TITLES AND TOPICS 2008

October 19, 2008

“What Is Beyond?” (Part 4, About Upanishads)

• KNOWLEDGE OF THE SELF

• Purusharthas

• YAMA: GIVER AND TAKER OF LIFE

• SREYAS AND PREYAS

• PLENTY OF MONEY BUT NO CHILDREN

• TOTAL HAPPINESS DOES NOT EXIST

• THE GOAL OF WORK

• MAN VERSUS ANIMAL

• Remembering GOD brings eternal bliss

• FOOLISH THINKING AND GODLY THINKING

• PHYSICAL GRATIFICATION

• life can be fresh with the divine

• I → We → He

• THE BODY IS MADE UP OF THE FIVE ELEMENTS

• EXPERIENCE GOD

• PRATYAGATMA: INDIVIDUAL SELF

• GOD IS ONE AND DIVIDED

• INDIVIDUAL SELF, UNIVERSAL SELF AND Transformative self

• GOD IS beyond reason

• THE PRINCIPLE OF DIVINITY

• THE CHARIOT AND ITS DRIVER

• controlling the SENSES

• intellect controls mind—mind controls senses

• A Determined mind

• INTELLECT SHOULD REFLECT DIVINITY

  STUDY THE Upanishads

 

October 12, 2008

“What Is Beyond?" (Part 3, About Upanishads)

• We are only distributors of prasadam

• Baba Remembers us all

• Do Not Mistake Bhagavan for an ordinary human

• OUR biggest mistake: Linking the spiritual path with worldly gain

• We cannot escape from the results of our actions

• Divine support helps us bear the pain of suffering

• Our talks are meant to arouse interest in Upanishads

• Kathopanishad is a conversation between Nachiketa and LORD YAMA

• Nachiketa wanted to learn the knowledge of the self

• The dialogue of Kathopanishad is very relevant to our times

• Condemnation of one and praise of another is the technique followed in Kathopanishad

• Kathopanishad praises knowledge of the Self and condemns worldly knowledge

• The word dharma has several meanings

• There are four goals of life

• Action needs money and is prompted by desire

 

September 28th, 2008

“Spiritual Meaning of Dasara” (Part 2)

• SRI DEVI NAVARATHRI CELEBRATIONS

• SRI DEVI CONTROLS THE FIVE ELEMENTS

• SRI DEVI IS THE MANIFESTATION OF THE THREE PLANES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

• HUMAN BODY IS THE FIVE ELEMENTS FOCUSED

• THE SUBTLE PLANE IS LIFE

• SRI DEVI IS THE SUPER POWER, THE COSMIC ENERGY

• SRI DEVI IS CONTROLLER OF THE THREE WORLDS

• THE THREE WORLDS—REMEMBER M.B.A.

• IN THE THIRD STATE, ONLY ATMA IS A WITNESS

• SRI DEVI RULES THOUGHT, KNOWLEDGE AND ACTION

• DEATH SHOULD BE WELCOMED

• SRI DEVI IS THE POWER BEHIND THE THREE DEITIES

• SRI VIDYA IS THE PROCESS TO EARN THE GRACE

• SEE GOD IN THE NATURE AROUND US

• CREATOR AND CREATION ARE ONE

• OUR JOB IS TO FEEL DIVINITY IN THE ENTIRE CREATION

• THIS YAJNA IS TO ACQUIRE THE WISDOM OF NON-DUALISM

 

September 21st, 2008

“Spiritual Meaning of Dasara” (Part 1)

• Spiritual Meaning of CELEBRATIONS

• SPIRITUAL CELEBRATIONS: Three types of SIGNIFICANCE

• Two aspects of Veda

• Significance of NINE dayS OF celebration

• Navarathri in First part of Year

• Navarathri in Second part of Year

• Which path to follow?

• Bhagavan Keeps us Busy

• Two texts of Dasara Celebration

• SRI DEVI, PRESIDING DEITY OF NAVARATHRI

• Dwaitha Adwaitha Swarupini

• VIDYA AVIDYA Swarupini

• Jnana AJnana Swarupini

• Maya Chit Swarupini

• THE EXPRESSION OF SRI DEVI

• Sri Devi UPASANA

 

Sept. 14th, 2008

  Spiritual Meaning of Onam and Navarathri

• Emperor BALI embodies the quality of sacrifice

• mind controls all our senses

• Mind filled with divinity attains godhood

• Worldly comforts are temporary

• stop desiring and be deserving

• God is omniscient in the microcosm and macrocosm

• be a witness to the cosmic wholeness

• everything is unity and oneness

• the three states of consciousness

• Surrender physical, mental and causal bodies to GOd

• individual self should become the cosmic self

• love all AND serve all to draw god’s attention

• understand the wisdom behind celebrating festivals

• understand creator through creation

• Navarathri dispels darkness of ignorance

• realiSe the nine inner spaces during Navarathri

• installation of yantra – a symbol of COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS

• without purity of HEART, THERE is no refinement

• recogniSe darkness and dispel ignorance

• realise oneness in everyone and everything

• removing ego will remove maya

 

September 7th, 2008

"What Is Beyond?"  (Part 2, About Upanishads)

• Keno Upanishad

• THE life of life is consciousness

• consciousness is obvious and not obvious

• the consciousness makes me functional

• everything is divine

• totality is divinity

• everyone is THE totality

• all THAT IS known is knowledge

• that which is not known is ignorance

• THE unknowable — A third dimension

• consciousness cannot be experienced

• consciousness is beyond the mind

• divinity is beyond experience and expression

• god is in everyone

• we are all living proof of consciousness

• there is light everywhere

• the whole universe is the body of god

• mind is a product of consciousness

• the universe shines because of consciousness

 

August 31st, 2008

“What is Beyond?”(Part 1, About Upanishads)

• The Kenopanishad is full of questions

• Is there anything beyond the body and mind?

