Sai Inspires - 23rd April 2006 from Prashanti Nilayam

Dear Reader,  Loving Sairam from the Heart2Heart Team.  Scroll down to read our Sunday special - 'CAN WE HAVE THE CAKE AND EAT IT TOO?' What are the true indices of a good person? Swami tells us today. Did you visit the Bhajan Tutor of the current issue? Click here to learn Sai bhajans.

Sai Inspires - 23rd April 2006

Any task undertaken with self-confidence is assured of success. Self-confidence is, therefore, absolutely necessary for everyone. Moreover, if you expect others to respect and love you, you should respect and love them equally. Without respecting and loving others, you cannot expect any reciprocal feeling from them. In the same way, if you love God, God loves you. Life consists of reaction, resound and reflection. You get back exactly what you do to others. The true indices of a good person are these: keep your word, adhere to truth, show gratitude where it is due, and stay firm in your self-confidence. If you adhere to these tenets, you will overcome with ease any obstacles that may come your way. Hold on to your self-confidence and self-respect, and be ready for self-sacrifice. - Divine Discourse, 23rd Nov 2000.

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

CAN WE HAVE THE CAKE AND EAT IT TOO?

Loving Sai Ram and greetings from Prashanti Nilayam. In recent centuries, humanity has experimented with three major socio-economic systems. They are: First the Capitalist System at one end and second the Communist System at the other extreme. In between is the third system namely, hybrid Socialistic System that India, for example, tried to operate for about forty years after its Independence. Each system has its passionate advocates and every system claims that it is the best option for Society, because it alone can provide good economic and social security besides keeping its citizens happy. These are claims. If, however, one looks carefully at the scorecard, one would find that no system has emerged as the clear winner. The simple reason for this is that no modern socio-economic system is explicitly based on Morality. No doubt, implicit in every system is the idea that people would be honest, truthful and ethical in their behaviour. However, the enemies of man lurking inside are so powerful that they easily overcome the vague commitment to values that these systems demand. That is THE fundamental reason why all modern systems are doomed to fail; and the danger posed by such a failure can create grave crises in the future, if some core issues, hitherto swept under the rug are not frontally confronted. Experts say that for any economic system to operate four major inputs are necessary: Trained human resource, financial capital, infrastructure and raw material. Where raw material is concerned, mankind draws from a “Bank” called Nature. All the renewable as well as the non-renewable material resources that drive the engine called economy are drawn from Nature. For thousands of years, everyone laboured under the impression that Nature is a Bank with infinite resources and that one can draw as much as one wants, any time. Lately we have discovered that this assumption is not true, and therein lies a serious problem. Planet earth is finite, and it simply cannot provide infinite resources, just because we want it to. Lately, this truth has begun to sink in, though only in a limited fashion. For example, many have realised that oil which is one of the principle movers in modern economy, can one day run out. One can go to town on this subject of finite resources but we will not . For the present it suffices to say that consumerism which is the engine of modern economy, is very wasteful and is placing on planet earth a burden it cannot carry for too long. What is the alternative? Swami has indicated this but before we discuss that, it is pertinent to call attention to a report published several decades ago, known popularly as the Club of Rome Report. In effect, it warns mankind as follows: “The present consumption pattern is UNSUSTAINABLE. Curtail consumption immediately and drastically; otherwise, one day, the Bank called Nature would go broke and you would not be able to draw from it.” This is the warning given not by religious or spiritual leaders but by hard-nosed economists, based on cold reasoning, and pitiless statistics and all that. What does Swami say? He of course has been telling us a long, long time to practice CEILING ON DESIRES, not from the point of view of the Club of Rome, but from much higher spiritual considerations. When we place a ceiling on desires, it means we stop buying things we really do not need – and let’s be honest, we can jolly well do without most of the gadgets of today. We get sucked into buying them because of heavy advertisement. OK, suppose we stop buying all sorts of video games, I-pods and so on; so what? Well, that would immediately decrease the demand for mercury, cadmium, copper-beryllium, lead etc., which go into all electronic gadgets. All these are deadly materials, when they get into the environment. Take, for example, cell phones. There are nearly a billion of them; and the models change so often. What happens to old discarded phones? They end up in India, China, Vietnam and so on, where they are dismantled by unskilled people, in the process spreading a lot of pollution into the environment. There are so many of today’s evils that get automatically eliminated, once we cap our desires. Of course, the more important thing is that people who curb desires, develop detachment and get closer to God. Sceptics would shake their heads and say, “This is stupid. Consumerism is the engine that drives the modern world. If we curb desires, markets would collapse, unemployment would shoot up, and there would be disaster everywhere. Ceiling on desires may be nice to be talk about but it will not work; in any case, we cannot give it up. In any event, what other alternative is there?” We will not get into a debate here about the virtues of consumerism but focus instead on the alternative. To appreciate the significance of that alternative, we must realise that in a consumerist society, products are often created using mass-production technology. Superficially this might make sense but it leads to unemployment. In decades past, when the economy grew, it also meant increased employment. But these days, economists are talking of “jobless growth of economy”. In turn this leads to a huge gap between the haves and the have-nots, as is being seen today not only in China and India, but even in the United States. So what are we to do? We have to switch from mass production to production by the masses, and anchor social life to sharing and caring rather than competition and exploitation. This is where an important teaching of Swami comes into the picture. Swami often says: “The proper study of mankind is man.” This means that mankind must follow the same rules that Lord God has ordained for the human body. In the human body, there is no organ that is selfish. All organs perform their functions in a co-operative manner and in harmony with all the other organs rather than competing with each other and in being selfish. As Swami says, when a sweet is put in the mouth, the tongue tastes it but does not keep it to itself; it sends the sweet to the stomach. The stomach digests and send the digested matter to the intestines. The intestines allow the nutrition to leak to the blood vessels, which carry the nutrients to the muscles all over the body and so on. One can give any number of such illustrations. So the main lesson that our body teaches us loud and clear is that individuals in society must care for and co-operate with each other instead of being ruthlessly competitive and selfish. Next, they must function in harmony for a common goal, the welfare of Society as a whole or mankind, even as the organs of the body function for the benefit of the body as a whole. This is where the concept of Trusteeship comes into the picture. In essence, what it means is that individuals as well as groups function as Trustees of God. Both individuals and groups must take the following view: “Every skill and resource we have belongs really to God and has been given to us to be used judiciously for and on His behalf. In that sense, we are Trustees of God.” And this is how the Trusteeship idea works. A doctor uses his medical knowledge to relieve suffering and NOT for making money. This does not mean he should not charge fees. He could and should, especially if he is engaged in private practice. However, he does not overcharge and treats for free, those who cannot afford. Whatever he does, he offers to God, as recognition of his role as a Trustee of God. Corporations too must operate in the same spirit. Thus, drug companies would focus on saving lives rather than maximizing profit as they do these days [with good PR to cover up the anti-social behaviour]. One can develop the idea in extenso, and we shall do so in Heart2Heart later. One might ask: “But what happens to jobs?” Presently, globalisation-driven economy tends to “improve” the economy while decreasing the number of jobs at the same time. In the Trusteeship regime, mass production is replaced by production by the masses. Some might wonder: “Will this work?” It does, and the Milk Revolution in Gujarat is proof of that. Here, thousands of dairy farmers joined together to form a successful milk co-operative. So successful has this co-operative movement been that India, which once used to import milk powder from Denmark has now become the largest producer of milk in the world; and the venture has given employment to thousands and thousands of people. If we think carefully about it, mankind DOES have an alternative to the present consumerist way of life, which is wasteful and is leading us straight to disaster. That alternative of course demands the price of simple living and a spirit of cooperation, with people caring for each other and sharing with each other, exactly as the organs in a healthy body do. Many dismiss such an idea with the comment: “All this is nice in theory but will not work.” Well, it all depends on what people want. People go to great extent to make money, to take care of their children, to be successful in life and so on. That is because, they value the end objective. In every case, sacrifice is involved and success represents the triumph of will power, which is the key to discipline. If in the same way we attach great importance to the real purpose of human birth and life, then there should really be no difficulty in practicing a ceiling on desires and letting life be guided by the principle of Trusteeship. This principle calls for detachment and actually, in many things we do, we are detached without being aware of it. A cashier in a bank handles everyday, huge sums of money; yet he does not ever imagine it is his money. A taxi driver working for a cab company, does not think he owns the cab; and so on, there are many examples one could think of. With effort, one could extend this idea to things that one believes belongs to the person concerned. In the trusteeship regime, a rich man would regard the wealth he has as given to him by God for being used for Divine purposes. People today might be very sceptical about such an attitude to life but you would be surprised to learn that when late Prof. Kasturi (Baba’s biographer) was born, his parents took the baby to the local Siva temple, placed the baby before the idol and prayed, “Oh Lord, You have given this child of Yours to us for looking after and bringing up. Please give us all that we need to do Your duty as best as we can.” If we want, if we love God, if we want to avoid inflicting more wounds on Mother Earth, then we can and ought to be able to change our mindset. If we fail to do that, and want the present untenable life style then we must also get ready to pay the price for it. Scientists are very much concerned by the rapid melting of Arctic ice, and if the same happens with the ice in Antarctica also, then terrible things can happen, like half of Bangladesh getting swallowed by the sea. Experts say that even if humanity stops consuming oil today, it is not possible to stop global warming. The process started will stabilise at best; all that one can hope for is preventing of still further rises in the long term. The bottom line is simply this: If we want to eat the cake, then it would disappear and we cannot have it! The options are clear and the time to decide is NOW. Tomorrow may be too late! What do you think? Do you agree?

