November 22, 1991 Convocation Discourses
SSSIHL X Convocation Discourse – 1991
Lead Ideal Lives Students! Preceptors! Educationists! From times of yore, Bharat has been promoting peace and security in the world by its spiritual message. The quintessence of that message is contained in the pronouncement: “Let all the peoples of the world be happy.” The culture of Bharat is based on the eternal truth, which is unaffected by time and place, unchanged by...Read MoreNovember 22, 1990 Convocation Discourses
SSSIHL IX Convocation Discourse – 1990
Audio excerpt of the Divine Discourse by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba during the SSSIHL Annual Convocation Towards a Value Based Education An education which does not instill in the students, human values and develop in them the qualities of selflessness, absence of ego, unostentatiousness and true love is utterly worthless. Students! Embodiments of...Read MoreNovember 22, 1989 Convocation Discourses
SSSIHL VIII Convocation Discourse – 1989
Audio excerpt of the Divine Discourse by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba during the SSSIHL Annual Convocation Students, Parents and the Nation! “Wealth is worshipped as God. Pride has become a creed. Selfishness is entrenched in the intellect. The ego is flaunted and desires have become an adornment. Righteousness has become, a mere figurehead in the...Read MoreNovember 22, 1988 Convocation Discourses
SSSIHL VII Convocation Discourse – 1988
Audio excerpt of the Divine Discourse by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba during the SSSIHL Annual Convocation Make Others Happy Education is an ornament for man. It is his secret wealth. It confers prosperity and fame. It is the teacher of teachers. It is one’s unfailing kinsman in foreign travel. It secures the respect of rulers more than wealth. Education...Read MoreNovember 22, 1987 Convocation Discourses
SSSIHL VI Convocation Discourse – 1987
Audio excerpt of the Divine Discourse by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba during the SSSIHL Annual Convocation Spiritualise Education Faith in God has declined; Reverence is at a discount; Atheism is rampant; Esteem for the Guru is gone; Devotion has no place; The age old culture is ignored; Respect for the good has vanished; This is our education today....Read MoreNovember 22, 1986 Convocation Discourses
SSSIHL V Convocation Discourse – 1986
The Fourfold Exhortation Students, Teachers, Persons interested and involved in Education! Education has to make a person the concrete embodiment of the higher Reality, that is the basis of the material universe, of life in the world, of the expanding dominions of the mind, and of the human community. He is the mirror which reflects the Divinity inherent in man, evident in every...Read MoreNovember 22, 1985 Convocation Discourses
SSSIHL IV Convocation Discourse – 1985
Audio excerpt of the Divine Discourse by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba during the SSSIHL Annual Convocation In the world today, the type of education given and the kinds of skills imparted may make a person clever and knowledgeable but all these have no value if the rare qualities of character formation are not developed in our institutions. Education...Read MoreNovember 22, 1984 Convocation Discourses