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AMRITA DHARABHAGAVAN’S DISCOURSE:23RD JUNE 1996UNDERSTAND THE DIVINEPRINCIPLE OF LOVEIn His immense compassion, Bhagavan gave daily Discourses for nearly two months in SaiKulwant Hall, Prasanthi Nilayam starting from 16th June 1996. These Discourses covera vast variety of spiritual topics of practical utility for modern man and highlight the richcultural heritage of Bharat which is rooted in the Vedas. As the readers themselves willsee, this is a rich treasure of soul-elevating spiritual knowledge which can enrich, illumineand transform mankind. This issue carries Bhagavan’s eighth Discourse given on 23rdJune 1996. Sanathana Sarathi will publish these Discourses from time to time which areappropriately named Amrita Dhara (ambrosial stream).A knotted gnarled tree trunk may be made straight as a pole,A shapeless hunk of rock may be carved to form a beautiful idol,But, is there anyone who can change human mind?(Telugu Poem)G O D A S S U M E S H U M A N F O R M T O D E V E L O P D I V I N I T Y I N M A NMIND IS EXTREMELY QUEERand fi ckle. It is very powerful andcan move very fast. A personmay be sitting at a certain place but his mindmay fl y away thousands of miles away fromhim in a moment, visualising something atsuch a long distance. That is what Arjunaalso said to Lord Krishna in the Bhagavadgita,Chanchalam Hi Manah Krishna PramathiBalavaddrudham (this mind is very unsteady,turbulent and powerful), and asked Him howhe should control such a powerful and fi cklemind.Associate yourself with Good CompanyMind has both animality and humanness.You should try to understand what is meantby animality and humanness. When the mindis overpowered by the six inner enemiesof man, viz., Kama, Krodha, Lobha, Moha,Mada and Matsarya (desire, anger, greed,delusion, pride and jealousy), man forgets hishumanness, takes to the path of animality anddegenerates to the level of an animal. On theother hand, when the mind follows the path ofhumanness and makes proper use of Mathi(mind), Gathi (destiny), Stithi (position) andSampatthi (wealth) given by God, man canrise to the level of divinity and do great goodto his country and society at large. Mind is theroot cause of good and bad. The nobility thatis there in the mind cannot be found anywhereelse. Similarly, the wickedness that is found inthe mind cannot be found anywhere else. Mindis as much good as it is wicked.42 February 2010
Mind by nature is absolutely pure. It isonly due to the infl uence of bad companythat it becomes wicked. Take, for example, anewspaper. If you wrap jasmine fl owers in it, itwill acquire the fragrance of jasmine fl owers.Similarly, if you wrap Pakodas (an Indiansavoury) in it, it will emit the smell of Pakodas.The newspaper on its own does not have anytype of smell. Whatever item is wrapped in it, itextremely wicked. In fact, it becomes demonic.There is nothing good or bad in the mind itself.It is only due to good or bad infl uences that itbecomes good or bad. If you want your mindto be good, you should associate yourself withgood company. At times, good appears to bebad and bad appears to be good. It becomesdiffi cult to decide what is good and what is bad.Good habits, good speech, good conduct andFirst of all, man should becomegood. Then, the whole world willbecome good. Therefore, first andforemost, man should conducthimself in a manner worthy of ahuman being and should lead a lifebefitting his status as a human being.This itself will transform the humaninto divine. But, on the other hand,if man becomes animal, how canhe do any good to the world? Thisis impossible. Hence, the first thingfor man to do is to lead a life worthyof a human being; he should notdegenerate to the level of an animalnor should he become a demon.will acquire the smell of that item. Similarly, ifthe mind follows noble path and you associatethe mind with everything good, the mind willalso become good. What is the noble path?How noble would the mind become when it isassociated with sacred feelings, good thoughts,noble behaviour, good company, spiritualactivities, moral values and righteous actions!On the other hand, when it is associatedwith wicked qualities, wicked thoughts, evilcompany and bad behaviour, it becomesgood behaviour will ultimately make us good.Therefore, good habits are very essential forevery human being. You should get rid of allyour evil qualities and develop good qualities.Shirdi Sai Baba’s Love for NanaOne day, Shirdi Sai Baba started laughingloudly all of a sudden. Nobody couldunderstand the reason. In those days, somepeople considered him a mendicant, othersconsidered him a fakir and a few othersFebruary 2010 43
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