WORKSHEET 1
Given below is part of Baba’s Divine discourse delivered on 02 Apr
03. Read it and answer the questions below on the sheet itself.
‘If you question, where God is, some people say, He is present in
their heart. It is not a proper answer. When you say the kerchief is
in your hand, you are bigger than the kerchief. Likewise, when you say
God is in you, it means you are superior to God! Hence, it is not
proper to say that God is in you. The truth is, you are God.
Everything is in you. With hands, feet, eyes, heads, mouth and ears
pervading everything, He permeates the entire universe. In fact, the
entire world is present in your heart. Hence, it is said, ‘God appears
in the form of a human being.’ You would have seen many pictures of
Divine personalities like Rama and Krishna. They are depicted in the
form of human beings only. But man today has forgotten the innate
divinity in humanity. He is in search of God thinking that He is at a
higher level. That is why he is unable to realize the truth. ‘Truth is
one.’ The Vedas describe this as Ritam. It is the principle of
oneness. It is changeless and transcends time, space and
circumstances. It is present in one and all. Man attributes various
names and forms to such divinity and worships it in various ways.
Divinity has no specific form. It is changeless and beyond all
attributes. In fact, all forms are the forms of divinity. Such
principle of unity in multiplicity is forgotten today. All the
Upanishads emphasis on the principle of unity. But because of worldly
feelings, man views multiplicity in unity. He is not making any effort
to visualize unity in diversity. Man should undertake such spiritual
practice which will enable him to visualize unity.’
Q1. Choose the best answer from the 4 choices.
According to this passage, Baba says:
a) It is wrong
to say God is in you.
b) God is superior to us.
c) You are in
God
d) You are God, everything is in you.
Q2. Choose the best answer from the 4
choices. Baba quotes the statement ‘God appears in the form of a human
being’. By this Baba means to say:
a) God has now come
as Bhagavan Sathya Sai Baba
b) Rama and Krishna came as human
beings
c) God is everywhere as human beings
d) You see feet,
hands, eyes, heads, mouths and ears everywhere.
Q3. Say true or false of the following
statements: Baba says:
1) Truth is one. Vedas describe
it as Ritam
2) Truth is changeless and transcends time, space and
circumstances.
3) Truth is not present in people who are evil.
4) All forms are not divinity.
Q4.
What are the 2 things that man has forgotten today according to Baba?
1) ________________________________________________
2)
________________________________________________
Q5. What should our spiritual practices (sadhana)
give us? In other words, what should be our aim of undertaking any
sadhana?
WORKSHEET 2
Given below is part of Baba’s Divine Discourse delivered on 15 Apr
03. Read it and answer the questions below on the sheet itself.
Due to the effect of Kali Age, man does not work hard. Both the
educated and the uneducated have become lethargic. You have to
sanctify your life by doing righteous actions. Action is the cause for
everything. Action is life. It is very unfortunate that man has not
understood the importance of action. He wants to lead an easy life.
Even the students want to pass the examinations without putting much
effort. They want to secure jobs without working hard. After securing
jobs, they want salaries without discharging their duties. This type
of conduct is not good. It is said, ‘hard work yields rich rewards’.
The rewards that one gets will be in commensurate with the efforts he
puts in. One should recognize this truth and work hard accordingly.
Unfortunately, such a spirit of work is not seen these days. There are
people who go to office only to give attendance. Each one has to
question himself whether he is discharging his duty properly or not.
It is most essential that man becomes duty conscious. You have to bend
your body and work. Discharge your duty with the sweat of your brow.
Only then can you get the right reward. Today people are suffering for
want of food and drinking water. What is the reason? Man is not
undertaking righteous actions. When man does his duty sincerely, there
will be no shortage of food and drinking water. Without working hard,
one cannot lead a happy life. ‘One cannot derive happiness out of
happiness’. We can get happiness only when we work hard. For every
action of ours, there is bound to be reaction. For every sound that we
make there will be resound. When we undertake righteous action and
utter sacred words, the same will come back to us in the form of
reaction, reflection and resound.
Q1.(a) What do you understand by the word ‘lethargic’? (b) What is the
cause of this ‘lethargy’, according to Baba?
| a)
________________________________________________ |
| b)
________________________________________________ |
Q2. (a) How can we sanctify (make holy)
our lives? (b) Explain it in a sentence.
| a)
________________________________________________ |
| b)
________________________________________________ |
Q3. Explain one drawback (one mistake) that
Baba finds in students. (write a line).
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Q4. Some people go to office and do
not discharge their office duty properly. Why do you think they do
like this? Choose the best answer from the 4 choices.
1) They eat heavy food in the morning which make them sleepy.
2) They
have to think and plan their personal work at their office desk. Hence
busy.
3) They are tired and sleepy because they watch TV or talk
till midnight.
4) They have not understood that the same life
principle (atma) lives in one and all.
Q5. According to Baba, when can we get the
right reward from our work ?
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Q6. What do you understand by this,
‘One cannot derive (get) happiness out of happiness’?
| _______________________________________________ |
| _______________________________________________ |
THE FOLLOWING IS A PASSAGE TAKEN FROM SAI SATCHARITA. READ AND FIND
THE ANSWERS. THESE ARE SHIRDI SAI BABA’S WORDS.
"If a man utters My name with
love, I shall fulfill all his wishes, increase his devotion. And if he sings
earnestly My life and My deeds, him I shall beset in front and back and on
all sides. Those devotees, who are attached to Me, heart and soul, will
naturally feel happiness, when they hear these stories. Believe Me that if
anybody sings My Leelas, I will give him infinite joy and everlasting
contentment. It is My special characteristic to free any person, who
surrenders completely to Me, and who does worship Me faithfully, and who
remembers Me, and meditates on Me constantly. How can they be conscious of
worldly objects and sensations, who utter My name, who worship Me, who think
of My stories and My life and who thus always remember Me? I shall draw out
My devotees from the jaws of Death. If My stories are listened to, all the
diseases will be got rid of. So, hear My stories with respect; and think and
meditate on them, assimilate them. This is the way of happiness and
contentment. The pride and egoism of My devotees will vanish, the mind of
the hearers will be set at rest; and if it has wholehearted and complete
faith, it will be one with Supreme Consciousness. The simple remembrance of
My name as ‘Sai, Sai’ will do away with sins of speech and hearing".
Q 1)
When will Baba fulfill our wishes and increase our
devotion?
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Q
2) Baba says ‘If anybody sings My Leelas, I will give him
_______________________
and _______________________
Q 3) Baba will free a
person from worldly attachments and make him/her eternal if we do the
following. Choose the wrong answer from the 4 choices.
| 1) We should
surrender completely to Him |
| 2) We should worship Him faithfully |
| 3) We should remember Him constantly |
| 4) We should meditate on His Form only |
Q 4) When we utter His Name ’Sai, Sai’ and
hear or think of His Stories and Life, what are the things that we
will get? Choose the wrong answer from the 4 choices.
| 1) We will escape death and become union
with God |
| 2) We will get rid of all diseases, the
pride and egoism |
| 3) We will have rest from our daily work |
| 4) We will be free from our sins of speech
and hearing |
Q 5) Give 1
example for sins of speech and 1 example for sins of hearing.
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