Offerings To The Master…
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Prasanthi Nilayam earned the greatest of the heavenly boons to house the Guru Of All Gurus, Lord Of All Lords…The Supreme Overlord Of The Universe. To those who flocks to Prasanthi, to be in the Supreme Presence of the Avatar on Earth, have we ever utilized His presence, following His footsteps, imbibing His precepts? As a precursor to the grand festivity, let’s delve into some holy thoughts, beseeching Him with a prayer, Oh! Lord… an article from M. Balasubramanian, from Sanathana Sarathi September, 1994. read more »
Posted in Reflections
53rd Anniversary Celebrations of Vata Vriksha
Sunday, July 1, 2012
The Lord Who wrote a Divine Treatise on the Meditation, titled Dhyana Vahini, with His Divine Fore vision had planted a small sapling on the idyllic hillock, at the eastern side of Prasanthi Mandir, five decades ago, precisely on 29th June 1959. Bhagawan then declared, that Yogis who have reached a certain stage of spiritual progress will automatically come to know of this tree and the mystic plate of inscription, materialized by Him on the Chitravati banks, and they will be drawn by the mysterious force of these toward the meditation grove which will then fully justify its name! read more »
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When Vitthala Beckons…Pilgrims Hasten Wasting No Seconds…
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Come Ashadi, for the Lord’s sake the pilgrims forsake their comforts, luxuries and all other necessities, walking along, into the Heart of their Supreme Deity, Lord Vitthala of Pandharpur. With yet another Ashadi coming close, while recalling the legend of this grand festivity with a tinge of nostalgia, it is time for us, devotees of Sai, to introspect, asking ourselves, Have we made efforts to hasten our pace…To match the flow of His matchless grace…? and…Must we keep our Lord waiting…as He does us all beckon…? …a poem from Ms. Jullie Chaudhuri. read more »
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He knocks at our door…
Thursday, June 28, 2012
How does Bhagawan walk into a devotee’s life? In this vast expanse of creation called world, He alone is the ‘Doer’ and thus owns the script for every single action, be it in the physical plane and in the planes beyond. When one looks into His myriad mysterious ways, with a tinge of belief, he will know that He does the right thing, at the right moment, for the right person, with the right intent. Read on the story of Mrs & Mr Sitaram, from the UK, of their entry into the ‘Sai Fold’, as narratied by Mr Manian of ‘Anandavikatan’, a Tamil Fortnightly, originally published in the same magazine. Extracted from Sanathana Sarathi, December, 1972. read more »
Posted in Sai Spiritual Showers
The Only Friend…
Thursday, June 28, 2012
“Many call themselves devotees, but the claim means nothing by itself. It is like addressing a letter to someone. Unless it is acknowledged by the recipient you cannot be sure whether the letter reached the addressee and how he reached to it. Likewise, whether one is a devotee or not should be declared by the Lord Himself.” – Baba read more »
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Get Up! Get Up!
Monday, June 25, 2012
Do I have faith in Baba as God? Do I have faith in myself as God? Faith is the key issue. All Avatars, Masters, and healers have recognized the power of faith as the healer. Even allopathic physicians acknowledge the healing effect of the placebo and recognize the importance of the faith of the patient in the physician. Jesus told those that He healed: “Thy faith has made thee whole.” Baba’s Mission is not to do our work for us but to show us how to become master of the body and the senses, writes Joy Thomas narrating some episodes from her life that helped her to learn greater lessons.
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Dance Bouquet by Children from Sultanate Of Oman
Sunday, June 24, 2012
A small contingent of devotees from Sultanate Of Oman, Muscat on a Parthi Yatra to Prasanthi Nilayam, presented a Dance Bouquet at the Divine Lotus Feet on 24th June evening in the Sanctum Sanctorum in Prasanthi Nilayam. read more »
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Oh! The Experience Of Breaking Away!
Friday, June 22, 2012
Jantunam Nara Janma Durlabham (of all living beings, human birth is the rarest) exhorts Bhagawan, urging humanity to head-on to his final destination. Having bestowed upon with this wonderful human birth, to liberate himself, does man really utilise this God-given boon, trying to come out of the illusory, unreal world to reach out to Him? What is that ultimate Bliss of breaking away, escaping from the bony-bars flying free, everafter, reminisces Satyajit urging fellow travellers to break free…a poem from Sanathana Sarathi archives. Sri Satyjit, an alumnus of SSSIHL, is currently heading Team Vidya Vahini. read more »
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Call on Him with anguish; He will respond…
Thursday, June 21, 2012
God Almighty is at the beck and call of a sincere sadhaka whose anguished cry would bring the Formless All-pervading Divinity to manifest Himself in any form the devotee yearns for. It is your yearning that decides in what form the Lord appears…echoes Bhagawan narrating a beautiful story from Udaipur, Rajasthan involving Bhagawan Sri Krishna, a devout priest and a Rajputana king …Extracted from a Divine discourse published in Sanathana Sarathi. read more »
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Experiencing Divinity From Close Quarters…
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Former English Professor and Warden of Anantapur Campus of ‘Sri Sathya Sai University’, Prof. (Mrs.) Jayalakshmi Gopinath, known as “Jai Amma” as Bhagawan would fondly call her, had the rarest heavenly boon of being in the Divine fold of Bhagawan from a very early age. …And right from the beginning of her stint with the Divinity Personified, the Professor has been learning invaluable lessons, most of them learnt at close quarters with Divinity, Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai. Addressing the International Convention of Sri Sathya Sai Bal Vikas Gurus, in the year 2001, the veteran professor spoke of some of the invaluable lessons she was fortunate to learn from her Beloved Lord. Given below is the transcription of her speech delivered during the International Convention of Sri Sathya Sai Bal Vikas Gurus, held in the year 2001 in the immediate Divine Presence in Prasanthi Nilayam. read more »
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