========================================== Make –SERVICE--a part of your life.---------A part of you,--as if it were your breath to live.---------A part of you,--as if it was your food to nourish.---------A part of you,--as if it was your daily hygiene.---------To cleanse you.---------A part of you,--as if it were your rest,--to relax you. SERVICE—IS--something not done for others.---------It is--DONE--primarily for your benefit,--For your gain—TO—EXPERIENCE—THE-----BLISS-----OF--DIVINITY. SERVE--SELFLESSLY,--without a motive. Do not be dependent upon praise and awards. Do not look to see if others witness. SERVE--only with one intention,--to give your—LOVE--away to all those who need. You can—SERVE--giving a kind smile.---------You can—SERVE--by saying sweet words. It does not need to be physically strenuous. An act done with—PURE--LOVE,----with no expectations in return,--In the knowledge of My presence,--is—SERVICE--! SERVE—ALL-----AND-----REACH—ME—THROUGH--OTHERS. From : Sai Darshan - Part II Awaken the Divine Consciousness within... Love All, Serve All Pure Heart ========================================== When you go into the qualifications needed for--SERVICE,----you will know that –PURE—HEART--uncontaminated by conceit,--greed ,--envy ,--hatred ,--or competition is essential,--also faith in God,--as the spring of vitality,--virtue,--and justice.---------SERVICE--is the worship you offer to the God in the heart of everyone.---------Do not ask for another which state he belongs to or which caste or creed he professes.---------See your favourite form of God in that other person;----as a matter of fact he is not-- other --at all.---------It is His image,--as much as are you are.---------You are not helping some--one individual--:----you are adoring Me ,--in him.---------I am before you in that form;----so what room is there for the ego in you to raise its hood ? Duty is God ;----Work is worship.---------Even the tiniest work is a flower placed at the Feet of God.---------Approach the pilgrims who come here for the festival with a heart filled with the treasure of--LOVE. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol. V111, Page. 1 ========================================== As a preliminary to—SERVICE--you have to win purity of heart.---------You must examine your motives and skills,--your intentions and qualifications,--and discover for yourself what you hope to achieve through the--SERVICE. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol. X Page.219 220 ========================================== Charity ========================================== Through sacrifice you will come to know that your real nature is charity.---------Charity does--NOT--mean that you have given some money to an individual or an organisation.---------THE—REMOVAL—OF—ALL—OF—THE-----EVIL—THOUGHTS-----THAT—ARE—WITHIN—YOU—IS-----TRUE--CHARITY.---------Charity will ,--in turn confer—PURITY--upon you.---------Once you have—PURITY--,----there will be--UNITY.---------And once you have—UNITY--,----you can reach--DIVINITY. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI Satya Sai News Letter (U.S.A), Volume 13, Number 4, page 20 ========================================== Let—LOVE--be ever translated into--SERVICE,--into beneficial acts,--sweet words of consolation,--comfort,--and courage,--and thoughts of sympathy and compassion. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI Sathya Sai Speaks, Volume VII Pages 15 16 ========================================== LOVE---------LOVE---------LOVE---------LOVE---------LOVE ========================================== The first prerequisite is the spirit of—SACRIFICE--.---------This can be developed –ONLY—through--LOVE.---------The person filled with—LOVE--is ready to make any--SACRFICE.---------The person without—LOVE--will not be willing to make any--SACRIFICE.---------God does not dwell in any particular place.---------YOU—ARE—GOD.---------You are God.---------When you—GET—RID—OF—THE-- BODY-CONSCIOUSNESS,-----you will realise—YOUR--Divinity. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI Sanathana Sarathi, April, 1989. Page 283 284 ========================================== Remember,--with each act of—LOVE-----AND-----SERVICE--,----you are nearing the Divine Presence;----with each act of hate and grab,--you are moving farther and farther away.---------The ideal of—SERVICE--must inspire those in authority,--those who possess riches,--those who are endowed with skills and intelligence,--leisure and health.---------SERVE--the community and the community will serve you.