12. The Golden Sayings of SHIRDI SAI BABA

Compiled by M. M. DIVAKARAN
[First Published in November 2006]

SHIRDI SAI BABA is the name given to Him by His first devotee, Mahalsapathi - ‘Sai’ means ‘Saint’ and ‘Baba’ means ‘Father’. In other words “The Father of Great Soul”. The name is just an expression of love, reverence and devotion.

‘Sai Baba’ has written nothing on record. His teachings were oral and those too very short, pithy sayings rather than elaborate discourses.

Sai Baba’s sayings reveal the true and selfless adoration, the love and friendship. He used to demonstrate His powers as and when the occasion arose. He had no differences of cast, creed or religion. His religion is common to people of all faiths.

Always Baba led His disciples along the Bhakti marga, the radiant pathway of divine love, self-surrender and devotion.

There is no clear record of Sai Baba’s real name, or of His origin. He led an extremely simple and ascetic life; living in a small Village called Shirdi in Maharashtra State as a mendicant monk, and sleeping on the floor of the temple, and later in a dilapidated mosque. He has shown numerous miracles. It is needless to mention here that Sai Baba’s fame is spreading day by day all over the world.

Sai Baba first came to Shirdi in 1854 A.D. when he was at the age of 16 and lived there for about 3 years. He then disappeared from there for some time and returned again to Shirdi with Chand Patil’s marriage party in 1858 and lived in Shirdi for 60 years till His Maha Samadhi on 15th October, 1918 (on the Vijayadasami day, Tuesday at 2.30 p.m.)

The famous book about Sai Baba is "Shri Sai Satcharita", written by Govindrao Raghunath Dabholkar, whom Sai Baba nicknamed ‘Hemadpant.’ (translated from Marathi in to English by Nagesh V. Gunaji). The book gives a good account of Sai Baba’s life, teachings, and miracles.

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This booklet "The Golden Sayings of Shirdi Sai Baba" is a collection of precious sayings drawn from various literature pertaining to Sai Baba. Experience those gems... and assimilate into your life. It can change your life for the better, substantially.

I am grateful to those who have co-operated to bring out this invaluable booklet. Lastly, I bow down my head at Sai Baba’s feet for accomplishment of this work.

“OM SAI SARANAM”

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THE GOLDEN SAYINGS OF SHIRDI SAI BABA

 Sab Ka Malik Ek (One God Governs All).

 Allah Malik (God is the Master).

 A disciple is one who carries out implicitly the commands of the Guru (the preceptor).

 All diseases shall vanish when My Leelas (stories & teachings ) are listened to respectfully.

 All Sadhanas (spiritual practices like tapa-penance, Yoga practices or studying sacred scriptures) are not just enough to attain Self-Realisation unless accompanied by Bhakti (devotion).

 Always meditate on My formless nirgun nature, which is knowledge incarnate, consciousness and bliss. If you cannot do this, meditate on My sagun (physical) form, as you see Me here (in Shirdi).

 Always speak the truth.

 Always think of God and utter His name.

 All that you see taken together is Myself.

 All that is seen is My form - ant, fly, prince, and pauper.

 All Gods are one. There is no difference between a Hindu and a Muslim. Mosque and temple are the same.

 Always think of God and you will see what He does.

 Always remember Me, believe in Me heart and soul and then you will be most benefited.

 Anger is a deadly enemy. It burns all our shubb (good) karmas (deeds).

 Anyone who has surrendered himself to Me should not worry about the future.

 Arrogance and conceit bring about the fall of man spiritually.

 As I have become a Fakir, I have no house of wife, and though leaving of all cares, I have stayed at one place, the inevitable Maya teases Me often though I forgot Myself, I cannot forget her (Maya). She always envelops Me.

 As the devotees believe in Me, I accept the offerings by them heartily.

 As close as you are to God, so close is God to you.

 As soon as one climbs the steps of this mosque, sufferings due to karma are at an end and joy begins.

 At twelve O’ clock in the noon, one gets uneasy due to hunger. One who realize this in ease of others also is a virtuous person.

 Avoid unnecessary disputation.

 Be ashamed of your hatred. Give up hatred and be quiet.

 Be contented and cheerful with what comes.

