Guest guest Posted October 31, 2008 Report Share Posted October 31, 2008 During one of my LFCs, I visited Mussoorie, Rishikesh and Haridwar in 1984. Rishikesh being the abode of so many rishis and munis, really attracted me very much. Sudden emotions flow up that I should join any one of the maths there and spend remaining part of my life blissfully there. Of course, that has not materialised yet. When I saw for the first time, the mighty Ganges with the chilly and thunderous water flowing at Haridwar, I got astonished. After having a dip at Ganges, during the Sandhyavandan, I offered a tarpan to Bhagwan Sri Satya Sai Baba also as part of the Navagraha Keshavadi tarpanam, also for the first time in my life which of course formed part of my Sandhyavandanam later. At that particular moment, a story read by me in the puranas came to my mind. Once you have a dip at Ganges, all of one's sins are washed away and the person becomes sinless. When this thought came to my mind, for the day, I felt very happy that I have washed off all my sins. During the night, Bhagwan Baba appeared in my dream in which he told me : 'Well, you had a dip at Ganges and feel that you have washed away all of your sins; but, you have to continue to do all the sadhanas which you are practising now for some more time'. The message I got from the dream is that 'despite our taking dips at Ganges and washing off our sins, our sadhanas have to be continued to ultimately reach Him'. Devotee friends of this group may please respond if they get some other views/message on this. S. Krishnan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 Sai Ram I would like to write a little on what i learned about taking bath in ganges and washing away our sins. For this v need to understand history . In olden days going on a pilgrimage to kasi etc and taking bath and removing the sins ws told. It is not by bathing in ganges but all our sins are washed by the long distance journey to this places. In olden days people used to go only by walking. So nights they spent their time in dharmashalas. When people from different communities used to gather and sit and discuss their experiences. So by the time you reach ganga and have a holy bath the transformation has taken place due to meeting people , knowledge gained and sadhana to undertake this journey bearing all the troubles.So Nowadays do you think this will work out. V have a confortable journey have a dip and sins are washed. No so swami in the dream has told you correctly to continue with the sadhana. This is little what i learned during my human values diploma course. So if anything wrong please forgive me and correct me. Jai Sai Ram B. Lakshmi Rao --- On Fri, 31/10/08, subbukrish <subbukrish wrote: subbukrish <subbukrish[sBOI-post] Sai in my dreams Date: Friday, 31 October, 2008, 4:24 PM During one of my LFCs, I visited Mussoorie, Rishikesh and Haridwar in 1984. Rishikesh being the abode of so many rishis and munis, really attracted me very much. Sudden emotions flow up that I should join any one of the maths there and spend remaining part of my life blissfully there. Of course, that has not materialised yet. When I saw for the first time, the mighty Ganges with the chilly and thunderous water flowing at Haridwar, I got astonished. After having a dip at Ganges, during the Sandhyavandan, I offered a tarpan to Bhagwan Sri Satya Sai Baba also as part of the Navagraha Keshavadi tarpanam, also for the first time in my life which of course formed part of my Sandhyavandanam later. At that particular moment, a story read by me in the puranas came to my mind. Once you have a dip at Ganges, all of one's sins are washed away and the person becomes sinless. When this thought came to my mind, for the day, I felt very happy that I have washed off all my sins. During the night, Bhagwan Baba appeared in my dream in which he told me : 'Well, you had a dip at Ganges and feel that you have washed away all of your sins; but, you have to continue to do all the sadhanas which you are practising now for some more time'.The message I got from the dream is that 'despite our taking dips at Ganges and washing off our sins, our sadhanas have to be continued to ultimately reach Him'.Devotee friends of this group may please respond if they get some other views/message on this.S. Krishnan Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Invite them now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Dear Sairam Sri. Srinivasa rao is right; The dip in the Ganges is the starting point to your mental change. If you are conducting yourself bad,realize your mistake and want to start a new good life you take a dip in Ganga/any other 6 holy rivers and make a vow that you will not commit the same mistakes again. Sri Ramkrishna Paramahamsa says:As and when you enter the Ganga, your sins will fly from your body and sit on the tress on the banks;as and when you come out of Ganga the sins will again descend on you;change of heart to nobility is important than mere dip in Ganga We have this theory called Psychosomatic;we want our sins forgiven,the problem is we want the easy way out. we need to be responsible and held accountable. we don't understand how a wonderful loving GOD/GODDESS can create a baby born deformed,crippled or disease.our heart goes out to them.we realize this could be something carried over from a previous life. now it makes sense,washing yourself in any river will not remove your sin.only asking your GOD/GODDESS to forgive you and be willing to accept what ever punishment is fair. Jai Sai Ram Padmanabhan.J --- On Fri, 10/31/08, srinivasa rao <bsrlak wrote: srinivasa rao <bsrlak Re: [sBOI-post] Sai in my dreams Friday, October 31, 2008, 11:46 PM Sai Ram I would like to