Archive for June, 2012

A Musical Ashadi Evening…

Upcoming artist Geet Sagar who shot to fame with X-Factor India, Indian version of the Original UK show, presented a musical offering at Bhagawan’s Lotus Feet on this beautiful Ashadi evening here in Prasanthi Nilayam. read more »

Colourful Ashadi Morning…

Celebrating auspicious Ashadi Ekadashi, devotees from Maharashtra & Goa presented a colourful morning studded with Dindi Procession, Ganapathi Dance and a Dance Drama entitled Master The Mind Be A Master Mind, today in Prasanthi Nilayam. read more »

Prasanthi Today…

The Lord Who wrote a Divine Treatise on Meditation, titled Dhyana Vahini, with His Divine Fore vision had planted a small sapling on the idyllic hillock at the eastern side of Prasanthi Mandir five decades ago, precisely on the 29th June 1959. read more »

An event filled day beckons

29th June 2012, the 53rd anniversary of the Meditation Tree will also witness another epochal event.  Lord Ganesha Who witnessed scores of interactions between Bhagawan and His devotees from the  coveted spot read more »

When Vitthala Beckons…Pilgrims Hasten Wasting No Seconds…

Come Ashadi, for the Lord’s sake the pilgrims forsake their comforts, luxuries and all other necessities, walking along, into the Heart of their Supreme Deity, Lord Vitthala of Pandharpur. With yet another Ashadi coming close, while recalling the legend of this grand festivity with a tinge of nostalgia, it is time for us, devotees of Sai, to introspect, asking ourselves, Have we made efforts to hasten our pace…To match the flow of His matchless grace…? and…Must we keep our Lord waiting…as He does us all beckon…? …a poem from Ms. Jullie Chaudhuri. read more »

Meditation Tree turns 53 tomorrow…

With Ashadi and Guru Purnima coming up in the next week, on 30th June and 3rd July respectively, the epochal and Spiritually Potent Meditation Tree, planted by the Divine Hands on 29th June 1959 is turning 53 tomorrow, June 29, 2012, and a function is being organized read more »

He knocks at our door…

How does Bhagawan walk into a devotee’s life? In this vast expanse of creation called world, He alone is the ‘Doer’ and thus owns the script for every single action, be it in the physical plane and in the planes beyond. When one looks into His myriad mysterious ways, with a tinge of belief,  he will know that He does the right thing, at the right moment, for the right person, with the right intent. Read on the story of Mrs & Mr Sitaram, from the UK, of their entry into the ‘Sai Fold’, as narratied by Mr Manian of ‘Anandavikatan’, a Tamil Fortnightly, originally published in the same magazine. Extracted from Sanathana Sarathi, December, 1972. read more »

The Only Friend…

“Many call themselves devotees, but the claim means nothing by itself. It is like addressing a letter to someone. Unless it is acknowledged by the recipient you cannot be sure whether the letter reached the addressee and how he reached to it. Likewise, whether one is a devotee or not should be declared by the Lord Himself.” – Baba read more »

Get Up! Get Up!

Do I have faith in Baba as God? Do I have faith in myself as God? Faith is the key issue. All Avatars, Masters, and healers have recognized the power of faith as the healer. Even allopathic physicians acknowledge the healing effect of the placebo and recognize the importance of the faith of the patient in the physician. Jesus told those that He healed: “Thy faith has made thee whole.” Baba’s Mission is not to do our work for us but to show us how to become master of the body and the senses, writes Joy Thomas narrating some episodes from her life that helped her to learn greater lessons.

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Oman Dance Programme…

A group of 54, that included many children from Sultanate Of Oman, Muscat is currently in Prasanthi Nilayam on week-long Parthi Yatra. Celebrating the occasion, SSSEHV children along with students of Saraswathi Natyalaya, Muscat presented a read more »