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Words of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba from his Biography: "My Mission is to grant you Courage and Joy, to drive away Weakness and Fear. Do not condemn yourselves as sinners; sin is a misnomer for what are really errors, provided you repent sincerely and resolve not to follow Evil again. Pray to the Lord to give you the strength to overcome the habits which had enticed you when you were ignorant."

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World Conference

The celebration of Sri Sathya Sai Baba's birthday with a World Conference was reported by one of India's major dailies, the Times of India, from which we give below extracts of the highlights of the article.

Source: Times of India, 22nd November 2001

Puttaparthy: The 76th birthday celebrations of Sri Sathya Sai Baba began in Wednesday with a two-day world conference of teachers and principals of the Sri Sathya Sai Schools from 20 countries. It is being attended by 400 teachers and observers. The Sai schools integrate formal education with moral values and spirituality. Dr Artong Jumsai, director of the Sai school at Thailand said, it was an occasion for everyone to create a link between the different schools.

Sri Sathya Sai Baba addressed the delegates and called on them to mould the characters of students. "you have to follow their conduct carefully and help instil human values in them," he said, regretting the fact that in most cases of children going astray, it was the parents who were responsible.

Baba differentiated education from Educare. Education is what you get from outside and Educare is what you learn from within yourself, he explained. Education should be brought out of Educare. Baba lauded the efforts of women teachers affiliated to the Sri Sathya Sai Bal Vikas programme. Bal Vikas, conducted worldwide, is a programme aimed at inculcating human and moral values in children. Baba said there is only one religion - love; and only one caste - humanity.

The celebrations this year are relatively low key and Baba has insisted that social welfare projects are more in need today. Puttaparthy however, is choked with the crowds that gather for the celebrations this time every year. The ashram sources estimate around a lakh and a half to attend the Baba's birthday on the 23rd.