All about spirituality - Questions and answers extracted from Bhagawan Baba's speeches E-Book

Sri Sathya Sai Gita Sri Sathya Sai Gita

• Herausgeber: Planet editions
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

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- The translation is completely original and was carried out for the Ale. Mar. SAS;

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All scriptures that you study diligently will reveal to you that the path of Sai is Truth. By investigating the essence of all the Vedas you will discover that the true path is contained in Sai's words. All sciences and scriptures will testify to the truth in Sai's words. Reciting the Gayatri aloud will substantiate the truth of Sai's message. What is the use of all your efforts if the mind remains polluted?

Leseprobe

Index

PREFACE

GOD AND CREATION

MAN AND THE UNIVERSE

HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS AND VALUES

LEVELS OF AWARENESS

ATMA

EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE AND WRITING

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

BHAKTI YOGA

PRANAVA - OM

GURUS, SAINTS AND SAGES

THE REALISATION

AVATAR

Sri Sathya Sai gita

All about spirituality - Questions and answers extracted from Bhagawan Baba's speeches

PREFACE

God is the source of life. We all live by his presence in our inner being in the form of life energy. He is 'Sat-Cit- Ananda' or Existence, Awareness and Absolute Bliss. Because God is existence we exist. We are able to think, feel, move, work and be vital because God exists in us as awareness. If we would only preserve and maintain the purity of this inner divine essence of our being, learn to abide by it and become aware of our self, we would also conform to Him. The self or Atma, the pure existence and awareness that dwells within us, is the essence of the absolute bliss that exists in the inner and outer being of every creature, since it is all-pervading. All dual experiences we have are temporary since they belong to the body and mind and develop on physical and psychic planes, subject to change as they pertain to the phenomenal world and the feverish flux of change; in other words, to the so-called Samsara. Those immersed in Samsara are destined to experience opposites, i.e. joy and suffering, pleasure and pain, sweetness and bitterness, likes and dislikes, etc. The essence of our being has nothing to do with this dimension of duality because the Atma transcends it, just as it transcends time, space, gunas and illusion. Spirit is pure existence, pure awareness and absolute bliss (Sathyam Dhyanam Anantam Brahma). It lives by its own light and is the embodiment of knowledge. Nothing is hidden from it and it is omniscient as it is aware of its own truth. Self-realisation is the awareness of that God who illuminates the firmament of our spiritual heart as our true essence, our real self, our divine and eternal identity, which transcends the temporary, mutable and perishable human identity belonging to a relative and apparent reality. Our real identity is concealed by certain aspects of temporary reality. No matter what earthly aspect covers our true nature like a veil, we must gradually shed it, set it aside, transcend it. It is the cage that deprives us of freedom, it is slavery and it must go. Although it may appear beautiful, it is still a cage that binds us to the cycle of births and deaths. We are attached to this cage and consider it our true reality, thus suffering birth after birth. We must free ourselves from this attachment because it binds us. The goal of existence is to free ourselves from this bondage, to achieve enlightenment. As long as we do not attain it, we grope in darkness, ignorance and attachments, oblivious of our true nature. Until we have emancipated ourselves and attained liberation, we remain slaves and continue to live in a state of sleep and darkness. We are unaware of the ocean of bliss within us and are unable to experience the immortal spirit and God, who resides in the cave of our heart, because we are preoccupied with our own little 'self'. We are caught up, subjugated and obscured by this tiny self that envelops us. It is comparable to a lampshade completely covered with thick layers of soot that obscures the light. Bhagawan Baba says that the ego and 'mine' are the causes that bind man. The ego is the trap, it is the illusion, it is samsara, it is Prapancha (phenomenal world). Liberation, therefore, begins with a clear perception and recognition that we must rise from this unreal, ego-centred personality. It imprisons us. We must realise our true reality, aware that we are part of the Cosmic Spirit, divine in nature, without end or beginning, which transcends names and forms, birth and death, and is eternal. The separation of self from non-self, of Atma from non-Atma does not happen quickly. A relentless process of rejection of the non-Atma and non-self, accompanied by the affirmation of our identity with the spirit, the self, must guide us to this. This last stage can be pursued by constantly engaging in spiritual discipline. During the period of the Upanishads, the science of spirit, God and the important sacred spiritual secrets that lead to the realisation of divinity, were taught by ascetics to a select few balanced seekers. In the Dwapara yuga, through his disciple Arjuna, Lord Krishna imparted the same sacred knowledge of the pure atmic principle and the way to realise it to all mankind in order to free it from the cycle of births and deaths. In this age of Kali, for more than six decades now, the Avatar Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, in his infinite mercy, gives us the gift of his love by giving divine discourses. In them He imparts His teachings to all mankind, in order to reform mankind through the solid foundation of Dharma, and help mankind to tread the path of sadhana, so that they may victoriously attain permanent peace, enlightenment and ultimately liberation. Bhagawan exhorts the devotees in these terms: "Make use of the opportunity of association with Me as much as you can and strive diligently and expeditiously to follow the directives I have given you. To obey My instructions is sufficient. Strive to keep these ideals in mind in all your thoughts, words and actions. This will confer on you the 'supreme good' of union with the Supreme Reality." This volume titled "Sri Sathya Sai Gita" deals with Bhagawan's teachings in the form of questions and answers extracted from his divine discourses given to devotees for more than six decades, dating back to the period during which he gave his first teaching to disciples, a period when he revealed his identity: "Manasa bhajare guru charanam, dustara bhavasagara taranam". Bhagawan's teachings are appropriate for all classes of devotees, from novices to seekers of liberation. In this book, the spiritual teaching given by Swami shines through in all its glory, inspiring and guiding the seeker along the path to God. Bhagawan proclaimed that God does not reside in some heavenly realm, but is within us, with us, beside us, behind us and before us. He is present in every cell as vital energy, in every atom as activity. He is all that and more. Every human being is endowed with the intelligence by which he can investigate, seek and experience Truth. Sadhana leads us to the inner path, away from the objective world where the senses mislead and distort. Bhagawan has come down for the redemption of humanity. We can save ourselves and proceed safely and unharmed to the bliss of self-realisation by following the directives, teachings and lessons on spirituality that he has revealed to us and that are contained in this volume. The hope is that this book will help the devotee to tread the spiritual path peacefully and confidently, until triumph will have crowned him with identification with Him, who has given us these gems of spiritual secrets; He who is the Guide, the Guardian and the Lord. Offered at the Lotus Feet P.P.Arya THE WORDS AND PATH OF SAI All scriptures that you study diligently will reveal to you that the path of Sai is Truth. By investigating the essence of all the Vedas you will discover that the true path is contained in Sai's words. All sciences and scriptures will testify to the truth in Sai's words. Reciting the Gayatri aloud will substantiate the truth of Sai's message. What is the use of all your efforts if the mind remains polluted? SSS. Vol.20, p.118.

GOD AND CREATION