Guest guest Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Realize that you have within you the source of power, wisdom and joy. Assert that you are unconquerable and free, that you cannot be tempted or frightened in to wrong. So long as a trace of body consciousness persists in you, the search for God must continue. Do not get caught in the sticky tangles of the external world. Do not harden your heart through greed and hate. Instead, soften it with love. Cleanse it through pure habits of living and thinking. Make it your shrine, wherein you install and worship God. Then, you can enter the sacred precincts of Moksha (Liberation). - Baba Thought for the day as written at Prasanthi Nilayam today2nd December 2008--------- How can we effectively co-operate with each other at work and home and in our daily lives? Swami teaches us sweetly today Sai Inspires - 2nd December 2008 When doing your work, do not argue that this particular bit is your jurisdiction and the other is not. Support and supplement each other in joyful co-operation. Do not be sticklers for boundaries and limits. Act as an ideal team, infusing into each other energy and enthusiasm. Do not interfere wildly with what others are doing or criticize others sullenly. There should be no place in your hearts for malice, envy or even competition. - Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 5, Ch 6, 24-Feb-65 " I am present in everyone of you. Serve others gladly. " - Baba --------------- Thus Spoke The Lord There are three ways of calming the mercurial mind. (1) Regulated breathing (Praanaayaama). Inhale and exhale in a measured manner, watching its symmetry and balance; that will diminish the eagerness of the inner tongue to wander into conversation. Finally it will give up the tendency, for good. (2) Engage yourselves in loving service of the diseased and the distressed. Undertake to teach a few children who have no one to guide them. Let your thoughts and activities be selfless and sincere. The itch to communicate to the mind will be healed thereby. You will feel that one's energies are more fruitfully engaged in serving one's fellows than in talking and discussing with one's wavering mind. (3) The third method of avoiding this type of conversation is saadhana, spiritual exercise, some one or more of them, resorted to in earnest and with regularity. It can be the repetition of Name, recitation of mantras, chanting hymns or practice of yogic postures. The Gaayatri Mantra can well be resorted to for this purpose. It is certain to yield quick results. " Man is the Divine poured into the human mould, just as everything else, alive or inert, is; but it is the privilege of man alone, to be able to become aware of this precious truth. This is the message of the Upanishads to man. The same message is echoed by the scriptures, and declarations of countless saints. " Sathya Sai Baba --------------- SAI VEDA Man's misadventures have created several problems for the entire mankind. He has polluted the five elements causing havoc on the earth. There is pollution everywhere, in air, water, food and so on. His misdeeds coupled with his evil thoughts and feelings have degraded human life on the earth -------------------------------- THE CONSCIENCE ------- SAI GITA There is no end to the thought waves that emerge from mind. Is it possible for man to arrest these vibrations in order to attain purity of mind ?In fact, it is not necessary to restrain and arrest these mental vibrations. Though this body is mortal, the thoughts are immortal. The power of thought vibrations runs around the world. As the heat waves, the electrical waves and light waves radiate, the mental waves too radiate. The thought vibrations are the cause of man's joy and sorrow, health and disease, birth and death. The entire world is suffused with mental vibrations. Hence, it is necessary to direct our thoughts on noble paths. ------------------------ NAMADHU SINDANAIKKU BAGAWAN BABAVIN ARULVAKKU ------------------- POEM- WHO ARE WE? Let us have compassion for those under chastisement.Alas, who are we ourselves?Who am I and who are you?Whence do we comeand is it quite certain that we did nothingbefore we were born? ------------------ Stories and Parables Stories and Parables quoted from the Discourses of Sri Sathya Sai Baba COW SERVICE There was a great sage called Gautama in ancient India. He had a number of disciples studying under him. One day he called all his disciples and said: " My dear children! You know that we have been experiencing severe drought in this region and there are no signs of its abatement too. I am very much worried about the cattle of our hermitage. They have already become very lean and weak. I am unable to bear the sight of suffering of these dumb creatures. I think these cows have to be driven to a distant place where there is ample pasture and plenty of water. I will be very happy if one of you could volunteer to undertake this task. You can bring them back when the calamity has rolled over. " Many pupils just hung their heads lest their true feelings should be found out by their master. Some tried to hide behind others in order to avoid the direct stare of the Guru. A pupil by name Sathyakama, got up and, paying his salutations to his master, said: " Master, I shall take them, don't worry. " Many students tried to dissuade him from undertaking such a hazardous task. They warned him: " Oh! You have to be all alone in the wilds away from the comforts of the hermitage. You may not even find good food. Sathyakama replied: " My dear friends, I am quite confident that the goodwishes of our Guru will provide me enough safety and sustenance. I shall not be alone for I will have these cows to keep company. " The Guru was happy that at least one among the many pupils volunteered to undertake the job as service to the Guru. He blessed Sathyakama and said: " You are taking with you 400 cows; you can return when the herd multiplies into a total strength of one thousand. " Sathyakama drove the cattle to a charming valley. Everyday, he used to wake up early in the morning, finish his ablutions and bath. Then he would offer prostration to the Sun God and recite prayers. While tending the cattle and while walking or sitting he would constantly chant the name of God. He affectionately looked after the cattle. He regarded 'go-seva' (Service to cows) as Guru Seva (Service to the Master). He never felt any anxiety or worry over his life in solitude. He never bothered to count the cows too. One morning after the morning rites, he was seated under a tree. Indra the Chief of Gods appeared before him and said: " My dear son! Have you not observed that the herd has multiplied itself to the total number of 1000? You can now return to your master's hermitage. I will be travelling with you. Come on let us go. " Sathyakama prostrated to Indra and thanked him for reminding him of the fact that it was time for returning. Sathyakama and Indra had to spend four nights in four different places. Every morning Sathyakama was taught the essence of one Veda. Thus by the time he reached his Guru's hermitage he was the master of the four Vedas. His face shone with a strange splendour as a result of the Vedic illumination that he had been blessed with by the Lord of Heaven. Having enlightened Sathyakama, Lord Indra disappeared after showering his grace on the young boy. Sathyakama walked into his Guru's hermitage with 1000 cows. He was given a rousing welcome by his guru and the inmates. Sathyakama fell at the feet of his master. Gautama embraced him saying: " I know that you are now a great scholar of the four Vedas. You deserve it, my son. " Sathyakama could please Indra, the Lord of Heaven, only because of his love and loyalty to his guru. ---------------------- The original drawing of logo was drawn on the back of an envelope by Swami Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba in 1972. Its is The Sarva Dharma Symbol. [Hinduism]Listen to the primeval Pranava resounding in your heart as well as in the heart of the universe [buddhism]Remember the wheel of Cause and Consequence, of Deed and Destiny and the Wheel of Dharma that rights them all [Christianity]Cut the " I " feeling clean across and let your ego die on the Cross to endow on you Eternity [islam]Be like the Star which never wavers from the Crescent but is fixed in steady Faith [Zoroastrianism]Offer all bitterness in the sacred Fire and emerge grand, great and Godly Star of David, the symbol of Judasim has been added to the symbol with Sai Baba's blessings ------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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