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Saturday, May 24, 2008:
Kanulaki vere evi kanapadatam ledu sai rupam tappa
Chavulaki vere evi vinapadatam ledu sai naamam tappa
Chetulu chappatlu tappa vere pani cheyyatledu sai swaralaki
Ivanni kalisi manasulu pulakarinchi tariyinchi sai rasa jhari lo brindavan
loni devotees andaru sai naamam lo mantra mughdulaina vela....sai alaane
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Eyes were
glued completely on Sai's physical appearance without looking anywhere else... Ears were only
listening to Swamy's name.....Hands were only dancing to the tunes of Swamy's words...
All these scenes joined up together and all the gathering was completely mesmerized in the
divine chanting of god's name, sai stood there giving his infectious smile and the entire
gathering were blessed a darshan which cannot be seen for many times in their lives...
Bhajans started around 5 pm and lights switched on... All eyes glued to swami arrival..... and
there comes the moment at 5.15 pm. Swamy arrives in wheel chair and went for rounds around the
hall.... so many souls were blessed by the closest physical darshan and eyes were filled with
tears.. and a blind man whose eyes were filled with Ganga and Yamuna and eyes looking at the
heavens... he can only hear that swamy passed besides him, but enjoyed the bliss through his
heart..... and after 15 mins swamy is back to the center stage and enjoyed the bhajans.... and
around 5.40, swamy turned back indicating as if is he about to leave... the singers shouted
" Swami..Swami.. Swami... " with their full pitch... and to the
surprise of all, Swamy turns his back again facing the huge devotee crowd and blessed all of
us with his beautiful discourse which lasted for about an hour till 6.45pm.... Here
is the essence of the points from the discourse...
Concentrate on the Name... Name itself is everlasting... The form which you see today may
disappear one day.. There is saibaba, Rama, Vishnu,etc... but only the name remains, form does
not remain.. saying so swamy narrates the incident from Ramayana...
When Rama and his company went to the tip of Indian ocean and were thinking on how to cross
the ocean to reach Lanka, Hanuman and other monkeys threw stones in the water to construct the
bridge on the advice of lord Rama... but they went in all directions and bridge was not
formed. Everyone was worried on seeing this... even sages told to Rama, that it is foolishness
to even think of crossing the ocean by throwing stones...
Listening to them Rama calls hanuman and tells him to write Rama on stones on and throw them.
Even then the same result.. stones went in all directions.. then Rama calls hanuman and
Jambavant once again and says to write 'Ra' on one stone and 'Ma' on another and throw in the
ocean.. To everyone's surprise, the stones on which 'Ra' was written and stones on which 'Ma'
was written joined together and formed the bridge... The letters 'Ra' and 'Ma' does not have
any significance when they are separate.. they have a meaning when they are joined
together.....
Narrating the story swamy continues...
Today lot of devotees spend time in spending a lot of money on pooja, vrata's, etc and are
least bothered to chant the name of god. They are interested in boasting themselves they have
donated so much of money in god's name. Bhagawan is not pleased with all these money related
things.... he will be only pleased by your utterance of his name. any name can be uttered, but
it will reach only one heart, the universal soul that exists in all...
At golden temple in Amritsar, devotees are engaged in continues chanting of god's name.
Chanting of god's name is the best way to please god. no other money related things attract
god. In fact god himself gives money, how can one please by giving the same back to him..
people are foolish to think like that...
MONEY COMES and GOES...
MORALITY COMES and GROWS...
So concentrate on the chanting of god's name.... He sings a bhajan....
HARI BHAJANA BINA SUKH SHANTHI NAHIN...
HARI NAAM BINA ANANDA NAHIN...
JAPA DHYANA SAMYOG NAHIN...
BHAGAWAN BINA KOI APNA NAHIN...
The devotees sing a song:
[ Telugu Song describing lord Rama..]
Sri Raghavam Dasharathatmajamapremeyam...
Sitapatim raghukulanmaya ratna deepam...
