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The 108 Sayings

The greatest fear man can have is the fear of losing GOD's Love.
Too much food results in dullness of mind.
A language is as sweet as the tongues of the speakers.
Every experience that is drawn through any of the senses has an effect on one's health.
Love all beings; that is enough.
Discipline is the mark of intelligent living
When calamity approaches, discrimination departs.
A man's well-being depends upon his degree of contentment.
God is all Names and all forms.
Follow the Master, face the devil, fight to the end, finish the game.
Real happiness lies within you.
All things in creation are subject to the law of change, and man, too, is subject to this law.
Renunciation is the power of battling against evil forces and holding the mind in check.
The teachers of tomorrow are the students of today.
God is not to be spoken of as coming down or going up, since HE is everywhere.
Learn to speak what you feel, and act what you speak.
What is the unmistakable mark of a wise man? It is Love, Love for all humanity.
Each man carries his destiny in his own hands.
Whenever and wherever you put yourself in touch with GOD, that is the state of meditation.
Small minds select narrow roads; expand your mental vision and take to the broad road of helpfulness, compassion and service.
Silence is the speech of the spiritual seeker.
Service springs out of LOVE and it scatters LOVE in profusion.
Ignorance is the most important cause of sorrow.
Once we surrender our mind to GOD completely, HE will take care of us in every way.
Have constructive thoughts, consoling words, compassionate acts.
Where there is FAITH, there is LOVE; Where there is LOVE; there is PEACE; Where there is PEACE; there is GOD; Where there is GOD; there is BLISS.
The end of knowledge is LOVE. The end of education is character.
LOVE is the scarcest article today.
Mine, not thine; this sense of greed is the root of all evil. This distinction is applied even to GOD! -- my GOD, not yours! Your GOD, not mine!
All spiritual practice must be directed to the removal of the husk and the revelation of the kernel.
The mind fixed in the awareness of the ONE is line a rock; unaffected by doubt, stable, secure.
LOVE lives by giving and forgiving. Self lives by getting and forgetting.
GOD is the doer; you are but the instrument.
The heart of man, which is now allowed to lie fallow, has to be ploughed by spiritual exercises like repetition of GOD's name.
GOD is neither distant, nor distinct from you.
What is meant by the phrase "to know GOD"? It means "to love GOD".
When there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there will be PEACE in the world.
The beauty of life depends upon our good habits.
Good company is important, it helps to cultivate good qualities.
You cannot see ME, but I am the light you see by. You cannot hear ME, but I am the sound you hear by. You cannot know ME, but I am the truth by which you live.
Be ever watchful to see that you strive to take in more and more of GOD into you.
If you honour your mother, the Mother of the Universe will guard you against harm.
The same current activates all.
GOD gave you the time, space, cause, material, idea, skill, chance and fortune. Why should you feel as if you are the doer?
Make the home a seal of harmony.
Have no desires to place before GOD, whatever HE does with you, however HE treats you, is the gift that HE likes best to give you!
Unity is divinity; purity is enlightenment.
Always respect another's opinion and another's point of view.
Food should not be too salty, too hot, too bitter, too sweet, too sour.
Reason can prevail only when arguments are advanced without the whipping up of sound.
Take failure and victory cooly.
There should not be any trace of dislike or distrust on the score of nationality, language, caste, economic status, scholarship, age or sex.
Your thoughts, words, and deeds will shape others and theirs will shape you.
GOD is ONE without a second.
The service of man is the only means by which you can serve GOD.
By eating flesh one develops violent tendencies and animal diseases.
The PEACE that pervades the heart can never be shaken for any reason; only PEACE of this kind is worthy of the name.
As close as you are to GOD, so close is GOD to you.
Immortality is the fruit of sacrifice.
The grace of GOD is like insurance. It will help you in your time of need without any limit.
When you feel you cannot do good, at least desist from doing evil.
LOVE seeks no reward; LOVE is its own reward.
The joy that we cause in the heart of GOD is the only worthwhile achievement.
Do not get attached to worldly things and pursuits. Be in the world, but do not let the world be in you.
Truth has no fear; Untruth shivers at every shadow.
Be simple and sincere.
The mind sees separateness, LOVE sees unity.
God is the life-breath of every soul.
The only ache people have nowadays is ache in the stomach due to over eating and lack of exercise!
Being a good example is the best form of service.
Friendship is the expression of unshakable LOVE, LOVE that is noble, pure, free from desire or egoism.
Money comes and goes; morality comes and grows.
GOD first; the world next; myself last.
Try to conduct yourself in such a way as not to injure others.
Do not use poisonous words against anyone, for words wound more fatally than even arrows.
Patience is all the strength that man needs.
With effort and prayer destiny can be attained. Start the effort.
You must welcome tests because it gives you confidence and it ensures promotion.
What is offered to GOD is totally free from all defects and imperfections.
Spiritual progress is right living, good conduct, moral behavior.
A nation that has no bridle on its sensuality, can never thrive our survive.
I am you; you are ME. You are the waves; I am the ocean. Know this and be free, be divine.
Teachers must be examples of LOVE and TRUTH.
Each country is but a room in the mansion of GOD.
We should realize that man has not only a mind which conceives thoughts, but also a heart which can put them into practice.
LOVE must express itself as SERVICE.
The wise are those who know the Self.
Whatever the trouble, however great the sorrow, persist and win by recollecting the LORD.
Man will realize his mission on earth when he knows himself as divine and reveres others as divine.
Devotion is not a uniform to be worn on certain days and then to be put aside.
When the road ends, and the goal is gained, the pilgrim finds that he has traveled only from himself to himself.
So long as you say "I am". there is bound to be fear, but once you say and feel "I am GOD", you get unconquerable strength.
Duty without LOVE is deplorable, duty with LOVE is desirable, LOVE without duty is divine.
When you kill an animal, you give him suffering, pain, harm. GOD is in every creature, so how can you give such pain?
When the magnet does not attract the needle, the fault lies in the dirt that covers up the needle.
When the people become good, the world will become good.
Practice the vocabulary of love - unlearn the language of hate and contempt.
God is in you, around you, behind you, above you, beside you.
Of all the righteous acts, help rendered to those needing it, is the most righteous.
Surrendering the fruit of action to the Lord is real sacrifice.
My birthday is the date when divinity blossoms in your heart.
God is neither distant nor distinct from you.
What is offered to God is totally free from all defects and imperfections.
The joy that we cause in the heart of God is the only worthwhile achievement.
The acid test by which an activity can be confirmed as holy or sacred is to examine whether it promotes attachment or avoids bondage.
Education should build character.
Its is Truth and Truth alone, that is one's real friend, relative.
Faith is like our life breath. It is impossible to live even for a minute in this world without faith.

