Sai Service

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I am knew this Saibabanews Group Site. This Saikrishna from Detroit, Michigan. I

would like express few things here. I read so many messages and it was quite

intersting for sharing swamy's messages and his divine miracles. However I did

not see much about Service Activities that has done by our devotees in this

website.

 

This is from Mr.Anil Kumar's SAI Pearls of Wisdom on Sept 28th,2002.

 

“Everyone Should Do Seva Wholeheartedly”

Then Bhagavan asked one boy to speak. You might have heard him. You might have

seen the boy standing there talking to the other boys. I'm talking about the

28th of September -- the details of that boy’s speech. He spoke on seva. He

said that everybody should do seva wholeheartedly. And then he quoted Swami’s

poem where this is mentioned: “More than all worship, meditation or

pilgrimages, service is most important.” And then he mentioned a few of his

experiences:

Some time ago, Swami used to serve food to all the poor people. This is called

Narayana Seva. It seems one time when Swami had started serving food, He

stopped at one spot, noticing a lady who was carrying a little, small child in

her arms. Swami stopped there and called to one Seva Dal boy. “We are serving

food to these people; how about that child?”

That Seva Dal had no reply. “Swami, what should I do?”

“Bring a glass of milk for this child.”

So the Seva Dal boy went all the way to bring one tumbler of milk.

Swami went on moving around the lines, serving food. From a long distance, He

stopped and shouted, “Did you give milk to that child?”

That boy said, “Yes, Swami.”

Swami said, “Nothing doing!”

Swami went all the way back to that lady and touched the glass. “It is very,

very hot. How do you expect the child to drink the milk? No, bring another

glass.”

He started cooling the milk -- pouring it this way and that, pouring it from one

glass into the other. He made it cool and offered the milk to the child and only

then left.

This shows the personal care He takes and the sprit that He wants us to maintain

while doing seva. Seva or service is not a routine; it is not mechanical, no! It

is not a schedule. We have to do it wholeheartedly.

Sairam,

 

Saikrishna

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All the brothers and sisters on this site are doing their individual seva and

group seva. Lifting one's spirit through this web site is also considered a

seva by the people participating in this group. We recently launched the Sai

Global Prayer group for universal peace and prosperity and also at the same

time praying for the individuals requesting a prayer for their near and dear.

We are also trying to launch a Universal Peace March day that can take place

globally at least once a year.

Then again we talked about the SEVA we can do by getting together globally and

the discussion was truncated on concerns on funds issues. The discussion then

stopped at doing Individual Seva. I am sorry that you missed participating in

this discussion.

In his service wiht love

Meena ChintapalliSai K <sainivas009 > wrote:

Sairam All,

 

I am knew this Saibabanews Group Site. This Saikrishna from Detroit, Michigan. .....

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Sai Ram Brother,

You are right in stating that we, the group members do not talk about our

'seva' activities but this does not mean that we do not do or abstain from

doing 'seva' and even more so 'wholeheartedly' -it is not the quantity of

the 'seva' that counts but the quality. As Swami pointed out to the kid -

one should not offer a glass of hot milk to a child because the child also

runs the risk of burning himself. Service must also be conscious acts of

doing good and not merely automatic acts to parade one's devotion.

In this context and since you have brought up the subject, I want to share

this with you. I was born and bred in a third world country which years

later became a developing country.This to tell you that I have seen poverty.

At a time when my country was receiving grants ,aids and other subsidies

from rich countries, I visited the United States of America as a diplomat

and an adoption expert. When I was in San Fransisco, I phoned the Sai Baba

Centre of San Francisco in Van Ness and asked whether I could pay a visit to

the centre. I was asked to join in 'Narayan Seva' if I wished. I did. It

was on a Sunday morning , I went with my American Sai Brothers and Sisters

to feed the hungry, the poor and the homeless at the Market place. It was

the will of Bhagawan Baba.

 

Baba says :" The best type of love is feeding the hungry. It is not charity

that you do, you are only offering the food to these Gods in human form."

 

at the lotus feet of SAI,

anita

 

 

 

>Sai K <sainivas009

>[saibabanews] Sai Service

>Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:53:14 -0700 (PDT)

>

>Sairam All,

>

>I am knew this Saibabanews Group Site. This Saikrishna from

>Detroit, Michigan. .....

