Om Sai Ram

kush_20@hotmail.com (Kusum) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:05:00 +0000

Isn't it strange how a 20 rupee note seems like such a large amount when
you donate it to temple,but such a small amount when you go shopping?

Isn't it strange how 2 hours seem so long when you're at the Temple ,
and how short they seem when you're watching a good movie?

Isn't it strange that you can't find a word to say when you're praying,
but you have no trouble thinking what to talk or gossip about with a friend?

Isn't it strange how difficult and boring it is to read one chapter
of the Bhagwad Gita, but how easy it is to read 100 pages of a popular novel ?

Isn't it strange how everyone wants front-row-tickets to concerts or games, but they do whatever is possible to sit at the last rowat the TEMPLE or Bhajans and Prayers?

Isn't it strange how we need to know about an event for Temple 2-3
weeks before the day so we can include it in our agenda, but we can
adjust it for other events in the last minute?

Isn't it strange how difficult it is to learn a fact about God to share it with others, but how easy
it is to learn, understand, extend and repeat gossip?

Isn't it strange how we believe everything that magazines and newspapers
say, but we question the words in our Ramayan and Bhagwad Gita?

Isn't it strange how everyone wants a place in heaven, but they don't want
to believe, do, or say anything to get there?

Isn't it strange how we send jokes in e-mails and they are forwarded right away,
but when we are going to send messages about God, we think about it twice before we share it with others?

Miracle 3

kush_20@hotmail.com (Kusum) — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:14:00 +0000

From: Ramakrishnan Ramanarayanan Sairam

This is a true story happened to me last year.
the house next to my house had cut off two big trees and i am sure they have snake of the big venom like MAMBA a definite poisonous killer was there. when they cut the tree, i think in all my opinion that i framed which later Swami confirmed to me in my dream , the snake entered into my house through the gate and found itself in my rock garden.

normally i go to my garden to pick up flowers and do some gardening in the evening hours and all saturday. One fine morning Swami said while picking up flowers, where radiant Swami appeared before me and said
please wear the chappels (footwear), and he didn't tell me why. From that day i was wearing the chappals (footwear) and go to the garden.
after a gap of some days when we came from dinner and got out of the car and when my wife got out of the car the snake passed under the car but slightly edge between the legs. We saw it, before i could park the car
the snake went inside the garden.
immediately i have to call the men from the local tribe and told them to find where the snake could have hidden itself.

then after a whole long hunt, the snake was beneath the rock garden and they took it out and they told us it is dangerous snake of African variety worst than cobra,

we pray to swami that day and thanked Swami for saving us.

Swami said that night in my dream that he knows best at what time he should help the devotees and bless me and disappear. The next day Vhibuti was there in my house in all the photos. I have only video coverage and not photos and i do not know how to clip into the computer.

This illustrate Swami is omnipotent, omni presence, and wherever we are
he will be there. What he wants our faith and love ,once we surrender to him he will take care of us. Sairam

Miracle 3

kush_20@hotmail.com (Kusum) — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:06:00 +0000

Once Swami picked up a south african devotee for the interview. This devotee is full of doubts about Baba and that was the first time he came to Parthi with an intention to understand Baba.
After talking to him for a while Swami asked him what do you want then the reply came I want a watch. Baba immediately materialised a watch and gave him. The testing devotee asked further that I want the bill. Well, Swami waved His hand in the thin air to give a bill, which, to the astonishment of the devotee had the address of this very devotees home town in South Africa, with that days date. Totally surprised devotee took that invoice and came out of the room wondering how could on earth Swami could buy a wach from his own town which was more than 10,000 miles away from Parthi.

On his return to his town he went to the shop which issued that invoice to find the duplicate and checked. It was there. No magic, the duplicate was existing, the shop owner recollected the incident and narrated "On that day a small tiny person with curly hair and red robe came to my shop to buy the watch. He spend a long time to select this one and took it, paid the money. He immediately left the place. But after a few minutes He came back and asked for the receipt. Very pleasing personality .......... The shop keeper continued.

from Sai journal published by South African devotees.

Miracles 2

kush_20@hotmail.com (Kusum) — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:02:00 +0000

A certain person was a captain during the second World War, but since he died of a commonplace disease in a civil hospital his widow did not get much by way of pension. So she had to earn some money teaching music, in order to keep her three children - two daughters and a son in elementary ease. The son passed his B.Sc examination with a first class from the Madras University, while still in his teens. The army authorities gave him a job in their cantonment office at Bangalore. His mother, who was overwhelmed with joy, sent him to offer homage to the family deity, Venkatachalapathi on the Tirumala Hills in Andhra Pradesh , so that he could join duty at Bangalore with divine blessings.

