Prashanti News Updates: October 2012

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - November 1, 2012

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Is merely reciting mantras and reading holy books going to lead us to liberation or is there anything more we need to do? Bhagawan explains today.

Audio Special:
"Talk by Mr. S. Sai Giridhar, Research Scholar, SSSIHL - 25 April 2012"

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"Videos: Music Programme by the Youth from UK"

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It is true that milk contains butter; sesame seeds contain oil; cane yields sugar. But by merely holding milk in the hand, you cannot get butter; filling the lamp with sesame seeds you cannot light the wick, shaking the cane will not result in a shower of sugar. By placing sweets on a plate in front of you and reciting 108 times "sweets, sweets.." can your tongue relish it? Similarly you study many holy books, and chant mantras and hymns. Of course, the time spent in these activities is thereby rendered holy. But, these are not helping you to transform the work you are engaged in into an offering acceptable to God. Are you putting into practice at least one percent of what you read or recite? Mere reading and singing will not free you from the cycle of birth and death. God has to be planted firmly in the mind, the omnipresent God has to be enshrined in the heart; God has to flow with the blood in the veins. God has to be visualised through the inner eye.

- Divine Discourse, Oct 7, 1981.

Surrendering the fruits of your action to the Lord is real sacrifice. - Baba

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - October 31, 2012

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What should be the purpose of all learning and how should we approach it even as we pursue secular knowledge? Bhagawan explains today.

Audio Special:
"Talk by Mr. Ajit Popat from the UK, Dasara celebrations at Prasanthi Nilayam, 16 Oct 2012 "

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"Videos: Music Programme by the Youth from UK"

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Millions read and write; millions have qualified for degrees and have become experts and specialists. This only means that they are efficient collectors of information or big encyclopaedias of general knowledge! But none can say, who one really is. People try to fly millions of miles into space, but they are powerless to travel even half an inch into their own inner realm and discover what lies therein. What is the use then, of the vast amount of exertion and energy they have spent for their education? True learning must be like that of ancient India, where knowledge and scientific temper was developed and practised along with sense and mind control, and character development. That will be beneficial to the individual, the society and lead to the progressive unfoldment of the Divinity present in every being.

- Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 6, Ch 25.

Life not sanctioned by character, is like a home without lamps, a coin that is counterfeit. - Baba

Monday, October 29, 2012

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - October 30, 2012

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What is true strength and what is its source? Bhagawan explains to us today.

Audio Special:
"Indelible Encounters with
Eternal Love - Part 11"

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"Videos: Dasara
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Proceed ever towards strength (balam). Do not take to untruth, wickedness, and crookedness – all of which denotes a fundamental fatal trait of cowardice and weakness (bala heenam). Weakness is born of accepting as true, a lower image of yourself than what the facts warrant. That is the main mistake. You believe you are the husk, but you really are the kernel. All spiritual practices must be directed to the removal of the husk and the revelation of the kernel. So long as you say, ”I am so and so”, there is bound to be fear. Once you say and feel “I am Divine” (Aham Brahmasmi), you get unconquerable strength.

- Divine Discourse, Jan 14, 1964.

Good resolutions (sankalpas) elicit the best out of you and help you use all your strength for your uplift. - Baba

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - October 29, 2012

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Why is it essential to callout to the Lord for rescue at times of distress? Bhagawan explains to us and motivates us, through vivid examples.

Audio Special:
"Fleeting Moments - Lasting Memories - Mrs. Malini Gadepally - Part 1"

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"Conversations with Sai: Sathyopanishads - Sadhana"

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Illusion is like a fierce dog that will not allow anyone to near its Master, God. You can easily manage to by-pass it by assuming the Form of the Master which is called Sarupyam or by calling out to the Master so loudly that He comes down and accompanies you into the house; that is to say, by winning His Grace as proximity, Saameepyam. Illusion is His pet and so will not harm you, if He orders not to. Illusion is the blemish that affects the mind. The Master comes to save not just one good person from Illusion, but the whole of mankind. Of course, He has to come assuming a form that man can love, revere, and appreciate.

- Divine Discourse, Jan 1, 1964.

Fear is nothing but a bundle of negative thoughts. Counter it with positive thoughts. - Baba

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - October 28, 2012

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When will we feel our daily actions as a burden? Why? And how can we fix it? Bhagawan provides wonderful clarity to us today.

Audio Special:
"Conversation with Ms. Sai Amrita Kaul - former Sai student and educator from Toronto"

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"Prasanthi Diary: Ethics and the World of Finance Conference
28 Aug 2009"

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Action must not be felt as a burden. No action which helps your progress will weigh heavily on you. It is only when you go counter to your innermost nature, that you feel it as a burden. If you focus only on the worldly gains, a time will come when you look back on your achievements and will yourself sigh at the futility of it. Entrust your mind the task of serving your Lord, before it is too late. Let Him shape it as He likes, and your mind will be tamed. You don’t have to hand over to the goldsmith an ornament that is quite beautiful. You give him broken and dented ones, or those that have gone out of fashion! So too willingly give the Lord your mind that certainly needs repair, if not complete reconstruction!

- Divine Discourse, Jan 1, 1964.

The spiritual path is the path of detachment, of sense control, of rigorous mind training. - Baba

Friday, October 26, 2012

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - October 27, 2012

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What is the root that we must nourish, to get sweet and tasty fruits in life? Bhagawan explains to us with a wonderful analogy.

Audio Special:
"Tryst with Divinity - Conversation with Prof. G Venkataraman"

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"Get Inspired: Feeling Sorry
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The root of education fulfills itself in the fruit of virtue. Earning a fat salary is not the chief thing one should expect from education. The goal should be the cultivation of virtues. Education is the root of the tree of life. The affection which the individual develops towards kith and kin, the objects of the world, the ideals and the goals, the fancies and fashions - these form the branches and twigs. The blossoms which the tree produces are the intelligence and its manifestations. These flower blossoms yield the fruit of joy (anandam). The sweetness this fruit confers is character. The essence of character is virtue. It is in virtue that the tree of life justifies itself.

- Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 6, Ch 25.

Compassion towards all beings is devotion to God. - Baba

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - October 26, 2012

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What should we do to remove the ignorance within us, so that we perceive the Light everywhere? Bhagawan explains to us today with a powerful example.

Audio Special:
"Talk by Mrs. Bhavadharini Anantharaman at the Flushing Sai Centre, NY, 11 Dec 2011"

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"Who was Jesus Christ and what did He truly say and what He did not? - John Behner"

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People are blinded by the objective world and they believe that world to be real, meaningful and worthy of pursuit. The cataract grows in the eye and robs it of its efficiency. Ignorance is the cataract of the inner eye. It hides the true vision and blinds the intellect such that one cannot see that Divinity is their real nature. Ignorance misleads you and makes you believe that you are an ordinary human (manava), when in reality you are God (Madhava). Of what use is the eye, when the vision is not correct? You have focussed too long on riches, status, children, relatives, fame and standard of living. All of these are of minor interest and momentary value. Fix your urge on the Truth, Eternal, the Real, the Pure and Immovable (Nithya, Sathya, Nirmala and Nischala) - the Divinity present within you and around you.

- Divine Discourse, Jan 1, 1964.

Love for God will dispel the ignorance and conceit in anyone, just as the Sun dispels the morning mist. - Baba