The Sai Teachings

GOOD QUALITIES VERSUS EVIL QUALITIES

The real contest today within you is the one between the evil qualities of desire, hatred, envy, pride, etc. and good qualities like truth, virtue, peace, nonviolence and love. Your body is the battlefield.

One team’s captain is the embodiment of good qualities. The captain of the other is the embodiment of mundane desires. Those who adhere to ever changing and worldly desires will attain defeat. Only those who attach themselves to the unchanging and eternal Divine can hope for enduring success in life.

In money, scholarship, knowledge and intelligence, there is no evil. Evil arises only from the activities you carry out using them.

The Sai Teachings

Live in Truth

Always love and follow only truth; falsehood is never beneficial. Some people may respect, but you will find that no one honours falsehood, deceit, and injustice all the time. On the contrary, everyone respects truth, honesty, integrity, and justice. Who is a divine person? It is just a name for the person who observes truth as their vow in daily living. The right conduct as prescribed in the scriptures (Vedas) is tested, proven and capable of standing the test of time. It is impartial and just. Faith in it grows with practice.

The worship of the Divine must follow the rules prescribed in the Scriptures; through this means, people get strengthened in leading a righteous life. This “righteousness” is the command of the Lord; it is the authentic voice of God, so it might as well be followed, bringing goodness to all; it confers bliss, here and hereafter

The Sai Teachings

EXPANSION

Expansion is the keynote of education. The first step for this expansion is the home, where you must revere and please your parents who gave you this chance to live and learn. If you ill-treat them or inflict grief on their minds, how can you ever gladden others by service and understanding? You know that when a balloon is blown, it bursts and the air inside it merges with the vast limitless expanse outside. So too your love must fill your home and your society, and finally burst even those bonds and become worldwide. A drop of water held in the palm evaporates soon; it is very solitary. But drop it into the sea - it survives! It assumes the name, the majesty and the might of a sea! Cultivate the seeds of love in all hearts!