Below letter is shared by brother Raj Patel (MBA 1996) from his family archives. This letter was written by Bhagawan to his grandfather Dr. C G Patel. Dr. Patel was actively involved in arrangement of Bhagwan’s East Africa Visit in 1968.

Date: 14.4.72
Brindavan, Whitefield

To Geeta Vahini

Have all your attachments severed from every object and concentrate yourself on one thing: the one fact, one truth – your divinity. Immediately, on the spot, you gain realization.

Duty without love – Deplorable.
Duty with love – Desirable.
Love without duty – Divine

Worship of the stone will turn the heart to stone. Worship of the human will make one human. Worship of the divine in the stone and the human will make one divine.

Purity of body, thought, and action is above all ritual, ceremony, and other religious regimentations.

With Blessings,
Sri Sathya Sai Baba