Swami Sathya Sai Baba….Ever Alert For HIS Devotees !!!!

The Lord – Ever Alert for His devotee
How Baba appeared as an old man to save Dr. Padmanabhan

Dr. R S Padmanabhan, a genial and highly renowned dentist practising in Bangalore, has been a devotee of Baba since 1942. His wife, Mrs. Kamala Padmanabhan and he are active members of Sri Sathya Sai Seva organisations. In his long association with Swami, the doctor has had wonderful experiences. Here is an instance where Baba saved them from a disaster as narrated to Smt. Shakuntala Balu in her book, “Living Divinity”:

Once, the doctor and his wife had gone to Puttaparthi and they were anxious to return to Bangalore the same night. That was during the monsoon season and Bhagawan had asked them not to travel at night but wait util daylight.

The doctor was restless thinking of the considerable amount of work waiting for him in Bangalore and, moreover, it did not seem like it would rain heavily. So they set off. Twenty miles later, the rain came down, lashing past the windows and drumming on the car. Visibility became very poor and turning back was impossible.

Dr. Padmanabhan kept the car crawling on – it was already dark and the road was empty – he felt it was better to plough on rather than stand still in the streaming rain and the darkness. He was also afraid, of the car engine stalling. The car bumped along, very slowly when, suddenly, there was a flash of light.

An old man was waving a hurricane lamp. Dr. Padmanabhan stopped. The old man told them that they were headed straight into a strong current of water that was flowing after a small bridge upstream had burst. The old man had halted the car, just in time: a few more yards and the car with its occupants would have been swept away.

“You are lucky”, said the old man who advised them to stop for the night as the bridge could only be repaired in the morning. Then he went away.

Dr. Padmanabhan drove back to his cousin’s house for the night and left again for Bangalore the next morning.

A month later, while Sri Sathya Sai Baba was in Bangalore, He castigated Dr. Padmanabhan for not heeding His words and starting out on the journey at night.

“If I had not been on the look out that night: what would have happened to you?” He asked, sternly.

The doctor, realising that it was Bhagawan who had rescued him that dark night, apologized to Him for having disregarded His words and expressed his gratitude for His grace.”

Reference: “Living Divinity” by Mrs. Shakuntala Balu. Page: 189-190. Published by S. B. Publications, Bangalore, 1983.

source:::::Devotees’ Experiences ….sri sathya sai .org.in
Natarajan

Special Message For The Day….HIS Legacy Lives ….

“We shall be judged  not by the creed  we  profess or the label  we wear, or the slogans  we shout , but by  the Work , the industry, the sacrifice, the honesty

and purity of character.. Realise the Heaven  within You  and all at once , all the desires are fulfilled , all the misery and suffering is put an end to .   Feel

yourself  above  the body and its environments, above  the mind and its motives , above  the thought of success or fear…

The great cause of suffering in the world is that poeple do not look    WITHIN  . They rely on outside  forces…

With Love,

Sri Sathya Sai Baba”                            Sai

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source:::: http://www.srisathyasai.org.in thro Press release in The Hindu …24 april 2013….on HIS Mahasamadhi Day …

Natarajan

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Message For The Day….In Silence You Can Hear The Voice Of God !!!!

Unfurl in your heart, the flag of infinite peace(Prashanthi). It should remind you to overcome the urge of low desires, anger and hate when your plans are thwarted; it must exhort you to expand your heart, to embrace all humanity and creation; let it direct you to quieten your impulses and calmly meditate on your own inner reality. Gradually, the lotus of your heart will bloom, from its centre the flame of divine vision of infinite peace will arise. Practise the disciplines of silence, cleanliness and forbearance. In silence, you can hear the voice of God. Through cleanliness you earn purity. By forbearance, you cultivate love. Feel that each moment is a step towards Him. Do everything as dedicated to Him, directed by Him, as work for His adoration, for serving His children.

Sathya Sai Baba

Little Kids Teach Us !!!….Learn a Lot From them !!!!!

