ALL TITLES AND TOPICS FROM 1999 to 2007

TITLES AND TOPICS 2007

December 30th, 2007

“Be Happy With Everyone”

• RESOLVE TO “LOVE ALL, SERVE ALL” IN THE NEW YEAR

• ASK GOD FOR SPIRITUAL GIFTS

• LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF

• THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT OF LOVE IS JOY

• LIVE AT PEACE WITH EVERYONE

• BE HAPPY WITH EVERYONE

• THE NEW YEAR IS AN OCCASION FOR THANKSGIVING

• WE SHOULD THANK GOD EVEN FOR ADVERSITIES

• BECOME MORE PRAYERFUL IN THE NEW YEAR

• HAVE TOTAL FAITH IN BHAGAVAN

• BHAGAVAN IS FORGIVENESS EMBODIED

• BABA DOES NOT FIND FAULT WITH US

• PRAY FOR A COMPASSIONATE HEART

• MAY BHAGAVAN TEACH US HUMILITY

• LET US BE GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR ALL THAT WE HAVE

December 23rd, 2007

“Christmas 2007” (Part 3)

• The message of Christmas for Sai devotees

• Christmas brings Peace AT THE individual level

• Christmas brings Peace AT THE family level

• Christmas brings Peace AT THE universal level

• HUMILITY IS DIVINITY

• Humility, REPENTANCE, SURRENDER

• ONE: HEAVEN’S CELEBRATION

• TWO: CREATION’S CELEBRATION

• THREE: OUR CELEBRATION

• PEOPLE WANT THE DIRECT EXPERIENCE OF BHAGAVAN’S MESSAGE

• ONLY GOD CAN SAVE YOU, NOT MONEY

• TRUE HAPPINESS LIES IN UNION WITH GOD, NOT WITH THE WORLD

• THE SPIRIT OF GOD

• oneness is sai

• DON’T ADD TO OR SUBTRACT FROM A HOLY SCRIPTURE

• our DAILY BREAD

December 16th, 2007

“Christmas 2007” (Part 2)

• THE KING OF KINGS

• JESUS IS BORN IN EVERY MOMENT

• THE FIRST CATEGORY—THOSE WHO DENY GOD

• THE SECOND CATEGORY—RITUALISTIC WORSHIPPERS

• THE THIRD CATEGORY—T HE INTUITIVE AND WISE

• WISDOM VERSUS KNOWLEDGE

• THE MECHANICAL CENTRE

• THE MAGNETIC CENTRE

• UNCONSCIOUS EVOLUTION

• CONSCIOUS EVOLUTION

• SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GIFTS FROM THE WISE MEN

• INNER SIGNIFICANCE OF SUPRABHATHAM

• PROOF OF DIVINITY IN DIVINE ACTION

• NO BIRTH, NO DEATH

• “I AM I”

• I AM ZERO, GOD IS THE HERO

• “I AM SEARCHING FOR A DEVOTEE”

• THE SPIRITUAL PATH, THE NARROW WAY

• A PEACEFUL LIFE IS A BLISSFUL LIFE

December 9th, 2007

“Christmas 2007” (Part 1)

• The message of Christmas for Sai devotees

• The BIRTH OF A DIVINE MASTER IS NOT AN ORDINARY EVENT

• ”esu” MEANS FATHER and mother

• Nazareth means divine

• “FOLLOW ME” --- “MY LIFE IS MY message”

• “I HAVE COME TO SERVE YOU”

• “BE LIKE A CHILD”

• “BE HUMBLE”

• CHILDLIKE INNOCENCE IS DIVINITY

• BHAGAVAN WILL NOT SUBMIT HIMSELF TO ONE’s MONEY OR POSITION

• YOU should LOSE YOUR IDENTITY TO BE WITH GOD

• SADHANA IS CLEANING YOUR heart

• sWAMI’S MIRACLES ARE not for show

• GIVING MUST BE IN SECRET

• “LOVE YOUR ENEMIES”

December 2nd, 2007

“Simple but Ample”

• DIVINE QUESTION AND ANSWER ABOUT AKHANDA BHAJAN

• CONSIDER EVERY DUTY AS GOD’S WORK

• CONSIDER WORK AS WORSHIP

• NOT ATTACHED TO THE FRUITS OF THE ACTION

• I AM NOT A DOER BUT A FLUTE IN THE HANDS OF THE DIVINE

• DO SADHANA CONTINUOUSLY TILL YOU ARE ONE WITH THE DIVINE

• IDENTIFYING OURSELVES WITH OUR MIND

• YOU ARE NOT THE MIND – WHY?

• CONSIDER EVEN THE WORST HAPPENINGS AS GOOD

• BHAGAVAD GITA WAS GIVEN BECAUSE OF ARJUNA’S CRY

• OLD AGE IS A NATURAL PROCESS, NOT A CURSE

• OLD AGE IS TO SPEND TIME FOR OURSELVES

• MIND IS LIKE A FLY

• WATCH THE MIND

• SURRENDER IS NOT GIVING AWAY PROPERTY

• SURRENDER MEANS AWARENESS OF DIVINITY WITHIN

• BHAJAN GIVES YOU BODY DISCIPLINE

• MIND WILL BE STABLE

• INTELLECT MUST BE SACRED

• GOD’S GRACE IS ESSENTIAL

• OPEN THE WINDOWS OF EGO TO THE LET THE LIGHT COME IN

 October 28th, 2007

“Questions and Answers”

• SATHYA AND DHARMA

• THE THEORY OF NON-DUALISM

• GROW BEYOND THE MIND

• DREAMS ARE MIND GAMES

• DREAMS OF BABA ARE VISIONS

• TURN THE MIND INWARDS TO DESTROY ILLUSION

• LIFE IS A DRAMA

• ILLUSION IS THE PET DOG OF GOD

• VISHWAROOPA

• SELF WILL VERSUS THE WILL OF GOD

• UNITY IN SPIRIT

• THE DIVINE CALENDAR

• CREATION AND DESTRUCTION

• BELL RINGING

• SWAMI APPEARS EVERYWHERE

• GOOD AND BAD EXIST TOGETHER

• THE SAI ORGANISATION IS BABA’S JOB

• THE INTELLECT IS THE FILTER

• OUR RECIPE, GOD’S CREATION

• THE DRAMA OF LIFE

October 14th, 2007

"The Inner Meaning of Dasara, the Sacrificial Yajna"

• Veda Purusha Saptaha Jnana Yajna

• THE Sunday talks ARE available on the Internet and in book form

• Body Attachment

• THE OBJECTIVE IS TO EARN GOD’S GRACE

• GOD’S GRACE GIVES US INFINITE BLISS

• IT IS THE MIND THAT GOES ON DESIRING

• THE MIND OSCILLATES BETWEEN WORLDLINESS AND GODLINESS

• IF THE MIND IS WITHDRAWN, WHAT WILL HAPPEN?

