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Subject: The human raft: Divine Discourse Delivered by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

The human raft: Divine Discourse Delivered by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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MAN is the victim of many a pain; to those who identify themselves with body, life is a series of trouble and misery. But to those who know that the body is but a vehicle, these cannot cause anxiety. I must emphasise this now, when I am inaugurating this Primary Health Centre. Bodily health is important, for ill-health affects mental poise and concentration. When the body is fit, mental functions too run smooth; when the body suffers, the mind too gets unsettled. So, this raft called body which is the only means of getting across the sea of samsara (worldly life), has to be kept in good trim.

Untruth, injustice, anxiety - all cause leaks and loosen the knots of the raft. With such a poor raft, it is foolish to attempt the crossing. The raft has to be cast aside when the crossing has been effected; there is no more use for it. The human raft is the most efficient, for it is built out of viveka, vichakshana and vairagya (discrimination, ability and non-attachment), hard timber that can stand the beat of wave and the sway of current. If one does not make the best use of this chance, it may not come again for a long long time. Devotion and morality are as important for physical health as they are for mental health. They free the mind from agitation, they feed it with joy and contentment; they quieten the nerves and help even bodily processes. The flowers of this garland were buds yesterday; they bloomed this morning; they have started to fade now and tomorrow they will rot and dry. But, the string that holds them together interpenetrating them, is not subject to such change; It was string yesterday, it is string now and it will be string tomorrow. The unchanging Atma and the changing body - analyse them thus and be convinced of the eternal universal core of your being. As a thinking, discriminating human being, it is your re...

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~~~~~~ The human raft ~~~~~~

Collection: Sri Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 4 (1964)

Date: 14 December 1964

Place: Yerpedu

Link: https://links.sairhythms.org/snEd

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