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Sharan
Sathya Sai Baba - His Message
Sathya Sai Baba
encourages us to recognize who we are. We are not these minds. We are not these
bodies. We are the eternal spirit that temporarily occupies these minds and
bodies. We can appreciate and become who we really are by turning inward with
faith in God and an intense yearning to know Him. Our conscience is a
reflection of the eternal spirit. Sathya Sai Baba tells us that our conscience
is our master. When we follow our conscience, our thoughts, words, and deeds
will be noble and consistent. Spirituality is having the courage and
determination to follow our conscience in all things and at all times. In doing
so, we recognize that we are all united in God. We are bound together by divine
love.
I have come to light the lamp of love in your hearts, to see
that it shines day by day with added lustre. I have come to tell you of this
universal, unitary faith, this spiritual principle, this path of love, this
duty of love, this obligation to love. Every religion teaches man to fill his
being with the glory of God and to evict the pettiness of conceit. It trains
him in the methods of detachment and discernment, so that he may aim high and
attain spiritual liberation. Believe that all hearts are motivated by the one
and only God; that all faiths glorify the one and only God; that all names in
all languages and all forms man can conceive denote the one and only God. His
adoration is best done by means of love. Cultivate that attitude of oneness
between men of all creeds and all countries. That is the message of love I
bring. That is the message I wish you to take to heart. Sathya Sai Baba
Let the different faiths exist, let them flourish, and let
the glory of God be sung in all the languages and a variety of tunes. That
should be the ideal. Respect the differences between the faiths and recognize
them as valid as long as they do not extinguish the flame of unity. Sathya
Sai Baba
SATHYA SAI BABA - A short history
Sathya
Sai Baba was born in Puttaparthi, a small village in South India, on November
23, 1926. As a child, he demonstrated exemplary qualities of compassion,
generosity, and wisdom, which clearly distinguished him from the other children
of his village.
On October 29, 1940, at the age of 14, he declared to his family and to the people of his village that he would henceforth by known as Sai Baba and that his mission was to bring about the spiritual regeneration of humanity by demonstrating and teaching the highest principles of truth, righteous conduct, peace, and divine love.
His
mission was further amplified in a letter he wrote to his
brother in 1947. I have a task, he said, To foster all mankind and
ensure for all of them lives full of bliss. I have a vow: To lead all who stray
away from the straight path again into goodness and save them. I am attached to
a work that I love: To remove the sufferings of the poor and grant them what
they lack.
Sai
Baba's ashram, built by his devotees close to the village where he was born,
was inaugurated on November 23, 1950. It is called Prasanthi Nilayam
(the Abode of Divine Peace). It has been the gathering place of millions of
spiritual pilgrims of various faiths from all over the world. Every day, Sai
Baba graciously walks among them to guide, comfort, console, and uplift them.
The
small temple dedicated in 1950 has grown into a spiritual oasis of
unprecedented magnitude. The temple and the dharshan
area in front of it, which is completely covered by a beautiful roof, together
encompass an area that is over 10,000 square yards. During the period 14-23
November 1995, the celebrations of the 70th birthday of Sathya Sai Baba took
place in Prasanthi Nilayam. More than one million people, including the President
and Prime Minister of India, assembled in Prasanthi Nilayam to pay homage to
Sathya Sai Baba during the 70th birthday celebrations.
Prema Sai
Sathya Sai Baba says that
He is the second of a triple incarnation. The first was Shirdi Sai Baba and the
third will be Prema Sai Baba. Below, we give the information that is known
about Prema Sai Baba, with references to the sources.
The first mention of
Prema Sai by Sathya Sai Baba appears to be in the discourse Shiva Shakthi,
6 July 1963, In a conversation between Shiva, Shakthi, and
Bharadwaja after Bharadwaja performed a ritual, Shiva said that they would take
human form and be born in the Bharadwaja lineage, thrice: Shiva alone as Shirdi
Sai Baba, Shiva and Shakthi together at Puttaparthi as Sathya Sai Baba, and
Shakthi alone as Prema Sai, later.
More
information about Prema Sai…
We have heard often that Prema
Sai will be born eight years after the passing of Sathya Sai Baba, which will
take place when Sathya Sai Baba is 96. We do not have a reference for this
information. In "The Sai Trinity", by Dr. S.P. Ruhela (Taring
paperbacks, Vikas Pubishing House Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, 1997), the author states
that Sathya Sai Baba has been disclosing small amounts of information to close
devotees from time to time and states that Sai Baba has predicted that Prema
Sai will be born in Karnataka about 8 years after He leaves this body.
