Discourse to Overseas Bal Vikas Gurus

SAI RAM. THE TRANSCRIPT OF THIS DIVINE DISCOURSE IS UNAVAILABLE AT THIS POINT.

Report from Sanathana Sarathi, September 1981 issue, about the discourse:

The World Council of the Sri Sathya Sai Organisation, Prasanthi Nilayam, felt the need for a Training Camp for five days exclusively for overseas Gurus in order to emphasise the importance of this course on the fundamental human values of Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Love and non‑viol­ence and to discuss adaptations and adjust­ments in the syllabus and text‑books to suit the special conditions of those countries. Pupils from the Bal Vikas Classes being held by the gurus now were also invited for another camp held at Prasanthi Nilayam during the same five days. The response from teachers was indeed most heartening. More than two hundred teachers from 18 overseas countries registered themselves for the course. They journeyed from Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Fiji, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nepal, Japan, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, U S A, U K, West Indies, West Germany and other areas, to the Presence of Bhagavan to imbibe the Love and Wisdom that the Camp will provide through His grace. And, with them came 156 bright young kids, eager to see the holy land and to be blessed by the Lord who returned them their love a thousand fold.

In His Inaugural Address on August 1, Bhagawan reminded the teachers that they were preparing the rulers of nations and the leaders of peoples for the world. It was a task nobler than every other. He wanted them to develop the quality of the universal in their classes. He explained that the usual division of men into emoti­onal, active and rational types was not quite correct, for each had all three char­acteristics, more or less, in mental com­position. Teachers have to recognise this truth and promote all three traits. They are like the three legs of a tripod, on which the smooth plant of love has to be screwed fast with faith. Teachers must be students forever, in order to discharge their duties effectively. They should lead simple lives, without outrageous dress and wild, vulgar hairstyles and beards. Their language must be soft, sweet and simple, He said.