Visiting Mahatmas - Poondi Swamy

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In the year in which we are celebrating and expressing our gratitude to Sri Sai Master, who encouraged many to visit Mahatmas all over, it would be nice to have a darshan of those through vitual medium. 

One such Mahatma is Sri Poondi Swamy of Kalasapakkam near Tiruvannamalai (20 km from Arunachala). “We are all like bulbs but Poondi Swamigal is like a transmitter.  Unless the switch is on there, the bulbs will not burn giving light”.  These words were uttered not less a person than the Kanchi Periawal Sri Chandrasekara Saraswathi Swamigal who has been revered and worshipped by thousands of his devotees as God incarnation. (from "http://poondimahan.org/about.html")

50th Brahmanubhuti Celebrations@Nagole on the first day of Prabhanjananama Samvatsaram!

Jai Sai Master!

It was THE DAY!

The 50th anniversary of Brahmanubhuti of Sri Sai Master! HE experienced it on this day, on Shirdi Soil, and thus became "Sai Baba ka beta"! From that day onwards, HE encouraged everyone towards the same experience. The experience for which the Rishis have undertaken the penance for years end, for which they yearn every moment, Sri Sai Master encouraged everyone and helped all those if they showed slightest of the inclination. 

Remembering this day, every year, to reinforce our resolve to walk on the path blazed by HIM, this day is being celebrated all over by Sri Sai Master devotees in every satsang. This year being 50th anniversary of the that Brahmanubhuti of Sri Sai Master, it was celebrated at Nagole, Hyderabad, in the presence of Divyajanani. 

The Omnipresent and omnipotent - Sri Shirdi Sai Baba!

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Many of us talk about divine intervention for many events in our life, be marriage, be getting a job or solving issues in our professional life, birth of a child and such. While it is a great feeling to attribute to the divine intervention, feeling that rest of the life is self driven, purely based on our strength or knowledge whatever, is bringing down our own opinion about the all pervasive and omnipresent consciousness which manifested in every form in the universe.

If we can feel, every moment of our life, we can surely understand the divine play, be in the way we are living, or the way thoughts bring generated or even bringing us under the spell of maya. Only those who are conscious or living in the present can realise the same.

Sree Sadguru Baba Saayee - Tujha waanchuni aashraya naahi bhutalee!

Jai Sai Master!

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Science defines that there is one energy and in different forms. Those who were spiritual in the east, understood this long ago and focused on realising the truth. The same energy, which manifested in every form, be human or animal or plant or any other in this world, is to be experienced rather than understood theoretically. The same energy, was named differently by different people. In some religions there is no limit to what you call the same, and in some, you call only with one name. Be whatever, it is that we all need to experience for we are given with sense faculties and most importantly, thought.

Swamiji's Jayanthi! A day to pause and contemplate on HIS message!

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Arise, Awake and Stop not till the Goal is reached!

These words ring in our ears the moment we think of Swamiji, as Swami Vivekananda was called fondly by many. He was like a Lion and walked with his head held high and spoke highly of Mother India. He said he never realised the greatness of this nation till he went to the west. 

Swami Vivekananda's statue at Dakshineshwar

His love for the nation and faith in his GURU were hallmarks of his life. His innumerable writings and speeches on how to live right are guiding beacons to youth of India. In the formative ages of life, these messages and writings make a lot of difference to any person's outlook and will help strengthen the base for the life ahead. While he is being given a place of pride across the nation and this day is being celebrated as Youth day, he faced lot of criticism in the days when he set about spreading the message across the nation.

Let noble thoughts flow from all directions - A new year wish!

Jai Sai Master!

On the eve of another year entering in to our lives, looking at the current situation around, probably, the only wish we need to have in our minds is:

Aano bhadra krtavo yantu vishwatah! - Let noble thoughts flow from all directions.

To ensure we live "happily" and let others live "happily", there can not be a better message than this in my view. It is proven that there is only one energy that is appearing in different forms all over the universe. The same energy, which is called by different names, repeatedly gave the message that it is all one. 

Sri Shirdi Sai Baba said - I am in Shirdi and also everywhere. The entire universe is in me. All that you see combined is ME. Those who think that I am in Shirdi, have not seen me at all. 

(From Sri Sai Leelamrutam - a holy book written by Sri Sai Master)

Datta Jayanti @Nagole

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27-12-2012, Nagole. Morning 930 hrs.

The program started with Bhajans while the final decorations were going on, for performing puja on the occassion of Datta Jayanti. As Babugaru said, this is one of the two important dates in everyone's calendar as today, we perform puja to all Mahatmas in whose form, Lord Dattatreya is blessing us. The Everpresent and Omnipresent Lord, who roams around in various forms, gives out a message that HE is teaching through every form if we can see and learn. Once again, this day reminds us of that truth and gives an opportunity to re-focus on this point. 

The function started around 1130 am with the arrival of Divyjanani, followed by Sainatha puja and Datta puja. This was followed by a talk by Babugaru (Sri Ekkirala Dwarakanath Jnaneswar). During his talk, he went on explaining how a human searches for happiness in every worldly act without learning how to do it properly. When we do not focus on how to do, naturally we fail to derive happiness out of that particular act. For example, if we know how to eat properly, we can enjoy every meal that we take. At the same time, if we eat for the sake of eating and do not focus on what we are eating and how we are eating, we will be left with little bit of dissatisfaction. Even with full stomach, if we see something interesting to eat, we feel like eating. However, a happy stomach never feels so. This can be extrapolated to every act and understood by us. But we are so busy with routine, we have neither inclination nor enough time to bother about what we are doing. To test ourselves, simply try to remember what we did yesterday. Most of us will not remember even 10% of our time spent properly. 

This is a wonderful message and in a way very apt to help us to re-focus our life much better. 

A bhajan on Lord Datta followed the talk and once the bhajan was over, Maha Naivedyam was given to the Lord. 

After Mahanaivedyam, aarti was given to the Lord Dattatreya present in the form of various Mahatmas on the puja dais. The program ended with Divyajanani leaving the puja hall for her abode. The blessed devotees gathered on this day, which was telecast live, paid obeisance and took leave after partaking the prasadam.

The complete video of the event is available here.. 

Jai Sai Master!!

Lifetime Teachings 15 - SAI MASTER SAYS.....

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We all seek knowledge. Everyone of us, every moment, try to seek something..be information or clarifications, which definitely will enhance our current level of information. Only issue is, ability to use the information appropriately, in right time and at right place. This is something that many of us lack due to our inability to analyse and stack them up rightly. Either we put them in silos thinking life is compartmentalized or dump them and fail to retrieve on-time. Since life is not like question and answer kind, many of us get lost in the sea of information.

Let there be Light --- Karthika Pournami@Nagole

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Kartika Deepam - a special day for everyone to light the lamps which signify the lamps within. That too when it happpens in the presence of Mahatmas, or when the Guru lights the lamp, the day becomes a significant day in one's life. 

Divyajanani lighting the lamp