 Bear in mind this secret, that one should have firm faith in one’s Guru and nowhere else.

 Behold ye the hand of God, the Ever Gracious Mother of us all. In suffering and defeat, as in joy and triumph, greet the light of the Mother's mercy.

 Believe Me, though I pass away, My bones in My tomb will give you hope and confidence. Not only Myself but My tomb would be speaking, moving and communicating with those who would surrender themselves whole-heartedly, to Me.

 Believe in Me in heart and soul and then you will be greatly benefited.

 Blessed is he who has become one with Me.

 Cast all your burdens on Me and I shall bear them.

 Choose friends who will stick to you till the end, through thick and thin.

 Cleverness and craftness are stumbling blocks in the path of spirituality.

 Cry like a child ‘Ma’, ‘Ma’ and the holy divine Mother shall run and pick you up.

 Death is an illusion. Like worn out garments the body is cast away none dies.

 Demolish the wall of difference that separates you from Me; and then the road for our meeting will be clear and open.

 Destiny is pre-determined. He who is to die, will. He who is destined to his truck, will be. He who is destined to be caressed, will be.

 Distinguish right from wrong and be honest, upright and virtuous.

 Do not bark at people and don’t be aggressive, but put up with others’ complaints.

 Do not be anxious that I would be absent from you. You will hear My bones speaking and discussing your welfare.

 Do not be deluded by worldly honour.

 Do not be idle - work, utter God’s name and read the scriptures.

 Do not be obsessed by the importance of wealth.

 Do not be obsessed by egotism, imagining that you are the cause of action - everything is due to God.

 Do not entertain the sense of doer-ship in doing good as well as bad deeds, be entirely prideless and egoless in all things and thus your spiritual progress will be rapid.

 Do not fight with anyone, nor retaliate, nor slander anyone.

 Do not fight the battles of life yourself. Surrender. Let God fight your battles for you. When God himself fights, the results are in no doubt.

 Do not kick against the pricks of life.

 Do not retaliate even if someone does any evil. If you must do anything, do some good unto others.

 Do not swim on the surface of the ocean of universal life; simply float.

 Do not try to control the mind. Do not struggle with it. Bypass it instead and move straight into the Atman.

 Do your duty, leaving all attachment to the things of this world.

 Drive out useless Sannyasi, his company is of no use.

 Dwarakamai wards off all dangers and anxieties of the children who sit on her lap. This Maszidmai is very merciful. She is the Mother of simple devotees, whom she will save in calamities. Once a man sits on her lap all his troubles are over. He who rests in her shade gets bliss.

 Even if you merely chant 'Sai', 'Sai', I shall take you across the ocean. For I always drag My devotee towards Me from far off places, or even across the seven seas like a sparrow heading to its nest with a string tied to its feet.

 Even if you merely utter My name with Love, I shall fulfill all your wishes and increase your devotion.

 Faith and Patience are like the twin sisters loving each other very intimately.

 First give bread to the hungry and then eat yourself.

 For seeing Brahman one has to give five things, i.e. surrender Five things viz. (1) Five Pranas (vital forces), (2) Five Senses (five of action and five of perception, (3) Mind, (4) Intellect and (5) Ego. This path of Brahma-Jnana or Self-realization is as hard as to tread on the edge.

 Forgiveness as a virtue and assertiveness in the pursuit of truth (the righteous path) rather than aggression.

 From beginning to end, one should live on-pointedly in whatever condition decided by fate and be contented. Never worry.

 Fulfill any promises you have made.

 Gain and loss, birth and death are in the hands of God.

 Get on with your worldly activities cheerfully, but do not forget God.

 Give food to the hungry, water to the thirsty, and clothes to the naked. Then God
will be pleased.

 Give rein to the negative states (avariciousness, anger, hatred, pride, etc.) only as much as is essential to go through the karma earmarked for this physical existence.

 Go wherever you will, over the wide world, I am with you.

 God does not like big subscriptions and donations collected against the wishes of the donors, but He likes ever trifling amounts given with love, devotion.

 God has agents everywhere and their powers are vast.

 God has created this beautiful world and it is our duty to appreciate its beauty.

 God is not so far away. He is not in the heavens above, nor in hell below. He is always near you.

