Sai Baba Quotes & sayings
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Offering humble pranams at the lotus feet of our beloved Lord,Hearty Janmastami wishes to all the Krishna devotees all over the world... The holy birthday of Lord Krishna was celebrated with devotion, faith and happiness. the main part of the festival was in the afternoon where in Swami had lot to give and make our hearts dance in the Krishna leela....Puttaparthi witnessed yet again huge crowd about 7000 devotees are here from Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh and few thousands less from Vizag..... Swami blessed the devotees by permitting them to perform in His immediate presence...As thousands were waiting for Sai Krishna,Swami out of His immense mercy emerged from His physical abode at 3:45pm in His dazzling orange robe.. Giving due consideration to the huge crowd, Swami preferred to come in His Mobile throne right from His abode, thus Sai -giving a clear view even to the last person seated in the Sai Kulwant hall...
Swami took few letters from the ladies' side and
also some in the gents side.. There was a huge cutout in the centre of the hall
signaling a probable play..As Swami came on the dias He came directly to the center
of the stage instead of going into the interview room.The Sri Sathya Sai University
brass band was ready with their instruments. There was a very short play on baby
Krishna as the brass band rendered two bhajans on Krishna...Now it was the time of
Nalgonda district kids to perform before Swami... After taking blessings from Swami
the play started. The play was about a handicapped boy who with his devotion and
dedication supported his family and rendered few devotional songs and also changes a
stubborn and proud father into a noble man.. The whole play was well written and the
only draw back if at all was the language. The play was well written but non telugu
speakers would not have understood. Now a days very rarely we are seeing regional
language plays in Parthi... It was 5pm by then and devotees from Nalgonda started
singing bhajans.. While the bhajan was going on the bhajan group boys were seen
bringing their instruments and after the first bhajan the students started their
bhajans.. As all the devotees were immersed in the bhajan and just when many of us
were thinking, so there is no divine discourse today, our sweet Lord, asked the boys
to bring the discourse table... In few minutes the bhajan stopped. After a very
short visit to the interview room Swami came out to the dias.....There was a pin
drop silence in the hall, Swami slowly sipped few drops of water from His tumbler
and slowly rose from His throne.. Prof.Anil Kumar, in no time got next to Swami..
After a brief talk with Swami both were ready as thousands of pairs of eyes were
focused and equal number of ears eagerly waiting for the sweet nectarine voice Swami
started His Janmastami (Krishnashtami) discourse with a sweet verse...Highlights
from the discourse:(Based on memory... I sincerely apologies for any grammatical
mistakes) Sathyambu nandude sarvambu shrustinche, (Every thing is born out of
truth)Sathyambu nandanage sarva shrusti (everything merges in God)Sathya mahima leni
stalamedi kanugonna sudha satwa midiye choodarayya There is no place without
truth... and this is the pure and unsullied truth) Every thing in this world is born
out of truth... Truth is all pervasive. Its present in every one of us.. Truth is
one and not two. All the swarna lingams(golden lingams) I manifest are TRUTH.. (at
this stage I had a strong feeling that there would be some manifestation because
Swami started
with the same verse on the
closing ceremony of youth conference and materialised Golden lingam by waving His
hands. I was very attentively glaring at His hands and in no time.. the right hand
of Swami rose a bit and after two small circular motions emerged a dazzling Golden
lingam, twice the size of a normal egg. As all the devotees joined their hands,
Swami continued.. THIS IS THE TRUTH...Depending upon the time, God has been
manifesting in Human form to teach this truth.. In the Krita Yuga it was Lord
Vishnu. In Treta yuga it was Lord Rama and in Dwapara yuga it was Lord Krishna who
came in human form in this world to correct the man kind...Many misunderstand the
love of Lord Krishna.. They think He was after Gopikas all the time.. Does any one
know how old was Krishna when He started performing leelas with Gopikas? Only 7
years old.. Many Gopikas were elder to Him. They enjoyed Krishna's company and so
did Krishna. That is pure love. He had more than 16000 Gopikas around Him. The role
of Sathya bhama was also a significant one. Krishna wanted to tell the world how
devoted she was and thats why she had to come into His life...Swami then narrated
about Rama and He almost narrated the entire Ramayana in a very simple and easy way
and I'm sure any one who are not acquaint with Ramayana now are aware of this holy
epic....Rama was also another avatar who always adhered to truth.. Rama stood for
truth and love. Rama's father Dasaratha was also a devoted man. What is Dasaratha.
The one with 10 chariots. He had 10 senses. Kausalya was his first wife. As she
didn't conceive Dasaratha decided to marry another queen. In those days, the husband
used to take permission from the wife to marry someone else. Kausalya was a noble
and pious lady. She gave permission and thus Sumitra came into Dasaratha's life. Su-
Mitra (a good friend).. As the name, she was a very friendly person. There is very
less mentioned in Ramayana about her. There are no words to describe her devotion.
Dasaratha then decided to marry Kaikeyi. Kaikeyi was the daughter of King Kaika, the
present Kashmir. Since the king already had 2 wives, Kaikeyi's father had second
thoughts about the marriage. He put one condition to Dasaratha. Since you are
marrying my daughter for a heir to your kingdom, I will give my daughter in marriage
in one condition. You should give your kingdom to the son of Kaikeyi and not your
other wives' children.The king after due consultation with his queens agreed to the
condition. Dasartha along with his three wives performed Putra kamisti yaga. the
priests after the yagna gave Payasam(rice pudding) as prasad and asked the three to
partake the prasadam. The prasadam was divided into three equal parts in three
bowls...
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