Prashanti News Updates: March 2012

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - April 01, 2012

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1 April, 2012

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What is special about the divine name of Rama? On this holy occasion of Ramanavami (Day of Rama’s advent) Bhagawan explains to us.

Audio Special:
"Talk by Mrs. Indira and Mr. Lee Hewlett at the Flushing Sai Centre, New York on 26 June 2011"

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H2H Special:
"Special Quiz: Pearls From
the Ramayana"

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Watch the Live Video Webcast of the Ramanavami Celebrations in Prasanthi Nilayam, Today at around 8.30 a.m. and 5.15 p.m. on our website www.radiosai.org.

Thousands of years have passed since the Treta Yuga (second quarter of time, the age in which Lord Rama was born), yet even now everyone, right from children to elderly people, remember the name of Rama. The glory of Rama’s name has not diminished even a bit with the passage of time. This truth should be recognised by all. Rama is the name given to a form, but is not limited to a form. Rama is the never changing Divine Principle (Atma). Therefore, wherever and whenever you remember the name of Rama, He is there with you, in you, around you. Rama is the personification of righteousness (Ramo vigrahavan Dharmaha). You should also follow Dharma (righteousness); not the principle of Dharma that comes from the mind but one that originates from your heart.

- Divine Discourse, Mar 27, 2007.

To win Rama’s (God’s) grace, it is not enough to repeat His name; you have to practise the principles He stood for. -Baba

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Friday, March 30, 2012

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - March 31, 2012

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31 March, 2012

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What is the lesson we must learn from epics like Mahabharat and Ramayan? Bhagawan elucidates today.

Audio Special:
"Talking Book - Seeking Divinity
- Chapter 01"

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H2H Special:
"Photo Gallery:
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Every human being has the evil tendencies of lust (kama), anger (krodha) and greed (lobha) in them. The great epics, Ramayana, Bhagavata, and Mahabharata, teach good lessons to control these enemies. Ravana, who had mastered all the sixty-four branches of knowledge and was a great scholar and a mighty warrior, lost his life and caused the ruination of his entire clan because of lust. It is not enough if you merely read Ramayana; you should grasp its real significance. In the Mahabharata, Duryodhana personified greed. He refused to share the kingdom with the Pandavas and denied them their rightful share. Due to this quality, he perished along with his entire clan. These illustrations echo the need for the eradication of the feelings of lust, anger and greed. Pandavas emerged victorious because they practiced all the human values of Truth, Love, Right Conduct, Non-Violence and Peace. If you follow these values, success will follow automatically.

- Divine Discourse, Mar 18, 1999.

Water flows from a higher level to the lower levels. God’s grace too is like that. It flows down to those who are bent with humility -Baba

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - March 30, 2012

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30 March, 2012

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We often think a Hindu means being associated with a particular religion. But Baba gives us the true meaning of this word and also the means to right living

Audio Special:
"Tryst with Divinity - Conversation
with Mr. Michael Galligan part 1 "

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

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The term Hindu signifies ‘H: Humility, I: Individuality, N: Nationality, D: Divinity, U: Unity’. These are verily our five life-breaths (pranas). Just as five elements, five senses, and five life-sheaths constitute our physical body; these five principles constitute the very essence of spirituality. Develop the spirit of unity. Never think that you belong to a particular state or country and thereby give rise to differences. Do not identify yourself with vyashti tattwa (individual principle). Instead, identify yourself with samashti tattwa (societal principle) and cultivate unity. Consider truth, righteousness, peace, love and nonviolence as your life-breath and uphold the sanctity of the name human (manava). Never give scope for differences of opinion, even in trivial matters. If any differences were to arise, each should be prepared to forgive the other. All are children of God; all are brothers and sisters. Understand this truth and conduct yourself accordingly.

- Divine Discourse, Mar 20, 2007.

Where there is confidence there is love, where there is love, there is peace. -Baba

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - March 29, 2012

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29 March, 2012

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Why should we be consistent in our precept and practice? Bhagawan explains to us today.

Audio Special:
"Readings from H2H -
Rani Maa series - Part 3"

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H2H Special:
"Prasanthi Diary
- Ramanavami 2010"

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You may repeat like a parrot certain phrases like "Everything is the Lord's," "I am but a puppet; He pulls the strings and I dance as He wills," "Nothing is mine; I am just carrying out His will" and so on. But what do you usually do? When a praiseworthy act is done, you claim it to be your own; you shout from platforms till your throats get dry that you won by your own effort, honour, fame, status and standards, authority and position, property and possessions, and attainments and achievements. But when a blameworthy act is done, or when it comes to confessing your share in earning ill fame and defeat, or evil and wrong, you conveniently transfer the responsibility to the Lord, saying, "I am but an instrument in His hands, He is the master, I am but a tool." People swing from "I" to "He" like the pendulum of the clock. This very common habit, which is a fashion today, is sheer deceit; its hollow spiritual sham. Mind, word and act - all three must be filled with the belief that all is His play. That is the genuine path.

