Inner Significance of Shivaratri . Внутреннее значение Шиваратри

        Many stories are told in the Sastras to explain the origin and significance of the Maha Shivaratri Festival. Bharat, the name for this land used from ancient times, means ‘the land of those who have Rati (Love) towards Bha (Light or Bhagavan). So, for the people of this land, all days are sacred; every moment is precious. The Ganga is holy from source to sea, but, yet there are some places on its banks, associated with some sage or temple, the confluence of a tributary, or a historical incident, which are revered more by generations. Such places are Hardwar, Varanasi, Prayag, Rishikesh. 

Бхагаван о преданности и духовной эволюции Рамакришны Парамахамсы

 Сатья Саи говорит, том 4, 5 декабря 1964 г., Курнул - беседа "Актёры и действие" - о преданности Рамакришны Богу, как он жил ролями пуранических персонажей, таких как Радха и Хануман (когда он отождествил себя с Хануманом и провёл месяцы на деревьях, произнося только Рама Намах, его анатомия изменилась; у него вырос зарождающийся хвост. Это была мера глубины его бхавы (силы мысли), само-отвержения.)

Беседа Бхагавана "Прояви свою Божественность" 1 января 1992, Сатья Саи говорит т.25, Прашанти - Поклонение Богу должно исходить из сердца. Когда преданность исходит из сердца, голос Божества можно ощутить в тишине, Шабда Брахман (звук Высшего Духа). Это был опыт Рамакришны Парамахамсы. Он соблюдал совершенную тишину, в любой момент ожидая голоса Бога. Можно ли услышать Божественный голос в какофонии повседневных звуков? Нет. ... Когда речь сдерживается, голос Духа внутри становится слышимым. Он тоньше человеческого дыхания. 

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Выступление СВАМИ 15-8-1985. ДЕНЬ НЕЗАВИСИМОСТИ

The Motherland which bore children who earned immortal renown all around the globe;
The Battleground, which witnessed the fight of heroes from the West who ruled;
The Bharatha-land which shone so brilliant with seers and scholars, each a gem;
The Happy land which fostered and brought to fame songsters and poets, thinkers and teachers;
The Birth-land of the beauty and charm divine through master artists of brush and chisel;
This mother Bharath to guard her Dharma treasure, O! student! yours is the bounden task.

ваша семья - моя ответственность

I promise you that I will take care of your entire family.. It doesn't matter whether your family members worship me or not but as you are devotee, Your entire family is my resposibility

"Я обещаю вам, что я позабочусь о всей вашей семье .. Не имеет значения, поклоняются ли мне члены вашей семьи или нет, но, поскольку вы являетесь преданным, вся ваша семья - моя ответственность." - ВАВА

Карма и Намасмарана

You get the human body through the karma of the past; you get the ‘type of character’ according to the tendencies (vasanas) cultivated in the past. Do not delude yourself that you are the body or be fascinated into an attachment for it. But it is your task to guard it from harm and keep it in good trim. For, isn’t it with your body that you are imbibing the exhilaration of the bliss of the Lord, the Majesty of the Lord? Therefore, do not deride the body or treat it with contempt. That equipment is intended for your journey towards the Lord; it is the Lord’s chariot; do not neglect or keep it in disrepair. Do not lament, “Oh, this is my fate, my own past punishing me, I must suffer, I cannot escape it.” People get disheartened thus. If karma is so inescapable, what is the use of prayer, of remembering the Lord’s name, of meditation, or of the ritual of worship? Have faith, persist and win the grace of the Lord, and all the accumulated burden will be burnt into ashes in a moment! → Divine Discourse, 25-10-1961
- BABA

