Lessons From Sabari’s Sadhana…
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
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 »
Posted in Lessons From The Epics, Sadhana - The Inward Path, Sathya Sai Speaks, Storytime With Baba
Tera Tujhko Arpan Prabhu…an offering at His Lotus Feet!
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
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 »
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Singing Unto Infinity…
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
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 »
Posted in Reflections
Sangeeta Vibhavari by Mehboobnagar District…
Monday, July 16, 2012
Devotees from the district of Mehboobnagar presented a music programme entitled Sangeeta Vibhavari on Sunday, 15 July evening at the Sanctum Sanctorum in Prasanthi Nilayam. The programme was on the sidelines of a two-day Parthi Yatra by the devotees from the district. Over 1460 devotees, both men and women, have joined this year’s Parthi Yatra. read more »
Posted in Reports
Shiva Shakthi Sai
Sunday, July 15, 2012
The following is the Divine Discourse delivered on 6th July 1963…leading up to the context Prof. N. Kasturi writes the backdrop of the discourse that revealed the ‘Avatara Rahasya’ of Bhagawan. Baba was brought down the winding stairs into the Private Room on the ground floor, because He insisted on giving Darshan to the thousands of devotees who had come on that auspicious day. He had an attack of cerebral thrombosis (or tubercular meningitis?) and was in bed for eight days from the morning of Saturday, 29th June to the evening of 6th July. His left hand, leg and eye were affected; His right hand had also slight palsy; the tongue was indistinct and the face was twitching. He was placed on the Silver Chair in the Prayer Hall and His hand and leg were adjusted in proper position. As soon as He was seated, He communicated the following message which was interpreted and announced.
Posted in Discourses
Sri Krishna Chaitanya and the thief…
Saturday, July 14, 2012
In the company of the holy ones, one acquires the wealth of God-Remembrance and along with this exercise comes an inner transformation. Valmiki’s transformation from being a dacoit to sage of enlightenment is one of the most enchanting episodes of such epochal spiritual transformation. Sri Krishna Chaitanya a.k.a. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, a renowned, revered holy being lived over five centuries ago had touched many such lives during his sojourn, spreading Bhakti Yoga…During one of His Divine Discourses delivered at the University Auditorium, Bhagawan had narrated a beautiful story of such a transformation, involving Sri Krishna Chaitanya and a thief… read more »
Posted in Storytime With Baba
Sambhavami Yuge Yuge
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Burra Katha – the storytelling folk art form of Andhra Pradesh has been a distinct tool in the hands of Bhagawan in disseminating greater messages for humanity. This special Divine interest has helped this distinct art form to earn the status of ‘Divine Folklore’. Sai Kulwant Hall in Prasanthi Nilayam has witnessed many a Burra Katha session in the past, often with Bhagawan taking active personal interest. read more »
Posted in Reports
Recognise Me and give Me a place in your heart
Thursday, July 12, 2012
When a devotee reposes his unwavering faith in Bhagawan, sans any reservation, when one is sure to ensure that He and He alone is dwelling in his heart, man is sure to earn His bounteous torrential grace that takes him to greater realms of spiritual understanding…What if Bhagawan comes and asks for a place in your heart? Read on what Ms. Neelam Sembhi of Sri Sathya Sai College, Jaipur had shared with the readers in the August 1981 issue of Sanathana Sarathi. read more »
Posted in Sai Spiritual Showers
Sai on Sadhana…
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Sadhana or Spiritual Exercise is the Inward Path to Divinity. Man, while traversing his spiritual journey often fumbles, failing to understand the purport of the term ‘Sadhana’ to the fullest extent. What does the term “Sadhana” means and what are the intricacies related to it? Here is a conversation between man and God, wherein Bhagawan answers to a barrage of questions from a western seeker, elevating him to newer vistas of understanding of the purport of “Sadhana”.
Posted in Sadhana - The Inward Path, Sathya Sai Speaks
Oh! How much i miss You…
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
With the innocence of a child when you sit and pine for ‘The Beloved Father’ Whom you sorely miss by not having Him around in physical, it gushes forth a ganges of pristine feeling, that of a darling little one for her Beloved Father Divine, Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai. How dearly we miss out our Beloved’s physical presence?… Read on Ms. Nupur Chaudhuri who translates her feeling for Her Beloved into a beautiful poem… read more »
Posted in Say It Poetically
