Sathya Sai Speaks 1955
Discourses of 1955: at Prasanthi Nilayam, for Shivarathri.
Discourse 1Total Surrender20 February 1955, Shivarathri, Prasanthi Nilayam
- 1I do not give ‘speeches’; My talks are more of the conversation type. I want that you should follow every word of what I say with reverent attention,…
- 2Total surrender, leaving everything to His Will, is the highest form of devotion. Once a brahmin was crossing a river bed near which some men were was…
- 3Conquest of ego needed When devotion is just emerging as a sapling, a fence is needed to protect the tender plant; that fence is Sanathana Dharma (Ete…
- 4Three types of devotion I remember telling a questioner in Maharashtra, while in the previous Body, that there are three types of devotion:
- 5The bird method where, like a bird swooping down upon the ripe fruit on the tree, the devotee is too impatient and, by that very impatience, loses the…
- 6The monkey method where, like a monkey that pulls toward it one fruit after another and by sheer unsteadiness is not able to decide which fruit it wan…
- 7The ant method, where like the ant that slowly but steadily proceeds toward the sweetness, the devotee moves direct, with undivided attention, toward…
- 8Devotion and faith are the two oars with which you can take the boat across the sea of worldly life. A child told its mother when it went to bed at ni…
- 9Habit of judging others as atheists or theists There is a widely prevalent habit now of judging others and labeling them as theists or atheists. What…
- 10Keep the Name as constant as breathing The Raja who spoke the sacred name of Rama in his sleep felt very sorry, according to the story, that he let Ra…
- 11Example of the highest type of detachment Devotion and the attitude of surrender that is its final fruits will give you great courage to meet any emer…
- 12Grow with self-respect and dignity Such courage comes out of the Grace of the Lord; it needs generations of learning and struggle. Meanwhile, you must…
- 13There is no seniority or juniority among devotees ‘Uncle’ Moon is ‘uncle’ to all the children of the world. So also, the Lord is everyone’s Father, in…