• ALL OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE MIND

• WE HAVE TO ACT ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES

• THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE

• DUALISM IS BECAUSE OF BODY IDENTIFICATION

• THREE COMMON DISEASES OF BODY ATTACHMENT

• A WAY TO MAKE THE DUAL MIND INTO A NON-DUAL MIND

• YAJNA, DANA, AND THAPAS ARE ESSENTIAL WORDS TO KNOW

• WHAT IS ‘YAJNA’?

• WHAT IS ‘DANA’?

• THERE SHOULD BE RESPECT AND LOVE IN GIVING AND RECEIVING

• WHAT IS ‘THAPAS’?

• ACCEPT THE DIVINE WILL.

• REDUCE BODY ATTACHMENT’

• TRUE PENANCE IS DEVELOPING SWEETNESS AND BLISS WITHIN

• ENGAGE YOUR MIND IN HEALTHY ACTIVITY

• WHAT IS THE FINAL RESULT OF WITNESSING THE FESTIVAL OF NAVARATHRI?

October 7th, 2007

“Be Careful”

• Entire creation is god’s viRAT SWARUPA

• EACH OF US TRAVELS THE SPIRITUAL PATH INDIVIDUALLY

• MAN IS A CREATOR NOT A CREATURE

• THINK OF THE DREAMER NOT THE DREAM

• RESPECT AND REVERE ALL PLACES OF WORSHIP

• DETACHMENT IS LIBERATION

• TRUE FREEDOM IS UNCONDITIONAL

• FREEDOM IS FLEXIBLE AND UNPREDICTABLE

• BE TRUE TO YOURSELF

• SELF-CONDEMNATION IS THE WORST OF SINS

• GOD PARDONS ALL OUR MISTAKES

• DEATH IS AS AUSPICIOUS AS BIRTH

• DEATH IS A CELEBRATION

• MEDITATION SHOULD TAKE YOU BEYOND SPACE AND TIME

• MEDITATION SHOULD MAKE YOU AWARE OF the TRUTH

• meditation IS THOUGHTLESSNESS

• TRUE EXPERIENCE IS BEYOND THE MIND

• TRUE SPIRITUALITY IS DESIRELESSNESS

• LIFE IS BEAUTY, POETRY AND BLISS

• LIVE IN THE MOMENT

• don’t try, JUST be

September 30th, 2007

“Questions and Answers”

• OUR EFFORT SHOULD BE TO KNOW THE SELF AS A WITNESS

• AVATAR'S PURPOSE IS TO TEACH AND DEMONSTRATE

• EVEN GOD MUST FOLLOW HIS OWN LAWS

• SWAMI HAS NOT CHANGED HIS SCHEDULE

• SWAMI DEMONSTRATES BODY-MIND DETACHMENT

• DESTINY CANNOT BE CHANGED BY US

• MOTIVE DECIDES IF ACTION IS JUST OR NOT

• INJUSTICE MUST BE CORRECTED WITH LOVE AND SOFTNESS

• ATMA IS INDESTRUCTIBLE

• Sathyam Shivam Sundaram

• DIVINITY IS ONLY ONE - ETERNAL AND CHANGELESS

• AWARENESS IS SHIVAM

• WE HAVE FORGOTTEN WHAT IS NATURAL BEAUTY

• NATURE IS GOD MANIFEST

• BHAGAVAN IS SATHYAM SHIVAM SUNDARAM

• CONSIDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES BEFORE POINTING OUT OTHERS’ MISTAKES

• HEAVEN AND HELL ARE RIGHT HERE WITH US

• THE ANSWER IS THE QUESTION - THE QUESTION IS THE ANSWER

September 23rd, 2007

“Stop”

• STOP

• we must observe traffic rules on the spiritual highway

• Stop using high-SOUNDING vocabulary words

• words are inadequate to express the truth

• Facts change with time

• Facts have nothing to do with god

• Facts change, WHILE truth is changeless

• You are the Truth

• Truth happens

• Ekam Sat – Truth is One

• Philosophy is ‘Full Loss’

• Philosophy will not help us understand the truth

• God is Unknowable

• In Knowing, Truth Happens

• Truth is an Agreement

• Truth is Silence

• Truth is simple

• Truth is beyond time

• Miracles are to give us a glimpse of Divinity

• THE World is full of miracles

• Miracles happen around us every day

• A child’s smile is a miracle

• let us not limit miracles

• THINKING is not a spiritual man’s qualification

• Feeling is not a spiritual man’s qualification

  being is the true quality of a spiritual man

• Being absorbs experiences without getting affected by them

  Baba responds to questions

• Baba’s responses are specific to the questioner and context

September 9th, 2007

“Tips to Truth”

• KEEP YOUR MIND ON GOD WHILE ENGAGING YOURSELF IN WORK

• Our interest in spiritual matters is due to swami’s grace

• LET ALL YOUR ACTIONS BE PLEASING UNTO GOD

• ACTIONS OFFERED TO GOD BECOME SPIRITUAL

• deposit your actions with god, the divine banker

• BENEFITS OF depositing your actions with god

• to be free from bondage, never become agitated

• EVERY WORK IS SWAMI’S WORK

• there’s nothing personal around swami

• PLEASURE AND PAIN ARE EXPERIENCES OF THE SAME MIND

• we are not the mind

• BABA, THE DIVINE PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON

• the disease of birth and rebirth

• end-joy is to enjoy

• ignorance ends the moment you know your true nature

• Find god in yourself, not outside

• mind is the cloth and thoughts are the threads

• life is a dream, realise it

September 2nd, 2007

“What Next?”

