Sri Sathya Sai Speaks

The five values of Sathya (Truth), Dharma (Righteousness), Shanthi (Peace), Prema (Love)and Ahimsa (Non-violence) are related to different inner instruments of the body. The value of Truth is expressed through speech or words. The value of Dharma is expressed through the body. This is related to the Annamaya kosha (physical sheath). Shanthi can be experienced only in the mental plane - Manomaya kosha (Mental sheath). For Sathya, Dharma and Shanthi one has to purify the instruments of speech, body and mind. This is called purity of "Mano, Vak, Kayam." Prema (Love) comes out of Anandhamaya kosha (mental and bliss sheath). Ahimsa (Non-violence) comes from Bliss sheath. Prema flows as an undercurrent in all the inner instruments and purifies them. So all the five values are having relationship with the five sheaths.

Now these values are mostly absent in human beings. Thinking in one way, talking in another way, and indulging in action not related to the talk or thought is the mark of a wicked person. He may be in human form but he is to be deemed to be a demon only. Because such people are in abundance, the world is in turmoil. Sathya is full of sanctity if one deeply enquiries into this value. Sath means Prana (life force). Ya means Aharam (food). "M" stands for Sun. It is a combination of life, food and sun. For life, food is essential and food comes from the sun. The greenery in the world subsists because of Sun's rays. It is the duty of man to make use of the food created by the Sun to sustain life. If you analyze this word Sathya in the reverse order ya stands for Yama, tha stands for thapas and sa stands for 'Sarveshvara'. It conveys the truth that by practising Yama and thapas one can realise the Almighty. Yama is not the God of death but is the five-fold discipline one should maintain. They are Ahimsa, Sathya, Brahmacharya, Astheya and Aparigraha (Non-Violence, Truth, Celibacy, Non-stealing, and Non-covetousness). God is said to be of blue colour. It does not mean that His skin is bluish! He is Jnana Bhaskara (the embodiment of wisdom or shining with the light, of wisdom). He is also Anantha - endless like the sky or fathomless like the Ocean. Since both are of blue colour God is also described as bluish. He is not born with blue-coloured skin. He is infinite and fathomless. The heart of the human being is like the sky in which the 'Self' is the sun shining constantly. Just as passing clouds obstruct the vision of the sun temporarily, attachment to world and worries and troubles will obstruct the vision of the Inner Self but once the clouds clear, you can have vision of the Inner Self which is resplendent within. By means of Dhyana Shakthi and Prana Shakthi, you can experience Divinity in the Bliss sheath, which fosters the five human values. Shanthi Comes from Manomaya kosha. Sathya comes from Vijnanamaya kosha. Dharma comes from Annamaya kosha. Prema comes from Pranamaya and Manomaya kosha. Ahimsa comes from Anandhamaya kosha. In these five sheaths are encased three types of bodies: Sthuula (Physical), Suukshma (Subtle) and Karana (Causal) shareeras (bodies). Annamaya Kosha represents physical body. It is like the tyre of a lorry. If you increase intake of food it grows and the weight of the body increases. Divinity is there in all the sheaths of the body. It is Constant Integrated Awareness in different forms in speech, action and feelings.