When truth and Righteousness are protected, the nation will be secure

1.Teachers! You must inspire your students by your example. You should combine practice with precept, like the physical instructor who demonstrates the exercises the students should perform. In the hermitages of the ancient preceptors, this was how the Gurus taught their disciples. Share with your students the teachings of great and noble souls. Education should be for elevation and not merely for obtaining degrees to earn a living. You should teach students discipline, humility and respect, and instill in them the spirit of service and the sense of fellowship. Imbue your children with confidence and courage. Unify them through love and love alone; give no room for anger, jealousy or hatred within you and teach the children the three P's: Purity, Patience, Perseverance. Armed with these three qualities, your students can protect the nation better than any army or atom bombs. When Truth and Righteousness are protected, the nation will be secure.2.

2.Impure tendencies lead one to vices such as the craving for sensory stimulation like meaningless films; eating food that promotes passion, like fish and meat; and taking intoxicants that generates anger and greed that eventually ruins one’s personality. These impure tendencies are of three types: worldly, intellectual, and physical. Physical impulses make people desire a beautiful physique, with a glowing skin that never wrinkles and a sturdy muscular build. The scholarly tendencies prompt in one the desire to be known as an unrivalled expert and the defeat of every competitor. And lastly, worldly aspirations make one desire power and fame. These are all impulses which bind you to the wheel of birth and death (samsara) and tie you down to this Earth.

3.Enormous quantities of water are evaporated from the surface of the Earth by the Sun. This then transforms into clouds, and finally return to the Earth as rain. The wonder is that, in spite of this tremendous vaporisation, the level of the ocean does not go down even by an inch. Furthermore, even though thousands of rivers pour their waters into the seas, the level of the ocean does not increase. Similarly, people who have practised the wisdom of the scriptures are never affected by praise or blame, whatever the source and quantity. Their hearts remain pure and calm.

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba