Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - August 10, 2026

Narration
Translated
What is the fundamental message that Bhagawan constantly drives through His words, and what must be the impact of that on the individual and society? Bhagawan clearly reminds us again today.
Man is mortal; dust he is and to dust returneth. But, in him, there shines Atma, as a spark of the immortal flame. This is not a term of flattery invented by the Vedantins. The Atma is the one and only Source and Sustenance of every being. The Atma is God; the particular is the Universal, no less. Therefore, recognise in each being, in each man, a brother, the child of God, and ignore all limiting thoughts and prejudices based on status, colour, class, nativity and caste. Sai is ever engaged in warning you and guiding you so that you may think, speak and act in this attitude of Love. Society cannot justify itself by planning to divide the spoils gained out of Nature either in equal shares or unequal shares. The consummation that must inspire Society has to be—the establishment and elaboration in every social act and resolution, the knowledge of the One Universal Atma and the bliss that knowledge confers. Sai does not direct, “The Atma has no death, therefore, kill the physical sheaths, the bodies.” No. Sai does not encourage wars. Sai directs you to recognise the Atma as your closest kin, closer than the members of your family, your blood-relations and your dearest descendants. When this is done, you will never stray from the path of right, which alone can maintain that kinship.
- Divine Discourse, Mar 01, 1974
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You are all ‘the Divine’ packed in human skin and bone, the Atma encased in the evanescent flesh. Know this, and you become fearless, happy without limit. – BABA
— Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