• Devotion Is the Foundation for Wisdom and Action

• We Are Shaken By Lack of Devotion

• With Devotion, Restlessness Will Lessen

• We Already Have God's Grace

• To Earn Peace, There Is No Way But Devotion

• Weaknesses Come From THE Senses and THE Mind

• Strong Determination Is Not Enough

• Life Is Not Partial

• You Can Prefer, BUT You Can't Choose

• Life Is Choiceless Awareness

• Devotion Is Like A Leaky Pot

• The Proof Of Devotion Is Fearlessness AND LACK OF ANGER

• Self-Audit Will Help Us

• Sai Is Not Philosophy

• Baba's Teachings Are Simple

August 29th, 2007

Anil Kumar’s Satsang with an Iranian Group

• COEXISTENCE WITH ALL FORMS

  RELIGIOUSNESS IS UNITY

• RELIGIOUSNESS IN THE FAMILY

• RELIGIOusNess and islam IN SOCIETY

• THE RELIGION OF LOVE

• THE qualities of Religiousness

• QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

 August 26th, 2007

“That’s It”

• THAT’S IT!

• LIBERATION CANNOT BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED

• CHANGING GURUS SPOILS SPIRITUAL LIFE

• DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS OF YOGA

• THE TWO REQUIREMENTS OF YOGA

• THE MEANING OF RELAXATION

• TOTAL RELAXATION NEEDED FOR SPIRITUALITY

• SAGE SUKHA, THE MASTER

• KING JANAKA WAS RELAXED

• YOGA REQUIRES PREPARATION AND EXPERIENCE

• OUR PROFESSION IS WHAT WE DESERVE

• CONSIDER YOUR JOB AS YOUR MISSION IN LIFE

• WHAT IS PEACE?

• WHEN I-NESS grows, PEACE DIMINISHES

• THE PRACTISE OF MEDITATION

• MERGING WITH THE SOURCE

• UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE PEACE

• NEGATIVITY REMOVES YOU FROM GOD

• WHAT IS POSITIVITY?

• AS YOU THINK, SO YOU BECOME

• QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

August 19th, 2007

“How Long?”

• HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO GET LIBERATED?

• YOU CAN GET LIBERATED HERE AND NOW

• FOLLOW ME

• THE MOMENT WE FOLLOW GURU IN LETTER AND SPIRIT, WE ARE LIBERATED

• YOU SUFFER AS LONG AS YOU ARE ATTACHED TO YOUR BODY AND MIND

• RAGA -- ATTACHMENT

• DWESHA – DISLIKE OR HATRED

• YOU ARE ABOVE THE BODY WHEN THERE IS NO ATTACHMENT

• YOU ARE ABOVE THE MIND WHEN THERE IS NO HATRED

• MIMAMSA OR VICHARANA: SELF-EXAMINATION

• ELEVEN SECONDS IS ENOUGH

• WISDOM IS EXPERIENCED THE MOMENT WE ARE AT THE CENTRE OF OUR LIFE

• THE MOMENT YOU GIVE UP EGO (I-NESS) AND DESIRE, YOU ATTAIN PEACE

• “WHAT IS MY DUTY?”

• BE READY TO ACCEPT EVERYTHING AS BHAGAVAN’S GRACE

• DEVELOP SELF-AWARENESS

• SITUATIONS ARE CREATED BY SWAMI

• PRESENCE IS IGNORED, ABSENCE IS NOTED

• TRAVEL FROM THE IDOL TO THE IDEAL

• BABA SAYS DIFFICULTIES ARE THERE TO LEARN LESSONS

• DIFFICULTIES CONTINUE UNTIL WE TURN OUR MIND TOWARDS GOD

• QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

• GROWING TO THE STATE OF NON-DUALISM IS THE ONLY WAY

• INTENSE LOVE FOR GOD IS BHAKTHI

• ONLY GOD EXISTS IN JNANA, YOU DO NOT EXIST

August 12th, 2007

“No More”

• STOP THIS MANIA FOR POSITION AND MONEY

• GIVE UP THE DESIRE FOR NAME AND FAME

• EXPRESSION IS KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE IS DIVINE

• KNOWING MEANS LIVING

• KNOWLEDGE LEADS TO DOUBTS

• FEAR AND DOUBT

• THE DUAL MIND IS THE CAUSE OF FEAR

• ATTACHMENT TO THE BODY

• WHEN THERE IS LOVE WITHIN YOU, YOU FIND LOVE AROUND YOU

• HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL

• SELF ACCEPTANCE

• SPIRITUAL SUCCESS

• GOD IS ON YOUR SIDE

• YOU ARE NOT THE BODY AND YOU ARE NOT THE MIND.

• DON’T BE IN A HURRY -- WAITING IS SPIRITUAL

• WHY DO WE FAIL?

• WAITING IS SPIRITUAL

• WHATEVER IS HAPPENING IS DIVINE

July 22nd, 2007

“The Significance of Guru Purnima” (Part 2)

• Guru PURNIMA

• unity

• unity is oneness

• spirituality is THE path of knowing

• “this too shall pass”

• i am only a witness

• Gurus go beyond body level

• life is a dream, REALIsE it!

• Spirituality is for “being”

• knowing our value

• SPIRITUAL JOURNEY, NOT JUDGMENT

July 15th, 2007

“The Significance of Guru Purnima” (Part 1)

• Who is THE guru?