Вы получаете человеческое тело согласно карме прошлого; вы получаете «тип личности» в соответствии с тенденциями (васанами), развитыми в прошлом. Но не обманывайте себя тем, что вы есть это тело, и не увлекайтесь привязанностью к нему. Ваша задача - защищать его от вреда и содержать в хорошем состоянии. Ибо разве не через своё тело вы ощущаете блаженство, исходящее от Господа, переживаете Его Величие? Поэтому не высмеивайте тело и не относитесь к нему с презрением. Этот инструмент предназначен для вашего путешествия к Господу; это - колесница Господа; не пренебрегайте им и не допускайте, чтобы его состояние ухудшалось. Не жалуйтесь: «О, это моя судьба, моё прошлое наказывают меня, я должен страдать, и не могу избежать этого». Люди впадают в уныние. Если карма так неизбежна, какая польза от молитвы, памятования имени Господа, медитации или ритуала поклонения? Имейте веру, упорствуйте и обретите милость Господа, и весь накопленный тяжёлый груз сгорит в мгновение ока! → Божественная беседа, 25 октября 1961 года

- БАБА

The wheel and its hub *** Колесо и его ступица

       26. The wheel and its hub

       BHAARATH is the sovereign of all nations, so far as spiritual dominion is concerned; and which dominion can be richer than that? She alone is capable of scattering the clouds of doubt, anxiety and fear that darken the minds of men and turn them to competitive adventures in the realm of material gain and glory. These clouds have appeared over the Indian sky also; people here too are admiring darkness and slighting daylight. They blindly imitate the manners and morals of the West and open the doors of their hearts to the flood of greed and discontent. Of course, the material world which science analyses and studies, and provides the means to control and regulate, is necessary for fulfilling the demands of living, but, it is wrong to imagine that world can give us lasting peace or joy.
       The Vedhas and Shaasthras of India were not collected or compiled by fools or knaves, they were put together by people, who gave up the attractions of comfortable life, as so many heroes of scientific discovery like Edison do now: they retired into the forests, so that they could concentrate on the solution of the problems that challenged them. In every statement in the Vedhas and Shaasthras, you get the genuine ring of actual experience and personal thrill. Do not sit on the bank of the river and pronounce judgements of the depth of the waters, or their taste to potability. Step down and examine for yourselves; that is the sign of the sincere seeker of Truth. If you do not, you can be rejected as a prejudiced or perverse witness. Those who pronounce My act of creating Vibhuuthi (holy ash) as 'magic' are also of the same category, for they talk without any qualification. They cannot tolerate the splendour of the Divine to disturb the darkness they have learnt to like. The impact of material civilisation has hardened their hearts, softened their brains, and made their lives hollow and vain.

Four steps to freedom (Prashaanthi Nilayam, 23-11-1974)

       52. Four steps to freedom 

      THE culture of this ancient land is as deep as it is vast, it is built on strong and sustaining principles of human development. But, Indians at the present time are neglecting its lessons and entangling themselves in the search for material joys and pleasures. They ignore the true and eternal values. They turn a deaf ear to the call of the Divine; they respond to the siren voice of the worldly. This is the twentieth century, the Age of Science and Technology. There is plenty of material comforts and sensual pleasure easily available. So driven by an insane urge for the temporal and the trivial, man rushes into rain, and loses the precious heritage of Aathmic (pure spiritual) treasure which the culture promises him. In fact, if only man knew the purpose and plan of Life, he would not waste his years and his skills in the pursuit of mere time-bound joys. That he is everywhere engrossed in these endeavours is a pitiable fact, which can be attributed to his misfortune or his ignorance. Of course, man has lost faith in himself; so, there is no wonder that he has lost faith in God also. Only those who know themselves and have confidence in themselves can acquire knowledge of God and confidence in God. Know thyself, first; then, your attempt to know the world will be rendered simple. 

      Wisdom can come only through work as worship 

The garden of God (2.04.1973.)

