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Message For the Day…An Advice To Students …

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Many take tea and coffee in excessive quantities; this kill the body’s capacity to sleep. Drivers who drive vehicles during nights take excessive tea and students who are preparing for exams also do the same. Do not avoid sleep, this is a great mistake. A person can live without food, but not without sleep. Many students have the habit of studying through the night and sleeping during the day. Most living beings, including birds and beasts, sleep during the night. A person, who reads in the night as a habit, is cultivating Rajasic and Tamasic qualities. Change this habit slowly. If you read throughout the night and sleep through the day, your retention of what you studied will not be very strong. If you must put in hard work, get up early, say 3 or 4 a.m. and study. After early morning study, do not go and sleep again. This is the Sathwik way of life.

Sathya Sai Baba

 

Message For The Day…”Speak only The Truth and Follow Righteousness…”

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When the Goddess of Wisdom, Mother Saraswathi enters our hearts, our faces glow. She is full of Divinity, radiance and knowledge. Hence every educated person who has received Her blessings should always be cheerful. Never put on a ‘castor-oil-face’. Be full of joy. You must also be an embodiment of obedience and humility, with no trace of anger, ego or jealousy. Speak only the Truth and follow righteousness. The castle of righteousness is built upon truth. We often get into trouble only due to our attachments to the body. Your body at some point of time degenerates into a house full of dirt, a basket full of diseases. The body and mind are impermanent. Until you live, firmly believe that body is the temple of God and keep it as clean and pure as possible. When you spend your life with such noble ideas, you will not have any bad thoughts, words or actions.

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day…” Mind is the Reflection of the Food We Consume …”

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Food is considered God, as it is the source of a person’s life, body, mind, and character. Eat only what you need. Do not be greedy and take more than you can eat and waste the rest. Wasting food is a great sin; your surplus can feed another stomach. Even a major part of the food you consume, the gross part, is thrown out as waste matter. A minute amount of the food, which is the subtle part, is assimilated by the body and flows as blood. And a minuscule amount, which is the subtlest part of the food, makes up your mind. Therefore mind is the reflection of the food consumed. When demonic tendencies arise in our minds, know that it is from the food we consume. To receive real nourishment, pay attention to the quality of food that you eat and let it be very pure, clean, sanctified, and Satwik.

 

Sathya Sai Baba

” தை அமாவசை … நன்றி நவிலும் தினம் “….

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ஜன., 30 தை அமாவாசை

பிரகலாதனின் தந்தை இரண்யன். திருமால், நரசிம்ம அவதாரம் எடுத்து, இவனை அழித்த போது, பிரகலாதன் சோகமாய் இருந்தான். அவன், ‘தந்தை, தன்னை கொடுமைப்படுத்தினாரே… அந்த கொடுமைக்கான தண்டனையைத் தான் அவர் அனுபவிக்கிறார்…’ என்று நினைக்கவில்லை. என்ன இருந்தாலும், தந்தை அல்லவா… வருத்தம் இருக்கத்தானே செய்யும்!
பிரகலாதன் வருத்ததை அறிந்த நரசிம்மர் அவனை அழைத்து, வாஞ்சையுடன் அவனது தலையை தடவியபடி, ‘பிரகலாதா… ஒரு வரம் கேளேன்…’ என்றார்.
‘சுவாமி… வரம் கேள் என்கிறீர்களே… பிரதிபலனை எதிர்பார்த்தா உங்களிடம் பக்தி செய்தேன். இல்லையே…’வரம் கேள்’ என்கிறீர்கள். நான் கேட்காமல் போனால், உங்கள் சொல்லை தட்டிய பாவத்திற்கு ஆளாவேன். அதனால், சுவாமி, என் தந்தைக்கு நல்ல கதியைக் கொடுங்கள்…’ என்றான். இதுதான் நன்றியறிதல் என்பது! பெற்றவர்களும், நம் முன்னோர்களும் நல்லவர்களோ, கெட்டவர்களோ அவர்கள் மோட்ச கதியை அடைய, நாம் கடவுளிடம் பிரார்த்தனை செய்ய வேண்டும். இதற்காகத்தான் தை அமாவாசை போன்ற நிகழ்வுகள் ஏற்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளன.
சூரியன் தன் வடதிசை பயணத்தை ஆரம்பிக்கும் உத்ராயண காலத்தில், தை பிறக்கிறது. இந்த மாதத்து அமாவாசை மிகவும் விசேஷத்திற்குரியது. ஆடி முதல் மார்கழி வரை நம் முன்னோர் பூமிக்கு வந்து, நம்மை பாதுகாக்கின்றனர். பின், தை அமாவாசையன்று விடை பெற்று, பிதுர்லோகத்துக்கு செல்வதாக ஐதீகம். இந்த நாளில், அவர்களை நாம் நன்றியுடன் வழியனுப்பி வைக்க வேண்டும்.
தை அமாவாசை விரதம் மிகவும் எளிது. அன்று காலையில், ஏதாவது தீர்த்தக்கரைகளுக்குச் சென்று, தர்ப்பணம் செய்ய வேண்டும். அருகிலுள்ள கோவிலில் முன்னோர் நற்கதியடைய கடவுளைப் பிரார்த்திக்க வேண்டும். தர்ப்பணம் கொடுக்கும் நேரம் வரையாவது சாப்பிடாமல் இருக்க வேண்டும். நம்மை எத்தனையோ நாட்கள் பாதுகாத்த அவர்களுக்காக, நாம், ஒரு வேளை பட்டினி கிடப்பது ஒன்றும் பெரிய விஷயமல்ல. அதே நேரம், மற்றவர்களின் பட்டினியைப் போக்கும் வகையில், அன்னதானம் செய்ய வேண்டும்.
அன்று, நம் குலதெய்வம் கோவிலுக்குச் சென்று வர வேண்டும். ஏனெனில், அங்கே, நம் முன்னோர் அனைவரின் பாதமும் பட்டிருக்கும். அந்த புண்ணிய பூமியில், நம் பாதமும் படுவது, மிகுந்த புண்ணியத்தைத் தரும். நம் முன்னோர்களின் பெயரையும், அவர்களது பெருமையையும் பிள்ளைகளுக்கு சொல்லி, அவர்கள் வழியில் நடக்கும்படி அறிவுறுத்த வேண்டும்.
தை அமாவாசை நன்னாளை, நன்றியறிதல் தினமாக கொண்டாட தயாராவோம்!

