Teachings of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba Volume 2

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What Is the Best Way to Love God?

Students! You do not need to fight for rights. 

Discharge your responsibilities, and rights will fol-

low. Do your duty. Duty is God; work is worship.

What is your right? To make everybody happy 

is your right. Serve everybody, and make everyone 

happy without expecting anything in return. Ser-

vice is God. The best way to love God is to love all 

and serve all. Speak softly and sweetly. You cannot 

always oblige, but you can always speak obligingly. 

That is the essence of the culture of India.

Education does not mean “Twinkle, twinkle, 

little star, how I wonder what you are.” All this is 

artificial education. True culture of India is one 

that fosters spirituality and human values.

Sathya Sai Speaks, Volume 31, 

Chapter 43: Fuse Spirituality with Education.

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Purify Your Mind and Fill It with Positive 

Feelings

Some people say that they have not received 

any benefit in spite of chanting the Divine name 

for twenty to thirty years. No benefit accrues from 

chanting the Divine name if the mind is filled 

with impurities. First purify your mind and fill it 

with positive feelings. Only then you can experi-

ence the benefit of chanting the Divine name. Bad 

thoughts and bad feelings will not help you in any 

way. Even if you happen to come across anything 

bad, do not let it enter your mind.

God’s work will never fail. So, all the work that 

is done with Divine feelings will never meet with 

failure. If you fail in your endeavour, it means you 

do not have Divine feelings. You will always be 

successful if your feelings are pure and Divine. At 

least from today onward, cultivate noble feelings. 

Talk sweetly and softly. You cannot always oblige, 

but you can always speak obligingly.

Sathya Sai Speaks, Volume 32, Part 1, 

Chapter 9: Do Sadhana with Pure Feelings.

Always Speak with a Smile on Your Lips

Service is the easiest path to attain Divine 

grace. Offer service and receive the love of God. 

Love and service are like two wings by which man 

can soar to higher levels of consciousness. If you 

have the spirit of love and service, Divine grace 

will follow you like a shadow wherever you may 

be, be it in the forest or in the sky, village or city, 

river or mountain cliff.

God has created man in His own image so that 

his conduct should be in consonance with His 

command. You should not cause harm to anyone, 

for God exists in all. Always speak with a smile on 

your lips. You cannot always oblige, but you can 

always speak obligingly.

Sathya Sai Speaks, Volume 32, Part 2,  

Chapter 9: Human Values and Service.

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Do Not Fritter Away This Life

Today unrest and violence have gripped the 

world as truth and righteousness have declined in 

the hearts of people. All that you find outside is 

nothing but the reflection, reaction, and resound 

of your inner feelings. Human life is highly sacred, 

most precious and Divine. Do not fritter away this 

life by indulging in unsacred activities. It has to be 

lived in the proper way by exercising control over 

the ten senses. 

Speak sweetly and softly. You cannot always 

oblige, but you can always speak obligingly. Pray 

for the well-being of all. May all the worlds be 

happy! Sanctify your senses by serving all. If you 

exercise control over your senses, you can achieve 

anything in life. If God is not pleased with you, 

you will be looked down upon by everyone in the 

world. 

You may think that you have given away ten 

bags of rice in charity and distributed clothes to 

500 people. Such accounts are to be submitted to 

the income tax department and not to God. God 

is not interested in quantity; He sees the feeling 

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behind your acts. So, whatever act of charity you 

undertake, do it with the spirit of love and sacri-

fice.

Sathya Sai Speaks, Volume 33, 

Chapter 12: Flowers That Never Fade.

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The Tongue Is Given to Make Others 

Happy

One who calls himself a leader should always 

speak sweetly and lovingly. He should not indulge 

in criticism. Criticism is nothing but the reflec-

tion, reaction, and resound of one’s wicked quali-

ties. The bad qualities that one sees in others are 

nothing but the reflection of one’s own inner feel-

ings. No one has the right to find fault in others. 

He is the worst sinner who indulges in faultfind-

ing. The tongue is given to make others happy and 

to sing the glories of the Lord. You cannot always 

oblige, but you can always speak obligingly. 

The hands are given not to hurt others, but to 

earn one’s livelihood and perform acts of charity. 

The ears have been given not to listen to vain gos-

sip, but to listen to the sacred stories of the Lord. 

In this manner, man should put each of his limbs 

to proper use and sanctify his life. Today science 

has advanced, but senses have become polluted. 

What is the use of acquiring education, which 

does not confer sense control?

Sathya Sai Speaks, Volume 33, 

Chapter 14: Eradicate Immorality to Attain Immortality.

Senses Are Responsible for Both Merit 

and Sin

Direct your mind on God instead of directing 

it on the senses. As I pointed out yesterday, senses 

are responsible for both merit and sin. If you put 

them to misuse, you will incur sin. If they are used 

in a proper way, it results in merit. Speak softly 

and sweetly, and cultivate a good mind. Only then 

will you earn the respect of others. You cannot al-

ways oblige, but you can always speak obligingly. 

Cultivate right vision. Evil looks will put you in 

danger. Keechaka cast his evil looks on Draupadi, 

which eventually led to his death at the hands of 

Bhima. Do not listen to evil talk.

Sathya Sai Speaks, Volume 34, 

Chapter 4: Have Steady Faith in the Atma.

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True Humanness Lies in Understanding 

Unity in Multiplicity

The  Vedanta (Upanishads which teach Self-

knowledge) declares that the Atmic Principle is the 

underlying unity in diversity. Bulbs are many, but 

the same current flows in all of them. Likewise, 

the Atmic Principle exists in all. Man’s inability to 

understand this principle of unity is the cause of 

his ignorance. True humanness lies in understand-

ing unity in multiplicity. You have to develop right 

vision in order to develop unity. This was Buddha’s 

first teaching.

Next, He stressed the need for sacred speech. 

One should speak only those words that cause no 

annoyance to others and that are truthful, pleas-

ant, and helpful. Whatever you speak should not 

cause any disturbance to others. It should be truth-

ful as well as pleasing. You cannot always oblige, 

but you can always speak obligingly. Sacred speech 

is the manifestation of Divinity. 

Sathya Sai Speaks, Volume 34, 

Chapter 9: Attain God’s Grace through Sacrifice and Love.

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