• Guru is a Guidepost

• THREE Important aspects of a guru

• BHAGAVAN, the transformer

• BABA, THE CREATOR

• BABA, THE SUSTAINER

• BABA, THE DESTROYER

• "experience Me within yourselves”

• all are close to Him

• ONLY WHEN THE OUTER NOISE STOPS CAN THE INNER VOICE be HEARD

• DIVINE INTUITION

• GURU MAKES YOU EXPERIENCE ONENESS

• NAME AND FORM

• STORY OF THE TIGER CUB

• GURU PURNIMA IS A REMINDER OF OUR TRUE NATURE

• DETACH TOWARDS THE WORLD AND ATTACH TO GOD

• nature IS THE BEST TEACHER

• transformation IS IMPORTANT

• GOD MANIFESTS AS NATURE – NATURE UNMANIFEST IS GOD

• Surrender to self is bliss

July 1st, 2007

“Questions and Answers”

• THE NATURE OF LOVE FOR GOD

• LOVE IS THE FIRST STEP TO ENQUIRY

• WORSHIP SHOULD NOT BE MECHANICAL

• PRAYER IS SILENT WHISPER

• SPIRITUAL TRUTH IS CHANGELESS AND ETERNAL

• FREE WILL IS NOT FREE

• WORDS AS A VEHICLE FOR EXPRESSION

• TRUTH NOT BASED ON LOVE IS NOT TOTAL TRUTH

• THE RESTLESSNESS OF THE HUMAN MIND

• THE HUMAN MIND IS LIKE A TANK OF WATER

• LIFE IS HERE AND NOW

• PHYSICAL EXERCISE IS NOT YOGA

• TRUE YOGA PREPARES THE MIND TO MERGE IN GOD

• SADHANA IS TURNING INWARD

• NOT REACTING TO PRAISE OR BLAME IS A SIGN OF TURNING INWARD

• YOUR MIND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BIRTH AND DEATH

June 24th, 2007

“Where to Where?”

• WHAT IS THE ANSWER?

• THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BODY

• THE PURPOSE OF SADHANA

• A PERSON WITH EGO IS IRRELIGIOUS

• WE ARE TIRED BECAUSE OF BOREDOM

• HUMAN LIFE AND THE BODY CAN NEVER BE UNDERESTIMATED

• THE CHIEF PURPOSE OF THE BODY IS TO EXPERIENCE ‘BLISS OF THE SELF’

• HOW TO BE FREE FROM BODY IDENTIFICATION

• BABA IS DIVINE IN HUMAN FORM

• YOU HAVE COME HERE TO SEE SWAMI

• ENQUIRY INTO THE SELF IS THE HIGHEST OF ALL SPIRITUAL PURSUITS

• PURIFICATION OF THE MIND

• THE MIND IS THE IMMEDIATE OBSTACLE IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SELF

• DOER-SHIP IS AN OBSTACLE ON THE PATH OF ENQUIRY

• CONSCIOUSNESS IS BEYOND THE MIND

• CONSCIOUSNESS IS BEHIND ALL THE SENSES

• CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE WITNESS

• THE ULTIMATE IS TO FEEL THAT EVERYTHING IS DIVINE

• TO EXPERIENCE THE BLISSFUL SELF IS CALLED THE PATH OF ENQUIRY

June 17th, 2007

“Kodaikanal 2007” (Part 3)

• We need unity and friendship in today’s environment

• Lakshmana was always by Rama’s side, Shatrughna was always by Bharata’s side

• We must be careful about where we live and who we spend time with

• Ravana treated sita wih reverence and respect

• RAvana Kidnapped Sita to die at the hands of Rama

• Truth needs no justification

• Manthara As a faithful Servant

• Paramhansa chose Brahmananda due to his BALANCED STATE OF MIND

• Never give others a chance to comment upon your character

• For Shirdi Sai Baba, it was enough that you came to him

• THE Lifestyle of THE Avatar is in tune with the times

• Shirdi Baba was omniscient and omnipresent

• God is present in all beings

• For Shirdi Sai Baba’S ANSWER TO A MAN’S REQUEST FOR MOKSHA

• one should NOT look down upon KARMA OR BHAKTHI

• Rajmata Had the highest devotion for Baba all her life

• Ramakrishna Rao was a great devotee

• PurUshotamananda had waited in penance for Swami all his life

• Swami is not the body

  Ramakrishna Rao - a great poet

• Raja Venkatagiri’S DEVOTION

• Only god knows his ways of functioning

• Swami frequently joked with Ramabrahmam

• Love of Bhagavan is unparalleled

• Swami’s concern for his devotees is highest

  Swami BROUGHT RAMABRAHMAM’S son back to life

• Devotees of the past continue to be our guides

June 10th, 2007

“Kodaikanal 2007" (Part 2)

• god doesn’t receive -- HE only gives

• let your pure heart be like a shawl, coVERING HIM

• devotees find a place in the heart of GOd

• Swami is omniscient

• delve inside to find god

• pray to him to have his eternal darshan

• THE time to perform an auspicious task is right now

• sincerity and devotion grant us wisdom

• as are your looks, so is the scenery

• there is no need to fear to do his work

• swami is the indweller in all of us

• unity is ONENESS with god at all times

• whatever we give should be of use to others

• do not misuse god’s wonderful gifts

• THE world is a projection of our mind

• surrender fully to god to control the mind

• he is the doer -- You are only his instrument

• love him, above all else, to EARN HIS grace

• love is never expressed, but felt

• perform seva to the best of your ability

• change of work is rest

• god has a personal relationship with his devotees

• god’s love is the essence of A thousand mothers

• he knows all our actions

June 3rd, 2007

“Kodaikanal 2007” (Part I)

• A WONDERFUL TRIP TO KODAIKANAL – PARADISE ON EARTH!

• TOPOGRAPHY OF SWAMI’S ABODE IN KODAIKANAL

• WE HAVE NOT LIVED LIFE UNTIL WE ENJOY NATURE

• UNION OF THE CREATOR AND THE CREATION

• OSCAR AWARD FROM BHAGAVAN’S HANDS

• A SMILING FACE IS A GIFT OF GOD

• BABA IS DOING HIS WORK SILENTLY

• WE DON’T REMEMBER THAT BABA IS GOD

• LIFE WITHOUT BABA IS NOT WORTH LIVING

• BABA’S OMNIPRESENCE

• GLIMPSES OF BABA’S DIVINITY

• MOMENTS OF INTIMACY AND PROXIMITY

• EN ROUTE THE JOURNEY, SWAMI WAS FRESH AS A FLOWER

• ESWARAMMA DAY IN KODAIKANAL

• DHARMAKSHETRA IS GETTING READY FOR SWAMI

• DHARMAKSHETRA IS AN INSPIRATION FOR SAI WORKERS EVERYWHERE

• MARVELLOUS BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTRE ‘AKSHA’

• WESTERN CULTURE ON THE WAY TO SHIRDI

• ROYAL RECEPTION AND DARSHAN AT SHIRDI

• KAKAD AARATHI AT SHIRDI

April 23rd, 2007

“The Goal of Life”

• FROM GOD, IN GOD AND TO GOD

• CONSCIOUSNESS IS INEXPRESSIBLE

• WHAT IS SPIRITUAL PRACTICE?

