Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

significances of religious symbols, rituals and ceremonies. The outer
forms and formalities are in accordance with the needs of place, time
and person. Some among you relish one sweet dish more than another,
others do not agree that your favourite is the tastiest. But, whatever
the dish, they are all sweetened by the same substance, sugar; similarly,
all things and beings are sweetened by the same principle, God.
7.7.68, (20-250)
Embodiments of love! Cultivate pure love, unsullied by selfish desires.
Share that love with all your brothers and sisters of all creeds, colours,
climes. If your neighbour prays to God, do you not feel kinship with
him? Is he not asking in anguish for the same gifts, from the same giver?
He may be asking in another language; in another style; in the formalities
of another creed. But, his hunger and thirst are the same as
yours. His bliss and grief are the same as yours. Share that bliss; sharing
heightens it for both. Share that grief; sharing lowers it and robs it
of its bite. Let your love flow into the hearts of others. Stagnant water
becomes foul; flowing waters are cool and limpid, love is bliss; love is
power; love is light; love is God. 8.7.68, (20-260/261)
Truth and righteousness are the two eyes of every religion that has
emanated from the primal eternal righteousness: of Buddhism, Christianity,
and Islam. They are further elaborated and exemplified in the
epics of India. 12.5.69, (21-40)
Indian culture has emphasised the valid ways in which one has to
spend energy and money for service of the distressed, the diseased,
the hungry, the illiterate, the ill-housed, the ill-clothed. It condemns the
spending of energy and money for pomp, for vengeance, for competitive
faction, for material triumphs. Wealth is to be held on trust and
used for promoting the brotherhood of man and the Fatherhood of
God. This culture also lays down that nothing should be done to damage
any one's faith in God or in his own self. Faith is a tender plant and
it needs all the nurture that you can give.
My desire is that you should not censure other religions. Develop
brotherly feelings for all. God is one; there are not many Gods, one for
each tribe among men! Love is one; it transcends caste, colour and
creed, if it has to be genuine. Truth is one; there cannot be two. For,
two can only be one, occurring twice. The goal is one; for, all roads
must lead to the one God. Why then should men quarrel and fight over
the Eternal and the Absolute? 12.5.69, (21-44)
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