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Sai Inspires - 22nd April 2006 from Prashanti Nilayam

Dear Reader,  Loving Sairam from the Heart2Heart Team.  Swami today tells us how important is service in our lives. Did you read "A Unique Soft Skills Service By Hyderabad Youth"? Click here to read it now.

Sai Inspires - 22nd April 2006

True devotion lies in performing actions that will sanctify time. I am not asking you to serve the whole world in a big way. It is enough if you keep God in your heart and serve as per your capacity. The path of service is superior to spiritual practices like prayer, meditation and yoga. Only through service can you please God. The human body is meant for serving others, not for indulging in selfish deeds. When selfishness becomes part and parcel of your life, you become involved in sinful activities. Eschew selfishness; take to selfless service. - Divine Discourse, 14th April 2001.

Hands That Help Are Holier Than Lips That Pray. - Baba.

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Sai Inspires - 21st April 2006 from Prashanti Nilayam

Dear Reader,  Loving Sairam from the Heart2Heart Team.  When will God install in our hearts? Swami tells us today. Did you see the photo Album "Spendorous Sai - Gorgeous Garlands"? Click here to read it now.

Sai Inspires - 21st April 2006

You may today feel you have no need for the Lord, but the day will come when that will change. It is like when the pangs of hunger gnaw at you, you pine for food. Prepare, therefore, by washing your hearts with tears of joy so that the Lord might install Himself therein. A zamindar (landowner) may own all the fields up to the horizon on all sides, but he will deign only to sit on a patch that is clean! In the same way, when the Lord chooses the heart of a devotee, He will select a clean one. It doesn't mean all the other hearts are not His, its just that they are not clean, that is all. - Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol. 1, P. 82.

The Lord judges the devotee by the purity of his heart and not by the kind of worship or japa he performs. - Baba.

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Sai Inspires - 19th April 2006 from Prashanti Nilayam

Dear Reader,  Loving Sairam from the Heart2Heart Team.  How to guide and control our emotions? Swami tells us today. Did you read "Who is Wealthy"? Click here to read it now.

Sai Inspires - 19th April 2006

Worship is just a means of educating the emotions. Human impulses and emotions have to be guided and controlled. Just as the raging waters of a river have to be curbed by bunds, halted by dams, tamed by canals, and led quietly to the ocean which can swallow all floods without a trace, so too the age-long instincts of people have to be trained and transmuted by contact with higher ideals and powers. When the fruit is ripe, it will fall off the branch of its own accord. Similarly, when equanimity saturates your heart, you lose contact with the world and slip into the lap of the Lord. - Divine Discourse, 26th Oct 1961.

The true man is one who believes in equanimity in both pain and pleasure. - Baba.

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Sai Inspires - 17th April 2006 from Prashanti Nilayam

Dear Reader,  Loving Sairam from the Heart2Heart Team.  Swami today tells us how important purity is. Did you read "A Brother Like That"? Click here to read it now.

