Prashanti News Updates: February 2012

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - March 01, 2012

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1 March, 2012

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How to examine our qualities and traits and progress continuously in our spiritual journey? The Divine Master explains to us today.

Audio Special:
"Talk by Mr.S.S.Naganand, Trustee, SSSCT - Flushing Sai Centre,
New York - 22 May 2011 - Part 2"

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H2H Special:
"Musings on the Gita:
Part 3 - by
Prof. G.Venkataraman"

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All the joy you crave for is within you. You suffer like someone who has vast riches in the iron chest, but has no idea where the key is! The flames of anger, pride, hatred, envy, etc. are more devastating than normal fire. They arise in the mind stealthily and in spurts ever demanding more and more to feed upon. Fire is called as ‘anala’ meaning ‘Not Enough’. You dread fire when it leaps at a distance. What is to be said then of the fire that is inside your very self? How to douse these dangerous flames? There are proven extinguishers tested by experience and guaranteed by sages, and these are - Truth, Right Conduct, Peace and Love (Sathya, Dharma, Shanthi and Prema). Examine within you which qualities and habits you must discard and the ones you must retain. Only those tendencies and attitudes that remind you of the Divine into which you must merge, should be retained and developed.

- Divine Discourse, March 1, 1965.

Desire destroys devotion, anger destroys wisdom, greed destroys work
– discard these bad qualities within you. - Baba

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - February 29, 2012

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29 February, 2012

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How do we sublimate our impulses, feelings and instincts? Bhagawan explains drawing an example from daily life.

Audio Special:
"Talk by Mr.S.S.Naganand, Trustee, SSSCT - Flushing Sai Centre,
New York - 22 May 2011 - Part 1"

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H2H Special:
"Video: Miracle of Pure
Love: Part 3 - by
Prof. G.Venkataraman"

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Inner cleanliness should be your first aim. You may have fine vegetables, excellent spices, salt and the best of pulses; the cook may be a master of the art. The oven you use may be the best one can get. But if the copper vessel used for cooking is not tinned, the sambar (soup) will turn into something dangerous; that which cannot be consumed. The dish prepared becomes poisonous if the interior of the vessel is unfit for cooking. So too, you must cleanse your inner being. Sathkarma (virtuous deeds) and Sadachara (good habits) along with prayers act as lining for the vessel of your heart (hridaya pathra), where emotions, impulses and instincts are cooking. Prayer will tame all the instincts like a wild elephant is trained to perform tricks in a circus ring.

- Divine Discourse, Feb 25, 1965.

A true human being is one who has the noble qualities of adherence to truth, duty,
devotion and discipline. - Baba

Monday, February 27, 2012

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - February 28, 2012

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28 February, 2012

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Is it mandatory to seek and serve individuals who have attained the ultimate knowledge, to attain it oneself? Bhagawan clarifies today.

Audio Special:
"Special Program - What should
we do this Shivaratri"

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H2H Special:
"Harnessing the Heart: Value Sourcing – Not just Outsourcing!"

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The word Jnana also means, the eagerness to realise the Atma thathwa (the Principle of the Atma) through inquiry from those with spiritual experience. If you are anxious to get this wisdom or experience, go to realised souls and win their grace. Study well their moods and manners, and await the chance to ask them for the help. When doubts arise, approach them calmly and courageously. No amount of sea water can slake one’s thirst. Similarly any hours of study of the scriptures will not help in solving our doubts. Jnana or the ultimate wisdom, can be won only from and through elders who have experienced the absolute. Serve them and win their love. Only then can this precious Jnana be won.

- Geeta Vahini, Ch 10

I want each one of you to cultivate Purity, Love and Compassion. - Baba

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - February 27, 2012

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27 February, 2012

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How can we break free of this illusion that we are weak and human and attain our true Divine status? Bhagawan shows us the way today.

Audio Special:
"Special Question Answer session:
Prof. G. Venkataraman with a
Malaysian group, Feb 2012 "

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H2H Special:
"Prasanthi Diary: Gratitude Programme by Swami's X and XII
class Girls, 27 Feb 2010"

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All beings are Divine, and the Lord dwells in their hearts. Yet they feel bound, miserable, limited, weak and agitated. Why? They imagine thus, and so they are shaped by the mind which is the source of that imagination. They are ignorant of their reality. How then can one be freed from this delusion? If you desire to overtake a train, you must speed in a car or board a plane. A vehicle slower than the train will not help. So too if you intend to overcome the delusion of your mind, you must establish yourself in God. The delusion of Maanavasakthi (human-power) arising out of the mind can be overcome only by the attainment of Divine Power (Daivasakthi). One prayer that promotes the acquisition of Divine Power is the repetition of the Gayathri Mantra.

- Divine Discourse Feb 25, 1965.

Prayer alone makes life happy, harmonious and worth living in this universe. - Baba

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - February 26, 2012

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26 February, 2012

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What is true sacrifice? What is the kind of worship we should perform? Bhagawan reminds us what Krishna explained to Arjuna in the Gita.

Audio Special:
"Talks during the Balvikas alumni
meet, 8 Jan 2012"

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H2H Special:
"Conversation with British
singer, Dana Gillespie - 3"

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The international Sai Organisation has launched a new website, www.sailoveinaction.org The website describes service projects undertaken across the globe and offers to report other projects undertaken by devotees. Take a look and get involved!