> 1. A four-year-old child, whose next door
> neighbor was an elderly gentleman, who had recently lost his
> wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old
> Gentleman’s’ yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.
> When his mother asked him what he had
> said to the neighbor, the little boy just said,
> ‘Nothing, I just helped him cry.’
>
> *********************************************
> 2. Teacher Debbie Moon’s first graders were
> discussing a picture of a family. One little boy in the picture
> had a different hair color than the other members. One of her
> students suggested that he was adopted.
> A little girl said, ‘I know all about
> adoption, I was adopted..’
>
> ‘What does it mean to be adopted?’, asked
> another child.
>
> ‘It means’, said the girl, ‘that you grew
> in your mommy’s heart instead of her tummy!’
>
> ************************ *********************
> 3. On my way home one day, I stopped to
> watch a Little League baseball game that was being played in a
> park near my home. As I sat down behind the bench on the first-
> base line, I asked one of the boys what the score was
> ‘We’re behind 14 to nothing,’ he answered
> With a smile.
>
> ‘Really,’ I said. ‘I have to say you
> don’t look very discouraged.’
>
> ‘Discouraged?’, the boy asked with a
> Puzzled look on his face.
>
> ‘Why should we be discouraged? We haven’t
> been up to bat yet.’
>
> *********************** **********************
> 4. Whenever I’m disappointed with my spot
> in life, I stop and think about little Jamie Scott.
>
> Jamie was trying out for a part in the
> school play. His mother told me that he’d set his heart on being
> in it, though she feared he would not be chosen..
>
> On the day the parts were awarded, I went
> with her to collect him after school. Jamie rushed up to her,
> eyes shining with pride and excitement.. ‘Guess what, Mom,’ he
> shouted, and then said those words that will remain a lesson to
> me….’I’ve been chosen to clap and cheer.’
>
> *********************************************
> 5. An eye witness account from New York
> City, on a cold day in December,
> some years ago: A little boy,
> about 10-years-old, was standing before a shoe store on the
> roadway, barefooted, peering through the window,
> and shivering with cold.
>
> A lady approached the young boy and said,
> ‘My child , but you’re in such deep thought staring in that window!’
>
> ‘I was asking God to give me a pair of
> shoes,’ was the boy’s reply.
>
> The lady took him by the hand, went into
> the store, and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks
> for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a basin of water
> and a towel. He quickly brought them to her.
>
> She took the little fellow to the back
> part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed
> his little feet, and dried them with the towel.
>
> By this time, the clerk had returned with
> the socks. Placing a pair upon the boy’s feet,
> she purchased him a pair of shoes..
>
> She tied up the remaining pairs of socks
> and gave them to him. She patted him on the head and said,
> ‘No doubt, you will be more comfortable now.’
>
> As she turned to go, the astonished kid
> caught her by the hand, and looking up into her face,
> with tears in his eyes, asked her:
> ‘Are you God’s wife?’
>
source:::::input from my friend..
Natarajan

Message For The Day…God is In Your Heart !!!

Brindavan is not a specific place on the map; it’s the Universe! All human beings are cowherds; all animals are cows. Every heart is filled with the longing for the Lord; the flute is the call of the Lord; the sport Raasakreeda (the sportive dance of little Krishna and the Gopees), is the symbol of the yearning and the travail to merge in God. The Lord manifests such Grace that each one of you has the Lord all for yourself; you need not be sad that you won’t have Him; nor need you be proud that you have Him and no one else can have Him! The Lord is installed in the altar of each and every one of your hearts. Revere the gift of this body, the senses, the intelligence, the Will and all the instruments of knowledge, action and feeling as essential for His work.

 Sathya Sai Baba

ராம நாம மகிமை !!!