 God is the sole doer and inspirer. He is also most merciful.

 God, is the sole dispenser and protector, always think of Him. He will take care of you. Surrender to His feet with body, mind, wealth and speech, and then see what He does.

 God lives in all beings and creatures, whether they be serpents or scorpions. He is the great wire-puller of the world, and all beings, serpents, scorpions etc., obey His command. Unless He wills it, nobody can do any harm to others.

 God will show His love. He is kind to all.

 Have faith and patience. Then I will be always with you wherever you are.

 He who attains the supreme goal of life is immortal and happy; all others merely exist, i.e. live so long as they breathe”.

 He who bankers after worldly position, name and fame, can never realize God.

 He who carps and cavils at others pierces Me in the heart and injures Me, but he that suffers and endures pleases Me most.

 He who cometh to My Samadhi, his sorrow and suffering shall cease.

 He, who gets rid of his ego, places (or surrenders) it at My feet, I help him the most.

 He who loves Me most, always sees Me.

 He, who shuns transitory pleasures, lands in the inner lake of immortality.

 He who thinks that I am only at Shirdi has never known Me. I am omnipresent - anywhere, everywhere, all the time and in all creation. I am at Shirdi and everywhere.

 He who withdraws his heart from the world and loves Me is My true lover and he merges in Me like a river in the sea.

 Help the poor and needy.

 However distant my people may be, I draw them to Me just as we pull a bird to us
with a string tied to its foot.

 I always care and provide for welfare of My devotees, who devoutly worship Me with their minds ever fixed on Me.

 I always think of him, who remembers Me. I run and manifest Myself to him, who lovingly calls Me.

 I am at Shirdi and everywhere. Whatever you do, wherever you may be, ever
bear this in mind, that I am always aware of everything.

 I am ever living to help and guide all, who come to Me, who surrender to Me
and who seek refuge in Me.

 I am formless and everywhere!

 I am in everything and beyond. I fill all space.

 I am not the body or the senses. I am the eternal Saakshi (witness).

 I am the bond slave of My devotee. I love devotion.

 I am the giver of everything. How can anyone get anything without my sanction?

 I am the progenitor of God.

 I am shepherd who always tenderly looks after his flock.

 I am the slave of My devotee.

 I am the slave of those who hunger and thirst after Me and treat everything
else as unimportant.

 I am your servants’ servant.

 I cannot do anything without God’s permission.

 I carry on, as a wirepuller, all the actions of the man who trusts Me and merges in Me.

 I do not need any paraphernalia (things) of worship, either eight-fold or sixteen-fold.

 I embroiled Myself in karma and got this body. Brahman is My father and Maya is My mother.

 I fill all space and am omnipresent. I am in water, in dry places, in crowds and solitary wilderness. I am in the fire and in ether.

 I feel indebted to him, who surrenders himself completely to Me and ever remember Me.

 I give people what they want in the hope that they will begin to want I want to give them.

 I get angry with none. Will a mother get angry with her children? Will the ocean
send back the waters to the several rivers?

 I give My devotees whatever they ask, until they ask for what I want to give.

 I give salutation to the person, who surrenders to Me completely, who worships Me faithfully, who remembers Me always, and meditates on Me constantly.

 I have to take care of My children day and night and give an account to God of every paisa.

 I look on all with an equal eye.

 I love devotion.

 I never speak any untruth, while sitting in this Masjid.

 I require no door to enter. I have no form or any extension; I always live everywhere.

 I require no conveyance, carriage, tonga nor train nor aeoroplane. I run and manifest Myself to him who lovingly calls Me.

 I rest there where there is full devotion,

 I shall be active and vigorous even from My tomb.

 I shall be ever active and vigorous even after leaving this earthly body.

 I shall be with you the moment you think of Me.

 I stay by the side of whoever repeats My name.

 I think of My people day and night. I say their names over and over.

 I will not allow My devotees to come to harm.

 If a devotee is about to fall, I stretch out My hands to support him or her.

 If a man utters My name with love, I shall fulfill all his wishes, increase his devotion. And if he sings earnestly My life and my deeds, him I shall beset in front and back and on all sides.

