Sathya Sai baba

Thursday, December 31, 2009

FROM PUTTAPARTHI...FROM PANAMA !!!

The 1st visitor to Prasanti Nilayam from PANAMA was Dany Nandwani who came to see Sai Baba in 1962. Dany was only 19 years old then, but he was so taken with Baba that he became devoted for life. And since then his family always basked under the divine love and protective umbrella of Lord Sai.

In the year 2000, the Nandwani family was conferred a great blessing though after a huge test by Baba. Dani Nandwani's son, Ashok N. Nandwani, president of a chain of stores in a booming commercial center, was kidnapped.

A relative, who was living in Prasanti Nilayam at that time, conveyed the message to Swami about the kidnapping. Baba said: "My angels are taking care of him. Don't worry, he is with me and after 7 days I will return him, but he needs lots of prayers from everybody, so tell everyone to pray for him."

The person asked, why 7 days?

Swami replied: "God took 1 week to make the world - I promised 1week. You don't have faith, and Panama is not praying enough."

Back home, many people chanted the Gayatri Mantra daily. Mr. Nandwani was worried about his son's condition, his health, what he was eating, and on the 4th day a Sai devotee heard a voice during meditation say: "I have already fed him."

On the 7th day, the relative staying in Prasanti again got an interview in which he told Swami that there was no news yet.

Baba replied: "Where is your faith? He will be back soon." At the same moment, Mr. Nandwani got a phone call from the police informing him that his son had been found and was safe and was being taken to the hospital for a checkup. He escaped from his abductors and spent 7 days lost in the jungle avoiding wild animals and crocodiles until he found his way back to civilization!!!

Recalling another incident, a Panamanian narrates, "A devotee was driving her car which was full of ladies who were going to do service at the Mother Teresa old people's home in Colon City, Panama. They go there every Thursday with food for everyone. This home is close to the Free Zone of the Panama Canal, so there is lots of container traffic..

The lady who was driving failed to halt at a stop sign and a huge container was approaching down on their car. The ladies in the car screamed, and when she saw it she screamed too - "Sai Ram". The only way to avoid the accident was to accelerate the car, but in her nervousness she hit the brake.

Somehow the car was surprisingly accelerated by hitting the brake and the accident was avoided. Later when she stopped, her friends asked why you stopped now. She said, note down the time, because when we get home you will see there is a message for us.

When they returned home, their maid said that in the shrine room, Swami's picture had fallen off the wall, and when the maid went to pick it up, she said Swami had winked at her from the picture!!! The picture had fallen off the wall at exactly 12:20 PM, just the time that the ladies had noted down. The maid is not a devotee and some of the ladies were also not devotees, but this miracle of Baba opened a new dimension in their lives."

The ways of the Lord indeed are mysterious!

Source : http://media.radiosai.org/Journals/Vol_04/01OCT06/panama.htm

Om Sai Ram

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Friday, December 25, 2009

FROM PUTTAPARTHI...ANOTHER LEELA OF BABA !!!

Another Leela of Baba

- By Indra Devi

That particular year (1969) I had not planned to go for Baba's birthday as I was due to visit India a little later. All the same one evening, after meditation, looking at his picture, I found myself saying: 'Bhagavan, take me to Puttaparthi for Your birthday.' Two years later, I received a phone call from Chuck Wein, a young man who used to come to our Sai Baba Centre in Los Angeles. He was calling from the Warner Brothers Motion Picture Studio.

'Mataji, can you go to India tomorrow? Warner Brothers will pay your passage if you will go to ask Sai Baba's permission to make a documentary film on His life...' Somehow, I wasn't even surprised and answered very calmly, 'Tomorrow is Sunday and all the offices are closed, but I can leave on Tuesday.'

'Who is paying for my ticket?' I asked the Air India manager in Los Angeles.

'Warner Brothers,' he replied.

