• His Excellency, Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Sri E.S.L. Narasimhan garu
• Dr.J.Geetha Reddy, Minister for Information and PR, Cinematography, FDC & Tourism
• Sri Ranga Rao, Sri Sathya Sai Trust, Andhra Pradesh
• Dr.Anjaiah, State President of the Sathya Sai Organisations
• Justice Sri .V.Anjaneyulu of the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust
• Sri H.Srinivasulu, District President of the Sri Sathya Sai Organizations, Hyderabad
• Sri P.Gopi Krishna Coordinator of the Symposium
• Friends from Print & Electronic Media
• Ladies & Gentlemen

Over the years, we have made tremendous advances in science and technology that have made our lives physically very comfortable.  These advances however have not brought in to Man’s life, inner happiness.  We are more stressful and dissatisfied than ever before with all the strife that is going around us.  Immoral behavior, immodest life-styles are becoming a way of life.  The inst6itution of marriage, which is considered sacred by all religions of the world, is losing its sanctity.

India has been known from ancient times for its rich and cultural heritage.  Where is the Spiritual growth, our country is so famous for?  It has almost disappeared.

The institutions that promoted spiritual growth have been undermined or abolished or are lost behind the hi-tech industry, technology and modern nucleus families.  Our Gurukula system was displaced by Western style education and today respect to elders and teachers is fast declining.  In the name of secularism, spirituality has been kept away from whole generations.

We have come to believe that Education, Science & Technology has answers for all of the present-day problems.  Today ask any kid what we can do to end this strife and problems; he will immediately go to Google on a computer for an answer.

Will we survive is the question that I would like to ask you with these technological advances?  The answer is definitely a “Yes”,  But how?

With values- the Human values- Sathya, Dharma, Shanthi, Prema and Ahimsa.  But in today’s scenario, values and Education are deteriorating.  Why is this happening so?  Who are the people who need to take this responsibility to give us a better society with Values to live in?

The answer I have is that the three important people of the society have to take up a major responsibility, the Mother, the Father and the Teacher.  If these three persons do their job to the best of their ability… some of the problems that I just quoted above would slowly vanish.

Satya-Truth, Dharma-Right Action, Shanthi-Peace, Prema-Love and Ahimsa-Non-Violence should be like the five senses of our body… they need to be a part of every day living.

Our survival revolves around leading our lives according to Human Values, which are universally accepted, by every faith and philosophy in the world.  Right from the vedic times, in every religion be it the Islam, the Christianity, the Buddhism, the Jainism or the Hinduism, all the religious texts speak of these values.

Our elders have always said that these five values are the life breaths of every human being.  Practicing these values with a loving heart will fulfill the quest of the intellect for Truth and channel the will into Right Action.

Properly applied and harmonized within the human being, these values will help us resolve the conflicts of human emotions and interactions, bringing inner and outer Peace, which is the need of the hour today.  With an attitude of Non-Violence, the heart will expand to develop respect for all creations.  Friends - Love, Love and Love is the source and sustenance for all the values.

The human body, we are all born with is the perfect example of a selfless system.  Our eyes, hands, head, stomach, all of them look different and do only one specific thing.  But they all work together to make one body move and do its daily work.  They do not work against each other, do they?  If all  of us are like a limb in the body called the society- Samajam, the need has come for all of us to work together to work for this Samajam.  For being together, we need values and that values are the five values that Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is trying to resurrect and has done too successfully amongst his millions of devotees across 175 countries.

If you all co-operate fully to the improvement of your society just as your body cooperates with you to make you healthy and happy, the society and the state and ultimately the nation will be healthy, happy and prosperous.

Baba says, “My Life is My Message”.  It truly is… Now, let us make our lives His Message… I am sure; we would have a better world to live in.  Remember friends, a better “I” makes a better world.

I recollect two wonder quotations of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai way back in Sep 26, 1965 which I would like to share with you:

Love as thought is truth.
Love as action is Right Conduct.
Love as feeling is Peace.
Love as understanding is non-violence.
Love is Selflessness, Selfishness is lovelessness.
Love gives and forgives, Selfishness gets and forgets.
The need has come for us today to practice this in true perspective…
I would like to conclude my address with the second quote:
There is only one religion – The religion of Love
There is only one caste – the caste of Humanity
There is only language of the heart – Listen to what your conscience says… not your
Monkey mind
And finally, there is only one God – He is all pervading.

Before I conclude, I once again congratulate Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organizations and the Sri Sathya Sai Trust for all their accomplishments and wish them the success in its future endeavours.  Wishing all the devotees of Sri Sathya Sai, a Holy 85th Birthday celebrations of their Lord…Spread the message of Love and Brotherhood which is the prime teaching of Sri Sathya Sau Baba and we shall all be happy today tomorrow and ever after.

Thank you.