 If any one does any evil unto you, do not retaliate. If you can do anything, do some good unto others.

 If anybody wants any money from you and you are not inclined to give, do not give, but do not bark at him like a dog.

 If any men or creatures come to you, do not discourteously drive them away, but receive them well and treat them with due respect.

 If anyone gets angry with another, they wound Me to the quick.

 If anyone offends you do not return tit for tat.

 If formless meditation is difficult, then think of My form just as you see it here (Shirdi). With such meditation, the difference between subject and object is lost and the mind dissolves in unity.

 If I take one rupee as Dakshina (offering) from anybody, I have to return it ten-fold to him. I never ask anyone indiscriminately.

 If My Leelas are written about or devoutly sung and attentively listened to, Ignorance will vanish, awareness of the body will reduce and strong waves of devotion & love would arise.

 If my stories are listened to, all the diseases will be got rid of. So, hear my stories with respect and think and meditate on them, assimilate them.

 If one devotes their entire time to Me and rests in Me, need fear nothing for body
and soul.

 If one meditates on Me, repeats My name and sings about My deeds, he is transformed and his bad karma is destroyed. I stay by his side always.

 If one perpetually thinks of Me and makes Me his sole refuge, I become his debtor and will give My head to save him.

 If one sees Me and Me alone and listens to My Leelas and is devoted to Me
alone, they will reach God.

 If the devotee has sincere faith in Me, his mind will merge with the supreme consciousness. Even mere chanting of My name, as ‘Sai, Sai’ will do away with the sins of speech and hearing.

 If the mind be vagrant, it cannot be called well-merged.

 If we see all actions as God’s doing, we will be unattached and free from karmic
bondage.

 If you acquire wealth, become humble the way a tree laden with fruit bows down.

 If you always say ‘Sai Sai’, I shall take you over the seven seas.

 If you are wealthy, be humble. Plants bend when they bear fruit.

 If you avoid rivalry and dispute, God will protect you.

 If you cannot endure abuse from another, just say a simple word or two, or else
leave.

 If you cast your burden on Me, I shall surely bear it.

 If you do not want to part with what you have, do not lie and claim that you have nothing, but decline politely saying that circumstances or your own desires prevent you.

 If you earnestly sing about My Leelas and deeds or spread My message, you will merge in My grace.

 If you listen to Me carefully and always meditate on Me, you will surely benefit.

 If you look at Me I will look at you.

 If you make Me the sole object of your thoughts and aims you will gain Paramatma (supreme goal).

 If you seek My help and guidance I will immediately give it to you.

 If you spread your palms with devotion before Me, I am immediately with you day and night.

 In due time your bad actions will be destroyed, your merits and dements will be reduced to ashes and I shall consider you blessed where you will renounce all attachments, conquer lust and palate and getting rid of all impediments.

 In the body there are many robbers. Bolt your doors. Be very vigilant, the thieves will carry every thing; wealth and prosperity are transient and the body is subject to decay and death.

 In whatever faith men worship Me, even so do I render to them.

 Is there any other to protect the one who is the protector of all?

 It is better to serve than to rule.

 It is my special characteristic to free any person, who surrenders completely to me and who does worship me faithfully and who remembers me and meditates on my constantly.

 It is not necessary to go so long for a holy bath. Our Prayag is here, believe Me.

 It is not good to dispute and argue. So don’t argue, don’t emulate others.

 Joy and sorrow should not affect one. They are both delusions.

 Karma (actions) is the cause of happiness as well as sorrow too. One must therefore bear with it.

 Know that My Spirit is immortal. Know this for yourself.

 Know that there is a compelling reason behind every incident in your life as well as the world life.

 Leave off all cleverness and remember 'Sai Sai'. If you did that all you shackles would be removed and you would be free.

 Let anybody speak hundreds of things against you, do not resent by giving any bitter reply. If you always tolerate such things, you will certainly be happy.

 Let the senses do their allotted works. We should not meddle with their work.

 Let the world go topsy-turvy, you remain where you are.

 Let us be humble.

 Let us do our prescribed duty and surrender our body, mind and five pranas (life) to the Guru's feet. Guru is God, all pervading.

 Life and Death are the manifestations of God’s activity. You cannot separate the two. God permeates all.