- Geetha Vahini, Chap 12.

You should be heroes in practice, not merely in platform speeches. -Baba

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - March 28, 2012

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28 March, 2012

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In the journey of life who must we consider as our friends? Bhagawan explains and guides us today.

Audio Special:
"Conversation with Mrs. Eva Linz - chairperson of Indo-German outreach Prema Dhara - Part 1"

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H2H Special:
"Video: Samarpan - 18 Mar 2012
- Mr. Vinay Kumar, Youth coordinator, SSSO, Karnataka"

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Your enemies are not outside. Your bad thoughts are your worst enemies and thoughts based on Truth are your best friends. But today, people do not befriend the thoughts based on Truth, which are essentially divine. Practise to make friendship with Sath, the eternal Truth. Sath means Being, the ever-present God. Worldly friends and enemies change with the passage of time, but sath is the true and eternal friend. This friend, God, is always with you, in you, around you, above you, below you and protecting you just as the eyelid protects the eye. Truth is God. Love is God. Dharma (righteousness) is God. When you worship God by following these principles, He will manifest Himself immediately. Love God wholeheartedly. Make friends with Him. You can achieve anything if you have God as your friend.

- Divine Discourse, Mar 18, 1999.

Love knows no fear, no untruth, no anxiety and no grief. Love is God, Live in Love. -Baba

Monday, March 26, 2012

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - March 27, 2012

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27 March, 2012

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What is the relation between God and Creation? Bhagawan explains to us today.

Audio Special:
"Readings from H2H -
Rani Maa series - Part 2"

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H2H Special:
"The Most Precious Gift…
The Avatar’s Time"

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It is a human frailty to separate things as good and evil. And to impute this to God is sacrilege. It might sometimes appear that the Lord too has that weakness, but it is a passing phase, a cloud that hides His glory, not a blemish that adheres to Him. Though gunas (various qualities) emanate from the Lord, He is unaffected by them just like fire is unaffected by the smoke which arises from it or the sky is unaffected by the clouds that form and move about in it. All are attached to Him like beads but He is free and unattached. Consider this example - the cloth is based on yarn, in fact it is dependent on yarn; but yarn does not depend on the cloth, it is unaffected and unattached to the cloth. Yarn is Brahman (Divinity) while the cloth is Prakruthi (the Universe of manifold variety).

- Geetha Vahini, Chap 12.

Just as the clouds cover the sun likewise the mind covers the soul (atma) from which it has originated. -Baba

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - March 26, 2012

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26 March, 2012

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What is the importance of the values of love and gratitude in our lives? Our Divine Master explains to us today.

Audio Special:
"Fleeting Moments - Lasting Memories - Mr. Manoj Gautam"

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H2H Special:
"Healing Touch: Faith, Fortitude…and the Divine Touch!"

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People are bereft of gratitude, which is not right. One should be grateful for the help they have received from others as long as one is alive. There are two things you must forget: the help you have rendered to others and the harm others have done to you. If you remember the help you have rendered, you will always expect something in return. Remembrance of the harm done to you by others generates in you a sense of revenge. You should remember only the help you received from others. The one with these sacred qualities is an ideal human being. Love is God, love is Nature, love is life and love is the true human value. Bereft of love, one is equivalent to a corpse. Love even the worst of your enemies. Lead a life filled with love. Then you will experience joy, peace and security in your heart.

- Divine Discourse, Mar 18, 1999.

When the heart is pure, the light of wisdom shines. -Baba

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - March 25, 2012

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25 March, 2012

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Where can we find God? Which is the best place to offer worship to God? Bhagawan reminds us today.

Audio Special:
"Readings from H2H
- Rani Maa series - 01"

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H2H Special:
"Spiritual Questions and
Answers - Part 7"

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Watch the Live Video Webcast of the Gratitude Programme by the students of the Brindavan Campus, SSSIHL Today at around 5.15 p.m. on our website www.radiosai.org.

In the Geeta Lord Krishna emphatically told Arjuna,"Many people anxious to offer uninterrupted worship to God, desire to go into the thick forest; this is an insane step. There is no need to seek the jungle as if I am only there. There is no place where I am not; there is no form which is not Mine. I am the five elements: earth, water, fire, air and ether! Where can you find a place devoid of one or other of these five? The fiery nature of fire is I Myself; I am life in all living beings. I am the strength of the strong, the strength that is free from greed and lust. To experience My presence and My glory, there is no special place, for I am everything, everywhere, ever."

- Geetha Vahini, Chap 12.

Be always attentive to the signs of His Glory, His Mercy and His Omnipresence. -Baba