Perform abhisheka (ceremonial bath given to the Deity) to the Atma-linga (the Divine within), with the waters of your own pure mental impulses (Chittha-vritthi). What is true yajna (ceremonial sacrifice)? Giving in charity accumulated wealth is Dravya yajnam. When all physical and mental activities are utilised for sadhana (spiritual discipline) it is Thapo yajna. Doing karma (action) but yet remaining unbound by it, is Yoga Yajna. When the chittha (mind) moves in one direction and the indriyas (sense organs) move in another, the person is doubly confused. So keep attachment afar. When you accomplish this, your every act becomes a sacrifice (Yajna). Whatever you speak becomes a holy mantra; and the place where you plant your foot is rendered holy.

- Geetha Vahini, Ch 10.

The day when you understand that everything belongs to God,
will be the day when wisdom descends on you. - Baba

Friday, February 24, 2012

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - February 25, 2012

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25 February, 2012

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Why does one’s Guru deserve one’s reverence and gratitude? Bhagawan explains to us today.

Audio Special:
"Fleeting Moments, Lasting Memories - Ms. Padmashree Radhaswamy - 1"

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H2H Special:
"Video: Shivarathri Evening Programme, 2012"

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The international Sai Organisation has launched a new website, www.sailoveinaction.org. The website describes Sai service projects undertaken across the globe and also offers to report projects undertaken by other devotees too. Take a look and get involved!

The aim of all human effort is to achieve the oneness that lies behind all the plurality. Without accomplishing this, one cannot be in peace. No amount of repetition of the shanthi manthra (hymn of peace) is capable of granting that. The same current activates the many seemingly distinct instruments like the bulb, the mike, the fan, the refrigerator, the tape recorder, the stove, etc. The Guru is the one who reveals to you that invisible current. The Guru is like the stranger who entered the cottage of a poor man and announced that underneath the floor in his home, lies hidden a precious treasure which he can own, by a few minutes of digging. And for this the Guru deserves your gratitude.

- Divine Discourse, Feb 25, 1965.

Fill every deed of yours with the vision of the Spirit, the outlook of the Super-self. - Baba

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - February 24, 2012

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24 February, 2012

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How does one lead a life unaffected by the pulls of the objective world? Bhagawan Explains and guides us today.

Audio Special:
"Talk by Dr. Samuel Sandweiss to American devotees, 7 May 1991"

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H2H Special:
"Get Inspired: Clay Balls
in the Seashore"

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Both the form (swarupa) and the nature (swabhava) of the Atma is such that it is unaffected and uninfluenced by anything that is ephemeral. The soul has no birth or death, hunger or thirst, grief or delusion! Birth and death are characteristics of the body; grief and delusion are afflictions of the mind. Do not assign any status to these; know yourself as the Atma, the Divine Self. Give up all delusion and become unattached. Do not be like the porous blotting paper that gets tainted with whatever it comes in contact with. Be the lotus leaf in the marshy lake of this samsara (worldly existence); do not get smeared with the mud around you. Be in the world, yet outside it.

- Geetha Vahini, Ch 10.

Joy and grief are caused when objects and senses meet. - Baba

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - February 23, 2012

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23 February, 2012

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What is the role the Guru plays in our life? Bhagawan explains to us today.

Audio Special:
"Tryst with Divinity - Mr. Adriano Bratowick - Central Co-ordinator of Southern European countries"

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H2H Special:
"Video: Gautam Buddha
- Drama by sudents of SSSIHL
Prasanthi Nilayam Campus"

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Though your parents have endowed you with this physical body (deha), it is the Guru who points out to you the Indweller of the body. To make the gold more amenable to ornament making, it is alloyed by the addition of a little silver or copper. So too in order to manifest the multiple variety of Nature, the Brahmathathwam (Divine essence) is converted into an alloy, with the addition of a little egoism or mamakaaram. The Guru teaches one to regain the pure unalloyed state through the process of Sravanam, Mananam and Nidhidhyaasam (Listening to, recapitulating and meditating on God’s glories). Through this process, one can understand that the individual Self is one and the same as the Divine Self and is infact, facet of the same entity.

- Divine Discourse, Feb 25, 1965.

Spiritual knowledge reveals the unity in multiplicity, the eternal in the perishable. - Baba

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - February 22, 2012

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22 February, 2012

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What is the secret behind the unperturbed nature of the wise? Bhagawan explains and guides us today.

Audio Special:
"Tales that transform direct from the Divine - Miserliness leads to misery"

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H2H Special:
"Video: Miracle of Pure
Love Part - 2"

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The wise one (Jnani) is ever happy and this happiness does not depend on objects outside. You may wonder how; it is because such people are content with whatever happens to them, well or ill, as they are convinced that the Lord's will must prevail. Want of this contentment is a sign of a ajnani (unwise person). The ajnani piles one wish on another, builds one plan after another and pines perpetually; he or she worries and sets one’s own heart ablaze with greed. On the other hand, the Jnani is unshaken, steady and ever jubilant! The Jnanis may be engaged in karma (actions) but they are not affected in the least by it, as they have no eye on the fruit of their actions.

- Geetha Vahini, Ch 10.

The wise use money, strength, intelligence, skills, aptitude and opportunities
for helping others and making their lives happier. - Baba