Pearls Of Wisdom Golden Sayings Of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

The auspicious day of Vijaya Dasami, in 1953, opened a golden chapter in the history of mankind, for that was the day chosen by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba for His first ever divine discourse in public. The flow of divine discourses, which started on that auspicious day out of His immense compassion for the well-being and harmony of humanity, has continued unabated even after five decades. During this period, Bhagawan has delivered hundreds of discourses in various places, to a variety of audiences. His benevolent acts for the humanity at large are also unparalleled. His noble mother made three requests to Him, namely to provide drinking water, a school, and a hospital for the village of Puttaparthi. Bhagawan has commissioned mammoth drinking water projects, benefitting hundreds of villages, towns, and even the city of Chennai. He has also built schools, colleges, super specialty hospitals, and even an outstanding university, and constructed thousands of houses to cyclone-hit people. This priceless inaugural volume in Sathya Sai Speaks contains thirty three divine discourses, of which five are for the students and authorities, giving invaluable guidance. There are also five discourses addressed to the residents of different villages, advising them on the value of unity and brotherhood.

Pearls of Wisdom from Sri Sathya Sai Baba is a book based on teachings of Sri Sathya Sai Baba. On one side you will find His message and other side His picture. This book is intended to be a quick reference to His teachings. What is this book about ? * Simple one liner meaningful message to give you an insight into His teachings. * When you flip every page you will find a new message and picture. What is this book not about ? * You won't find any long story or paragraph. * You will find that you will finish reading this book within minutes. This book is for flipping and checking a page randomly. ie, focus on new message in your free time.

Sri Sathya Sai Baba, commonly known as Bhagavan Sathya Sai, is a highly revered, renowned, well-acclaimed & accepted Spiritual Guide (Guru), who took birth in this World as a Lamp & Light to the entire Humanity. His Teachings, Sayings & Messages are always a guiding force to Millions of his followers all over the Globe. From his early childhood, he expressed his Divine qualities & Spiritual Miracles, which actually kindled the Spiritual thinking of all persons. Actually, he was a Spiritual Magnet, attracting the attention of all persons, irrespective of their Religious Belief & Faith. In another way he was a Spiritual dynamo, giving absolute energy & enthusiasm to everybody who met him. His life was a symbol of Devotion & Dedication to the service of the entire Mankind in a variety of ways. He always said - "Manava Seva is Madhava Seva" (Service to Humanity is service to God). Sri Sathya Sai always emphasized the importance of Good Character & Rightful Action in our daily life. His teachings always activated our Inner Quest for Self-realization. His words & sayings helped each & everybody to fulfill the Purpose of Life. He revealed the right path to find the Supreme Power (Almighty God) in our own Heart & Mind. He had cultivated the true value of Truth, Universal Love, Right Character, Peace, Nonviolence & the like Divine qualities in the mind of all Persons. It is very definite that this Title "Sathya Sai's Sayings" will ignite & accelerates the Spiritual Journey of the reader. Let's make it a habit to read repeatedly these sayings of Sathya Sai & introspect on each one, so that we will get more & more Insights & Intuitions about Our own Life. With these words of introduction, we are presenting this book to the entire Humanity, after submitting it at the Lotus Feet of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.

Sathya Sai Baba is a master of Wisdom, Peace, Joy, and Love who teaches the art of self-realization."My name is Sathya, truth . . . I have come to show you who you are . . .""First, SELF; then help; improve yourself, teach yourself, reconstruct yourself, and then proceed to solve the problems of others.""In order to see the moon, does one need a torch? It is by the light of the moon that one sees the moon. In like fashion if one wishes to see God, it by love, which is the light of God, that one may see Him."

