Guru Purnima Message from All India Vice President Shri Nimish Pandya from Prasanthi Nilayam on 31st July 2015 ...(Courtesy Radio Sai)
<http://www.ssso.net/pnews-2015/NimishGuru-2015.gif> Guru Purnima Message from All India Vice President Shri Nimish Pandya from Prasanthi Nilayam on 31st July 2015 ...(Courtesy Radio Sai) ... Posted on Friday, July 31, 2015 Video link: https://www.facebook.com/DeepakBharwani/videos/10207287883936285/?pnref=story _____ Guru Purnima 2015 at Dharmakshetra - 31st July 2015 <http://www.dharmakshetra.org.in/dknews15/Poland.jpg> Please click on the below-mentioned link to view the photos Google Plus Photos <https://plus.google.com/photos/115594714947438451860/albums/6177722018736950369> https://plus.google.com/photos/115594714947438451860/albums/6177722018736950369 or Picasa Web Album <https://picasaweb.google.com/115594714947438451860/GURUPURNIMA2015ATDHARMAKSHETRA> https://picasaweb.google.com/115594714947438451860/GURUPURNIMA2015ATDHARMAKSHETRA _____ the speaking tree - Ultimate Quest: Seeking The Guru Within - Vamsee K Juluri One Guru Purnima day , though did not know it at that time, Sri Sathya Sai Baba returned responsibility for my growth to my own self. It was 1999, and a beautiful morning in Puttaparthi. As i recall, Bhimsen Joshi sang that day . I sat there, my just-defended PhD thesis in my hand, hoping Baba's darshan walk would bring him near where i was, praying he might even bless my work. It happened, suddenly and quickly .He stopped, he blessed, and by the time i opened my eyes again, he was gone, an orange deity in an ocean of white. That feeling, and the gratitude, all remain. But that moment marked the end of one kind of relationship that i had been fortunate to have had with him. From the time i was in class 12 until the end of my PhD, Baba had been an intimate and central figure in my family . He guided us, encouraged us, and played a key role in my education. But that Guru Purnima day , i did not know that would be our last exchange. Then, in April 2011, the Sai world lost its irreplaceable centre. We often hear gurus and elders urging us to follow the guru within, but perhaps it is only when we are confronted by the striking force of absence that this becomes a reality . For some, the physical absence of a person who was God and Guru can be something that is fixed through external adjustments; in the deitydemocracy that is India, we can promote one icon in the prayer-shrine over another perhaps. We might even find alternative mysticisms and beliefs, mediums and go-betwee beliefs, mediums and go-betweens who promise to us the intimacy and familiarity we once had with those who are gone. Sometimes it is desperation that sends us to the `gurus without', and it is not for us to judge it. But sometimes, it is also important to check our urge to run far from the source in search of something that is really right here at home. Sometimes, what seems like absence can even be the beginning of a new way of knowing its opposite altogether. After all, once our gurus are gone, it is really only up to those of us who had the fortune of knowing them, to explain what they were about, to those younger than us, and more importantly , living up to what they stood for before them too. Baba's passing was my first experience of loss. He had been like a father, mother, an older brother, and most of all i had called him God. And all through, he had also been my Guru.I find it funny in retrospect that i did not go to Baba to learn about the meaning of life. That, in class 12, i was content exploring with The Beatles and Bob Dylan. I went only because my parents ordered me to come, and i thought i would do well in my exams if i prayed to him. Nothing was that simple, of course. Today , i see Baba as God and Guru.I have also come to see the world and my place in it in a certain way because of his teachings. I cannot presume to explain him, much less to claim to speak for him. But he did do one thing clearly . He got me learning from the guru within long before i even knew there was one there. (The writer is professor of Media Studies, University of San Francisco and author of `Rearming Hinduism'.) Post your comments at speakingtree.in <http://speakingtree.in/> The Speaking Tree is also available as an 8 page newspaper every Sunday for Rs 3. 