Archive for 2014

Ashadi…Shayani Ekadashi…

This day is no ordinary day…it has a special spiritual charisma that could take one a long way…even to absolve one off all his sins to grant him the final goal of liberation…Ashadi Ekadashi, the eleventh day ‘auspicious’ in the month of Ashad has its luminous side, the legend says. And how does one approach this festivity from Sathya Sai’s point of view… even as the symbolic Dindi procession enters into the Sanctum Sanctorum of Sri Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam, let’s introspect and join Sri Jullie Chaudhuri learning more about the interesting legend of Ashadi Ekadashi. read more »

Maharashtra Gatha by Balvikas, Navi Mumbai…

Beginning the week-long Guru Purnima celebrations, this evening being the auspicious Ekadashi, Balvikas children from the Satellite City of Navi Mumbai presented a dance ballet entitled “Maharashtra Gatha” herein Prasanthi Nilayam today.  The presentation was a depiction on the Cultural and Spiritual glory of the State of Maharashtra, lovingly referred to by Bhagawan as “Mahan – Rashtra”. read more »

Guru Purnima week commences…

Ahead of the Guru Purnima Festival comes Ashadi Ekadashi, one of the most auspicious days in the Maratha vernacular calendar, reminscing the Varkari Yatra to Pandharpur, the Abode Of Lord Vittal Rakumai. read more »

A Guru Purnima Experience…

He has an uncanny style of teaching and many a time it comes in the most realistic way, inducing us to stir our thought process. A devotee from Australia had such a wonderful experience during a Gurupurnima Festival at Prasanthi Nilayam in the mid seventies that the devotee learned the greatest lesson that God was (Is)  One and the entire creation was blessed to be within His Aura!

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“It’s Done…You Can Go…”

He wills and it happens. He has proved time and again that His Will reigns supreme. Many a time many of us have encountered such situations wherein His unseen abounding grace bailed us out of difficult situations in the form of small miracles. Mr B.S.K.Vittal Rao of Bangalore narrates how His Divine Resolve helped him to earn a petty favour from a mundane point, indeed a much more valued one when it comes to establish in faith…one from a billion untold miralces.

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The Agony Of The Avatar…

Students are the very foundation of the nation. To make the foundation strong, the people, the government, the parents, the teachers, and the students all have to co-ordinate their plans and efforts. These five elements, these five vital forces have to work together towards the end…says Bhagawan. It is no secret that Bhagawan often cherishes and takes great personal pride in declaring His students as His ‘Real Property’. The Divine in His persona has set a higher benchmark for this most privileged lot. What does He expect from ‘His Properties’ whom He often refers to as future leaders? Read on an extract from Sanathana Sarathi published in July 1983, originally taken from the book “The Greatest Adventure” by Late Dr. M.V.N.Murthy, to find His greater expectations on His ‘White Army’. read more »

Art With Heart…

Living in Prasanthi Nilayam for many years, listening to countless discourses and reading a number of books do not ensure necessary transformation, says Bhagawan praising high of devotees from overseas nations for their little ‘knowledge’ but greater transformation… From Bhagawan’s Divine discourse on 11 July 1995. read more »

His Own Words…

What is Sathya Sai’s Sankalpam? How is His Avatarhood, Supra-Worldly Divinity as He calls it, so special for humanity today and for the morrow? When Bhagawan speaks about Himself… it becomes a rare treat of His Avataric Intention, that takes us to unknown realms of rare beauty, bright future ladden with Divine mystery… a compilation of His ‘own’ words about His ‘own’ Divine Self!!! read more »

The Era Of Sathya Sai…

Living in an era that is most potent with The Avataric Advent in our midst, men of present times need to be aware of their great good fortune, that is unparallelled in the history of creation. The Master gives us selflessly, but does He receive from us unconditionally? The Master loves us eternally, do we reflect Him incessantly? The Master’s life is His message continuously, but is there any effort to follow or remain in tune simultaneously? asks Sri Jullie Chaudhuri reaffiring the truth that The Era Of Sathya Sai still has so much more in store… read more »

Om Sri Sai Sadhakaanugraha Vata Vriksha Pratishtaapakaaya Namah

The Supreme Sage of Puttaparthi, the Banyan Tree planted by the Ultimate Divine Hands turns 55 on 29 June 2014. Counting on the profundity of the mysterious mystic touch of the supreme-most Avatar, one remains dazed wondering, watching this most tranquil ‘avatar’ of Parthi, conferring meditative bliss to seekers-earnest at the behest of Master Of All Masters, God Of All Gods, Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai, acting as His potent tool. Paying rich tributes to this meditative wonder of Parthi, as Sri Jullie Chaudhuri sings paens of praise to this Little Master, let’s all join drowsing into the legend of this meditative wonder of God’s Ultimate Earthly Abode. read more »