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Message For the Day…” Learn From The WATCH the Lesson it Teaches to us …”

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You dread that it is very difficult, nay, impossible, to realise God. It is very simple; its very simplicity makes you feel that there must be some hidden trap. You do not appreciate simple things and habits. For example, there is nothing so simple as speaking the truth; yet how many stick to Truth! If you venture into untruth, you have to invent new stories all along the line and keep in memory all the stories and all the persons to whom you have related them. Each student has a watch on his wrist. And, you look at the watch at least a hundred times a day. Well, learn from the watch a great lesson. When you watch the watch, remember the five letters of the word, WATCH; each is giving you a fine lesson for life: W tells you ‘Watch your Words’; A warns you ‘Watch your Action’; T indicates ‘Watch your Thoughts’; C advises ‘Watch your Character’; and H declares ‘Watch your Heart.’ When you are consulting your watch, imbibe this lesson that the watch is imparting.  

Sathya Sai Baba

 

Message For the Day…” Keep Your Emotions always within Check …”

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Do not get too much attached to the world, and too involved in its tangles. Keep your emotions always within check. The waves agitate only the upper layers of the sea; down below it is calm. So too, when you sink into your depths, you must be free from the agitation of the waves. Know that most things are of no lasting value and can therefore be brushed aside; hold fast to the solid substance alone. Use your discrimination to discover and distinguish lumber from treasure. The Pranava japa (recitation of Om and contemplation of its significance) will help to calm the roaring waves. Gita affirms that when the word ‘Om’ (Supreme Universal Reality) is spelt by the dying with their last breath, they attain the Divine. To be able to spell it then, dwell upon its sweetness and significance throughout your life, from today. Then the final Om that emerges from your lips will be an offering that merges in Him!

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day…” When The False Knowledge ..a-jnana..is Destroyed..”

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People have forgotten their real nature and believe that they are the body, the senses, etc. When these (instruments) crave for objective pleasures, people ignorantly convince themselves that this pleasure is wanted by them! Under this mistaken notion, they seek to fulfill the cravings. They delude themselves that they can secure bliss (ananda) by catering to the body and senses. However they are rewarded with disillusionment, defeat and disaster, and reap pleasure and pain. Though the objective world appears real, one must be aware that it is deluding us. As a result, one has to give up the yearning for deriving pleasure from the objects that appear and attract, both here and hereafter. The false knowledge (a-jnana) can be destroyed only when one knows theAtma (the Divine Self) principle. When the false knowledge disappears, the sorrow produced by one’s involvement in the ups and downs of the world of change (samsara) also gets destroyed.

Sathya Sai Baba

M.S. Subbulakshmi in Thiagaraja Aradhana Festival 1986…. A Video Clip

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SMT.M.S.SUBBULAKSHMI—MEMORIAL DAY–11TH DECEMBER.
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11th December 2014 marks the tenth anniversary of the demise of
Smt.M.S.Subbulakshmi, QUEEN OF MELODY. She will live in our hearts
with her divine music. Her “Rama nannu Brovara ” comes to help you to
pay homage to her. Please also enjoy her other songs on the site.
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Message For the Day…” Bhajan , Bhojan, and Pujan are Offering to the Divine …”

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“Maam anusmara – With Me in memory ever,” said Lord Krishna! In your daily life, do not distinguish one task as bhajan, another as bhojan (eating), and the third as pujan (worship of God) – all acts are offering to the Divine. The food you partake is given by Him and digested by Him, so that it yields strength to do His work. Each moment is worthwhile, for He gives it, He uses it, He fills it, He fashions it, and He fulfils it. When He is fully suffused in your every breath, you can achieve the sovereign task of merging in Him. You have that might within you; The Divine cannot be gained by the weak. The remembrance can become permanently established only when you are free from the shackles of spite and envy. Be An-asuya – without the trace of pride or envy, malice or hate, egoism or conceit. The Lord permanently resides in the heart kept assiduously clean.

Sathya Sai Baba

” நீ கபட சந்நியாசி பற்றி கேட்டிருக்கியா …” ?

