Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

protect the land from the enemy, however remote may be the place
where the enemy has presented himself. Be kind with all your kin, expand
your sympathies, serve others who stand in need to the extent
of your skill and resources. Do not fritter away your talents in profitless
channels. 3.2.64, (17-159/160)
Some consider themselves great because they have vast territory,
some because they have finance, some because they have arms,
some because they have vast populations; but real wealth, real greatness
is virtue which earns the grace of God. 4.4.65, (18-387)
There is no one higher than a devotee whose mind is fixed in the truth.
He is more than an emperor. So far as I am concerned, I give consideration
to the devotee. Still, you may wonder why some are given special
seats and places here. You have heard the adage: "As the king,
so are the subjects." The rulers have to be brought here, so that they
may see and hear, and know about things that matter, get inspired by
the devotion to God that fills the air, so that through them it may be
shared by the country at large. The laws they pass, and the administrative
system that they operate are some of the means by which the
ideals of the nation can be worked in practice. They have been selected
by you for this purpose, with this end in view; they have your confidence
and they have won the approbation of thousands of people
and so they have to be treated with some consideration. Those thousands
look upon them with some respect, and so, treating them with
care is tantamount to treating those thousands with care. It is to give
Divine bliss to the devotees that I arrange this festival; I have no other
wish. Do not muddy the pellucid waters of your faith by the slightest
trace of doubt. 29.9.65, (19-68/69)
Truth and righteousness, are the two rails on which the locomotive of
the nation runs; when truth is given up, chaos prevails; when righteousness
is discarded, might becomes right. 14.11.65, (19-124)
India has always laid down disciplines to cultivate universal love; the
Vedas sacrifices and worship which are recommended in the Vedas
are for the welfare and security of all mankind. That is why India is as
the engine which drags the wagons along, all wagons that are coupled
with it. The wagons are the different nations. “May all the denizens of
all the worlds be happy", is the prayer that rises from the children of
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