Swami came into my life in 1988. Over the years, I have written down everything that I found to be important for spiritual development and regarding the future, the Golden Age as Swami calls it, which is going to last 1000 years and will be here soon. That is when PREMA SAI (Prema=Love) will be here around 2033. There will be peace!Just to explain for anyone who isn't aware of Sai Baba: He comes in a triple incarnation to help our world to transit into the Golden Age. First as SHIRDI SAI BABA, then as SATHYA SAI BABA and last as PREMA SAI BABA. Sathya Sai Baba passed away in 2011. I cannot tell you exactly from which speeches I took all the quotes, please forgive me that omission. I took the liberty to include a small part of Mr. Popat's speech which he gave in 2015 in Puttaparthi. I find he is a very good speaker; I was in India once when he also gave a speech, I think it was in 2010 when Canada went on a pilgrimage to see Swami after He invited us. There were approx. 1200 people that went! Most photos in this book are from the 2010 pilgrimage to Puttaparthi. Mr. Popat is quite close to Swami and he lives in the UK. I hope to be of help to all of you with this book!

It is impossible to pen the life of Baba. Its subtleties are beyond human ken. He often exhorts us, ‘Don’t try to analyse Me, experience Me instead; dive deep into My life, and therein you will find pearls of supreme wisdom which you can use in your daily life.’ This was one endeavour which was a regular feature at the Sri Sathya Sai Hostel, Prasanthi Nilayam – writing students’ experiences with Baba and sharing through them the lessons for life that they have learnt. Through these writings by the students and staff, emerged facets of His personality, which have struck them the most, and transformed their lives forever – His love, grace, grandeur, charisma, message and mission. The ‘Sai Chandana’ magazine started in 1984. Named by Baba Himself, it is an in-house Hostel Magazine offered by the Hostel students and staff to Him, every quarter. It typically consists of the experiences of students and staff (in English, Hindi, Telugu and Sanskrit), in the form of articles and poems, and even colourful sketches of Bhagavan and other deities of the Sanatana Dharma. The best of these articles were selected and published in a book form every five years titled ‘Sai Nandana’. This Book is a compilation of the articles written and published by the students of the Sri Sathya Sai Hostel at Prasanthi Nilayam on the occasion of the 75th Birthday of Baba in November 2000. The Book was a limited copy edition. By and large, the students whose articles were published in the issue would receive a gift copy from the Hostel as a prize for their writing skills. The devotees, who would throng to Prasanthi Nilayam on the occasion, would be lucky enough to get a copy for themselves from the Mandir book shop, for students’ experiences with Swami are something that everyone wants to read. Luckily, a copy was given to the libraries of each of the Hostels and even to the Central Library of the Institute at the Prasanthi Nilayam Campus. Those students who joined the Institute in recent years, were unaware of these early issues. Recently, they happened to come across some of these old copies in the Central Library at the Prasanthi Nilayam Campus of the Institute. When they opened the issues, they found articles by many illustrious alumni, who are today in prominent positions in eminent organisations across the globe. When they were students, they had shared their experiences with Baba in the Sai Nandana issues. And in all the articles was found the same Love Story between Baba and His students continuing year after year, batch after batch, decade after decade – the silent story of inner transformation of students through His Darshan, Sparshan, Sambhashan, Anugraham and Aashirwadam. Sai Publications thought that it was the right time to bring forth all these issues into the public domain, and once again, make it available for all the alumni, students and staff of Sri Sathya Sai Educational Institutions, and to the large Sai family of devotees across the continents, to read and reminisce the golden days which the students spent with Swami during their stay in this hallowed Institution. Since e-books are the most preferred format in contemporary times, the Book has been made available in various e-formats, which are compatible with different software. This would give the readers an opportunity to read an experience a day, while they are travelling to office or returning therefrom, waiting for a meal or winding up after a long day’s work, and help them get soaked in the joy of those moments of a bygone and glorious era! The Book has also been made colourful by including photos of Baba and students relevant to the experience shared in each article. Through this endeavour Sai Publications bring before the readers 75 precious articles containing experiences of students and staff over three decades ago – indeed, a treasure house of Divine Grace and proximity between the Baba and His students.