Thought for the Day

Tyaga (sacrifice or renunciation) is not going to the forest, leaving behind your spouse, children and property. What needs to be sacrificed is the hankering for results, the fruits of one’s actions. That is true sacrifice. You must renounce indiscriminate desires. Then only will your heart become pure. God desires only a pure, loving and sacred heart. God does not desire or need anything from you! It is only you who have desires. When you have noble desires, God will be happy. It is only then your family, society and coun­try will experience peace and happiness. First and foremost, peace should reign in your own home. Then, that peace will be radiated to the society. When societies become good, the country will prosper. If peace is to be established in the country, the individual should experience peace in the first instance. World peace is possible only when peace is established at the individual level. If an individual is not at peace, how can there be peace in the world?

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba