Shri Sathya Sai Baba Chinna Kathas – Devotee 1.- How am I to know, if you are Shiva or Madhava: Thyagaraja Story Puttaparthi, Sai Kulwanth Hall (1996 Special Discourses ) Your browser does not support the audio element. 1996-07-19   Document Download Audio Social Share Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Description Thyagaraja said, “O lord, how can I decide who you are?! How am I to know if you are Shiva or Madhava? ‘Ra’ is the primal letter in the eight lettered Madhava mantra ‘Om Namo Narayanaya’ ” Without the ‘ra’ syllable the mantra becomes ‘nayanaya’ which means ‘chopping’ and so the mantra loses its significance. Tyagaraja further says, “In the mantra ‘Om namah Shivaya’, ‘ma’ is the primal and life letter” And its absence makes the mantra ‘om nah shivaya’ which means inauspicious. “I pay my respects to the one who knows these details. How am I to know if you are Shiva or Madhava?” In Shiva mantra ‘ma’ is the life letter and in Madhava mantra ‘ra’ is the life letter. These two letters make the word ‘RAMA’ and so Thyagaraja says that he salutes the word Rama. So there is none in this world who does not chant the Lord’s name. One thinks of God in one form or the other.   Listen To Full Discourse Singing the glory of the Lord is the royal path to liberation Puttaparthi, Sai Kulwanth Hall (1996 Special Discourses )   Your browser does not support the audio element. 1996-07-19 Document Download this Audio Social Share Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Description Devotion is the basis t o attain knowledge of the Supreme Being. Devotion is the panacea to get rid of the disease of birth and death. D evotion leads to the knowledge of eternal truth and con fers liber a tio   Singing the glory of the Lord is the royal path to liberation Puttaparthi, Sai Kulwanth Hall (1996 Special Discourses )   Your browser does not support the audio element. 1996-07-19 Document Download this Audio Social Share Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Description Devotion is the basis t o attain knowledge of the Supreme Being. Devotion is the panacea to get rid of the disease of birth and death. D evotion leads to the knowledge of eternal truth and con fers liber a tio   1.- How am I to know, if you are Shiva or Madhava: Thyagaraja Story Puttaparthi, Sai Kulwanth Hall (1996 Special Discourses ) Your browser does not support the audio element. 1996-07-19   Document Download Audio Social Share Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Description Shankaracharya had five disciples. One is very pure hearted. The others came there to learn Shastras and Upanishads and other knowledge. They were going through logic and grammar. One day Shankaracharya was teaching this logic. One student wanted to attend to the personal duties of the teacher. He would collect all the clothes of the guru and take it to the river when he would go to bathe. This disciple got completely involved in these duties in attending the personal needs of the guru. Thinking, chanting and and repeating the name of the Guru, he started washing the clothes and he finds that the water of the Ganges was rising. The water reached his neck when he noticed this. He was not fear stricken because he would drown, he thought he may not be able to survive. “By evening time it may not be possible for me to handover the clothes to my Guru” that was his main thought. ” I should handover these clothes to the Guru. It doesn’t matter even if I lose my life”. He kept the bundle of clothes on his head and started chanting the name of his Guru. Wherever he kept his foot to step ahead, there arose a lotus flower from the stone. The student was named Padmapada. The guru summoned him and blessed him. “Service to Guru is greatest. You considered Guru as your God. God is not separate from your Guru. Guru is Brahma, Guru is Vishnu, Guru is Shiva. Do not get carried away by today’s interpretation of Guru. God is only Guru. The creation, sustenance and annihilation are divine qualities. Consider God as your Guru. Don’t take individuals as your Guru”. Thus, he blessed Padmapada. The other four disciples used to make fun of Padmapada. At a moment of time he could chant all his lessons learnt. In fact, he was much better than all those who had studied everyday. Shankaracharya asked, “How are you chanting all these things?” He said Guru, “You are my everything, I surrender myself to you”. Who is Shankara? The one without doubts (Shanka) is Shankara. Shankara has no doubts.    Listen To Full Discourse God alone is the real Guru Puttaparthi, Sai Kulwanth Hall (Gurupoornima ) Your browser does not support the audio element. 1998-07-09 Document Download this Audio Social Share Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Description Concentrate on the love of God. Although one’s mother, father, and preceptor are to be adored as divine beings, they are not God. God should be worshipped as mother, father, preceptor, kinsman, and friend. Father, mother, and preceptor dwell in their respective abodes. But God dwells in your heart. Love the Lord who resides in your heart. All other objects of love are impermanent. What is the use of education if you have not learnt to worship God?   God alone is the real Guru Puttaparthi, Sai Kulwanth Hall (Gurupoornima ) Your browser does not support the audio element. 1998-07-09 Document Download this Audio Social Share Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Description Concentrate on the love of God. Although one’s mother, father, and preceptor are to be adored as divine beings, they are not God. God should be worshipped as mother, father, preceptor, kinsman, and friend. Father, mother, and preceptor dwell in their respective abodes. But God dwells in your heart. Love the Lord who resides in your heart. All other objects of love are impermanent. What is the use of education if you have not learnt