Humanitarian Works are changing the World

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SRI SATHYA SAI BABA

 

 

His Universal Message

His Humanitarian Works

An Inspiration To Humanity

 

You are cordially invited to attend

a meeting about a remarkable person

whose life, teachings and humanitarian works

are changing the world.

 

Saturday October 9, 2004

7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.

 

Bloor Street United Church

300 Bloor Street West, Toronto

 

RSVP for confirmed seating: 416 224 8389

No Admission Fee & No Donations

Program

 

7:00 pm - Welcome & Introductions:

 

7:10 pm - Speaker: Dr. David Gries, Ph.D.

 

8:00 pm - Speaker: Dr. Yassin Sankar, Ph.D.

 

8:30 pm - Film:

 

‘His Work’ is a moving portrait, highlighting the sweeping scope of humanitarian

projects initiated and inspired by Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Free super-speciality

hospitals, schools, colleges and a university, free drinking water to millions,

rural outreach programs – all bear testimony to his selfless and tireless saga

of love and compassion

 

8:50 pm - Closing Remarks

 

9:00 pm - Conclusion

Speakers

Dr. David Gries, a native of New York, received his doctorate from the Munich

Institute of Technology, Germany. Since 1969, except for a few years, he has

been on the faculty of Computer Science at Cornell University, USA, serving as

Department Chair for five years and currently as Associate Dean of Engineering.

Since 1985, Gries has been associated with the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of

Higher Learning in India, and he generally teaches there for two weeks each

year. He is the webmaster of the International Sai Organization website,

www.sathyasai.org and is currently Chair of Zone 1 of the International Sai

Oraganization.

 

Dr. Yassin Sankar is Professor of Management in the School of Business

Administration at the Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he has

been on the faculty for 30 years. He has a Ph.D. in Education from the Johns

Hopkins University. He has written several books and articles on technological

change, education, human values, and ethics, and management. He is currently in

the process of completing two additional books: The Quest for Ethical

Leadership, and International Management and Comparative Ethical Systems.

His Life And His Message

Sri Sathya Sai Baba is a highly revered spiritual leader and world teacher,

whose life and message are inspiring millions of people throughout the world to

turn Godward and to lead constructive and virtuous lives. His timeless and

universal teachings, along with the example of his own life, are attracting

seekers of Truth from all religions of the world. He was born as Sathya

Narayana Raju in 1926 in Puttaparthi, then a remote hamlet in South India. As a

child he was brilliant in his studies, but what made him unique was his

extraordinary wisdom and compassion. At the age of fourteen, he declared that

he would henceforth be known as Sai Baba and that his mission was to bring

about the spiritual regeneration of humanity by inculcating love for God and

service to all beings. Or over seven decades, his life has been a stirring and

moving saga of love and compassion. Today, Prashanthi Nilayam – his ashram

(spiritual oasis) in South India – attracts thousands of spiritual seekers from

virtually every corner of the globe. This ‘abode of highest peace’ offers solace

and inspiration to all who aspire for Peace.

 

Sri Sathya Sai Baba uplifts man by teaching and demonstrating that man is

inherently divine and his nature is selfless love. Quoting the scriptures of

various faiths, Baba often reminds us that Love is God and God is Love, and

that Love is immanent in the heart of every being. Through his own example,

Baba demonstrates how to tap that unfailing Source. He re-emphasizes principles

that form the foundation of the world’s major religions: Truth, Right Conduct,

Peace, Love, and Non-violence. He repeatedly exhorts mankind to “Love All,

Serve All” and asserts that the essence of all scriptures is “Help Ever, Hurt

Never!”

His Work

Sri Sathya Sai Baba uplifts the institutions of mankind through his unique and

noble works. The sheer range and scale of the humanitarian projects initiated

and inspired by him is unprecedented in modern history. What follows are

glimpses of his Love in Action…

 

Education: Sathya Sai Baba has established a model education system, which

includes primary and secondary schools and an accredited university, offering

undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees, with no fees from the students.

It has been hailed as a crown jewel of the Indian education system by leading

educators. In addition to academic excellence, Baba’s system of integral

education is designed to foster character and self-discipline, for as he often

asserts, “The end of education is character.”

 

Healthcare: Sathya Sai Baba has established four hospitals, two of which

provide advanced tertiary care. The hospitals are equipped with

state-of-the-art technologies in cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery,

neurology and neurosurgery, nephrology and urosurgery, and ophthalmology. To

date, thousands of surgeries have been performed absolutely free.

 

Drinking Water: Starting from the mid-nineties, Sathya Sai Baba has executed

massive drinking water projects, bringing much-needed relief to millions of

villagers. For these long-suffering people a century-old dream has come true –

safe drinking water, available free and throughout the year, right at their

doorstep.

 

Rural Outreach: Every year, the students and staff of Baba’s University fan out

into neighbouring villages and spend nearly two weeks distributing food and

clothes, house to house, bringing comfort and love. This has inspired similar

long-term projects throughout rural India and increasingly in other parts of

the world.

Information

The Sri Sathya Sai Organization has a presence in over 100 countries with more

than 2000 Centres world-wide, over 50 of which are in various cities across

Canada. The centres provide a place to meet, study, and practice the teachings

of Sathya Sai Baba. These Centres are engaged in selfless service in their

local communities. The Centres also offer devotional meetings with group

singing, meditation and prayer. Two programs of character development – Sathya

Sai Education in Human Values and Sai Spiritual Education – are offered to

children to inculcate the five human values of truth, right conduct, peace,

love, and non-violence and to teach the fundamental truths underlying all

religions. Such value-based spiritual training is also the basis for the Young

Adult Program of the Organization.

 

For more information about the life and teaching of Sri Sathya Sai Baba or about

the Sathya Sai Baba Organization of Canada, please contact

 

Sri Sathya Sai Baba Book & Information Centre

58-B Arlington Avenue,

Toronto, Ontario, M6G 3K8

Tel: 416-481-7242

 

www.saibooks.org

www.sathyasai.org

www.srisathyasai.org.in

Where there is righteousness in the heart,

there is beauty in the character.

When there is beauty in character,

there is harmony in the home.

When there is harmony in the home,

there is order in the nation.

When there is order in the nation,

there is peace in the world

- Sathya Sai Baba -

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