Aradhana Mahotsavam - Bhagawan's True Nature

 

How can we have a glimpse of Bhagawan’s true nature? Is it even possible? Bhagawan reveals as we observe the ARADHANA MAHOTSAVAM.

"What I will, must take place; what I plan must succeed. I am Truth; and Truth has no need to hesitate, or fear or bend. 'Willing' is superfluous for Me. For My grace is ever available to devotees who have steady love and faith. Since I move freely among all, talking and singing, even intellectuals are unable to grasp My truth, My power, My glory, or My real task as an Avatar. I can solve any problem however knotty. I am beyond the reach of the most intensive inquiry and the most meticulous measurement. Only those who have recognised My love and experienced that love can assert that they have glimpsed My reality. For, the path of love is the royal road that leads mankind to Me. Do not attempt to know Me through the external eyes. When you go to a temple and stand before the image of God, you pray with closed eyes, don't you? Why? Because you feel that the inner eye of wisdom alone can reveal Him to you. Therefore, do not crave from Me trivial material objects; but crave for Me, and you would be rewarded."

  ~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(Divine Discourse - 19.6.1974)

Offering our love and gratitude to Bhagawan for His grace and blessings.

JAI SAI RAM

Sai Madhuryam

 

The mind causes rebirth to beings 

The mind causes release to beings 

The mind confers victory to beings 

In the struggle to attain the four: 

Goodness, Fullness, Fruition, Freedom, Dharma, Artha, Kama, Moksha. 

The mind confers mergence everlasting

~Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

God is Being

 

"We should understand and Bhagawan also says this: God is not becoming; God is being.  God is your being and God is not becoming.  If God is becoming, it is something which lies ahead - a futuristic view, something to happen in the future.  Some time is required to become God.

In pursuing our education or career, we need time to acquire the necessary qualifications.  Only after that do we "become" something.  And that implies the future.  But God is not "becoming".  God is our Being, according to Bhagawan.

Baba discontinued padanamaskar to drive home the point that God is Being and not becoming - that we are God.  Devotees who have done padanamaskar used to feel proud of it, as a sort of achievement and a means for publicity.  Thus when the real purpose was not served, padanamaskar was discontinued.  It means that we are purposely and forcefully driven to go within.  We had a facade of spirituality but had not gone within."

(From the book "Sai-chology" by Prof. K. Anil Kumar)

Gems of Wisdom

 “ If we serve someone with love and affection, blessing will pour from that person’s heart without even asking. “

“Compassion brings fulfilment to the heart. Selfish desires simply agitate the heart.”

“Enduring difficulty for a meaningful purpose is a sublime pleasure.” 

“In a society of devotees and family, the most important quality is to forgive.”

“Satsang is where the energy of many people who are like minded seeking true spiritual connection increases people’s faith “

“Whenever you want to become selfless, loving, without ego you will find great force behind you. You will never fail to achieve some good.” 

Samastha Lokha Sukhino Bhavanthu

Roots of Wisdom - Wealth

"The greater the wealth, the greater one's anxieties.  Therefore one who has riches and status is not necessarily better off than one who is carefree and unburdened by possessions."

(From the book "Roots of Wisdom" written by Hong Yingming)

The Divine Principle

 

"The divine principle is the very embodiment of dharma (right action) and it is only by means of dharma that God can be worshipped.  And dharma is a garland of the flowers of holy deeds, words and thoughts.  Earn the reputation of being good, doing service and being efficient in doing good."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(Divine Discourse - 3.4.1971)

Sai Blossoms

"Every bad habit has to be replaced by a good one, no trace of vice must be allowed to persist, the heart must be drained of all egoism.  This is the fruit of this pilgrimages that you must acquire.  Let this be your resolution."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba

(SSS Vol. 9/Ch.1 13.1.1969)

Blessed Sri Rama Navami

 

A Blessed and Happy Sri Rama Navami to you and your loved ones! May the divine grace of Lord Rama always shine upon you.

(Sri Rama Navami 17 April 2024)

Baba's Storytime - Lakshmana Counsels Guha

The knowledge that you are architect of your fortune and that you can, by steady effort, rebuild it or foster it, that you are every day laying on or pulling down the structure of your career, will be a great inspiration provided you welcome it.

 It was the first night of Râma, Lakshmâna and Sîtâ in the thick jungle into which they were exiled. Guha, the chieftain of the fishermen, who had rowed them across the Ganges was engaged in subdued conversation with Lakshmâna, while Râma and Sîtâ were sleeping on the riverbank! 

Guha was sunk in sorrow, that the inheritor of the empire should be cast on the sands under the sky; he cursed the queen and her wicked accomplices for contriving this breathtaking tragedy. 

But Lakshmâna prayed that he halt his tirade.

 "I too emitted fiery fury at the perpetrators of this tragedy. For I did not know the inner purpose of this chapter of Râma's history. He has come in this human form to destroy the evil brood of demons, and so, He has himself contrived this exile, to be free from imperial responsibilities until that aim is accomplished! What do we know, dear Guha, of the mysteries of God or even of man, who is God in human attire? Or of any living being or non-living matter, for they are the entire inscrutable divine, appearing to our limited senses in the way they do. What their real nature is, how can we ever know, with these inefficient instruments of knowledge?"

(From the Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)

The Sweet Name of Rama

 

"From time immemorial, every individual in Bharat (India) has regarded Sri Rama's life as an ideal and has sought to sanctify every moment of his life by living up to it. Sri Rama incarnated as a human being to promote peace and happiness in the world. "Rama is the very embodiment of righteousness (Ramo Vigrahavaan Dharmah)." It was as if righteousness itself had incarnated on earth. Dharma and Rama are inseparable.

The word Rama has the triple power of destroying sins, conferring peace, and dispelling ignorance. When you utter the word "Ram", you first open the mouth with the sound Ra. All your sins go out when your mouth is open. When you utter M by closing the mouth, the entry is barred against the sins that have gone out. Everyone should recognize the sweetness, sacredness, and divinity enshrined in the name Rama. It is good to utter the name Rama with full understanding of all that it signifies. But even without that understanding the chanting of the name has the power to destroy all sins.

We must learn to chant the sweet name of Rama with a pure, unsullied heart, in a spirit of selfless devotion. Men should learn to speak sweetly and pleasingly. Sweet speech confers peace. It is the means to self-realization. Sri Rama loves to dwell in the heart of the man who speaks sweetly. Wholehearted chanting of the name of Rama even once can destroy mountains of sins. But the chanting should not be done mechanically, like a gramophone record. It should emanate from the depths of the heart. You must seek to redeem your lives, by living up to Rama's ideals and proclaiming them to the world. Remember the name of Rama with love. God can be realized only through love and by no other means."

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba ~

(Divine Discourse: 14.4.1989)