• WHAT IS THE PATH TO EXPERIENCE ATMA OR SPIRIT?

• HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO KNOW MYSELF?

• WHAT IS THE WORST OF THE SINS?

• THREE ESSENTIAL SPIRITUAL TEXTS

• WHAT IS THE RIGHT ACTION, KARMA?

• THE TRUE MEANING OF SATSANG

• WHO ARE YOU? WHO AM I?

• QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

April 22nd, 2007

 “The Centre of My Life"

• GOD IS NOT A GOAL

• WHAT IS THE CENTRE OF MY LIFE?

• THE CENTRE OF MY LIFE IS MY VERY BEING

• THE FIRST QUALITY OF BEING IS “EXISTENCE”

• LET US AGE GRACEFULLY

• THE MIND CANNOT BE THE CENTRE OF MY LIFE

• THE SENSES ARE NOT THE CENTRE OF MY LIFE

• THE CENTRE OF MY LIFE IS BEING A WITNESS, NOT A PARTICIPANT

• THE CENTRE OF MY LIFE IS BEING A WITNESS, NOT A PARTICIPANT

• HOW DO YOU SAY YOU ARE MISERABLE?

• THE SECOND QUALITY IS “LIFE IS CHOICELESS”

• THE THIRD QUALITY IS “BLISS”

• BABA GIVES AN EXAMPLE

• RELIGION HAS A PURPOSE – LIFE HAS NO PURPOSE

• THE CENTRE WILL KEEP YOU SAFE AND SECURE

• LET US NOT ENJOY GOD MERELY THROUGH THE SENSES

• CONTINUOUS RECOLLECTION OF CONVERSATIONS WITH SWAMI IS MEDITATION

• SENSES ARE ONLY GATES

• INVITE THE DIVINITY WITHIN AND INNER JOY WILL BE MUCH MORE

• LIFE IS AN ORCHESTRA

• OUR LIFE IS MORE BLISSFUL WHEN WE CONTEMPLATE ON THE CENTRE OF LIFE

• THE ONENESS OR IDENTITY WITH THE SELF IS BEYOND DOUBT

• MIND IS THE OTHER NAME OF DOUBT

• THE CENTRE OF LIFE, OUR VERY BEING, IS DOUBTLESS

• JUDGING OTHERS IS VERY UNCHARITABLE

  ACCEPTANCE IS REALITY

April 15th, 2007

“Let Us Learn To Accept Ourselves As We Are”

• THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NEW YEAR

• ACCEPT YOURSELF AS YOU ARE

• SPIRITUALITY IS ABOUT EXPERIENCE

• GO FROM DOUBT TO DOUBTLESSNESS

• DEVELOP THE SPIRIT OF SURRENDER

• UNCERTAINTY IS LIFE

• “THAT WHICH IS REAL IN ME JUST SPROUTED UP!”

• REALISE THE DIVINE BY SERVING YOUR FELLOW MAN

• SERVICE MAKES YOU AWARE OF GOD’S OMNIPRESENCE

• SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE SHOULD COME FROM EXPERIENCE

• GOD IS BEYOND TIME OR SPACE

• BEND THE BODY, MEND THE SENSES

• FOCUS YOUR SENSES ON SPIRITUAL MATTERS

• END THE MIND – YOU ARE NOT THE MIND

• THE THREE STEPS TOWARD GOD

• AGE IS NOT A FACTOR FOR CHANGING ONESELF

April 1st, 2007

“Theists and Atheists”

• atheists are irrational

• Theists are hypocritical

• Theists promote Atheism

• Religiousness is more important THAN religion

• Bhagavan speaks of religiousness

• Do not quote Baba for your convenience

• we must know the full context when we quote swami

• You are the not the owner, only the trustee

• To be Godly is more important than believing in God

• Worshippers of Rama should follow Truth AND Righteousness

• Rama led an ordinary human life

• God sets an example to copy and not to envy

• Sri Ramachandra'S balanced state of mind

• A devotee of Rama should emulate Rama

• Sri Rama is humble

• Lord Rama loves all

• Rama stands for Gratitude

• Life is a process of Thanksgiving

• Rama stands for strong determination

• Ability to accomplish is the quality of Rama

• One should conquer Anger

• Forgive US our trespasses, as we forgive those WHO trespass against us

• Rama is Atma Rama

• Sita represents Awareness

• Lanka represents Liberation, Bridge is Sadhana

  Youthfulness like Hanuman

• Divine attraction -- LOVE

  Worship means to Cultivate Divine Qualities

March 25th, 2007

“Parallels Between the Teachings of Sai Baba and Rama”

• Every festival is a reminder of the value of life

• study the spiritual values as well as the story of The Ramayana

• Various Authors of the Ramayana

• Parallels between Bhagavan Baba and Sri Ramachandra

• Idealism Is personified in Rama And Baba

• the tree grows where the seed falls

• God is present in all Beings

• Rama and Baba treat all beings alike

• Love All Alike

• Declarations of Avatars always come true

• Promises once made will never be Withdrawn

• to Give and Forgive is the theme of their lives

• Divine is biggest among the big and smallest among the small

• The spirit behind the offering is more important than the offering

• ‘Rama’, ‘Sai’ and ‘Aum’ have similar Meanings

• ‘Rama’ means ‘attraction’ and Sai is attraction

• Baba removes evil qualities and saves our lives

• Baba Brings about Voluntary Transformation

• a prompt from within

• Motherland is greater than heaven

• The Divine Mission is Constant

• MY MOTHER’S QUESTION TO SWAMI

• OBSERVATIONS DURING CHENNAI VISIT

• GOVERNMENT COOPERATION DURING BHAGAVAN’S VISIT

• BHAGAVAN RESPONDS TO DEVOTEES IN CHENNAI

• SAI’S STYLE OF SERVICE IS RESPECTFUL AND RENDERED IN ALL HUMILITY

• THE DIVINE ATTRACTION OF BHAGAVAN

• SAI’S MISSION WAS DEPICTED AT THE YAJNASHAALA

• SWAMI GIVES JOY TO THE PEOPLE AT THE YAJNASHAALA

• FOOD FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE

• SWAMI PROMPTS EVERYBODY TO COME FORWARD AND RENDER SERVICE

• PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT POLITICAL PARTIES SIT TOGETHER BECAUSE OF SWAMI

• POLITICIANS COMPETE IN PRAISING SWAMI

• THE ATHEIST CHIEF MINISTER EXPRESSES HIS APPRECIATION OF SAI SERVICE

• CINEMA STARS PAID RESPECT TO SWAMI

• A MILESTONE IN THE SAI DIVINE MISSION

• THE WONDERFUL CELEBRATION OF CHINESE NEW YEAR

• THE PARALLEL BETWEEN BUDDHA AND BABA

• THE STORY OF AVISTHA

January 14th, 2007

“Sankranti Message”

• SANKRANTI Greetings

• Sankranti signifies Caring for all

• sankranti promotes a Feeling of universal oneness

• sANKRANTI MARKS THE BEGINNING OF UTTARAYANA

• noble souls attain heaven during Sankranti

• sankranti festivities and their significance

• Sankranti is a time to BE blissful and thankful

• God is beyond the mind

• WHAT IS SAMADHI?

• DEVELOP THAT STATE OF SILENCE

• Live a life of totality

• let us have total Acceptance of God’s being

• Take responsibility for everything

• expectations lead to disappointments

• NOTHING IN LIFE IS FREE

• spirituality is an endless journey

• A religious person must relax

• CElebrate the presence of bhagavan

• don’t do -- JUST be

• become egoless to experience god

• God helps you to grow in your being

• Establish communion with god

January 7^th, 2007

“The Value of Life”

• Life has to be valued

• We should be grateful to nature

• let us not postpone loving

• let us not postpone doing good

• live in the moment

• Paradise is a myth

• PAradise is within you

• truth is a lived experience

• life is an expression

• Sharing Baba’s Miracles is the best expression

• Miracles strengthen our faith in god

• expansion is to unconditionally accept things as they are

• We should be ready to declare our divinity

• let us not lose the freedom god has given us

• Being religious is more important than being a man of religion

• Baba wants us to become god, not merely worship god

• Let us have faith in ourselves first

• trust IS a QUALITY UNAFFECTED BY relationship.

• Enlightenment is a happening

• Enlightenment is every individual’s birthright

• innocence takes us closer to god

• Equanimity is a sign of innocence

• life is cash to be enjoyed now, not a promissory note

• let us travel within to experience him

• Individuality is more important than personality

  Spiritual life is a travel from eternity to eternity

• a power hungry person suffers from inferiority complex

  Creation is the sport of god

TITLES AND TOPICS 2006

December 31st, 2006

“Questions and Answers”

• HOW DO YOU FEEL STANDING NEXT TO SWAMI?

• WHO TRANSLATES BETTER?

• why do a comparative study of jesus and baba?

• what is the christmas message?

• WHEN I AM CORRECTED, HOW SHOULD I TAKE IT?

• DOES BABA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT MADAME BLAVATSKY?

• HOW MAY WE SERIOUSLY PRACTISE SWAMI’S TEACHINGS?

• WHY HURRY AND WORRY?

• YES, BUT WHAT ABOUT SPIRITUAL PROGRESS?

• HOW DO WE DEVELOP HUNGER FOR GOD?

• HOW DOES FEELING angry with myself POINT TO GOD?

• WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADMONISHING AND CORRECTING?

• what is the meaning of Chatterjee – Bannerjee – Mukerjee?

• turning inward

• Language of Silence

• silence should turn inward

• WHEN IS IT THE Will of God AND NOT HUMAN WILL?

• ACCEPTING The will of god is surrender

• Let faith be your breath

• first, have faith in yourself

• faith is inborn

• HAVING faith is natural

• faith has to be regained

• Baba does not need any intermediaries

• You are my instrument

  Timelessness is Divinity

• celebrate every moment

  IN THE COMPANY OF GOD

December 24th, 2006

“Parallel between the Teachings of Sai Baba and Jesus” (Part 4)

• CHRISTMAS IS A SYMBOL OF LOVE AND SACRIFICE

• THE LORD IS THE REDEEMER

• EXPERIENCE OF A RENOWNED SINGER

• SWAMI LOOKS AFTER US

• A GENUINE PRAYER WILL BE ANSWERED

• WE CANNOT EXPLAIN DIVINE MOTIVES

• CREATION IS LIKE CHILD’S PLAY

• FOLLOW HIS TEACHINGS TO BE LIBERATED

• WHAT BABA WILLS WILL HAPPEN!

• FORGIVE EVERYONE SO THAT GOD MAY FORGIVE US

• DON’T JUST FORGIVE – FORGET!

• LOVE GOD WITH HEART, MIND, SOUL AND STRENGTH

• SPIRITUAL BOND IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN BLOOD RELATIONSHIP

• SILENT PRAYERS ARE HEARD

• SHUN PUBLICITY

• MAYA IS SATANIC EFFECT

• FATHER, SON AND THE HOLY GHOST

December 17th 2006

“Parallels between the Teachings of Jesus and Baba” (Part3)

• Christ and Baba

• Nothing Wrong with the World

• Living the Scriptures

• Why Share Experiences?

• RecogniSe the Avatar

• Our Good Fortune

• Residents of Prashanti Nilayam

• What is it that you get in Prashanti Nilayam?

• Awareness OF REALITY

• Silent Change within ourselves

• Spiritual Change is silent

• Who asked you to come to Prashanti Nilayam?

• Baba and Christianity are complementary

• Forgive and Forget

• What is THE Golden Age?

