Sai Baba The Divine Love

"Sai Baba The Divine Love" is a book that compiles teachings and discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, specifically focusing on the paramount importance of Love (Prema) in spiritual life and human existence.

For Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Love is not merely an emotion but the very essence of Divinity and the fundamental nature of every human being. His entire life and teachings can be summarized by this core principle.

Here are the key aspects of "Divine Love" as expounded by Sai Baba, which the book "Sai Baba The Divine Love" would highlight:

1. God is Love, Love is God: This is arguably the most central axiom of Sai Baba's philosophy. He declared that God is not a distant entity but is immanent in all creation, and that presence is Love. To experience God is to experience pure, unconditional love.
2. Love All, Serve All: This is the practical application of the "God is Love" principle. If God resides in everyone, then loving and serving fellow beings is equivalent to loving and serving God. It's the highest form of worship and spiritual practice.
3. Prema as the Fifth Human Value: Sai Baba emphasized the Five Human Values: Truth (Sathya), Right Conduct (Dharma), Peace (Shanti), Love (Prema), and Non-violence (Ahimsa). He consistently taught that Love is the fundamental value, from which all other values emerge.
   • Love in thought is Peace.
   • Love in word is Truth.
   • Love in action is Right Conduct.
   • Love in understanding is Non-violence.
4. Unconditional and Selfless Love: Sai Baba distinguished between worldly love (which is often based on attachment, expectation, and self-interest, and therefore prone to change and sorrow) and Divine Love (Prema), which is selfless, pure, constant, and seeks no reward. This Divine Love is the true nature of the Atma (Self).
5. The Path to Self-Realization: Cultivating and expressing Divine Love is presented as the most direct and effective path to realizing one's innate divinity and achieving union with God. When one's heart is filled with pure love, the ego dissolves, and the experience of oneness (Advaita) arises.
6. Transformative Power of Love: Love is depicted as the greatest power in the universe. It can melt even the hardest of hearts, resolve conflicts, heal wounds (physical and emotional), and bring about profound inner and outer transformation.
7. Love as the "Life Breath": Sai Baba often stated that "Love is your breath; you live on love." He emphasized that just as one cannot live without breathing, one cannot truly live without love, as it is the very life-force of the Atma.
8. His Own Life as the Message: Sai Baba's entire life was considered by His devotees to be a living embodiment of Divine Love. His compassion, tireless service, and boundless forgiveness were seen as expressions of the very principle He taught. His often-quoted statement, "My life is My message," underscored this.