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Nov 12, 2018 Quotations

Sri M said....

Sai Baba used to say that he practiced Guru Yoga, complete attention on the teacher. Baba would mention his Guru, a man called Venkusha who lived in the Nizam’s provinces in Andhra Pradesh, closer ...

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Nov 11, 2018 Quotations

Sri M said....

What each one of us must understand is to first lead a good life by helping as many people as possible, to sing the name of God, to do our ‘japa’, and to dwell on the Inner Spirit constantly. This ...

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Nov 10, 2018 Quotations

Sri M said....

Sai Baba always said, 'I give people what they ask – thinking, hoping, they will ask me one day what I really want to give them'. But, it is unfortunate that in this materialistic world, even when ...

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Nov 09, 2018 Quotations

Sri M said....

The central message is –there is only One Supreme Being and that Supreme Being resides in the hearts of all. He is the Antaryami. By living a good life, praying, meditating and trying to touch the ...

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Nov 08, 2018 Quotations

Sri M said....

Sai Baba was a strange person. Sometimes, his mood would be terrible, and nobody would dare go near him. And then, sometimes, he would be so affectionate that you could do anything – nothing matter...

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Nov 07, 2018 Quotations

Sri M said....

Satsang is critical – because you become according to the company you keep. If I live with people who talk about the Truth or want to find out what it is; who do japa and kirtan and bhajan, then I ...

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Nov 06, 2018 Quotations

Sri M said....

There’s a faculty that opens by which one can probably begin to understand these things. That is called the opening of the ‘Heart’.  It is not open-heart surgery!  We are not talking of an anatomic...

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Nov 05, 2018 Quotations

Sri M said...

We think we can solve everything with our rational brain! This is one of the problems man faces when he reads the scriptures. He feels that with his intellect, he can explain everything. Now, one m...

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Nov 04, 2018 Quotations

Sri M said....

Most of the benefits derived from Sai Baba were through Satsangs. The Satsang would sometimes be by touch, by talk,or by sight. He never taught people by talking about philosophy or the scriptures....