Om Bhur Bhuvaḥ Swaḥ
Tat-savitur Vareñyaṃ
Bhargo Devasya Dheemahi
Dhiyo Yonaḥ Prachodayāt
Do not sing cheap and defiling film
songs. Instead, recite the Gayatri. When you bathe, the body is being cleansed;
let your mind and intellect also be cleansed. Make it a point to repeat it when
you bathe as well as before every meal, when you wake from sleep, and when you
go to bed. And also repeat shanthi (peace) thrice at the end, for that
repetition will give peace to three entities in you --body, mind, and soul.
[‘Sathya Sai
Speaks’, vol 13.34: June, 20, 1977]
Time, like man, has three qualities:
satva, rajas, and tamas (qualities of purity or serenity, passion, and
inaction). The day is divided into three parts:
·
4am to 8am and 4pm to 8pm have the sātvic quality
·
8am to 4pm are rājasic
·
8pm and 4am are tāmasic
The eight hours from 8pm to 4am are
used mainly for sleep. The eight hours of the day (from 8am to 4pm) are
employed by all
beings, including animals and birds, in the discharge of their
day to day duties and are regarded as rājasic. When the four sātvic hours of
the morning are used for engaging oneself in good actions like worship,
virtuous deeds, and keeping good company, one is sure to raise oneself from the
human to the Divine level. It is during the sātvic period (4am to 8am and 4pm
to 8pm) that the Gayatri mantra should be recited.
[‘Sathya Sai
Speaks’, vol 16.6: March, 17, 1983]
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