Aajanubhahum aravinda dalayataaksham...
raamam nishachara vinashakaram.. namami.. om....
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 Complete discourse: 31,May 2008,:
Divine Discourse in Sai Ramesh Krishan Hall, Brindavan, Whitefield
01 May 2008
Swamy continues delivering his divine gems....
What is Service... Service does not signify mere giving money for charities.. it signifies
serving the needy person as if you are serving the lord... expand the Atma Tattwa which is
inherent in yourself and serve the needy people around you. while doing so attain lord's name
and do it so that it reaches the lord. Many sages and rishi's perform penances, yagnas,etc ...
of what use they are... other than attaining liberation for themselves which is an act of self
gain and nothing else. Serve at the slightest of chances you get attaining the name of the
lord and nothing else... money does not matter, only your chanting of name matters... name
itself is eternal..
The five elements : SATHYA, DHARMA, SHANTHI, PREMA, AHIMSA
are the basic entities around which the world revolves.
SATHYA: It symbolizes the eternal TRUTH which has NO
FORM.... It has only name... DHARMA evolves from SATHYA and once again has no FORM... only
name.... From these two, evolves SHANTHI,.. which
signifies PEACE... from where can one attain peace? Nothing but inside... Devotees chant
prayers, do all sorts of sadhana for peace. They go to temple to see god, but close their eyes
in doing so... if you observe carefully they went to temple to see god, but did they do it
when they are actually seeing him.... NO.. they are closing their eyes.. GOD does not have
FORM.. he is your HRUDAYESHWARA (indweller of your heart).... Merge with him by following the
principles of SATHYA and DHARMA,
then SHANTHI will come automatically to you... When there
is PEACE,, your heart will be filled with LOVE....
You will have no hatred for anything, no ego, no jealous, and all the six essential enemies
are gone and hence evolves the last one: AHIMSA.... So
practice truth... do not utter false even if one attempts to kill you.. practice truth all the
time.. It is the one which saves you from all problems..
When the monkeys followed practising the truth, the name of RAMA by writing it on the stones,
they were able to build the bridge and cross the OCEAN and fight with the enemies and win over
Lanka.
Similarly by chanting the name of the lord, cross the ocean of samsaara and win over the
enemies which reside inside you...
Saying so swamy concludes his speech.... and devotees started singing bhajans of Rama.....
RAAMA NAAMA TARAKAM SADA BHAJORE.....
Aarti was completed and wait.... swamy is still seated.. he is not leaving the place.. now
devotees are testing his patience today..... wow.. what a sight.... he is still there and
waved his hands and blessed the entire gathering with his infectious smile....
Read more eyewitness account by another devotee
My experiences of
Afternoon Darshan - Saturday May 24, 2008 at Brindavan
Source:
SBOI Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saibabaofindia
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Monday,
12, May :
During the Past few days Swami's Darshan
is sort of Truncated as Swami is not taking a Full drive in Kulwanth Hall.. Swami is taking a
turn on the ladies side and then goes either to the Bhajan hall or the Interview room. Today
morning, Swami went out for a drive. Bhajans were wonderful during Yesterday evening Darshan.
One of the singers, who is now going behind Swami during darshan for the last 20 days never
got a chance to sing. This is because Swami had told him to be with him and come behind him.
So during bhajans this boy sits besides Swami in Bhajan hall. Hence he was not able to lead
any bhajan. Yesterday evening towards the end of the bhajan session, Swami asked this boy and
asked him to sing a bhajan with aalaap.. I am sure the singer must have felt very happy. It
was so sweet to see how Swami takes care of everyone and the way Swami smiled while the boy
was singing was a proof of Swami's assuring Grace. -
Om Sai Ram
Tuesday,
6, May Easwaramma Day:
Today is the holy occasion of
Easwaramma
Day, the death anniversary of the Divine Mother.
