Bhagavan Speaks on Avatars

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Niraakaara descends as Naraakaara

Yada yada hi dharmasya glaanir bhavati,

Bhaarata, Abhyuthtaanam adharmasya tad

aatmaanam srjaamyaham.

Parithraanaaya sadhoonaam, vinaasaayacha

dushkrtaam, Dharma samsthaapanaarthaaya

sambhavaami yuge yuge

Whenever dharma declines, I restore it

and put down the forces which cause thedecline, by assuming a form and, I am

born again and again in every crisis in order

to protect the good, punish the wicked and

restore dharma. (S.S.S. Vol. IV - p. 119)

When decline descends on the Dharma

which has been laid down, I Incarnate as

Naraakaara from the state of Niraakaara, in

order to revive it and protect the good from

fear. (G. V. p. 56)

Incarnation

Incarnation means God appears on earthfilled with affection and love for the mankind,

everywhere- Divine Consciousness in human

form. (S.S.S. Vol. p.272)

The Universal Absolute Birthless

Formless, Unmanifest and Infinite, takes on

the limitations of name and form on its own

initiative and concretises itself on many

occasions as incarnations, Avatars,

manifesting countless instances of Divine

intercession and grace (N.G.M. p. 22)

I incarnate from age to age, time to

time, to save dharma from anti-dharma.

Whenever strife, discord and disharmony

overwhelm the world, God incarnates in

human form to show to mankind the way to

love, harmony and peace.(S & M. p.216)

Avatars never come to re-establish

Dharma - Dharma was never destroyed-but

the practice of Dharma went on decline The

basis for Dharma is Truth, and Truth is

something which is permanent, and so

Dharma also is something which isunchangeable. (M. L. p.256)

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The incarnation comes to warn, to guide,

to awaken, to lay down the path, shed the

light of love on it. But man has to listen, and

obey with hope and faith.

(S.S.S. Vol. VIII p.143)

To elevate man to the level of His

Consciousness He (God) has to incarnate asa man. He has to speak to them in their own

styles and languages. He has to teach them

the methods they can adopt and practice.

Birds and beasts need no Divine incarnation

to guide them, for they have no inclination to

stray away from their Dharma. Man alone

forgets or ignores the goal of life .

(M. L. p.253)

Avatars appear in India

Only in India Avatars born mostly, because

only in India are Sastras (scriptures)understood. And only in India do Sages

constantly experiment and practise. It is like

a gold mine. When gold is found, there

gather geologists, engineers and experienced

miners. The gold is mined there and then it

is taken all over the world. (N.N.S.G.(5)p.5/6)

Avatar is not born

It was declared that Rama was born of

payasam which was brought by the Deity

from out the sacrificial fire. No Avatar is bornflesh and blood, including this Avatar ( Sri

Sathya Sai Baba). The body of the Avatar is

chit substance; it is not jada like other

materials. The embryo of ordinary mortals is

jalodakasayi enveloped in watery stuff; the

embryo of the Avatar is encased in

Kshirodakasayi, the pure white milk of

holiness. That is why in the make-up of the

Avatar, there is no blemish, there is no trace

of Guna. (S.S.S. Vol IV p.15)

An avatar is born through Pravesa (byentry or immaculate conception) unlike man

who is born through Prasava (the process

of reproduction). Further, an Avatar chooses

his parents, while mans parents are chosen

by destiny. (U. p. 10)

Every one is an Avatar

(Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba has

declared on His Birthday Festival in 1971)

Everyone of you is an Avatar.You are Divine

encased like Me in human flesh and

bone.Only you are unaware of it. You have

come into this prison of incarnation throughthe errors of many lives. You are bound to

the body with rope of three Gunas. I am free,

untouched by them, for the gunas are but My

playthings. I am not bound by them, I use

them to bind you. You are moved this way

and that by desire. I have no desire except

the one to make desireless.

(S.S.Sm. Part III p. 309)

Descent

The word Avatar means descent. It is

not coming down from the peak of a mountain

or the top storey of a building. It is a descent

from the state of Atma to the state of the

body.

The descent of the Avatar means the

Divine coming down to the level of the human.

No blemish attaches to the Divine as a

result of the descent. There is no diminution

in His puissance. Here is an example of a

child playing on the ground. If the mother

feels it is beneath of her dignity to bend and

call upon the child to leap into her arms, thechild cannot do so. But out of love for her

child, the mother stoops and picks up the

baby. By bending down to take the child,

does the mother bow to the child? Likewise,

the Avatar descends to the level of the

human to bless and rescue those who cannot

rise to the level of the Divine. The ignorant

assumes that because the Divine has

descended with human form, God has lowered

Himself to the human level. This is a case of

bending and not kneeling down. It is an act

of benediction and not submission.(M.L. p.253)

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Avatar in human form

Why God should assume form? Because

that is the only way to incarnate the God

within man. The Avatar takes human form

and behaves in a human way so that humanity

can feel kinship with Divinity. At the same

time he rises to godly heights so that mankind

also can aspire to reach god. The realisation

of indwelling God as the motivator of life for

which avatars come in human form. (S & M.

p. 236)

People cannot stand the Lord in

superhuman form. It is only when the Lord

comes in human body that people are able

to approach Him and learn to love Him even

a little bit. But one should not make the

mistake of thinking that the Lord forgoes His

powers on assuming human form. For

instance, the aeroplane flying high in the skydescends to the airport. But one should not

think that the plane is the ground machine

because one sees it on the ground. Once it

has taken on its load of passengers, it again

zooms up high into the sky. In like fashion,

although the Lord has made a landing here

on the earth, so to speak, He is not limited

by His human form. (AV-P61)

The Lord is love itself. He comes in

human form so that you can talk to Him,move with Him, serve Him, adore Him, and

achieve Him, so that you can recognise your

kinship with Him. S.S. S. Vol. IV P. 148)

The formless Lord takes the form a

human being and comes in the midst of

human beings so that he mixes with them

and sets examples and ideals of human

beings and conveys to them all aspects

which they should learn. Many people ask

very innocently and ignorantly why an Avatar

who possesses all powers should subject

itself to all troubles and why it should tolerate

hunger and suffering all around. An Avatar

who has all powers should remove all such

sufferings in one moment. If there is any

meaning in such a question, why should an

Avatar come in human form at all? The

Avatar can remain as a formless divinity and

do all these things from that position itself.

In the end certain conditions and

environments, wherever has to be done must

be done and such acts at a human level

have to be performed. Certain things are

essential for remedial action and withoutdoing those things, to expect an Avatar to

simply remove all suffering is a foolish thing.

First of all, you should make an attempt to

make good use of the mental and physical

strengths that have been given to you. God

comes in human form to demonstrate how

the material and physical strengths and other

organs may be used. The essential quality of

an Avatar is to teach you how to make a

proper and good use of your thought, word

and deed. Depending upon the conditions in

the country, the avatar comes to teach you

and show you the right use of your organs

The avatar behaves in a human way so that

mankind can feel kinship, but, rises to super-

human heights so that mankind can aspire

to those heights. (S.R.B.M. p. 51/52)

(Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba says) If

I had come only as a man, like any other

man, who would listen to Me? So I had come

in this human form but with more than the

human power and wisdom

(S.S.Sm. Part III p. 392)

This is a human form of Sai in which

every Divine Entity, every Divine Principle,

that is to say, all Names and Forms ascribed

by man to God are manifest. Do not allow

doubt to distract you. If only you install in the

altar of your heart, steady faith in My Divinity

(as SARVA DAIVATHA SWAROOPAM -the

form denoting all Gods), you can soon have

a vision of My Reality. (S. S. 60. p. 123)

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Instead if you swing back and forth, like

the pendulum of a clock you an never succeed

in comprehending the truth and winning that

Bliss.

Let Me draw your attention to another

fact. On previous occasions, when God

incarnated on Earth, the Bliss of recognisingHim as incarnation was vouchsafed only

after the Physical Embodiment had left the

World, in spite of evidences of His Grace.

The loyalty and devotion they commanded for

men arose from fear and awe at their super-

human powers and skills, or at their imperial

and penal authority. But,ponder a moment

on this Sathya Sai Manifestation!In this

age of rampant materialism, aggressive

disbelief and irreverence, what is it that

brings to it the adoration of millions from all

over the world? The reason is, it is Supra-world Divinity in Human Form.

(F.G. p.81/82)

Because the Lord takes human form, we

find that He exhibits human consciousness.