• Understand the Divinity of Bhagavan Baba

• Recognise the Jesus amidst us

• Beware of Impostors

• No one can tell exactly what Baba said

• Baba will convey directly to you

• How to know ONE is Genuine?

• Oneness between Jesus and Bhagavan Sathya Sai Baba

• My covenant will not change

• Rewrite — TRY AGAIN

• Freedom is self-control and obedience to God

  THE Second Coming of Christ

December 10th, 2005

“Parallels between the Teachings of Sai Baba and Jesus” (Part 2: “Golden Age”)

• WHAT IS THE GOLDEN AGE?

• BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE GOLDEN AGE

• “THY KINGDOM COME”

• BODY IS A TEMPORARY WATER BUBBLE – DIVINE IS PERMANENT

• HAVE CONSTANT AWARENESS OF DEATH

• NO PROFIT CAN ONE GAIN FROM FLESH

• GOD IS IN YOU

• FIND PARALLELS BETWEEN SAI’S TEACHINGS AND OTHER SCRIPTURES

• AS YOU THINK, SO YOU BECOME

• GARUDA PURANA – A HINDU SCRIPTURE THAT PROMOTES FEAR OF SIN

• HAPPINESS IS HEAVEN -- MISERY IS HELL

• BODY IS A TEMPLE

• HUMAN LIFE IS THE GREATEST GIFT

• GOD IS A SILENT LISTENER IN EVERY CONVERSATION -- AN UNSEEN GUEST AT EVERY MEAL

• REACTION, REFLECTION, RESOUND

• WE SHOULD BE PERFECT

• BLESSED ARE THE POOR

• HIS DIVINE NATURE CAN BE CLEARLY SEEN

December 3rd, 2006

“Parallels between the Teachings of Sai Baba and Jesus" (Part I)

• ATTRIBUTES OF GOD

• EVERYTHING IS DIVINE

• RELIGION AND RELIGIOUSNESS

• THE MESSAGES OF JESUS CHRIST AND SAI BABA

• SAI DEVOTEES AND JESUS

• WHY DO WE CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS?

• GUIDEPOSTS AND GUIDES

• THE GURU IS A TORCHLIGHT

• GOD HIMSELF HAS TO COME DOWN

• LIFE HAS BECOME A MATTER OF BUSINESS

• HUMAN VALUES HAVE LOST THEIR VALUE

• GOD IN HUMAN FORM

• JESUS CHRIST AND SAI BABA

• THE SATHYA SAI MISSION GROWS

• CHANGELESS IS DIVINE

• THE FIRST CITIZEN OF INDIA

• A MIRACLE IS A HAPPENING AND NOT A PERFORMANCE

• JESUS CURES

• BABA CURES

• THE TEACHINGS WILL MAKE OUR LIFE BLESSED AND WORTH LIVING

• THE POWER OF PRAYER

November 5th, 2006 

“What Sai Baba Has Said About His Avatar Mission”

• WE SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH BABA’S MESSAGE

• DON’T LOOK AT BABA AS A MAN OF MIRACLES

• OUR CONCEPT OF MIRACLES SHOULD CHANGE

• TRANSFORMATION IN OUR ATTITUDE IS A MIRACLE

• MIRACLES HAPPEN TO TURN YOU GOD-WARDS

• THE BEST WAY TO KNOW BABA IS TO EXPERIENCE HIS LOVE

• THE SAI PATH IS TO REALISE THAT GOD AND I ARE ONE

• LIKE BABA WE SHOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY PRAISE OR BLAME

• EVERYONE IS CLOSE TO GOD

• THERE IS NO FIRST AND LAST AS ALL ARE EQUAL

• ONENESS IS A GODLY QUALITY

• BABA DESIRES NOTHING EXCEPT FOR US TO BE DESIRELESS

• TRUE RELIGION IS DESIRELESSNESS

• DUALITY COMES FROM LAZINESS

• THE TWO GIFTS THAT BABA EXPECTS FROM US

• EVERYTHING ABOUT BABA IS SPECIAL

• BABA IS UNIQUE AND IMMEASURABLE

• BABA’S DARSHAN ATONES OUR SINS

• BABA’S DISCOURSE MAKES US FORGET OUR PROBLEMS

• BABA’S TOUCH MAKES US FREE FROM THE CONSEQUENCES OF PAST LIVES

• THE WHOLE UNIVERSE IS BABA’S RESIDENCE

• OUR HAPPINESS IS BABA’S HAPPINESS

• SWAMI APPRECIATES SILENT WORK

• WE CAN GIVE GIFTS OF SERVICE AND LOVE TO SWAMI THIS BIRTHDAY

• NINE IS A DIVINE NUMBER AS IT IS CHANGELESS

 October 29th, 2006

“Spiritual Sadhana is to Transcend the Mind”

• TELUGU ARTICLE IN SANATHANA SARATHI

• WHY DON’T I EXPERIENCE GOD

• EXISTENCE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE, DIVISIBLE OR CHANGEABLE

• HOW TO CONTROL MAYA OR ILLUSION?

• MAYA IS NOT SEPARATE FROM MADHAVA

• WHEREVER THERE IS MADHAVA, THERE IS MAYA

• MAYA IS UNDER THE CONTROL OF GOD

• BY THE GRACE OF GOD, YOU CAN COME OUT OF THIS MAYA

• GOD IS MASTER—PET IS MAYA OR ILLUSION

• WHY MAN IS AFFECTED BY MAYA, AMD WHY NOT GOD?

• WILL MAYA COME AGAIN, ONCE IT GOES BACK?

