Prashanti News Updates: June 2013

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - July 01, 2013

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What is the best tonic for health and strength? Bhagawan lovingly prescribes it to us today.

Audio Special:
"Talk by Mr. Saigiridhar on the Bhagavatham, during the Summer course of SSSIHL - 9 June 2013"

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"Swami and Me: In
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What the world needs is more hard work, done in a spirit of sacrifice, of relinquishing one’s personal comforts to make others happy. Every being has truth, sweetness and Divinity embedded within them. Only they do not take the time to learn how to manifest that latent Divinity, how to realize the Truth and how to taste that innate sweetness. Hence people carry the twin burdens of joy and grief tied to the ends of a single pole slung across their shoulders. Courage is the tonic for getting health and strength, both physical and mental. Give up doubt, hesitation and fear. Never give any chance for these to strike root in your mind. Take the Name of your Favourite Lord and savour it on your tongue – it will help you give up fear and doubt. Through your own inner divine strength, you can achieve anything. You can become God, for sure! Keep the Name of the Lord always on your tongue and in your mind; it will help you give up fear and doubt.

- Divine Discourse, Sep 2, 1958.

Be like the tongue! In the midst of many teeth, carefully, confidently and courageously it goes about its task, without getting bitten. - Baba

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Saturday, June 29, 2013

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - June 30, 2013

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Why is it important to purify our hearts and sanctify our life with good deeds? Bhagawan lovingly gives us valuable tips today.

Audio Special:
"Fleeting Moments - Lasting Memories - Mr. M. R. K. Prasad part 1"

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H2H Special:
"Odyssey Extraordinaire... Reliving Baba's Visit to Badrinath"

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This day, you may feel you have no need of the Lord, but remember, when the pangs of hunger gnaw, you start pining for food. Therefore, wash your hearts with tears of joy so that the Lord might install Himself therein. A zamindar may own all of the fields up to the very horizon on all sides, but he will choose to sit only on a patch that is clean! In the same way, when the Lord chooses the heart of a devotee, it does not mean that all other hearts are not His. They are only not clean enough. He is everywhere, everything is His, His gaze is on all. If God was not all this, how could they shine, or exist even as much as they do now? Therefore, have full faith in God and in yourselves, engage always in good deeds and beneficial activities; speak the truth, do not inflict pain by word or deed or even thought. That is the way to gain peace; that is the highest merit which you can earn in this life.

- Divine Discourse, Sep 1, 1958.

Love All, Serve All. Help Ever, Hurt Never. - Baba

Friday, June 28, 2013

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - June 29, 2013

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Why is it not enough to merely listen to noble thoughts and ideas? What more is expected of us? Bhagawan lovingly explains to us today.

Audio Special:
"Gratitude program presented by postgraduate students of the SSSIHL, 24 Feb 2006"

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"Loving Legend Living Legacies - Episode 9 - Sai Baba and the Revival of Eternal Values"

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It is only through action that devotion can be deepened. Action cleanses the mind and makes it fit for spiritual knowledge. Merely listening to noble thoughts (sravanam) is a thaamasik act. Recapitulation (manana) is Rajasik and complete assimilation (nidhidhyasana) is Saathwik. When you are simply listening, quietly receiving without reflecting or responding, you are dull (thaamasik). When you turn the thought over in your mind, attempting to assimilate it, then you are active (rajasik), and when you are sunk in the sweetness of experience, you enjoy pure exultation (sathwik). That Nidhidhyasana is the fruit of devotion. To overcome obstacles in the spiritual path, you must have both, Sadhana and Sankalpa – Self-effort and Divine Grace.

- Divine Discourse, Aug 18, 1964.

Constant reflection on the glory of God helps you to go beyond the body and mind. - Baba

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - June 28, 2013

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Why is faith in the Master and strict adherence to the instructions given, paramount to spiritual progress? Bhagawan explains with an analogy we all can relate to.

