In all the world’s religions, we find no saints who attained God by means of their scholarship; we find no saints who realized the Lord by means of good deeds alone. Love is the price for admission to God’s presence. If we have love in abundance, no other requirement is needed. Love unites the individual with divinity. Through love, we gain nearness to God. Wisdom or austerities alone cannot enable us to achieve realization of our goal.

Cultivate love and prema towards all: that is the way to gain nearness. I do not measure distance in terms of meters or miles. The range of love decides distance for me.

Sathya Sai Speaks 6,

Love reveals and is the presence of God. Love is the light by which his face is lit. If we wish to know and experience God, we must learn love for God’s creatures. We cannot express devotion to God without also loving his creation. When we experience the source of love within, we view the world through the glasses of love.

I must tell you of the paramount importance of love. Love is God; live in love. God is the embodiment of perfect love. He can be known and realized, reached and won, only through love. You can see the moon only with the help of moonlight; you can see God only through the rays of love.

Sathya Sai Speaks 8

Sathya Sai Baba teaches us a short prescription that enables us to reach the goal.

Start the day with love
Spend the day with love
Fill the day with love
End the day with love
That is the way to God

Sathya Sai Speaks 8