” Reason For Everything…So sit back and Relax…”

A Reason for Everything

Nobody’s day is perfect. Life is full of disappointments and pitfalls, but if you look deep enough, you’ll find that many of these little problems ultimately lead you on a better path. After all, there is a plan for everything, and we’re all part of it. So sit back, relax, and enjoy these peaceful  thoughts,

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Today is a gift of grace.
Share something precious with someone you like.
Take 60 seconds to be nice to someone.
Rejoice in the miracles of your life.
Identify one thing you’re happy about.
Be glad you have family & friends.
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Natarajan

 

 

Message For the Day…” By Conscious Efforts Habits can be Changed and Character Refined …”

No person or wickedness in this planet is incorrigible. Wasn’t Angulimala, the robber, turned into a kindhearted person by Lord Buddha? Wasn’t thief Ratnakara transformed to Sage Valmiki? By conscious effort, habits can be changed and character refined. People always have within them, within their reach, the capacity to challenge their evil propensities and to change their evil habits. By selfless service, renunciation, devotion, prayer, and regulation of conduct, the old habits that bind people to earth can be discarded and new habits that take them along the divine path can be instilled into their lives. The purpose of all spiritual literature, poems, epics and books is to discuss the nature of mind, its ways and vagaries, and to inform about the process of reshaping it. Please realize that the mere reading of a book will not vouchsafe discrimination. That which is seen, heard, or read must be put into practice in actual life. 

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day…” Our Body is like a iron Safe to Protect Virtues like Knowledge and Bliss..”

To be able to experience the aspects of knowledge and bliss, we should protect our body, mind and life. Consider this example: We store valuable jewels and gems in our homes, in a relatively cheap iron safe to protect them. The steel almirah or an iron safe has no value compared to the jewels, but they are good enough to protect them. So too, our body is like the valueless iron safe. In this valueless, perishable body, God has kept for protection, very valuable things like knowledge and bliss. We all understand that valuable jewels cannot be protected by a valuable gold box, as the box itself can be stolen with the jewels in no time. Hence it is natural to protect valuable things in a valueless box which will not attract attention. Therefore, to reach the realm of knowledge, bliss and happiness it is necessary to look after the well-being of the outer casing namely, body, mind and life.

Sathya Sai Baba

” ” அச்சு இற்று முறிந்த இடம் … அச்சரப்பாக்கம்…” !!!

“இளையாத்தங்குடிப் பிள்ளையாருக்குத் தாமே

தள்ளாத வயதில் துள்ளும் பாலகனைப் போல்

முட்டிக்கால் தோப்புக்கரணம் போடுகிறார்பெரியவா”

(கைலாஸ சங்கரனின் மறு அவதாரமோ!)

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ராமேச்வரத்தில் அப்போது நிர்மாணமாகி வந்த

ஸ்ரீ சங்கரமடத்துக்குச் சென்னையிலிருந்து சிலர்

விக்கிரகங்களுடன் சென்ற லாரி வழியே ‘ஆக்ஸில்’

உடைந்து நின்று விட்டது. இளையாத்தங்குடியிலிருந்த

பெரியவாளுக்குத் தகவல் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டது.

“எந்த இடத்தில் நின்று விட்டது” என்று வினவுகிறார்.

“அச்சரப்பாக்கத்தில்” என்று பதில் வருகிறது.

பெரியவாள் முகத்தில் புன்னகை விரிகிறது.

இடுக்கண் வருங்கால் நகைக்கிறார்.

இளையாத்தங்குடிப் பிள்ளையாருக்குத் தாமே

தள்ளாத வயதில் துள்ளும் பாலகனைப் போல்

முட்டிக்கால் தோப்புக்கரணம் போடுகிறார்.

ராமேச்ர விஷயம் விக்கினமின்றி நடைபெறவே

விக்னேஸ்வர வழிபாடு என்பது வெளிப்படை.

மூர்த்தி வழிபாட்டுக்கு மேம்பட்ட முற்றிய அருள்

நிலையில் இருந்து இவரே இடையூற்றைத்

தீர்த்துவிடலாம்.ஆயினும் விக்கினம் தீர்க்கவே

ஏற்பட்ட தெய்வத்தை, மானுடருக்கு முன்னுதாரணமாகத்

தாமே வழிபட்டுக் காட்டுகிறார்.அதைச் சொல்லாமல்

சொல்லுகிறார்.

“பரமசிவன் பிள்ளையாரை வேண்டிக் கொள்ளாமலே

திரிபுர தகனத்துக்குப் புறப்பட்டார். ‘எந்தக் காரியம்

ஆரம்பித்தாலும் பிள்ளையாரை முதலில் பூஜிக்க வேண்டும்

என்று லோகத்துக்கு ஏற்பட்ட சம்பிரதாயத்தை ஈஸ்வரனே

செய்து காட்டினால்தானே, மற்ற ஜனங்களும் அப்படிச்

செய்வார்கள்? அதனால், ஈஸ்வரன் இப்படிப் பண்ணாத போது

அவர் புறப்பட்ட ரதத்தின் அச்சு முறிந்து போயிற்று.அப்புறம்

அவர் விக்னேஸ்வரரைப் பிரார்த்தனை செய்து கொண்ட பிறகு

தான் அது புறப்பட்டது.

அச்சு இற்று முறிந்த போன இடம்தான் ‘அச்சரப்பாக்கம்’ என்று

இப்போது சொல்லும் அச்சிறுப்பாக்கமான ஊர்.அங்கேயேதான்

நம் லாரியும் அச்சு முறிந்து நின்றிருக்கிறது.!”

