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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - December 23, 2011

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23 December, 2011

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How do we live a blessed, divine life? Bhagawan explains and guides us today.

Audio Special:
"Tryst with Divinity - Conversation with
Mr. Sumeet Tappoo - Part 1"

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H2H Special:
"The Spiritual Significance of
'The Sermon on the Mount'"

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The Divine is not separate from you. You are the Divine. This conviction must grow in you. In the beginning you regard yourself as a mere human being. Then gradually you realize your potential divinity. Finally you realize your own inner Divinity. Embark on this journey to attain union with the Divine from now. Time waits for no one. Concentrate all your efforts to realize God. The primary requisite is the elimination of the ego; without this, the bliss of Divinity cannot be experienced. Ostentatious worship, wealth, power and position will not help you in the spiritual quest. They cannot confer peace or remove the fear that haunts man all the time. Only the man of faith is completely free from fear. Hence develop faith in God and lead a God-directed life. The one who is conscious of one’s faults is blessed. Equally blessed are those wh o see the good in others.

- Divine Discourse, Dec 25, 1987.

Whoever loves and serves all, him the Lord loves and honours. - Baba

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Live Video Webcast of Christmas Celebrations from Prasanthi Nilayam - Dec 2011

Live Video of Christmas Celebrations from Prasanthi Nilayam

Dear Reader,

Sairam!

There is Christmas joy everywhere and it is more so in the heavenly hamlet of Prasanthi Nilayam. To enable every devotee to be part of this Joy, Radio Sai will offer Live Video Webcast of the celebrations from Sai Kulwant Hall, Prasanthi Nilayam from December 24 till December 26.

Please see below for the detailed schedule of Christmas Programmes (in India time) which you can Watch Live on our website radiosai.org.

December 24, 2011 (Saturday)
5:00 p.m.	Cultural Programme by International Sri Sathya Sai Organisations
December 25, 2011 (Sunday)
8:30 a.m.	Christmas Programme by students of Sri Sathya Sai Educational Institutions
5:00 p.m.	Talks by Father Charles Ogada and Ms. Sylvia Alden Recording of the Divine Discourse delivered by Baba during Christmas 1996
December 26, 2011 (Monday)
5:00 p.m.	International Children’s Choir

On the morning of December 27, there is a Multi-faith Mass with Father Charles in the Double-Decker building in Prasanthi Nilayam. We will offer you the recorded video of this programme at the earliest possible on that day itself.

Please do share this good news with your family and friends.

Wishing you in advance a Merry Christmas and a lovely New Year!

At His Service,
Radio Sai team

Love is God - Live in Love. - Baba

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - December 22, 2011

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22 December, 2011

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How does good company help to keep our minds focused on God? Bhagawan explains to us today.

Audio Special:
"Talk by Capt. V. K. Sharma at the
Flushing Sai Centre in New York
31 July 2011 - Part 2"

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H2H Special:
"Video Special: A Choir
Presentation by the Devotees
from Croatia"

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There are two forms of Love. One binds you to God and the other binds you to the world. The mind is responsible for either of these states. It is like a lock. If you turn the key to the right, the lock opens; If you turn it to the left, it gets locked. The heart is the key to the lock of the mind. If you turn the key towards the world, you have attachment (bondage). You must see that desire and hatred do not get lodged in the mind. Bear no ill-will towards anyone. Avoid the company of those who are evil-minded. Through good company, your bad qualities get diluted, like sewage water that enters the sea. You can thereby raise yourself. Devotion means giving up all other desires and dedicating all actions and thoughts to God.

- Divine Discourse, Dec 25, 1985.

The easiest and most fruitful method of keeping yourself free from
dust and rust is Satsang (good company). - Baba

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - December 21, 2011

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21 December, 2011

Featured on Radio Sai:

How do we lead a life of fulfillment? Bhagawan explains to us today.

Audio Special:
"Talk by Capt. V. K. Sharma at the
Flushing Sai Centre in New York
31 July 2011 - Part 1"

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H2H Special:
"Conversation with Ms. Dana
Gillespie, British singer, actress
and song writer"

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Embodiments of Love! There is nothing more precious in the world than Time; do not waste even a single minute of it. People today tend to waste their time in selfish pursuits instead of devoting it to selfless service. They are eager to receive help from others, but have no desire to be helpful. There are two types of human beings - the degraded and the sublime. The degraded are those who seek or receive things from others and not only forget to repay the obligation, but even try to harm those who have helped them. The sublime are those whose natural trait is to go to the aid of others. If they give a word they will try to honour it, whatever be the difficulties and obstacles. Through good deeds and sacrifice, foster the feeling of love, get rid of evil traits and lead a worthy life.

- Divine Discourse, Dec 25, 1985.

A disciplined life is the best offering you can make to the country or to the Divine in you.- Baba

Monday, December 19, 2011

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - December 20, 2011

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20 December, 2011

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How does one tackle the mind? Bhagawan coaches and guides us today.

Audio Special:
"A conversation with
Dr. Dharma"

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H2H Special:
"Conversations with Sai
Part 21"

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You must first conquer desire. For this, neither waging a war nor the use of pleasing words to persuade desire to disappear is necessary. It will not vanish for fear of one or for favour of the other. Desires are objective; they belong to the category of the ‘seen’. With the conviction "I am the see-er, not the seen", you must release yourself from attachment and conquer desire. You must watch the working of the mind, from outside it; you should not get involved in it. That is the meaning of this discipline. The faculty of the mind is like a strong current of electricity. It has to be watched from a distance and not contacted or touched. Touch it and you are reduced to ashes. So too, contact and attachment give the mind a chance to ruin you. The farther you are from it, the better. By skillful methods, you have to make the best use o f it for your own welfare.