Prasanthi Bulletin:
Bhagawan went to
His parents' Samadhi in His car on the last two days, and this morning, arrangements were made
there for the Eswaramba day celebrations. Vedam
procession began from the beginning of Samadhi road after nine o'clock as Bhagawan arrived and
proceeded to the Samadhi in His car. Swami went inside the Samadhi with some relatives, and
after the function, Arati was offered around half an hour later. Bhajans went on in the Sai
Kulwant Hall, and Bhagawan proceeded there where Dhoties and sarees were distributed to the
village folk assembled in the Mandir. Prasadam was served in leaf plates, sweet rice and
tamarind rice along with laddoo. Bhagawan sat onstage watching the distribution past ten
o'clock and then retired to His residence as the food distribution went on. Evening: In
the evening, Swami came to Sai Kulwant Hall just after four o'clock. After He came and sat
onstage for a few minutes, Prof. Venkataraman was asked to speak, and he spoke about the
stature of the mother. Bhagawan then delivered His Divine Discourse, stressing on the
importance of love and reverence
for parents. After the Discourse, Bhagawan accepted Arati at the end of a few Bhajans and
returned to His residence at 6.10 pm.
Also Read the submitted darshan news from Puttaparthy to
SBOI-Group.
Om sairam dear Sai family,
Our beloved Lord, after a gap of 18years (if Iam right) celebrated Chosen mother Eswaramma Day
in
His (body's) Home land. The streets leading to Samadhi of His Parents were beautifully
decorated on the occasion. Swami had been to Samadhi yesterday (5th May) twice. This morning
He was definitely expected to pay homage to the departed soul. The chosen one, whom Swami
loves from the bottom of His
heart, on every occasion, like a child, He recollects the fond
memories and the quality time He spend with His beloved mother and the kind of personality she
was, an ideal one for all the mothers, the role model to all the women.
Strict security arrangements were made in the streets leading to samadhi road, even though
Swami's street darshan was not new to Puttaparthians, the extra security surprised every one.
The Samadhi Road was totally cleared, beautifully decorated with rangolis, flowers on the road
and floral decorations in the entrance with huge cutouts of Mother
Easwaramma, sweetly smiling
at every one. Only the immediate family members were allowed into the samadhi compound. At
8:30 students chanting Vedas entered the premises, followed by bhajan group boys. At 8:55am ,
a band of Indian musicians entered the samadhi road, followed by swami's family members with
flowers and garlands in their hands, and then followed Swami's car. Swami was happy with the
way the road was decorated, keenly, ducking a bit, He watched the huge photos of Mother
Easwaramma, through His car window. Blessed the small gathering of devotees(which included this
body also), who could make it inspite of the security restrictions..
Swami's car then entered the samadhi premises, a red carpet with full of rose petals was laid
which led to the Samadhi. Swami's automatic car chair, landed on the red carpet, as the boys
chanted Vedas, another group singing Mother
Easwaramma Bhajans, and the Musicians playing the
divine music. The atmosphere was absolutely divine, personally, I dont remember seeing
Easwaramma day in His immediate presence, and I was thrilled to see Swami coming personally to
pay homage to His beloved mother.
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Swami then got closer to the Samadhi and
the family members took over the proceedings. Swami watched every one, and it was a perfect
family gathering and Swami had a chance to see (physically) all the grand daughters and grand
sons of His brothers and sisters. Swami was in a blissful mood, watching them all, enquiring
about their well being and so on After spending a good 30 minutes,Swami asked for arathi. As
the arathi was sung, Swami slowly emerged from the Samadhi premises, and all the family
members had padanamaskar before He got into His little Toyota Porte. Immediately after Swami
left I bowed to Mother
Easwaramma's samadhi and after taking prasad went to Sai Kulwanth hall.
It was 9:45 by then. Big vessels of Food was brought in the hall. As Eswaramma Day was
celebrated in Swami's presence after a long gap, Swami was giving directions to sevadals and
other devotees as how to perform the proceedings. The devotees formed lines inside the
Kulwanth hall, and after every thing was set right, Tamarind
 rice,
and sweet rice was served probably meaning, life is a blend of sour and sweet happenings.