எப்பேர்ப்பட்ட பொருத்தம்! பொருந்தாமல் இடையூறு

ஏற்பட்டதிலேயே ஒரு பொருத்தம் கண்டுவிட்டார்.

“கைலாஸ சங்கரன் ரதத்தில் போனபோது எங்கே அச்சு

முறிந்ததோ, அதே ஊரில் காலடி சங்கரர் லாரியில்

போகிறபோது ஆக்ஸில் உடைந்திருப்பதால் இவர்

அவனுடைய அவதாரமே என்றும் நிரூபணம் ஆகிறது!”

என்று பின்னரும் ஒரு பொருத்தம் காட்டிவிட்டார்

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Natarajan

Message For the Day…” Character is Power…No Knowledge is Higher than a Virtuous Character…”

As all objects and individuals, rites and activities are transitory, they suffer from decay and destruction. They can at best help the cleansing of the mind. Activity(karma) cannot liberate one from the basic ignorance or award the awareness of the reality as Brahman. Be conscious of this limitation in order to win the right of inquiry into the mystery of the Brahman, the source and core of the cosmos. The one who devotes life to earn the knowledge of the Atma must possess holy virtues and good character. Character is power. No knowledge is higher than a virtuous character. For the person who has dedicated one’s years to the acquisition of higher learning, ever good character is an indispensable qualification. Every religion emphasises the same need; virtuous character is the very foundation of spiritual life. Those who lead lives on these lines can never come to harm. They will be endowed with sacred merit.

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day…” Never be Afraid of Anyone Nor Should You Cause Fear to Others…”

Within humans there is some residual animal nature and this nature must be refined and transformed. One who is able to transform this animal nature in man is Govinda. For an animal, human nature is inaccessible as a goal, but for human, Divinity is accessible as a goal. When green grass is shown to a herbivorous animal, it is attracted, comes close and expresses its pleasure by moving its tail. The same animal runs away if you take a stick to hurt it. Human beings today are attracted and come closer when they see wealth, but if someone is angry and shouts at them, they stay away from them. Is this not displaying animal nature? As human beings, never be afraid of anyone nor should you cause fear to others. Bhaja Govindam exhorts you to control your animal nature within and attain Divine proximity. Chant the loving Name of God daily and grow in faith and confidence in Him. 

Sathya Sai Baba

 

Message For the Day…” Primary Virtues Needed for a True Spiritual Aspirant…”

Mind control, restraining the senses, transcending the worldly dualities, forbearance, unwavering faith, and equanimity are the primary virtues that must exist in a true spiritual aspirant. In addition, there must be an intense longing for liberation(moksha). This longing cannot arise from riches or scholarships. Nor can it emerge from wealth, progeny, rites and rituals recommended in the scriptures, or acts of charity. Moksha can come only from the conquest of ignorance (ajnana). A person might master all the scriptures along with all the learned commentaries written on them by experts, or propitiate all the gods by performing the prescribed modes of worship and ceremonies. But this cannot grant the boon of liberation. Just like a person who may have every ingredient needed for cooking, but if fire is not available, can he prepare the meal? Success in acquiring self-knowledge alone can confer salvation .

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day…” When You are Ready to Receive the Teachings of a Guru …”

You have worked very hard in your life discharging worldly duties and come to Prasanthi Nilayam, seeking rest for the body and peace for the mind. That being so, it might look strange if you were asked to undertake some kind of work here also. In the olden days the Guru would collect his disciples in the forest and give them different types of work, sometimes for 10 to 12 years. This was done with a purpose. One important object of work is purification of the Chittha (heart). Once the heart is purified one is ready to receive the teachings of the Guru.Therefore in earlier times the disciples were given work in the beginning so that they slowly get purified. Only when the teacher was satisfied regarding the student’s ripeness for receiving spiritual instruction, would he start teaching Brahma Vidya (the supreme knowledge).

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day…” Significance of Forbearance in our Life…”

The attitude of forbearance (Titiksha) refuses to be affected or pained when afflicted with sorrow, loss, or ingratitude and wickedness of others. In fact, you must remain calm, and bear all blows patiently and gladly, without any form of retaliation, for these are results of your own past actions. The natural reactions of people, when someone injures them are to hurt them in return, that is, return harm and insult to those who harm them and insult them. These are characteristics of the worldly path(pravritti). Those who seek the inner path of sublimation and purification (nivritti) must desist from such reactions. For, if you choose to return injury for evil, you are only adding to your own karmic burden! Paying evil with evil may confer immediate relief and contentment, but will never lighten the weight of karma. Forbearance, therefore, requires people to do good even to those who injure them.

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day…” Man is like a Water Bubble and God is like the Water Source…”

A bubble is born out of water, made up of water, and it ultimately mixes with water and disappears. Man is like a bubble and Narayana (God) is like the water source. Man is born out of Narayana, is made up of Him and ultimately merges with Him. This is the simple and elemental truth. The jiva (individual) has three aspects: one is the spiritual, the other is the material, and the third is something connected with daily life. These three aspects resemble the deep sleep state, the waking state and the dreaming state. Just as the waves are created out of water and are contained in water, so also the worldly life is contained in the spiritual life. Sweetness and coolness are qualities of water. These qualities are also noticed in the waves and in the foam. Similarly Sat, Chit andAnanda (Being, Awareness and Bliss) are three attributes which may be noticed in an individual. Through the individual, they show up in the worldly life and thus demonstrate the spiritual aspect present in every individual.

Sathya Sai Baba