write a little on what i learned about taking bath in ganges and washing away our sins. For this v need to understand history . In olden days going on a pilgrimage to kasi etc and taking bath and removing the sins ws told. It is not by bathing in ganges but all our sins are washed by the long distance journey to this places. In olden days people used to go only by walking. So nights they spent their time in dharmashalas. When people from different communities used to gather and sit and discuss their experiences. So by the time you reach ganga and have a holy bath the transformation has taken place due to meeting people , knowledge gained and sadhana to undertake this journey bearing all the troubles. So Nowadays do you think this will work out. V have a confortable journey have a dip and sins are washed. No so swami in the dream has told you correctly to continue with the sadhana. This is little what i learned during my human values diploma course. So if anything wrong please forgive me and correct me. Jai Sai Ram B. Lakshmi Rao --- On Fri, 31/10/08, subbukrish <subbukrish > wrote: subbukrish <subbukrish > [sBOI-post] Sai in my dreams Friday, 31 October, 2008, 4:24 PM During one of my LFCs, I visited Mussoorie, Rishikesh and Haridwar in 1984. Rishikesh being the abode of so many rishis and munis, really attracted me very much. Sudden emotions flow up that I should join any one of the maths there and spend remaining part of my life blissfully there. Of course, that has not materialised yet. When I saw for the first time, the mighty Ganges with the chilly and thunderous water flowing at Haridwar, I got astonished. After having a dip at Ganges, during the Sandhyavandan, I offered a tarpan to Bhagwan Sri Satya Sai Baba also as part of the Navagraha Keshavadi tarpanam, also for the first time in my life which of course formed part of my Sandhyavandanam later. At that particular moment, a story read by me in the puranas came to my mind. Once you have a dip at Ganges, all of one's sins are washed away and the person becomes sinless. When this thought came to my mind, for the day, I felt very happy that I have washed off all my sins. During the night, Bhagwan Baba appeared in my dream in which he told me : 'Well, you had a dip at Ganges and feel that you have washed away all of your sins; but, you have to continue to do all the sadhanas which you are practising now for some more time'. The message I got from the dream is that 'despite our taking dips at Ganges and washing off our sins, our sadhanas have to be continued to ultimately reach Him'. Devotee friends of this group may please respond if they get some other views/message on this. S. Krishnan Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Invite them now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Sairam Brother. From a view point, Water & Mind is closely related. Water brings both external and internal purity, if we can contemplate 'Varuna God' during the bath. We get new,fresh thoughts after a dip in any Holy river (for that matter) Infact those days, brahmins advised to stay near a river so that he cleanses his Body, thrice a day for performing 'thrikala sandhyavandanam' Karma Siddhantha (merits/demerits acquired due to actions) and Punar Janma siddhantha (repeat births) theories are very unique of Vedantha philosophy. Swami advises through dreams are motivation to do right actions. Infact its because your Bhakthi, you get such dreams. If we are not attached to any action/its results and still be performing actions for the sake of it, then One has to know that he/she is marching towards the Goal called Gnana. Infact its very rare and difficult to achieve. Attaining Gnana, the Gnani sees this World/Universe as Picture and Unreal. It doesnot create any thought-ripple in his mind. For this very reason of uplifting the entire Humanity, our Beloved Avatar is descended on earth. We all sai devotees are fortunate and we should know (we should strive hard) that we will have only few Janmas (if we follow and live His message). Love and Sairam. On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 4:24 PM, <subbukrish> wrote: During one of my LFCs, I visited Mussoorie, Rishikesh and Haridwar in 1984. Rishikesh being the abode of so many rishis and munis, really attracted me very much. Sudden emotions flow up that I should join any one of the maths there and spend remaining part of my life blissfully there. Of course, that has not materialised yet. When I saw for the first time, the mighty Ganges with the chilly and thunderous water flowing at Haridwar, I got astonished. After having a dip at Ganges, during the Sandhyavandan, I offered a tarpan to Bhagwan Sri Satya Sai Baba also as part of the Navagraha Keshavadi tarpanam, also for the first time in my life which of course formed part of my Sandhyavandanam later. At that particular moment, a story read by me in the puranas came to my mind. Once you have a dip at Ganges, all of one's sins are washed away and the person becomes sinless. When this thought came to my mind, for the day, I felt very happy that I have washed off all my sins. During the night, Bhagwan Baba appeared in my dream in which he told me : 'Well, you had a dip at Ganges and feel that you have washed away all of your sins; but, you have to continue to do all the sadhanas which you are practising now for some more time'. The message I got from the dream is that 'despite our taking dips at Ganges and washing off our sins, our sadhanas have to be continued to ultimately reach Him'.Devotee friends of this group may please respond if they get some other views/message on this.S. Krishnan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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