3. The Lord loves, not the Bhaktha but his
Bhakthi, remember.
The Lord's Grace is like rain, pure water,
falling equally everywhere; but its taste
gets changed according to the soil through
which it flows.
So also the Lord's words are sweet to
some, bitter to others.
The Lord's ways are mysterious. You
do not know the real reasons behind
the actions of the Lord.
SSS, Vol – 01, Ch – 01.
4. Do not therefore allow any circumstance
to affect your faith in God, who is your
strength and solace.
SSS, Vol – 07, Ch – 07.
People do not understand the ways of God.
How can they know why a particular
event takes place at a particular time in
a particular manner? He alone can know.
5. Do not think that only those who worship a
picture or image with pompous paraphernalia
are devotees.
Whoever walks straight along the moral path,
whoever acts as he speaks and speaks as he
has seen, whoever melts at another's woe and
exults at another's joy---is a devotee, perhaps
A greater devotee.
SSS, Vol – 02, Ch – 02.
6. My greatest wealth is Love. People speak
about My powers and My miracles, but
I love all and I ask all to love.
All should share in this love. Only then
there will be oneness.
SSS, Vol – 23, Ch – 34.
My Love is My greatest miracle.
7. What is My directive?
What is it that will please Me?
What is it that I desire?
That is Sai's most potent weapon.
SSS, Vol – 27, Ch – 31.
There is nothing that cannot be achieved in
the world through love.
Some things may be achieved by other
means, but through love even the Divine
can be held in the palm of one's hand.
Only one thing: Love, Love, Love.
8. Seva brings you nearer to Me.
The flower that is your heart gets fragrance
by means of the Seva you do, and so it
becomes more acceptable to Me.
Love is the essence of that fragrance.
SSS, Vol – 13, Ch – 18.
9. SSS, Vol – 39, Ch – 08.
Serve others to the extent possible.
You need not take up any service activity
beyond your means and capacity.
If you find your neighbours suffering ,
give them solace. Help them to the extent
possible and make them happy.
This is what I expect you to learn.
10. Fill your hearts with that which is godly.
Then there will be meaning to your volunteer
service.
SSS, Vol – 17, Ch – 16.
The Seva that you do, should not be done out
of a sense of compulsion or to please others.
It should be wholehearted and spontaneous.
Do it with all your heart without comparing
yourself with others.
The basic purpose of all service activities is to
effect a transformation from the state of man
to the state of divinity.
11. What are required for service are not money
and materials. A loving heart is the first
requisite.
All service done without a love-filled heart
is as dry as dust. Fill your hearts with love.
You must realize that your service activities
are done for the sake of your own spiritual
purification and uplift and have nothing
to do with Swami.
All actions should be done with a view to
purifying the mind and removing all the
dross from it. This is Swami's teaching.
SSS, Vol – 21, Ch – 31.
12. You must strive to diagnose your own
character and discover the faults that
are infesting it.
Do not try to analyze the character of
others and seek to spot their defects.
This self-examination is very necessary
to bring to light the defects that might
undermine one's spiritual career.
SSS, Vol – 06, Ch – 07.
13. I wish to give you two directives.
1) Practice what you preach. Act according
to what you say.
2) Don't preach what you do not practice.
If you talk about something which you
do not practice yourself it is deceit.
If you do what you say, it is an index of
greatness.
SSS, Vol – 18, Ch – 22.
14. I must also tell you
of certain preliminary disciplines.
Practice the three disciplines of
Silence, Cleanliness and Forbearance.
In silence can be heard the voice of God,
not in the revelry of noise.
Through cleanliness you earn purity.
By forbearance, you cultivate love.
SSS, Vol – 08, Ch – 45.
15. As you go up in your career and life, your
ego and jealousy must come down.
Money comes and goes; but
Morality comes and grows.
SSS, Vol – 42, Ch – 02.
Cultivate that morality.
Whoever has morality, will never undergo
any difficulty.
16. You should use the money that you earn
usefully and wisely. Do not fritter away
your hard-earned incomes on tinsel,
entertainment and temporary pleasure.
Think of your future, your children, your
parents. Think also of the reaction these
wasteful, attractions produce. Think of
the harm they inflict on your precious
character.
Think of all those who are dependent on
you for food and shelter and the love that
you alone can offer them.
Examine each item of expenditure with
reference to these noble tasks. That is the
sign of the wise man.
SSS, Vol – 03, Ch – 38.
17. I want to know
that you have thoroughly transformed yourselves.
It is such transformation that is the mark of true
devotion.
Those who claim to be devotees should show in
their actions some evidence of their faith.
There must be sincerity and unity of Thought,
Word and Deed.
SSS, Vol – 20, Ch – 25.
“ Sai Ram” in words and dishonesty in thoughts
is brazen deception.
“ Sai Ram” must emanate from the depth of
One's being.
18. Do not treat My words too lightly.
Decide at least to carry out some one piece of
advice for your spiritual advance.
Sanctify the body, sanctify each activity by
devoting it to a high purpose.
I am not commanding you on the basis of My
Authority. I am telling you out of the fullness
of Prema, on the basis of the right I have, to
chastise you and direct you along the path.
SSS, Vol – 01, Ch – 25.
19. Keep this in mind and redeem yourself.
Sai Confers
Devotion, power, and ultimately liberation
on you. Never get misguided by the words
of others.
SSS, Vol – 32P1, Ch – 01.
20. Live in love
Love lives by giving and forgiving
Self lives by getting and forgetting
Fill your life with love