• YOU WILL NOT BE IN THE TRAP OF MAYA ONCE YOU ARE AWARE OF JNANA

• ONCE IT COMES, JNANA WILL NEVER GO

• TEMPER AND ANGER IS A QUALITY OF MAYA

• BABA GIVES A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE, USING THE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION

  WHEN YOU STOP YOUR SADHANA, MAYA WILL GET INTO YOU

• DUAL EXPERIENCES ARE THE SIGNS OF MAYA

• BABA GIVES ONE EXAMPLE OF A MUSLIM SAINT

• COMING OUT OF MAYA IS GOING BEYOND THE LEVEL OF THE BODY

• BHAGAVAN SAYS THE MIND IS MAYA

• MIND IS VERY PECULIAR AND FUNNY

• EXPERIENCING THE SPIRIT IS SPIRITUALITY, STUDY OF THE MIND IS PSYCHOLOGY

• YOU WILL BE HAPPY IF YOU GO BEYOND THE MIND

• EXPECTATION THAT MAKES A MAN UNHAPPY

• DARSHAN OF SWAMI WILL ITSELF MAKE A MIRACLE

• PEOPLE WITH WHOM SWAMI TALKS ARE SPOILED BECAUSE OF EGO

• DIVINE ROMANCE BETWEEN BHAGAVAN AND ANIL KUMAR

• THE ONE WHO LIVES WITH GOD SHOULD BE GODLY

• GOING BEYOND THE MIND IS THE KEY FOR HAPPINESS

• WHAT IS THE WAY TO GROW BEYOND THE MIND?

  WHAT IS THE WAY TO GROW BEYOND THE MIND

• EXPERIENCE OF ONE GENTLEMAN WITH SWAMI

• DEEP SLEEP STATE IS SUSHUPTI

• THE STATE BEYOND THE MIND CANNOT BE EXPRESSED

• GOOD DARSHAN DEPENDS UPON THE CONDITION OF THE MIND

• GETTING OUT OF ILLUSION IS ESSENTIAL ON THE SPIRITUAL PATH

• MIND IS THE CAUSE FOR YOUR EGOISM

• YOU WILL BE READY TO GIVE UP ANYTHING WHEN YOU TRANSCEND THE MIND

• EQUAL-MINDEDNESS

  SWABHAVIKA, NAITHIKA AND SAKAMA ACTIVITIES

• NISHKAMA KARMA – SELFLESS ACTIVITY

• A SELFLESS MAN IS ALWAYS IN A STATE OF AWARENESS

October 22nd, 2006

 “Avatar Declaration Day and Deepavali”

• The meanings of BHagavan’s Names

• Always say “Sai ram” with joy in your heart

• THE purpose of THE avatar

• THE path of devotion – alike IN praise and blame

• bhagavan is THE support for all of us

• bhagavan is everywhere, always with us

• bhagavan never leaves us

• Bhagavan’s VOW: to set us on the path of righteousness

• god is here now

• inner meaning of spiritual practices

• Deepavali dispels the darkness of ignorance

• Deepavali - death of king naraka

• find time for contemplation

• swami wants us to SPREAD his message

• lord krishna’s three vows

• lord sai‘s three vows

• BHAGAVAN’S DIVINE role

• feel swami’s divine presence all the time

   

October 8th, 2006

"Rig Veda"

• VEDIC LITERATURE TEACHES REFINEMENT AND EQUALITY

• VEDIC LITERATURE REFINES OUR LIFE

• VEDIC LITERATURE SPEAKS OF EQUALITY

• EVERYTHING IS DIVINE AND ALL ARE EQUAL

• HOW TO LEAD OUR LIVES

• VEDIC LITERATURE SETS AN IDEAL

• BHAGAVAN EXPLAINS THE VEDAS WITH A MODERN APPROACH

• EVERYONE IS A SPARK OF THE DIVINE

• FIRE IS THE WITNESS IN VEDIC RITUALS

• THE THREE COMPONENTS OF CREATION

• MANTRA, TANTRA AND YANTRA ARE PRESENT IN US

• DON?T WORRY ABOUT UNNECESSARY THINGS

• DO NOT THINK OF TOMORROW

• LEARN TO BE HAPPY WITH THE EXISTING SITUATION

• CONTINUE TO BE YOUNG IN SPIRIT

• RIG VEDA SHOWS HOW TO HAVE A WORLD OF YOUR OWN

• MOKSHA IS REALISED BY ONE?S OWN EFFORT

• QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS:

• Why did Kaikeyi, WHO LOVED RAMA, send HIM into exile?

• BHAJAN WILL HELP US

• WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN SWAMI TAKES A LETTER?

• Do plants, stones and animals have a mind and intellect?

• In what manner is God present in a dead body?

• What is the relation between mind and intellect?

• Swami in my dream

October 1st, 2006

?Significance of Aumkara?

• Four levels of awareness in AUM

• Waking state is experienced with mind, Body and Atma

• Dreaming state is experienced with mind and Atma

• Only Atma is present in the deep sleep state

• The same atma has different names in different states

• Atiratha or the final state of AUM is the ultimate

• All states in their totality represent Aumkar

• When the mind is withdrawn, there is no individual

• When the mind is withdrawn there is nothing to express

• Experience of deep sleep state is possible in waking state through Meditation

• Wherever there is mind, there is duality

• Our spiritual aim is to withdraw the mind

• mind HAS FOUR ASPECTS

• The mind is dual and conditioned by time and space

• Mind is memory

• any spiritual activity that takes you beyond the mind is meditation

• Non-dual reality can still be dual at functional level

• Withdrawal of the mind is not a handicap if understood clearly

• Baba?s divinity is never an obstacle at the functional level

• Mind is time

• So long as you think of time, mind is there

• Meditation happens--it is not an act to be done

• Singing God?s glory is the best solution for KalI yuga

• Sama Veda sanctifies the senses and takes you to samadhi

   

September 24th, 2006

“Yagna” (Part II)

• YAGNA is a combination of Ritual elements, inner WISDOM and Devotion

• yagna is for universal welfare, peace, and happiness

• Yagna requires a specific procedure

• The Vedas fulfil and explain the procedures of yagna

• The first branch of Yajur Veda speaks of yagna’s timing

• The second branch speaks of yagna’s space

• We should be able to explain yagna

• The third branch speaks of yagna’s intonation

• THREE TYPES OF YAGNAS FOR  THE THREE CLASSES OF PEOPLE WHO PERFORM THEM

• Yagnas for householders

• How to calculate the value of a human body

• expressing our thanks to god is Deva yagna

• following the teachings of our prophets is rishi yagna

• pleasing our parents is pitru yagna

• serving our fellow man is manushya yagna

• Consideration for other creatures is bhutha yagna

• two schools of thought in yajur veda

• Baba explains the three branches of vedas in a modern way

• four types of music