Silence

On Silence

Silence is the only language of the realized. Practice moderation in speech. That will help you in many ways. It will develop Prema, for most misunderstandings and factions arise out of carelessly spoken words. When the foot slips, the wound can be healed; but when the tongue slips, the wound it causes in the heart of another will fester for life. The tongue is liable to four big errors: uttering falsehood, scandalizing, finding fault with others, and excessive speech. All these have to be avoided if there is to be santhi for the individual as well as for society.

Sathya Sai Baba, SSS. Vol.1 p. 62

The first step in the Sadhana is the cleansing of the speech. Talk sweet without anger. Do not boast of your scholarship or attainments. Be humble, eager to serve; conserve your speech. Practice silence. That will save you from squabbles, frittering thoughts and faction.

Sathya Sai Speaks Vol II p.34-36

I insist on silence. Talk less, talk low when you must talk. Do not thrust your sorrows, your needs, your problems into the ears of those who have come here with their own bundle of such things. They are not interested in adding to their troubles. I am here to listen to you, to console you. Do not by loudness of voice disturb those who are meditating or reading or writing the Name of God.

Sathya Sai Baba, SSS. Vol. 3 p. 9

Spend a few minutes every morning and evening in the silence of your own shrine or home; spend them with the highest of all the powers that you know of. Be in His elevating and inspiring company; worship Him mentally; offer unto Him all the work you do; you will come out of the silence nobler and more heroic than when you went in.