However what did happen was the boy got drowned in the holy tank of the temple. His body was in police custody for two days as it was unidentified. The anxious mother was confronted by the photograph of her son's corpse which appeared in the daily papers. But , Baba appeared to her in a dream and directed her to come to Puttaparthi. Bhagawan called her and her children for the precious interview. " Don't weep", He said , "for your son who led a disciplined life and was full of devotion, has now merged with God. When he has found the lotus feet of Bliss, you should not indulge in grief". But she could not be consoled.

Then Baba said, "I know your heart is broken since you could not have even a last glimpse of his body. See, it is here." Saying this, He spread His palm in front of her, and she could clearly see the events of that faithful pilgrimage appear upon it: The son slipped on the steps of the tank, and a few people jumped in to save him. A lotus like bunch of flames rose from his body and proceeded towards the innermost shrine where the idol of Venkatachalapathi is installed, disappearing in a blaze of glory of the Lord's feet. Then she saw the idol come alive and change into a charming image of Baba Himself.

After sometime Baba spoke to her, "Mother, the one you loved as your son was a staunch devotee of the Lord during his previous life. He was engaged in tapas for 12 years on the steps of this very holy temple tank. His deepest desire was to attain Jala samadhi(water-mergence) in those sacred waters. To fulfil that desire he took birth again. Remain in Puttaparthi, ever singing the glory of Venkatachalpathi, who has accepted you on into His fold".

Miracles

kush_20@hotmail.com (Kusum) — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:01:00 +0000

A pilgrim to Puttaparthi suddenly developed acute appendicitis. At the time, there was no hospital there nor was there a surgeon, so Sai Baba was asked to come to the room where the patient lay groaning. He waved his hand in the air and produced a surgical knife out of nowhere. A second wave materialized vibhuti which he used as an anaesthetic. With these aids he performed the operation to remove the inflamed appendix. Then the surgical knife vanished into thin air. He applied the vibhuti on the wound which healed immediately, leaving only a small scar.

Important Revelation From Sai

kush_20@hotmail.com (Kusum) — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:32:00 +0000

who I am

"There was no one to know who I am till I created the world, at My pleasure, with one word. Immediately earth and sky were formed, mountains rose up, rivers started flowing, sun, moon and stars sprang out of nowhere to prove My existence. Came all forms of life - plants, insects, beasts, birds and men. Various powers were bestowed upon them under My orders. The first place was granted to man, and My knowledge was placed in man's mind." -Baba
Sathyam Sivam Sundaram Part IV

Prayer Resource

kush_20@hotmail.com (Kusum) — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:21:00 +0000

The Sai Prayer Group will pray every Thursday and every Sunday for all those who request prayers and will pray for universal love and peace. The Prayer Service is at 7.00 am every Thursday and every Sunday. Wherever you are, please follow the time zone of your country.

Please use the following Prayer Service Format:

1. Aum 3 times

2. Ganesh Mantra 3 times

Aum Sree Ganeshaya Namaha

3. Gayatri Mantra 3 times

Om Bhur Bhuva Svah

Tat Savitur Varenyam

Bhargo Devasya Dheemahi

Dhiyo Yo Nah Prachodayaat

OM SHANTI SHANTI SHANTI

We meditate on that Supreme effulgence of the Radiant Being

The Indwelling Controller and Director of all Things

May He stimulate our Intellect entirely (to realize the Truth)

4. Sai (Eeshvara) Gaayathree 28 times

Om
Sayeeshvaraaya Vidhmahe
Sathya-Dhevaaya Dheemahi
Thannah-Sarvah Prochodhayaath

Meaning
We know this Sai is Supreme Divinity incarnate. We meditate on this God of Truth. May this Almighty Personality lead us on the path of total liberation.

5. The Maha-Mrityunjaya Mantra 3 times

Om trayambakam yajaamahe
Sugandhim pushti - vardhanam
Urva - rukamiva bandhanan
Mrytor muksheeya ma - amritaat

Meaning
Om. We worship the Three-Eyed One (Lord Shiva),
who is naturally fragrant, immensely merciful and who is the Protector of the devotees. Worshipping Him may we be liberated from death for the sake of immortality just as the ripe cucumber easily separates itself from the binding stalk. By your Grace, Let me be in the state of salvation (Moksha) and be saved from the clutches of fearful death.

6. Viswamitra's Mantra 3 times

"Boothabavya bavathprabho! Sri Prasanthi Sai
Bhoothatma, dharmatma, Sri Dhanvantri amsa
Sathya Saiyey", mama prarthana:
'Uthishta sokha sankata dhuhkhanivarana'
Mahakrupa Kadaksha, 'Paahimaam Paahimaam Paahi'.

