Sathya Sai Baba The World-Avatar Teaching and Revelations

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ody decays and disintegrates, the individual consciousness remains unaffected; it is as full as ever. (...) The visible universe has an invisible base! It has a material cause and an efficient cause. But man pays attention only to the efficient cause and not the material. This cup has silver as the material cause; the cup is the efficient cause. The cup is seen, but the silver is not cognized. The cosmos is seen but God is not cognized. God is the material cause; he is in and through the entire cosmos as the silver is in and through this entire cup. (...) Utilize the world as the means to an end; do not desire to stay on it. It is a caravanserai, where you can rest awhile during your pilgrimage to the source. It is a bridge wide and strongly built; can any pilgrim build a house thereon for himself? The cosmos is changing constantly. The minutes that are past cannot be retrieved even if tempted by a billion rupees. The past is not yours any more; the present slips from your grasp; the future is uncertain. 7.10.81, (25-170/173) The cosmos has only one master, God, the All-comprehensive Supreme Consciousness. It energizes and operates the cosmos. It impels all the activities of man. Man is but an instrument which the Supreme Consciousness wields. God is not limited by time, space or circumstance. But, the physical body, the mind, the intellect, the senses their longings are moulded and modified by time, space and circumstance. Without believing in this fundamental fact man falsely imagines: “I am doing this”, “I am planning this”. It is the Supreme all pervasive Consciousness that unfolds the skills, motivates the senses and operates the intellect. All activities of man must result in cleansing his levels of awareness. When these are done as offerings to God, they advance this cleansing process a great deal. The way man works, he shapes his own destiny. Work is sublimated into worship which fructifies into wisdom. 21.11.81, (25-196) For, God is the entity closest to man, dearest to man. Your mother and father might be a little afar but God is right with you, in you. Even if you do not love him, he will not depart from you or move afar. “Smaller than the atom” say the Vedas. He becomes expanding beyond the cosmos and filling all with grace. In every cell, he will be in you. You can earn this awareness through intense love. 25.12.81, (25-223/224) 38
Students! To see an effulgent light you do not need another lamp. Likewise to know the self-luminous Divine knowledge there is no need for any other knowledge. Every human being has in him the knowledge of his true form. Owing to his failure to know this stupendous fact, man pursues all kinds of worldly knowledge. All the diversity you see in creation is a manifestation of the indivisible one. The cause is the same for both differences and oneness. All the changing entities are based upon the one that is unchanging. Creation has to be viewed as a cosmic stage. God is the director in this play. He assigns all the roles of the characters in the play. All creatures in the world are manifestations of the Divine. The good and evil in the world are expressions of the Divine consciousness. Man should not be misled by these expressions. Behind all the various actions of the actors, the Divine director is at work. It should be realized that though names and forms may vary, languages and nationalities may be different, the human race is one in its Divine essence. All are sparks of the Divine. The Lord declared in the Bhagavadgita: “All beings in the world of the living are aspects of my Eternal Self.” God is the embodiment of love. Love is his nature. His love pervades the cosmos. This love is present in one and all. Just as God manifests his love in the world, everyone should manifest his love. Love has been described as beyond speech and mind, it is said to be indescribable. This love cannot be got through scholarship, wealth or physical powers. God, who is the embodiment of love, can be attained only through love, just as the effulgent sun can be seen only through its own light. There is nothing more precious in this world than Divine love. God is beyond all attributes. Hence his love also is beyond attributes. But, human love, because it is governed by attributes, results in attachment and aversion. Love should not be based on expectations of a reward or return. Love based on such expectations makes it a business deal. Love is not an article of commerce. It is not like a loan and getting it back. It is a spontaneous offering. Pure love of this kind can emanate only from a pure heart. (14.1.95) God is not somewhere outside. He is the indweller in the body. Sin is the result of one's own actions. Hence it is folly to seek God elsewhere. Man wants to know all about the world and ventures to explore outer space. But he is unable to know his own true nature. How is he to know his self? The self is called conscience. The spiritual quest means mak- 39
Page 1: Sathya Sai Baba • The World-Avata
Page 4 and 5: Publisher's note: The publication o
Page 6 and 7: VI. MAN - INDIVIDUAL Path of Light
Page 9 and 10: What's the Purpose of this Book? Du
Page 11 and 12: Now, here we have finally reached a
Page 13 and 14: Introduction Why should books be wr
Page 15: I. GOD - ATMAN - BRAHMAN
Page 18 and 19: Today incredible things are happeni
Page 20 and 21: spiritual discipline. He is the cor
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Page 24 and 25: The living being on account of an i
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Page 28 and 29: There is a great deal of argument a
Page 30 and 31: education has to teach man how to t
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Page 34 and 35: Through devotion alone can that sel
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Page 50 and 51: any of the senses. This transcenden
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Page 61: III. INCARNATION OF GOD - AVATARS
Page 64 and 65: The petty investigation done by ord
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Page 70 and 71: Instead of trying to understand the
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Page 78 and 79: true nature. In this context, even
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Page 84 and 85: must try and continue this. To forg
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these seven, you can consider as ha
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misled into error and loss. The tim
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ened by spiritual discipline to inc
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among the professed followers of th
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pluck flowers and hasten their deat
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to save some one. I have no illness
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of this Avatar. When I was upstairs
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pear, do not doubt it. That is the
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within ten more births! Strive to a
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Some people remark that Ramakrishna
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there is nothing else to see or hea
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unrighteous will fall into disaster
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for without them, the best in you c
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I have come to light the lamp of lo
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It has been suggested in a letter t
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this manifoldness is but he, seen t
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A glance from the corner of the eye
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What is needed today to save onesel
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ayi means mother and Baba means fat
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him, when he finds him desperately
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You should offer your knowledge for
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Divine love is the only panacea for
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Once on a Shivaratri day, after I h
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I prevented them, because there are
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me this, then I shall give you this
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you; that will save you from concei
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Unless you brighten your vision wit
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trudge along the wilderness to whic
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The Divine has placed some limitati
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you have to understand. You must be
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It is a rare privilege to be born a
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immortal name. No other village has
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were once convinced and listen agai
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scribed as my speaking through them
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work that each does is important fo
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the universe is experienced. Ud-yog
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elieves that he is the body, the se
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nounces the Supreme principle which
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tities are capable of such exercise
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and experience in dreams and witnes
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awaken all the sweetness latent in
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Revelation Remember that with every
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as the power to discriminate betwee
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Relationship between Humans and God
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also in the innermost recesses of t
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en it on trust; you take many thing
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of breezes or of things that it mov
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God subjects his devotees to tests
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Repeat to yourself the truth that t
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tures deal with only one goal but t
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toddy, brandy, etc., are indulged i
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texts like Bhagavadgita, Mahabharat
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There are in this huge gathering pe
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Jesus taught simple practical lesso
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all this is the Divine." This is th
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Jesus was a person whose only joy w
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The best way to resolve the confusi
