SATHYA SAI BABA’S BORROWED WISDOM  

The following quote appears in a book entitled, “Gandhi, The Man, The story of His Transformation” by Eknath Easwaram,  (US,1997, Nilgiri Press):

 “Once, while Gandhi’s train was pulling slowly

out of the station, a reporter ran up to him and

asked him breathlessly for a message to take back

to his people. Gandhi’s reply was a hurried line

scrawled on a scrap of paper:

  ‘My life is my message’.

  “It is a message which does not require the

vast stage of world politics, but can be put

into practice here and now, in the midst of daily

life.” (pg. 140).

  Also worthy of interest is this comparison: at http://www.meaning.twu.ca/worthy/ghandi.htm

You will find this:  

 “The things that will destroy us are:

politics without principle;

pleasure without conscience;

wealth without work;

knowledge without character;

business without morality;

science without humanity,

and worship without sacrifice.

-Mahatma Ghandi (1869 – 1948)”

  Back  cover of the July 2000 issue of the Sanathana Sarathi :                       

                            “Seven Deadly Sins”

“…the nation today is affected by the consequences of seven grievous sins.

The first is business without morality,

The second is politics without principle.

The third, education without character.

The fourth, worship without sacrifice.

The fifth, wealth without hard work.

The sixth, human existence without

Regard for scriptures.

The seventh, devotion without austerity.

–       Baba”

                Thanks to Elena Hardgerimg