God Incarnates To Serve Mankind: Divine Discourse Delivered by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
God Incarnates To Serve Mankind: Divine Discourse Delivered by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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Embodiments of Love!
Just as the birds have two wings which help them to fly,Love and service are the two wings which enable man to reach his goal of life quickly.(Telugu Poem)
MAN is born to render selfless service and not to indulge in selfishness. Selfless service alone can achieve unity of mankind. Only through unity can humanity attain divinity. Hence service is very essential to understand this unity in humanity. People are under the impression that service means merely to help the poor, the weak and the forlorn. It is a big mistake to think that you are rendering service to others. In fact, you are serving yourself because the same principle of the atma, the same principle of love is present in all. All men are essentially one. The differences lie only in their feelings. So, man should change his feelings and try to recognise the truth that the same divinity is immanent in all. Only then can there be transformation in man.
Selfless Service Kills Ego
The hands do the work, the tongue performs the task of talking and the head enquires. All these limbs of the body may be different from each other but the divine power that exists in them is one and the same. Likewise, the same divinity exists in all beings. Once you understand this truth, the service you render will become divine. One should not become egoistic thinking that one is doing great service. Actually, service is meant to kill ego. You cannot call it service if it is rendered with ego. First of all, ego has to be subdued. Body attachment is the root cause...
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~~~~~~ God Incarnates To Serve Mankind ~~~~~~
Collection: Sri Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 33 (2000)
Date: 20 November 2000
Occasion: Inaugural Discourse of the 7th World Conference of Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations
Place: Prasanthi Nilayam
Link: https://links.sairhythms.org/NdvG
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Best Regards
Seetha Ram
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Embodiments of Love!
Just as the birds have two wings which help them to fly,Love and service are the two wings which enable man to reach his goal of life quickly.(Telugu Poem)
MAN is born to render selfless service and not to indulge in selfishness. Selfless service alone can achieve unity of mankind. Only through unity can humanity attain divinity. Hence service is very essential to understand this unity in humanity. People are under the impression that service means merely to help the poor, the weak and the forlorn. It is a big mistake to think that you are rendering service to others. In fact, you are serving yourself because the same principle of the atma, the same principle of love is present in all. All men are essentially one. The differences lie only in their feelings. So, man should change his feelings and try to recognise the truth that the same divinity is immanent in all. Only then can there be transformation in man.
Selfless Service Kills Ego
The hands do the work, the tongue performs the task of talking and the head enquires. All these limbs of the body may be different from each other but the divine power that exists in them is one and the same. Likewise, the same divinity exists in all beings. Once you understand this truth, the service you render will become divine. One should not become egoistic thinking that one is doing great service. Actually, service is meant to kill ego. You cannot call it service if it is rendered with ego. First of all, ego has to be subdued. Body attachment is the root cause...
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~~~~~~ God Incarnates To Serve Mankind ~~~~~~
Collection: Sri Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 33 (2000)
Date: 20 November 2000
Occasion: Inaugural Discourse of the 7th World Conference of Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations
Place: Prasanthi Nilayam
Link: https://links.sairhythms.org/NdvG
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Best Regards
Seetha Ram
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