Ordinary people cannot grasp the Divine

aspects of an Avatar. God appears to be an

ordinary human being to the limited

intelligence of lay people because of the co-

existence of the Divine and human aspects

of consciousness exhibited by Him. Mans

perception is limited to the level of human

consciousness. Therefore, human

comprehension is restricted by the limits of

human consciousness. But the sages who

were Divine human beings were able to

comprehend Divinity. (M.L. p.254)

The Lord has announced that He would

come down for the restoration of Dharma

and that He would assume human form so

that all might gather round Him and feel the

thrill of His companionship and conversationand the Lord has come as announced.

People cannot stand the Lord in

superhuman form. It is only when the Lord

comes in human body that people are to

able approach Him and learn to love Him

even a little bit. One should not make the

mistake of thinking that the Lord foregoes

His Powers on assuming because one sees

on the ground. Once it has taken on the load

of the passengers, it again zooms up into

the sky. In like fashion, although the lord has

made a landing here on the earth so to

speak. He is not limited by His human form. For instance, the aeroplane flying in the

sky descends to the airport. But one should

not mistake the plane for the ground.

(A. V. p.161)

By mere human form one cannot be

called human being. It is only when the

human form got the Divine qualities that

derive from the fact that they created by the

god that he will be entitled to called a human

being. (E. p.88)

If God is present in one human form, Heis called Divinity or an Avatar and if He is

present in the totality, He is referred to as

Creation. The individual is born because of

Gods wanting to be so born.

The nameless and the formless aspect

of God is referred as Purushottama. If the

formless aspect of Purushottama takes a

human form, we call him Purusha. Having

taken the form of a human being, the

Purushottama sets an example to other living

things and establishes the oneness of all

creation. We should recognise the truth that

the aspect of the atma can be realised only

if you have a clean mind.

(S.S.B. 1979 p. 110/111)

We should not be deluded by the human

form and deceive ourselves thereby. God has

to take the human form and change the lives

of human by His own example. The

emancipation of humanity is possible only by

taking human form. It is only the man who

descended to the depths of degradation byutter disregard of his Dharma and Divinity. It

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this birth. Theirs is a Leela, a birth taken

on. The goodness of the good and the

wickedness of the bad provide the reasons

for the Avatara of the Lord. For example take

the Avatara of Narasimha. The merit of

Prahlada and the wickedness of Hiranyakasipu

combined to cause it. As a result of the

coming of the Lord, the good will be happyand the bad will suffer. The Avatara, however,

has no joy or grief even if it is enveloped in

the body it has assumed. The Avatara is not

constituted of five elements; it is Chinmaya

not Mrinmaya, spiritual not material; it never

be distrubed by egoism or the sense of

mine and thine; it is untouched by the

delusion born of ignorance. Though man may

mistake an Avatar as just human, that does

not affect the nature of the embodiment; it

has come for a task and it is bound to

accomplish it. (G.V. p. 59)The Objectives

The reason why God assumes the Avatar

form and decides to award mankind the

power is to discriminate between right and

wrong, between truth and falsehood. The

Avatar does this through precept and

example. (S.S.S. Vol. p. 267/268)

God is not a separate entity. Man is the

image of God. Daivam manusha rupena

declare scriptures. It means that God appearsin human form. It is to show to the

humanity how human life can be divinised

that avatars come from time to time.

When the Divine comes down as Avatar

- whether it be as Rama or Krishna, Mastya

(Fish), Varaaha (Boar) or Vamana - it is only

for one purpose.You recognise only the

momentary results of the advent. But you

should note that the Divine comes as Avatar

only to teach mankind the truth about love.

Oh man, it is because you lack love and arefilled with selfishness that the world is

plunged in so much conflict and chaos. It is

only when you develop love and the spirit of

sacrifice that you will realise the divinity that

is in the human. The man who has no spirit

of sacrifice (thyaga) will be prey to all ills. A

man without love is a living corpse. It is love

and sacrifice, which make man Divine.

(S.S. October 1998- p 254)

Avatars make their advent only to confer

Divine bliss on mankind.

(S.S. Sept. 1990. p.230)

Kinds of Avatars

Avatars are of two kinds:1.Amsaavatar.

2.Purnavatar.

All human beings are Amsaavatar(partial

incarnation of the Divine). Mamaivanso

jeevaloke jivabhutah sanaatanah (A part of

My eternal Self has become the Jiva- individual

soul- in the world of living beings says

Krishna in the Gita). These partial

incarnations, caught up in Maya, develop

egoism and possessiveness and lead wordlylives. The Purnaavatar may behave,

according to the circumstances, as if He

were subject to Maya, but in fact He is free

from Maya at all times.

In the Rama Avatar, for instance, Rama

conducted himself as if he was subject to

Maya, but upheld Dharma for promoting the

welfare of the world. The Krishna Avatar was

different. Keeping Maya under control, He

manifested His leelas (miraculous deeds).

This was why Vyasa in his Bhagavatha has

described in detail the Leelas of Krishna and

proclaimed His glory to the world.

In the Krishna Avatar, Krishna not only

performed many marvellous deeds, but also

taught the Supreme Wisdom to world. He

was one who had transcended the gunas,

but, for the sake of regeneration of the

world, behaved as if He was influenced by

the gunas, and delighted the world by His

deeds. Krishna did everything, whatever He

spoke or whatever action He did, for the

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good and well-being of the world. But some

people, not understanding this truth owing to

their own limitations, attributed wrong motives

for some of Krishnas. In this they reflected

their own feelings.

(S.S.Sept 1990 -p. 225/226)

Buddha, Christ, Mohammed and otherswere not Avatars. They had some Divine

power. Only in India are Avatars are born,

because only in India are the Sastras

understood. And only in India do the sages

constantly experiment and practice. It is like

a gold mine. Where gold is found, there

gather geologists, engineers and experienced

miners. The gold is mined there,and then it

is taken all over the world. (C.W.B.S.S.B.

p.153)

You should know that Swami is Sriman

Narayana come down to earth in human

form. He is Purna-Avatar,as in the cases of

Sri Rama and Sri Krishna. The other great

spiritual Masters, who walked on the earth

from time to time, were manifestations of

the Divine Power - not Divinity in its entirety.

The Rishis, in ancient times, had to work

hard over unconscionably long periods and

then be satisfied with a brief glimpse of the

Lord (Dharshan). In the Thretha Yuga, theVanara Sena enjoyed the privilege of

conversation with Lord Sri Rama

(Sambhashan). In the Dwapara Yuga, the

Gopikas received Grace by a touch of Lord

Sri Krishna (Sparshan). Currently, Sri Sathya

Sai grants to all His devotees, at all times,

all the three forms of bliss - Vision, dialogue

and touch. (U - p. X)

Sai is not conditioned by time, place or

circumstance. What I will must take place;

and what I plan must succeed. I am Truth;

and Truth has no need to hesitate, fear or

bend. (U - p. XI)

Avatars -Their Powers - Natural Expressions

Every Avatar has six types of powers: all

encompassing Prosperity, Righteousness,

Fame, Wealth, and Wisdom and Renunciation

(or non-attachment). God is the possessor of

those six attributes. Sri Rama had all six

attributes. Every Avatar of God in every age

and every place has these six attributes.

(S.S. May 1989 p.122)

An Avatar might manifest only such part

of the Divine Glory as is essential for the

task which brought the form, or might exceed

the limited purpose it came for,and shine in

full grandeur. (U. p.xxvi)

God is above and beyond the limits of

Time and Space. He is beyond all

characteristics and qualities; no list of such

can describe him fully. For Him, all beings

are equal.

God appears in different forms on

different occasions. Sometimes He comeswith a part of His Glory, sometimes with a

fuller equipment of splendour; sometimes

for a particular task, sometimes to transform

an entire era of time,an entire continent of

space. (B.V. p. 2)

God is described as Aprameya. It means

that God cannot be measured like limited

phenomenon. Only the Vedas can give a

satisfying glimpse of His Glory.

(S.S.S. Vol. p. 299)

Even if all mankind endeavour for

thousands of years to unravel My Mystery,

they cannot succeed. (L.G. p. 359)

If you dare seek My truth, come, surrender

unto Me.(S.S.S. Vol. P. 82)

God is all-powerful; God is everywhere;

God is all knowing and a formidable limitless

Principle. (S.S.S. Vol. VIII. P. 439)

I am beyond the reach of the most

intense inquiry and most meticulous

measurement. (M.B.I. p.131)

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Only those who have recognised My Love

and experienced that Love can assert that

they have glimpsed My Reality, for the path

of love is the royal road that leads mankind

to Me. (S.S. Sm. Part IV p. 149)

Cultivate a nearness with Me in the

heart and it will be rewarded. Then you toowill acquire a fraction of that Supreme Love.

Be confident that you will be liberated.

(V. p. 15)

Sathya is what I teach; Dharma is the

way I live; Santhi is mark of my personality;

Prema is my very nature. You can understand

me only if you understand yourself, your own

basic truth. You must see, hear, study,

observe, experience, reflect; then you can

understand Me. You will learn that I am

Prema itself; that I give only one thing,

Ananda, through that Prema.

(S.S.S. Vol. II p.152)

Love is My distinctive mark, not the

creation of material objects or of health and

happiness, by sheer exercise of Will. You

might consider what you call miracles as the

most direct sign of divinity, but the love that

welcomes you all, that blesses all, that

makes Me run to the presence of the seekers,

the suffering and the distressed in distant

lands or wherever they are, that is the real

sign. It is that which declares that I am SAI

BABA. (B.S.S. Part II p.148)

Love alone is the fruit of love. Love is its

own witness. There is no trace of self-

interest in it. Because love exists for its own

sake. It has no fear. It is to teach humanity

the way of love that Avatars come in the

world. The world displays the diversity that

has emanated from the One (Ekatvam). The

Divine demonstrates the unity that subsumesthe diversity. Recognition of this Unity in

Diversity can be learnt only from the Divine.

(S.S. October 1988 -p. 254)

Love needs no reason for its flow; it

comes from selfish urge. (R.K.R.V. p. 361)

When the Prema or love is tainted by

selfishness, it cannot illumine at all. Self is

love-less- ness, Love is self-less-ness. Self

gets and forgets; love gives and forgives.

Love can never entertain the idea of revenge.

For it sees all others as oneself. When the

tongue is hurt by the teeth do you seek

vengeance against the wrong doer? No, for

they both belong to you and are integral

parts of your being. So. Too, when some

other person insults you or inflicts pain,

allow wisdom to have mastery over you.

Discover the truth and do not rush to

conclusions, always keeping love as your

guide. (S.S.S. Vol. IX p. 113)

Love knows no fear, no untruth, no

anxiety, no grief. I am Love I shower love; I

share love; I am pleased with love. Love is

God. Live in Love. Love alone can alleviateanxiety and all fear.(S.S.S. Vol. IX p. 113)

Love unfolds first on the lap of the

mother. The eyes of love fasten themselves

on the caressing face of the mother.

(S.S.S. Vol. VII p. 309)

Love should not be rationed on the basis

of caste or creed or economic status or

intellectual attainment of the recipient. It

should flow full and free, regardless of

consequence, for, it is ones nature to love,

seek out dry dreary wastes which love can

water make fertile. Love saturates all activities

with joy and peace. Love ennobles the least

and the lowest. Love yourself for the god that

it embodies; Love others, for the

God that is enshrined in them, that speaks

and acts through them.


The love of God and the love for the god

are both eternally sweet and pure, whatever

the method of your accepting or attainingthem. Such love is holy and inspiring. Sugar

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is sweet when eaten during day or during

night. For it is night or day for the person

who eats, not for the sugar. Sugar behaves

uniformly always. (B.V. p. 7)

Love is joy, love is power, love is light,

love is God. S.S.Sm. Part III p. 214)

Love, respect, tolerance, mutual-co-

operation, forbearance- these must flow from

the hearts of all towards all, you are all

limbs of one body- the Sai body.

(S.S. Sm. Part III p. 25)

Love is the keynote of harmony; work,

worship and wisdom are the three stages on

the godward path.(S.S. Sm. Part III p.284)

Love your religion, so that you may practise

it with greater faith; and when each one

practises his religion with faith, there can be

no hatred in the world, for all religions are

built on universal love. Love your country, so

that it may become strong, happy and

prosperous, an arena for exercise of the

higher faculties of man.(S.S.S. Vol. V p. 78)

Love helps you to see God in everyone,

everyone as Divine, Rama said to Hanuman

I shower my love most on those who serve

me and who deem that service as the highest

means of liberation.(R.K.R.V. p. 349)

Selfless love is the source of happiness,

truth, peace, sacrifice, endurance, and all

other higher values of life. There is no security

and safety without Prema the absolute,

unalloyed form of love. O brave sons of

Bharat, remember that love is more

fundamental than all other moral

values.(S.S.B. 1979 p.53)

The Grace of God cannot be won, through

the gymnastics or reason, the contortions of

yoga or the denials of asceticism. Love alone

can win it. Love that needs no requital, love

that knows no bargaining, love that is paid

gladly, as a tribute to all loving, love that is

unwavering, love alone can overcome

obstacles, however many and mighty. There

is no strength more effective than purity, no

bliss more satisfying than love, no joy more

restoring than bhakthi, no triumph more praise

worthy than surrender.


Brahman is form of Love. Love is all

compassing Love. Love knows no differences.

Love and ego cannot co exit even for a

moment. Love is the royal path which will

take one the noblest heights. Love must be

experienced, enjoyed, and shared with his

fellow men by every individual in the

world.(L.A. p.52)

Love is an amalgam of sweetness,

effulgence and wisdom. Compassion is the

reflection of love. (S.S.S. Vol. XXVI p.407)

To give love and receive love, this is my

business. (M.B.I. p.131)

Love will awaken the compassion of man

towards all gods children, human and animal;

it will fill him with wonder and amazement at

the handiwork of God, and he will see the

Divinity everywhere and in everything.(E. p.93)

Spontaneous expression of the Avatar

Miracles are the spontaneous and natural

expressions of Avatarhood. Rama means

He who confers joy, Krishna means Hewho attracts. Every act of mine, for conferring

joy or attracting the heart, becomes a

miracle in your phraseology. The avatar has

come to reform and re-construct and so the

miracle has invariably the result. The

chamathkara has its aim, the samaskara of

mankind. How is achieved in this Avatar?

Everyone so drawn is persuaded through

Love, to love all since all are the same

atman encased in distinct bodies, and to

transform that love into service (paropakara).

As a result, their minds sanctified, their

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intellects get clarified and their hearts get

purified. So they attain the realisation that

their core is the Atman, which but a wave in

the ocean, the Universal, Eternal absolute,

the Paramatman, this is goal of human life

(Sakshatkara). (S.S.Sm. Part IV. P. 84)

The divine is now denoted by variouswords that are common currency in limited

human vocabularies. These words describe

and propose a meaning to the divine -

miracle, magic, wonders etc. Of course,

men cannot contain in their minds more than

they can hold. They cannot express in words

the inexpressible. Only those who dived deep

and contacted the underlying principle of love

can picture divinity with some clarity. The

Divinity that is ME has not been acquired or

earned, nor has it been added after lapse of

some years, in the middle of this career.

The divine has to reveal itself through the

manifestations, largely shaped and modified

by the nature of times, the region, the cultural

environment. The signs and the wonders that

I manifest are given names that do not

connote the purpose of effect. They can be

classified as chamatkar, leading to samskar,

which urges one on to paropakar resulting in

sakshathkar. Chamathkar is only act which,

attracts on account of its inexplicability. This

aspect of attraction is inherent in the Avatar.

The very name Rama means he who pleases

or causes delight. Krishna means he who

attracts or draws towards himself

(Karshathithi- Krishna). The attribute of

attraction is a characteristic of divinity.

Why does divinity attract? Is to deceive or

mislead? No. It is to transform, reconstruct,

reform- a process called samskar. What is

purpose of reconstruction? It is to make a

person useful and serviceable to the society,to efface his ego, and to affirm in him the

unity all beings in God. The one who has

undergone samskar becomes a humble

humane servant of those who needs help.

This is the stage of paropakar. Service of

this kind done with reverence and

selflessness, prepares man to realise the

One that pervades many.

The last stage is sakshatkar. The Vedas

proclaim that immortality, (the stage when

one is merged in the birthless deathless,

universal entity) is feasible through

renunciation and detachment only, and not

through rituals, progeny or wealth. When one

renounces selfish desire, his love expands

into farthest regions of the universe, until he

becomes aware of the cosmic love that

feeds all the four processes mentioned above.

It is important that you know this underlying

urge in all I do.

Let us consider the chamatkar acts that

attract and cause wonder. You see a flower.

You long to hold it in your hands only when

its colour or fragrance is attractive. You enter

the market and see heaps of fruits. If the

fruits are not attractive, you have no urge to

possess them and benefit by them. Attraction

is the very nature of the divine.

When the person is drawn near, the

process of samskar starts. Without this,

man remains hallow and feeble. He has no

dignity or personality. Two annas work of

stainless steel is transformed by skilful

manipulation and reconstruction into nuts,

screws and springs, into a watch that is

worth two or three hundred rupees. This is

the result of samskar, which turned into a

useful tool for indicating time. So too, man

can be transformed into a noble, efficient,

happy and disciplined member of the society

by implanting of good thoughts, good feelings,

goods deeds and good emotions. Man can

be transformed into Mahatma (great soul).

Such transformed persons will spontaneously

engage themselves in the task of promotinghuman welfare. They will be the promoters of

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the ideals of the brotherhood of man and

fatherhood of God. (S & M. p.232/234)

I manifest My mahimas to express the

Love I bear to mankind and to demonstrate

My grace and to make you realise who I am.

(S.S. March 99 p.80)

Like all Avatars Krishna announced His

advent to the world, bit by bit, step by step,

testing every time how far the Reality will be

accepted by the masses. The signs and

miracles were indeed, then as now, to

proclaim the Avatar. (M. L. p. 254)

Every Avatar is an amazing phenomenon,

but it is also amazing not to recognise Him.

(A.C.P. p. 2)

An avatar is capable of all things at all

times; yet, the Avatar will not undertake to

demonstrate His powers at all times, An

Avatar will undertake to demonstrate such

powers when exceptional circumstances

demand it and will shed the Grace on a

deserving person only. (M.L. p. 254)

Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakasipu, impelled

by their hatred, embarked on many enquiries

in search of Narayana.They felt after their

probe that Narayana was not in any of the

five elements. But the tide of time andcircumstances led to situations in which they

faced the Lord in His most dreadful form and

met with their end .

When the Lord (Narayana) incarnates in

human He cannot avoid abiding by the

regulations set by him. You should not forget

that even if the Lord is the Director of the

cosmic drama, in his human form he is

playing a specific role. If he does not act

according to the role assumed by Him either

overdoes or underplays the role, departing

from what is appropriate, He will be failing inHis purpose. When the Divine assumes

human form, He has to serve as an example

by ideal actions. (U. p. 42)

In the Rama Avatar, for instance, Rama

conducted himself as if he was subject to

Maya, but upheld Dharma for promoting the

welfare of the world. The Krishna Avatar was

different. Keeping Maya under control, He

manifested His Leelas (miraculous deeds).

This is why Vyasa in his Bhagavatha has

described in detail the Leelas of Krishna and

proclaimed his glory to the world.

In the Krishna Avatar, Krishna not onlyperformed marvellous deeds, but also taught

the Supreme Wisdom to the world. He was

one who had transcended the gunas, but ,

for the sake of regeneration of the world ,

behaved as if He was influenced by the

gunas, and delighted the world by His deeds.

Krishna did everything, whatever He spoke or

whatever actions He did , for the good and

well-being of the world. But some people, not

understanding the truth owing to their own

limitations, attributed wrong motives for some

of Krishnas actions. In this way they reflectedtheir own feelings. (S.S. Sept. 1990. p. 225/226)

Let Me tell you that emphatic declarations

of Truth by Avatars were made so clearly and

so unmistakably only by Krishna. Inspite of

the declarations, you will notice in the career

of the same Krishna that He underwent

defeat in His efforts and endeavours, on a

few occasions; you must also note that

these defeats too were part of the drama

which He had planned and which He Himself

has directed. For example, when kingspleaded with Him to avert the war with

Kauravas, He confessed that His Mission to

the Kaurava court for ensuring peace had

failed! But, He had not willed that it should

succeed! He had decided the war would be

waged! His mission was intended to punish

the greed and iniquity of the Kauravas and to

condemn them before the whole world. Now,

I must tell you, that during Sai Avatar, there

is no place for even such drama with

scenes of failures and defeats! What I will

must take place, what I plan must succeed.

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I am Truth; and truth has no need to hesitate,

fear or bend . (U. p. 4/5)

An Avatar is always aware of His Divinity,

being consciously Divine and unconsciously

human, so to say. In contrast, man is

consciously human and unconsciously Divine.

An Avatar is aware not only of His previousand future lives, but also about the past,

present and future of all the creatures. But

man does not know even his own past or

future lives, not even his future in the present

life itself . (U. p. 10)

Attributes

The Lord has the following attributes or

characteristics: Aiswarya (Divine sovereignty),

Dharma (the source of all righteousness),

Yasas (fame), Sampada (wealth), Jnana

(wisdom), and Vairagya (non-attachment). Hehas another name called Vishatkaraa (One

who has six forms of wealth). He is also

known as Vibhuh (One with matchless

splendour). He is the master the past, present

and the future. For this reason He is called

Bhaavah. He is the one who abides the

three aspects of Time. Another meaningfor

the word Bhaavah is that of the creator of

the universe and hence is called BHAAVAH.

He the prime cause of the process of creation,

growth and dissolution. (D3 p. 50)

The Avatar is Gunateetha. All the five

human senses, sabda, sparsa, rupa, rasa,

and gandha are the material attributes and

the Avatar is above these and unaffected by

any of them.

The Avatar is omnipotent, omnipresent,

omniscient, omniself, omnifelicity and omniall.

Kalas

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba has said

that an Avatar can be distinguished fromhuman beings by sixteen Kalas. They are-

1. Human beings and animals have five

qualities in common, namely 1) sight

2) hearing 3) smell 4) taste and 5) touch

2. The next 4 kalas, which the Avatar

shares with human beings are- 6) mind

7) heart 8) intelligence 9) intuition

3. The remaining seven phases exclusively

belong to the Avatar only. They are:

10) Grace or reward for effort 11) Anugraha

or special grace (whether the recepient meritsor not) 12) Power to create a new order of

life in society 13) New states of

consciousness in individuals or new objects

14) The power to support and sustain that

which is inherently good (but may be

defenceless) 15) The power to destroy evil

and 16) To have a form and a name which,

whenever remembered rightly result in the

immediate spiritual presence (sometimes

even physical) of the Avatar or a solution for

problems.

Two distinguishable forms

Yaathe Rudrasivaath-anoraghora

Paapakaasinee, it is said that is to say, god

is described as having two distinguishable

forms- serene and the terrible.

The Narasimha form of God that emerged

from the pillar was mild and serene, beautiful

and beneficent for Prahlada, the staunch

devotee, and at the same time, the form wasterrible for Hiranyakasipu, the father, who

hated God to the utmost. Well, even Nature,

the concretisation of the will power of God

has these two aspects the gentle and the

fearsome, water is an essential ingredient

for sustaining life in beings. It is vital and

health-giving as well as fatal and death

dealing. (L.K.V. p.26)

Divinity and Avatar

The difference between Divinity (as

universal consciousness) and the Avatar (the

Divine in human form) should be understood.

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The Omniself is not subject to change. The

Avatar has name and form and is liable tochange by its own will.The omniself has noname and form. The difference between the

two can be illustrated by the example of the

sun and the suns rays. They are one.Whatever the situation in which the Avatar

appears, there is no limitation on the Avatarsomnipotence. Name and form do not

circumscribe the total fullness of the divinity

the Avatar manifests. Name and form are

self-chosen attributes of the infinite, eternal,

ever pure, universal consciousness. Water

taken from ocean, in however small a vessel,

has the same quality as the ocean. Likewise,

the Avatar, regardless of Its name and form,

has the plentitude of the Divine. In every

respect, except that of the name and form,

It is identical with Divinity. (V. p. 65/66)

Grasp

The Avatar comes as Man in order to

demonstrate that man is Divine, in order to

be within reach of Man. The human mind

cannot grasp the Absolute, Attributeless

Principle; it is Abstract and beyond the reach

of speech, Mind and Intellect. Love is His

Instrument; non-violence is His Message. He

achieves the correction on the evil-minded

through education and example.

(S.S.S. Vol. P.107)

Among the Avatars, the incarnations of

Rama and Krishna, are meaningful to

mankind, since man can grasp their example,

follow their solutions to problems, and derive

Ananda the contemplation of their excellences

and teachings . (B.V. p.176)

Love is the Instrument

I have come to light the lamp of Love in

your hearts, to see that it shines day by day

with added lustre. (S.S.S. Vol. VI p.185)

I have come to tell you of the Universal,

Unitary faith, this path of Love, this duty of

Love, this obligation of Love. (S.S.60 Back

cover page)

I came to awaken the heart of man and

help him to reach the Divinity within. It is

there with you now, if only you could know it.

Love in that Divine State now and give up

forever all attachments to earthly desires.

That will truly make Me happy .

Love is my Form

Truth is my breath

Peace is my food

My life is my message

Expansion is my Life .

