Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

toddy, brandy, etc., are indulged in by others. Can this be dealt with
as if it were a personal affair? Do others feel happy about it? However
emphatically the matter is declared “personal”, this evil habit does affect
society, subtly and openly in various ways. It demonstrates its nefarious
effects, in spite of everything. When ordinary persons indulge
in such harmful habits, the danger is not so great, but when elders who
have won a name in society do so, the common man too follows the
evil path. (5-116/121)
In the current spiritual beliefs of mankind, one cannot discern anywhere
a harmonising factor. The principles of co-ordination and reconciliation
have to be expanded and expounded. Though there are religions
with separate names, and the doctrines are distinct from each
other, all humans belong to mankind. The Vedas emphasise the common
core. Unfortunately, the apparent differences among the religions
have subverted the amity of men and the feeling of international brotherhood.
The experience and wisdom of great seers who have unveiled
the mystery of the cosmos and their feelings of universal love are not
appreciated, accepted and respected by men today. All religious dogmas
except a few, can easily be harmonised and reconciled. The
same God is being extolled and adored under various names through
varied rituals, in the many religions of man. In every age, for every race
or community, God has sent prophets to establish peace and goodwill.
Since, at the present time, many religions have spread worldwide, they
have lost fraternal feelings and have suffered in validity thereby. There
is an urgent need for harmony. All great men are images of God. They
form one single caste in the realm of God; they belong to one nation,
the Divine fellowship. Each must interest himself in understanding the
practices and beliefs of the others. Then only can every one, with
cleansed mind and loving heart, attain the Divine presence with others.
The principle of harmonising is the very heart of all religions and
faiths. (6-38/39)
The one religion or the essence of all religions of this country is not related
to anything that has come out of the experience of man. It has
not come as a result of any effort on the part of man. In essence, it has
come out of God himself, and that is why it is called the religion of Vedas.
He who established man’s religion in this country, he who gave
the guidelines for man’s religion in this country and he who had really
been the source of religion in this country, is not man but he is the man
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