Meaning
Oh Lord, the Glorious - Sri Prasanthi Sai
May the elements do good always
Thou art the Controller of the elements
Thou art the Prime-mover of righteousness
Thy tiny fraction is Dhanvantri (Divine healer)
Lord Sai, we pray unto thee:
'Wake up, remove depression, sorrow, misery',
Thou, Embodiment of mercy and grace
'Save us, redeem us, reclaim us, - one and all of us'.

7. Dhanvantari 3 times

Aum Namo Bhagavathe
Vasudevaya Dhanvantraye
Amruta Kalasa Hasthaya
Sarvaamaya Vinaashanaaya
Thrailokhya Naathaaya
Sri Mahavishnave Namaha

Meaning
Obeisances unto the supreme Bhagawan known as Sudarshana Vasudev Dhanvantari, The holder of the kalasha full of nectar of immortality, who removes all fears,who removes all diseases,
The well wisher of the Three worlds, and sustainer of the three worlds, He is Vishnu Swarup, By the name Dhanvantari Empowered to Heal the Jiva souls.

8. Prayer to Sree Sathya Sai Baba 28 times

Sri Sathya Sai Sampoorna
Paripurna Arogya Praaptirastu

Meaning
Sree Sathya Sai get cured completely (fully).

9. 10 Minutes meditation - sending divine love and healing energy to sick and needy people throughout the world.

10. Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavanthu 3 times

Meaning "Let the whole mankind be Happy and Prosperous."

Sathya Sai Baba's 46 Maxims/Quotes

kush_20@hotmail.com (Kusum) — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:19:00 +0000

1. Prema, Love, should be considered as the very breath of Life.

2. The Love that is manifest in all things equally, believe that the same Prema is Paramatma.

3. The one Paramatma is in every one, in the form of Prema.

4. More than all other forms of Prema, man's first effort should be to fix his Love on the Lord.

5. Such Love directed towards God is Bhakthi; that is the fundamental test, the acquisition of Bhakthi.

6. Those who seek the Bliss of the Atma should not run after the joys of sense objects.

7. Sathya, Truth, must be treated as life-giving as breathing itself.

8. Just as a body that has no breath is useless and begins to rot and stink within a few minutes, similarly, life without Truth is useless and becomes the stinking abode of strife and grief.

9. Believe that there is nothing greater than Truth, nothing more precious, nothing sweeter and nothing more lasting.

10. Truth is the all-protecting God. There is no mightier Guardian than Truth.

11. The Lord who is Sathyaswarupa grants His Darsan to those of Truthful Speech and Loving Heart.

12. Have undiminished kindness towards all beings and also the spirit of self-sacrifice.

13. You must also possess control of the senses, an unruffled character and non-attachment.

14. Be always on the alert against the four sins which the tongue is prone to commit:
Speaking falsehood
Speaking ill of others
Back-biting and
Talking too much
It is best to attempt to control these tendencies.

15. Try to prevent the five sins that the body commits:
Killing
Adultery
Theft
Drinking intoxicants
Eating of flesh
It is a great help for the highest life if these also are kept as far away as possible.

16. One must be always vigilant, without a moment's carelessness, against the eight sins that the mind perpetrates:
Kamam or craving
Krodham or anger
Lobham or greed
Moham or attachment
Impatience
Hatred
Egoism
Pride
Man's primary duty is to keep all these things at a safe distance from himself.

17. Man's mind speeds fast, pursuing wrong actions. Without letting it hurry like that remember the Name of the Lord at that time or attempt to do some good deed or other. Those who do thus will certainly become fit for the Lord's Grace.

18. First give up the evil tendency to feel impatient at the prosperity of others and the desire to harm them. Be happy that others are happy. Sympathise with those who are in adversity and wish for their prosperity. That is the goal of cultivating the love for God.

19. Patience is all the strength that man needs.

20. Those anxious to live in joy must always be doing good.

21. It is easy to conquer anger through love, attachment through reasoning, falsehood through truth, bad through good and greed through charity.

22. No reply should be given to the words of the wicked. Be at a great distance from them; that is for your good. Break off all relations with such people.

23. Seek the company of good men, even at the sacrifice of your honour and life. But be praying to God to bless you with the discrimination needed to distinguish between the good men and the bad. You must also endeavour, with the intellect given to you.

24. Those who conquer states and earn fame in the world are hailed as heroes, no doubt; but those who have conquered the senses are heroes who must be acclaimed as the conquerors of the Universe.

25. Whatever acts a good or bad man may do, the fruits thereof follow him and will never stop pursuing him.

26. Greed yields only sorrow; contentnment is best. There is no happiness greater than contentment.

27. The mischief-mongering tendency should be plucked out by the roots and thrown off. If allowed to exist, it will undermine life itself.

