Who is a Bharatiya?

Prasanthi Nilayam

August 11, 1965

Blessings on Althea and Faith.

Your association with Bob and the group of seekers there is valuable as training in spiritual discipline. Whoever has rathi or attachment to bha or Bhagavan or the Lord is a Bharatiya or Indian. Bharath is the name of India. That is the ancient name. cultivate that love towards the Lord and His children and His handiwork, the world where His Glory is immanent – then, the soil on which you are is India. That does not mean you need not come to India; it only means that there is nothing specially in any country. It is all a question of the mind, its attachments, its attitude. It is the instrument for either bondage or liberation. Attach it to the world, you get bound; attach it to the Lord, you are liberated. See the world as everything, you are bound. See the Lord as everything, you are liberated. That is the secret key.

The rain drop has come from the sea; wherever it falls, it yearns to reach the sea, its source. When it falls on some hard ground and gets lost, it again rises in evaporation and becomes a rain drop again. It has no peace, until it merges in the sea. It is happy, when it joins a stream or a river that flows towards the sea. Man is the rain drop; the urge to reach the source, namely, the Lord is in every one. Some achieve that goal quick, some late. But, all must reach it. Merging in the sea of Ananda from which one has come is the meaning of Self-realisation.

With Blessings,

Sri Sathya Sai Baba