Sai Center Atmosphere [replies]

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Jwalant Desai <jamy

Thu Aug 12, 2004 5:16am

Re: [saibabanews] Sai Center Atmosphere

 

Dear Devotee,

I find your mail interesting and hence the reply.

The best thing about our beloved Baba is that he is extremely

preccise, simple and scientific in whatever he does, says or expects

devotees to follow.

To begin with, the sole aim of formiig sai organisation is to

undertake 3 activities, namely

1. Service activities

2. Educational activities

3. Spiritual activities

The first two types of activities are universal in nature and donot

require to be localised to made locals feel comfortable with them.

The third type, according to me, can be initiated with NAMSMARANAM -

chanting of the name - preferably with OMKARAM ,the sacred word in

hinduism, chanting of OM. Before we begin this, we can educate

locals about OM, its primordial nature, similies of OM such as OMEN

in cristianity, AMEN in Islam etc.

Later, the locals may be graduated to other forms of spiritual

activities such as study circle etc. Besides knowledge about Baba's

preaching can be had from numerous websites.

These are just my thoughts on the subject.

SAI RAM / Jwalant - INDIA

 

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"hastasana" <hastasana

Thu Aug 12, 2004 5:58am

Re: kellyyoga

 

Sai Ram Kellyoga,

 

Surely there is no superior religion. I remember growing up to

believe the Christians were superior, but that sanctimonious feeling

is only man-made not God-man. In a world as dangerous as this one,

we need more to bring us together than to divide us. Any religion

that suggests theirs' is better than someone elses will ultimately

divide - I believe there is only one God, but many paths. This I

also learned from 15 years of visits to Sai Baba.

 

We can practise love 'sans ceremonie.'

 

There is only one relgion the religion of love.

Sri Sai Baba

 

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sherry <sherryjagdeo

Thu Aug 12, 2004 6:18am

Re: [saibabanews] Sai Center Atmosphere

 

Sai Ram

 

my opinion is that the holistic ideals of the vedas can be taught to

everyone. Its teachings are universal and can be taught in any other

language. It can be translated from the original sanskrit.

 

This issue is sooo important !!

 

Each centre should cater to the cultural background of the country

while at the same time embrace the universal principles of what

Swami teaches. I dont believe that all centres should be

standardised. All have Swami at the forefront but while some

countries may take an indian slant , others may not be able to

identify 100% with that.

 

Spiriuality is the same , the way in which each approaches it may be

different.

 

sherry.

 

Sai

 

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sandhya <sandysurap9

Thu Aug 12, 2004 0:16pm

Re: [saibabanews] Sai Center Atmosphere

 

Sairam,

I'm not actively involved in any center's activities but i would

like to share what i think about this.As Swami says, love can be

expressed in any way.There is no defined path for its expression.

And nothing happens unless Swami wills. Is He wishes to bring

somebody into His fold,He will do that.So i think the center rules

should be obeyed to maintain the universality.We need not worry

about making it all look and feel local.Divine love brings us

together,not local culture.Swami will see to it that everybody feels

at home in His centers.But i remember reading in Joy Thomas book-

Life is a challenge,meet it- that Swami allowed their center members

to hug each other.But, she mentioned that all her center members

were old in age(and body) and felt divine love for each other.But as

far as i know, it's for that center only.The only way to decide on

this is to pray to our sweet Lord that he lets us know what He wants

us to do about this.Meditate on Him and hear your inner voice.Wish

you love and blessings.

Sandhya

 

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SVH <svh33319

Thu Aug 12, 2004 1:06pm

Re: [saibabanews] Sai Center Atmosphere

 

Sai Ram Kelly,

 

I can only speak from personal experience. I am of

Spanish background and I was raised a roman catholic,

going to church every sunday, baptised as a baby, did

communion and confirmed, and went to private catholic

schools. Being a catholic was all I knew until I

married my husband who is Hindu and where I learned

about Baba.

 

At first, it was strange walking into the hindu temple

(where we hold bhajans every thursday evening)because

everything was so strange and colorful! But as i soon

learned LOVE is the key! Everyone was very welcoming

and full of Baba's love. I soon started to sing

spanish bhajans about Baba, Shiva, Jesus, Buddha,

Allah, etc. Being able to sing in my native language

brings me great comfort and allows me to express my

devotion and love towards our dear Lord Sai. Everyone

else has also learned the spanish bhajans I sing and

it is a true testimony to Baba's teachings about

unity.

 

I hope this has helped.

 

Sai Ram,

Scarlett

 

 

 

saibabanews, KellyYoga <kellyyoga@c...> wrote:

> I would like to hear your opinions on this. We have Sai

> Centers around the world. We know the Vedas are the highest

> source of truth ......