Guest guest Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Dear friends and devotees, Bhakti is eternal. Gods Grace Spiritual disciplines determine the character of a person. Character determines the destiny - whether good or bad. Character is built up by constant practice of good actions. Actions, in turn, are based on one's thoughts and intentions. Whenever any thought arises in the mind, one should examine whether it is right or wrong, if it will do good to society or cause harm to it. Actions should be based on such enquiry. It would be wrong to blame anyone for our misfortunes. Our thoughts and actions alone are responsible for our plight. If one entertains pure thoughts and does all actions with firm faith in God, he/she will be favoured with God's Grace. (From the discourse of Bhagavan Sathya Sai) With love and regards¢ Sastry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 my pranams to sastry sir,i get these mails from you because i have d andlike how you have mentioned i shared these good thoughts with my friends in a ladies site but some of the other members feel i am breaching copy right can u help me here, is it copyright to share the stories of god, where i am concerned i feel the little generation maybe enlightened if the mother takes interest to answer and many a time i get meaning for many things we do here, which i share so i want you to clear my conscience about this, thanku and pranam in advance..sundari kannan --- On Wed, 7/2/08, Dr.B.G.Y Sastry <drbgysastry wrote:Dr.B..G.Y Sastry <drbgysastry Gods Graceapbrahmins , delhindu , , shaneeswara , usbrahmins , uskannada , vedicliteraturethesupremescience Date: Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 2:36 PM Dear friends and devotees, Bhakti is eternal. Gods Grace Spiritual disciplines determine the character of a person. Character determines the destiny - whether good or bad. Character is built up by constant practice of good actions. Actions, in turn, are based on one's thoughts and intentions. Whenever any thought arises in the mind, one should examine whether it is right or wrong, if it will do good to society or cause harm to it. Actions should be based on such enquiry. It would be wrong to blame anyone for our misfortunes. Our thoughts and actions alone are responsible for our plight. If one entertains pure thoughts and does all actions with firm faith in God, he/she will be favoured with God's Grace. (From the discourse of Bhagavan Sathya Sai) With love and regards¢ Sastry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 dear shivbhakt om namo bhagawate rudraya albeit your query is specifically addressed to sri sastryji, am answering on the copyright violation part for the benefit of all members who get similar doubts. all messages posted in this public group on a public domain are meant for usage by public and are not copyrighted. members are at liberty to further send them to their near and dear ones. any book or journal published by someone and if the author gives a specific footnote that it is copyrighted, then only it is copyrighted. even in such books and journals where stories of gods and goddesses which have their original roots from the ancient scriptures, sharing such stories (not the copyrighted entire book in toto) is not any violation of copyright. for example all puranas, upanishads and other ancient scriptures were originally taught freely to all for generations and were got by rote in sanskrit but are now translated into various languages and the publishers of these books in modern languages copyright them. here, only the translation is copyrighted and not the original sanskrit text which was passed on by the sages freely. for example, several stutis, mantras and stotrams written by sages find their names mentioned and we all use them but they are not copyright violated. shivananda wrote several aratis and crores of people sing them. similarly the lectures of ramakrishna, vivekananda, satyasai are all meant for use by public and are not copyrighted. it is unfortunate that one modern guru has patented even a breathing technique to stay healthy which he copied from the yoga sutras written by sages and is descended freely. here too, by citing the original sanskrit text of the sages, one can use even these copyrighted breathing techniques as it is no copyright violation. with best wishes and blessings pandit arjun www.rudraksharemedy.com , Sundari Kannan <sagribow wrote: > > my pranams to sastry sir, > i get these mails from you because i have d andlike how you have mentioned i shared these good thoughts with my friends in a ladies site but some of the other members feel i am breaching copy right can u help me here, is it copyright to share the stories of god, where i am concerned i feel the little generation maybe enlightened if the mother takes interest to answer and many a time i get meaning for many things we do here, which i share so i want you to clear my conscience about this, thanku and pranam in advance..sundari kannan > > > > --- On Wed, 7/2/08, Dr.B.G.Y Sastry <drbgysastry wrote: > Dr.B.G.Y Sastry <drbgysastry > Gods Grace > apbrahmins , delhindu , , shaneeswara , usbrahmins , uskannada , vedicliteraturethesupremescience > Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 2:36 PM > > > > > Dear friends and devotees, > > Bhakti is eternal. > > Gods Grace > > Spiritual disciplines determine the character of a