I arrived just in time for the celebrations which began early in the morning when Bhagavan hoisted the Prashanthi Nilayam flag on the roof of the temple. He then declared that He was Shiva-Shakti incarnated in human form, in order to lead men towards God. He exhorted people to cleanse and purify their hearts - to make Discrimination (Viveka) their flag post, unfurl the flag of Love on in and let it flutter joyfully in the wind of Grace. He also said that He is born in each of us as Love.

'Only that day, when love is born in you, can it be my Birthday.'

At eleven o'clock Swami went from the temple to the auditorium in procession. His mother, Easwaramma, started the ceremony by first garlanding the Sai, then anointing His head with a flower dipped into a cup of fragrant oil. She was followed by several others chosen by Baba from among His old devotees. The procession then moved, headed by the temple elephant Sai Gita.
The day before I was ready to return home, Bhagavan called me in to give His blessing. At parting he produced, with the familiar circling motion of His hand, a beautiful golden medallion of the Goddess Lakshmi.

'I don't want anything, Bhagavan,' I pleaded.

'This is not for you... for the protection of the house - no more fires.'

I did not know at that moment how badly we would need His protection a few months later when we were about to loose the ranch.

After returning from India, I went to the Warner Brothers Studio, but not a soul there had ever heard of Sai Baba let alone my trip to Him!

'Another leela of Baba?' wondered Dick Bock when I told him about it.

Indra Devi - Canada
America's foremost yoga authority - taught Sai Yoga under guidance of Sri Sasthya Sai Baba. A close associate of Baba; personally witnessed many wonderful miracles of Bhagawan.

Source : http://www.saibaba.ws

FROM PUTTAPARTHI...VIBRIONICS HEALING SYSTEM !!!

VIBRIONICS

THE 'VIBRO HEALING SYSTEM'

1. The VIBRO HEALING SYSTEM is an alternative system of medicine & is believed to be the medicine of the future.

2. This has been blessed by BHAGWAN profusely several times & is being practiced in PRASANTHI NILAYAM for nearly 15 years with amazing & remarkable results as well as in Mumbai.

3. There are as many as 108 different remedies for various illnesses or DIS – EASES or imbalances of the mind & the body organs.

4. These vibrations can heal & cure at 3 different levels: PHYSICAL, MENTAL & EMOTIONAL IMBALANCES.

5. OTHER CHARACTERISTICS:

· Treats at the root level, at the very subtle level of vibrations within the human body.

· 'ZERO' side effects.

· The pills contain only subtle vibrations & no medicine as such & hence no side effects are there.

· It retards recurrence of the problem.

· Strengthens immune system.

· Detoxifies the body

· Can be had along with any conventional allopathic medicine.

6. Avoid coffee. (At least during the course of taking these pills)

7. Just 1 pill at a time would suffice (keep it under the tongue & do NAAMASMARAN) & avoid food 20 minutes before & after taking the pill. Intake of Water is fine. If you're having more than 1 remedy, give a gap of 10 minutes between the two of them.

8. Avoid touching the pill & don't expose them to sunlight.

9. Keep the plastic bottle at least 3 – 4 feet away from electric or electronic gadgets like Computer, TV, Fridge, Mobile phone etc… Their radiations would affect & reduce the effectiveness of the medicine.

10. Drink plenty of water.

11. Above all, just PRAY. Finally it's neither the medicine nor the giver who cures…It's only SWAMI'S BLESSINGS AND HIS GRACE.

OM SRI SAI RAM

FROM PUTTAPARTHI...ANGELS & MORE ANGELS !!!

And then there's the experience I had at Baba's ashram in 1996. In the middle of His Christmas discourse, Baba waved His hand and materialized a small gold-covered book - bringing a gasp of amazement from the crowd of 50,000, me among them! (I was seated very close to Baba - and was certain it was a genuine miracle.)

That night at around 9 o'clock I heard that Baba had announced earlier that angels would be flying above the ashram that evening. I looked into the sky, but didn't see anything unusual, so guessed I'd missed the show. However, a couple of nights later, two friends came running up to me on the street and said, "Ram Das, the angels are back! Come
on, you've got to see them!" So I followed them up to a rooftop, away from the lights of the ashram, lay down and looked up...