 Listening to My Leelas (stories & teachings) will create shraddha in your heart, and with a little of bit saburi (patience) you can overcome the obstacles leading to "Self Realisation & Bliss”.

 Look at Me with sincere devotion and I, in turn, look at you likewise.

 Love and respect for each other and compassion towards the downtrodden and
animals.

 Love all. Practice Ahimsa. Do not harm others by thought, word or deed.

 Love divine is the salt of all sadhana (concentration). It is the sweetness that is sadhana. Without Love, sadhana is insipid and dry.

 Love towards all animals, birds and insects.

 Man is a product of the forbidden fruit. He can find peace only in the inner sanctuary of God.

 Meditate on Me either with form or without form, that is pure bliss.

 Meditate on Me as pure ananda nirakara [formless bliss], but if you cannot do this, then meditate on this Sai Body exactly as you see it.

 Meditate on what you read and think of God.

 Mere reading of spiritual books will not be enough! The teachings in them have to be practised and lived. Think and practise what you read; otherwise it is useless.

 Money is a necessity but don't get obsessed with it. Yet, don't be a miser, be generous.

 Mukti is impossible for those addicted to lust.

 My abode is in your heart and I am within you.

 My dear devotees! If wealth comes to you, be very humble like the tree loaded with fruits.

 My devotees must strive to get Lord's Grace & Blessings, instead of struggling for necessities of life.

 My devotees see everything as their Guru.

 My duty is to give Blessings.

 My eye is ever on those who love me.

 My method is unique. To get Self Realisation, (i.e. knowledge of self) Dhyana (meditation) is absolutely necessary. If practised continuously, the thought processes will be calmed. So become desireless and meditate on the Lord within you and in all creatures. When the mind is thus concentrated, Self-Realisation will be attained.

 My eye is ever on those who love Me.

 My mind aches at your quarrels. Wherever you hurt others or bit hard at living ones, the hurt is transferred to Me. I become sick and feverish.

 My mortal remains would speak from my tomb.

 My people do not come to Me of their own accord; it is I who seek and bring them to Me.

 My tomb shall bless and speak the needs of my devotees.

 My treasury is open but no one brings carts to take from it. I say, “Dig!” but no
one bothers.

 My treasury is full and I can give any one what he wants. But I have to see whether he is qualified to receive what I give.

 My words are always pregnant with meaning and never hollow.

 Mysterious is the path of action.

 Neither I am God, nor Lord. I am His obedient servant and remember Him often.

 Never envy others' richer.

 Never insult the poor.

 Nobody should take the labour of others in vain.

 No harm shall be befall him who sets his foot on the soil of Shirdi.

 Nothing will harm him who turns his attention towards Me.

 No one wants to take from Me what I give abundantly.

 Not in vain is My promise that I shall ever lighten your burden.

 One must not be concerned by the beauty or external appearance of a person, but seek the God within.

 One’s sin will not cease till one falls at the feet of Sadhus.

 One who loves Me intensely, always sees Me. I lead him to Self-Realisation.

 Other people’s acts will affect just them. It is only your own deeds that will affect you.

 Our Karma is the cause of our happiness and sorrow; therefore put up with whatever comes to you.

 Pain is an eye-opener. It awakens man to the inner realities of Life.

 Path of "Self-Realisation" (enlightenment) is as difficult as walking on a razor's edge. For, one must fully surrender five pranas (vital forces) and five senses (of action, perception, mind, intellect and ego).

 Patience is the Mine of virtues and consort of good thoughts.

 Patience can ferry you across the sea of mundane existence and can remove all sins, afflictions and get rid of calamities in various ways, besides casting aside all fears ultimately making for success.

 People abuse their own friends and family, but it is only after performing many meritorious acts that one gets a human birth. Why then come to Shirdi and slander people?

 Perform your duty conscientiously and with detachment, not regarding yourself as the doer.

 Place entire faith in Me and you will soon get your object.

 Poverty is the highest of riches and a thousand times superior to a king’s wealth.

 Poverty is better than Kingship, for better than Lordship. The Lord is always brother (befriender) of the poor.

 Put full faith in God’s providence.

