The Divine Leelas (Miracles) of Bhagawan Shri Sathya Sai Baba (Swami) .....The Eternal God!

The Divine Leelas (Miracles) of Bhagawan Shri Sathya Sai Baba (Swami) .....The Eternal God! PDF Author: Richard K. Singh
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483600548
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 255

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The Divine Leelas ( Miracles) of Bhagawan Shri Sathya Sai Baba (Swami) .....The Eternal God! Swami’s Omnipresence and His Magnanimous, spontaneous Love for His Devotees, presented them with the opportunity to experience and witness His enthralling and Divinely captivating Leelas (Miracles) in all corners of the globe. The author was blessed and fortunate to receive accounts of miracles which touched and transformed the lives of people globally. The universality of Swami’s Miracles attests to His Divinity and His accessibility to ALL of Mankind. These Miracles are awe-inspiring, mind-blowing logic-defying and offer the reader a glimpse into the Divinely fascinating and enigmatic realm of Sai (God). These miraculous experiences so graphically and vividly presented, are guaranteed to strengthen and reinforce the readers’ faith and belief in the existence of a Merciful, Divine Entity and more especially in Swami’s irrefutable Divinity!

The Divine Leelas (Miracles) of Bhagawan Shri Sathya Sai Baba (Swami) .....The Eternal God!

The Divine Leelas (Miracles) of Bhagawan Shri Sathya Sai Baba (Swami) .....The Eternal God! PDF Author: Richard K. Singh
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483600548
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 255

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The Divine Leelas ( Miracles) of Bhagawan Shri Sathya Sai Baba (Swami) .....The Eternal God! Swami’s Omnipresence and His Magnanimous, spontaneous Love for His Devotees, presented them with the opportunity to experience and witness His enthralling and Divinely captivating Leelas (Miracles) in all corners of the globe. The author was blessed and fortunate to receive accounts of miracles which touched and transformed the lives of people globally. The universality of Swami’s Miracles attests to His Divinity and His accessibility to ALL of Mankind. These Miracles are awe-inspiring, mind-blowing logic-defying and offer the reader a glimpse into the Divinely fascinating and enigmatic realm of Sai (God). These miraculous experiences so graphically and vividly presented, are guaranteed to strengthen and reinforce the readers’ faith and belief in the existence of a Merciful, Divine Entity and more especially in Swami’s irrefutable Divinity!

Swami's Divinely Inspired Discourses: Universal Message for Mankind

Swami's Divinely Inspired Discourses: Universal Message for Mankind PDF Author: Richard K. Singh
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1479793167
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 247

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The discourses contained in this book have a Divine Origin and the author acted as a mere scribe to undertake this sacred task to convey the Lord’s Teachings and Pragmatic Messages. For man to live Divine lives, Swami’s has repeatedly exhorted man to inculcate and embrace as a necessary way of life, the five eternal and essential human values which would assure man of a blissful and contented life on earth. Enshrined in these five human values: (Love, Peace, Truth, Right Conduct and Non-Violence), Swami has offered man Divine Solutions to live happy, balanced and a fulfilled human existence. These values are Universal and offer a panacea for Mankind’s tortured and troubled existence. The profound Divine lessons and Mantras (Spiritual Truths) enunciated through Swami’s Discourses resonate with a sublime, Divine Truth, which is soul-stirring and transports the reader to re-visit his Divine origin, which is man’s birth-right.

Nectarine Leelas of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Nectarine Leelas of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba PDF Author: R. Balapattabi
Publisher: Sai Towers Publishing
ISBN: 8178990091
Category : Hindu saints
Languages : en
Pages : 147

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Balapattabi Visits Sai Baba Reluctantly. In A Soul-Transforming Meeting However, The Businessman Turns His Ardent Devotee. This Was In 1944. In Those Days Baba Moved Freely With His Devotees, Delighting Them With His Breath-Taking Miracles, Tantalizing Them With Ever A New Facet Of His Exuberant Divinity. Baba'S Grace Helps Balapattabi, To Square Up To Life, Overcome Temptation, Surmount Trouble. Balapattabi Lives The Agony And The Ecstasy Of Devotion. His Story Will Fascinate, Inspire And Mellow You.

Sai's Treasury of Precious and Priceless Gems of Wisdom

Sai's Treasury of Precious and Priceless Gems of Wisdom PDF Author: Richard K. Singh
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1479793140
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 99

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A Priceless Collection of the Lord’s Divine Injunctions and Exhortations imparted to Mankind during His Avatar-hood on Planet Earth. Swami provides an Unambiguous and clearly defined Moral Road Map for mankind to live Divine Lives and avoid the temptations and baser instincts which enslave man to a life of misery, pain and suffering. Truth, the esteemed value was the theme around which the Five Garlands of 108 Sai’s Precious and Priceless Gems of Wisdom were strung. Wear these Sacred Garlands with humility, demonstrating your Divine origin and your oneness with God. An indispensable Hand Book echoing the authentic Divine utterances of the Lord; offering His Wisdom and Divine suggestions for man to live meaningful and fulfilling lives.

The Hagiographer and the Avatar

The Hagiographer and the Avatar PDF Author: Antonio Rigopoulos
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438482302
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 595

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In this biographical study, Antonio Rigopoulos explores the fundamental role of a hagiographer within a charismatic religious movement: in this case, the postsectarian, cosmopolitan community of the Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba. The guru's hagiographer, Narayan Kasturi, was already a distinguished litterateur by the time he first met Sathya Sai Baba in 1948. The two lived together at the guru's hermitage more or less continuously from 1954 up until Kasturi's death, in 1987. Despite Kasturi's influential hagiography, Sathyam Sivam Sundaram, little scholarly attention has been paid to the hagiographer himself and his importance to the movement. In detailing Kasturi's relationship to Sathya Sai Baba, Rigopoulos emphasizes that the hagiographer's work was not subordinate to the guru's definition of himself. Rather, his discourses with the holy man had a reciprocal and reinforcing influence, resulting in the construction of a unified canon. Furthermore, Kasturi's ability to perform a variety of functions as a hagiographer successfully mediated the relationship between the guru and his followers. Drawing on years of research on the movement as well as interviews with Kasturi himself, this book deepens our understanding of this important pan-Indian figure and his charismatic religious movement.

Sri Sathya Sai Vahini - Voice of the Divine Phenomenon

Sri Sathya Sai Vahini - Voice of the Divine Phenomenon PDF Author: Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Publisher: Sri Sathya Sai Media Centre
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 130

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This must be said of this book: It is the authentic Voice of the Divine Phenomenon, that is setting right the moral codes and behaviour of millions of men and women today. And, so, it merits careful and devoted study. The Lord has declared that when ethical standards fall and man forgets or ignores His glorious destiny, He will Himself come down among men and guide humanity along the straight and sacred path. The Lord has come; He is guiding those who accept the guidance; He is calling on all who have strayed away to retrace their steps. Baba’s love and wisdom know no bounds, His grace knows no obstacle. He is no hard taskmaster; His solicitude for our welfare and real progress is overwhelming. Bhagavan has announced Himself as the Divine Teacher of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness. By precept and example, through His writings and discourses, letters and conversations, He has been instilling the supreme wisdom and instructing all mankind to translate it into righteous living, inner peace, and universal love. When the Ramakatha Rasa Vahini, the uniquely authentic nectarine stream of the Rama story, was serialized in full in the Sanathana Sarathi, Bhagavan blessed readers with a new series, which He named Bharathiya Paramartha Vahini (Stream of Indian Spiritual Values). While these precious essays on the basic truths that fostered and fed Indian culture for ages before history began were being published, Bhagavan decided to continue the flow of illumination and instruction under a more comprehensive name, Sathya Sai Vahini —“The Stream of Divine Grace”, the Ganga from the Lotus Feet of the Lord. This book contains the two Vahinis merged in a master stream. Inaugurating these series, Bhagavan wrote for publication in the Sanathana Sarathi, “Moved by the urge to cool the heat of conflict and to quench the agonizing thirst for ‘knowledge about yourself’ with which you are afflicted, see, here it comes, the Sathya Sai Vahini, wave after wave, with the Sanathana Sarathi as the medium between you and me.” With infinite compassion, this Sathya Sai incarnation of the Omniwill is freeing millions of people in all lands from disease, distress, despair, narcotics, narcissism, and nihilism. He is encouraging those who suffer gloom through wilful blindness to light the lamp of love to see the world and the lamp of wisdom to see themselves. “This is a tantalizing true-false world; its apparent diversity is an illusion; it is ONE, but it is cognized by the maimed multiple vision of humans as Many”, says Bhagavan. This book is the twin lamp He has devised for us. Lord Krishna aroused Arjuna from the gloomy depression into which he led his mind, at the very moment when duty called on Arjuna to be himself —the famed warrior, ready and eager to fight on behalf of right against might. Krishna effected the cure by reminding him of the Atma that was his reality and of Himself being the Atma that he was. Bhagavan says that we too are easily prone to get caught “in the coils of cleverness and the meshes of dialectical logic. The key to success in spiritual endeavour (and what is life worth, if it is not dedicated to that high endeavor?) is philosophical inquiry and moral advance, both culminating in the awareness of the Atma, the source and sum of all the energy and activity that is.” We are all motivated by fear, doubt, and attachments, just as Arjuna was. We are all hesitant at the crossroad between this and That, the wave and the ocean. But, created by Him, we are “the miracle of miracles”. Bhagavan says, “What is not in man cannot be anywhere outside him. What is visible outside him is but a rough reflection of what really is in him.” “The Atma is free. It is purity. It is fullness. It is unbounded. Its centre is the body but its circumference is beyond the beyond.” Man has been endowed with a superintellect, which can recognize the existence of the Atma, strive to bring it into his awareness, and succeed. However, very few are human enough to seek to know who they are, why they are here, wherefrom, and where they go from here. They move about with temporary names, encased in evanescent ever-changing bodies. So, Bhagavan accosts us, “Listen! Children of Immortality! Listen! Listen to the message of the sages who had the vision of the most majestic Person, the Purushothama, the Foremost and the First, who dwells beyond the realms of illusion and elusion. O ye human beings! You are by nature ever full. You are indeed God moving on earth. Is there a greater sin than calling you ‘sinners’? When you accept this appellation, you defame yourselves. Arise! Cast off the humiliating feeling that you are sheep. Do not be deluded into that idea. You are Atma. You are drops of nectar, immortal truth, beauty, goodness. You have neither beginning nor end. All things material are your bondslaves; you are not bondslaves, as you imagine now.” Bhagavan says, “Through the unremitting practice of truth, righteousness, and fortitude, the Divinity quiescent in the individual has to be induced to manifest itself in daily living, transforming it into the joy of truly loving.” “Know the Supreme Reality; breathe It, bathe in It, live in It. Then It becomes all of you and you become fully It.” A material object is not self-expressive. It depends wholly on the capacity for knowledge (chith-sakthi) of the individual Atma for its manifestation (prakasa). The relative world of objects is dependent upon the relative consciousness of the individual Atma (jivi). When the object is further scrutinized and the true basis of the Plurality is grasped, Brahman or the Oversoul as the first Principle is acknowledged as a logical necessity. Subsequently, when sense control, mind cleansing, concentration, and inner silence are achieved, what appeared as a logical necessity dawns upon the purified consciousness as a Positive Permanent Impersonal Will (Prajnanam Brahma), whose expression is all this. Sathya Sai Vahini reveals to us in unmistakable terms that the self in man is “no other than the Overself, or God”. We are told that this is true not only of mankind but of all beings. Everywhere and anywhere! In fact, “Will causes this unreal multiplicity of Cosmos on the One that He is. He can, by the same Will, end the phenomenon.” “Being (God) is behind becoming, and becoming merges in being. This is the eternal play.” says Bhagavan. As Bhagavan writes, “the supreme end of education, the highest purpose of instruction, is to help us to become aware of the universal immanent Impersonal.” Sathya Sai Baba, in His role as the Teacher of Teachers, is instructing us herein for this supreme adventure of the soul. Seekers on this pilgrimage have in Him a compassionate guide and guardian, for He is the embodiment of the very Will that planned the Play. As we are led through the valley of this Vahini by Bhagavan, holding us by the hand, He exhorts us to admire, appreciate, and adore the seers and sages of many lands who pioneered this realm and laid limits, bounds, preparatory disciplines, and practices to smooth the path and hasten the discovery of truth. He writes of the Vedas and later spiritual texts, of the forms of worship that have stood the test of centuries of loyal acceptance, and of disciplinary codes for the four stages of human life and for humans with pronounced inborn characteristics —the vertically uplifting pure (sathwic), the horizontal expansive emotional (rajasic), and the declining dull (thamasic). He clarifies the role of karma (action) and its consequence. “Like a frail ship caught in a stormy sea, man climbs up a gigantic wave and reaches its froth-edged peak. The next moment, he is hurled into the trough, only to rise again. The rise and fall are both consequences of his own deeds. They design the palace and the prison for man. Grief and joy is the resound, the reflection or reaction of one’s own actions. The individual soul (jivi) can escape both by cultivating the attitude of a witness, not involved in the activities it has to do.” Bhagavan writes of yoga as the process of “coming together of the individual soul (jivatma) and the Highest Atma (Paramatma), the Self and the Overself”. He elaborates on the path of love (devotion, bhakthi), of selfless activity (karma), of mastery over the mind, of sublimation of consciousness (wisdom, jnana). Bhagavan analyses the rights and responsibilities of the individual and society and reveals to us that they have the one underlying purpose of spiritual fulfilment. To sum up, Sathya Sai Vahini is the Gita given to us by the Person who, as the eternal charioteer (Sanathana Sarathi), is eager and ready to hold the reins of our senses, mind, consciouness, ego, and intellect and to guide us safely to the Abode of Supreme Peace (Prasanthi Nilayam), the goal of all mankind. May we all be blessed by His love and grace.

