BABA SAYS

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Deha Vasana (attachment to the body) impels one to seek physical strength and health and an attractive physique. All the efforts to make up one's face will not serve to alter its natural features. Only that which has been given by the Lord will be enduring. You must be content with that. While taking as much care of the body as is essential, you should not have excessive attachment to that which is inherently perishable and temporary. The body must be taken care of only for realizing the Divinity within. It is no doubt necessary to maintain good health as long as one lives, but obsessive concern for the body is misconceived.

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[ARUN_REDDY]

The Vedas have taught the means to make life in the world pure and meaningful. They have declared: "Na karmanaa na prajayaa dhane na, thyaagenaike amrutatwamaanashuhu" (not through rituals, progeny or wealth, but only through sacrifice can immortality be achieved). A Thyagi (renunciant) does not hesitate even to sacrifice his body for other's welfare. Sacrifice means something more than giving up of wealth, gold and material objects. Evil qualities like hatred, jealousy, wrath and malice which have become ingrained in man over many lifetimes should be discarded.
     
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Divinity neither comes nor goes. God is total love.
It is important to remember that you and the world are temporary, but Truth and love are permanent. Love is god, so live in love; Truth is God, so follow truth. Like the two wings of a bird, truth and love can make you fly to noble heights.

Follow the greatest path, the path of love. Take the example of the magnet and the iron: they unite, and the iron becomes one with the magnet. Likewise, the knower of Brahman (the Universal Absolute) becomes Brahman. You are children of immortality, you are eternal. The relationship between you and God is eternal.

The body changes through many births, but the mind and deeds continue from birth to birth. Just as an auditor totals the accounts of the day and carries the balance over onto the next page, our mind follows to the next life. You should be able to control the mind by controlling the senses - then merge in truth and experience oneness with God. - BABA


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Jnana in Vedantic parlance has been defined as "Advaita Darshanam" (recognising the One without a second). That is to see the One in the many, unity in diversity. There may be many names and forms, but you have to recognise that the Atma Principle in all of them is one and the same. It is not enough to say this in words. You must make it a living experience. Only then can one experience enduring Ananda (bliss). Such a person alone can be called a true Jnani (Knower of the Supreme).
- BABA

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People claim to make offerings to God, even without knowing where He is. When the Lord is ever by the side of man, he is searching for God all over the world.

One must purify one's consciousness instead of being led astray by the external. You have to rectify your conduct and actions, because everything depends on your actions.

Adhering to the righteous path, with a pure heart, you have to divinise your life. All spiritual disciplines have been laid down only for this purpose.

All the prayers, Japa (repetition of God's name) and Pooja (ritualistic worship) that are offered are intended only to purify the heart. - BABA



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You should be prepared to face every challenge of life with courage.

Courage is the key to success. Life is bound to offer all kinds of difficulties, but you should not quail before them. Face every ordeal with fortitude.

Nowadays, people get easily depressed and confused when they encounter difficulties. Depression leads to frustration. This is not the way to face the challenges of life. You should develop the courage to go through the adventure of life.

Adhering to Truth, Cherishing Love in your hearts, cultivating fortitude, face life with firm determination and steady vision. Such a life will result in fulfillment. The rewards of life can only be got through strenuous effort. - BABA



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There is no greater spiritual sadhana than service. The tendency to distinguish between the spiritual path, the path of service and the path of knowledge and regard them as separate is wrong. The three are not distinct; they are one.

Service is spiritual knowledge, and is the principle means for acquiring divine grace. Without being a devoted follower, you cannot become a worthy leader. Without being willing to do work, you cannot attain divinity. Each one has to realize this truth.

Service to society is the highest good. It is Truth, Right Conduct, Peace, Love and Non-violence that give happiness. These are the five sustainers of life.

Under no circumstances should these principles be departed from or given up.

Render service to society with these principles in your mind, and with broad-minded dedication to the well-being of all. - BABA

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I have come to erase all your faults.  Every mother wants her child to be perfect.  I have come to teach you the school of "life".

