We present the articles for Week 41 of the 'Sathya Sai with Students' Blog:
1. We conclude the series of Discourses excerpts on Bhakti (Devotion) this week. Swami gives us the examples of some of the most exemplary devotees of all times. Part 3 of this series is on Yashoda, Gopikas and Radha - The Epitome of Devotion from the Bhagavatam. http://sathyasaiwithstudents.blogspot.in/2013/06/bhakti-part-3-stories-of-yashoda.html#.UctUQ6x8edc 2. Brother N. Sudhindran writes on the theme: 'The Embodiment of all forms of Divinity...'. http://sathyasaiwithstudents.blogspot.in/2013/06/the-embodiment-of-all-forms-of-divinity.html 3. 18 years ago, at this time of the year, Swami was supervising the construction of Sai Kulwant Hall. We have an excerpt from His conversation with the students, the Warden and some elders in the Prasanthi Nilayam Mandir. http://sathyasaiwithstudents.blogspot.in/2013/06/if-boys-follow-my-words-that-itself-is.html#.UctVY6x8edc 4. Competition is an inevitable part of the free enterprise system, which started in the west and has today become the dominant form of business across the globe. However, Swami highlights the malpractices that corporations undertake in the name of competition and the consequent harm it does to the individuals and the institutions. http://sathyasaiwithstudents.blogspot.in/2013/06/what-is-happening-in-name-of-competition.html 5. The month of June is a landmark month full of important travels in Avataric History. We continue this journey with our Lord and present the landmark visit of Swami with His students to Kodaikanal in June 1986. It was during this visit that He inaugurated the Sai Sruthi Mandir and also started the famous 'Kodai sessions'. We reminisce some of those moments. http://sathyasaiwithstudents.blogspot.in/2013/06/with-his-students-in-kodaikanal.html 6. In the section on the 'Song for the Soul', we have a Telugu song often sung by students in the Mandir - titled "Namo Sathya Sai - Anand Dayi" - Salutations to Sathya Sai - The Bestower of Bliss http://sathyasaiwithstudents.blogspot.in/2013/06/salutations-to-sathya-sai-namo-sathya.html#.UctWo6x8edc Click the link to read 220 full articles: 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 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 On October 23, 1963, I developed a small ulcer on the underside of my tongue, at the tip, on the right half. It spread rapidly backwards causing severe pain, shooting terribly into the right ear and the right eye. The ulcer spread quickly to the gums round my teeth, both in the upper and the lower jaws on the right side. The inside of the cheek was also ulcerated. There were blisters on the right cheek, the outer side. Within 4 days, I was shouting on account of the unbearable pain. My condition became so serious that I had to be admitted in the Bala Ram Hospital on the 27th, as an emergent case. The doctors diagnosed it as a case of Herpes Zoster, involving the second and third division of the trigeminal nerve. Medicines were administered orally and through intramuscular injections. All the while, I was praying to Bhagawan, Who had blessed me when He had come to Lucknow. He is My Lord, My Saviour. On October 29th, I became so desperate with the excruciating agony that I prayed to Baba with great anguish at about 9 pm either to relieve my pain or end the agony forever. At about 12 midnight, when I was in a half-dazed condition, I suddenly felt that Baba came to my bedside and drew a sharp knife across my tongue. No body had come in, we had bolted all doors before retiring. But, still, I saw Him clearly and the knife was drawn. I felt a sudden relief from the pain. It had gone completely! The doctors were surprised that the pain had vanished and the ulcer was well on the way to cure. Baba had responded to my prayer; He had operated over my tongue! And…not a drop of blood! He gave me relief and a fresh lease of life, to keep on praying to Him. Pray to Him ever, dear friends, for His grace! Man’s Misbehaviour & Natural Disasters Wednesday, June 26th, 2013 With India reeling under the disastrous effect of the Uttarakhand Tragedy, of natural disaster, it is prudent to listen to what Bhagawan had spoken about man, his responsibilities towards nature and the cause of natural disasters…Extracted from the Divine Discourse delivered on 13 February 1997. In the vast cosmos, man is like a speck. Essentially, there is no conflict between man and creation. Just as a child is entitled to enjoy the milk from its mother and the bee is entitled to enjoy the honey from flowers, there can be no objection to man enjoying the resources of Nature. But as a result of uncontrolled desires and reckless exploitation of natural resources, Nature is exhibiting frightening disorders. Natural calamities like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, droughts and floods are the result of disturbances in the balance of Nature caused by reckless exploitation of natural resources. Mankind today appears like a foolish man who is wielding the axe at the branch of a tree on which he is sitting. Men have to develop a sense of Spiritual Oneness. Out of that sense of Oneness, Love will grow. Love alone can bind the whole of humanity into one unit. What do you see in this hall today? Here are people gathered from Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia and other countries. What is it that has brought them together in this small village? It is only love and the sense of oneness with others. The bliss of life is embedded in this love. Pure bliss is derived from this love. When this love is shared with others you have the bliss of collective joy. When your life dances on the waves of this love it attains the fulfilment of humanness. Man today does not recognise this sense of oneness. Man does not mean the body alone. Man has the mind, the intellect and the Atma. It is the combination of all these that constitutes true humanness. When the balance among these four constituents is upset, man is plunged in troubles. When man maintains the balance among these four, the nation will prosper. Man is considering Nature as entirely a creation of providence for his enjoyment. This is a mistake. Nature exists for enjoyment by man according to certain limits. Scientists today are exploring the powers of Nature with a view to enjoying them without limit. They want to bring all those powers under human control for their unrestricted enjoyment. This is responsible for so many of the natural disasters that we witness today. -- --- 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.
