According to Chapter 37, a community following Sai should reconsider the conventional desire for heaven. The text dismisses the heavenly abode as a mere place for sensual enjoyment from which one eventually falls after their merit is exhausted. Instead, the true goal is to realize the divine heavenly state here on earth. This state is described as being free from disease, worry, sorrow, and the fear of death. A Sai community's objective, therefore, is not to earn a place in a celestial realm but to help its members overcome the 'nooses of death'—unrighteousness, ignorance, anger, and hatred—and experience the fearless, divine state of the Cosmic Self in this life.
How does the Shri Sai Satcharitra's perspective on 'heaven' influence the goals of a spiritual group dedicated to Sai?
📖 Chapter 37