Teachings of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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- Who Is Dear to the Lord
- Twenty Virtues Essential for Wisdom
- Ten Types of Purity
| Teachings of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba Volume 3
Who Is Dear to the Lord Twenty Virtues Essential for Wisdom Ten Types of Purity
Dedicated with love and reverence at the Divine Lotus Feet of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba i Teachings of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba Volume 3 ©2014 Sathya Sai International Organisation All Rights Reserved publications@ssswf.org About printing this book: Please use the “fit to printable area” option on your computer when printing this book To read “Teachings of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba,” Volumes 1 and 2 please go to the following link: http://sathyasai.org/publications/ Topics covered: Volume 1: Ceiling on Desires/Eight Flowers of Worship Volume 2: Silence/You Cannot Always Oblige, But You Can Always Speak Obligingly ii Contents
1 Who Is Dear to the Lord Devoid of Desires • Absolutely Pure • Firm in Determination Completely Detached
Free from Grief • Renounced Pomp and Ostentation 10
Humility
• Absence of Vanity • Non-violence Patience, Fortitude
Integrity Reverential Service Rendered to the Spiritual Teacher Cleanliness • Steadfastness • Control of the senses Detachment
Absence of Egotism Awareness of Birth-Death-Old Age-Illness-Grief Withdrawal of Desire for Objects Absence of attachment to family and home Equanimity • Devotion
• Solitude
Absence of Interest in the Company of the Worldly Minded Awareness of the Distinction between Atma and non-Atma Experience of Atma 15
Purity of Your Residence Mutual Understanding and Cooperation in the Family Pure Food
Pure Water Pure Thoughts and Feelings
Pure Vision Pure Reading and Writing
Pure Service Pure Spiritual Discipline
Pure Work 18
1 Who Is Dear to the Lord Devoid of Desires Absolutely Pure Firm in Determination Completely Detached Free from Grief Renounced Pomp and Ostentation Man’s joys and sorrows, happiness or misery are not dependent on time. They are based on man’s actions. Time has no relations or friends. Time is not subordinate to anyone. All are subject to time. Hence if one is to realise the Divine, who is the Lord of Time, one has to carry out His injunctions. God looks with love only at such a person. In this context, the Bhagavad Gita has described the traits of the devotee who is dear to the Lord:
He who is totally devoid of desires, absolutely pure, firm in determination, completely detached, free from grief, and has renounced pomp and ostentation— such a one is dear to Me.
1 2 SIX QUALITIES ONE SHOULD POSSESS TO BECOME DEAR TO THE LORD do anything and everything. Our actions must be such that they please Him and would secure His approval. If a devotee conducts himself in this fashion, he becomes dear to the Lord. 2 Man Has Taken Birth to Perform His Duties When man performs actions, regarding him- self, as the doer, the actions become fetters that bind him. All actions that are performed with the feeling that they are intended as offerings to please the Divine do not lead to bondage. They become desireless actions. One has to recognise that it is the Divine Principle in all beings that is getting all actions done through human beings as instru- ments. As long as man regards himself as the doer and enjoyer he cannot escape from the conse- quences of his actions. When a man regards a certain piece of land as his, the crops grown on it will belong to him. The Bhagavad Gita teaches that when actions are done as offerings to God, they become “desireless” actions. Man has taken birth to perform his duties and not to enjoy power or assert his rights. When one’s duty is performed, the right comes of its own accord. Men today fight for their “rights” and for- get their duties. Hence discharge of duty comes first. It is through duty that man realises God. 1 The Lord Is Present in All Righteous Actions In the Bhagavad Gita, the Lord has declared that He is present in all righteous actions. There- fore, those who perform righteous actions can develop desirelessness. This means that when a man performs all actions as offerings to the Lord, they become desireless actions. The Lord is the one who, from within, makes a person act, speak, listen, see, and perform many other actions. He is the doer and the enjoyer. If a person performs all actions with the conviction that the Indwell- ing Lord is the real Doer, then his actions become ANAPEKSHA (Devoid of Desires) There Must Be Control over Desires
sible for man, bound as he is by the body and the senses, to be without desires? Hardly. Some desire or the other will always be there. However, there must be control over the desires that one has. What sorts of desires are permitted? Recall what Krishna has to say about this matter. He says that all righteous actions are Divine. Thus, among the permissible desires, the best is the desire for sacrifice. The yearning for righteousness also is im- portant. The desire for God is mandatory. Although what must truly be desired is very clear, people have widely different types of ex- pectations and desires. Although some consider being righteous as very important, others think that achieving [worldly] greatness is the best goal. Some even try to combine these two objectives. Truly speaking, no one has the freedom or the au- thority to do as one likes. One must do exactly as the Lord says. Perform Actions Exclusively for the Pleasure of the Lord The Lord has stated very clearly that He wants you to attain the state of desirelessness. How does one do that? One does this by strictly confining oneself to righteous activities alone, performing such actions exclusively for the pleasure of the Lord, and by offering all such actions in their en- tirety to the Lord. Actions performed in this spirit rise well above worldly desires and expectations. Thus the word anapeksha ought not to be inter- preted in a very rigid sense. What it really means is having the irresistible urge to work only for the Lord and for His sole pleasure. However, that does not mean one can
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