Sathya Sai Baba, SSS. Vol. 3 p. 122

The old man had seen people carrying transistor radios, people miss a very valuable thing if they do not listen in, even while they are moving about or resting in the parks or beach! They are afraid of being alone; they avoid silence as something detestable! But, you can discover your own truth, only when you are alone with yourself and there is silence all around you.

Sathya Sai Speaks Vol IV p.56

Dakshinamurthy taught His disciples by His silence. Yes, what He did was to make the disciples rely on their own intelligence. Do not demean your talents, when you dive deep into yourselves, you can discover the source of all strength.

Sathya Sai Baba, SSS. Vol. 4 p. 155

Be silent yourself; that will induce silence in others. Do not fall into the habit of shouting, talking long and loud. Reduce contacts to the minimum. Carry with you an atmosphere of quiet contemplation, wherever you happen to be. There are some who live in a perpetual hullabaloo, in a tornado of noise. Whether they are in an exhibition or a fair or in a hotel, or a temple or the Prasanthi Nilayam, they wag their tongues and will not stop. These will not proceed on the Godward road.

Sathya Sai Speaks Vol IV p 190

Do not pretend or patronize. If you simply say: "Do not talk loud" or give some blank direction, you are patronizing and treating people with disdain. They deserve to be told why. Tell them that silence is the very first rung of the ladder of sadhana; that it is the hallmark of Prasanthi Nilayam; that they must learn to make every place where they are a Prasanthi Nilayam; that loud talk disturbs those who practice Namasmarana or Dhyanam or Japam; that noise breeds further noise. This is a workshop, where damaged minds and hearts come for repair or overhaul.

Sathya Sai Baba, SSS. Vol. 4 p. 257

Learn the value of silence, of Namasmarana, of Bhajan, of Japa, of Dhyana, of single minded remembrance of the Lord, of the association with spiritually kin. These will stand you in good stead, when distress assails you.

Sathya Sai Speaks Vol IV p 270

Sathya Sai Baba, SSS. Vol. 5 p. 245

The less you talk, the more will become your mental power. With the increase in your mental capacity, there will be increase in your power of discrimination too. Consequently, you will give up "individual discrimination". Because of this, you will begin to consider the good of the world at large rather than your own individual welfare. You must cultivate such broad feelings from this young age itself.

Sathya Sai Baba, Divine Discourse. Brindavan, 24 May, 1992

Each one eats to assuage his own hunger; so too, each one must discover the best way to appease his own spiritual hunger. Do not be led away by the scorn of others, or by the recommendations of others. Contact your own reality in the silence that you create by quieting the senses and controlling the mind. There is a voice that you can hear in that silence. The true witness of your having listened to that voice is your behaviour. The tree is held and fed by the roots that go into the silent earth; so also, if the roots go deep into the silence of your inner consciousness, your spiritual blossoming is assured.

Sathya Sai Baba, SSS. Vol. 4 p. 366

One of the first principles of straight living is the practice of silence. For the voice of God can be heard in the region of your heart when the tongue is stilled and the storm is tilled and the waves are calm. There will be no temptations 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 akasa, an emanation from God Himself. Reason can prevail only when arguments are advanced without the whipping up of sound. Silence is the speech of the spiritual seeker. Soft sweet speech is the expression of genuine love. Hate screeches, fear squeals, conceit trumpets. But love sings lullabies. It soothes. It applies balm. Practice the vocabulary of love; unlearn the language of hate and contempt.

Less talk - more work! There is too much talking going on. Because of excessive talking, spiritual energy is being wasted.

Sathya Sai Baba, 4/10/91

You feel the presence of God when silence reigns. In the excitement and confusion of the market place, you cannot hear His Footfall. He is Sabdabrahma, resounding when all is filled with silence. That is why I insist on silence, the practice of low speech and minimum sound. Talk low, talk little, talk in whispers, sweet and true. Examine each act of yours and see that you execute it with minimum noise. Do not shout to a person standing far; go near him or beckon to him to approach you. Loud noise is sacrilege on the sky, just as there are sacrilegious uses of earth and of water.