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SadhGuru Devotional Sandhya by Suresh Wadkar… <http://www.sssbpt.org/images/2015/GPEvening2015_01.jpg> Nothing could have been any better to begin with than the lilting, lifting Marathi devotional dedicated to The Supreme Teacher “Omkara Swarupa… SadhGuru Samartha…”. Catching the pulse of the auspicious evening with the lifting song, the number that followed was one of Swami’s favourite songs that he sung on the occasion of 70th birthday, Aur is Dil Mein Kya Rakha Hai Tera Hi Pyaar… SadhGuru Devotional Sandhya by Suresh Wadkar… <http://www.sssbpt.org/images/2015/GPEvening2015_02.jpg> A Vittala Marathi number Vittala Namacha Re Taho next was followed by Ore Raahi Tuche Jaana Hey Parthi Nagariya…, calling the mind to travel to Puttaparthi. SadhGuru Devotional Sandhya by Suresh Wadkar… <http://www.sssbpt.org/images/2015/GPEvening2015_03.jpg> The evening that ensued kept the house in rapt attention with a string of exhilarating devotionals, namely Tuu Pyaar Ka Sagar Hey…, Araj Suno Mori SaiNath Peer…, Ithni Shakthi Hame Dena Dada…, Guro Paramatma Pareshu…, Suno To Ganga Ye Kya Sunaye…and Kanada Raja Pandharicha…. SadhGuru Devotional Sandhya by Suresh Wadkar… <http://www.sssbpt.org/images/2015/GPEvening2015_04.jpg> The artist and accompanists were felicitated. Bhajans continued and ended with Bhagawan singing “Vahe Guru Vahe Guru…” SadhGuru Devotional Sandhya by Suresh Wadkar… <http://www.sssbpt.org/images/2015/GPEvening2015_05.jpg> The gifted singer had the rare blessing of performing in the immediate Divine Presence many times, from the nineties on. SadhGuru Devotional Sandhya by Suresh Wadkar… <http://www.sssbpt.org/images/2015/GPEvening2015_06.jpg> Mangala Arathi at 1845 hrs. marked the end of the glorious Guru Purnima evening. II Samastha Lokah Sukhino Bhavantu II sourced: <http://www.theprasanthireporter.org/2015/07/sadhguru-devotional-sandhya-by-suresh-wadkar/> http://www.theprasanthireporter.org/2015/07/sadhguru-devotional-sandhya-by-suresh-wadkar/ _____ GURU POORNIMA EVENING CELEBRATIONS Auspicious Guru Poornima Greetings from Prasanthi Nilayam! Radiosai exclusive Live HD shots of the Guru Poornima Celebrations (Evening Programme - Musical Presentation by Sri Suresh Wadkar & his Team) direct direct from Sai Kulwant Hall at Prasanthi Nilayam – July 30, 2015. Radio Sai added 16 new photos to the album: <https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.905428659546273.1073742323.181243118631501&type=3> GURU POORNIMA EVENING CELEBRATIONS Radio Sai is pleased to bring you some glimpses of the Musical Presentation by Sri Suresh Wadkar & his Team held in Sai Kulwant Hall at Prasanthi Nilayam on July 31, 2015. For those who missed the morning programme could Log onto <http://www.radiosai.org/> www.radiosai.org now or watch this special HD video webcast here in this link: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8hJn-eyOZ8> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8hJn-eyOZ8> Music Concert by Sri SURESH WADEKAR ji - GURU POORNIMA Evening Programme <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8hJn-eyOZ8> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8hJn-eyOZ8 Radio Sai Team. _____ SAI SADGURU AMRITAVANI Radio Sai GURU POORNIMA 2015 SPECIAL! <http://www.ssso.net/pnews-2015/GP04.jpg> Excerpts from Divine Discourses and a Special quote of Bhagawan Baba to celebrate this Grand occasi...on and to realise the inner significance of this holy occasion. “Guru Poornima must be celebrated with prayer and penitence as that alone can cleanse the heart and not by feasting or fasting which affects only the body. This is the day when you decide to become masters of your senses and intellect, emotions and passions, thoughts and feelings, by sadhana (spiritual discipline). Even during dhyana (meditation), the ego will obstruct you.” Feel free to share with all. Thank you and Loving Sairam, Radio Sai Team. _____ <https://www.facebook.com/bhajantutor/photos/a.500026116748787.1073741828.499775866773812/837088126375916/?type=1&fref=nf> Bhajan Tutor <http://www.ssso.net/pnews-2015/sai-white.jpg> Daily Prayer Session Bhajans from Mandir - 24th July 2015 Let's listen to Bhajans sung at Abode of Peace, Prasanthi Nilayam last week Friday and immerse ourselves in divine bliss. Morning: Bhajan Session Link to listen: <http://radiosai.org/program/listen.php?f=LIVE_2015_07_24_AM.mp3> http://radiosai.org/program/listen.php… Link to download: <http://dl.radiosai.org/LIVE_2015_07_24_AM.mp3> http://dl.radiosai.org/LIVE_2015_07_24_AM.mp3 Evening: Bhajan Session Link to listen: <http://radiosai.org/program/listen.php?f=LIVE_2015_07_24_PM.mp3> http://radiosai.org/program/listen.php… Link to download: <http://dl.radiosai.org/LIVE_2015_07_24_PM.mp3> http://dl.radiosai.org/LIVE_2015_07_24_PM.mp3 You can download all the previous 'Mandir Prayer Session Bhajans' audio from the link given below. Link to Bhajans from Mandir archive: <http://media.radiosai.org/journals/Archives/live_audio_2015_archive.htm> http://media.radiosai.org/…/Arc…/live_audio_2015_archive.htm Loving Sai Ram, Radio Sai facebook Team, -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "saimsg" group. 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