28. Bear with fortitude both loss and grief; try and search for plans to achieve joy and gain.

29. Assume silence when you are invaded by anger or remember the Name of the Lord. Instead, do not try to remind yourself of things which will inflame the anger more. That will do incalculable harm.

30. From this moment, avoid all bad habits. Do not delay or postpone. They do not contribute the least joy.

31. Try as far as possible within your means to satisfy the needs of the poor, who are really Daridranarayana. Share with them whatever food you have and make them happy at least that once.

32. Whatever you feel should not be done to you by others, avoid your doing such to others.

33. For faults and sins committed in ignorance, repent sincerely; try not to repeat the faults and sins again; pray to God to bless you with the strength and the courage needed to stick to the right path.

34. Do not allow anything to come near you, which will destroy your eagerness and enthusiasm for God. Want of eagerness will cause the decay of the strength of man.

35. Yield not to cowardice; do not give up Ananda.

36. Do not get swelled up when people praise you; do not feel dejected when people blame you.

37. If among your friends any one hates another and starts a quarrel, do not attempt to inflame them more and make them hate each other more; try, on the other hand, with love and sympathy to restore their former friendship.

38. Instead of searching for others' faults, search for your own faults yourself; uproot them, throw them off. It is enough if you search and discover one fault of yours; that is better than discovering tens of hundreds of faults in others.

39. Even if you cannot or will not do any Punya or good deed, do not conceive or carry out any Papa, or bad deed. This is far preferable.

40. Whatever people may say about the faults that you know are not in you, do not feel for it; as for the faults that are in you, try to correct them yourself, even before others point them out to you. Do not harbour anger or vengeance against persons who point out your faults; do not retort, pointing out the faults of those persons themselves, but show your gratitude to them. Trying to discover their faults is a greater mistake on your part. It is good for you to know your faults; it is no good your knowing others' faults.

41. Whenever you get a little leisure, do not spend it in talking about all and sundry, but utilise it in meditating on God or in doing service to others.

42. The Lord is understood only by the Bhaktha; the Bhaktha is understood only by the Lord. Others cannot understand them. So, do not discuss matters relating to the Lord with those who have no Bhakthi. On account of such discussion, your devotion will diminish.

43. If anyone speaks to you on any subject, having understood it wrongly, do not think of other wrong notions which will support that stand but grasp only the good and the sweet, in what he says. True meaning is to be appreciated as desirable, not wrong meaning or many meanings, which give no meaning at all and cause only the hampering of Ananda.

44. If you desire to cultivate one-pointedness, do not, when in a crowd or bazaar, scatter your vision to the four corners and on everything, but see only the road in front of you, just enough to avoid accidents to yourself. One-pointedness will become firmer if one moves about without taking one's attention off the road, avoiding dangers, and not casting eyes on others' forms.

45. Give up all doubts regarding the Guru and God. If your wordly desires do not get fulfilled, do not blame it on your devotion; there is no relationship between such desires and devotion to God. These worldly desires have to be given up some day or other; Bhakthi feelings have to be acquired some day or other. Be firmly convinced of this.

46. If your Dhyanam or Japam do not progress properly or if the desires you have entertained do not come to fruition, do not get dispirited with God. It will dispirit you even more and you will lose the peace, however small or big, that you might have earned. During Dhyanam and Japam you should not be dispirited, desperate or discouraged. When such feelings come, take it that it is the fault of your Sadhana and endeavour to do them correctly.

Source: Sandeha Nivarini by Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Happy New year 2008

kush_20@hotmail.com (Kusum) — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:23:00 +0000

Wishing u all a happy new year 2008 on behalf of "Om Sai Ram".Be happy and God Bless!

Sai Baba Bhajans Links

kush_20@hotmail.com (Kusum) — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:43:00 +0000

SAI BABA BHAJANS:

1	Amrit Se Man Ka Kalash Bharo
2	Chali Sai Baba Ki Palki
3	Jaago Sai Mohan Pyare
4	Jab Jab Boloun Sai Om
5	Matka Pyas Bujhaaye Kaise
6	Mere Man Ke Mandir Ko
7	Nahin Kamna Mujhe Kisiki
8	O Sai Baba Mere
9	Sai Bhola Bhandari
10	Sai Deva Sai Deva
11	Sai Dhun
12	Sai Japo Sai Japo
13	Sai Kare Man Prarthana
14	Sai Ke 108 Naamavali
15	Sai Sai Sai Ram
16	Sai Se Man
17	Shirdi Ko Jaane Waale
18	Shirdiwale Sai Baba
19	Sunte Hain Jo Aaya Kabhi
20	Tu Hai Hamara
21	Tu Hai Ik Pinjare Ka Pancchi
22	Tujh Ko Sab Kuchh Mila
23	Aisee aaj dua de Baba

Sai Message for Christmas

kush_20@hotmail.com (Kusum) — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:24:00 +0000

Where there is love, there is no room for hatred. Do not be envious of anyone. When this evil quality appears, love takes to flight. A pure heart is the abode of love. Where there is purity, there is unity. Unity leads to divinity.