 Question: There are so many crowding to Sai Baba. Do they all get benefit from You?
Sai Baba answered: "Look at the mango tree in blossom. If all the flowers
brought fruit, what a splendid crop it would be. But do they? Most fall off (either
as flowers or as unripe fruits) by wind etc. Very few remain."

 Rama (the God of the Hindus) and Rahim (the God of the Mohammedans) were one and the same; there was not the slightest difference between them; then why should their devotees quarrel among themselves?

 Real sorrow is the cycle of birth and death and the real happiness is liberation

 Realise God in His totality, everything is be; every action is be; every thought is be; every impulse is be; every bhav (expression) is be; every sensation is be.

 Recognize the existence of the Moral Law as governing results. Then unswervingly follow this Law.

 Reduce your wants. The mind shall shrink and be concentrated on the Bindu (point) within.

 Repeat My name. Seek refuge in Me. But to know who I am, practice sravana [hearing the word of the Guru] and manana [reflection].

 Restrict your actions, speech and thoughts. That shall help internalize your mind.

 Saburi (patience) ferries you across to the distant goal.

 Satsang that is associating with the good is good. Dussaya, or associating with evil-minded people, is evil and must be avoided.

 See how I have to suffer for My devotees; their difficulties are Mine.

 See the divine in the human being.

 Show unto Me he who sought refuge and been turned away.

 Simple remembrance of My name as 'Sai, Sai' 'will do away all the sins of speech and hearing.

 Speak the truth and truth alone.

 Spend money in charity; be generous and munificent but not extravagant.

 Stay by Me and keep quiet. I will do the rest.

 Surrender completely to God.

 Surrender the fruit of action to God so that action does not bind you. It is ties of indebtedness from previous births, which bring humans and other beings together.

 Sweet behavior with others wins the divine grace.

 The best way to receive is to give. The donor sows his seeds to reap rich harvest in future.

 The disciples should have firm faith backed up by intelligence and if they add patience to these, their spiritual goal will not be distant.

 The four Sadhanas and the six Sastras are not necessary. Just complete trust in your Guru: it is enough.

 The function of the mind is to think, it cannot remain for a minute without thinking. If you give it a Sense-object, it will think about it.

 The giver gives, but really he is sowing the seed for later: the gift of a rich harvest.

 The Moral Law is inexorable, so follow it, observe it, and you will reach your goal: God is the perfection of the Moral Law.

 The phenomenal world is an illusion. How long will you keep on chasing the shadows?

 The one Namaskar offered with love and humility is enough.

 The present fate is the result of past actions done in earlier birth.

 The pride and egoism of my devotees will vanish, the mind of the hearers will be set at rest and if it has wholehearted and complete faith, it will be one with Supreme Consciousness.

 The wise are cheerful and content with their lot in life.

 The world is all dependent on God, and no one is independent.

 The wretched and miserable would rise into plenty of joy and happiness, as soon as they climb steps of My Samadhi.

 There is a wall of separation between oneself and others and between you and Me. Destroy this wall!

 There are four elements in sadhana:- The first is the discrimination between the eternal and the ephemeral - that brahman alone is true, the world is not. The second is the renouncing all desire about this life or the thereafter. The third is to inculcate these qualities i.e. control of the mind, bearing without anguish the fated pain and sorrow, remaining ensnared by maya, knowing that money, wife, children and relatives are all ephemeral. The fourth is an intense desire for liberation

 There are numerous persons who are praying to Me. I am speaking to all of them,

 There shall be no want in the house of My devotees.

 There will never by any dearth or scarcity regarding food and cloths in My devotee's home. It is my special characteristic that I look always to, and provide for the welfare of those devotees.

 This body is just My house. My Guru has long ago taken Me away from it.

 This is not just a mosque. It is dwarka [mercy]. Those who seek refuge here will never be harmed.

 Those who think that Baba is only in Shirdi have totally failed to know Me.

 Those who lovingly sing Baba’s fame and those who hear the same with devotion, both become one with Sai.

 Though I be no more in flesh and blood, I shall ever protect My devotee.

 Though I am here, I know what you do beyond seven seas.

 To be free from all shackles, always chant 'Sai' 'Sai', shedding all cleverness, arrogance or egoism and brazenness.

