Sai Inspires Reading - August 23, 2022
Narration
Translated
Why is it essential to intensify our spiritual sadhana? Where should the focus be? Bhagawan lovingly reminds us today.
You can gain victory only by rigorous Sadhana. Spiritual discipline is more arduous than physical discipline; imagine the tremendous amount of effort undergone by the lady who runs along a wire stretched across the ring, underneath the circus tent. After all, her gain is just a few rupees. The same steadfastness and systematic effort aimed at a higher reward can endow you with mental balance and you can maintain your equilibrium under the most adverse or the most intoxicating circumstances. The Jnanendriyas (organs of perception) are more important for this type of sadhana than the Karmendriyas (organs of action), and the intellect (Buddhi) is more important than all the rest of the inner instruments given to man. Make the intellect the master of your mind and you will not fail; you will fail only when the senses establish mastery over the mind.
- Divine Discourse, Feb 20, 1964.
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Control of the senses and observance of the accepted code of discipline are the hallmarks of a cultured man. - BABA
— Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

