Guest guest Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 Sairam Brother Soumendra da, You can count on me for collective prayers once a week for all those who are suffering. I am open to any suggestions on which prayer / mantra to say / chant and number of times chanting is required. In the past at the end of my daily prayer (ritual) sessions I used to pray to God for my, my immediate family's, my other relative's and some times my few friend's welfare. After realising that all are part of this world, I have started ending my daily prayer sessions by chanting Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu 3 times instead of taking individual names of kith and kin. In fact all of us do chant Loka Samastha........... 3 times at the end of bhajan sessions. At personal level I feel that we must make efforts to progress on spiritual path by accepting what ever happens as good. So called woes, such as ill health of self or kith / kin, problems in relationships / work place, financial losses etc., must be seen as working out our past karma ( past lives and this life). Yes these things do cause pain and misery, we need to go through such pain otherwise we will have to suffer the pain later as Karma has not worked itself out. What we can do is follow SWAMI's teachings, live an honest, righteous life without verbally / physically hurting others, helping the needy, trying to realise that HE is present in every animate and inanimate thing in this world ( most difficult part because once we reach this stage then there will be only LOVE towards all, there will be no anger / envy / hatred etc.). As for death, it is inevitable. All of us are so much used to identify ourselves with our bodies and relationships there of, when soul of a close relative or dear friend sheds its body we do grieve, it is natural as we are limiting ourselves to the body. So the goal of our Sadhana is to realise that we are not the body but the atma, which is a part of Paramatma (GOD) and see that GOD everywhere. In Sai seva, Madhusudan Nori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 9, 2005 Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 What you said is just right. we are all going in the right direction, moving form the finite, individual "I" to the infinite Universal " I the Self" Meena ChintapalliMadhu <nomavi > wrote: Sairam Brother Soumendra da, You can count on me for collective prayers once a week for all those who are suffering. I am open to any suggestions on which prayer / mantra to say / chant and number of times chanting is required. In the past at the end of my daily prayer (ritual) sessions I used to pray to God for my, my immediate family's, my other relative's and some times my few friend's welfare. After realising that all are part of this world, I have started ending my daily prayer sessions by chanting Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu 3 times instead of taking individual names of kith and kin. In fact all of us do chant Loka Samastha........... 3 times at the end of bhajan sessions. At personal level I feel that we must make efforts to progress on spiritual path by accepting what ever happens as good. So called woes, such as ill health of self or kith / kin, problems in relationships / work place, financial losses etc., must be seen as working out our past karma ( past lives and this life). Yes these things do cause pain and misery, we need to go through such pain otherwise we will have to suffer the pain later as Karma has not worked itself out. What we can do is follow SWAMI's teachings, live an honest, righteous life without verbally / physically hurting others, helping the needy, trying to realise that HE is present in every animate and inanimate thing in this world ( most difficult part because once we reach this stage then there will be only LOVE towards all, there will be no anger / envy / hatred etc.). As for death, it is inevitable. All of us are so much used to identify ourselves with our bodies and relationships there of, when soul of a close relative or dear friend sheds its body we do grieve, it is natural as we are limiting ourselves to the body. So the goal of our Sadhana is to realise that we are not the body but the atma, which is a part of Paramatma (GOD) and see that GOD everywhere. In Sai seva, Madhusudan Nori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 Dear Madhusudan, This is a wonderful post ... thank you for posting it. I would like to add one thing .... In our individual paths of spiritual sadhana .. in helping ourselves to progress to seeing all as Atma .. by praying for others .. even though Karma is what it is and we must endure what we must ... As the Rishis have done through out time and space .. We pray for others because it helps us to understand the nature of this world, its maya and the futility of Samsara .. It invokes compassion from us and helps invariably to truly see that this world is an illusion filled with pain and that everyone around us .. is merely ourselves .. so we should open our hearts and pray for those who are suffering and lost on the sea of Samsara .. we do this for ourselves .. as well as them because it is one the highest forms of Seva .. to See God in all things and to have compassion for all as such. Many Swami bless everyone Melody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 sai ram madhusudan, what you said is absolute truth. we have to realize that we are not this body and our aim should be to reach our actual home i.e swamy's feet. lokha samastha sukhino bhavanthu sairam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 Dear Sister Melody, Sairam. Thanks a lot for your kind comments, I do agree praying on behalf of some one who is suffering does help in the sense that individual will get the strength to bear the pain. The pain can only go away when that particular karma ( of past or present life - which we do not know) gets fully worked out. Joy and sorrow are two sides of the same coin, so our aim is take both joy and sorrow with equanimity. SWAMI has said that gold has to go through lot of heating, beating and other processes before it becomes a beautiful ornament. Similarly we humans have to go through various tribulations in life for spiritual growth, so when ever we are in a such a situation we should not despair but surrender ourselves fully to the SUPREME and pray for strength to bear the pain and suffering. You are right when you say that when we pray on behalf of others needing support it is seva. Actually what you are doing is great, if I was in your situation I doubt whether I would have responded to messages being posted. We pray for quick recovery of your husband. In Sai seva, Madhusudan saibabanews [saibabanews]On Behalf Of Melody McClarty Friday, June 10, 2005 4:32 PM[saibabanews] Re: Urgent prayers needed (Prayer Groups )Dear Madhusudan, This is a wonderful post ... thank you for posting it. I would like to add one thing .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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