When there is the wish-fulfilling tree Kalpavriksha, right in front of you, why do you go after the ordinary plant in your backyard? When you have in your midst ‘the One’ who can grant you both devotion and liberation, why do you go after flimsy life in the world? ‘Anapekshaha’ means the one who does not have any expectations. If you look at this world, all men and women live with some kind of desires. Is it possible for anybody to give up all desires and expectations? The answer is no. Hence, the right way in this direction is to give up meaner and lower desires and develop higher desires. It is meanness on our part to pray for solutions to only those problems that are concerned with our selfishness, our individual personalities and families. For broad-minded people, the whole world is their family.

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Due of the lack of love for God, there is no fear of sin in mankind. When we have such men and women, how can we achieve peace and harmony in the world? In this world there are three things: love for God, fear of sin, and morality in society.

Everybody tries to improve the moral standards in society, bring about morality in society but not many people know how this can be achieved. For morality in society, the basis is fear of sin in individuals. Fear of sin is the feeling and conviction that says if you do wrong things you will get wrong results. Therefore, we should not do wrong things. Following morality should not be because of punishment that courts may punish us. Anybody who does good things will never get bad results. Similarly, one who does bad things will never get good results. Only when we know that all the actions we do will bring us results, can we develop fear of sin.

The 6^th of May is observed as Easwaramma Day in remembrance of the chosen Mother of the Sathya Sai Avatar. Mother is the physical manifestation of God, Baba has always said and by His own example, He has always emphasised the need to respect and be grateful to one’s parents.

Bhagawan had embarked on His mission to provide free education, healthcare and water to mankind at the behest of his mother, who was moved by the plight of the villagers in Puttaparthi. While His first stamp of love came in the form of the women’s college that was set up in Anantapur, history was made again when Bhagawan laid the foundation to the opening of yet another women’s education campus today. Under Bhagawan’s continued guidance, the Bhoomi pooja of Sri Sathya Sai Prashanthi Niketanam – Girls campus, was held at Nalladadiranahalli, Chikkaballapur District (about 13 kilometers from Sathya Sai Grama, Muddenahalli). Truly resonating with its name- “Prashanthi”, the site for the new campus is located in a picturesque valley surrounded by hills and bountiful vegetation all around.

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