source::::Dinamalar….Varamalar

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Message for the Day…” Fruit of Action depends upon the Action itself …”

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Jealousy will make a person see bad, even in the good! It will bring about your destruction in many ways. Root it out of you at the earliest. If not, the next one to come is ego. Ego destroys discrimination, drives out human qualities, and turns you into a demon. Doubt, jealousy, ego and lack of faith are four very strong evil qualities. Even if any one of those four are present in anyone, without doubt, they will be ruined over time. Develop good conduct and earnestly practice good behavior as much as possible, then you will attain the status of a noble person over time. Never do any work with the desire for money or any other benefit. Expecting the result of work is greediness. The fruit of the action depends upon the action itself. Can you expect 100/100 even before you start studying? Instead of studying keeping marks in view, you must study because it is your duty, and do it with total dedication.

 

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day…” Keep Your Desires Under Control …”

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People are deluded by unlimited desires. They live in a dream world, forgetting the Supreme Consciousness. It is very important to keep desires under control and place a ceiling on them. Instead of inordinately spending for our own pleasure, we should offer money for the relief of the poor and needy. Do not make the mistake of thinking that giving away your money for good and noble purposes is all that is needed to practice ceiling on desires. While giving to the needy is good, it is equally important that you do not allow your own desires to continue to multiply; both should happen. You must curtail your desires, as materialistic desires lead to a restless and disastrous life. Desires are a prison. You can be freed only by restraining your wants. Limit them to only what you truly need in life. This is the real meaning of ‘Ceiling on Desires’.   

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Message For the Day… “Satwik Food Makes You Satwik “….

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Satwik food must be less spicy, less salty and must have less amount of tamarind (sourness). Not merely that, it must not be made up of excess oil, must be fresh and must not be stale (food prepared in the morning should not be taken in the evening). This isSatwik food. Some people consider milk as Satwik. No doubt, milk, curds and fruits are Satwik in nature, but when consumed in excessive amounts, they become Tamasik and make one dull and sleepy. When we take curds in excess, we can become Tamasik. Hence reduce having milk or curds in large quantities. It is good to mix one part of water with one part of milk. The food you eat must have been earned and prepared through the right means and should be offered to God before partaking. Only then Satwikfeelings will emanate in man. If the food is earned through unrighteousness means, it will generate wicked feelings.

Sathya Sai Baba

Who is The Best Person ? ….

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A wise man presented a young boy with a set of three small dolls. The boy was not amused.

“Am I a girl that you give me dolls?” he asked.

“This is a gift for you, as I see that you are going to become a great man in future” said the man. “If you look carefully, you’ll see a hole in the ear of each doll.”

“So?”

The wise man handed him a piece of string.

“Pass it through each doll,” he said.

 

Intrigued, the boy picked up the first doll and put the string into the ear. It came out from the other ear.

“This is one type of person,” said the man. “Whatever you tell him, comes out from the other ear. He doesn’t retain anything.”

 

The boy put the string into the second doll. It came out from the mouth.“This is the second type of person,” said the man. “Whatever you tell him, he tells everybody else.”

The boy picked up the third doll and repeated the process. The string did not reappear from anywhere else.“This is the third type of person,” said the man. “Whatever you tell him is locked up within him. It never comes out.”

“What is the best type of person?” asked the boy.The man handed him a fourth doll, in answer.When the boy put the string into the doll, it came out from the other ear.“Do it again,” said the wise man. The boy repeated the process. This time the string came out from the mouth. When he put the string in a third time, it did not come out at all.“This is the best type of person,” said the wise man.

“To be trustworthy, A man must know when not to listen, when to remain silent and when to speak out.”

 source:::: input from a friend of mine

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Peace… An Art of Remaining Calm in the midst of Noise !!!

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Mind Blowing Antique Piece …!!!

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Maybe we’ve all been looking in the wrong place for proof of extra-terrestrial life. Because it’s hard to imagine this incredibly complex transforming desk coming from anywhere but Cybertron, the home planet of the Autobots and Decepticons.

Where Is This Mind-Blowing Antique Transforming Desk Hiding Its Autobot Logo?

Surprisingly, though, it does hail from earth. And was actually created as far back as the late 1700s by master furniture craftsmen Abraham and David Roentgen. The desk certainly looks ornate at first glance, but it’s when its endless secret lockboxes and drawers start to be r evealed that you’ll be truly impressed by the craftsmanship behind it. And jump ahead to the two-minute mark for a ridiculously complex pop-out easel that could out-transform even Optimus Prime. [The Metropolitan Museum of Art via Make]

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