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கபட சந்யாஸி”

“பெரியவா கேட்ட காளிதாஸன் கதை”

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சொன்னவர்-ராமகிருஷ்ண தீக்ஷிதர்

தொகுத்தவர்-டி.எஸ்.கோதண்டராம சர்மா

தட்டச்சு-வரகூரான் நாராயணன்.

ஸ்ரீ மகாப் பெரியவாளிடம் பொழுது போக்குகளும்

நிறைய உண்டு.

ஒரு தடவை சென்னை திருமங்கலத்திலிருந்து

அம்பத்தூருக்கு சென்று கொண்டிருந்தோம்.

வழக்கப்படி, ஸ்ரீ பெரியவாள், மூன்று சக்கர

சைக்கிளைத் தொட்டுக்கொண்டே நடந்து வந்து

கொண்டிருந்தார். நாங்கள் ஏழெட்டுப் பேர்கள்,

உடன் சென்று கொண்டிருந்தோம்.

“நீலகண்டா, நீ கபட ஸந்யாஸியைப்

பார்த்திருக்கியா?”

“இல்லே”

“நாகராஜா….நீ”

“இல்லே..”

ஸ்ரீ பெரியவாள் என்னைப் பார்த்து, ” நீ கபட சந்யாஸியைப்

பற்றிக் கேட்டிருக்கியா?” என்று கேட்டார்.

“கேட்டிருக்கேன்…ராவணன்,அர்ஜுனன்…” என்றேன்.

“அவ்வளவு தானா?”

நான் தயங்கியபடியே, “காளிதாஸன்…” என்றேன்.

“காளிதாஸனா?..அவன் எப்போ கபட சந்யாஸி ஆனான்?..”

“பெரியவாளுக்குத் தெரியும்..பெரியவா சொன்னா,

நாங்க கேட்டுண்டே..நடப்போம்.

“இல்லை..நீயே சொல்லு..”

போஜராஜன் சபையில் ஆஸ்தான வித்வானாக இருந்த

காளிதாஸன், ஒரு நாள், சற்று மரியாதைக்குறைவான

சொல்லைக் கேட்டதும், சபையிலிருந்து வெளியேறி

கால் போன போக்கில் நடக்கத் தொடங்கினான்.

போஜனுக்கு, காளிதாஸன் இல்லாமல் பொழுது

போகவில்லை. அவனை எப்படிக் கண்டு பிடிப்பது?

ஒரு செய்யுளின்,முதல் இரண்டு அடிகளை எழுதிப்

பூர்த்தி செய்பவருக்குப் பரிசு கிடைக்கும் என்ற

முரசறைவித்தான்.

ஒரு தாசியின் வீட்டிலிருந்த காளிதாஸன், பரிசு பற்றி

எதுவும் அறிந்திராவிட்டாலும், செய்யுளைப் பூர்த்தி

செய்தான்.போஜனிடம் அந்த வரிகளைக் காட்டினாள் தாசி.

பின்னர்,அவளிடமிருந்து விபரங்கள் பெற்று,மாறுவேஷத்தில்

போஜன் புறப்பட்டுச் சென்றான். ஒரு மரத்தடியில் ஒரு

சந்யாஸியைப் பார்த்தபோது, ‘இவர் காளிதாஸனோ’

என்ற சந்தேகம் வந்தது.

பரஸ்பரம் பேச்சு ஆரம்பமாயிற்று.

துறவி, மாறுவேஷத்திலிருந்த போஜனைப் பார்த்து

“நீங்கள் யார்?” என்று கேட்டார்.

“நான்,போஜனிடம் அடைப்பக்காரனாக இருந்தேன்.

அவர் இறந்ததும், எனக்கு இருக்கப் பிடிக்கவில்லை.

வெளியே வந்து விட்டேன்…”

“ஆ!…. என் போஜன் இறந்துவிட்டானா?”

என்று வருந்தி சரம சுலோகம் பாடியதும்,

வேஷக்காரன் கீழே விழுந்து உயிர் விட்டான்.

அவன்தான் போஜன் என்பது சந்தேகமில்லாமல்

தெரிந்துவிடவே, அம்பாளைக் குறித்து,மனமுருகி

சியாமளா தண்டகம் பாடி, “இதோ,போஜன்

எழுந்துவிட்டான்!” என்ற பொருள்பட

இன்னொரு சுலோகம் பாடினான்.

