Dear Children,
Receive My Blessings. Though I have left you & moved away physically, to those who have recognized the truth of My Being, I am always in them, with them & around them in My Love form. I have placed & pinned all My hopes on you. I am hoping that you will fulfill all My aspirations. I am blessing you thus. One reason to bring you here on the pretext of imparting worldly education is that your parents & yourselves have a particular fascination for such an education on one hand. On the other hand it is the Sai Sankalpa to fill your hearts & minds with Adhyatmic education.

You should become the offering itself (Naivedya) to Swami. You should become one with Swami. You should stand by Swami as His companion, like His shadow. I am in need of such a person. They are the very embodiment of My love. They are ‘I’ & ‘ I am they’. You should become such that you will foster the world in respect of the body, the mind and the spirit. You should behave in consonance with Swami’s ideals & aspirations. It is only then that you will have brought comfort and happiness to your parents, to the world & to Sai.

Bangarulu, at least from today become the pure, clean & unsullied embodiment of love by keeping Swami’s wish a yardstick. Get immersed in the Sath – Chit – Ananda and attain Sai. Realize that the essence of all education is just this. You should also be bound by a code of discipline. Sai will protect you, foster you, caress you, cajole you, comfort you & Love you.

– Your Hridaya Sai

(Letter by Bhagawan to Students in January 1976 – extracted from the book ‘Prema Dhara – Part 2)