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Sathya Sai Baba
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“I have a "Task": To foster all mankind and ensure for all of them lives full of ananda (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. I have a "reason to be proud", for I rescue all who worship and adore me, aright. I have my definition of the "devotion" I expect: Those devoted to me have to treat joy and grief, gain and loss, with equal fortitude. This means that I will never give up those who attach themselves to me.”
Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2011) first seen 1947 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter Sathya Sai wrote to his older brother Seshama Raju Sathya Sai Baba's Life History (1947)
“There is no one who can change My course or affect My conduct to the slightest extent. I am the Master over all.”
Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2011) first seen 1960 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Discourse (28 September 1960). Sathya Sai Speaks Vol. I, p. 182.
“Life is a song - sing it.”
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“My construction will cover the entire Universe.”
Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2011) first seen 1961 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sathya Sai Baba Discourse, October 1961 p. 120, 'Sathya Sai Speaks' Vol 2.
“Christ declared. Sathya means Truth. 'He will wear a robe of red, a blood-red robe.' (Here the baba pointed to the red colored robe he happened to be wearing that day!). He will be short, with a crown (here he points to his hair). The lamb is the sign and symbol of love. Christ did not declare that he will come again, he said, 'He who made me will come again.' That ba ba (bleating of the sheep or lamb) is this Baba, and Sai, the short, curly-hair-crowned red-robed Baba, is come. He is not only this Form, but, he is every one of you, as the Dweller in the Heart.”
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“The same Divine Compassion that blessed Dharma; saved Gajendra; restored Kuchela; and stood by Prahlada, has come to the Earth as the Refuge of the refugeless; as the Lord of Peace, Harmony and Righteousness; as the Lord of all the Worlds; as the Sath-Chith-Anandamurthi; and as the Puttaparthi Sathya Sai Sath-Chakravarthi - the King of Kings.”
Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2011) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Thought For The Day, K57, published by Sri Sathya Sai Books & Publications Trust, Sathya Sai Baba Discourse, (21 October 1993), Sathya Sai Speaks Vol 26.
“My power is immeasurable; My truth inexplicable, unfathomable.”
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Recorded in: Sathya Sai Baba Discourse 19-6-1974. p. 227 Sathya Sai Speaks Vol. 12.
“I am all deities in one. You may endeavour your best for thousands of years and have all mankind with you in your search. But you cannot understand My Reality.”
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“There was no one to understand Me until I created the whole world”
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“What is it that brings to It the adoration of millions from all over the world? You will be convinced that the basic reason for this is the fact that this is the Supra-worldly Divinity in Human Form.”
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Recorded in: Discourse 17/5/1968. Sathya Sai Speaks Vol. 8, p 100
“This is a human form in which every Divine entity, every Divine principle, that is to say, all the names and forms ascribed by man to God, are manifest... You are very fortunate that you have the chance to experiences the bliss of the vision of the form, which is the form of all gods, now, in this life itself.”
Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2011) first seen 1968 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement (1968) as quoted in Sathya Sai Speaks Volume VIII, p. 99f
“God can do anything. He has all power in the palm of His Hand. My Body, like all other bodies, is a temporary habitation; but, My Power is eternal, all-pervasive, ever-dominant.”
Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2011) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Christmas Day Discourse, Bombay 1970. page 136, US ed. of Kasturi's Sathyam Sivam Sundaram Vol 3.
“Formerly when the Govardhanagiri (mountain) was raised aloft by a little boy, the gopis and gopalas realised that Krishna was the Lord. Now, it is not one Govardhanagiri, a whole range will be lifted, you will see!”
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“The Lord is the refuge of all who seek refuge, the saviour of all who have to be saved. He is the Embodiment of Being-Awareness-Bliss (Sat-chit-ananda). He is now at Puttaparthi as the Effulgent Emperor over the region of Truth, Goodness and Beauty.”
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“Were it not for the mind change of Sai devotees the world would already have fallen into complete chaos. The deterioration of mind and man has been very rapid and abrupt, even precipitous during the last fifteen years. That the world is not in total destruction is due to the change of mind of Sai devotees and to Sai's grace.”
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“I will have to forego the car and even the aeroplane when I move from place to place, for the crowds pressing around them will be too huge; I will have to move across the sky; yes, that too will happen, believe Me.”
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“I know everything that has happened to everybody in the past, everything that is happening now and everything that will happen in the future.”
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“LIFE + DESIRE = MAN; LIFE – DESIRE = GOD.”
Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2011) first seen 1976 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with R.K. Karanjia for Blitz magazine (1976)
“No one can understand my Mystery. The best you can do is to get immersed in it. It is no use your arguing about pros and cons; dive and know the depth; eat and know the taste.”
Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2011) first seen 1977 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Sai Baba: Man of Miracles (1977) by Howard Murphet, p. 208
“Trust in my wisdom. I do not make mistakes. Love my uncertainty for it is not a mistake. It is my intent and will. Remember -- nothing happens without my will. Be still. Do not ask to understand. Do not want to understand.”
Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2011) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sanathana Sarathi, August 1984
“Everyone should prepare NOW for this change, for I promise you that it will come, and only those who are ready will survive.”
Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2011) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: SSSBFM, (1991), p .223
“Sai holds the universe in his hand”
Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2011) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Conversations with Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba (1993) by Dr. J. Hislop. publ. Sathya Sai Publications and Book Trust, Puttaparthi.
“The whole world will be transformed into Sathya Sai Organisation and Sathya Sai will be installed in the hearts of one and all.”
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Recorded in: Sanathana Sarathi (January 1999) page 16)
“Today man is putting his senses to misuse and as a result his body is becoming weaker day by day. He shortens his life-span by his unsacred vision and by indulgence in sensual pleasures. Lakhs of light rays in his eyes are being destroyed because of his unsacred vision. That is the reason what man is developing eye defects.”
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Recorded in: Discourse on 5/7/2001 in Sanathana Sarathi (August 2001) p. 226
“Some people think, Swami calls himself a powerful magnet, but He is unable to attract us. The fault lies in them only.”
Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2011) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sanathana Sarathi (January 2003), page 10
“As the attraction power is increasing in Me... you are going to witness many astounding events in future... Even while I am speaking to you now, My feet are being pulled by the earth. If I lift one foot, the earth attracts the other foot. Whatever I touch with My hand, it also gets attracted. This magnetic power is present in every man... I try to lift My foot but it is very difficult.”
Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2011) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sanathana Sarathi (April 2003), p. 123
“As a matter of fact, there is no trace of ill-health in Me. I am always healthy. Not only today, till 96 years I will be like this.”
Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2011) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 05 Oct. 2003, Prasanthi Nilayam in Sathya Sai Speaks, volume 36 chapter 14, discourse title "Give up Dehabhimana develop Atmabhiman
“Be sincere; talk only about your genuine experience; do not distort, exaggerate or falsify that experience.”
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“Prema (love): practise that; develop that; spread that; and all the hatreds and jealousies of today will disappear. That is the duty of the Divine Life Society, here as well as elsewhere.”
Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2011) first seen 1958 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Discourse 14-12-1958. Sathya Sai Speaks Vol. 17
“Practise silence, for the voice of God can be heard in the region of your heart only when the tongue and the inner storm are stilled, and the waves (of the mind) are calmed. There will be no temptation for others to shout when you talk to them in whispers. Set the level of the tone yourself: as low as possible, as high as necessary to reach the outermost boundary of the circle you are addressing. Conserve sound, since it is the treasure of the element ether (Akasa), an emanation from God Himself. Reason can prevail only when the arguments are advanced without the whipping up of sound. Silence is the speech of the spiritual seeker. Soft speech is the expression of genuine love. Hate screeches; fear squeals; conceit trumpets; but love sings lullabies, it soothes, it applies balm. Practise the vocabulary of love; unlearn the language of hate and contempt.”
Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2011) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Divine Discourse" (19 February 1970)
“Leadership is Idealism in Action. The Avatar comes to reveal man to himself, to restore him his birthright of Atmic (Divine) Bliss. He does not come to found a new creed, to breed a new faction, to install a new god. The Avatar comes as Man in order to demonstrate that Man is Divine, in order to be within reach of man. I have come to restore Love among mankind, to cleanse it of narrowness, and restrictive attitudes. That is the main task in the revival of Dharma (Righteousness). Be assured that the Lord has come to save the world from calamity. Your duty is to keep calm, and pray for the happiness and prosperity of all. You cannot be happy when the rest of mankind is unhappy. I offer help; never receive it. My Hand always gives; it never takes. Conclude from this that this must be Divine, not human power. I do not mention about Sai Baba in any of My discourses, though I bear the name as Avatar of Sai Baba. I do not appreciate in the least the distinction between the varied appearances of God: Sai, Rama, Krishna, Christ, Nanak, Buddha etc. I do not proclaim that this is more important or that the other is less important. Continue your worship of your chosen God along the lines already familiar to you. Then you will find that you are coming nearer and nearer to Me, for all names are Mine and all forms are Mine. There is no need to change your chosen God and adopt a new one when you have seen Me and heard Me. Come just one step forward, I shall take a hundred steps towards you. Shed just one tear, I shall wipe a hundred from your eyes. I bless only thus: May your Ananda, may your Bliss grow. I have come to give you the Key of the treasure of Ananda or Bliss, to tell you how to tap that spring, for you have forgotten the way to blessedness.I never exult when I am extolled, nor shrink when I am reviled. Few have realized My Purpose and Significance, but I am not worried. When things that are not in Me are attributed to Me, why should I worry? When things that are in Me are mentioned, why should I exult? For Me, it is always, "Yes, yes, yes." IF you give up all and surrender to the Lord, He will guard you and guide you. The Lord has come just for this very task. Many hesitate to believe that things will improve, that life will be happy for all and full of joy, and that the Golden Age will recur. Let me assure you that this Dharmaswarupa, this divine body, has not come in vain. It will succeed in averting the crisis that has come upon humanity.”
Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2011) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Forward to Sai Baba's Mahavakya on Leadership by M.L. Chibber, published by Leela Press, (December 1996)