Bhagavan’s Visit to Tokyo

First Divine Discourse in Japan

Date: 15 March, 2015
Venue: "Workpia YOKOHAMA" Rm."Yamayuri"

As I see Him today, He is sitting in the chair, in a bright orange robe, with His feet on the foot rest, and one of His hands resting on the armrest.

Now I repeat as I listen to Swami

"Yato vachonivartante aprapya manasasaha"
(Neither the words can describe God, nor can the human mind comprehend God.)

This is what has been declared by the Vedas.

The right instrument to understand God.

Yesterday, when I was sitting in my room and having my dinner, I saw two sticks on the table. I asked them whether they were two pencils kept on my table for children? And they said, Swami, they are chopsticks which the Japanese people use to eat food. But with these sticks, can we drink soup? With chopsticks, they can only eat noodles, but not drink soup. Similarly, through the mind, we cannot understand God. You cannot describe God with words. In the same way as we need a spoon to drink soup, similarly, we need a heart to understand God. Mind is not the right instrument to understand God. That is why I say, “Do not follow the body, Do not follow the mind, Follow the heart.” Today, the reason why all of you have come here is, you did not follow your mind, you have followed your heart. Mind keeps changing, depending on the place, time and circumstances. But heart, at all places, at all times, and under all circumstances, remains eternally the same.

True devotees know where God is !

A lot of devotees came to Brindavan, for a Buddha Poornima. On every artificial flower, they wrote “Sairam, Sairam,” and decorated the whole place. I came and asked them, “You have put so many flowers here, but no bee is coming here. Why?” Then they told me, “Swami, they look like real flower, but they are not real flower, they are paper flowers.” A flower may be very beautiful, but if it is a paper flower, no bee will come there. Whether sugar is white, or brown or any color, the ants will know it. Though sugar and salt look the same, the ants know the truth. It is not possible to cheat the ants, by writing “salt” on a sugar bottle and by writing “sugar” on a salt bottle. The ants do not depend on the external things, but they know what is the truth inside, and that is why they come there. Though the paper flower and real flower look the same, but the bees know which is the real flower, which is the paper flower. Similarly, devotees know, where truly God exists. True devotees will know that God is not outside, but inside us. There is water vapor, which is not seen, but because of coolness, it will turn into water, and further coolness will turn it into ice. Similarly, God who is formless, because of the devotion of the devotees, depending on their feeling, He will turn Himself into a form. If the water vapor, when it is cool, turns into water in a vessel, the water will take the form of a vessel. Similarly, the formless God, in whichever form you pray to Him in the form of Jesus, Allah, Buddha, Rama, Krishna, that form only He will take and appear to you. Therefore all this depends on your devotion, and not on Me.

What is true devotion?

It is not that a devotee prays to God, and adores God, worships Him, only if God does whatever he asks for. When all your desires are being fulfilled, you may think your devotion is growing on your worshipping God. When I will not give you what you ask for, I will not fulfill your desires, then your devotion will reduce, you think that I am not God. When you have devotion, only when I fulfill your desires, and when you lose your devotion, when I do not fulfill your desires, that is not true devotion at all. It is a kind of emotion, and it is nothing but loose motion, it is not devotion. True devotion will stay with you, at all times, in all places, and under all circumstances. All the time you are thinking, how can I give joy to God, how can I please Him? But fake devotees all the time are thinking, how can God give me joy, how can God make me happy? When you have true devotion, you yourself will know, that you need not have to ask for anything, He will give you whatever is necessary for you. That is why I often said, “Oh mind, don’t ask for anything.” Therefore God will give you, without asking, whatever you need. If you are asking means you are doubting Him.If you want to have any desire, you should have only one desire, the desire is “I want God, and I want to Love God.”

Where there is love, there is courage, and hence joy & happiness.

For the sake of God, you can give up anybody else. Because Bharatha the younger brother of Rama, had great devotion to Rama, for the sake of Rama, he gave up his mother Kaikei. Similarly, the son Prahlada, gave up his father Hiranyakaship because of his devotion to Narayana. Similarly, Meera sacrificed her husband Rana. Similarly, Vibhishana gave up his elder brother Ravana because of his devotion to Rama. Therefore, we should be ready to give up anybody, for the sake of God. When you have that courage, then you are a true devotee. If you have true love for Swami, to do such a sacrifice, you will also get the courage. Where there is love, there is courage. Where there is courage, there is righteousness, or dharma. Where there is dharma, there is truth. Where there is truth, there is God. Where there is God, there is joy and bliss. If you have true devotion, you should also have courage. We should not listen to others to pollute our mind and lose our purity. We should not depend on the mind, because mind is selfish. Where there is selfishness, there is fear. Because of fear, we take to wrong path. When we take to wrong path, we will also speak untruth. Where there is untruth, God cannot be there. Where there is no God, there cannot be any joy or happiness. Therefore, if you have selfless love for God, you will definitely find God, and joy and happiness.

Understanding the Subtle body.

This is the time when seasons are changing. Even in Japan, during winter, there will be snow, and it will be on the road. When the spring comes, you will find all kinds of flowers in the trees and also the roads will be clear. This world is full of duality. When one season goes, second season will come. Even now, this is also like a change of season. Depending on the gross body, the physical body, those who developed ego and attachment, they will not understand anything of the Subtle Body. Therefore, you cannot understand it through the mind, you will have to experience in your heart.

The three stages and three steps of Sai Education.

As I have already told the world, for ninety six years I will continue, and continue to do my mission. Not only in India, even in this country, you offer offerings to your ancestors. Because you believe that even though their bodies are gone, they are still there, and they will receive your offerings, you have faith. And therefore in the same way, I am in the subtle body, and I am giving joy to everybody, I am also enjoying it. The physical body is like the primary school. If the teacher has to keep all the small children silent, he has to do a lot of gimmicks. He has to sing songs, he has to play games, he has to speak to them, he has to do all kinds of things. Primary school children when they go home they do not do any homework, they will learn only in the classroom.

Therefore, when I had the physical body, what happened in Prashanthi Nilayam, it was like the primary school. The subtle body now is like the high school. Therefore, you have to do your homework, only then you will understand. What is that homework? You have to practice what I have always told you, that is selfless love and selfless service. In the future, when the Prema Sai Avatar comes, then it will become the university. In the university, professor comes to the class only once in a while. The student himself has to go to the library and study for himself. Therefore if you start that kind of self study now itself, in future, you will be able to understand the things properly in the university.

Devotees of Japan are like bees who come from far away, come and also they partake of the nectar in the flower and enjoy. Just because you are near to me, you don’t become dear to me. First you become dear to me, then you will become near to me. There are three steps, one is selfishness, second is selflessness, third is Divinity.The same thing is nothing but “I”, “We” and “He.” When “I” reduces, “Sai” increases. I conclude my discourse, aspiring that all of you will give up your “I” reduce “I”, and increase “Sai”, and lead your lives joyfully and happily.