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Living Sai’s Principles in the Community
We develop a constant inner contact with God and bring this relationship into the outer world by looking for, seeing, and serving Him everywhere at all times. This is dharma.
Dharma is practiced in the Sathya Sai Baba organization in many ways.
• Loving all, serving all
• Recognizing that there is no intermediary between
you and God
• Not asking for money
• Practicing non-violence
• Not proselytizing
• Giving and forgiving
• Helping ever, harming never
Relating with Love
The first and the last principle that Swami teaches is love, which is the central lesson of our lives. Swami begins by gently showing the way. Every act of his expresses and teaches love. Here is a simple example in an exchange that Swami had with a doctor.
During a doctor’s interview, Swami instructed this experienced physician in the basics of how to take a pulse. He approached her with a sweet smile, demonstrating how to greet the patient with confidence and love. In a pleasing voice he said, “You are looking well today.” Showing her how to instill confidence in the patient, he then gently felt her pulse and gave positive comments with a caring smile. Then, with some humor he explained, “This is not like some doctors. They come to the patient with a glum face and feel the pulse saying, ‘Hmm, I think I feel a problem here.’” Then Swami motioned with emphasis and a smile, “The patient becomes so frightened that he dies on the spot!”
It seems that this kind of simple lesson of love and caring is obvious. Though, if we think about it for a moment, we see that
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