In My school,  I expect the highest degree of discipline.  Humbleness and a strong character,  Are My pre-requirements for admission.

After that, I face you with a series of tough tasks,  And when I think you are ready to pass your final examination,  I hand out your degree and set you free. - BABA



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The Avatar in which I have descended, can perform any of your so called "Miracles". These miracles are not the only purpose of My coming today.

They are merely to attract your attention Godward, to make you think that there is More than just science, More than what a human level can reach.

I walk amongst you today, To perform My biggest miracle of all, The transformation of your heart. I mould you, I scold you, I tease you, I console you. I make you cry, I wipe all your tears. I shake you, turn you inside out. Puzzle you, answer you.

And with My love, I start a slow process, A process of change. I pull out the "I" and destroy it. I awaken your eye to be able to see Me.

This Avatar has not come in vain. My purpose today is to lead all Godward. I will not give up, Unless I see your heart melt with devotion.

Be sure that once I set my eye on you, I will not leave you until you are transformed.-BABA

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Do not serve for the sake of rewards, attracting attention, or earning gratitude, or from a sense of pride at your own superiority in skill, wealth, status or authority. Serve because you are urged by love. When you succeed, ascribe the success to the Grace of God, who inspired you as the Love principle within you. When you fail, ascribe the failure to your own inadequacy, insincerity or ignorance. Examine the springs of action, disinfect them from all traces of ego. Do not blame the recipient of the Seva (service), or your collaborators and co-workers, or God.
     
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Through right action, one achieves purity of heart, which leads to the acquisition of Jnana (wisdom). It is only when attachment to the fruits of one's actions is discarded that the action becomes Yoga (Divine communion). One should overcome the sense of 'mine' and 'thine'. When one embarks on service activities, one should regard it as a privilege to serve others and look upon it as a form of worship of the Divine. One should consider service to society as the means of finding self-fulfillment in life. One should face whatever problems may arise, with faith and courage, and carry on one's service activities without fanfare in a spirit of humility and dedication.
     
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Birth as a human being is a rare and unique opportunity. For, man is endowed with a discriminating intelligence, the power to reason out the best among alternative courses of action. The tongue that does not chant the name of God, the hand that knows no charity, the years of life that know no peace of mind, talents that do not find fulfillment, a life that has not garnered wisdom, a temple where there is no atmosphere of reverence, speech that does not communicate knowledge - all these are of no value.
     
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People claim to make offerings to God, even without knowing where He is. When the Lord is ever by the side of man, he is searching for God all over the world. One must purify one's consciousness instead of being led astray by the external. You have to rectify your conduct and actions, because everything depends on your actions. Adhering to the righteous path, with a pure heart, you have to divinise your life. All spiritual disciplines have been laid down only for this purpose. All the prayers, Japa (repetition of God's name) and Pooja (ritualistic worship) that are offered are intended only to purify the heart.
-BABA

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Dhrishti (sight) decides attachment, sorrow, passion, etc. You are the noblest being ever created, and so, you have to develop the vision that sees no high or low, that sees all as suffused with divinity, and therefore, not different from one another. Adi Shankara declared, "Make your Dhrishti charged with Jnana (wisdom); then, the seen will appear in its true light as Brahman". The God in you is in each of them, too. Do not imagine the others to be distinct, they are only you, in so many different forms. The world is filled with your kith and kin; all are sparks from the same flame.
     
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Every object in nature, every incident in time, is really speaking, teaching you a lesson. Lord Dakshinamurthy was one morning walking in slow steps along the beach. He saw the waves slowly, but systematically, carrying towards the shore a bit of straw, passing it on from one crest to another, until it was deposited on land! The sea is a broad expanse, it is deep and mighty. But, yet, it is constantly engaged in purging itself from all extraneous things. You too must therefore not permit even a small desire to enter the mind. Force it out of your being, so that it can do you no harm. Eternal vigilance is the price of peace and happiness.
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