Chinna katha

"CHINNA KATA" By BHAGAVAN SRI SATHYA SAI BABA.
A Steady Mind alone can Understand Matters relating to the Âtmâ
Respect or disrespect which others give has no meaning. These are simply words. There is a small story to illustrate this. In a village, there were two individuals. One of them always used a horse for making his journeys. The second individual would make all his journeys by walking with a pillow in his hand. One day, both of them had to start for the same village at the same time. On that occasion, the man who was accustomed to carry the pillow led the way. Behind him was the person travelling on horseback. On the way, there was another small village through which both these persons passed. The villagers looked at the individual carrying the pillow and thought that he was a peon, carrying the papers, ahead of the master coming behind. They looked at the man on horseback and they thought that he was the officer. In early days, because there were no cars, all the officers used to make their journeys on horseback. That is why the villagers thought that way. As soon as they reached the destination, the man with the pillow went straight into a rest-house and sat in a comfortable and boastful manner, resting himself on the pillow. The other was looking around for a place to tie up his horse. The villagers looked at both of them and thought that the man with the pillow was the officer and the man trying to tie up the horse was the peon. This is how respect and disrespect take shape in the world. The person who was thought to be peon in the former village was thought to be the officer in the latter village. This is only imagination on the part of the onlookers and flows from the minds of people. In this process neither respect nor disrespect has come to either of them as a result of intrinsic worth

Love

“When the moon shines in the sky, you can see it directly.  You do not require the aid of a torch, or a lamp, or any other artificial light.  The reason is it is possible for us to look at the moon by the light of the moon. In the same manner, if you want to be nearer and dearer to God or understand God, who is an embodiment of love, it will be possible to do so only by means of love which is His very nature.
God who is the embodiment of love,
is not confined to one place or country. He is present everywhere, in every nook and corner of the world.

Hence everyone, including youth- must love all and regard loving all beings as loving God, as God is present in every living being. Since God is selfless, you must also practice serving selflessly.
- Summer Roses on Blue Mountains, 1976, Ch 14.


The third eye for man is knowledge

The third eye for man is knowledge
Puttaparthi, Sai Kulwanth Hall (1996 Special Discourses )

Wisdom is main ‘eye’ gifted to mankind. Without the eye of wisdom, man is just an animal. Therefore knowledge is the third eye in man. Character is the very life of the sacred education. One may read different Vedas and shastras, but one must recognise that the human values are important. Though being educated and knowledgeable, A foolish person doesn’t know himself!! With all the education and knowledge, A mean man will not give up his qualities!! Man with all the education indulges in arguments, He would never get total wisdom!! Why study to die? Study to be immortal!! What is it that dies? It is only the body that dies. What is born must one day die. The Atma, that is neither born nor is annihilated, has no birth or death. Therefore one must aspire to achieve the divine wisdom which is beyond birth and death. One takes birth and dies again and again, One sleeps in the mother’s womb again and again!! It is difficult to cross the ocean of life, So seek refuge in the Lord!! Chant the Lord’s name!! O foolish man! Chant the Lord’s name!!