Sai Inspires - 18th April 2006

The Lord judges the devotee by the purity of his heart and not by the kind of worship and the japa (repeating prayers) he performs. Even if you practice no worship or meditation, it is enough if you have cleansed your heart. Divinity will then enter it. - Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Vol. 1, P. 144.

All that you do with purity of heart will find fulfilment - Baba.

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Sai Inspires - 17th April 2006 from Prashanti Nilayam

Dear Reader,  Loving Sairam from the Heart2Heart Team.  How to get rid of evil tendencies? Swami tells us today. Did you read "Unforgettable Moments With Sai, Part-2"? Click here to read it now.

Sai Inspires - 17th April 2006

Crows pester the eagle as long as it has fish in its beak. They swish past the eagle so that they can steal the fish out of its mouth. They pursue the bird wherever it sits for a little rest. At last, the eagle gives up the attachment to the fish and drops it from its beak; the crows fly behind the fish and leave the eagle free. So, get rid of sense pleasure and the crows of pride, envy, malice and hatred will fly away, for they want only carrion. - Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol.IV. P.181.

Control of the senses and observance of the accepted code of discipline are the hallmarks of a cultured man - Baba.

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Sai Inspires - 16th April 2006 from Prashanti Nilayam

Dear Reader,  Loving Sairam from the Heart2Heart Team.  When will all our actions yeild beneficial results? Swami tells us today. Did you read "The Story of Easter - Jesus is Risen!"? Click here to read it now.

Sai Inspires - 16th April 2006

One needs to keep watch over one’s thoughts, because they form the basis for one’s actions. When one’s wishes are fulfilled, one is content. When they are not realised, one feels disappointed. But one does not inquire into the causes for the divergent results. One’s failures are the result of one’s own shortcomings. When one’s heart is pure, one’s actions will yield beneficial results. One’s thoughts are the cause of the success or failure of one’s efforts. Hence one must utilise thoughts in a proper manner. This whole world depends on how one looks at it. When one’s thoughts are sublime, the results are also sublime. - Divine Discourse, 10th May 1992.

The one with noble qualities of purity, patience and perseverance is verily God - Baba.