Today, purity is absent. How, then, do you realize Divinity? You must offer everything to God without any desire. Dedicate your all to God. This was the teaching of Jesus. He considered everything as an offering to God.

When he was being nailed on the cross, people around were weeping. At that moment,an ethereal voice declared, "All are one, My dear Son! Be alike to everyone."

Jesus declared, "Death is the dress of life." Just as we change our clothes, so we change our bodies. The bodies are vestures (for the indwelling Spirit). Hence, bodies should be regarded as mere vestures. We should not worry about the body.

How many heed such sayings? You must learn to lead ideal lives. That is the right way to observe Christ's birthday. Few care to observe the ideals of the great teachers.

Christ was the victim of envious persons who were opposed to His teachings and who leveled accusations against Him. Devotees of God should not mind the criticisms of envious persons. All good people have to face such troubles. They should treat everything as meant for their good.

**I am seizing this opportunity to wish all the Sai Devotees a Merry Christmas and a happy new year 2008!!!

Shirdi Baba Serial

kush_20@hotmail.com (Kusum) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:44:00 +0000

Watch and download online streaming videos of Shirdi Sai Baba serial, 9th December, 2007.Star Plus channel of Star T.V. network, serial production Ramanand Sagar productions.

Links from Zshare

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Links from putfile media

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

How can they do this?

kush_20@hotmail.com (Kusum) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:38:00 +0000

Dear Sai Devotees!!!
I was indeed apparled to come across this documentary from the BBC who game factless and baseless accusations about Baba!!!I know there were documentaries broadcasted from BBC but didnot know it was that bad!!!!

Here is the link:
http://www.saisathyasai.com/baba/Ex-Baba.com/A-AlayaRahm/z-secret-swami.html

Check it and please leave your comment!!There are many people out there who want to make you disbelieve and this is totally unacceptable!!!

We have to double our faith to show them that despite all their lame accusation, we are not gonna back out!!!

Its a real shame to see how ex-devotees are turning against Baba!!!

I am posting the link to some of the videos who claim Baba as being a "bad magician"!!!!Can you imagine!!!!Check it out!Be aware of the ridiculous critics about Baba and tell me how you feel about it!
Here you go:http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/movies.html#01

Who is Eswarama?

kush_20@hotmail.com (Kusum) — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:51:00 +0000

"Easwaramma, the mother of Easwara (Satya Sai Baba)"

Easwaramma Day falls on 6th of May and this Day is celebrated by Sri Sathya Sewa Organizations all over the world in the memory of Divine Mother Easwaramma who led exemplary life and set great ideals to the world. Many programmes for the welfare of the poor and needy are organized on this Day.

Shri Kondamma Raju, the grand-father of Sri Sathya Sai Baba's physical body headed the Ratnakar family of Bhardwaja Gotra that lived in a tiny village of Puttaparthi (formerly known as Golpalli, village of cows, cow-herds, sweet water) situated on the Banks of River Chittravathi in Andhra Pradesh. He led saintly life of pretty long sojourn of 116 years and had two sons, Shri Pedda Venkamma Raju and Shri Chinna Venkamma Raju. Shri Pedda Venkamma Raju was married to a simple and serene girl Namagiriamma of a very poor family who had no schooling. After her marriage, Shri Kondamma Raju re-named his daughter-in-law as Easwaramma for she was to be the mother of Easwara as prophecied by this revered Guru Venkavadhoota.

Easwarama, a pious soul, who had installed Eternal Lord Narayana in her heart, was always engrossed in spiritual pursuits. After the devout couple had already a son and two daughters, Mother Easwaramma deeply aspired for one more son. To realize her wish, she undertook vow and practiced severe austerities. Imbued in spiritual splendour, she often experience the presence of gods and goddesses around her and glimpsed unique auras of unseen beings.

Narayana too had opted to incarnate in Puttaparthi and chosen the parenting of Shri Pedda Venkamma Raju and Smt. Easwaramma whose merits of past several births had borne fruit.

Smt. Lakshamma, Easwaramma's mother-in-law, was equally an ardent devotee of Sathyanarayana. She also yearned for one more grand-son. Smt. Easwaramma revealed to her family members that her mother-in-law had narrated her.

