DISCOURSES & TALKS BY MEHER BABA

 

SPIRITUAL  COWARDS

 

 

11th March 1930 : Meher Baba in Bijapur, India. Image rendition by Anthony Zois.
11th March 1930 : Meher Baba in Bijapur, India. Image rendition by Anthony Zois.

 

21st September, 1926

 

Throughout India, one finds many sadhus or sanyasis who renounce the world and wander on pilgrimage, begging for alms. In reference to sanyas [renunciation of the ephemeral world], on the morning of 21 September 1926, Baba remarked:

 

He who is a coward materially turns into a hero on the spiritual path. Perhaps you think that compared to materialism, renunciation is easy, but it is most difficult. Only those who want to "die" should decide on renunciation.

External renunciation has no meaning. It must be internal. If there is no longing to renounce the self, there can be no love for God.

 

LM O/L p. 710