Thought for the Day

Our scriptures teach that you attain merit by serving others and commit sin by hurting them. This must be practiced everywhere. For example, understanding and adjustment between each other are very essential for the smooth functioning of a family. When there is proper understanding between wife and husband, the wife will not mind even when the husband returns home very late from office. In fact, she will be anxiously waiting for him thinking that he may be busy at work or is stuck in a traffic jam. But if there is no proper understanding between the two, even a five minute delay, will create a big fight! Adjusting will become easy only when there is proper understanding. When a teacher goes on leave, another teacher can engage his class. Such understanding and adjustment among teachers will help students very much. This must be practiced by all, be it students or teachers or members of a family or communities.

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Thought for the Day

Each and every one of you must have faith in God and self-confidence. If there is no faith you can achieve nothing. Where there is confidence there is Love. Where there is Love, there is Peace. Where there is Peace, there is Truth. Where there is Truth, there is Bliss. Where there is Bliss, there is God. In fact, without faith you can have no faith even in your mother. There should be confidence. Once you have confidence that a person is your mother, you love her. Confidence leads to love. Love takes you to peace. Peace produces truth and as soon as truth manifests, you achieve bliss. This Bliss is the very God-head itself. So, confidence is a necessary characteristic. It is this loss of confidence that is the cause of lack of spirituality in the world.

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Teachers must have a pure heart and virtues like adherence to truth, good conduct, duty, devotion and discipline, so that they can impart the same to the students.

A teacher is like a guidepost. If the guidepost itself is loose, how can it point to the right direction? So, a teacher should have a steady mind. Only then can one guide the students along the right path. The teacher should impart the human values of satya, dharma, shanthi, prema and ahimsa. Many are confused as to what is the foremost value among these five. Love is of paramount importance. Every teacher must teach their students to love and respect their parents, relatives and all fellow-beings. Teachers must have a pure heart and virtues like adherence to truth, good conduct, duty, devotion and discipline, so that they can impart the same to the students. He or she alone, who imparts these virtues to the students, is a teacher in the true sense. The whole world will prosper, when students tread along the right path. Hence it is essential on the part of a teacher, whom the students are bound to emulate, to cultivate virtues.

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba