🌷 Shri Sathya Sai Baba – Chinna Kathalu (Short Divine Stories) 🌷

The Chinna Kathas — small stories narrated by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba — are not just tales; they are spiritual jewels containing profound moral, ethical, and divine lessons for daily life. Each story reflects Baba’s infinite compassion and wisdom, showing the path of truth, love, peace, right conduct, and non-violence.
Here are a few beautiful Chinna Kathas that convey timeless values:

🌸 1. The Mirror of the Mind

Once, a devotee asked Baba, “Swami, why do I not experience peace even after meditating daily?”
Baba smiled and said,

“If the mirror is covered with dust, can you see your reflection clearly? First clean the mirror, then you can see yourself perfectly.”

He explained that our mind is like a mirror. When it is covered with the dust of desires, anger, and ego, it cannot reflect the divine light. By cleansing it with love, service, and self-control, one can experience the true reflection — God within.

🌼 2. The Two Pots

Baba once told the story of two earthen pots — one filled with sweet water and the other with salty water. Both were placed in a river.
When the river rose, both pots floated. But when they broke, the water inside mixed with the river — sweet or salty, it made no difference.

Baba said:

“As long as you have body-consciousness, differences exist. Once the ego breaks, the individual merges with the Divine — just as rivers merge with the ocean.”

🌺 3. The Four Friends

Four friends went on a pilgrimage. Each promised to avoid anger, greed, pride, and jealousy.
But along the way, one by one, each fell prey to his weakness — one got angry, another became greedy, one grew proud, and the last was jealous.

When they returned, Baba said:

“Pilgrimage is not about changing places; it is about changing hearts.”

True spiritual progress comes from inner purification, not outer travel.

🌻 4. The Candle and the Sun

A disciple once asked Baba, “Swami, what is the difference between worldly knowledge and spiritual knowledge?”
Baba replied:

“Worldly knowledge is like a candle — it gives light only for a short distance. Spiritual knowledge is like the Sun — it illumines everything, everywhere.”

He taught that education should lead to illumination, not just information.

🌹 5. The King and the Sage

A proud king once asked a sage, “I have conquered many lands. What should I conquer next?”
The sage smiled and said, “Yourself.”

Baba explained:

“Victory over the world is meaningless if you are defeated by your own mind.”
The greatest conquest is self-mastery — controlling thoughts, words, and deeds.

🌼 Message of the Chinna Kathas

Through these divine parables, Baba reminds humanity:

• Love All, Serve All

• Help Ever, Hurt Never

• Hands that help are holier than lips that pray

• Be good, do good, see good — that is the way to God.