"She had dreamt of sathyanarayana dev and she cautioned me that I should not be frightened if something happens to me through the will of God. That morning when I was at the well drawing water, a big ball of blue light came rolling towards me and I fainted and fell. I felt it glided into me."

Therefore, Bhagwan Sri Sathya Sai Baba was not begotten. His incarnation was Pravesa (An entrance) and not a Prasava (encience).

It was on Monday/Tuesday night of 23rd November, 1926, that Smt. Lakshamma, mother-in-law of Smt. Easwaramma, was performing Satyanarayana Puja at the village priest's house from 4 A.M. onwards. Inspite of calling her back to rush home as the delivery of her daughter-in-law neared, she returned on conclusion of Puja. She gave 'prasad' to Easwaramma who relished it. And the Divine Child was born at 5:06 A.M. in Ardara Nakshtra (the regoining star). The Child was named Sathyanarayana.

Mother Easwaramma was embodiment of nobility, benevolence and sacrifice. She loved children very much and guided them on the virtuous path. She always endeavoured to ameliorate the sufferings of down-trodden. She never asked Swami for anything for herself. She played significant role in the task of ushering in a new Era for humanity. Her main objective in life was welfare of the society.

One day, holding his both hands, the great Mother Easwaramma pleaded to Swami to construct a small hospital as she could not withstand the sufferings of sick particularly the children. It was built. Puttaparthi has now Sri Sathya Sai Super Speciality Hospital besides a General Hospital. A Super-Speciality Hospital has also been built by Swami at White-field Bangalore. Millions of patients have been receiving best medical treatment and medicines free of any charge.

After some time, Mother approached Swami to build a school in the village. It was built and she was delighted to visit it and shower her love and blessings on the children. Puttaparthi is a Deemed University now and provides quality education upto Post-Graduate level including professional courses like MBA, MFM and M Tech. free of any charge. Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning at Puttaparthi has Prasanthi Nilayam, Anantapur and Brindaban (White-field) Bangalore Campuses.

Her next wish to provide drinking water to the village which was also fulfilled. Swami provided hundreds of crores of rupees for the massive drinking water projects and thus alleviated the sufferings of millions of drought-hit population of human beings and animals.

Mother Easwaramma had sudden and sacred end at Bangalore at 7 P.M. on 6th May, 1972, while sitting in Verandah. She loudly called "Swami, Swami Swami" thrice. Swami responded saying "Coming, Coming" and she breathed her last.

How to offer food to God

kush_20@hotmail.com (Kusum) — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:49:00 +0000

How to offer food to God?

It is helpful if one has an altar already set up somewhere in your home, apartment or dorm. On this altar should be either a sacred image or a picture of God in any of His sacred forms. In addition, you can include images of your guru, saints, or other gods or godess on your altar - Durga, Ganesha, Sarasvati, etc. Images of God, however, should be the central focal-point of any altar used for meditation. If you don’t have an altar, then placing a simple image of God somewhere special will do.

When the food is ready, take a sampling of each preparation, along with a glass or cup of water, and place them all on a special plate that is used only for offering food to God. This plate must never be used for any other purpose than offering food in Prasada Meditation. Place the plate of food before the sacred image. Offer a little incense to God. Then, in a meditative and devotional state of mind, sit with eyes closed in meditation and recite several sacred mantras. And request the Lord to accept your offering. After you have offered the food in this way, the food that you have cooked is now sanctified and considered to be prasada, food transformed into the grace of God. By partaking in such food, we show our devotion to God, and thus make spiritual advancement. The food on the the plate should be re-merged into the food in the pots. Having thanked the Lord for accepting your offering, the prasada can now be eaten. The food should also be eaten with meditative awareness. While eating the prasada, please always be conscious and aware that you are partaking in the special grace of God. Eat with reverence, and enjoy!

Sai Baba thoughts on Meat Eating

kush_20@hotmail.com (Kusum) — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:47:00 +0000

What About Meat?

In spiritual endeavors there can be no stability and no concentration when meat is eaten. As the food, so is the mind. If one partakes of meat, one will have animal thoughts. For example, if the mutton of sheep is eaten, you must ask yourself, "What is the quality of the sheep?" They only follow, follow, follow. If you eat mutton, you lose discrimination. If you eat pork, you will develop the quality of the pig, i.e. arrogance. These things not only damage our thoughts, but they amount to violence. It is a sin to kill the animal. You may reply that an animal was killed by the butcher. That is incorrect; it is only because you are eating them that the animals are being killed. If you stop eating animals, then no one will butcher them to sell in the market. Thus, sin is committed by the one who eats as well as the one who kills. Because of this incorrect type of food, we lose human qualities and acquire animal qualities.