person. Character determines the destiny - whether good or bad. Character is built up by constant practice of good actions. Actions, in turn, are based on one's thoughts and intentions. Whenever any thought arises in the mind, one should examine whether it is right or wrong, if it will do good to society or cause harm to it. Actions should be based on such enquiry. It would be wrong to blame anyone for our misfortunes. Our thoughts and actions alone are responsible for our plight. If one entertains pure thoughts and does all actions with firm faith in God, he/she will be favoured with God's Grace. > (From the discourse of Bhagavan Sathya Sai) > > With love and regards¢ > > Sastry > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 As long as you quote the writer and keep the fidelity of his message (do not crop or alter anything whatsoever) then you are not breaching copyright. Besides, it is also the wish of true spiritual masters that their message spread across. If sayings from Lord Shiva, other Gods, other spiritual masters, and so on are copyrighted, then the whole purpose of enlightening everyone will not be achieved.The main point is, as long as you are not owning the sayings that were said by others, you are not breaching anything.Shiva Om,HareshSundari Kannan <sagribow Sent: Thursday, July 3, 2008 10:27:01 AMRe: Gods Grace my pranams to sastry sir,i get these mails from you because i have d andlike how you have mentioned i shared these good thoughts with my friends in a ladies site but some of the other members feel i am breaching copy right can u help me here, is it copyright to share the stories of god, where i am concerned i feel the little generation maybe enlightened if the mother takes interest to answer and many a time i get meaning for many things we do here, which i share so i want you to clear my conscience about this, thanku and pranam in advance..sundari kannan --- On Wed, 7/2/08, Dr.B.G.Y Sastry <drbgysastry@ > wrote:Dr.B..G.Y Sastry <drbgysastry@ >[om_namah_shivaya_ group] Gods Graceapbrahmins@gro ups.com, delhindu@ s.com, om_namah_shivaya_ group@ s.com, shaneeswara, usbrahmins@gro ups.com, uskannada@grou ps.com, vedicliteraturethes upremescienceWednesday, July 2, 2008, 2:36 PM Dear friends and devotees, Bhakti is eternal. Gods Grace Spiritual disciplines determine the character of a person. Character determines the destiny - whether good or bad. Character is built up by constant practice of good actions. Actions, in turn, are based on one's thoughts and intentions. Whenever any thought arises in the mind, one should examine whether it is right or wrong, if it will do good to society or cause harm to it. Actions should be based on such enquiry. It would be wrong to blame anyone for our misfortunes. Our thoughts and actions alone are responsible for our plight. If one entertains pure thoughts and does all actions with firm faith in God, he/she will be favoured with God's Grace. (From the discourse of Bhagavan Sathya Sai) With love and regards¢ Sastry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 thanku and pranam pandit arjunji,i am very happy that you have taken up this issue, as i have seen the detoriation in the approach of our hinduism with all sloka and every matter which should have more publicity to the next generation is all available only on charges, now when we want a bible we get it free all we have to do is write to them, they are also spending a lot on poor people, so that is not the reason that should be shown in hinduism which many gurus do, sad but true.the other day a book of sri sri i purchased for 75rs for a few quotes by him which i feel should be sold but also should be available topeople to spread peace and bhakthi which takes precedance anywhere, no use later as we abuse the children that their contribution is not enough towards the bhakthi marga.so the stories of shankara, how he achieved the state of a saint hood all these should be freely available like comic books which we already have and also on sites, so that when we read out with pictures little children get involved a lot...thanku for reading my small little doubts here...with kind regards and pranams sundari kannan--- On Fri, 7/4/08, panditarjun2004 <panditarjun2004 wrote:panditarjun2004 <panditarjun2004 Re: Gods Grace Date: Friday, July 4, 2008, 7:07 AM dear shivbhakt om namo bhagawate rudraya albeit your query is specifically addressed to sri sastryji, am answering on the copyright violation part for the benefit of all members who get similar doubts. all messages posted in this public group on a public domain are meant for usage by public and are not copyrighted. members are at liberty to further send them to their near and dear ones. any book or journal published by someone and if the author gives a specific footnote that it is copyrighted, then only it is copyrighted. even in such books and journals where stories of gods and goddesses which have their original roots from the ancient scriptures, sharing such stories (not the copyrighted entire book in toto) is not any violation of copyright. for example all puranas, upanishads and other ancient scriptures were originally taught freely to all for generations and were got by rote in sanskrit but are now translated into various languages and the publishers of these books in modern languages copyright them. here, only the translation is copyrighted and not the original sanskrit