---------Exploit it and it will exterminate you.---------Put an end to laziness;----bury your clamorous ego,--bury the greed for power and pelf;----then you have the qualifications needed for a member of the Seva Dal. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol.IX Page 131 132 ========================================== LOVE--is the solvent for the hardest of hearts.---------Without--LOVE,--free,--full and selfless,--no spiritual sadhana can succeed.---------Without it,--bhajan is a waste of breath,--sathsang a waste of time,--and meditation a self deception.---------Bhajan,--sathsang and meditation done with a mind soaked in--LOVE--can confer peace,--joy,--and wisdom.---------When the raindrop falls into the sea,--it gets the name,--form,--and nature of the sea.---------So,--too,--when the individual merges in the vast concourse of humanity and feels one with it,--he is endowed with the name,--form ,--and nature of Divinity.---------Whatever you do as--SERVICE,--to whomsoever you offer the act,--believe that it—REACHES-- THE—GOD—IN—THAT--PERSON. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol.X, Page 34 ========================================== The—SERVICE--that you render must reward you not only with your satisfaction,--but with the satisfaction and relief of whom you--SERVE. Money and materials are—NOT-- essential for--SERVICE:----Money and materials are—NOT--essential for service,--but a—LOVING—HEART--is.---------We should fill our hearts with--LOVE.---------In nature ,--consciousness is never wasted .---------When it is developed with ego,--it generates bad deeds,--but when it is associated with the Atma,--it produces good deeds. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI Satya Sai News Letter (U.S.A),volume 13, Number 3, p. 3 ========================================== It is only--LOVE--that can successfully carry out schemes for service and uplift.---------LOVE--creates sympathy;----LOVE--will show the way where hatred can only confound. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI Sathya Sai Speaks, Volume V, Pages 249 ========================================== The day when you resolve to practice My advice,--to follow My directives,--to translate My message into acts of--SERVICE,----and to engage in sadhana that day is My birthday for you.---------The 23rd day of November,--which you now honor as the day on which I was born,--is only like any other day if you celebrate it in a routine,--ritual fashion.---------ADORE—MAN:----THE—ADORAION—REACHES—ME.---------Neglect man;----you neglect Me.---------Of what avail is it to worship the Lord and to suppress man,--His counterpart ?---------LOVE--for God must be manifested as—LOVE--for man,--and—LOVE--must express itself as--SERVICE. Through—LOVE—alone—LOVE--acquired through sadhana,--and shared with all as sadhana can peace be attained,--by the individual as well as by the nation.---------My Life is My Message and My Message is--LOVE.---------That explains why you have gathered here in hundreds of thousands. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI Sathya Sai Speaks, Volume X Pages 41 42 ========================================== LOVE--grows through service;----LOVE--is born in the womb of service.---------And God is--LOVE. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI Satya Sai Speaks,Volume VII, pages 274 ========================================== SERVICE,--IS--WORSHIP;----each act of—SERVICE---is a flower placed at the Feet of the Lord,--and if the act is tainted with ego,--it is as if the flower is infested with slimy insect pests.---------Who will contaminate the Feet with such foul offering ?---------Have no egotism while you—SERVE--the people. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI Sathya Sai Speaks, Volume VII Page 475 ========================================== Uproot all egoistic tendencies:----Preliminary to any--SERVICE,----you have to uproot all egoistic tendencies,--get rid of all sense of mine and thine and burn to ashes the pride that comes of the feeling that you are offering—SERVICE--to someone poorer and less fortunate. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol.Y, Page 220 ========================================== Do not develop ego about your capacities while doing--SERVICE.---------Be humble and think that God has given you an opportunity to do--SERVICE.---------Whatever you do to others,--your feeling must be that you are serving yourself.---------In fact and in truth,--WHATEVER—SERVICE—YOU—ARE—DOING—FOR—OTHERS—YOU—ARE—DOING—FOR--YOURSELF. