It is not wrong to love children. But parents should learn how to love them.

It is not wrong to love children. But parents should learn how to love them. Whenever the children go astray, wittingly or unwittingly, parents should hasten to correct their faults and bring them to the righteous path. The obligations of parents do not end with providing food, schooling and knowledge on worldly matters. Children should also be provided with right values. They should not be made to think that the acquisition of wealth is the be-all and end-all of life. Wealth does not accompany one when they leave the world. Wealth is necessary only for meeting one's essential needs. Too much wealth is an embarrassment like an oversized shoe. Too little of it is likely to be painful, like a tight-fitting shoe. So it is desirable to have only that amount of wealth that is adequate for one's basic needs. It is deplorable that in the mad pursuit of money, people are forgetting or compromising human virtues.

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Behaviour is important for man.

Man does not live long. However in this short span of life he has the ability to experience divine bliss. Two people might appear ostensibly made of the same mould. Their limbs might look alike. Nevertheless, one could turn out to be an angel and another a beast. What is the reason for this? Looking at their behaviour, it is hard to believe that both of them belong to the same community. Therefore, primarily behaviour is important for man. Each and every moment, human life may superficially appear to be simple but truly it is not so; there is a great meaning inherent in it. The entire life is a great act of sacrifice or yajna karma. If the sleep that one enjoys after offering all the experiences of the day to the Lord in a spirit of surrender, is not Samadhi then what else is it? Because of the all pervasive feeling of “I am the Body”, man, without discrimination, explores various ways to boost his physical being. Therefore, instead of thinking day and night about the body, preserve it only for the purpose of serving all living beings with Trikarana shuddhi - purity of thought, word and deed, so that you can realize the Higher Self, as you are not the body but the Atma.

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba

There is no greater quality in an individual than selfless love, which expresses itself in service to others

People have faith in the results given by scientists of the calculation of planetary distances and sizes. But they hesitate when confronted with conclusions arrived at by investigators who have seen and shown, experienced and enjoyed the Truths by going into the inner space and inner regions of the Spirit. It is unreasonable willfulness that makes people stick to the beliefs they have accepted as unchallengeable. As the statement goes, “The subterranean fire can be grasped in the palm and the sky can be contacted as a concrete entity; but one can never refine the mind of an obtuse and obstinate person." For one can awaken a person who sleeps; one can make a person who is not asleep to rise and move; but one can never awaken a fellow who pretends to be asleep. Willfully avoiding the illumination of knowledge is a sin against spirituality. Our students must welcome light at all times and from all quarters.

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba