SAI BABA QUOTES

Why fear when I am here?
I am formless and everywhere
I am in everything and beyond. I fill all space.
All that you see taken together is Myself.
All that is seen is my form: ant, fly, prince, and pauper.
I do not shake or move.

Life is a song - sing it.
Life is a game - play it.
Life is a challenge - meet it.
Life is a dream - realize it.
Life is a sacrifice - offer it.
Life is love - enjoy it.

Do not be obsessed by egotism, imagining that you are the cause of action: everything is due to God.

There is a wall of separation between oneself and others and between you and me. Destroy this wall!

You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!

What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past.

The four sadhanas and the six Sastras are not necessary. Just has complete trust in your guru: it is enough..

Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the greatest healing energy.

If formless meditation is difficult, then think of My form just as you see it here. With such meditation, the difference between subject and object is lost and the mind dissolves in unity.
Meditate on what you read and think of God.
Meditate on Me either with form or without form, that is pure bliss.

Do not be idle: work, utter God’s name and read the scriptures.

Be contented and cheerful with what comes.

Whatever creature comes to you, human or otherwise, treat it with consideration.

Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.

What do we lose by another’s good fortune? Let us celebrate with them, or strive to emulate them.

Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he has created through his past ways of life, with all those material interests and earthly ambitions.

What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything has always been and will always be.

You say: It’s impossible
Sai says: All things are possible
You say: I’m too tired
Sai says: I will give you rest
You say: Nobody really loves me
Sai says: I love you
You say: I can’t go on
Sai says: My grace is sufficient
You say: I can’t figure things out
Sai says: I will direct your steps
You say: I can’t do it
Sai says: You can do all things
You say: I’m not able
Sai says: I am able
You say: It’s not worth it
Sai says: It will be worth it
You say: I can’t forgive myself
Sai says: I FORGIVE YOU
You say: I can’t manage
Sai says: I will supply all your needs
You say: I’m afraid
Sai says: I have not given you a spirit of fear
You say: I’m always worried and frustrated
Sai says: Cast all your cares on ME
You say: I don’t have enough faith
Sai says: I’ve given everyone a measure of faith
You say: I’m not smart enough
Sai says: I give you wisdom
You say: I feel all alone
Sai says: I will never leave you or forsake you..

“Before you speak ask yourself: Is it kind, is it necessary, it is true, does it improve upon the silence?”

Wealth is really a means to work out dharma. If one uses it merely for personal enjoyment, it is vainly spent.

A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion.

If we see all actions as God’s doing, we will be unattached and free from karmic bondage.

Guru and his disciple should love and serve each other as one. There is no distinction nor any difference between them. Both are one and one cannot live without the other. Those who see any difference between them are yet unripe and not perfect

Q: Somebody asked Baba that why do we need Guru or God's Grace?
Baba answered : " The path of this world is dangerous & difficult. If there is a guide with you, he will take you straight to your destination, avoiding wolves, tigers & ditches on the way. If there will be no Guide, there is a danger of your being lost in the jungles or falling into the ditches. Same is the importance of Guru or God's grace in your life. "

Meditation(Yoga), Sacrifice, Penance and Knowledge are the means to attain God. If you do not succeed in this by any means, in vain is your human birth.

"Human body is considered to be filthy, but if we reject or neglect it we loose the chance of God-vision and if we over-indulge in it and run after the sense-enjoyments because it is precious we go to hell. Therefore the proper course should be that the Human body should neither be neglected nor fondled, but should be properly cared for, just as a traveler on a Horse-back takes care of his horse on the way, till he reaches his destination and returns home. Thus the Human body should be ever used to attain God vision or Self-realization, which is the supreme end of life. "

Before the senses, mind and Intellect enjoy their objects, first God should be remembered. Senses can never remain without their objects, if those objects are first offered to God, the attachment for them will naturally vanish. In the same way all subtle thoughts including desire, anger, avarice should be first offered to the Guru. If this practice is followed the Lord will help you in eradicating all the vices.

"Anger is a deadly enemy. It burns our all Shubh karmas (Good deeds), Beware of it.."

"When we begin to practice discrimination we come to know that this world is transient & Unreal and our passion for worldly things become less and ultimately we get a feeling of Non-attachment for them. When we know that God which is no more than our guru, is the sole reality and god himself transcends and besets this seeming universe, then we begin to worship.

Get dispassion for the things and enjoyments of the world and have your mind turned to the Lord. It is essential for Self-progress.

Unless Egoism is dropped, Greed is vanished and the Mind becomes pure by being desire-less, the sensation of true form of God is not possible.

From Begining to end, one should live one-pointedly in whatever condition decided by fate and be contented. Never Worry."

There is no difference between Guru and God. He who sees any difference in them, sees God nowhere.

If anyone does anything evil unto you, do not retaliate. If you can do anything, Do some good unto others.

Human soul after being deluded by Maya forgets his true nature of Pure-consciousness-knowledge bliss and thinks that he is the doer and thus entangles himself in endless miseries. The only way to deliverance is the loving devotion towards the Guru's feet.

Knowledge or Self-realization is not possible unless there is the prior act of removing your personal desires, impulses, sins which is so hidden and so difficult to get rid of.

No one whether he be your Father, Mother, Spouse, Brother or any other relation comes to our aid in attaining the goal of life (self-realization). We have to find out the path of Self-realization ourselves with the guidance of our spiritual guru.

Problems and difficulties surround you, just to move you and confirm your faith. We are tested as it were. If we only hold on steadily to Baba with full faith and continue our endeavors, our efforts will be ultimately crowned with success for sure.

People should live happily in this world but they should be ever cautious and achieve the aim of their life, viz self-realization. We get human body as a result of merits in the past births and it is worthwhile that with its aid we should attain devotion and liberation in this life. So we should never be lazy but always be on the alert to gain the supreme goal of our life.

You must bear the fruit -good or bad of your actions. If it is incomplete, suicide won't help you. You have to take another birth and suffer again. So instead of killing yourself, why not suffer for sometime and finish up the fruit of your past deeds and be done with it once and for all.

Surrendering body, mind, intellect and ego  to the Guru is the Supreme Bhakti. Dedication to Guru or God is real surrender. Then God or Guru takes his seat in your heart and drives the chair of your body and soul to the city of Moksha and Ananda.

Our true Guru is God alone.  He transcends all Good qualities. He is beyond all forms. He is the only one who can drive out the darkness of Ignorance and light the lamp of Supreme Wisdom.

My true disciples should have the virtues of:- Forgiveness, Calmness, Disinterestedness, Charity, Benevolence, Control of mind and Egolessness.

Unless a man has turned away from wickedness and stopped from doing wrong and has entirely composed himself and unless his mind is at rest, he cannot gain self-realization even by means of knowledge.

Wealth is really a means to work out dharma. If one uses it merely for personal enjoyment, it is vainly spent.