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI Summer Showers in Brindavan 1973, Page 85 ========================================== Never entertain selfish thoughts and perform self-beneficial acts in the name of--SERVICE.---------It has become a fashion now to--SERVE .---------Do not let pride and self boasting creep in.---------The world today is full of materialistic possessions and these possessions are frequently exhibited.---------This display of ego is the reason for change in the world today.---------The destructive effects of pompous pride and ego make selfless service an essential goal for the progress of humanity.---------Therefore,--members of the Sai Organisation should be simple,--selfless,--and non egoistic.---------They should cultivate—SACRED--LOVE ,----the Divine spirit of--SACRIFICE,----PATIENCE,-----AND-----COMPASSION.---------These are the—QUALITIES—OF—THE-----TRULY-----SERVICE—ORIENTED—MEMBERS—AND—OFFICERS. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI ========================================== Selflessness SELF-LESSNESS---------SLEF-LESSNESS ========================================== The fulfillment of human life consists in the—SERVICE--that man renders,--without any thought of return,--in an attitude of—SELFLESSNESS--.---------SERVICE--rendered in this spirit sheds light in the dark interior of man.---------It widens the heart,--purifies the impulses,--and confers lasting ananda. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI Sathya Sai Speaks Vol. VII, Page 382 ========================================== True—SERVICE--is the service rendered to ones fellowmen with—KINDNESS-----AND-----SELFLESSNESS.---------The right—ROYAL—PATH—TO—THE—HOME—OF—PEACE—IS--to perform—SERVICE—WITH--a sense of—AFFECTION—AND--FRIENDLINESS. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI Discourses of Bhagvan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, November 19 24 ========================================== If we have filled ourselves with selfishness,--jealousy,--and such ill feelings,--we will not be able to do any good—SERVICE.---------If there is nothing in a vessel,--it is possible to fill it with some good things.---------Therefore,--in the very first instance,--empty yourselves of all bad feelings and fill your hearts with—LOVE—and--SELFLESSNESS.---------A heart soaked in—LOVE--alone is a sacred heart.---------Whatever—SERVICE--we render should be done with a sense of—SELF-LESSNESS--,----and then we may reach the highest stage in life.---------The—SERVICE--done may be a small one ,--but when it is done with a large heart it can yield great results. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI Advaitha Through Seva, Volume 1, Divine Discourses of Bliagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, November 19 24, 1987, Pages 4 ========================================== Do not crave publicity:----Do not think of the fame or praise you win;----think of good that people derive.---------Do not crave publicity;----crave the joy that shines in the faces of the people whom you help.---------SERVICE--brings you nearer to Me.---------The flower that is your heart gets fragrance by means of the—SERVICE--you do,--and so it become more acceptable to Me.---------LOVE-- is the essence of that fragrance. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI Sathya Sai Speaks Vol. X, Page 33 ========================================== While rendering—SERVICE--,----there should not be any pomposity.---------Develop a broad heart and foster—LOVE--in it. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI ========================================== ATTITUDE-----ATTITUDE-----ATTITUDE-----ATTITUDE ========================================== Your—SERVICE--will be judged with reference to the mental attitude accompanying it.---------So whatever work is allocated,--do it with--FERVOR,----UNDERSTANDING,-----AND-----REVERENCE.---------In—SERVICE--there can be no high or low,--for Sai is in all.---------SAI—RECEIVES—YOUR--SERVICE,----to whomever you may offer it.---------Do not be sad that you have been posted on some duty that keeps you far from Me.---------Know that—I—AM—NEAREST—TO--HIM,----WHO—CALLS—ON—ME—---AND—---SEES—ME—IN—-----ALL--BEINGS. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI Sathya Sai Speaks Vol.X, Page 33 34 ========================================== It is the attitude that is essential.---------The particular item of—SERVICE--might be small.---------You may not get a chance to partake in some gigantic scheme of—SERVICE--through which millions may be benefited;----you can lift a lame lamb over a stile or lead a blind child across a busy road.---------That too is an—ACT—OF--WORSHIP. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI Sathya Sai Speaks VoI.Vlll, Page 2 ========================================== THE—BEST—WAY—TO—PLEASE—ME—IS—TO-----SEE—ME—IN—ALL—BEINGS-----AND-----SERVE—THEM—JUST—AS—YOU—WOULD—LIKE—TO—SERVE—ME.---------THAT—IS—THE—BEST—FORM—OF—WORSHIP,----WHICH—WILL—REACH—ME. The best way to please Me is to see Me in all beings and serve them just as you would like to serve Me.---------That is the best form of worship,--which will reach Me.---------The Lord may have two or two hundred vows ,--that is His will.---------But the devotee need have only one vow to save himself the vow of total surrender.---------If you have full faith in the Divinity of—EVERY--BEING,----the attitude of surrender will automatically be fixed in you.---------Do not treat them as nara (human);----treat them as Narayana,--the Lord Himself.---------You are not alleviating the distress of that other person;----YOU—ARE—OFFERING—WORSHIP—TO—THE--LORD,-----IN—THAT--FORM,-----IN—THAT--BODY. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI Sathya Sai Speaks, Volume VI Page 273 274 ================== ======================== INTELLIGENCE—AND--CHARACTER:---------Intelligence being the special mark humans ,--every effort must be made to amplify and sharpen it so that it may be a fit instrument for understanding the inner and the outer worlds.---------Along with intelligence,--CHARACTER,----too,--has to be cultivated in equal measure,--for then alone can that—INTELLIGENCE—BE—USED—TO—SERVE--SOCIETY.---------The readiness to renounce ones pleasure in order to relieve the burden of another is a prime virtue of character.---------Moksha means liberation;----renunciation,--too,--involves giving up,--or liberation.---------The secret of both is the same. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol. X, Page 49 ========================================== SERVICE—MUST—BE—DONE-----INTELLIGENTLY:---------TheSERVICE--that is entrusted to you,--you must do intelligently and to a successful finish.---------It does not matter if the recipient is not fully satisfied;----you must have done your best,--without hesitation or favour.---------Nowadays service has become more talk and less deed.---------But,--the Lord cnnot be deceived.---------He is vigiliant and all knowing. JUDGEMENT:---------Do not judge others to decide whether they deserve your—SERVICE--.---------Find out only whether,--they are distressed;----that is enough credential.---------Do not examine how they behave towards others;----they can be certainly transformed by--LOVE.--------- SERVICE—IS-- for you as—SACRED--as a vow,----A—SADHANA—(--SPIRITUAL—EXERCISE--)--,----a spiritual path.---------SERVCE-- is the very breath;----SERVICE—CAN—END—ONLY—WHEN-----BREATH—TAKES—LEAVE—OF--YOU. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI Sathya Sai Speaks, VoLVII, Page 198 ========================================== Revere the Atma in everyone;----It is the God residing in each.---------Why should you pay attention to others’ wrongs and vices ?---------Your duty is to--SERVE,----not search for faults.---------SERVE--with all your heart,----SERVE—with—PURE—UNDEFILED—LOVE.---------Under My unseen supervision and guidance you have to—SERVE--them and relieve their pains and troubles. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI Sathya Sai Speaks, VoI.Vl, Page 10 ========================================== In rendering—SEVA--(--SELFLESS—SERVICE--),----one should not think that their services should be confined to the poor and the destitute.---------There is no need to make any artificial distinction between the rich and the poor in the sphere of—SERVICE--.---------What matters is the—SERVICE--done to a person who needs it.---------Your concern should only be with what kind of—SERVICE--is required,--when and where,--and not the status or position of the person concerned.---------The primary requisite is a genuine spirit of—LOVE--and camaraderie.---------If there is no feeling of—KINDNESS-----AND-----COMPASSION--,----whatever—SERVICE--that is done becomes an artificial exercise,--done for getting publicity or recognition.---------Ostentation in rendering—SERVICE--is harmful as it will only inflate the ego. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI ========================================== Human body is meant to—SERVE--others,--not to indulge in selfish deeds.---------Due to selfishness,--one indulges in many sinful activities.