Subject: 'Sathya Sai with Students' Blog Update - Week 65
Sai Ram, 'Sathya Sai with Students' Team presents articles for Week 65: 1. Discourses to Students: It is said that man can count the stars in the sky and even journey to the planets, but to purify one's mind is the most difficult of tasks! In a Discourse to His students, Swami gives the solution to this very problem - "How do I Purify My Mind?" http://sathyasaiwithstudents.blogspot.in/2013/12/how-do-i-purify-my-mind.html 2. Experiences of Students: Brother Ashok Sundaresan writes on the theme: "The Glory of His Divine Darshan". http://sathyasaiwithstudents.blogspot.in/2013/12/the-glory-of-his-divine-darshan-by.html 3. Conversations with Students: In India, we are currently having a very exciting election season. In this week's conversation with Swami, we reminisce a conversation with Him in the election season of February 1998, when He responded to the observation, "Swami, Elections are going on..." http://sathyasaiwithstudents.blogspot.in/2013/12/swami-elections-are-going-on.html 4. Management Lessons: Human Values are relevant to every sphere of Business and its management. But in the contemporary scenario, they gain greater significance in the field of Finance and Money. We reminisce Swami's guidelines to the students of the Management Programme at His University on the theme: "Human Values and Finance". http://sathyasaiwithstudents.blogspot.in/2013/12/human-values-and-finance.html 5. This Day That Age: This week marks the commencement of the Golden Jubilee year when Sri Sathya Sai, the incarnation of Lord Shiva and Shakti blessed one of the most holy shrines of India - Srisailam in Andhra Pradesh, where Lord Shiva is worshipped as the Jyotirlinga - Mallikarjuna and Mother Parvati as Bhramaramba. We reminisce the event and the most insightful message that He gave on the holy land of Srisailam in December 1963. http://sathyasaiwithstudents.blogspot.in/2013/12/when-jyotir-linga-at-srisailam-was.html 6. Song for the Soul: As the Christmas season is setting in, we continue our month-long collection of English songs and carols. This week we have 'Every Moment of My Life, Please be with me...' http://sathyasaiwithstudents.blogspot.in/2013/12/every-moment-of-my-life-please-be-with_12.html Click the link to read 375 full articles on 'Sathya Sai with Students': http://sathyasaiwithstudents.blogspot.in/ Visit us: Facebook: www.facebook.com/SathyaSaiWithStudents Google+: https://plus.google.com/108773725221384230860/posts Twitter: http://goo.gl/VaH10 Sai Students Books: www.saipublications.com Sai Students Books available on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=saistudents Please forward the link to your class groups, friends, Sai devotees and Samiti members. You could suggest to them to enter their email address on the home page of the blog (top right corner) so that they would get an update every Thursday. Happy Reading! Loving Regards 'Sathya Sai with Students' Blog Team Sri Sathya Sai Hostel for Senior Students Prasanthi Nilayam Atma Rama… Thursday, December 12th, 2013 What was (is) the reality behind Ramayana, Who really were (are) Lord Rama and Mother Sita…? Discoursing on Rama Navami occasion at Shanti Kutir in Madras Bhagawan once revealed the inner significance of “Atma Rama”… Rama, truly understood, is not the son of Dasaratha or of Kausalya; nor did He lose Sita and lament for Her. Rama is not to be limited to one achievement, the killing of Ravana and the reclamation of Sita. On the great Pattabhishekam day, when the entire Ramayana story was well nigh coming to a close, Anjaneya who had an increasing desire to know the truth, and who was till then afflicted by a slight trace of doubt peeping in now and then, asked Rama when the guests had left, what His Reality was and prayed that It might be made know to him. Rama smiled and directed Sita to satisfy Hanuman’s curiosity. Sita then explained that She is the Moola Prakriti, Who caused Maya and enabled the Nirguna to appear as Saguna. The Atma Rama Which is everywhere, The Cause, The Consequence and The Conclusion, The Will and The Way, The Being, The Becoming and The Ending, can be made visible and active only by a touch of Maya. Sita said that the entire Ramayana was Her Leela or Play. It is the description of the activity produced by Maya and believed by the ignorant to be the real activity of the Super Impersonal Absolute. So, Rama is in all beings as the very core of their existence; without Rama there can be no joy, happiness or wellbeing. Because Rama is within you, you rejoice, you are pleased, you are happy, you feel blissful. Rama is Prema, Love. So, see the Rama in all and love them and serve them. sourced: http://www.theprasanthireporter.org/2013/12/atma-rama/ "Jesus was a Messenger of God; but note this also; all of you are messengers of God. You are all His children. Jesus and His Father are One. You and God are also one, and you can become aware of it. Whatever activity you may be engaged in, wherever you may be, however you may fare, be convinced that you are ever in God, that all is Divine, that all acts are offerings to the glory of God, and thus make your lives full and fruitful." —Sathya Sai Baba "Jesus sacrificed His life for the regeneration and welfare of mankind. Today, there are some who exaggerate the so-called differences between different faiths and, for their own selfish purposes, exploit these differences; they thereby bring a bad name to the founders of those religions, who were spiritual giants. No Prophet, or Messiah asked his followers to hate other religions or the followers of other faiths. Every religion has declared that God is One and that the Divine dwells in every being. Jesus also proclained the truth that the One Spirit resides in all beings." —Sathya Sai Baba -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "saimsg" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