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People talk about spiritual exercis
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2. The earthly kingdom, alternating
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light and love to all. He attracted
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duality has been shed. This is the
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Divine Order - The New Religion Div
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such a multiplicity of names. But e
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the appropriate dictates of conscie
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complishing many difficult things w
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ner truth, the contemplation of one
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Divine law is not an ordinary affai
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devotion has its own measure. It wi
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Evolution of the whole Mankind You
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and the bliss that knowledge confer
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the receiver and thrill the giver,
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Three things are most essential tod
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Spiritual Laws - Natural Laws Natur
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his knowledge or without his resolu
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cific benefits and bounties have to
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The inescapable destiny of every li
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If there is an iron law of karma wh
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The Duty of Mankind and Nations As
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form and will have on effect on the
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this land, since thousands of years
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mantras, sacred formula, have poten
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made the home of a happy family of
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fear. But, I assure you that very s
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These are eternal truths; but, Indi
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Your lives are spent largely in the
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the name of Sai. Sai has absolutely
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ealization of that power, for earni
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out a second. The body is subject t
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and discrimination leads to God. Th
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sible is wrong. While God in the fo
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very much. I shall not give up Putt
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whatever action he does all belong
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ow, hence, the source of the Divine
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To earn that calmness, steady const
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self, and always walk in the path o
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How then, is love to be cultivated?
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Unless you have love, you cannot cl
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Education The end of wisdom is free
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and grows into a tree, man too has
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ice. Let the mind, the heart and th
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Success in this task can be achieve
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he is able to discover and discharg
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moving about, lack of sufficient sl
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Brahman is not in him. In the heart
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Take the one truth that God is pres
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tem but it is sad that in the name
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elders, that will be referred to as
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edge. He chooses one small part of
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trouble. He himself eats and sleeps
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to uphold the dignity of the countr
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When you are able to control desire
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asked if his name was there in that
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You are the Eternal Divinity, if on
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cause all of them regard the body a
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influence. Mastery over this one se
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"God will do whatever is necessary
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elieve in the Vedas as the ultimate
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chopping off the head, since the do
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they grow up in their company and l
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Whatever talent a person has should
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He who adores the past is considere
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thread running through from lesson
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so that you can picture the kind of
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politeness and good manners are est
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Education must enable a person to d
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To arrive at the truth, we must go
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God. We have therefore to promote e
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the inner vision. A women without t
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taken into account. The practitione
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Struggle against the Blindness and
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He denies the innate excellence of
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the temple I like. When you seek to
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is very beneficial and good spiritu
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It is enough if love is cultivated,
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Base your activities on righteousne
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serves two purposes: the extinction
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ious tasks, gladly and with perfect
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Members of this organization must b
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and their surroundings are bright a
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VI. MAN - INDIVIDUAL
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his heart and become pure by surren
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cial uniqueness of duty, and nature
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eality of all things. He is everywh
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First: Faith - that can stand the r
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keep your eyes riveted on Brahman w
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When such tests come from God, they
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water can rise. If air enters, the
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When the magnet does not attract th
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A life of spiritual discipline invo
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the external symbols of riches or p
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Attend all the sessions in the hall
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dust. Faith in God and in his omnip
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eings and all objects, wherever he
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God is the embodiment of compassion
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The part-filled people have attaine
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many names in many areas through ma
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404 Gayatri Mantra - The universal
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It is impossible to grasp the myste
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man, mentioned therein and oneself.
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day, is part of this process of de-
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Meditation Today many people in the
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you should regard your body as your
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For, light is God; God is light. Wh
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surface when the veils of ignorance
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The Vedas say that there are three
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stood by experiments and instrument
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424 The Body as Temple of God The b
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which is between attachment and det
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Do not spend much thought on the bo
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country is described as the mother.
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Man and women, though master and wi
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A wife with such a nature is a wife
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Rama and Krishna, religious teacher
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women to play their role in society
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intelligence, you can control death
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present in everyone. The fact that
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it will be. I shall reveal the Divi
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the answer. Now, you must first und
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If, at all times, you are completel
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All lives, lived without faith and
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The Ages In the Golden Age, Divine
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This Iron Age is praised in the scr
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VIII. VISION - FUTURE
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Sathya Sai Baba Gayatri OM Sayishva
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Glossary Arjuna - the disciple of L
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three types of lingas can emerge. T
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