(S.S. Jan 90 p. 4)

I am Love; I shower Love;

I share love; I am pleased with love;

I bless that you have more and more love

To more and more beings

(V. p. 117)

I have come to light the lamp of love in

your hearts, to see that it shines day by day

with added lustre. I have not come to speakon a particular dharma, like the Hindu

Dharma, I have not come on any mission of

publicity for any sect or creed or cause .

(S.S.S. Vol. p. 185)

Love is joy, love is power, love is light,

love is God. If at all you want to label Me,

then call Me Premaswarupa.

(S.S. Sm. Part III p.214)

Love, respect, tolerance, mutual co-

operation, forbearance - these must flowfrom the hearts of all towards all, you are all

limbs of the same body - the Sai body.

(S.S. Sm. Part III p.25)

I have come to restore Love among

mankind, to cleanse it of meanness and

restrictive attitudes.

(S.S. Sm. Part IV p. 20)

Love the keynote of harmony, work,

worship and wisdom are the three stages on

the Godward path. Love helps you to see

God in everyone, everyone as Divine.(S.S. Sm. Part II p.284)

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I have no methodology of machinery or

strategy in the accepted organisational sense.

My methodology is a simple one, based on

conversion by Love and the machinery is one

of co-operation by love and brotherhood.

Love is My instrument and My merchandise.

(S.S. Sm. Part IV p.84)

Declares thus:

I am not Sathya Sai Baba. That is only a

name by which you designate Me now. All

names are Mine. I am the ONE GOD who

answers the prayers that rise in human

hearts, in all languages, from all lands,

addressed to all forms of the Deity.

(B.S.S. Part II p.91)

When the Dharma of the yuga is laid aside;

To establish it anew through loving means,

When the world is polluted by conflict andconfusion

To restore the path of virtue and Peace.

When sacred texts are not grasped aright,

To proclaim the message they teach

mankind

To relieve the earth of the burden of vice;

To fulfil the promise made in Treta Yuga,

Achyutha has incarnated on this earth.

Vasudeva, Sri Hari, has come into the world.

(S S G - p - VI)

He alone is a real man

Whose thoughts, words and deeds

Are in perfect harmony.

How can he be a genuine man

When his mind is divorced from speech

and deed

And all three are not in harmony?

If birth, old age and death dont happen,

If desires dont fail and gain isnt lost,

If the world isnt the fleeting flow it is,

How could man have affection,

compassion, love?

The attributes and qualities, which were

assumed

When, to save Prahlada, the Supreme

Person came,


assumed

When, to save the elephant, the Lotus-eyed

came,


assumed

When, to save the poor Cochlea, the Lord of

Veda came,The attributes and qualities, which were

assumed

When, to save the boy, Dhruva,

He came from Heaven,

Now, with all the attributes, all the qualities

has come,

He whom the gods adore, the Refuge of the

rejected.

The Lord of all the worlds, the Lord of Infinite

Glory,

As all Existence, as all Knowledge and

All Bliss in one Form embodied

As Puttaparthi Sathya Sai, the Over-lord of

all that Is.

(S.S.S Vol XVIII - p. 154/155)

With the crescent moon dancing, the

matted locks waving, the cool waters of the

Ganga flowing between, with the eye in the

middle of the forehead shining, the purple

neck gleaming like the sheen of a black

berry, wearing serpent bracelets, and a snake

skin belt, the entire body smeared withVibhuti, with the forehead adorned with

kumkum dot, lips ruddied by the juice of the

betel, Gold embellished diamond ear rings

dangling, with whole swarthy body glowing,

the Lord of Kailasa (Shaila Rajeswara)

appeared in person.

(D D 13-03-2002 p2)

The Lord of Puttaparthi will always protect

you. He is the ocean of compassion. Holding

your hand, He will take care of you. He will

never forsake you. Recognise this truth.(S.S. March 2000 p.74)

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you growl, grumble or groan, kick, criticise,

quarrel or cry. I will not forsake you, I will not

allow your divinity to go to sleep. A mother

never forsakes the child she carries or lets

the child work out its resentment anger on

her. I have come to help, to accompany and

to carry you. I can never forsake you. I will

never fail in my duty to my children - and I

shall be grateful to each child of mine who

helps in my task.

(S & M p.312/313)

Come with empty hands, throw away all

things that you hold in the grasp of your

hands. Cast away the toys with which you

have been playing the game of gaining and

losing, so that I can fill your empty hands

with lasting sweetness; empty hearts with

lasting joy; empty lives with salutory

substance, the empty reeds with melodiousbreath. (S.S. Sm. Part III p.242)

I will hold by the hand those who stray

away from straight path and serve them.

(L.G. p.356)

I shall not give you up, even if you forsake

Me; for it is not Me to forsake those who

deny Me. I have come for all. Those who

stray away will come again to Me, do notdoubt this. I shall beckon them back to Me.

I bless you that you may earn the vision in

this life itself, with this body itself.

(S.S.S. Vol. II p.129)

However you are, you are Mine, I will not

give you up. Whatever you are, Your are near

Me, you cannot go beyond My reach.

(S.S.S. Vol. II p. 198)

Wake up, my children, wake up to the

dawn of knowledge, wake up to you divine

duties, wake up to your divine rights andwake up to your divine reality.

(S & M. p.312)

I have come to give you the key to the

treasure of bliss, to tell you how to tap that

spring, for you have forgotten the way of the

blessedness. Very few of you desire to get

from Me - the things, I have come to give

you, namely Liberation itself. I am the

embodiment of bliss. Come take this from

Me dwell in that bliss and be peaceful.

(M. B. I. P.153)

I am Sathyasya Sathyam, the truth oftruths.Why has truth come on earth inhuman form? To plant in the heart of man

the yearning for truth, to place man on the

road to truth, to help man to reach truth, by

loving instruction and by the final gift of

illumination. (F.D.D -p. I - 5)

I am the truth of truth, I guide towards

truth, I manifest truth and when men realise

truth, they realise Me. (F.D.D -p. I - 6)

My hand stretches out for receiving, only

when a pure heart full of Prema is offered;on all occasions, it gives and never takes.

Sat-Chit-Ananda

On 23 November 1983, Bhagavan said

that if your yearnings to Brahmananda, the

Sath-Chit-Ananda, is sincere and pure from

this day keep in memory what I am about to

tell you:

1. I am God, I am not different from God .

Be conscious of this always. Keep it ever

in mind. I am God, I am not different

from God. Be reminding yourself of this.Pray that you may not fail in this spiritual

exercise.

2. I am the Indivisible Supreme Absolute.

This is the second truth to be established

in the consciousness by unremitting

repetition and prayer.

3. I am Sat-Chit-Ananda (i.e. Being,

Awareness and Bliss)

4. Grief and anxiety can never affect me .

develop this faith and convince yourselves

of this truth by repeated assurance andprayer.

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5. I am ever content, fear can never enter

me .Develop this faith and conviction

grows stronger and stronger.

As the physical is maintained healthy and

strong by the five vital airs (pranas), these

five prayers will endow you with Awareness

of Brahmam which is the same as the

Status of Brahmam itself. (M. B. I. P. 176)

Sathyam Sivam Sundaram

Sarva roopa dharam, Santham

Sarva naama dharam, Sivam

Sat-chit-Amanda roopam, Adwitham

Sathyam Sivam Sundaram.

I am all forms ascribed to the Almighty;

I am the Embodiment of perfect Peace. I am

known by all the names through which the

Almighty is addressed and adored by man. I

am the embodiment of Goodness; I amBeing- Awareness Bliss, Atma, the one without

a second, truth, Goodness, Beauty .

(Golden Age p. 137)

Willing is superfluous for Me, for My

grace is ever available to devotees who have

steady love and faith. Since I move among

them talking and singing, even intellectuals

are unable to grasp My Truth, My Power, My

Glory or My real task as AVATAR. I can solve

any problem, however knotty.

(Golden Age p.135)

MANIFESTATION AND PURPOSE

Avatars manifested in the Kritha Yuga

for the preservation of Vedic tradition, in the

Thretha Yuga for the protection of Dharma

and in the Dwapara Yuga for the protection

of Dharma for the promulgation of right of

property. In the Kritha Yuga, the Avatar saved

the Vedas from neglect; in the Thretha Yuga,

He saved women from dishonour, and in the

Dwapara Yuga, He saved property from

injustice. Now in this fourth Age, the KaliYuga all these three are in dire peril. The

Vedas are ridiculed. Women are tempted into

unwomanly lives, and property itself is

condemned as theft. So, the present Avatar

has a three-fold task. Man has no purity in

the heart, no sanctity in his emotions, no

love in his deeds, no God in his prayers.

(U - p. 4/5)

My energy goes from Me as I pass you.