And in the sky above us was one of the most astonishing sights I've ever seen: hundreds of thousands of self-luminous beings flying through the air, zipping around at great speed in what seemed to be an ecstatic dance of joy! They looked a little like shooting stars - yet they were closer to the Earth, and moving not in straight lines (as asteroids, or any similar phenomena would be) but in curves and curlicues. Considering Baba's earlier announcement, I didn't see any reason to doubt that these glowing beings were indeed angels, celestial helpers in His world mission: no other phenomena I knew of could explain the sight. Sometimes two would pair up for a while as they zipped about, and they seemed to be pouring forth from some invisible gate above the ashram, where I guessed they had maybe just received Baba's darshan and instructions for their work...

The event had an unquestionably supernatural exuberance about it that left all three of us gasping in amazement. It was probably the most inspiring sight I've ever witnessed, ringing out more clearly than a thousand manifested rings the divine identity of Sathya Sai Baba.

Why would so many angels congregate in such an extraordinary way, other than to have the darshan of God?
By R. D. Awle

Source: http://www.saibaba-aclearview.com/contents2.html

Om Sai Ram

Sorrows and disasters are the clouds that flit across the sky; they cannot injure the blue depths of space of faith. Look upon joy and sorrow as teachers of hardihood and balance. Grief is a friendly reminder, a good taskmaster, even a better teacher than joy. Do not flinch in the face of grief. Welcome the test because thereafter you are awarded the certificate. It is to measure your progress that tests are imposed. - Swami

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

FROM PUTTAPARTHI...WHAT JESUS SAID...INTERPRETATION !!!

Swami has overwhelmed the Christian world by declaring that it was He who sent Christ to the world, and that His incarnation had, indeed been prophesied by Christ and recorded in the Bible over 1,900 years ago. The extract of that startling revelation made by Swami before a group of Christians on the Christmas Day in 1975 is given below:

"There is one point that I cannot but bring to your special notice today. At the time when Jesus was merging in the supreme principle of divinity, he communicated some news to his followers which has been interpreted in a variety of ways by commentators and those who relish the writings on writings and meaning upon meaning, until it is all swelled up into a huge mess.

The statement itself has been manipulated and tangled in a conundrum. The statement is simple: "He who sent me among you, will come again", and he pointed to a lamb. The lamb is, merely a symbol, a sign. It stands for the voice `Ba-Ba'; the announcement was of the advent of Baba... `His name will be truth'. Christ declared. `Sathya means Truth'. `He wears a robe of red, a blood red robe'. (Here Baba pointed to the robe He was wearing). `He will be short, with crown (of hair)'. The lamb is the sign and symbol of love. Christ did not declare that He would come again; He said `He who sent me will come again'. That Ba-Ba is this Baba'. (Pointing to Him)".

Source:"Uniqueness of Swami and His Teachings' by Dr. A.Adivi Reddy.

Om Sai Ram

PS: To a superficial observer, the life of man appears as a rotation of eating and drinking, toiling and sleeping. But verily, Life is a yagna, a sacrifice. Each little act is an offering to the Lord. Do not commit the great fault of identifying with the body. Do not accumulate a variety of things for the upkeep and the comfort of the body. Before death, everything - position, pride, power, etc. - will vanish. Realize this and strive day and night with purity of body, mind and spirit, to realize the Higher Self by serving all living beings. Remember, Thou Art That; You are the indestructible Eternal Self. Utilize your authority over this body to foster the welfare of the world. The body is but an instrument, an implement given by God. Let it serve its purpose. - SWAMI

Saturday, December 19, 2009

FROM PUTTAPARTHI...Asatoma Sadgamaya!!!

(click on Swami to watch video)

ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय ।
तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय ।
मृत्योर्मामृतं गमय ।।
Asato Ma Sadgamaya

Tamaso Ma Jyothir Gamaya

Mrityor Ma Amritam Gamaya

Om Shanthi Shanthi Shanthihi

From the Unreal to the Real

From Darkness to Light

From Death to Immortality

Om Peace Peace Peace

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZM4qCk5VTs

http://vimeo.com/8237943

Thursday, December 17, 2009

FROM PUTTAPARTHI...THE UDDHAVA GITA !!!

