failure."
              - Bhagawan Baba

"Man is a pilgrim set on a long journey; he has started from the stone, moved onto the vegetable and the animal and has now come to the human stage. He has still a long way to go to reach the Divine and so, he should tarry. Every moment is precious, every step must take him farther and nearer."

"The ideals laid down by Sanathana Dharma for ensuring a happy, peaceful life for man, individually and in society, are valid even today; the disciplines marked out therein are as beneficial today as when they were first ordained in the Shastras. Their value is unchallengable, unchangeable. Do not imagine yourself as a 'hindu' for the reason that you are born in Hindustan. You are too entangled in the rules of caste, the ceremonial of rituals and the coils of astrology, to grasp your own inner Reality. You do not realize the spark of Divinity in you and try to raise it into the flaming fire of Divine splendour, reducing your petty 'I' into ashes. But, the Sanadhana Dharma tells about the spark and teaches you how to foster it and develop it. When you therefore ignore this Dharma and allow Science to entice you, you are bringing disrespect to your culture and disowning your country."

"Life has to be spent in accumulating and safeguarding virtue, not riches. Listen and ruminate over the stories of the great moral heroes of the past, so that their ideals may be imprinted in your hearts. Virtue is becoming rare nowadays, in the individual and in family, society and community, in all fields of life, economic,, political and even ' spiritual'. So also, there is a decline in discipline, which is the soil on which virtue grows. Unless each one is respected, whatever his status, his economic condition, his spiritual development, there can be no peace and no happiness in life. This respect can be aroused only by the conviction that the same Atma that is in you is playing the role of the other person. See that Atma that is in others; be aware that that too have hunger, thirst, yearning and desires as you have; develop sympathy and the anxiety to serve and be useful."

    "The feminine is the foundation on which a peaceful and happy world is to be raised. When women are true and brave, kind and compassionate, virtuous and pious, the world can have an era of peace and joy."
    "Woman has been extolled in ancient scriptures as well as in classical poetry as Grihalakshmi, the Goddess of Prosperity in the home. She is the Dharmapathni, the companion of the husband in the fulfillment of the duties and rights as a householder."
    "No nation can be built strong and stable except on the spiritual culture of women."
    "Women, who were all these centuries, the bulwarks of Indian culture, the guardians of Indian spiritual wealth are fast succumbing to the flimsy attractions of foppish culture, as is evident from the modes of living and the social behaviour of many educated women. This is the result of the artificial and empty system of education as well as the subtle pulls of cheap literature and shoddy films. Women are the mothers of the coming generation; they are the teachers of that generation."
    "The mother is the pillar of the home, of society, of the nation, and so of humanity itself. Mothers should know the secret of mental peace, of inner silence, of spiritual courage, of contentment which is the greatest wealth, and of adhyatmic discipline which gives lasting joy."
    "The mother herself must look after the children during the early years; if the child is handed over to servants and ayahs, they will learn their habits of living and speech and, they will weep only when they die, and not when their mother dies! For, they start loving the ayah more than the mother, who has shoved them on to another as a nuisance and a bother! She must herself prepare food for the home; for, food which is prepared with love and served with a smile, is much more sustaining and strengthening, than food cooked by a hired woman and served by a disgruntled, refractory kitchen boy."
    "Again I will insist that the educated woman must herself run the home, and shoulder all the burdens of nursing and nourishing the members of the family. The Ananda that can be derived by unselfish scattering of love is a rare, elevating experience. It is a very valuable Sadhana".