If you talk to others immediately, the

precious energy is dissipated and returns to

Me unused. Whatever my eyes see becomes

vitalised and transmuted. You are being

charged day by day. Never underestimate

what is being accomplished by the act of

Darsan. My walking among you is a gift

yearned for by the gods in heaven and here

you are receiving this daily Grace. Be grateful.

The blessings so that you receive will express

themselves in their perfect time. But also

remember that to whom much is given, much

will be demanded. (Y. p - 26)

You must see; hear, study, observe,

experience and reflect; only then, can you

understand me. You will learn then that I am

Love (Prema); that I give only one thing, Bliss

(Aanandha) through Love. My task is to grant

solace, courage, and Peace (Shaanthi). That

is to say, my characteristics are the ancient,

authentic ones; only the manifested form is

new. (S.S.S. Vol XXV -P87)

His Task

I have a task: To foster all mankindand ensure for all of them lives full of

Ananda. I have a vow: To lead all who stray

away from the straight path, again into

goodness and save them. I am attached to

a work that I love: To remove the sufferings

of the poor and grant them what they lack. I

have a reason to be proud, for, I rescue all

who worship and adore Me, aright. I have My

definition of devotion I expect: Those

devoted to Me have to treat joy and grief,

gain and loss, with equal fortitude. This

means that I will never give up those attachthemselves to Me.

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My task is to open the eyes to the glory

of the Vedas and to convince you that vedic

injunctions, when put in practice will yield the

promised results. My prema towards the

Vedas is matched only by My Prema towards

humanity. My mission is just four:

Vedaposhana, Vidwath-poshana,

Bhaktharakshana and Dharmarakshana.(S. S. Sm. Part II p.43)

My task (Deeksha) is to give all persons

to guide in the right path and guard them

from evil. My vow (Vratham) is to save all

who stray away from straight path leading

them to the path of virtue (Sanmarga) My

love (Prema) is to end the misery of the poor

and give them all they need. My Crown is to

help, nourish and protect all who worship

Me. Devotion to Me is nothing but this is to

have a steady mind, unaffected by ups anddowns, joy or grief. (S.S.S.B p.6/7)

This Sai has come in order to achieve

the Supreme task of uniting the entire

mankind as one family - through the bond of

brotherhood of affirming and limiting the

inner reality of each being in order to reveal

the divine which, is the basis on which the

entire cosmos rests, and of instructing all to

recognise the common Divine Heritage that

binds man, so that man can rid himself ofthe animal and rise the Divine which is his

goal! (P.E. p.82)

My task is not merely cure, to console or

to remove the misery and pain of the

individuals. That is incidental. My main task

is the establishment of Vedanta and vedantic

way of life in India and the world, (S.G.M.

p.203)

No Avatar has ever done the things Sai

is doing, taking interest in everything

concerning your families , celebrating family

functions and giving individual counsel .

(D. G. p. 149)

It is not what anyone alive can imagine. It

is not something that one can try to aspire

to. It is beyond all comprehension. I can say

that its beauty is magnificent beyond all

dreams. And as each of you perform your

silent work I embrace you to MY heart and

henceforth your souls shall be lifted up and

eyes will reveal MY presence within. This 1

say to all MY devotees from the Lords

Mountain Top where all the universe becomesone. Be about MY work, MY beloved

BHAKTHAS (devotees). Your breath will carry

the scent of the Blossoms of Heaven. Your

example will be that of Angels. Your Joy will

be MY Joy,

1. No matter wherever you go, always do

your duty as you see fit and know that I

will be there inside you, guiding you every

step of the way. In the years to come, you

will experience me in many different

manifestations of my form.

2. You are my own, dearer than dear to me.

3. I will protect you as the eyelids protect the

eyes.

4. You already have me, and I have you.

5. I will never leave you and you will never

leave me. From this point on, do not

hanker after anything.

6. Do your duty with unwavering love, seeing

all as God. Be patient.

7. In time everything will be given to you. Behappy.

8. There is no need to worry about anything.

9. Whatever is experienced, whatever

happens, know that this Avatar willed it

so.

10. There is no force on earth, which can

delay for an instant the mission for which

this Avatar has come.

11. You are all sacred souls, and have parts

to play in the unfolding drama of the new

Golden Age, which is coming.(S.S.S. Vol.XXIII p.264/265)

My Mission

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My mission is to raise the

consciousness of man to a level at which he

neither rejoices nor mourns over anything. In

that supreme state one is going through

rebirth and redeath each moment, for these

acts are one and the same, emerging from

formless into form, merging from form into

formless. Then there is no success or

adversity, no joy or pain. When the devotee

attains this oneness, his journey towards Me

ceases for he will be ever with Me endlessly.

(S.S. 60 p. 24)

Avatars manifested in the Kritha Yuga for

the preservation of Vedic tradition, in the

Threta Yuga for the protection of Dharma and

in Dwapara Yuga for the protection of Dharma

for the promulgation of the right of property.

In the Kritha Yuga, the Avatar saved the

Vedas from the neglect; in the Threta Yuga,

He saved women from dishonour, and in the

Dwapara Yuga He saved property from

injustice. Now in the fourth Age, the Kali

Yuga all these four are in dire peril. The

Vedas are ridiculed. Women are tempted into

unwomanly lives, and property itself is

condemned as theft. So, the Present Avatar

has a three- fold task. Man has no purity in

heart. No sanctity in his emotions, no love in

his deeds, no God in his prayers . (U. p. 45)

Previous Avatars like Rama and Krishna

had to destroy a few individuals who could

be identified as enemies of the godly way of

life and thus restore the dharmic life. Today,

however, wickedness has tainted so many

that humanity itself stands under threat of

destruction. Therefore in my present Avatar,

I have come armed with full power of formless

God to correct mankind, raise human

consciousness and put people back on theright path of truth, righteousness, peace and

love to divinity.

The evil must be removed before such a

catastrophe (destructive war) takes place.

There will be minor war and skirmishes, of

course; these cannot be helped in the existing

state of affairs. The Mahabharata is different

issue altogether. Lord Krishna decreed it

and. In fact led Arjuna to the battlefield in

order to rid the world of evil men and ungodly

forces.

Today as I told, the evil is so widespreadthat humanity itself would be destroyed in a

nuclear holocaust in the event of a world war.

It is to prevent such a catastrophe that this

Avatar has come to raise human

consciousness above the existing syndrome

of anger, hate, violence and war and save

the world from disaster. This can be achieved

only by the reestablishment of the brotherhood

of mankind through the Vedas, Shastras and

all religions with their evangel of dharma to

liberate the human race from the chains of

karma (the cycle of birth and death) .(S & M. p.239)

This is precisely what I am doing by

incarnating the indwelling God in man to

overcome such calamities like earth quakes,

floods, droughts, famine, and epidemics.

There are two ways in which an Avatar can

help people: An instant solution, as against

a long term one.

Any instant solution would go against the

fundamental quality of nature itself as well

as the Karmic law of cause and effect. Most

people live in the material world of their

desires and egos which is governed by this

law. They reap the fruits of their actions. This

brings about their evolution or devolution, If

the Avatar intervenes to instantly solve their

problems, it would stop all action,

development, and even evolution. This

solution can be ruled out because it totally

negates the natural laws.

The other and more effective alternative

presents a long term solution whereby theAvatar leads people themselves to a higher

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level of consciousness to enable them to

understand the truth of spiritual laws so that

they turn towards righteousness and

steadfastly work for better conditions. This

will relate back to Nature and Karmic law of

causation. They would then transcend the

cycle of cause and effect, in which to-day

they are involved as victims, and thereby

command and control the natural forces to

be able to avert the calamities.

They would become shareholders of my

Sankalpa Shakthi (divine power, universal

energy). I have to work through them, rouse

the indwelling God in them, and evolve them

into a higher reality in order to enable them

to master the natural laws and forces.

If I cure everything instantly leaving people

at their present level of consciousness, they

would soon mess up things and be at one

anothers throats again, with the result that

the same chaotic situation would develop in

the world.

Suffering and misery are inescapable acts

of Cosmic drama. God does not decree

these calamities, but man invites by way of

retribution for his own evil ends. This is

corrective punishment which induces mankind

to give up wrong path and return to the right

path so that he may experience Godlike

condition of Sat- Chit-Ananda- that is, an

existence of wisdom and Bliss. All this is

part of the grand synthesis in which the

negatives serve to glorify the positives. Thus

death glorifies the immortality, ignorance

glorifies wisdom, misery glorifies bliss and

night glorifies dawn.