Sanathana Sarathi English Volume 01 (1958 to 1969)

Sanathana Sarathi English Volume 01 (1958 to 1969) PDF Author: Sri Sathya Sai Media Centre
Publisher: Sri Sathya Sai Media Centre
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 1763

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Started in 1958, Sanathana Sarathi is a monthly magazine devoted to Sathya (Truth), Dharma (Righteousness), Shanti (Peace) and Prema (Love) - the four cardinal principles of Bhagawan Baba's philosophy. It is published from Prasanthi Nilayam (the Abode of Highest Peace) and acts as a mouthpiece of Baba's Ashram as it speaks of the important events that take place in His sacred Abode, besides carrying Divine Messages conveyed through Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. The word meaning of Sanathana Sarathi is the 'Eternal Charioteer'. It signifies the presence of the Lord in every being as the atma guiding their lives like a charioteer. It implies that he who places his life, the body being likened to a chariot, in an attitude of surrender in the hands of the Lord, will be taken care of by the Lord even as a charioteer would take the occupant of his chariot safely to its destination. The magazine is an instrument to disseminate spiritual knowledge for the moral, physical and mental uplift of humanity without any discrimination as the subject matter discussed therein is always of common interest and of universal appeal. The fifteen Vahinis - streams of sacredness - known as the Vahini Series comprising annotation and interpretation of the Upanishads and other scriptures, Itihasas like the Ramayana, the Bhagavatha and the Mahabharata, and authentic explanations on Dhyana, Dharma, Prema, etc., have been serially published in this magazine as and when they emanated from the Divine pen of Bhagawan Baba. This magazine is published in almost all Indian languages, English and Telugu from Prasanthi Nilayam and others from respective regions. Every year Sanathana Sarathi comes out with a special issue in November commemorating the Divine Birthday. The English and Telugu magazines are posted on the 10th and 23rd respectively, of every month, from Prasanthi Nilayam. This magazine has wide, ever increasing circulation in India as well as abroad, as the study of it brings the reader closer to the philosophy of the Avatar in simple understandable language THUS SPAKE SAI... Discoursing during the launch of Sanathana Sarathi... From this day, our Sanathana Sarathi will lead to victory the cohorts of truth - the Vedas, the Sastras and similar scriptures of all faiths, against the forces of the ego such as injustice, falsehood, immorality and cruelty. This is the reason why it has emerged. This Sarathi will fight in order to establish world prosperity. It is bound to sound the paean of triumph when universal Ananda is achieved.

