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Non-Violence |
Base your action on knowledge, the
knowledge that all is one. Let the action be suffused with bhakti;
that is to say, humility, love, mercy and non-violence.
Let bhakti be filled with knowledge, otherwise it will be as light as
a balloon which drifts along any current of air, or gust of wind.
Mere knowledge will make the heart dry; bhakti makes it soft with
sympathy, and karma gives the hands something to do, something, which
will sanctify every one of the minutes that have fallen to your lot to
live.
Speak soft and sweet; sympathize with suffering and loss and
ignorance: try your best to apply the salve of soothing words and
timely succour.
There should not be any trace of dislike or distrust on the score of
nationality, language, caste, economic status, scholarship, age or
sex.
Those who have gone through pain and suffering can understand and
sympathize with those who are in pain and those who suffer.
While Science has overcome the barriers of time, distance and
nationality it has done little to promote better understanding between
man and man, nation and nation.
Renunciation is the power of battling against evil forces and holding
the mind in check.
Do not use poisonous words against anyone, for words wound more
fatally than even arrows.
Let the different faiths exist, let them flourish, and let the glory
of God be sung in all the languages and in a variety of times.
Cleanse your emotions, passions, impulses, attitudes and reactions.
That is the essence of spiritual discipline as laid down in all
faiths.
Examine your mind, your thoughts, do not seek only purity. Speak ill
of none. Do not humiliate anyone. Respect each for the good in him.
- Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba |
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