- Geeta Vahini, Ch 5.

Desire makes one forget their real nature and reduces them to the status of a beast. - Baba

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - December 19, 2011

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19 December, 2011

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In the Geeta, the lord implores Arjuna to be a Stithaprajna? How to attain that state? Bhagawan explains to us today.

Audio Special:
"Talks by Sriram Someshwara and
Prasanth Desai at the Flushing Sai
Centre, New York, 8 May 2011"

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H2H Special:
"Video Presentation: 'I Could Feel Him' - Anup Jalota shares
his heart"

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When Arjuna prayed that Krishna must tell him the true characteristics of a Sthithaprajna, the Lord explained that a Stithaprajna is free from all desire and is stable in the knowledge and awareness of the Divine (Atma) alone. This state can be attained by two processes: first negative and then positive. The former is to give up all the promptings of desire in the mind and the latter is to implant therein ever-present joy. In the negative process, remove all the seedlings of wrong and evil from the mind; and in the positive process, grow and reap the crop of attachment to God. The pleasures the senses draw from the objective world are weeds; the crop is attachment to God. The mind is a bundle of wishes, and unless these wishes are removed by destroying their roots, there is no hope of vanquishing the mind. When the mind vanishes, th e Stithaprajna is made.

- Geeta Vahini, Ch 5.

How to purify the mind? By starving it of the bad food it runs after, namely objective
pleasures. And by feeding it the wholesome food of the thought of God. - Baba

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - December 18, 2011

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18 December, 2011

Featured on Radio Sai:

What does the Lord really want from those who call themselves His devotees? Bhagawan explains to us today.

Audio Special:
"Conversation - Prof. Venkataraman with Australian broadcaster
Col Johnson"

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H2H Special:
"Harnessing the Heart: Wedding
Values to the Business
of Wedding"

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Dwell always on noble thoughts. Develop attachment towards the Universal Lord and you will grow in love and splendour. The Lord is neither benignant nor malignant. He reflects to you, your own spiritual progress as Grace. Cultivate love towards Him. Likes and dislikes are truly the products of habit and training. The senses drag you away from Him, but do not yield; they will lie low soon. Sincere yearning born of steady discrimination alone can help you. The Divine wants the cream of virtue that is kept in the pot of your heart. This cream is the Soul (Atma), which is secured after vigorous churning. Offer to your Beloved Lord the fragrance of your virtues, the courage of your heart and the wisdom of your experience. That is what the Lord really wants. I bless you that you may grow in these from day to day.

- Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol V, Jan 29, 1965.

The ornaments you should adorn are truthfulness in speech, charity for
the hands and listening to the Divine through the ears. - Baba

Friday, December 16, 2011

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - December 17, 2011

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17 December, 2011

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What is the correct interpretation of selfless service, as enunciated in the Geetha? Bhagawan answers this question in crystal clear terms for us today.

Audio Special:
"Tales that transform direct from
the Divine - Learning by rote is
no learning at all"

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H2H Special:
"Prasanthi Diary: 17 Nov 2010,
Drama by Devtees from
Srikakulam"

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Many commentators of the Geeta have interpreted that the giving up of the fruits of one’s actions is advised because one has no right or authority to desire the fruits. This is a great blunder. When one has the right to engage in action, one also has the right over the fruits of that action; no one can deny or refuse this. But the doer can, out of one’s own free will and determination, refuse to be affected by the result, whether favourable or unfavourable. The Lord has said in the Geeta, 'refuse the fruit' (maa phaleshu), which means, the deed does yields results, but the doer should not do it with the results in view. If Krishna's intention was to say that the doer has no right over the fruits of action, He would have said, 'It is fruitless' or 'na phaleshu,' (na, meaning no). To engage oneself in karma, kno wing well that the result will follow, and yet being unattached to it or being unconcerned with it, is the sign of purity.

- Geeta Vahini, Ch 5.

Doing one’s duty lovingly and selflessly is the highest spiritual endeavor. - Baba

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Sai Inspires from Prasanthi Nilayam - December 16, 2011

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16 December, 2011

Featured on Radio Sai:

What is the main reason for persisting in our spiritual practices? Bhagawan explains to us today.

Audio Special:
"Proceedings of the 30th convocation
of the SSSIHL, 21-22 Nov 2011"

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H2H Special:
"The “3 Why” Path To Sai
- Mr. G. S. Srirangarajan"

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Persisting in the spiritual discipline of ignoring the body means turning away from the temptations of the senses, that is, overcoming the six inner enemies – desire, anger, greed, attachment, pride and malice. Anger turns a person into a drunken brute. The other impulses are equally vicious. Seek only salutary action that will win His grace. Eat only Saathvik (simple, pure, vegetarian) food, that does not disturb the equanimity you earn from your spiritual activities. Do not break the even tenor of your spiritual practices. Remind yourself, how the great saint Ramadas never gave up his Naamasmarana (Contemplation of the Lord) in spite of the travails of living in jail. If you immerse yourself in Deha Tathwa, body consciousness, you start declining. But you can be really healthy and happy only when you are immersed in the universal and essential nature of the Self - Aatma Tathwa.

- Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol V, Jan 29, 1965.

Conflict and discord in the world will cease when people
learn to practice sense-control. - Baba