Audio Special:
"Welcome address by Dr. Naren Ramji during the Summer course in Indian Culture and Spirituality of SSSIHL
- 8 June 2013"

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"The Swami I Grew Up With
– Part 2 - by Mrs. Geeta
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The doctor is found where patients gather. So too, the Lord is always with the suffering and struggling. The patient who desires to improve must have faith in the doctor and carry out the instructions. Unless you have obeyed the orders of the doctor strictly and to the very letter, you have no authority to pronounce judgement on the doctor. Also remember that the doctor’s treatment will vary with each patient – it will depend upon the ailment, the age, the virulence of the disease and the treatment already undertaken. Apart from the prescription, one has to also adhere to the dietary and other regulations that the doctor recommends. That is to say, it is not merely practices like japam and dhyanam (Remembering God’s name and meditation) that will have to be done, but in order to supplement the effect of these, you have to lead a regulated life, a life conducive to good thoughts, with Sathwik (virtuous) food and pursuits.

- Divine Discourse, Sep 1, 1958.

The disease of attachment to worldly objects can be cured only by the drug of attachment to God, cultivated through Japa and Dhyana. - Baba

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - June 27, 2013

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How can we curb the rise of restlessness and agitation? Bhagawan explains to us today.

Audio Special:
"Talk by Dr. Amar Chitambar
at a Sai centre in the USA on
7 May 1990"

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H2H Special:
"Video: Tryst with Divinity
- Fr. Kumeran Francis Soobrayan from South Africa - Part 4"

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Restlessness (ashanti) is on the rise because of attachment, hate and infatuation. These are born out of ignorance, which causes delusion. Things seen in darkness cannot be clear – a rope is mistaken to be a snake, a piece of glass may be coveted as a diamond. So this indistinct light, that is, this mistaken notion, must go. This can happen only when the methods of discovering the truth are learnt. That is what the Scriptures and the learned ones teach. They guide you to direct your outward seeking senses inward. The inner realm of impulses, instincts, habits, prejudices and attitudes must be cleansed before God can be reflected clear and bright therein.

- Divine Discourse, Aug 18, 1964.

Fill your hearts with the light of Love so that the evil qualities of hate, greed and conceit find no place therein. - Baba

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - June 26, 2013

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What is true devotion, that will win the Lord over? Bhagawan lovingly explains to us today.

Audio Special:
"Tryst with Divinity - Conversation with Mrs. Vijaya Rajeshwari"

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"Satyopanishad - Part 26: Sadhana, the Inner Door"

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God does not want the flower or fruit that you can buy in the street. Instead, bring to Him the fragrant flower of a pure heart and the fruit of your mind, mellowed from spiritual practices (Sadhana). That pleases Him the most, not the items that are readily available in the market for purchase. Those items that you buy do not elevate your mind – however, your spiritual practices will do it for you! To get a taste for that kind of effort, you must keep the company of the good and great, and take delight in noble thoughts. By whatever means that is available to you, increase your stock of bliss and improve your discrimination. Try to store as many of these as possible, so that you draw up from the reservoir of your storage, whenever the need arises.

- Divine Discourse, Sep 1, 1958.

When the heart is filled with good thoughts and feelings, all that comes out of the senses - your speech, your vision, your action - will all be pure. - Baba

Monday, June 24, 2013

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - June 25, 2013

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What is the best way to be happy and peaceful at all times? Bhagawan lovingly explains the path to us today.

Audio Special:
"Talk by Ms. Lalitha Sarma on the Mahabharata during the Summer course in Indian Culture and Spirituality, 8 June 2013 "

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"Video: Service to the Homeless by Visakhapatnam Sai Youth"

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The chief source of bliss is dedication to God. Nothing else can give that genuine and everlasting joy. Become conscious of your kinship with the Lord - it is not mere folklore or a fairy tale or a faked theory. This kinship has existed from the beginning of Time and will persist till the very end of Time. Every individual is born in the path of righteousness (Dharma Marga), journeys through the path of action (Karma Marga), rushes through the path of sages (Sadhu Marga) to reach the Supreme Reality (Brahma Marga). The path of action and the path of the Sages are illumined by the Jnanendriyas (organs of perception). Keep the Jnanendriyas and the Karmendriyas (sense organs) uncontaminated and pure. The cow eats grass and drinks gruel and gives sweet, sustaining milk. So too, let the experiences you gather through the organs, help in the production of sweetness and kindness. With pure devotion, lead your lives in peace and bliss.

- Divine Discourse, Sep 1, 1958.

True happiness consists in union with God. - Baba