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Saibaba preaches qualities for meaningful life

By Our Staff Reporter

PUTTAPARTHI Nov. 23. Life without `satyam (truth), dharmam (eternal law), prema (love) and shanti (peace)' is hollow and it will collapse without these four qualities, the Puttaparthi-based spiritual icon, Satya Saibaba, has observed. Man is able to survive only by following these vital characters, he said.

In his discourse to a large gathering of devotees at Sai Kulwanth Hall in Prashanti Nilayam here today on the occasion of his 78th birthday Saibaba said education without these ideals was empty and had no value. He expressed concern at the increasing trend of neglecting parents by man. Explaining that great personalities like Ram and Shivaji could become the role models due to the qualities of their parents, particularly the upbringing by their mothers. But, people were neglecting their parents nowadays, he noted. Whatever a person would become in his/her life was based on their parents' qualities.

Instead of the parents guiding their children the society of the day was witnessing a role reversal -- parents were fearing their children, Saibaba stated. He took more than an hour to explain about his mother, Eeswaramma, his birth, his growth and the divine incidents that had taken place in his childhood.

Saibaba said several persons were trying to claim themselves as the avatar of Sai including one at Penukonda and another one by sporting a similar hair style to his hair. Though they were claiming themselves as Saibaba the people were not believing them as they were not real Saibaba. He would not leave Puttaparthi as long as his physical appearance was there on the earth.

Asking the devotees to never give up faith in the god Saibaba said, "Sai is you and you are Sai''. In the latter part of his speech Saibaba explained about the persons who devoted themselves to Sai and lived more than 100 years. Saibaba was in a joyous mood through his stay in the Sai Kulwanth Hall. Unlike in the past he went round the hall blessing the devotees twice. He was offered `harati' (a prayer with lamps) by several woman devotees in the beginning and by the seva dal members at the end. In the evening, renowned singers Parveen Sultana and Dana Gillespie enthralled the gathering with their vocal concerts.

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