---------Eschew selfishness,--take to—SELFLESS—SERVICE--.---------Give up attachment to the body.---------Become attached to the Self.---------Understand that the same Atma (Self) exists in everybody.---------Though you find myriad bulbs glowing,--the current that is passing through them is the same.---------BODIES—ARE—LIKE--BULBS,----THE—PRINCIPLE—OF—THE—ATMA—IS—THE—CURRENT—THAT—IS—PRESENT—IN--THEM.---------With such a feeling of oneness,--make efforts to alleviate the suffering of your fellowmen. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI ========================================== The mind is but a pattern of desires,--a composite of the warp and woof of plans and resolutions.---------It has immense potentiality to create manifold images.---------Imagination hides the truth,--it fogs the intellect,--perverts the vision and deviates the aspirant from the spiritual path.---------Desire creates a mirage,--it imposes beauty and clothes things with desirability.---------To escape from the clutches of desire,--which gives birth to the brood of anger,--hatred,--malice,--greed,--envy,--faction,--falsehood,--etc.,----one has to cleanse his consciousness by prayer and Sathkarma (noble activity).---------SEVA--(--SELFLESS—SERVICE--)—IS—THE—BEST—SADHANA-- (--SPIRITUAL—ENDEAVOUR--)—FOR—ELIMINATING—THE—NEFARIOUS—PULL—OF—THE—MIND—TOWARDS--DESIRES. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI ========================================== Spiritual life does--NOT--mean leaving the home and living in a solitary place.---------True spiritual life means looking upon the whole of mankind as one family and realising the unity in diversity and leading a life of selflessness and—LOVE--.---------Consider spiritual life as sugar and worldly life as tasteless water in your daily life.---------Do not labour to amass wealth,--but instead—ENGAGE—YOURSELF—IN—SELFLESS—SERVICE—TO—EARN—CREDIT—IN—THE—BANK—OF--GOD. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI ========================================== There is no discipline equal to—SERVICE--to smother the ego and to fill the heart with genuine joy.---------To condemn—SERVICE--as demeaning and inferior is to forego these benefits.---------If a wave of—SERVICE--sweeps over the land,--catching everyone in its enthusiasm,--it will be able to wipe off the mounds of hatred,--malice and greed that infest the world.---------Attune your hearts so that they vibrate in—SYMPATHY--with the woes and joys of your fellowmen and fill the world with your--LOVE. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI ========================================== SERVICE--is God.---------Why has God endowed man with a body,--a mind and an intellect?---------Feel and empathise with suffering through your mind,--plan using your intelligence and use the body to—SERVE--those are in need.---------Offer that act of—SERVICE--to God;----worship Him with that flower.---------Put into daily practice the ideals that Sai has been propagating and make them known all over the world by standing forth as living examples of their greatness. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI ========================================== SERVICE—TO—MAN--man is more valuable than what you call service to God.---------GOD—HAS—NO—NEED—OF—YOUR-- SERVICE.---------PLEASE--MAN,-----AND-----YOU—PLEASE--GOD.---------The Vedas sing of God as having a thousand heads,--thousand eyes and thousand feet.---------That is to say,--all beings are He;----they are not distinct from Him.---------Note that it is not said that He has a thousand hearts,--for,--there is but one heart.---------EACH—BEING—IS-----A—LIMB—IN—THE—BODY—OF--GOD.---------WHEN—YOU—TEND—TO—THE--LIMB,----YOU—TEND—TO—THE--INDIVIDUAL;----SIMILARLY,----WHEN—YOU—SERVE--MAN,----YOU—SERVE--GOD. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI ========================================== A Manishi (ordinary man) gets transformed into a Maharishi ( SAINT ) by engaging in—SELFLESS—SERVICE--.---------Truly speaking,--the merit that can be obtained from—SERVICE--cannot be acquired even by the practice of rigourous austerities.---------SERVICE--brings human beings closer to each other and promotes affection and friendship.---------Without this feeling of—FRIENDSHIP-----AND-----LOVE—TOWARDS-- ONES--FELLOWMEN,--one cannot attain intimacy with the Lord.---------Install in your heart the feeling that the—SERVICE—YOU—RENDER—TO—YOUR—FELLOWMEN—IS-----SERVICE—TO--GOD. = LORD SRI SATHYA SAI ==========================================
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