This Nilayam should not be treated with scant reverence. Making the rounds is not to be taken as prescribed, for loosening the limbs or giving them some exercise. That is the first thing to do, and perhaps the only thing to do. Before you start on your rounds, which you call Pradakshina, give your mind as dakshina (thanksgiving offering) to the Resident of the temple, the Lord. I notice that while your feet are taking you round by force of habit, your tongues blabber about the faults of others, or the price of vegetables, or the dishes you propose to cook for lunch. Love (Prema) can grow only in the heart watered by truth. Adhere to truth, that is the surest means of removing fear from your heart. Dwell always on the glory of God then, you will shine in that glory. Let Me ask what is the gain? Are you going back unchanged, unaffected? You must pull yourselves up into the purer air of spiritual life, draw yourselves away from slums and by-lanes, and travel on the highway to God.
You have seen Me, stayed here, and heard these discourses. All who come here, whether long-time residents or new arrivals, have to observe them. "In this Prasanthi Nilayam, certain limits are laid down, certain modes of spending time usefully are recommended by Me.
The excerpts presented below is an english translation of the Telugu discourse.
Sri Sathya Sai Baba delivered a divine discourse on 25th January 1963, to the residents of Prasanthi Nilayam during which He emphasised on how to make the best out of one's stay in Prasanthi Nilayam.
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