General Quotations “Of what use is it to honour the Avatar and hold the day when the Avatar took human form as sacred? The Message of the Avatar must be born, must become alive, must grow in you, your heart-that is the Birthday, you have to celebrate. Celebrate the Birthday in your own village. You need not travel long distances to where I physically am! Plant the seeds of Love in your hearts. Jet them grow into trees of Service and shower the sweet fruit of Ananda. Share the Ananda with all. That is the proper way to celebrate the Birthday.” -Bhagavan Baba “The day when you resolve to practise My advice; to follow my directives, to translate My message into acts of service, and to engage in spiritual discipline-that day is My birthday for you. The 23rd of November which you now honor as the day on which I was born, is only like any other day, even if you celebrate it in a routine, ritual fashion. Adore man: the adoration reaches Me. Neglect man; you neglect Me. Of what avail is it to worship the Lord and to suppress man, His counterpart on earth? Love for God must be manifested as Love for man, and Love must express itself as service.” -Bhagavan Baba “Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavanthu (Let all beings in all the worlds be happy). Include this universal prayer in your prayers every day. This is my birthday message to you.”“Love all, serve all. Help ever, hurt never.”These simple yet profound words summarize the essence of his teachings. He constantly reminded his followers that love is the very foundation of life.Sai Baba believed that selfless love is the highest form of spiritual practice, and that true service is the most sacred path to God. -Bhagavan Baba “Embodiments of Love! Do not pay attention to the day when the body was born and fulfil selfish ends by celebrating the event pompously. The day when you manifest pure feelings in your hearts, plant firm faith in the Divine Principle in your thoughts and cultivate unselfish enthusiasm to serve others, that day deserves to be celebrated as the Real Birthday. Seva can give you the experience of the Omnipresence of God, God as Vishnu.” -Bhagavan Baba “There’s none in the world who has been able to see Me. They are seeing every thing and they are trying to understand everything, but they are not making the slightest attempt to understand what is divinity, which is present within them. When we talk of God we should know that God has no birth. Birth is only for the body. A body which is born has to die but God is above birth and death. He has no beginning, no middle and no end. He is neither born nor can He be destroyed. He is present everywhere in the form of Atma.” -Bhagavan Baba Source for the above quotations:Source: E-Magazine, November 15, 2003 I shall be with you, where ever you are, guarding you and guiding you. March on, have no fear. Human society minus God is equal to a forest of brutes. Be in the world, but let not the world be in you. The proof of rain is in the wetness of the ground;the proof of devotion is in the peace the aspirant has attained. Every experience is a lesson, every loss is a gain. A sound mind ensures a sound body;a sound body ensures a sound mind. The present is a product of the past, but it is also the seed for the future. Meditation is nothing else but rising above desires. Do not get attached to worldly things and pursuits.Be in the world, but do not let the world be in you.Have no desire to place before God. Real Peace of mind has no ups and downs; it cannot be partial in adversity and whole in prosperity. However high a bird may soar, it has sooner or later to perch on a tree top, to enjoy quiet. When you said “Yes” to Me, you gave up the right to be like everyone else. That is why you draw experiences to yourself that will cleanse yourself of that which does not fit who you are. Over and over, again and again, until I make you see that the past no longer works. I challenge you and tempt you every day with your past, so that you may see that the past is the ultimate delusion. When you said “yes” to Me you gave Me your body, your thoughts and your actions. When they don’t suit the new you, the uncomfortableness is unbearable. It will be so EVERY time and when you realize this fully, then and only then will you completely give up desire. For this is the only way man will learn. Very seldom does he learn by quiet reminders. Man’s desires and pitfalls are placed there so that I may do My work. When you give up totally, then the temptations will fade. I will never give up on you. Every slip will become harder and harder to bear and less easy to remedy. You will tire of your foolishness because I love you and though not completely aware of it, you did say “Yes”. – Sri Satya Sai Baba Where there is faith, there is loveWhere there is love, there is peace,Where there is peace, there is truth,Where there is truth there is blissWhere there is bliss, there is God. ? From the discourses of Sathya Sai Baba * Yesterday has deceived you and gone; Tomorrow is a doubtful visitor. Today is a fast friend ? hold fast to it. * A bubble is on water and merges in water. Man is born in God and merges in God. * A characterless man is like a pot with many holes, useless for carrying water or storing it. * A clean uncontaminated mind is like a fully blossomed fragrant rose. It refreshes and pleases. It can raise and