 

 

உலகிலேயே உயர்ந்த நாமம் ராமநாமம். “ஸ்ரீராமஜெயம்’ என ஒருமுறை சொன்னால் செய்த பாவங்கள் தீர்ந்துவிடும். ராமபிரான் இலங்கைக்கு செல்வதற்காக வானரங்கள் பாலம் அமைத்துக் கொண்டிருந்தன. எல்லா வானரங்களும் கற்களை தூக்கி கடலுக்குள் போட்டன. ஒவ்வொரு கல்லும் மற்றொரு கல்லின்மீது சரியாக அமர்ந்தது. ஆஞ்சநேயர் அந்தபணியை மேற் பார்வையிட்டுக் கொண்டிருந்தார். ராமபிரானும் இதை கவனித்துக் கொண்டிருந்தார். அவர் மனதிலும் ஆசை ஏற்பட்டது. நாமும் இந்தவானரங்களுடன் இணைந்து கல்லை தூக்கிப்போட்டால் என்ன என கருதியபடியே, ஒரு கல்லை எடுத்து கடலுக்குள் போட்டார். அந்தக்கல் சரியாக மற்ற கற்களின்மீது அமரவில்லை. அலை அடித்து சென்றுவிட்டது. ராமபிரானுக்கு வருத்தம்.

“இந்த குரங்குகள் போடும் கற்கள்கூட சரியாக மற்றொரு கல்லின்மீது அமர்ந்துவிட்டதே. நமது கல்லை அலைஅடித்து சென்றுவிட்டதே. இதற்கு என்ன காரணமாக இருக்கும்” என வருத்தப்பட்டார். ஆஞ்சநேயர் ராமனின் அருகில் வந்தார். அவர் அனைத்தையும் கவனித்துக்கொண்டுதான் இருந்தார்.

“ஆஞ்சநேயா! நான் செய்ததை நீ பார்த்துவிட்டாயா? எனக்கு ஒரு கல்லை போடக்கூட தெரியவில்லை. என்னை நினைத்து எனக்கே வெட்கமாக இருக்கிறது” என்றார்.
அதற்கு ஆஞ்சநேயர், “ஸ்ரீராமா! மற்ற குரங்குகள் எல்லாம் “ஸ்ரீராமஜெயம்’ என்ற உன் நாமத்தை சொல்லிக்கொண்டே கற்களை தூக்கிப்போட்டன. அவை சரியாக அமர்ந்தது. நீ ராமனாகவே இருந்தாலும் ராமஜெயம் சொல்லிக்கொண்டே போட்டிருந்தால் அது சரியாக அமர்ந்திருக்கும்” என்றாராம்.

ராம நாமத்தின் மகிமை அத்தகையது.

 

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source::::input from a friend of mine..

Natarajan

Message For The Day….Service To God Alone Matters…..

Today, the typhoon of hatred and falsehood is scattering the clouds of Virtue, Justice and Truth to the far corners of the sky. So long as man is capable of prema (love), dharma(righteousness) will exist, do not doubt it. When you direct thatprema to the Lord, your mental make-up will slowly and steadily undergo a revolutionary change. You will share in the sorrows and joys of your fellow-beings and experience bliss that is beyond the temporary gains and losses of this world. Your devotion to the Lord will undergo several changes. An important stage is one where service to the Lord alone matters and service alone is the reward – one does not seek anything more than just the opportunity of doing service Unto Him, to the best of one’s capacity.

 Sathya Sai Baba

Message For The Day…Follow and Practice Truthfulness and Righteousness ….

Ravana sought wealth and gratification of desire by utterly violating the principle of Right Conduct (dharma). He was a scholar par excellence who had mastered the sixty four disciplines of learning; whereas Rama had mastered only thirty two. However Rama put them into practice and thereby digested what he learnt, whereas Ravana failed to digest them. The indigestion arose in the form of desire (kama), which ultimately destroyed him. While Rama was the Embodiment of Dharma, Ravana remained as the embodiment of kama. Thus, there arose a conflict between Righteousness and the unrighteousness. Rama transformed Himself into the embodiment of Sathya, following the principle of dharma. This eternal warfare between righteousness and unrighteousness, truth and untruth, exists in the minds of every person. It is your primary duty to follow and practice the twin principles of truth and righteousness and win the game of life.

 Sathya Sai Baba