Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

a person to membership of these units. Distribute do not gather - that
is the road to grace. (...)
A heart without love is as dreary as a town without a temple. Spiritual
pride is the most poisonous of all varieties of pride; it blinds and leads
the person suffering from it into ruin. Beware of pride; be always aware
that you are but instruments, in my Divine mission of revival of righteousness.
Try to be more and more efficient as such instruments. The
hand that wields the instrument knows how and when it has to be applied.
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The Sathya Sai Organization is working with persons belonging to all
religions. They do so because all religions - Christian, Parsi, Hindu,
Buddhist, Jain, Muslim - have, as their basic doctrines, love and nonviolence.
Develop these qualities. Only then, you have the right to
preach to others and propagate them. Over the ages India has shown
the way of life - “Having crossed over yourself, help others to cross” -
the sea of turmoil and travail, grief and pain. Realise and then help others
to realise. Be an example. That is the best way to learn. (...)
The Sathya Sai Organization is established to translate the principles
of love and non-violence into daily practice. (...)
Love is the scarcest commodity today! There is no love in the home,
between father and son, between husband and wife, between brother
and brother. Is love to be scarce, between member and member, in
our units too? No. You have to prove by your conduct and attitude, that
love, based on the realization of the one Atman in all, can cure the
problems of the world.
Living has become very artificial. Men are moving in blind fear, not
knowing what might happen to them at the next step. Prepare yourselves
to be lamps, to guide them aright.
Be lamps of love. Then, there is no need for recitation of the names of
Lord or worship of God. Love, loving service of others, who are forms
assumed by the Divine, will provide you with the grace of God.
Resolve today to enshrine love in your heart, to cultivate it; make it universal,
free from selfish desire. Become embodiments of love.
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When we deal with love, we deal with something much more valuable
than money. Where money is collected and kept, misunderstanding
grows, factions are rampant and love departs. Money and the ways in
which men run after it, have caused chaos in the world.
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