Выступление Бхагавана 2 апреля 1973, Хайдерабад

16. The garden of God

       MAN has to recognise his indebtedness to society and his duty towards it; this is the best way to solve the troubles of the day. Attention is paid only to arguments and counter-arguments, propositions and oppositions, plans and programmes; the aim of the egocentred is more to win a verbal victory than achieve a valid target. No attempt is made to foster the social virtues of honesty, tolerance and cordiality. 

discourse " Raajas as Raajarishis". Ananthapur, 21-6-1971

26. Raajas as Raajarishis

YOU call your association, the Rayalaseema Rajula Sangham. What is a Sangham? Sangham must not instill an idea of separateness from others; on the other hand, it must emphasise the necessity of inter-dependence, inter-dependence of something like the limbs of an organism, each doing its share in the common task. The Vedhas declare that the four castes have four complementary functions, like the head, the hands, the thighs and the feet; the safety and security, the strength and efficiency of one depends on those of the other three! Each caste is in charge of some beneficial task and ideal. It is dedicated to some useful way of life, which is essential for society as a whole; each has rights as well as obligations. The rights are based on and are proportionate to the discharge of the obligations. If the ideal is neglected, the caste lowers itself-, if it is discharged, it raises itself to the level of the higher ideal. Every caste has the obligation to promote the spiritual progress of its components, through the fullest use of all facilities available.

Sai Baba's Sayings

Where there is Confidence, there is Love.
Where there is Love, there is Peace.
Where there is Peace, there is Truth.
Where there is Truth, there is Bliss.
Where there is Bliss, there is God.

Realise the Atma Principle by Constant Practice

Embodiments of Love!

       Everyone asks, “Swami, where is Atma?” They do not understand what Atma is. The Upanishads have dealt at length with the principle of Atma. Unfortunately, today people have not been able to interpret the teachings of the Upanishads properly. The teachings of the Bhagavad Gita, Ramayana, and Bhagavatha have their origin in the Upanishads. Our sages in the ancient times did intense penance (tapas) to understand the nature of Atma and finally declared that Atma was the fundamental basis of everything in the universe. When it assumes a physical body, even while the body undergoes constant change from birth to death, Atma remains as the eternal and changeless principle. The Atma is the source and sustenance for everything. It has no birth and death.

The Human Values - Sathya Sai Baba discourse 20.11.1993

Любовь *** LOVE

Воплощения Любви!  Чем больше человек изливает свою любовь на других, тем сильнее его внутреннее блаженство. Поэтому, если человек хочет усилить внутреннее блаженство, он должен увеличить свою любовь к ближним. Это королевский путь к Богу. .. 

..Имеет значение не то, сколько вы отдаёте; помпа и шоу загрязняют всю чистоту. Любовь и смирение делают благотворительность драгоценной. ... Любовь – это основополагающая истина, которую должен культивировать каждый. Весь мир будет на вашей стороне, если вы разовьёте любовь. Никто не может полностью осознать силу любви. Любовь беспредельна, наиболее драгоценна и приносит максимальное блаженство. Блаженство любви слаще нектара. Любовь превосходит все определения и описания. ..

18. No bumps, no jumps (14-11-1975)

      IT seems a person once saw a man struggling for life in the deep waters of a lake. The fellow could not swim and was really helplessly floundering. But without the least compunction of sympathy and without making the least effort to save him, the onlooker had the audacity to ask him, "Tell me, how deep is the lake?" Such is the behaviour of most people now-a-days. These persons are sunk In thamas---they are too wooden and dull, too hard and impervious. It is only when man gets rid of thamas {sloth and inaction) that he can rise Into rajas---the sphere of activity, emotion, devotion, compassion and service. When he rises higher into the saathwik stage (poised state of contemplation), the activity gets elevated into saadhana (spiritual discipline) and the effect is more spiritual.

Bhagwans Discourses for the students at Trayee ... (2004 -07)

Short clippings of Bhagwans Discourses delivered to the students at Trayee ... edited by the students of Brindavan Campus , SSSIHL (2004 -07)

Fill your heart with noble feelings 23 November 1998

This Motherland of ours gave to the world
Noble souls renowned in all the continents.
It is the land that ousted the
Foreign rulers and achieved freedom.
This Bharat is reputed for its scholarship.
 It is the sacred land that stood forth
As the exemplar in the realms of music,
 literature and sacred lore;
Born in the land of Bharat,
noted for its fine arts and natural beauty,
Oh devotees! It is your bounden duty to foster
The glory and prosperity of the Motherland.

[Telugu poem]

 Divinity is more resplendent than the sun,
Purer than the purest snow,
Subtler than the sky and space,