Archive for 2012

How Arjuna learnt the Big Lesson?!?

Implicit obedience to The Lord is what is desirable for an ideal devotee. The veil of delusion which covers up the Divinity inherent in man is so thick that it inflates man’s ego, tempting him to forget even God. Arjuna, while being driven by Lord Krishna  in the Kurukshetra battlefield, donning the role of Charioteer, was in this ‘tight-spot’ with his ego pumped up for a moment, only to learn the big lesson finally reposing full faith in Lord Krishna. read more »

Karuna Draws The Lord Near…Karuna Makes The Lord Appear…

When Almighty Lord as The Creator ever remains alongside His creation, as the Soul Spark within, having imbued with this wisdom, can man ever stray from his path acting oblivious of the co-existing animal kingdom? If man is marching God-ward it is a must for him to instil feeling of Love and Compassion, if ever he wants to evolve to have His Beloved Lord appear before him. A beautiful poem from the pen of Ms Jullie Chaudhuri. read more »

Prasanthi Today

Prasanthi Nilayam, the Abode of the Ultimate Divine, wakes up with the chanting of Aumkar 21 times at 5:20 a.m in the Mandir, followed by Suprabhatam (invoking the Lord of Parthi). Vedic chanting by a small group of selected devotees, read more »

“Your belief is not wrong; keep it up!”

However high a bird may soar, it has sooner or later to perch on a tree top, to enjoy quiet. So too a day will come when even the most haughty, the most wilful, the most unbelieving, even those who assert that there is no joy or peace in the contemplation of the Highest Self, will have to pray: “God grant me peace, grant me consolation, strength and joy.”  The experience of B. P. Kombrabail who denounced Bhagawan’s Divinity has a parallel to the above saying of Bhagawan, where Bhagawan Himself showed Him up to prove Who He is and how He had been serving and saving him all along. Extracted from Sanathana Sarathi archivals. read more »

Dr Voleti Choudhary takes charge as Director at SSSIHMS, Prasanthigram

Dr Voleti Choudhary, currently Chairman of the Cardiac Sciences in the Prashantigram and Whitefield Hospital units has taken charge yesterday as the Director of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences,Prahantigram at Puttaparthi. read more »

Kuttan, The Lame…

When the mightiest of the Avatars walked the earth, how many of us, endowed with human faculties, understood Him, the rarest of the boons bestowed upon humanity, to follow His path? To inspire humans, here is the story of a lame four-legged mammal, whose rare instincts to recognise Him finally took him to The Divine Lotus Feet, a rare feat that even humans often fail to achieve. Read on an interesting poem by Prof N.Kasturi illustrating the rare story of Kuttan, The Lame.

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Brahmopadesham by Bhagawan…

After yesterday’s grand Maha Sahasra Kalashabhishekam performed in the Divine omnipresence, this morning Prasanthi witnessed another grand ritual, Samoohika Upanayana Brahmopadesha Mahotsavam, initiating spiritual aspirants into Gayatri Mantra along with investiture of the sacred thread or the “Yagnopavit”. read more »

Radha Bhakti…

Born in the village Barsana, Radharani epitomised the soul’s unquenchable thirst for the Divine, representing ananyabhakti, infinite devotion, matchless and unconditional. Quite often Bhagawan spoke about His ‘ananya bhakta’ recounting beautiful tales from those wonderful Dwapara days. When the world of ‘Krishna Consciousness’ sings in ecstacy “Radhe Radhe Radhe Barsaane Wali Radhe…” celebrating the appearance of Radharani, let‘s revisit some of those precious recountals of Bhagawan, discoursing on His foremost devotee… read more »

Maha Sahasra Kalashabhishekam and Samoohika Upanayanam…

Peace is Prasanthi’s very name and every action and every event mooted from this holy land is tagged to attaining Universal and Cosmic Oneness in terms of Love and Peace. These happenings are of utmost relevance at a time when universal brotherhood is slowly blasting out of existence in this God created universe. read more »

Prof Ranganath’s speech on Upanishads, Veda and Gayathri…

Preceding the next day’s main function of Maha Sahasra Kalashabhishekam, Prof Ranganath, an erudite scholar in Sanskrit spoke on the Importance and Inner Significance of Upanishads and Gayathri Mantra this evening in Prasanthi Nilayam. read more »