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Sai Ram, dear Brother

Welcome to you...

We do not not talk about our respective "Seva" on this forum, unless a very

specific question arises because we all participate collectively and/or

individually to what is best suited with our capacities and the necessities of

the moment...

As far as I am concerned, I translate Swami's discourses and literature about

Him into French for the Organization here in my country... and I am immensely

grateful for this.

Every time there has been a special need in whatever field, it has been freely

and thoroughly discussed here and attended.

Was there anything in particular you wanted to know by raising the topic ?

May Our Lord inspire and bless us all, at all times...

Aum Sai Ram

Nelly

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Iam new to this kind of "spiritual experience".

I believe in Sri Satya Sai Baba's powers, but .....Iam yet to experience His

Divinity and Miraculous powers .

 

Iam a young student in search of livelihood and struggling to get into Good Service.

 

The only thing which hapenned to me (regarding Sai ng Bhagavan), is that I came

to know about Him through a "Teacher" of mine, who is a LadyDoctor.

 

with Sai Pranaams,

Faithfully yours,

Rajendra.

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Sai Ram Brother Rajendra

It is so easy to get entangled in wishes for miracles and miss the point

of what Sri Sathya Sai Baba is trying to get through to us - observe

simple human values and become better human beings. Try and absorb his

teachings and learn more about what he has said and written and you will

find bliss in a new perspective to life and start to see God's Grace in

every occurrence, large or small, around you.

The miracles and shows of his powers are what he calls his 'calling

cards' - which impress people enough for them to sit up and take notice

of what they need to learn and weave into their lives.

I'll give you a simple example of his Grace - and how he looks after

those who believe in him. Last Thursday a brother from Bangalore who had

stopped in transit in London on his return trip from The US took the

trouble to ring around to fullfil his need to attend bhajans on a

Thursday (Sai Baba's Day) and found he could attend our Sai Centre in

Wembley that evening. He duly arrived and, in a short chat before the

bhajans, agreed that he would address us and tell us something about

himself and what brought him to Swami (Sai Baba). In a totally unprepared

move, he was asked to sit in pooja during our chanting of Swami's 108

Names. As he sat down to do the ritual offering of flower petals at

Swami's feet, I thought he made a face and was wondering what happened

there.

All was revealed when he spoke to us after the bhajans. He said his daily

prayer ritual included reciting the 108 Names and offering flower petals

at Swami's feet. He said he felt doubly blessed that day as, not only had

he found his Thursday bhajans but also felt Swami's benevolence as he had

felt very frustrated that day due to not having had the time or

facilities in his hotel room to carry out his daily pooja. He then found

his prayers were answered without any prompting on his part!

You can dismiss this as a coincidence but to that brother it was a

'miracle' and 'proof of powers' that you mentioned in your message!

Brother Murli from Bangalore, perhaps if you see this you will write in

to add your version of events.

Jai Sai Ram!

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Sai Ram

 

When you plant a tree - you have to protect in the initial years from predators.

Then the tree grows to experience the miracle of bearing fruits and the joy of

giving shade to all even to those who cut its branches.

 

In this process a life time may go by.

 

You teacher did her job to plant the seed. Now you should be wary of predators

and the best way to neutralise predators is by namasmaran - do it and even they

will go by.

 

Today you are a young person - as you grow up - and cross many a bridges - you

will experience His Hand with your very own faculty of senses - sight smell

touch etc

 

Sai Ram - Be Happy

 

JP

 

~~~~~~~~~~~N Rajendra <nrajendra_1992 (AT) (DOT) co.in> wrote:

Om Sri Sai Raam,

 

Iam new to this kind of "spiritual experience".

I believe in Sri Satya Sai Baba's powers, but .....Iam yet to experience His

Divinity and Miraculous powers .

 

Iam a young student in search of livelihood and struggling to get into Good Service.

 

The only thing which hapenned to me (regarding Sai ng Bhagavan), is that I came

to know about Him through a "Teacher" of mine, who is a LadyDoctor.

 

with Sai Pranaams,

Faithfully yours,

Rajendra.

 

 

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