Howard
Murphet, in his book Sai Baba: Invitation to Glory (Chapter 4), says:
Finally, Sathya Sai states, there will be Prema Sai who, one year after the passing of the Sathya Sai form, will be born in Karnataka (the old Mysore State), at a place between Bangalore and the city of Mysore.
On page 16 of the book Living
Divinity author Shakuntala Balu writes,
Sri Sathya Sai Baba has
said that there will be one more Sai Avatara called Prema Sai. The third
Sai will be born in Gunaparthi, a village in the Mandya district of Karnataka.
Thus, Sri Sathya Sai Baba refers not only to his past, but also to the future
form he will assume as Prema Sai.
In Sathya Sai Baba,
The Embodiment of Love, by Peggy Mason and Ron Laing, the authors write
about a discussion they had about Prema Sai.
We wondered if the next
descent as Prema Sai, to come very quickly after the present form is vacated at
the age of ninety six, would be female.
Baba replied, "No, male, in
Mysore -- Karnataka." (Since 1972, the state of Mysore is called
Karnataka.)
In Glimpses of the
Divine: Working with the Teachings of Sai Baba" (1993), author Birgitte
Rodriguez writes,
In a more private talk to
students in recent years, Baba told them that the father of His next
incarnation, as Prema Sai, had been born in the southern Indian state of
Karnataka. He also said that the body of Prema Sai was in the process of being
formed.
The missions of the triple
incarnations
In
Spirit and the Mind, by Sam Sandweiss, the author recounts an extended
interview given by Sathya Sai Baba to the Senior Editor, Mr. R.K. Karanjia, of
Blitz new magazine in September 1976.
Question: Why had this task to be divided into three separate
incarnations of the Shirdi, Sathya, and Prema Baba?
Baba:
They are not separate. I have already mentioned the complete oneness of the
three in the final objective of the mission. ... Their tasks and powers
requisite to them differ according to the time, the situation, and the
environment. But they belong to, and derive from, the same divine body (dharma
swarup).
The
previous Avatar, Shirdi Baba, laid the base for secular integration and gave
mankind the message of duty as work. The mission of the present Avatar is to
make everybody realize that the same God or divinity resides in everyone.
People should respect, love, and help each other irrespective of colour or
creed. Thus, all work can become a way of worship. Finally, Prema Sai, the
third Avathar, will promote the evangel news that not only does God reside in
everybody, but everybody is God. That will be the final wisdom that will enable
every man and woman to go to God.
The
three Avathars carry the triple message of work, worship, and wisdom.
AWAKE! AWAKE! AWAKE!
My Dear Children,
There
is no longer time for slumber. You have been asleep and dreaming for thousands
of lifetimes. If you do not awaken now, this chance may not come again for
thousands more.
Come
with Me. Separation is no longer the order of the day. I separated Myself from
Myself, so that I could love Myself more. The experience is finished. I want
all my selves to return and merge into Me, the one self.
I gave
many of you the advantage of an unhappy childhood, including conflict or
separation from your mother or father . In doing this I removed from you the
temptation to become attached to human parents or a specific family situation.
That left you with only one option - that is to attach yourself to Me.
Why do
you not avail yourself of this opportunity instead of continually seeking those
relationships which can never satisfy you. Even if your childhood had been
idyllic as you would have liked, it is not even the love of this form that you
long for. Your deepest innermost urge is to return to yourself - to love
yourself - to become the Being, Awareness, Bliss which is all you will ever be.
Let go
of the past. Stop trying to get from each other what you still think you missed
in childhood or marriage. You will never find anyone who is enough. Not even
Me. Love yourself, know yourself, be yourself. Only you will be enough. Can you
not love yourself because I love over and over again? Did I not virtually move
heaven and earth to bring you to Me?
I have
asked all My devotees to repeat the mantra,
"
I AM GOD, I AM NOT DIFFERENT FROM GOD"
Now I
ask you to specifically follow that instruction. It will be more helpful than
anything you can do. Now remember that I love you, and as I do, Love yourself.
With Love and Blessings Baba.
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editor sharan soni team
divya soni, parag agarwal