Sathya Sai Baba Quotes About Giving
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You must welcome tests because it gives you confidence and it ensures promotion.
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No one wants to take from me what I give abundantly.
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God will certainly be pleased if you give water for the thirsty, bread for the hungry and clothes to the naked.
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The giver gives, but really he is sowing the seed for later, the gift of a rich harvest.
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Give up all bad qualities in you, banish the ego and develop the spirit of surrender. You will then experience Bliss.
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Service is the highest spiritual discipline. Prayer and meditation, or knowledge of scripture and Vedanta (holy scriptures of India), cannot help you reach the goal as quickly as service can. Service has a double effect, it extinguishes the ego and gives bliss.
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No one can liberate you, for no one has bound you; you hold on to the nettle of worldly pleasures and you weep for pain. The kite is pursued by the crows so long as it carries the fish in its beak, it twists and turns in the sky trying to last and it drops the fish. That moment it is free. So give up the attachment to the senses; then grief and worry can harass you no more.
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Swami cannot give peace of mind; you must work for it yourselves. First, stop the questioning and ask, 'who am I?'. This is my body, my mind, my intelligence. But who is this 'My'? Who is it that claims the ownership of that which is declared to be 'mine'? 'My' indicates ownership. That 'My' is the life. As long as the life is in the body, there is this connection between the 'my' and the intellect - 'my' body, 'my' house, 'my' land. But the moment you remove the life from the body, there is no 'my' or sense of possession. Life is God.
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If you strive to find your Self by using your mind, you will strive and strive in vain, because the mind cannot give you the Truth. You are that Self. All else is illusion of the mind's creation.
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Be ashamed of your hatred. Give up hatred and be quiet.
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In Sadhana there will be internal talk with God. You will give up all attachments and attach only to God.
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