Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

texts like Bhagavadgita, Mahabharata, Ramayana, Bible, Koran and
so on. (35-210)
The Grace of the Lord is a subject dear to every one. It is a subject that
is within the grasp of all. The Lord also can be addressed by any name
that tastes sweet to your tongue or pictured in any form that appeals
to your sense of wonder and awe. You can praise him with all names
or the formless, or the master of all forms. It makes no difference at all.
(...) He is the beginning, the middle and the end, the basis, the substance
and the source, So, any story that brings into your consciousness,
His glory, His Grace and His beauty must appeal to you. 12.8.63,
(17-36)
All of you gathered here may not have the same name and the same
form, for the God whom you adore: you may differ in habits, customs,
manners and styles of food and dress - but the bliss you derive from
them is the same. Everyone of these has been designed by the wisdom
of ages to give you security, safety and satisfaction. 6.12.63, (17-
127)
All religions teach one basic discipline; the removal from the mind of
the blemish of egoism, of running after little joy. Every religion teaches
man to fill his being with the glory of God, and evict the pettiness of
conceit. It trains him in methods of detachment and discrimination, so
that he may aim high and attain liberation. Believe that all hearts are
motivated by the one and only God; that all faiths glorify the one and
only God; that all names in all languages and all forms man can conceive,
denote the one and only God; His adoration is best done by
means of love. Cultivate that attitude of oneness, between men of all
creeds, all countries and all continents. That is the message of love, I
bring. That is the message I wish you to take to heart. 4.7.68, (20-246)
If you pay attention to the individual, differences thrust themselves on
you. Fix your attention on the collective; then points of identity will be
more apparent, concentrate on the outer labels - Hindu, Christian,
Muslim, Parsi, Buddhist - and you will develop pride or contempt or hatred!
But if you concentrate on the struggle that man undergoes to
raise himself from the flesh to reach the level of Divinity - then you find
all labels insignificant. Then, it is all love, co-operation, mutual encouragement
and appreciation. Go into the inner meanings, the deeper
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