Sathya Sai Baba
Brindavan, Whitefield
August 27, 1994

Sai Message

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Thought of the Day

Grasp as the bow the great weapon furnished by the Upanishads, and fix in it an arrow sharpened by meditation. Draw it with the mind concentrated on Brahman (Godhead), and hit the target, the immortal Brahman without losing aim. Pranava (the sound of 'Om') is the bow, Atma (soul) is the arrow, Brahman is the target. So, the Sadhaka (spiritual aspirant) must, like the expert archer, be unaffected by things that agitate the mind. He should pay one-pointed attention to the target. Then, he becomes the thing meditated upon.

Baba

Happy Birthday Baba

kush_20@hotmail.com (Kusum) — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 02:48:00 +0000

82nd Birthday celebrations at Prashanti Nilayam

3 November 2007

The celebrations started at 9AM, with parades leading Bhagavan into Sai Kulwant Hall. The Carnatic music duo Malladi Rama Prasad and Malladi Ravikumar performed. Then, five couples, annointed Swami, with Anil Kumar explaining the signifance of he ceremony. In the eveing, the Malladi brothers performed again, followed by Hariharan singing.

**as soon as i get the video i will post it!

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kush_20@hotmail.com (Kusum) — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:12:00 +0000

W - Words
A - Actions
T - Thoughts
C - Character
H - Heart

"Sai has not taken avatar to start a new religion, cult or sect. He has come in human form to show us the royal path to reach God by following our respective religions and by being good Christians, good Muslims, good Hindus and good Buddhists."

Three Ps – Patience, Purity, Perseverance

"Service to man, is service to God."

"Money comes and goes; but morality comes and grows!"

"Regard your country as the Mother. We should serve this Divine Mother. Follow our own sacred culture that the Mother has preserved for us. Imitation is weakness."

"God never does things which do not have good reasons behind them. He never utters words which have no meaning. Whatever He does, sees and says, carries with it an inner deeper spiritual meaning."

"SELF lives by getting and forgetting; LOVE lives by giving and forgiving"

Sai Quotes

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"If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character;
If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home;
If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation;
When there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world."

"Let the different faiths exist, let them flourish, and let the glory of God be sung in all the languages and in a variety of tunes. That should be the ideal. Respect the differences between the faiths and recognize them as valid as long as they do not extinguish the flame of unity."

"Politics without principles, education without character, science without humanity and commerce without morality are not only useless but positively dangerous."

"In your words, thoughts and deeds, there should be unity."

Devotees Experiences

kush_20@hotmail.com (Kusum) — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:12:00 +0000

Experience of the Divinity of Bhagavan by Devotees (link)