Swami was seen busy on the stage moving here and there in His car chair. Immediately He sent a
word with a devotee, every one should eat stomach full, that was so sweet of Swami, which made
me cry. Swami always says, He still sees and speaks to Mother
Easwaramma in her physical form and she always gives
suggestions to Swami and speaks on behalf of the devotees. I felt probably those words, asking
us to eat stomach full, were Mother
Easwaramma's words, only a mother wants her children to
have a stomach full meal. The divine mother, our Sai Ma, am sure wouldnt have eaten any thing
since morning, was giving suggestions to every one that no one should be missed. Sure enough,
all the students and seva dals who were serving came back the second time asking if we need
more food. It was just a fantastic way to break fast, with bhajans being played on the back
ground, as our loving mother Sai watched each one of us. After sumptuous and lip spanking
divine break fast as we all thought its time to get up and then came another devotee asking us
to sit down as Swami asked to distribute dhotis to gents and sarees to ladies.. what a
surprise Swami!!! What good fortune, you feed us, and also give us clothes dont know in which
birth Swami had promised us to feed and give us clothing that it is happening now.
Mr.Chakravarthi and other elite members close to Swami came till the last row to see if every
one were fed and provided with dhotis..
I am sure, Mother
Easwaramma, who was verily present in the hall, would be most happiest person
on the earth, seeing her beloved child, grow to such an extent, the child who has taken the
burden of transforming this Kali-Age on His tender shoulders, that mother who loved her Child,
more than her life, now is a house hold name, a hope in every one's life, a mother to every
child, a guide to the misled, a teacher to the ignorant, a savior of the poor and down
trodden, the Divine Master of this Kali Yuga. This is the way any mother would want her child
to be and probably by dedicating a day to Mother, Swami is sending a strong message to all the
ignorant children who have forgotten their mothers (many cases after the wife comes into the
picture), hopefully, Swami will guide such children and let this Mother child, relationship be
as strong as Swami's and as loving as it is with our beloved Lord. It was 10:45am and after
every one were happy , Swami signaled for Arathi and retired to His Abode as Mother
Easwaramma
waited for Him at His Abode to take "Najar"( a ritual performed to take away any bad effects
of evil eyes) of Her beloved child who made her dream a reality, bringing smiles in every ones
lives What a day it was dear Mother
Easwaramma. You are a blessed one and we all are blessed
and thank full to you for giving us such a humble and loving Son as our friend, guide, as our
mother.
Thank You Ma
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Jai Sai Ram.. submitted by
SBOI-Group
memeber
Satish Naik - Om Sai Ram dear Sai Family
The afternoon session of Mother Eswaramma day was also blissful like the morning
session. Swami blessed with a lengthy and thought provoking divine discourse..Swami blessed
with His divine darshan at 4pm. Swami like it is the tradition now a days, came again in His
car chair darshan..
After taking right turn before the gents rows, Swami came on the stage, listened to the veda
chant for a while called few students and accepted letters from them and Sathya, the Iranian
boy who is studying in Swami's school was called upon and was asked by Swami to chant the
Vedas.
Swami later called upon Mr.Venkatraman, a well known and learnt scientist, former vice
chancellor of Swami’s university and also my favourite speaker. After taking blessings from
Swami, He very interestingly started his speech in Telugu (his mother tongue is tamil), in a
readily prepared notes and he seemed very fluent, probably did a nice home work, . thanking
Swami for allowing him to speak on this holy occassion. He said, Telugu is very fortunate
because, God chose
that language as His mother tongue.
Venkatraman was of the opinion that there are only 3 Divine mothers which the man kind has
witnessed. In the threta yuga the privilege was given to Kausalya in Dwapara yuga it was
Mother Devakis turn and in kaliyuga it was Mother Eswaramma. All the divine mothers had to
sacrifice their sons for the man kind.
