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

September 17th, 2006

“Becoming and Being”

• Free will Has nothing to do with God’s will

• acceptance of the outcome is Surrender

• To Live with God is a life in THE fire

• We do not know what we really want

• OUR AIMS ARE DIFFERENT in Prashanti Nilayam

• Spirituality is a goal-less path

• Spirituality is not about becoming--it is about being

• we need to remember we are in a spiritual centre

• Some points about being and becoming

• THE value at a spiritual center is found in Being

• being means learning how not to do

• the very being is what you already are

• we don’t know why we are so serious

• We are like a rat caught in a drum

• ONCE WE UNDERSTAND BEING, WE HAVE NO WORRIES

• Let us enjoy life

• True love wants you to love everybody

• there is no death and there is no birth

September 10th, 2006

“Whole Creation Is One Family”

• Divinity within the stone

• Earth belongs to our family

• Plants belong to our family

• Nature is part of our family

• Plants talk to us

• The tree is God

• Petal to a Diamond

• Animals belong to our family

• Thank you

• Trip to East Africa

• Jack and Jill

• THE Gods have animals as vehicles

• Matter of fun is a torture

• Animals are Divine

• Verses from Bhagavad Gita

• Baba’s poem

• Swami’s Sanskrit slokas

September 3rd, 2006

“Onam 2006”

• IMPORTANCE OF ONAM CELEBRATIONS

• BALI — THE EMBODIMENT OF SACRIFICE

• KERALA — THE STATE OF CULTURE

• GROWING BEYOND TIME

• TIME IS MIND

• YOU ARE THREE