In plain words
… wants the fruit of merit, but does no meritorious deeds. He says he does not want the fruit of sin, yet he is doing … . Men are turning into wicked souls through the sway of this Kali age. How can God's grace come to people like this, without purity of citta?
Whatever hardships come, whatever sorrows come, we must hold to steadiness. We must develop the good feeling that whatever happen… is for good. ‘Kaṣṭe phale’, ‘na sukhāt labhate sukhaṃ’: from happiness… … happiness does not come. Embodiments of Prema! Out of hardship itself comes our happiness. If we sit in an air-conditioned room all twenty-four hour…, we do not know the worth of air conditioning. When we have gone about for an hour in the … and then sit in air conditioning, we know the worth of air conditioning. While they are … in the divine presence, they do not understand the power of that treasure. When they go out into the world, … worldly life… and live through a life of ārōta, this divinity comes back to mind. Why not try to … beforehand? Bhakti does not mean singing bhajans. Bhakti means doing japa … – Bhakti is not sitting in dhyāna. Bhakti is not performing pūjās. All these are time waste … – many people go on doing japa. On one side the rosary keeps turning. In the kitchen he goes on …, the curry…. What japa is this? He sits in dhyāna. The mind … goes off to offices, somewhere or other. Rather than do japa and dhyāna of this kind, without a steady citta, it is … better to do service.
Bhakti is the essence of just two letters. Virakti toward Prakṛti, anurakti toward the Paramātma …. Whatever work you do, do it out of Prema for God: that is Bhakti. The Upaniṣads too named this very thing ‘sarva … bhagavatprītyarthaṃ’. I do not say you should not hold jobs. Nor am I say… you must not do business. Do them. Do all the karmas you have to do. work should be transformed … worship. That is true Bhakti. What is the way to reach God? Bend the body …nd the senses, end the mind this is the process of bhakti. If we … a path of this kind, there is no truer Bhakti than this. Recognise the … that God is in all –
Embodiments of Prema! All of you are devotees, every one. But because there is no one to give right teaching, our … is becoming … . It is not confusion; it is depression. This confusion and depression have come together, and it is … . Distrust keeps arising. Sai Baba is not asking you to give up the world.