Sathya Sai Baba

Sathya Sai Baba

Guru known for teachings on love.

An Indian spiritual leader known for his teachings on universal love, selfless service, and the unity of all religions. His followers believe in his miraculous powers and his messages of personal transformation and divine love. His work included establishing educational and medical institutions to support the needy, and his teachings continue to inspire those seeking spiritual growth and community service.

Sathya Sai Baba Quotes about Ego

  • You are God. You are not the ego. You are God!
  • Anger, ego, jealousy are the biggest diseases. Keep yourself aloof from these three diseases.
  • Give up all bad qualities in you, banish the ego and develop the spirit of surrender. You will then experience Bliss.
  • The ego is a very bad quality. Ego sees everything as separate.
  • It is a living death if one is obsessed by pride, ego and anger.
  • Human love is mostly selfishness; all the time it thinks only of the little 'i'. That 'i' is the ego.
  • Service is the highest spiritual discipline. Prayer and meditation, or knowledge of scripture and Vedanta (holy scriptures of India), cannot help you reach the goal as quickly as service can. Service has a double effect, it extinguishes the ego and gives bliss.
  • The man filled with good qualities like Truth, Love, absence of jealousy, ego, and hatred can see God without searching for Him. He becomes a Jnani (a man of spiritual wisdom).
  • People say "I want peace." If you remove I (ego), and your want (desire), you are left with peace.