We all have heard about the three promises, education, hospital and water supply. in 1940
Swami promised Eswaramma that He wont be leaving Puttaparthi and will always live in
Puttaparthi. Quoting Swami's example, Venkatraman urged the youth not to leave their mother
land in search of money and luxurious life.. Take the example of Parthi, this was a God
forsaken village with no road at all and look at it now.. Swami didnt get any funds from the
world bank of IMF..you may say Swami is God and that is why this development. You also know,
Swami said, if you take one step I will take 100 or a thousand depending on the faith. Be in
your mother land, and develop it as much as you can..Dont leave your mother, your mother land
and your mother tongue. There are certain mandatory things one should develop in ones own life
and that is why Swami even today speaks in Telugu, in spite of knowing other languages.
The child learns language from an illiterate mother. All the children learn from mother and
mother is first teacher. That is why in India , they have placed mother before God.
When Adi Sankaracharyas mother died, many asked him not to do the cremation as he is
renunciate. He didnt pay any importance to those words and went ahead with the cremation. A
mother should be given due respect when she is in body and also when she is not. Many children
leave their parents alone and go abroad. They sent chocolates and other gifts once a year on
mothers day. Is mother worth of only chocolates?.
When Swami decided to go to Africa Mother Eswaramma was very worried.. she went to every one
and tried her best not to sent Swami abroad. She first went to one person and said, they are
taking Swami and you stop them. The person replied dont worry swami's going to cities and not
to the forest and there wont be any wild animals in the cities.. She was not convinced, she
went to another person and asked the same. The person said, . Dont worry there are so many
security guards around Swami. They all are well built and trained. As the last resort She went
to Joga Rao, and said, you love Swami so much please do something , for which Joga Rao replied
Amma Swami is God what are you talking? Mother Eswaramma in a higher tone and very politly
said, dont be foolish, I know He is God, You know He is God, do the wild animals know He is
God,.( for which even Swami burst into laughter) Mr.Venkatraman the pick of the occasion
concluded his talk saying even a divine mother, She is mother first and then only anything
else..He finished his speech asking Swami to grant peace and happiness to all the living
beings in this world...Later it was Swami's turn to make the evening more memorable.. He asked
for the mike and delivered His divine discourse sitting on His throne which made us all
happy.. He gave much emphasis on the love one should have on parents probably, He was sending
a strong message to the modern youth who are forgetting the parents and ignoring them..
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He started His divine discourse appreciating Prof.Venkatraman for his excellent talk and as
Prof.Anil Kumar is not in town, Mr.Narasimha Murthy, the warden of Brindavan campus did the
interpretation..
Excerpts from Swami's discourse.. based on memory, and not the official version.. I
surrender at His lotus feet for any mistakes in this humble offering
Students, Venkatraman explained you very clearly about the significance of this day. He is
highly educated in the field of nuclear science and has worked in Mumbai ( Bhaba Atomic
Research Center ) and has won many laurels for his extra ordinary work in his field.span lang="da">
What can I speak about the mother of this body. You got three personalities, the one others
think you are , the one you think you are and the one you really are. people who respect their
mothers are declining now a days. A mother bears the child for 9 months in the womb and gives
everything for the child.. if you forget that mother, it is equal to forgetting God and your
self. The first teacher is mother. Your body is nourished because of the mother. You grow up
in mother's lap and you are in ecstasy and happiness in her lap. None should forget the love
of mother. You should respect parents even before God.
When Sankaracharya, lost his mother, he went to the cremation. Many criticized him.
Sankaracharya said, I will never give up my mother. No one has any authority to forget the
mother.
