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Articles: Devotion | Living up to His message
- Prof. venkata ramanamurty mallajosyula
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Sri Sanjay Sahani is a Gold Medallist from Sri Sathya Sai University. He has served as the Warden of Sri Sathya Sai Hostel, Prasanthi Nilayam and is currently the Principal of the Brindavan Campus of Sri Sathya Sai University. This is the transcript of the talk he delivered to the delegates of Sri Sathya Sai World Youth Conference during a workshop session in Prashanti Nilayam on July 26, 2007.
I offer my loving pranams at the lotus Feet of our beloved Bhagavan. Revered elders, Sai youth from all over the world and Sai educational institutions, Brothers and Sisters:
We are living in extra-ordinary times. It is the best of times and also the worst of times. It is the best of the times because man will never get an easier opportunity to redeem himself than a time when a Divine incarnation walks on earth. It is also the worst of times, because the very presence of a Divine incarnation amidst us is a sign of the declining standards of living, which have warranted His coming.
In such a scenario, I am reminded of what Bhagavan Himself has said, “If there is a small scuffle on the road, a constable is enough to set matters right. When the problem aggravates and 20-30 people accumulate, the Sub Inspector of Police has to make his presence felt. When the entire city is in flames and there are riots everywhere, then the Inspector General of Police has to appear on the scene. Bhagavan is the Inspector General of Police for the cosmos who has come to save mankind from itself.”
Rabindranath Tagore, India’s Nobel Laureate in Literature, once observed, “Every time a child is born, he brings a message from God that God has not yet despaired of man. He still has hope in the crown jewel of His creation.”
Bhagavan Himself this morning was telling us, “Janthu naam nara janma dhurlabham”. Of all the 84 lakhs of life forms that are possible, the human birth is the crowning piece of God’s creation. Having got such a gift from the Divine, what is our role?
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