Archive for September, 2012

Lord Ganesha Immersed with Festive Gaiety…

Prasanthi’s three day Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations, the festival of great spiritual significance, fun and frolic, culminated this evening marked with great festive exuberance. read more »

Ganesh Chaturthi in Prasanthi Nilayam…

Indian culture believes in the concept of pantheism – God can be identified with all the forces of nature and with all natural things. That is why our ancients worshipped trees. People worship snakes and elephants and our Indian mythology speaks volumes testifying this fact. read more »

Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Mandir, Hyderabad Dance Programme….

Colourful children from Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Mandir, Moosapet, Hyderabad danced gracefully at the Sanctum Sanctorum offering a Dance Ballet entitled Sri Sathya Sai Navaraga Natya Malika this evening here in Prasanthi Nilayam. read more »

Sri Sathya Sai Ashtothara Navaraga Malika…

Students from Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Mandir, Moosapet, Hyderabad presented a unique programme entitled “Sri Sathya Sai Ashtothara Navaraga Nrithya Malika” at the Sanctum Sanctorum on 20th September evening in Prasanthi Nilayam. The Musical Dance Ballet was an offering based on Sri Sathya Sai Ashtotharam, the 108 Names of Bhagawan, describing His countless Divine attributes. read more »

What a crow can teach

When Prasanthi Nilayam becomes a global spiritual workshop, every being coming to this holy land gets the golden opportunity to learn from everything around, from every being around, be it a winged one or an animal or a fellow human. This miniscule world ‘created’ by Beloved Bhagawan has everything in it for humanity to observe, imbibe and practise. One such pilgrim leant a vital lesson during his/her trip to Prasanthi, a lesson learnt by observing a ‘crow act’, sitting in the precincts of hallowed Prasanthi Nilayam. Extracted from Sanathana Sarathi, May 1990. read more »

Sathya Sai Parijatalu, Dance Drama by Puttaparthi Balvikas…

How the little lad born in a tiny remote hamlet in Andhra Pradesh went on becoming the Beacon Light ‘Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai’ of the world was depicted by the local Balvikas children in a presentation entitled ‘Parthi Parijatalu’ this evening here in Prasanthi Nilayam. read more »

Musical Offering and Divine Discourse…

Celebrating holy Ganesh Chaturthi, students from the Institute offered a string of hymns propitiating Lord Ganesha this morning here in Prasanthi Nilayam. Singing special hymns invoking the Lord, Who is hailed as ‘Prathama Vandana’, the students regaled the audience read more »

Lord Ganesh ‘Returns’ to Prasanthi as Ganesh Chaturthi arrives…

Ganapathi is called Vinayaka because there is no master above Him. He is all powerful and independent. Without recognizing the esoteric significance of the Vinayaka Principle, people look only at the external form and offer worship in mundane terms. read more »

Ganesh Chaturthi tomorrow…

Tomorrow being Ganesh Chaturthi, students from Sri Sathya Sai Institute Of Higher Learning will offer a bouquet of devotional hymns in the morning in Sai Kulwant Hall. The programme commences at 0820 hrs. after 20 minutes of Veda chanting.
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Let God Do It…

Bhagawan’s sayings on life, calling to play the game of life, meet the challenges in life mainly focus on one final step, Total Surrender to God. For the mortals Surrender is too big a term, theoretically okay to understand, but practically hard to practise. Let’s read on an interesting anecdote from a Bal Vikas Guru of Mumbai, Ms. Rama Sampath, narrating how Bhagawan taught her the lesson of Complete Surrender… read more »