UDDHAVA GITA

Understandably, the Gita is truly famous but Arjuna was not the only one to be favoured with direct Divine teaching; there was another equally fortunate, namely Uddhava.

Uddhava was one of the Yadavas who was deeply devoted to Krishna. Shortly before the curtain was to be rung down, Krishna acknowledged Uddhava's devotion or Bhakti by favouring him with special advice, sometimes referred to as the Uddhava Gita. Unlike the dialogue with Arjuna that was severely curtailed by the impending battle, Krishna's conversation with Uddhava was more relaxed. Uddhava wanted to know many things and Krishna patiently obliged.

The Lord said, "Uddhava, I am pleased with your spiritual thirst. Let Me quench it with some advice. First, I shall briefly recall what Dattatreya told my ancestor Yadu. In his wanderings, Yadu came across Dattatreya, around whom there was the aura or glow of inner peace. When asked about the secret, Dattatreya replied,

"O King, Nature is the best teacher. My teachers have been the earth, the sky, water, the Moon, the Sun, a pigeon, a python, the ocean, a moth, the honey-bee, the keeper of a beehive, an elephant, a deer, a fish, a woman named Pingala, a squirrel-like animal called Kurari, a child, a young girl, an archer, a snake, a spider and a wasp."

Seeing the puzzled look on Yadu's face, Dattatreya continued, "I shall explain myself with a few examples.

I saw that the earth bears all loads silently. This taught me forbearance and the need for being firm like a mountain.
Next the sky. When the sky is overcast, we think it is covered with clouds; but that is not true because there is no contact between the clouds and the sky. From this I learnt that though the Atma is enclosed in a body which is made up of the five elements, it (the Atma) is not involved with the body; in other words, the Brahman is always apart from His manifestation.
The water of a river is pure and sweet and it purifies those who come to it. In the same manner, good men serve to purify humanity with their presence (Darshan), their touch (Sparshan) and words (Sambhashan).
What about the python? As you know, the python never goes out of its way to obtain food; it is content to eat whatever comes its way, be it big or small. Sometimes it even starves for days together but it always waits patiently. This taught me that man should accept with fortitude whatever life offers, be it favourable or otherwise.
The moth, as you know, is attracted by flame to which it later falls a prey. It is a victim of the sense of sight which beguiles it. From this, I learnt that unless a person controlled his senses, he runs the danger of being destroyed.
Turning to the bee, I noticed that it does not hurt the flower it sucks nectar from. Also, it does not take more than just a small amount. Even so, a renunciate or Sannyasi must accept from a householder just so much and no more.
Next the Kurari. Once it had a piece of meat. Large birds then surrounded the Kurari and attacked it fiercely. The Kurari suffered much and could not ward off the attackers. Finally, it let go the piece of meat and instantly the attack stopped. To me this was a lesson that renunciation leads to peace.
The snake avoids company and lives by itself in a hole in the ground. Likewise, a renunciate or Sannyasi should shun company and live by himself in a secluded cave or hermitage.
The spider taught me the final lesson. One day I was watching this spider sitting on a branch. Suddenly he spat saliva and began to weave threads, which he made into a nice web. Later he ate the threads and soon nothing was left of the web. Even so, at the beginning of an aeon or Kalpa, Paramatma or the Supreme Lord manifests Himself as the phenomenal Universe which, later at the end of the Kalpa, He withdraws into Himself."

"This, O King", Dattatreya concluded, "should give you some idea of how to learn from Nature, shape your life and derive inner peace."

Krishna then said to Uddhava, "See Uddhava, everywhere there are lessons to learn from. These lessons would become apparent only if you train yourself to look beneath the surface and search for a meaning. Creation is beautiful but don't be dazzled by it for that is what Maya (illusion) is all about. Look beyond and you will see the Creator who is much grander!

PS: GODDESS MAHALAKSHMI'S PHOTO ATTACHED.