LAW AND JUSTICE

Loving Sai Ram and greetings from Prashanti Nilayam. Justice Dinakaran is a Judge of the Madras High Court. A scholar well versed in law, he recently wrote an article in a leading national daily entitled, Law and Justice. The article was supposedly secular but since it touched, unknowingly perhaps, a few basic aspects of Swami’s teachings, we thought it might be useful to bring it to your attention. Justice Dinakaran’s point is essentially the following. There is a thing called Law, consisting of rules laid down by Society, by due process of course, such as enactment by duly constituted legislative bodies. People are expected to follow the Law and when there is a breach, the Law is “administered” through the instrumentality of the Court. However, the Law is not supposed to be applied mechanically, but with human considerations, as Shakespeare points out powerfully in Merchant of Venice . In this context, Justice Dinakaran makes the following important observations: Most of the legal rights and wrongs are relative to time and place. “A nuisance,” said Justice Sutherland, “may merely be a right thing in a wrong place like a pig in the parlour instead of in the barnyard.” Justice means nothing else than conformity of the law of nature. Human law is subject to it, and if in any point it is directly contrary to the Law of Nature, it would no longer be law but a corruption of law. The excellence of Justice consists precisely in the fact that it is compounded of the truth, the good, and the beautiful. Truth is the foundation of justice. Goodness is the end and beauty constitutes its essential quality. Human law is a rivulet that flows from natural law, which, in turn flows from the Eternal Law. Modern man has turned liberty into self-will and licence, which he has tried to justify with his marvellous powers of reasoning. In truth, the mind of modern man is severely blinded by the cobwebs of false reasoning and trivialised knowledge. Times change, customs alter. But the history of mankind continues to testify to some constant and unchanging ideals, one of which is the concept of justice predicated upon humanitarian considerations. Well, that in brief is the essence of what Justice Dinakaran wrote. What attracted our attention to his article were his references to 1) Eternal Law, 2) the origin of “human law” in Eternal Law, and 3) Truth, Goodness and Beauty. All these have strong echoes in the teachings of Swami, and that is what we would now like to discuss. Swami says that the human being is an Embodiment of the Divine Atma – in fact in earlier years He would always begin His Discourses with the word Divyatmaswaroopalara, which means exactly that. If we all are the Embodiments of the Atma, then it stands to reason that the actions expected of us ought to be in conformity with the nature of the Atma. Stated differently it means that our actions must be Selfless, Truthful, Righteous, Helpful and Compassionate, full of Love etc. We might loudly protest that all this is fanciful and not possible in this day and age. That is a different matter. The fact is that just as one expects a King or the Prime Minister to behave responsibly and with dignity, and not as a joker, serious pursuit of the Spiritual Path places on us the responsibility of ensuring that our actions are as close to the nature of the Atma as possible. Now one might ask: “That’s OK, but what has all that got to do with Justice Dinakaran’s article?” We are coming to that, but first, we would like to introduce two key words closely related to the concepts discussed by Justice Dinakaran. They are: Atma Dharma and Para Dharma. Atma Dharma is the Primary Principle that must govern the actions of one and all, from the King to the pauper, at all times, and in all circumstances. Para Dharma, on the other hand, is a derivative of Atma Dharma, and essentially spells out what specifically must be done by whom and when. Thus, while the Primary Principle that governs all actions applies to everyone without exception, the Derivative Principle is not only individual-specific but also time- and situation-specific. All this may sound very mysterious and so let us recall some of the examples Swami Himself has mentioned. We will start with Atma Dharma, which is the Primary Principle. This just says that every individual, without any exception, must always act to be in harmony with the intrinsic nature of the Atma. Thus, considerations based on selfishness, hatred, anger, jealousy, etc. are summarily excluded – no justification available whatsoever. We hope that is reasonably clear. What about ParaDharma? It simply means Rules of Conduct that are individual-specific; and these rules must not contradict the basic principle or AtmaDharma. Let us illustrate by taking the case of a Teacher. To begin with, the Teacher must start from the Primary Principle and thus make sure that when he performs his duties as a Teacher, his actions are not tainted by selfishness, greed, etc. Remember, no one is allowed to be selfish, greedy, etc., and that includes the Teacher. For example, if the son of the Teacher is studying in his class, he must not show that son of his any special favour. Likewise, he must not make private deals with backward students, offering them private tuition for fees, and so on. Turning to the ParaDharma aspect or the Derivative Principle, here the do’s and don’ts are specific to his role in Society as a Teacher. Thus, he must be punctual, he must come fully prepared for his class, he must be neatly dressed and set a good example of behaviour to his students, he must go out of the way to help students develop their character and so on. In short, he must feel all the time that he is serving Society and through Society, he is serving God. It all boils down to this: For all humans without exception, there is oneUniversal Guiding Principle governing every action in all situations and at all times; and that is what Swami refers to as AtmaDharma. AtmaDharma is also what Krishna explained to Arjuna in the BhagavadGita. Para Dharma is the manual, which decodes this Universal Guiding Principle and explains how individuals apply that to specific situations. By way of highlighting how Para Dharma is very practical and situation-specific, Swami says that a man who is the Chief Justice must appear in the Court in formal Legal Robes but when he is at home, he can wear casual clothes. Similarly, when a person is say fifteen, his Para Dharma is that of a student. At thirty when he is married and has a family, his ParaDharma is that of a householder. At sixty, his ParaDharma is that of a grandfather and so on. Same person, but with change of situation, the rules of conduct change. Though the ParaDharma might change, at all times and in all circumstances, the person must be truthful and follow the righteous path – that is how the core principle always operates. In passing, it is interesting to note the following: In the Rama Avatar, Swami demonstrated to the world through every one of His actions, how ParaDharma must always be in sync with AtmaDharma. Later, as Krishna , Swami explained to the world what precisely is meant by AtmaDharma. Finally, in the current Avatar as Sri Sathya Sai, Swami is not only giving us a continuous demo of Para Dharma in action but also explaining to us on every possible occasion, what Atma Dharma is all about. Now how does all this connect up with Justice Dinakaran’s remarks? In the following way: The learned scholar is of course concerned mostly about Law and its administration through Courts, but when he says man-made laws must be subservient to the Eternal Law, what he is saying is that rules for Society must be in conformity with a basic and fundamental as well as universal and Eternal Moral Principle. Many of today’s problems arise because law makers have distanced themselves from Morality. Thus, as a French savant once wrote, what is forbidden by Morality is now permitted by Law. This is reflected by the observation of many a Judge of the Indian Court that though they know the defendant is guilty, the loopholes of the legal system do not permit them to convict the person. Gandhi declared most emphatically that there is a Moral Law governing the Universe. Time there was when people intuitively accepted this. Thus, thousands of years ago when Emperor Manu codified for Indian Society the rules of conduct for people in various walks of life, the so-called Manu Dharma, he was essentially giving manuals of ParaDharma that were in full conformity with AtmaDharma. Similarly, when Bhishma on his deathbed instructed Yudhishtra on the rules of proper governance, he was merely laying out the ParaDharma of a ruler, in accordance with the general principles of AtmaDharma. In summary, while Justice Dinakaran has called attention to the fallacies of the modern legal system on account of their failure to respect the Eternal Law, we go one step further to point out what Swami tells us, namely that these days, most of the actions of humans are flawed because they are not in tune with the basic inner nature of a human being, that is the latent Divinity. As long as this true nature is forgotten, everything that humans do, in all spheres of activity, from governance to science, from business to arts, will be driven by selfishness and hence likely to be dangerous to the individual, to Society and indeed to planet earth. Thus it is that Krishna told Arjuna to always align his actions to AtmaDharma; Swami also gives us that very same advice. AtmaDharma is not any hairy fairy concept; it is very practical and very much needed in daily life. There is no need to discover it the hard way when it has been explained to us so many times in such pitiless detail. Do you agree? What do you think? Why don’t you write and tell us? Thank you, and we look forward to being with you again next Sunday.