So, finally if the Avatar brings the

calamities to an immediate end, which I can

do, when there is a great need, the whole

drama of creation with its Karmic (universal

inescapable duty) law will collapse. Rememberthese calamities occur not because of what

God has made of man but really because of

what man has made of man. Therefore, man

has to be UNMADE and REMADE with his

ego destroyed and replaced by a transcendent

consciousness, so that he may rise above

the Karmic to command. (M. B. I. P. 95/96)

TRINITY

I have come not to disturb any or destroy

any Faith, but to confirm in his own Faith, so

that the Christian becomes a better Christian,

the Muslim a better Muslim, and a Hindu a

better Hindu. I have come reconstruct the

ancient highway to God; to instruct all in the

essence of Vedas, to shower all this precious

gift; to protect Sanathana Dharma, the ancient

wisdom and to preserve it. My Mission is to

serve happiness and so I am always happy

to come among you, not once but twice,

thrice as often as you want me. To set right

those who have taken a wrong path and to

protect the good people, Sai will be born

again and again. (S.B.A. p. 17)

It only meant that He (SHIRDI SAI) whocame as Sai Baba again as Sathya Sai Baba!

Moreover, the Sais come in a series. After

this there will be another, PREMA SAI, who

will take birth in Mysore region.

(Now Karnataka State).

In My previous Avatar, SHIRDI BABA,

laid the base for a secular integration and

gave mankind the message of Duty is God.

The mission of the present Avatar is to

make everybody realise that the same God

or Divinity resides in everyone. People should

respect, love, and help each other irrespective

of colour or creed. Thus all work can become

a way of worship. Finally, Prema Sai, the

third Avatar, will promote the evangelic

newness that not only does God reside in

everybody, but also everybody is god. This

will be final wisdom, which enables every

man and woman to reach God. Thus the

three Avatars carry the triple message of

work, worship and wisdom. (U. p. 26)

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revolution in human character, attitude and

behaviour and people have to be taught

certain disciplines. (S.G.M -p. 375)

Birds, beasts and trees have not deviated

from their Nature; they are still holding it

valid. Man alone has disfigured it, in his

crude attempt to improve upon it. So, theAvathar has to come as man among men,

and move as friend, well wisher, Kinsman,

guide, teacher, healer and participant among

men. He has come to restore Righteousness

and, so when man follows Righteousness,

He is pleased and content. Act, so that your

career as a man is not degraded, desecrated.

With hands on chest, assert, I am man; I

am human; I am saturated with shining

humanity, humanness: God does not draw

you near or keep you far; You near Him or

keep away from Him. God has no likes ordislikes. You live according to the highest

demands of your nature and you are near

Him. (S -p. 28)

In this Avatar, the wicked will not be

destroyed, they will be corrected and reformed

and educated and led back to the path from

which they have strayed.

The white ant infected tree will not be cut,

it will be saved. Again this avatar will not

select some other place for the centre ofLeelas Mahimas and Upadesa. This tree will

not be transplanted - it will grow where it

rose from the earth. Another speciality is

this: the Avatar has no affinity or attachment

in its career with members of the family

wherein it appeared. Unlike the appearances

as Rama, Krishna etc., when the Life was

played out mostly among and for the family

members, this Avatar is for the Bhakthas,

the aspirants, the Sadhus and Sadhakas

only. It has no japa, dhyana or yoga; it knows

no worship; it will not pray to anything, for itis the Highest. It only teaches you to worship

and pray. (S.S.S. Vol. I p.22)

The life of Sai, the message of Sai, the

ideals Sai holds forth, the lesson that Sai

teaches the world, are enshrined in one

word- LOVE.

I want people come, see, hear, study,

observe, experience and realise Baba. Then

only will they understand Me and appreciate

the Avatar .

I have come to inscribe a golden chapterin the history of humanity, wherein falsehood

will fail, truth will triumph, and virtue will

reign. Character will confer power then, not

knowledge, or inventive skill, or wealth.

Wisdom will be enshrined in the Councils of

Nations. (P. E. p. 76)

Make use of Me; that is all ask of you.

I invite all to come and derive benefit from

Me. Dive and know the depth; watch and

discriminate; eat and know the taste. I long

for people who do that. (U. p. xxv)

Come I am the repairer of broken hearts,

of damaged Anthah-karanas. I am like the

smith who welds, mends and sets right.

(S.S.S. Vol. II. P.285)

See in Me, Yourself, for I see Myself in

you all. You are My life, My breath, My soul.

You are My Forms all, when I love you, I love

Myself; when you love yourselves, you love

Me! I have separated Myself from Myself, so

that I may love Myself. My Beloved ones, you

are MY OWN SELF. (S.S. Sm. Part II p.143)

I give you what you want, until you want

what I have come to give. (V. p.3)

Never advises directly

Avatars seldom give advice directly.

Whatever they wish to communicate, they

convey more often by way of indirect method

of instruction. The reason for this is there is

divinity inherent in every being, which he can

manifest spontaneously if favourableconditions are provided, just as a viable

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seed will germinate and grow into a tree

because of its inherent nature, if only suitable

facilities are provided for the manifestation

of its potentiality. Man should be enabled to

correct himself by his own efforts, by merely

giving timely suggestions, rather than by

stultifying his freedom and dignity through

directives imposed from without. In short,

the best maxim for helping people either in

wordily matter or in spiritual field is: Help

them to help themselves or Self-help is the

best help. (I.C.S. p. 95/96)

HIS Clarion Call

Awake, my children, and see the Light.

Seize the opportunity that you now have and

break away from the groove of the past.

Follow the Master and experience the bliss

that comes from Union with god - a life span

in harmony with the infinite. I am the Truth,Open your hearts. Let your life be filled with

Love. You will then experience the unity of all

mankind.

My children, surrender to the Lord. Offer

everything that you have to Him. He will take

of you, Experience the Bliss that comes from

unconditional surrender and leave behind,

forever, the miseries and disappointments of

the past. The choice is yours; and the timing

is yours. I will be there waiting for you.

(U. p. xxv)

I am the bonded slave of My devotee. I

will be waiting outside the pug room to carry

out what My devotee wishes for.

(S.S.S.B. p.44)

I am infinite; I am immeasurable; I am

UNIQUE, I am incomparable; Equal to Myself

alone, I am My own Measure, Witness,

Authority. I am worried that people are not

benefiting from Me as much as I would like

to confer. I dont want your devotion; I

want your transformation. (U - p. 323)

Darshansam Paapanaasanam, Sight of

the Lord destroys all sins. Sambhaashanam

Sankatanasanam, Conversing with the Lord

destroys all grief, Sparsanam

Karmavimochanam, The touch of the Divine

liberates from all kinds of bonds.

(U. p.302)

Play your role, remain centred on Me.

Impart purity in your hearts to all fellow

beings. Dont reach for the fruits of your

work. You are My instruments from whom My

Love will radiate. The moment you let your

ego descend on you, My work with you will

cease. When you overcome this negative

attitude you will again be My source. As each

one of you performs the work silently, I will

embrace you to My heart. You will feel Me

and I am Thee. Beloved devotees, be about

My work. Your breath will then carry the

scent of the Blossoms of Heaven. Your form

will be that of the Angels. Your Joy will then

be My Joy. (u. p. xxv)

Your mission has begun. These are Mywords to you, My devotees. Each of you has

a unique and valuable part to play in this

lifetime. Only those whom I called can serve

Me.

The multiplication of My Love will be felt

throughout the world. I have prepared you for

this work over many incarnations. I have

drawn you to Me. I have made great steps in

My mission over these past incarnations. My

work is ceaseless and so your work too, is

without end. Know that I am within you andwithout you. There is no difference. Rid

yourself of petty matters forever more. YOU

are Me and I am Thee. There is no difference.

My Darshan will pour forth Me to and

through you. You may be unaware of this

constant action. Be ever pure of heart and

soul and mankind, in your lifetime, will benefit

from you unique quality. Others too, will join

Me in this mission when I draw them to Me.

The time is approaching when all humanity

will live in harmony. That time will be heresooner than expects. Before it arises, be

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prepared for whatever is needed to reveal to

every living thing, anyone can imagine. It is

something that one can try to aspire for. It is

beyond all comprehension. I can say that its

beauty is magnificent beyond all dreams. As

each one of you performs your silent work, I

will embrace you to My heart and henceforth

your souls shall be lifted up and your eyeswill reveal My presence within. This I say to

all My devotees from the mountaintop where

all the universe becomes one. Be about My

work, My beloved devotees! (M. p.27)

Sais Assurance

Bring me the depths of your minds, no

matter how grotesque, no matter how ravaged

by doubts or disappointments. I will not

reject you. I am your Mother. (LIC P59)

Be patient. In time every thing will be

given to you. Be happy. There is no need toworry about anything. Whatever is

experienced, whatever happens, know that

this Avatar willed it so. There is no force on

earth, which can delay for an instant the

mission for which this Avatar has come.