• How DO we spend our lives?

• Do not waste life

• Do not waste OUR BODY

• THE BODY IS TO BE USED TO REACH THE FINAL DESTINATION

• UNDERSTAND THE PRECIOUS VALUE OF THE BODY

• Divinity is present in all

• Vedanta is for life ON EARTH

• He alone is responsible for all actions

• OUR TRAVEL SHOULD BE FROM Creation TO THE Creator

• God is the Master of all

 

August 17th, 2008

“The Reality” (Part 3)

• THE WHOLE COSMOS IS FULL OF DIVINITY

• THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE IS DIVINE

• CREATION, SUSTENANCE AND ANNIHILATION ARE DIVINE

• GOD IS EVERYWHERE  . . .  ON THE MOUNTAIN TOPS, IN THE OCEAN

• BHAGAVAN IS OMNIPRESENT

• HE IS DEEP IN THE FOREST

• HE RESIDES IN THE VILLAGES AND CITIES

• FIRST SACRIFICE, THEN EXPERIENCE

• TO KNOW THE TRUTH BEHIND THE CURTAIN, WALK WITH SWAMI

• GO BEYOND NAME AND FORM

• BODY IS TEMPORARY

• GOD, THE CAMERAMAN

• WE THINK THE BODY WILL LAST FOREVER

• ETERNAL NATURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

• CONSCIOUSNESS IS BEYOND ATTACHMENT, BEYOND LIBERATION

• WHAT IS DEATH?

• BODY IS AN IRON SAFE WITH PRICELESS JEWELS INSIDE

• THE CURTAIN HIDES DIVINITY

• DO NOT EXPECT WEALTH FROM OTHERS

• WEALTH AND LAND BELONG TO NO MAN

• FALSE WORSHIP

• UPANISHADS: LOGIC, NOT DOGMA

• EXPERIENCE THE ONENESS

• PATH OF KNOWLEDGE, PATH OF KARMA, LEAD TO CYCLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH

• ACTION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BIRTH AND DEATH

  EXPERIENCE ONENESS –THERE’S NOTHING LIKE ATTACHMENT OR  LIBERATION

• ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

August 10th, 2008

“The Reality” (Part 2)

• Upanishads

• THE REALITY is the only one-without-A-second

• Upanishads are compassionate and loving

• duality is our idea

• adhyaropa nyaya vada

• mistaking THE rope as a serpent

• Light of awareness will help you to get out of mistaken identitY

• identifying yourself with non-self or anatma

• turn the mirror toward self

• individual consciousness is restricted by time and space

• name, form and action have conditioned the superconsciousness to individual consciousness

• When there is no mirror, you alone are present

• body is the MIRROR AND god is the reflection

• THE REALITY stays when the body attachment is given up

• you feel separate from god because of name and form

• world is not different from god

• world and you are not different from god

• isa-vasya Upanishad

• isa-vasyam idagum sarvam

• tena tyaktena bhunjitha

• ma grdhah kasyasvid dhanam

• ekatva manupasyatah

• vidya – scriptural knowledge

• AVIDYA -- ACTION

 

July 27, 2008

“The Reality” (Part One)

• THE REALITY

• WE ALL WANT ETERNAL JOY

• ETERNAL HAPPINESS DOES NOT LIE IN MATERIAL THINGS

• THREE SACRED BOOKS

• A SACRED BOOK FOR EACH TYPE OF SPIRITUAL SEEKER

• SRAVANAM - SPIRITUAL LISTENING

• MANANAM - RECAPITULATION

• NIDI DHYASA - CONSTANT INTEGRATED AWARENESS

• ‘UPANISHAD’ MEANS ‘SECRET KNOWLEDGE’

• THE TWO SECRETS IN THE UPANISHADS

• ENQUIRY IS THE ONE AND ONLY PATH T O EXPERIENCE CONSCIOUSNESS

• YOU ARE THE WITNESS TO YOURSELF AND TO THE WHOLE WORLD AROUND

• AWARENESS AT THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL IS LIMITED BY TIME AND SPACE

• THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL AND THE COSMIC SOUL ARE ONE AND THE SAME

• SAI LITERATURE HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND OTHER SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS

• GOD IS REFLECTED IN THE BODY IN THE FORM OF THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL

• YOU ARE GOD WHEN THERE IS NO ATTACHMENT AND NO EGO

• IS THE WORLD AN ILLUSION?

