Archive for July, 2012

Space Opera – Planetarium Show…

A new planetarium show entitled Space Opera of Timeline360 featuring a voyage across the Solar System and beyond produced by Gustav Holst will be shown at the Sri Sathya Sai Space Theatre on Thursdays and Sundays regularly. read more »

“…this Swami cannot be understood through books”

This Swami cannot be understood through books, revealed Bhagawan to Prof Kasturi in a ‘circumstantial context’ where in the Professor was summoned by Bhagawan. The incident could be marked as an intentional Divine Drama that sowed the seed for the first publication, after Sanathana Sarathi, from Prasanthi Nilayam, Sathyam Sivam Sundaram, narrating His Story. How Bhagawan orchestrated the entire episode, subtly guiding the writer to pick up an apt title for the book, while revealing the profundity concealed in those three sacred words, beginning with the letter S. An extract from ‘Loving God’, the autobiographical by Prof. N. Kasturi. read more »

Divine Pastime…

When God is the Supreme Creator, Who presides over every activity, He alone can authentically speak of His creation, His veritable pastime. Bhagawan has often made profound revelations about His projected creation and His role as the Master Creator. God initiates men into innocent, tender, loveable and loving childhood, and what do men do in turn…Read on as Sathya Sai Speaks on His creation…From Sanathana Sarathi archives… read more »

The Power Of Pure Love…

Who is Sathya Sai? How should one account for His psychic powers? Has mankind ever understood Him and His benevolence of Divine Darshan in its fullest extent with due respect and reverence? …And is it possible for myopic human vision to restrict this Almighty citing Law Of Nature and other humanly perceived barriers? He Himself had said once, five decades ago in 1961, …”This has been the case, in all ages; people may be very near (physically) to the Avatar, but they live out their lives unaware of their fortune, but exaggerating the role of miracles which are as trivial when compared to My glory and majesty, as a mosquito is in size and strength to the elephant upon which it squats. Therefore, when you speak about these `miracles’, I laugh within Myself out of pity, that you allow yourself so easily to lose the precious awareness of My reality.” Read on an interesting article by Kalidas Mukherji, published in Sanathana Sarathi, March 1977. read more »

An Emperor’s Taste…

Likes and dislikes are but fancies of the moment; the mind wavers, flits from one thing to another. One has to realise this and be steady, adhering to the good and avoiding the injurious, says Bhagawan narrating a beautiful story from the life of Mughal Emperor Akbar. read more »

Helping Hand at Himalayan Heights…

What would you do if you were caught up or trapped in an uncanny situation in a secluded place where human intervention was least expected? A sincere prayer with total surrender is the lone way out. How would God respond to such a prayer that comes with ‘Other than you, refuge there is none” attitude. Often He allows one to take on the challenges, trudging the first step, and in the nick of time when the last-ditch effort by the human fails, He makes His ‘guest appearance’ as is narrated below… an incident  from the diary of a former Civil Servant, as published in the January 1975 issue of Sanathana Sarathi.

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Experiencing The Presence…

Responding to anguished cries from prayerful hearts The Lord manifests Himself in a trice, in His own inimitable, mysterious fashion, bringing along with Him His comforting Grace, reaching out to the desperate hearts. Connie Bolens from El Salvador, once in her moments of trial, called Him out from her deep heart and lo! He responded…Read on an interesting account from Sanathana Sarathi, July 1989. read more »

Lessons From Sabari’s Sadhana…

Sabari, the aboriginal character in the epic Ramayana is a great celebrity in the world of devotees as she epitomised highest sadhana with her pure unsullied love for Her Beloved Lord Sri Ramachandra. An aboriginal woman she was, Sabari grew curious after she heard of Lord Rama and His proposed visit to Sage Matanga’s hermitage, during Rama’s sojourn in the forest. Ever-since she remained God-intoxicated thinking of Rama alone, desiring for His darshan. Narrating this beautiful story, Bhagawan urges His devotees to take a cue from the illustrious life of this devotee of His Treta Avatar and attain the Ultimate. read more »

Tera Tujhko Arpan Prabhu…an offering at His Lotus Feet!

When an innocent heart turns inward, seeking the Master Beloved within, admitting all the vagaries and follies of the mind, it becomes a prayer in surrender to the Mighty Beloved, the Source Within to lift the soul up and make it bright…Ms. Rupa Santoshi attempts with such a prayer turning in…chirping unto Him with childlike innocence…Ms. K. Rupa Santoshi is an alumnus of Sri Sathya Sai Institute Of Higher Learning, Anantapur Campus and was also a state level award holder in Sathya Sai Education (Balvikas). read more »

Singing Unto Infinity…

An atmosphere soaked in music, a heart swelled with sorrow: this was the mood that Playback Singer K.S. Chitra owned while visiting Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba every time. Each visit was the result of salvation from previous births… and each song led to the Ocean of Milk – Sai Love!!! K.S.Chitra, popularly known as the “Nightingale of South India”, lends her voice in the South Indian Film Industry, whose foray into the field of playback singing earned her a distinct name in the Indian Music Industry. She has the rare distinction of highest number of national awards awarded to any female playback singer in India. She has also been conferred the prestigious “Padma Shri” by the Government of India in 2005, apart from winning several other state and national level awards. (this article dates back to 2009) read more »