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Sai Inspires - 15th April 2006 from Prashanti Nilayam

Dear Reader,   Loving Sairam from the Heart2Heart Team.   There is only one royal road to God...Swami tells us today.

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Sai Inspires - 15th April 2006
There is only one royal road for the spiritual journey - Love. Love for all beings, as manifestation of the same Divinity is the very core of oneself. This faith alone can ensure the constant presence of God within you, and endow you with all the joy and courage that you need to fulfil the pilgrimage to God. - Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol.X., P.2.
Love is selflessness and selfishness is lovelessness. - Baba

 

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Sai Inspires - 14th April 2006 from Prashanti Nilayam

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Sai Inspires - 14th April 2006
The whole world has become very agitated.  It is full of discontent, anxiety, fear and hatred.  In order to calm and quieten it and remove the discontent and anxiety, you need enthusiasm and courage.  When defeat and disappointment stare you in the face, you must not give way to weakness or despondency.  Never condemn yourself as inferior or useless.  Analyse the situation and find out the reasons for defeat so as to avoid it next time.  You should have muscles of iron and nerves of steel.  Then your resolution will generate the necessary confidence, and that will win over opposition.  For the crop of life, courage and confidence are the best manure, and the best insecticides.  Be like lions in the spiritual field, rule over the forest of the senses and roam fearlessly with full faith in victory.  Be heroes, not zeroes. - Divine Discourse,  3rd Sep 1958.
Education must award self-confidence, the courage to depend on one’s own strength. - Baba

 

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A clarification from the Heart2Heart Team, Prasanthi Nilayam

Dear Reader,

Sairam from the Heart2Heart Team.

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Sai Inspires - 13th April 2006 from Prashanti Nilayam

 

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A correction in Sunday Special - Irrational Rationalists - 19th March 2006 from Prasanthi Nilayam

Dear Reader,

 

In today's Sunday Special "Irrational Rationalists", a small correction!

 

In the seventh paragraph of the write-up, it says....

 

"...Here are some statistics: Swami’s Trust spent nearly 180 million dollars to bring safe drinking water to nearly a million people scattered across 931 villages in Anantapur District alone."

 

The correct figure here is $70 million which was spent for the Anantapur Water Project alone. About $180 million is the total amount of money spent by Baba's Trusts in all Water Projects.

 

We regret for this lapse.

 

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H2H Team.