text which was passed on by the sages freely. for example, several stutis, mantras and stotrams written by sages find their names mentioned and we all use them but they are not copyright violated. shivananda wrote several aratis and crores of people sing them. similarly the lectures of ramakrishna, vivekananda, satyasai are all meant for use by public and are not copyrighted. it is unfortunate that one modern guru has patented even a breathing technique to stay healthy which he copied from the yoga sutras written by sages and is descended freely. here too, by citing the original sanskrit text of the sages, one can use even these copyrighted breathing techniques as it is no copyright violation. with best wishes and blessings pandit arjun www.rudraksharemedy .com om_namah_shivaya_ group@ s.com, Sundari Kannan <sagribow@.. .> wrote: > > my pranams to sastry sir, > i get these mails from you because i have d andlike how you have mentioned i shared these good thoughts with my friends in a ladies site but some of the other members feel i am breaching copy right can u help me here, is it copyright to share the stories of god, where i am concerned i feel the little generation maybe enlightened if the mother takes interest to answer and many a time i get meaning for many things we do here, which i share so i want you to clear my conscience about this, thanku and pranam in advance..sundari kannan > > > > --- On Wed, 7/2/08, Dr.B.G.Y Sastry <drbgysastry@ ...> wrote: > Dr.B.G.Y Sastry <drbgysastry@ ...> > [om_namah_shivaya_ group] Gods Grace > apbrahmins@gro ups.com, delhindu@ s.com, om_namah_shivaya_ group@ s.com, shaneeswara, usbrahmins@gro ups.com, uskannada@grou ps.com, vedicliteraturethes upremescience > Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 2:36 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear friends and devotees, > > Bhakti is eternal. > > Gods Grace > > Spiritual disciplines determine the character of a person. Character determines the destiny - whether good or bad. Character is built up by constant practice of good actions. Actions, in turn, are based on one's thoughts and intentions. Whenever any thought arises in the mind, one should examine whether it is right or wrong, if it will do good to society or cause harm to it. Actions should be based on such enquiry. It would be wrong to blame anyone for our misfortunes. Our thoughts and actions alone are responsible for our plight. If one entertains pure thoughts and does all actions with firm faith in God, he/she will be favoured with God's Grace. > (From the discourse of Bhagavan Sathya Sai) > > With love and regards¢ > > Sastry > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Dear Madam, Bhakti is eternal. A very interesting doubt. Take for instance of my under mentioned article, which is the discourse of Bhagavan Sathya Sai and not mine. The patent for copy writing the articles are generally in commercial field only. We are discussing devotional and spiritual subjects of Universal and any one can copy any matter. In fact if the articles are sent to more persons, it is a blessing that the Dharma is propagated. As far as my articles are concerned, either they are of my own or quoted from some discourses. Feel free to send them to any one without hesitation. In this connection, I have gone through some interpretations of our brother devotees sent to you also. The guidelines of Sarvasri Pundit Arjun and Mr. Haresh Daswani, in their messages, are very clear on the subject. With regards, Sastry--- On Thu, 7/3/08, Sundari Kannan <sagribow wrote: Sundari Kannan <sagribowRe: Gods Grace Date: Thursday, July 3, 2008, 2:27 AM my pranams to sastry sir,i get these mails from you because i have d andlike how you have mentioned i shared these good thoughts with my friends in a ladies site but some of the other members feel i am breaching copy right can u help me here, is it copyright to share the stories of god, where i am concerned i feel the little generation maybe enlightened if the mother takes interest to answer and many a time i get meaning for many things we do here, which i share so i want you to clear my conscience about this, thanku and pranam in advance..sundari kannan --- On Wed, 7/2/08, Dr.B.G.Y Sastry <drbgysastry@ > wrote: Dr.B..G.Y Sastry <drbgysastry@ >[om_namah_shivaya_ group] Gods Graceapbrahmins@gro ups.com, delhindu@ s.com, om_namah_shivaya_ group@ s.com, shaneeswara, usbrahmins@gro ups.com, uskannada@grou ps.com, vedicliteraturethes upremescienceWednesday, July 2, 2008, 2:36 PM Dear friends and devotees, Bhakti is eternal. Gods Grace Spiritual disciplines determine the character of a person. Character determines the destiny - whether good or bad. Character is built up by constant practice of good actions. Actions, in turn, are based on one's thoughts and intentions. Whenever any thought arises in the mind, one should examine whether it is right or wrong, if it will do good to society or cause harm to it. Actions should be based on such enquiry. It would be wrong to blame anyone for our misfortunes. Our thoughts and actions alone are responsible for our plight. If one entertains pure thoughts and does all actions with firm faith in God, he/she will be favoured with God's Grace. (From the discourse of Bhagavan Sathya Sai) With love and regards¢ Sastry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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