(LIC P 64)

Do Not Lose Sai

When God assumes a human form, He

does not become limited or lower in any

sense. Do not be deluded by such doubts.Think about the golden opportunity at hand

and make all possible efforts to earn His

grace and Blessings. This chance will nevercome again.

Chikkina Sai Ni Vakkaleyaka Chakka

Chesukondi,

Poyina Chikkadu ee Partheesuni Paada

Seva Yandi,

Bhaktini Icchi Sakti Lo Munchi Mukti

Jerchunandi,

Eka Manasu To Nammi Sai Ni EnchiKoluvabondi,

Itarula Maatalanimpuga Nammi Kompa

Teeyakandi.

You have found Sai. Now bring Him near,

do no neglect Him.

Once lost, the chance to serve the Feet

of the Lord of Parthi will never come again.

He bestows devotion, immerses you in

strength and takes you to liberation. With a

one pointed mind, have faith in Sai and

worship Him. Do not ruin your destiny by

giving ear to others words.

You obtained this rare opportunity Now

use it well. Follow the path prescribed by

God, engage in actions that are dear to God.

God seeks unwavering, pure and unselfish

Love alone. In return, He will grant anything

and go to any extent to please you.

(S.S.B. p.127)

Have Faith, Have No fear

I shall be ever be with you guiding you,

guarding and protecting as the eyelids protect

the eyes. Have no fear. March on

(S.S.S. Vol. IX p.221)

BIBLIOGRAPHYD3 - Discourses by Bhagavan Sri Sathya

Sai Baba

S.S.S. Sathya Sai Speaks

G.V. Gita Vahini

N.G.M Nature. God and Man

S & M Spirit and Mind

M.L Message of the Lord

N.N.S.G. Necklace of Nine Sai Gems

U Uniqueness of Swami and HisTeachings

S.S.Sm. Sathyam Sivam Sundaram

B.S.S. Baba Sathya Sai

A.V. Aura of the Divine

S.R.B.M. Summer Showers in Blue Mountains

S.S. Sanathana Sarathi

F. G. Finding God

F.D.D. Facets of the Divine Diamond

E. Unity is Divinity Purity is

Enlightenment

S.B.A. Sai Baba- Avatar

C.W.B.S.S.B Conversations with Bhagavan Sathya

Sai Baba

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B. V. Bhagavata Vahini

L. G. Loving God

M.B.I. My Baba and I

V. Sai Vandana

R.K.R.V, - Rama Katha Rasa Vahini

L.A. Life is Awareness

A.C.P.- A Catholic Priest Meets Sai Baba

L.K.V. Leela Kaivalya Vahini

S.S.G. Sai Supreme Personality of Godhead

D.D. - Divine Discourses

B. Bhaktodharaka Sri Sathya Sai

Y. - You are God

S.S.S.B. Sri Sathya Sai Baba

S.G.M. Sathya Sai Baba a Story of God as

Man

D.G. Divine Glory

S. Senses for Selfless Service

I.C.S. Indian Culture and Spirituality

M. Man ManagementL.I.C.= Life is a Challenge Meet it

***

Thy name is Truth

Thou art Truth, Existence and Bliss

Thou art love incarnate

Thou art my mother , father, friend

philosopher and guide

Thou art my solace, sustenance and solace

Guide me my father, guard me my mother

and lead me my Lord

Thou art my refuge, everything and all

Thy name is Truth.

***

Oh the nameless and formless ONE

You answer any name

All names are yours

Jesus, Allah, Jehovah, Zoroastra

To mention a few

You are everywhere and in everything

In the Universe

You shower grace equally on all as

Sun is ever ready to flood his shine on everyone

I am Yours

Grant me Oh Lord the strength toHold fast Your Lotus Feet

Merge me in Thee, Oh My Lord

I am Yours.

(Tumuluru Krishna Murty)

Rescuing is My Dharma

Rescuing a true Bhaktha is My Dharma. My

very Nature. Someone asked Me whether it was

right on My part to plunge thousands into grief,

in order to resue one. Such numerical calculations

cannot apply to acts of Grace. I act My

Dharma,regardless of how it affects you or him.

Rama obeyed his fathers desire. He did not

desist though all Ayodhya was bathed in tears.

The father who has acceded to his mothers

wicked desire to exile Him and the very brotherwho was to benefit by the exile urged Him to

stay on . But, He did not turn back. The illness

that I took on had to execute its Dharma

according to its nature. I allowed it behave so; it

is only then that you can observe and imbibe the

Glory of the Victory. Krishna could have waved

off the rains that Indra threatened to pour on the

region of Brindavan, but, He permitted the God of

Rains to carry on His Dharma. And, He utilised

the occasion, to let the Gopis and Gopas have a

glimpse of HIS GLORY. He lifted the Govardhan

Mount on His little finger to save them from the

devastating downpour. He observed His Dharma

of Bhaktharakshana (Granting succour of

Devotees). Now too, as in that Age, the Purposeis Proclamation of Divinity. (S.S.Sm. Part II-

p.90/91)

Shri Sathya Sai has Come

Like good food that comes

to one who has been fasting

for the past ten days, like a

heavy downpour of rain thatcomes to fill the dried and

empty tanks, like a child

coming into a family which has

for long been yearning for

children, like a shower of wealth

on a very poor man, has come

Shri Sathya Sai in Puttaparthi,

when there is a total decline of

Dharma among the people

(S.S.B. 1977 p. 248)

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RAMA and KRISHNA

Vilmiki has given the meaning of Rama by splitting the name

into three parts. Ra, Aa and Ma. Ra is the basic letter for Agni

or fire, Aa is for Sun and Ma for Moon. These three letters

respectively signify Agni, Sun and Moon. The fire burns away

all the sins, the sun sheds light and removes the ignorance and

the moon cools the agitation in one's mind. Thus the utterance

of the mane of Rama removes your sins, your ignorance and

your agitations, and eliminates the possibility of your being

reborn. In this context, he has also been identifying the sound

AUM with the name Rama, and both bring the same result. As

AUM is the very basis of all the Vedas, so also is Rama thebasis of all creation. The three important aspects of Agni,

Moon and Sun contained in the name Rame are synonymous

with Ida, Saraswathi and Bharathi and are the basis for the

whole world. (S.S.B. 1974 - p. 243)

Krishna has three separate meanings - the word, that is:

(i) Karsh is one root from which the name is derived. It means,

that which attracts; Krishna attracts hearts to Himself, by His

sportive past-times, miraculous victories over the forces of evil,

His charming conversation, His wisdom, His personal beauty.

(ii) The word is also related to the root, Krish, to cultivate as a

field, for growing crops. The word means, He who removes the

weeds from the heart of man, and sows seeds of faith, courage

and joy. (iii) It is related to the root, Krish, meaning something

above and beyond the three attributes and the three eras, andna, means Sath-chith-ananda. (S.S.S. Vol. 8 - p. 51)

SAI

Having installed Sai in your village, you must grow in Prema,

for Sai is Premaswarupam. Sa means, Sarvasakthi: Sarvasakshi

is the Witness in All; Aayi means, Mother; Baba means, Father.

The Prema of Sai is the Prema characteristic of the Father and

the Mother; not the earthly father and mother but the Father and

Mother who are the Witness of every Thought, Word and Deed

in every being. (S.S.S. Vol. II - p. 133)

Sai baba means "the Divine Mother and Father"

(S.S.Sm. Part IV - p. 77)

The word 'Sayi', i.e. Sahi, means Prabhu, the Master. The word'Baba' means Father. (Sanathana Sarathi (Kannada) Sept. 1972 - p. 24)

What exactly is the meaning of Sai Baba? Sa means

Sahasrapadma, Saakshaatkaara, etc... Aayi means Mother and

Baba means Father; it means, He who is both Father and

Mother, and the Goal of all Yogic endeavour... the ever-merciful

Mother, the All-wise Father and the Goal of Sadhana.

(S.S.S. Vol. II - p. 22)

The words Sai Baba and Sambasiva mean the same thing. Sa

Amba Siva means Divine Father and Mother, and so does the

word Sai Baba. Because there is the aspect of mother and

father, and because both are present, this form is rightly to be

described as Siva Sakthi atma swaroopa. Like a mother, I will

be tender and soft and give you happiness, and like father, I

punish you, criticise you when needed, and through thesemethods, I take you to a high level. (S.S.B. 1974 - p. 288)

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