Divine Words of wisdom by Sathya Sai Baba – With India 1. India always prayed for the welfare of all Your browser does not support the audio element. 1998-07-09 Document Download Audio Social Share Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Description There are ideals in the world at every needed time. There are certain prescribed ways of conduct in our society. The day we give up our tradition and prescribed procedures, we ruin ourselves. The culture of bharath is highly sacred. In spite of the passage of time, it continued eternal and steady. Here you find a gigantic tree, the gigantic tree has got into roots that has gone to the depth and drawing the water. If the roots do not grow to that extent, it is bound to fall. The culture of the remaining countries are lost and forgot. It is only the culture of bharath that had remained to be one of continuity and eternity. Why? Because the culture of bharath has got its roots that have gone to depth of Divinity. And it is the water available at the bottom that has been supplied to the roots. Culture of bharath is not merely ideal. The culture of bharath is permanent ideal. Anything may change, but this is changeless. The changeless culture of bharath is not known fully well.   4. India has proclaimed that truth is one Your browser does not support the audio element. 1996-06-19 Document Download Audio Social Share Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Description However, the same Atma was present in both of them. Truth is one and age becomes irrelevant where Truth is concerned. Truth is always one and there is no such thing as different truths for different castes such as Brahmins and Sudras, who represent the two, ends of the caste spectrum. Truth is one, not two. The Vedic declaration “Ekameva adviteeyam Brahma,” means that God is only one. The ancient tradition of India is rich in scriptural declarations that proclaim Truth. The wisdom and cultural tradition of India have diffused widely into the world. That is the culture and tradition into which you are born. You should therefore never forget or give up your heritage, which is profound, sacred, and divine. You should not allow your mind to wander as it pleases. You must restrain and regulate it to follow ancient culture and thus stay on the right path. Your mind may waver and stray into the wrong path but you must remain firm and steadfast. You should be the master of your mind and not its servant. God alone must be your ultimate Master. Saint Ramdas a great devotee of Lord Rama declared, “Lord, I want to serve your servants and thus become a servant of servants and remain so at all times, be it morning or evening.   5. Respect your Motherland Your browser does not support the audio element. 2000-11-23 Document Download Audio Social Share Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Description Embodiment’s of love! The sanctity, the sacredness in this country is not there anywhere else. Therefore, Bharat has been the land of several incarnations. Bharat is akin to a mother of the whole world. In what way are we thinking of our motherland. The present procedure is wrong. You have to respect your mother land and that should be the goal of your life. and Lord Rama said, Mother and Motherland are much greater than heaven or paradise. He considered his physical mother and motherland as one and the same. That we have to know and practice. You think and pray to Rama, you glorify Rama but who is practising the teachings of Rama. No one is practicing. You are a hero in chanting the name of Rama but you are a zero in practicing his teachings. Why don’t you follow the teachings of Rama.   6. Develop patriotism towards your country Your browser does not support the audio element. 1973-05-21 Document Download Audio Social Share Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Description My country is India. My religion is the religion of India. My ideals and traditions have been born in India. You must develop such thoughts in your mind. You must develop great respect and attachment to the culture that has flourished in this country from time immemorial. Our culture is ancient and immortal. You will have to dedicate your life to the future of this country.    7. Significance and greatness of India Your browser does not support the audio element. 1988-09-03 Document Download Audio Social Share Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Description From stone to a precious gem, from an inert thing to the most illuminated, from the lowest caste to the highest, from an ant to an elephant – Bharat has believed that God exists in all these aspects. Bharat is a country which has firm faith that every object is worthy of worship. That is why in Bharat you find that even a stone in the form of an idol finds acceptability and worship. Trees like Asvattha tree and tulasi have also been worshipped here. Animals like cow, elephant and horse also are being worshipped in Bharat. Bharat is one which wants to foster even ants by providing them sugar and flour as food. Bharat is a country which offers worship recognising divinity in all sorts of animals whether it is a donkey, monkey or a dog. Unfortunately people who cannot recognise this basic truth foolishly describe Indians as foolish. But this is not true. Bharat is a country which is extending the love of God not merely to human beings but to every living being, be it animals, birds or bees. The type of social justice that is obtained in Bharat cannot be obtained in any other country in the world. No country has been able to recognize this philosophy of Bharat. Bharat is one which combines spirituality in day to day life.   8. We need to develop patriotism