Dr. Kishan Gadhia London
Dr. A.V.Manohar Rao Hyderabad
Mr. Peter Rae Australia
Mr. Yelisetti Simhayya Gupta Puttaparthi
Mr. Kryshna Lewis Krydick USA
Mrs. M.Nagaratnamma Puttaparthi
Mr. Challa Prabhakara Rao Puttaparthi
Mr. K.S.Gopalakrishnan Nair Kerala State
Mr. T. Narayana Reddy Puttaparthi
Mr. R.Indreswara Rao West Godavari District
Mr. D.Narasimha Reddy Puttaparthi
Mr. M.S.Murthy Puttaparthi
Mr. N.B.S.Rama rao (in Telugu) Puttaparthi
Mrs. T.Jaya Syamala Mumbai
Mr. Sarma Garigipati Abudhabi
Mr. Deepak Gogna UK
Mr. K.Vijaya Babu Hyderabad
Mrs. K. Sarojini Hyderabad
Mr. R.V.Subba Rao Hyderabad
Mr. L.Rama Rao Hyderabad
Mr. Krishna Murthy Hyderabad
Dr. A.Ravindranath Hyderabad
Mrs. A.Priyamvada Hyderabad
Mr. V.C.Rao Hyderabad
Mrs. G.Manga Hyderabad
Mrs. A.Swaroopa Rani Hyderabad
Mrs. B.Radha Kumari Hyderabad
Mr. A.C.Bhaskara Rao Hyderabad
Mr. Lalith Nonis Australia
Mrs. P.Bhanumati, Secunderabad
Mr. V. Lingam, Canada
Mr. R.Radhakrishnan Nair, Mumbai
Mrs. Bala Valluri, Hyderabad
Mr. P.Kandasamy, Canada
Mrs. Lalitha, Chennai
Mr. P.Purushottaman, Erode
Ms. R.Ramalakshmi, Chennai
Mr. Sundara Vadivelu, Chennai
Dr. Y.Bhattacharyulu, Hyderabad
Mr. Kadiyala Radhadrishna Naidu, Puttaparthi
Mrs. C.Lalitha, Sai Gokulam
Mr. Manohar Rao, New Delhi
Mrs. Silpi, New Delhi
Mr. S.Sivayogan, Australia
Mr. A.E.Muralidharan, Puttaparthi
Mr. S.Venkataraman, Sai Gokulam
Mrs. Lolita, Lithuania
Mr. Darius Zukas, Lithuania
Mrs. Krishna Shanmukharatnam, Sri Lanka
Ms. Chinta Karunaratne, Sri Lanka
Mr. S.Poornachandra Rao, Vijayawada
Mr. R.Natarajao, Malaysia
Mr. N.Pravinbabu, Malaysia
Mrs. R.Padmini Sekhar, Trichy
Mr.K.Parthaa, Bangalore
Mr. K. Baleeswarayya, Mahabubnagar
Mrs. J.Yasoda, Hyderabad
Mr. Mohan Bhima Rao Kulkarni, Bangalore
Mr. Oruganti Sitaramayya Sastri, Kadugodi
Mr. K.Thillainayagam, Chennai
Mrs. Padma Prabhakar, Chennai
Mr. J.P.Singh, Kanpur
Mrs. Bhagyam Mahadev, Puttaparthi
Mr. S.S.Sarma, U.P
Mr. G.S.Garg, U.P
Mr. Sudhakar Karumuri, USA
Mr. R.D.Sharma, Meerut
Mr. Venkatachalam, Chennai
Mr. Teja Ram Singh, Hardwar
Mr. Bandaru Venkateswara Rao, Krishna District
Mr. Saratchandra Vaghjibhai Patel, Gujarat
Mr. Harshavadan A. Mankad, Gujarat
Mr. K.Raja Rao, Puttaparthi
Mr. Punam Bhai Babu Bhai Rawal, Gujarat
Mr. D.V.Krishna Rao, Hyderabad
Mr. S.V.Subba Rao, Vijayawada
Mr. M.Maheswara Raju, Vijayawada
Mrs. Vani B. Veldurthy, Hyderabad
Mr. Durga Prasad, Vijayawada
Mr. K. Chakrapani Rao, Puttaparthi
Mrs.K.Vani, Hyderabad
Mrs. P.Sujatha, Puttaparthi
Mr. K.N.P.Nayar, Puttaparthi
Mrs. Girija Nayar, Puttaparthi
Mr. S.Venkateswara Rao, Khammam District
Mr. G. Mohan Rao, Khammam
Mrs. Ch.Satyavati, Hyderabad
Mr.T.Umamaheswara Rao, Hyderabad
Mrs. Radha Sreedharan, Kerala
Mr. G.Dilip Raj, Trivendrum
Dr. U.S.N.Murthy, Visakhapatnam
Dr. (Mrs.) D.S. Mangala, Visakhapatnam
Mr. B.Lakshminarayana, Hyderabad
Mr. Kalyan Ram Gunturi, USA
Mr. R.Nageswara Kumar, USA
Dr. (Mrs.) C.S. Mangamma, Visakhapatnam
Mr. C.Bhaskara Rao, Chennai
Mr. C.Mallikarjuna Rao, Chennai
Mrs. V.Bala Tripura Sundari, Prasanthi Nilayam
Mrs. V. Lalitamma, Prasanthi Nilayam
Mr. Raja Omapathi Rao, Hyderabad
Mrs. S. Meenakshi, Prasanthi Nilayam
Mr. Gaurishankar Kanoi, Puttaparthi
Mrs. Bimla Kanoi, Puttaparthi
Mr. Gorapalli Appanna, Visakhapatnam
Mr. Sreedhar J.R.P., Khammam
Mr. S.Vijaya Kumar Virli, Chandigarh
Mr. Som Singh, Haryana
Mr. Sumit Batra, Ambala
Mr. R.S. Mani, Hyderabad
Mr. B. Subrahmanyam, Hyderabad
Mrs. B. Lakshmi, Hyderabad
Mrs. B. Savitri, Hyderabad
Mr. V. Ramakrishna Rao, Hyderabad
Mr. Niresh Daryanani, Spain
Mrs. V. Vijaya Rajeswari, Hyderabad
Dr. John S. Hislop, USA
Dr. (Mrs) Meenakshi Chintapalli, USA
Mr. Chintalapati Ranga Raju, Vijayawada
Mr. H.K. Bhaskara Prabhu, Prasanthi Nilayam
Mr. B.N. Vittal Kamath, Prasanthi Nilayam

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