Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

colleges and colleges where emphasis is laid on spiritual education so
that good character becomes the core of the personality. The will of
Sathya Sai Baba is to offer to humanity, heroes of action and heroes
of self-sacrifice. A few minutes ago, the members of the Executive
Committee of the Kingdom of Sathya Sai, were introduced to you. The
students of Sathya Sai Baba are free from any trace of blemish. No
one can point their finger at them and discover any fault. They possess
the highest virtue; they have enough riches, but they have renounced
desire and attainment; they have come in to serve society. They earn
first classes and ranks in university examinations. Their attitudes and
feelings are not in the least agitated by worldly things or events.
Many old students work in our college without remuneration. Some
may imagine that the alumini grouped under the name "Kingdom of
Sathya Sai" are idlers or revellers. These students, when the truth is
known, will put such people to shame. Our students have no egotism;
they do not cater to the self; they offer all they have and even their lives
for the sacred task of social service. With devotion and duty, only such
persons can ensure for India the happiness she craves for.
You fight for rights, while functioning entirely on wrong lines. Your right
is the fulfillment of the duty laid on you. Discharge your responsibility
without demur or deviation, to the best of your ability. That is your right.
No one should hinder you while doing that duty. 29.8.81, (25-133/137)
The rest are like days dedicated to obsequies for the dead. The world
is witnessing the devil-dance of injustice, anarchy, vice and wickedness.
To establish peace, tolerance, justice, joy and right living, we
have to rely on the young, the students; they must become instruments
for this transformation. This fact has to be recognized by all who desire
a better world. (...)
There are now thousands and thousands of educational institutions in
the world. But, there is a great difference between those founded by
Sathya Sai Baba and the rest. The fundamental objectives of Sai Institutions
are humility, adherence to discipline, and application of what
is learned in daily life. If what is learned is not put into practice, the students
are like a cow that does not yield milk, a fruit lacking in taste, a
book bereft of wisdom. It is not really man's task to stuff his head with
transient knowledge and waste time in acquiring it. He should not engage
in valueless activities and fritter away years of life. When man ruins
himself thus, he descends to the level of the beast. When man uplifts
himself, he ascends to the level of God. Man can raise himself to
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