Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

he is able to discover and discharge what his duty is and what his immediate
role should be when circumstances call for such decisions.
The educated man and the student undergoing education must both
cultivate simplicity; they must discard ostentation. (7-70/71)
Teachers who teach with their minds on their salary and students who
learn with the jobs as their main focus are both pursuing wrong paths.
In fact, the task of the teacher is to discharge his duty of instructing and
inspiring the students so that they develop their latent talents and advance
in the perfection of their skills. The task of the student is to unfold
the Divine in him and equip himself for serving society with skill
and knowledge.
Man has three instruments given to him: the mind which involves him
in thought, the power of speech which enables him to communicate his
thought and the body by which he can execute his thoughts, alone or
with others, for himself and for others. (7-83)
The body with its hands is ready to execute the thought which is expressed
in words. The deed, the work, the labour that the hand of man
is engaged in are the source of all the happiness or misery that involve
man. (...)
Hands are not the only limbs or agents that are involved in human activity.
Whatever is done, whatever is seen, whatever is heard, one
should be vigilant about its purity. Thought, word and deed must be
free from pride, greed and hatred. (...)
Students study only for a few years but teachers, in order to maintain
being in their profession, have to be engaged in studies always, without
stopping. So teachers are to be reckoned as the only genuine students.
To the question, who is a real student, the answer is: "The
teacher." "I shall be the ideal student which my pupils can emulate,"
this must be the motto inspiring the teacher. Such a teacher has surely
recognized his duty. The teacher must come down to the level of the
student; if he does not and still continues to teach, the fate of the student
is best left to the imagination. (...)
Teachers are responsible for the nature and quality of the activities
and characters of students. For they impress the youth by their scholarship
and leadership. (...)
Existence-consciousness-bliss (sat-cit-ananda) is energy. We (sat)
are (cit) happy (ananda). Energy is all and energy is derived from God.
That is the very basis of man. Now, you are building superstructures
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