Everyone must learn the secret of happiness which consists of refusing to shed tears for anything less than God. You have won this human body, this human life, as the reward for many lives spent in Acquiring merits. You have won this chance, this unique good fortune of being able to get the Darshan of Sai. Plunging deep into the waters of this tumultuous ocean of Samsara, you have heroically emerged from its depths, with this rare pearl in your hands - the Grace of Sai. Do not allow it to slip from your clasp and fall into depths again. Hold on firmly to it. Pray that you may have it for ever and be filled with the joy that it confers. That is the way by which you can render this life fruitful. (SSS Vol.9, p. 8)

Each one recites, repeats and remembers the Name as formed on his own tongue. Each one turns with his fingers the rosary appropriate to his religion. But for everyone there is nothing so fruitful, so universal or so holy among. spiritual disciplines as these: Japam, dhyanam and smarana. (DhyV, p. 34)

Nowadays, many aspirants are discarding nama and taking up yoga and Pranayama. These are fraught with many dangers, to follow them correctly is difficult; even if correctly followed, to preserve and protect the fruits achieved is even more difficult. The fruits of dhyana are greater than those secured with great difficulty through yoga, yajna or Pranayama. (DhyV, p. 38)

The sky may be reflected in a pot of toddy, but does not defile it. Similarly, in this vehicle, the body, the Atman dwells pure and undefiled. The fruits of action, good or bad, fair or foul, adhere to the vehicle, not to the In-dweller, the See-er. When such Jnana dawns, the dark shadows of the three types of karma - the agami, the sanchita, the prarabdha - flee before it. (Prema Vahini, p. 24)