Compassion is Heart’s Treasure

Oh The Forms of Divine Soul! Accept the blessings. Glad to receive your hearty invitation.

Even though I am not physically present at this Conference, I am receiving happiness while being in your hearts in a subtle form.

Body is a temple. The Soul is God. The ignorance of diversity has to be discarded and the dictum ‘So-ham-asmi—I am that’, has to be kept in mind at all times.

The heart of compassion is an invaluable treasure for the man. The man who is devoid of a compassionate heart is a demon in human form. Only he who has a compassionate heart is eligible to obtain God’s vision. Compassion is the main gate to the temple of God. Those who wish to enter God’s heart will have to go through this gate of compassion only. Compassion is a secret treasure of the heart. The flow of love is known as compassion, while the fettered love is known as passion. The love that is flowing is a cause for happiness. Passion leads to sorrow. Bliss is beyond the reach for those who despise the nectar of love and those who are filled in desires for comforts. The heart turns pure when love and compassion are flowing in it. They are the people who can utter, “Lokah Samastha Sukhino Bhavanthu” in their prayers. They do not hate anything; and they try to shower love towards all beings. The emperor Sibi had cut flesh from his body for the sake of a dove that took refuge in him. Ranthi Deva was reeling in hunger and at last, he could obtain a little food. When he was about to eat, somebody in desolate condition happened to approach him begging him for food, and he gave away that little food to him. As Sumantha was returning in great grief to Ayodhya after leaving Rama in the forest, even the horse of the chariot had shed tears. Thus, the biographies of sacred people of Bharat have been personifying divinity through the stream of compassion. Therefore, the Sai Organizations must strive to irrigate all hearts through the stream of compassion. This is a right royal road to obtain God’s love. All deeds must be carried out in a spirit of dedication and worship of God. All must participate in the service of society without entertaining feelings like anger, jealousy and ostentation. Hearts must be charged with compassion and love. This stream of love is the essence of all practices. Accept once again the wonderful nectar of love.

—Baba

1978