• THE WORLD HAS THE SAME QUALITIES AS GOD

• IGNORANCE IS A FEELING OF DUALITY WHEN THE REALITY IS NON-DUAL

• GOD IS GOLD, AND THE WORLD IS THE JEWEL

• WHAT IS THE TRUE SPIRITUAL PRACTICE?

• FROM DUALITY TO NON-DUALITY

 

July 13, 2008

“Srimad Ramayana Sudha” (Part 3)

• BHAGAVAN INSTRUCTS WITH THE RAMAYANA

• PROPAGATE THE RAMAYANA

• THE NAME IS GREATER THAN THE FORM

• DESIRE IS ENOUGH TO LOSE EVERYTHING

• THE RAMA PRINCIPLE IS THE COSMIC PRINCIPLE

• KNOWING GOD REQUIRES INTELLECT AND SELF-INQUIRY

• FORGIVENESS IS THE GREATEST DIVINE QUALITY

• ENGROSS THE MIND IN THE DIVINE TO PREVENT EVIL THOUGHTS

• LAKSHMANA’S STANDARD OF CONDUCT

• BLISS IS AWARENESS OF THE SELF

• NOTHING IS PERMANENT

• BE GRATEFUL AND HUMBLE IN AWARENESS AND DEVOTION

• THE TRUE SPIRIT OF SELF-INQUIRY IS EGOLESS

• BE IN AWARENESS WITH MINDFUL CONCENTRATION

• USE DISCRIMINATION TO RELIEVE EMPTINESS

• FACE LIFE’S PROBLEMS WITH COURAGE

• THREE MAJOR ASPECTS OF THE RAMAYANA

• GOODNESS IS DIFFERENT FROM GREATNESS

• THREE LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS

• SEE GOD IN MAN, NOT MAN IN GOD

 

July 6th, 2008

“Srimad Ramayana Sudha” (Part 2)  

• Rama Katha rasa vahini - poetic and mystical

• Union with God is bliss . . . separation is agony

• Rama’s name dispels ignorance

• Lord’s name silences negative emotions

• Chanting his name burns all sins

• Lord’s arrival is eagerly awaited by saints

• accept THE Lord’s uncertainty

• Rama’s discussion with Bharatha – brotherly love

• Rama’s discussion with Kausalya – DUTY OF A WIFE

• Rama’s discussion with Sita – SITA’S WIT

• THE LORD’S NAME TRANSFORMS EVEN THE STONE

• RAMA’S DISCUSSION WITH VALI – SUBTLETIES OF DHARMA

• ADHARMIC PEOPLE ARE LIABLE FOR PUNISHMENT

• GRATITUDE IS A NOBLE VIRTUE

• RAMA REPRESENTS THE IDEAL MAN

• DO GOD’S WORK WITHOUT ANY HESITATION

• EVERYTHING GOD DOES HAS A REASON

• GOD IS BEYOND EXPRESSION AND EXPERIENCED ONLY IN SILENCE

 

June 29, 2008

"Srimad Ramayana Sudha Ceremony" (Part 1)

• We Are All Dasaratha

• The Two Great WORKS of Ramayana

• The Greatest Ramayana of Them All

• The Gifting of The Gayathri To All Humanity

• The Holy Union of Sita-Rama, Creation-Creator

• Attraction to The World is Separation From God and Bliss

 

June 15, 2008

“The Languages of the Heart and Mind"

• SAI SERVICE ACTIVITIES IN SINGAPORE

• WONDERFUL SERVICE FOR THE OLD PEOPLE

• SINGAPORE SAI CENTRES FOR THE AGED ARE OUTSTANDING

• SWAMI’S STATEMENTS ARE PROFOUND

• LANGUAGE IS A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION

• THERE ARE TWO LANGUAGES

• THE LANGUAGE OF THE MIND IS LOGICAL

• THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART IS LOVE

• LOVE IS SIMPLE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD

• THE LANGUAGE OF THE MIND IS NOT SIMPLE

• THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART IS SIMPLE

• THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART IS THE WAY IT IS SAID

• THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART BRINGS ABOUT TRANSFORMATION

• THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART ALWAYS THINKS OF YOU

• THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART THINKS OF THE INNER YOU

• THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART IS HEART-TO-HEART

• THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART IS THOUGHT-TO-THOUGHT WITHOUT NEGATION

• THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART CAN BE CONVEYED BY GESTURES, LOOKS OR SMILES

• THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE IS THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART.

• THE DIAMONDS OF SWAMI’S STATEMENTS

 

April 20, 2008

“Physical to Spiritual”

• PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL ARE ONE AND THE SAME

• FROM PHYSICAL TO SPIRITUAL: THE BOTTOM LINE IS ENERGY

• TO TRANSFORM ENERGY IS TO DIRECT IT PURPOSEFULLY

• REALISE THAT THE SPIRITUAL ASPECT IS MORE BLISSFUL

• WE CANNOT FIGHT WITH THE PHYSICAL LEVEL

• MEDITATION IS NOTHING BUT POSITIVE, TRANSFORMED ENERGY