Pursue the Path of Truth and Wisdom: Divine Discourse Delivered by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Pursue the Path of Truth and Wisdom: Divine Discourse Delivered by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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Editor's note: This discourse does not appear in the Sathya Sai Speaks series. It appeared in Sanathana Sarathi, August 2014.
Study of the Vedas and scriptures cannot pierce the veil of ignorance that covers the human mind. God is on one side of the veil while the individual soul (jiva) is on the other side. The cause is on one side, the effect on the other.(Telugu poem)
God created mountains, rivers, forests, hills and hillocks. Similarly, He created all living beings right from a tiny ant to a huge elephant. He also created all the objects that are necessary for the functioning of the creation. However, He was not satisfied.
God created humanity in His own image
Having created all this, He wondered who there was in this creation who would derive happiness by seeing the majestic mountains, beautiful rivers and enchanting forests. What is the worth of the entire creation if there is no one to derive happiness from it? It was then that He decided to create people, who could use their power of intellect and discrimination to distinguish between the eternal and ephemeral and experience happiness from the objects of His creation. Only humans have the capacity to derive happiness from the creation and share happiness with others. Without human beings, the entire creation has no value.
Therefore, the One willed to become many (Ekoham bahusyam) and created humanity in His own image, investing them with secular knowledge (vi...
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~~~~~~ Pursue the Path of Truth and Wisdom ~~~~~~
Collection: Sri Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 29 (1996)
Date: 31 August 1996
Place: Prasanthi Nilayam
Link: https://links.sairhythms.org/ZBVw
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Editor's note: This discourse does not appear in the Sathya Sai Speaks series. It appeared in Sanathana Sarathi, August 2014.
Study of the Vedas and scriptures cannot pierce the veil of ignorance that covers the human mind. God is on one side of the veil while the individual soul (jiva) is on the other side. The cause is on one side, the effect on the other.(Telugu poem)
God created mountains, rivers, forests, hills and hillocks. Similarly, He created all living beings right from a tiny ant to a huge elephant. He also created all the objects that are necessary for the functioning of the creation. However, He was not satisfied.
God created humanity in His own image
Having created all this, He wondered who there was in this creation who would derive happiness by seeing the majestic mountains, beautiful rivers and enchanting forests. What is the worth of the entire creation if there is no one to derive happiness from it? It was then that He decided to create people, who could use their power of intellect and discrimination to distinguish between the eternal and ephemeral and experience happiness from the objects of His creation. Only humans have the capacity to derive happiness from the creation and share happiness with others. Without human beings, the entire creation has no value.
Therefore, the One willed to become many (Ekoham bahusyam) and created humanity in His own image, investing them with secular knowledge (vi...
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~~~~~~ Pursue the Path of Truth and Wisdom ~~~~~~
Collection: Sri Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 29 (1996)
Date: 31 August 1996
Place: Prasanthi Nilayam
Link: https://links.sairhythms.org/ZBVw
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