உண்மையாகவே,போஜன் உயிர் பெற்று எழுந்தான்.

இந்தக் கதையை விளக்கமாகச் சொன்னேன்.

கடைசியில் “இந்த சந்தர்ப்பத்தில் தான் காளிதாஸன்,

சந்யாஸியாகக் கபட நாடகம் ஆடினான்…” என்றேன்.

பெரியவாள்,”ரொம்ப சுவாரஸ்யமா இருந்தது.

நடந்து வந்த களைப்பே தெரியல்லே!” என்றார்.

அம்பத்தூர் வந்துவிட்டது.

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Message For the Day…” What is Bhagavatha …” ?

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God assumes many forms and enacts many activities. The nameBhagavatha is given to the descriptions of the experiences of those who have realised Him in those forms and of those who have been blessed by His grace and chosen as His instruments. The great epic called Bhagavatha is a panacea that cures physical, mental and spiritual illnesses. By Bhagavatha we also mean those with attachment to God, those who seek the companionship of God. Being in the midst of such Bhagavathas fosters one’s own devotion. Unless you have a taste for God-ward thoughts, you will not derive joy therefrom. To create that taste, the Bhagavatha tells stories to the earnest inquirer that relate to incarnations. Then one develops the yearning to experience the thrill of God, through all the levels of consciousness. One who has this intense yearning can alone be a true Bhagavatha.   

Sathya Sai Baba

 

Message For the Day…” How to Attain Spiritual Wisdom … ” ?

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The Kaivalya Upanishad declares: “Not by means of works, not by means of human power, not by means of wealth, but by renunciation alone can immortality be attained.” The ‘works’ referred to are rituals like sacrifices, vows, charities, donations, pilgrimages, etc. Through such activities, one cannot achieve liberation; that is to say, one cannot get rid of the veil of ignorance. ‘Human power’ means acquisition of positions of authority, of skill and intelligence which can manipulate people and things, of fame and supremacy, of personal charm, of health and happiness, or of a large family with many children – these cannot confer liberation. The works mentioned above and the acquisition referred to can succeed only when one has ‘wealth’. But the Upanishad announces that spiritual wisdom is not related to riches. So liberation cannot be earned by means of wealth. Renunciation alone can confer immortality.

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day…” Significance of Yaga as Thankfulness to God …”

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Yaga (ritualistic sacrificial prayers) is prescribed by the Karma Kanda (the parts that expound on actions or Karma as a spiritual path) of the Vedas. It is for sanctifying time and fulfilling the goal of human birth. The practice of renunciation and dedication through the rite of the yaga promotes worldly happiness as well as spiritual progress. It fosters charity and social cohesion. The ritual sacrifices pleases the deities presiding over the forces of Nature and so brings down rain, which helps growing crops, and increases food for man and beast. Activity that is divorced from spiritual goals, and devoid of reverence and humility, leads to conceit and authoritarianism. It makes one arrogant and cruel; but the sages of India laid down that all activity has to be done as a yaga, as offerings for the glory of God, in an atmosphere of thankfulness and awe, of humility and holiness. The goal of all activity was idealised as the happiness and peace of all living beings.

Sathya Sai Baba

Message For the Day…” How to Get Yourself Freed From the Fog of Ignorance …” ?

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To discriminate between good and bad, one must resort to scriptures. The Vedas emerged from the Divine Himself and were ‘heard’ by sages attuned to the voice of the Divine, who in turn, taught them to their disciples. This process of imparting the Vedas and the wisdom enshrined in them has continued through many generations of Gurus and disciples until now. The Upanishads, the Brahma Sutra and the Bhagavad Gita contain the very essence of the Vedas. Hence these are designated as ‘three fundamental texts (Prasthana traya)’ of the science of spirituality. Acquisition of higher knowledge alone can fulfil the main purpose of human life; it makes one aware that one is not the inert non-sentient body but an embodiment of being-awareness-bliss. When this truth dawns and is experienced, you are freed from the fog of ignorance and are liberated, in this very life.

Sathya Sai Baba