Prashanti News Updates: January 2016

Saturday, January 30, 2016

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - January 31, 2016

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Why should we give very high importance to subduing our senses? Bhagawan lovingly explains to us the secret.

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Really speaking, this world has to serve only the purpose of sustaining the body. Those aspiring for liberation have to subdue the senses. “Food for guarding the body, dress to ward off the cold,” states the Uttara Gita (the Gita Krishna imparts to Arjuna after the Kurukshetra war). However, if one gets immersed in these pursuits, one forgets the purpose for which one has come and the goal of all activity and holy endeavour. Instead whatever activity a person may be engaged in, the person must, as automatically as breathing, be contemplating on and always aware of this: “I am born to serve God and to realize my true self.” All acts — wearing, eating, walking, studying, serving, moving — should be performed in the belief that they take one into the Presence of the Lord. Every act must be done in a spirit of dedication to the Lord.

- Prema Vahini, Ch 55.

Spiritual Sadhana means cultivating good thoughts and undertaking good deeds. - Baba

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Friday, January 29, 2016

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - January 30, 2016

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What should we seek and what is the victory we must achieve? Bhagawan lovingly and thoroughly reminds us today.

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You must seek Truth and test it thoroughly with all the canons of reasoning. The discipline consists of: 1) The heroism to observe dharma rigorously (Ojas). 2) Fearless self-control (Tejas). 3) Discarding of all feelings of joy or sorrow with equanimity, due to the peaks and troughs of life. 4) Having unshakable faith in dharma and truth(Sahana). 5) Mental and physical health of the most excellent kind, earned by discipline and celibacy (bala).6) The desire and ability to speak sweetly and straight, won by the practice of truth and love. 7) Withdrawal of the five senses of wisdom (Jnanendriyas) and the five senses of action (karmendriyas) from vice and sin, and the sublimation of all the senses to serve truth (indriya-moha). 8) Victory over Self resulting in acceptance by the world. 9) The destruction of one’s prejudices and the pursuit of truth at all times (dharma). It is essential that all humanity today acknowledges the glory of this universaldharma. You must earnestly pray, “May all this be conferred on me” as found in the 'Chamakam' hymn.

- Dharma Vahini, Ch 13.

Let all your actions be done as an offering to God; do not classify some as ‘my work’
and some as ‘His’ work. - Baba

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - January 29, 2016

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Can the ultimate knowledge or Brahma Jnana be achieved through the path of devotion? Bhagawan beautifully explains the the final lap of the journey of a devotee.

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Even when you attain the state of living with God and merger in a divine form (sarupya-mukti), there is still a trace of differential feeling. Just because a devotee has a form like the Lord’s, one may not have the powers of creation, preservation, and destruction that the Lord has. Only when all trace of difference disappears and unity is attained, the highest stage is reached. This is real union (Sayujya). This comes of divine grace won by the essence of the spiritual practice of each; it cannot be claimed as the fruit of effort. The devotee wishes to serve the Lord as one pleases and to experience the joy of the form that one has attributed to the Lord. But the Lord, out of His grace, gives the devotee not only existence with the Lord, witnessing always the glory of the Lord, and being suffused with God-consciousness but also Sayujya - union with Him! The path of devotion results also in attainment of ultimate knowledge (Brahma-jnana). Even if the devotee does not crave it, the Lord Himself vouchsafes it to the devotee.

- Prema Vahini, Ch 54.

Continuous remembrance of the Lord’s Name (namasmarana) is the secret to
liberation from bondage. - Baba

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - January 28, 2016

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Why does life appear difficult and overpowering at times and light some other time? What should we do to balance? Bhagawan lovingly gives us a clarion call today.

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If you are careless about the discipline of truth, every duty laid on you by dharma and every action prompted by dharma will hang heavy as a burden. Hence, you must search for the reality behind all these phenomena in your daily living, and that search will make all your duties, which are dharmic actions, light and pleasant. The Lord has designed people such that they are inclined towards God and are delighted at the expansion of their vision, and are happy when they are moral and virtuous. So, people must serve their own best interests by adhering to their basic nature, by concentrating on the Divine (Brahman), by assiduously cultivating truth, and by rigorously practicing right conduct (dharma).

- Dharma Vahini, Ch 13.

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Your good conduct is your true wealth. - Baba

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - January 27, 2016

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What is the barometer of genuine worship? Bhagawan lovingly describes the outcome of a pure worship, exhorting us to measure ourselves on the quality of our devotion.

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Worship with deep-rooted consciousness on the Divine, purity of feeling, and being free from all extraneous thought, becomes itself mental union with the Divine (bhava-samadhi).As a result of this mental union, the Lord appears before the inner eye of the devotee in the form that they have chosen for worship. The vision is not merely a matter of imagination; it is a ‘face-to-face’ experience. Without changing location, the devotee can abide in the presence of the Lord in the self-same place. This is called ‘being always with God (salokya-mukti)’.Besides being always with the Lord, the devotee realises all that they see as the glory of the Lord. The experience is referred to as ‘seeing always the glory of the Lord (samipya-mukti)’. Existing ever with the Lord, witnessing always the glory of the Lord, and becoming suffused with God-consciousness is merger in the divine form (sarupya-mukti). This is the final fruit of devotional scriptures.

- Prema Vahini, Ch 54.

Surrendering the fruit of your every action to the Lord is true sacrifice. - Baba

Monday, January 25, 2016

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - January 26, 2016

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What makes Bharath a holy and sacred land? Bhagawan lovingly reminds us today.

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From the most ancient times Bharatiyas considered Truth as God, loved it, fostered it and protected it and thereby achieved divinity.Bharatiyas were devoted to Truth, wedded to Dharma(Righteousness) and esteemed morality in society as the foremost duty. It is high time you realised what a sacred country Bharat is. In this holy land, nothing is lacking. "What cannot be found in Bharat cannot be found elsewhere" is an ancient saying. In spite of these multifarious endowments, this country is being regarded as poor and backward. This is born of delusion. When everything is available within Bharat, why go begging to other countries? Everything has originated from Bharat. Hence, having taken birth in Bharat, strive to promote the glory of Bharat. Every devotee should take a pledge to protect and promote the greatness of Bharat. Like an elephant that does not know its own strength, Bharatiyas are unaware of their power. Despite their myriad capacities, they are behaving as weaklings like an elephant before its mahout. You have to get rid of this weakness.

- Divine Discourse 23 Nov 1990.

Let all your actions be done as an offering to God; do not classify some as ‘my work’
and some as ‘His’ work. - Baba