 To God be the praise. I am only the slave of God.

 To him who surrenders unto Me totally I shall be ever indebted.

 To steady the mind, idol worship is a way, even though the idol is not God. If you do puja with devotion and emotion, you can concentrate better.

 Trust in Me and your prayer shall be answered.

 Trust in the Guru fully. That is the only Sadhana.

 Trying to achieve emancipation without achieving purity of mind is only a waste of energy and a parade of one’s knowledge.

 Unless there is some relationship or connection, nobody goes anywhere.

 Watch the present, and the future will take care of itself.

 We get human body as a result of merits in the past births and it is worthwhile that with its aid we should attain devotion and liberation in this life. So, we should never be lazy, but always be on the alert to gain our end and aim of life.

 We should take pity and love all creatures, leave off adventurous fights and killings and be patient.

 Wealth is really a means to work out Dharma. If one uses it merely for personal enjoyment, it is vainly spent.

 What do we lose by another’s good fortune? Let us celebrate with them, or strive to emulate them.

 What is meditation? Real meditation is to lose one’s false individuality into the ocean of cosmic divine personality.

 What is our duty? To behave properly. That is enough.

 Whatever creature comes to you, human or otherwise, treat it with consideration.

 Whatever you do, wherever you may be, always bear this in mind: I am always aware of everything you do.

 Whatever you may do remember that you cannot escape the consequences of your actions (good or bad) committed either in this life itself or in your past life.

 What God gives is never exhausted, what man gives never lasts.

 What you sow, you reap. What you give, you get.

 When a devotee has got firm faith and devotion, his/her wishes are soon fulfilled.

 When one enters the Dwarka Mayi, his/her goal is achieved

 When true Knowledge dawns, action comes from the supreme personality of Godbead within.

 When you see with your inner eye, then you realize that you are God and not different from Him.

 Whenever you had complete and whole-hearted devotion to Me, all your calamities and dangers were warded off and your welfare attended to by Me.

 Whenever you undertake to do something, do it thoroughly or not at all.

 When I turn My finger, I am turning their minds. When I move My lips, I am talking to them. When I laugh, I am amused at their follies. These are the things I am doing for My devotees.

 When the front door is open why go by the back door. When the heart is pure, there is no difficulty what so ever. Why should any one be afraid of any one if there be no evil thought in us?

 Whoever makes Me the sole object of their love, merges in Me like a river in the ocean.

 Whoever puts his feet on Shirdi soil, his sufferings would come to an end.

 Why do you fear when I am here?

 Without my grace, not even a leaf can move.

 Worship Me always, who is seated in your heart: as well as in the hearts of all beings blessed and fortunate indeed is he, who knows Me thus.

 Yoga, sacrifice, penance, knowledge are the means to attain God. If you do not succeed in this by any means, vain is your birth.

 You are all well, under the Neem Tree, feeling its cool shade and spending your life happily. But here I am experiencing all your difficulties and troubles.

 You are nothing, nothing. He alone is everything.

 You do your duty, don’t be afraid in the least, steady your mind and have faith in My words.

 You go on reviling your own brethren to your heart's content. After performing many deeds of merit you are born a man and if you act like this, will Shirdi help you in any way?

 You ignorant folk, children, join hands and bring both the communities together, act sanely and thus you will gain your object of national unity.

 You must enjoy the fruit good of bad of your past actions; If the enjoyment be incomplete, suicide will not help you. You have to take another birth and suffer again. So instead of killing yourself, why not suffer for some time and finish up your store of the fruit of your past deeds and be (done) with it once and for all?

 You should never speak ill of others on unnecessarily criticize.

 You should not stay for even one second at a place where people are speaking disrespectfully of a saint.

 You need not go far or anywhere in search of Me. Barring your name and form, there exists in you, as well as in all beings, a sense of Being or Consciousness of Existence. That is Myself. Knowing this, you see Me inside yourself, as well as in all beings. If you practise this, you will realize all-pervasiveness and thus attain ONENESS with Me.

 The last word uttered by Sai Baba before His last breathing was “Oh Deva”. Then Baba seemed just to open His eyes and said “Ah” in a low tones; instantly He took “Mahasamadhi”.

“OM SAI SARANAM”

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