Sri Sathya Sai Education - International Sri Sathya Sai Organization

The Sathya Sai Model of Education:
The Only Model to Emulate
Mr. Victor Kanu
July 21, 2008
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Koti, Koti, Pranams! at the Divine Lotus Feet of our Sweet and Beloved Lord Bhagavan Sri
Sathya Sai Baba – the Poorna Avatar of the age.
Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters of the World Family, we are
gathered here today by the Grace of our Lord Bhagavan Baba in order to participate in the World
Conference of Sri Sathya Sai Education.
An Extraordinary Conference
In Truth, this is a Conference of the Divine, by the Divine, and for the Divine – has
He not taught us, contrary to some religious traditions, that we are all Divine, not born
sinners This Conference therefore, is for us embodiments of the Divine Atma. It is, therefore,
not an ordinary Conference but rather an extraordinary, wonderful, magnificent and momentous
Conference for the whole world including India, the birth place of the Avatar Himself; and His
Educational Programmes, which He conceived long before His decent upon earth, in a huge ball
of blue light which abided in mother Easwaramma’s body, in early 1926. This Conference was
part of His blue print. The rest of the world cannot do without India. However, in Truth, there
is no India, no America, no UK, no Australia, no New Zealand, no Singapore, no Malaysia, no
Indonesia, no Africa, indeed no East, and no West. There is only Sathya Sai who is our magnet,
our unifying force and our only focal point.
Each Avatar has a mission to execute. Of the ten Avatars of Lord Vishnu, I will mention
only four because of their relevance to this Conference:
Rama Avatar: Lord Vishnu incarnated himself as Rama in the Thretha Yuga in order to
establish Sathya and Dharma in the world.
Krishna Avatar: Lord Vishnu incarnated himself as Krishna in the Dwapara Yuga in order
to establish Santhi and Prema in the world.
Buddha Avatar: Lord Vishnu incarnated himself as Buddha in the Kali Yuga (the current
Iron age) in order to establish Peace in the world.
Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba Avatar: Despite the tremendous efforts made by Rama,
Krishna and the Buddha in establishing Sathya, Dharma, Santhi and Prema in the world, the human
race, because of its pride, stubborness, ego and arrogance, continued to be tainted until all
are tainted including the speaker and therefore unable to change to progress from darkness to
light and from mortality to immortality. So, Lord Vishnu decided to incarnate again as the Kalki
Avatar in the Kali Yuga, and will work towards the establishment of Sathya, Dharma, Santhi,
Prema and Ahimsa. Indeed He did so just a little over eighty-two years ago. That Avatar is none
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