Leela Kaivalya Vahini

Leela Kaivalya Vahini PDF Author: Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Publisher: Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust, Publications Division
ISBN: 9350691736
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages :

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The Vedas originated from the breath of God; each syllable is sacred. Each word is a mantra. It exhorts all men to pursue the same holy desire. All hearts must be charged with the same good urge. All thoughts must be directed by noble motives towards holy ends. All men must tread the one path of truth, for all are manifestations of the One. The world is enchanting, because it is tantalising in appearance, though it is fundamentally untrue. It is a phenomenon, which is fading out. When this truth is realised, one becomes aware of the Cosmic Sport of God and the Eternal Universal Being. Leela Kaivalya Vahini (originally published in the Sanathana Sarathi periodical) is a cool, crystal clear stream that flows from the Divine pen of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba to dissolve all obstacles, like doubts and dogmas, purposeless arguments, and flimsy fancies of the sadhaka (spiritual aspirant). We consider it be but yet another sign of His benign grace that these published in the periodicals could be given a book form and placed at the Lotus Feet, on the auspicious occasion of His 65th Birthday, which eventually falls on the 50th year of proclamation of Avatarhood. May this Vahini lead all seekers in the path of spiritual progress and fill us all with Ananda, the Bliss Absolute.

Sanathana Sarathi English Volume 07 (2012 - 2021)

Sanathana Sarathi English Volume 07 (2012 - 2021) PDF Author: Sri Sathya Sai Media Centre
Publisher: Sri Sathya Sai Media Centre
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 4302

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Started in 1958, Sanathana Sarathi is a monthly magazine devoted to Sathya (Truth), Dharma (Righteousness), Shanti (Peace) and Prema (Love) - the four cardinal principles of Bhagawan Baba's philosophy. It is published from Prasanthi Nilayam (the Abode of Highest Peace) and acts as a mouthpiece of Baba's Ashram as it speaks of the important events that take place in His sacred Abode, besides carrying Divine Messages conveyed through Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. The word meaning of Sanathana Sarathi is the 'Eternal Charioteer'. It signifies the presence of the Lord in every being as the atma guiding their lives like a charioteer. It implies that he who places his life, the body being likened to a chariot, in an attitude of surrender in the hands of the Lord, will be taken care of by the Lord even as a charioteer would take the occupant of his chariot safely to its destination. The magazine is an instrument to disseminate spiritual knowledge for the moral, physical and mental uplift of humanity without any discrimination as the subject matter discussed therein is always of common interest and of universal appeal. The fifteen Vahinis - streams of sacredness - known as the Vahini Series comprising annotation and interpretation of the Upanishads and other scriptures, Itihasas like the Ramayana, the Bhagavatha and the Mahabharata, and authentic explanations on Dhyana, Dharma, Prema, etc., have been serially published in this magazine as and when they emanated from the Divine pen of Bhagawan Baba. This magazine is published in almost all Indian languages, English and Telugu from Prasanthi Nilayam and others from respective regions. Every year Sanathana Sarathi comes out with a special issue in November commemorating the Divine Birthday. The English and Telugu magazines are posted on the 10th and 23rd respectively, of every month, from Prasanthi Nilayam. This magazine has wide, ever increasing circulation in India as well as abroad, as the study of it brings the reader closer to the philosophy of the Avatar in simple understandable language THUS SPAKE SAI... Discoursing during the launch of Sanathana Sarathi... From this day, our Sanathana Sarathi will lead to victory the cohorts of truth - the Vedas, the Sastras and similar scriptures of all faiths, against the forces of the ego such as injustice, falsehood, immorality and cruelty. This is the reason why it has emerged. This Sarathi will fight in order to establish world prosperity. It is bound to sound the paean of triumph when universal Ananda is achieved.

Sai Baba

Sai Baba PDF Author: Howard Murphet
Publisher: Weiser Books
ISBN: 9780877283355
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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This account relates some of the achievements of Satya Sai Baba. His followers believe him to be the reincarntion of Sai Baba of Shirdi who died in 1918. He appears to have been born with phenomenal powers, which he used in childhood and has employed constantly and openly ever since. The author, a westener devoted to science and logic, spent many months with Satya Sai Baba to substantiate these miracles.