In the pursuit of the spiritual path, first of all the mind should be brought under control

 

What is the grace we must secure to escape from the cycle of birth and death?

Vedas and Puranas deserve to be read and heard. God’s name is to be recited and listened to. For some ailments, medicines are prescribed for external application while for others, they are given for internal use. But for this universal ailment of the cycle of birth and death (bhava-roga), listening to spiritual discourses (sravana), singing God’s name (kirtana), and other medicines are prescribed for external and internal use. One has to utter as well as hear the Lord’s name.An aspirant might win God’s grace, the guru’s grace, and the grace of devotees of the Lord, but all this grace is of no avail if another grace is not secured, the grace of their own inner consciousness (antah-karana). Without this grace, the aspirant falls into perdition, for all the rest are of no account whatsoever.

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba