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| Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY A boat may be a small appliance, but it can take you across the river. A lamp may be a tiny device, but it can light your path across a jungle. A torch may illumine only a distance of two yards, and you may have to go two miles. Do not despair. What is required is your persistent effort! Hold the torch in your hand and walk on. With every step, the torch will illumine a few steps more and you can safely cross the two miles. But you must walk, without sitting idle by the roadside. Make the effort, move from one stage to another listening to God's Glory, recapitulate His sweet messages and concentrate on Him. Let your every act be saturated with devotion. Devotion should not be something that adds spice to your life – it truly must be the very breath of your life. Devotion should inspire your every act, thought and word. -Sri Sathya Sai Baba  Yesterday's thought Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 Your mind flies about anywhere and squats on all sundry objects in the Universe. Like the fly that sits on fair and foul, your mind too flees from one thought to another. The fly will be destroyed if it sits on fire. So too, your mind will be destroyed when it dwells on God. Know that your mind is but a pattern of desires, woven with the warp and woof of the same material. When Rama (God) enters your mind, kama (desire) flees away. This state is called the death of the mind (Mano-naashana) or the merging of your mind (Mano-laya). Each one of you must make your own heart an abode of peace (Prashanthi Nilayam). Analyse your words, deeds and thoughts. Get rid, slowly but surely, of the evil ones that harm you and others. Cultivate fortitude, firm peace and speak only the truth. Let this transformation begin, this very moment in you! - Sri Sathya Sai Baba |
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22-08-2012 - THOUGHT FOR THE DAY AS WRITTEN AT PRASANTHI NILAYAM TODAY
2012-08-21
PRASANTHI NEWS AND PHOTOS - Prasanthi echoes Ramadan Mubarak…
Prasanthi echoes Ramadan Mubarak…
Monday, August 20th, 2012
Celebrating the grand culmination of the holy month of Ramadan and the advent of the new month, Eid-Ul-Fitr, postgraduate students of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam gave a comprehensive presentation this evening here in Prasanthi Nilayam.
The presentation entailed discussions on the holy concepts and significance of the festivity, intertwined with songs, singing paens to Allah. How the month-long penance help the seeker to turn in, purifying his heart, seeking 'Allah' within was lucidly explained, stressing on finer details, by way of discussions involving a fresher, from outside the religion, with different religious men having Islamic background. Discussing what entails the festivity, a group of turbaned boys clad in typical Islamic wear performed 'Namaz', the Muslim prayer, to the backdrop music of holy religious chantings from the Holy Qur'an.
Airing the essential message that all religions leading to the One Goal, One God, the presentation ended with a concluding remark that Prasanthi Nilayam, the spiritual capital of the world, wherein Bhagawan delivered the most simplistic message of oneness of all religions, is the final destination for the entire mankind.
The entire programme was entwined with beautiful songs, singing paens to Allah.
Bhajans continued for sometime before Mangala Arathi was offered at 1805 hrs.
II Samasta Lokah Sukhino Bhavantu II
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| Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Your mind flies about anywhere and squats on all sundry objects in the Universe. Like the fly that sits on fair and foul, your mind too flees from one thought to another. The fly will be destroyed if it sits on fire. So too, your mind will be destroyed when it dwells on God. Know that your mind is but a pattern of desires, woven with the warp and woof of the same material. When Rama (God) enters your mind, kama (desire) flees away. This state is called the death of the mind (Mano-naashana) or the merging of your mind (Mano-laya). Each one of you must make your own heart an abode of peace (Prashanthi Nilayam). Analyse your words, deeds and thoughts. Get rid, slowly but surely, of the evil ones that harm you and others. Cultivate fortitude, firm peace and speak only the truth. Let this transformation begin, this very moment in you! -Sri Sathya Sai Baba Yesterday's thought Date: Monday, August 20, 2012 Housing, clothing and food gives physical comfort and happiness. Education, development of skills, and knowledge about the world gives a means for livelihood. However the ancient adage says that real and lasting happiness cannot be won by physical happiness ("Na Sukhaat labhathe sukham"). Lasting happiness – happiness that will not be shaken, diminished or modified by changing wheels of fortune can only come by the discipline of the mind, and faith in a Higher Power. The lamp of spiritual awareness has to be lit and fed continuously, so that one's footsteps can take that path and proceed unharmed to that state of true happiness. - Sri Sathya Sai Baba |
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