In front of mother, all the worldly knowledge bears know importance. Our love for mother
should remain same while she is in the body and also after she leaves the body. Swami then
narrated the last moments of Mother Eswaramma and how she died. Swami was in whitefield then,
She called Swami, Swami, Swami three times.I replied , I am coming down. She said, come soon,
come soon. I was taking bath then, I came running. And asked if she had taken break fast and
coffee. She replied Anni ayyipoyinayi (every thing is finished)... Swami, I shall leave now
for which I replied Santhosanga vellu ( you go happily). Dont worry. Dont worry about any
thing or any body. She caught My hands firmly, and she closed her eyes. No more words came
from her after that. As long as life is there on should look after mother. Once life is gone
there is nothing that you can do. Who is the Mother, God is the mother and not the body. Body
is like a water bubble. Swami then called for a car, the body was kept in the car and was sent
to Puttaparthi. Swami stayed back in Bangalore .
All the students were assembled there for Summer course from all over India . Every one
thought, Swami wont come on that day. It was 9am in the morning. Swami went to the summer
course , smiling and all were amazed. mother didnt go any where. only the body which was
called mother is gone. But My mother is always with Me. Therefore Iam not worried about her
death. As long as Iam there, Mother is always there. Without, mother, can I exist?. Dont have
any doubts about that. Gokak was the VC at that time. He was wonderstruck. What is body after
all. As long as the five elements are active, it has life. When they are gone, it has no
importance. Dont have any relation with the body. As long as they are in the body give them
due respect to her. Dont feel unhappy after she leaves the body. Even in Puttaparthi, people
thought how come only body has come without Swami accompanying Mother Eswaramma.. What can I
do with just the body?.
She came did her duty and she left. I have to do my work. I am going to start my work, so
saying Swami stayed there for 10 days in the summer course. Body is made of five elements. It
has to fall one day or other. It is the indweller that is important (dehi) and not the
Deha(body.). Dehi is important and not the Deha. You forget about your body in deep sleep.
When you forget this body, in just sleep, how can you give that much important. But as long as
you are in the body, you have to take care of the body. Dont ignore the body. Maintain it
properly, nourishe the body and respect the body. But dont grief after the body has no life.
Many ignore their mothers after wife comes. Mother has been with you since your birth and you
ignore such a person when a wife comes This is just Verri tanam (madness). Death may come in
any form. It has no date. Death is death. It has no symptoms. Be ready any time. Mother should
never shed tears because of you. If it happens then it is not good for you. You may have to
face the same consequences in future. Mother is verily God. Mother has given the body, father
provides nourishment, teacher teaches all the knowledge. dont forget these three people in
your life. Father and mother should be on either side of your heart. What ever may be the
difficulties, dont say a word to mother.
They should be your best friends. Even if you are not able to feed your self, you dont
hesitate even to beg and feed your parents. You should satisfy all the needs. Only then your
life is full filled. Reaction resound and reflection are in escapable. If you ignore your
parents, you r children will teach you the same lesson in your old age. Never forget your
parents. That is why I came all the way to Puttaparthi to be present on this day (loud
applauds). I made all the arrangements for this day. All the poor were fed and provided
clothing. Never ignore poor people. Never criticize them. Dont ridicule them. That is wrong.
You criticize your self before criticizing others. Never criticize your parents.
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Swami later asked not to have bad habits and bad company.. He said, Dont take liquor, never
gamble. Anger and lust are demonic. You should not give any scope for them. When you are angry
dont indulge in any action. After wards you will feel very sad. Therefore, control this anger.
These two qualities are very bad. Love God, adore God. God is mother, God is Father, God is
everything for you. All your relations should be with GOD. He is omnipresent.
Later He spoke about the boy from Iran , whom Swami hand picked from darshan lines, guided the
family who are very humble and simple, and gave admission in His school
You saw a boy from Iran . He is a Muslim boy. In their country even if they utter the word
Rama it is a punishable offence. if any ask what is your name he will say Sathyam. Swami then
called the boy and asked loudly in English What is your name boy? For which the boy replied
Sathya.. Swami called the boy next to Him and then asked him to chant vedas and the boy
without any fear, chanted in the immediate presence of the Veda purusha him sel |
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