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Oct 4, 2004
Statistics of the Sri Sathya Sai Super Speciality Hospitals
Statistics of the Sri Sathya Sai Super Speciality Hospitals
Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Prasanthi Nilayam
Cumulative Statistics from 22nd November 1991 to 31st August 2004.
Procedures Done for - Number of Procedures
Heart Surgeries - 14,232
Cath Procedures - 14,538
Urology Surgeries - 24,137
Opthalmology Surgeries - 24,105
CT Scans - 3,839
Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences , Whitefield, Bangalore
Cumulative Statistics from 19th January 2001 to 31st August 2004.
Procedures Done for - Number of Procedures
Cardiac Surgeries - 4,682
Cardiac Catheterisation - 8,350
Neuro Surgeries - 4,061
CT Scans - 14,060
MRI Exams - 15,243
Source: Radio Sai E-Magazine October 2004
http://www.radiosai.org/Journals/Vol_02/18Oct01/Index.htm
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Humanitarian Works are changing the World
Humanitarian Works are changing the World
Courtesy: Saibaba News
 
SRI SATHYA SAI BABA
His Universal Message
His Humanitarian Works
An Inspiration To Humanity
You are cordially invited to attend a meeting about a remarkable person whose life, teachings and humanitarian works are changing the world.
Saturday October 9, 2004 at 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.
Bloor Street United Church 300 Bloor Street West, Toronto
RSVP for confirmed seating: 416 224 8389
No Admission Fee & No Donations
Program
7:00 pm - Welcome & Introductions:
7:10 pm - Speaker: Dr. David Gries, Ph.D.
8:00 pm - Speaker: Dr. Yassin Sankar, Ph.D.
8:30 pm - Film:
‘His Work’ is a moving portrait, highlighting the sweeping scope of humanitarian projects initiated and inspired by Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Free super-speciality hospitals, schools, colleges and a university, free drinking water to millions, rural outreach programs – all bear testimony to his selfless and tireless saga of love and compassion
8:50 pm - Closing Remarks
9:00 pm - Conclusion
Speakers
Dr. David Gries, a native of New York, received his doctorate from the Munich Institute of Technology, Germany. Since 1969, except for a few years, he has been on the faculty of Computer Science at Cornell University, USA, serving as Department Chair for five years and currently as Associate Dean of Engineering. Since 1985, Gries has been associated with the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning in India, and he generally teaches there for two weeks each year. He is the webmaster of the International Sai Organization website, www.sathyasai.org and is currently Chair of Zone 1 of the International Sai Oraganization.
Dr. Yassin Sankar is Professor of Management in the School of Business Administration at the Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he has been on the faculty for 30 years. He has a Ph.D. in Education from the Johns Hopkins University. He has written several books and articles on technological change, education, human values, and ethics, and management. He is currently in the process of completing two additional books: The Quest for Ethical Leadership, and International Management and Comparative Ethical Systems.
His Life And His Message
Sri Sathya Sai Baba is a highly revered spiritual leader and world teacher, whose life and message are inspiring millions of people throughout the world to turn Godward and to lead constructive and virtuous lives. His timeless and universal teachings, along with the example of his own life, are attracting seekers of Truth from all religions of the world. He was born as Sathya Narayana Raju in 1926 in Puttaparthi, then a remote hamlet in South India. As a child he was brilliant in his studies, but what made him unique was his extraordinary wisdom and compassion. At the age of fourteen, he declared that he would henceforth be known as Sai Baba and that his mission was to bring about the spiritual regeneration of humanity by inculcating love for God and service to all beings. Or over seven decades, his life has been a stirring and moving saga of love and compassion. Today, Prashanthi Nilayam – his ashram (spiritual oasis) in South India – attracts thousands of spiritual seekers from virtually every corner of the globe. This ‘abode of highest peace’ offers solace and inspiration to all who aspire for Peace.
Sri Sathya Sai Baba uplifts man by teaching and demonstrating that man is inherently divine and his nature is selfless love. Quoting the scriptures of various faiths, Baba often reminds us that Love is God and God is Love, and that Love is immanent in the heart of every being. Through his own example, Baba demonstrates how to tap that unfailing Source. He re-emphasizes principles that form the foundation of the world’s major religions: Truth, Right Conduct, Peace, Love, and Non-violence. He repeatedly exhorts mankind to “Love All, Serve All” and asserts that the essence of all scriptures is “Help Ever, Hurt Never!”
His Work
Sri Sathya Sai Baba uplifts the institutions of mankind through his unique and noble works. The sheer range and scale of the humanitarian projects initiated and inspired by him is unprecedented in modern history. What follows are glimpses of his Love in Action…
Education: Sathya Sai Baba has established a model education system, which includes primary and secondary schools and an accredited university, offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees, with no fees from the students. It has been hailed as a crown jewel of the Indian education system by leading educators. In addition to academic excellence, Baba’s system of integral education is designed to foster character and self-discipline, for as he often asserts, “The end of education is character.”
Healthcare: Sathya Sai Baba has established four hospitals, two of which provide advanced tertiary care. The hospitals are equipped with state-of-the-art technologies in cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, nephrology and urosurgery, and ophthalmology. To date, thousands of surgeries have been performed absolutely free.
Drinking Water: Starting from the mid-nineties, Sathya Sai Baba has executed massive drinking water projects, bringing much-needed relief to millions of villagers. For these long-suffering people a century-old dream has come true – safe drinking water, available free and throughout the year, right at their doorstep.
Rural Outreach: Every year, the students and staff of Baba’s University fan out into neighbouring villages and spend nearly two weeks distributing food and clothes, house to house, bringing comfort and love. This has inspired similar long-term projects throughout rural India and increasingly in other parts of the world.
Information
The Sri Sathya Sai Organization has a presence in over 100 countries with more than 2000 Centres world-wide, over 50 of which are in various cities across Canada. The centres provide a place to meet, study, and practice the teachings of Sathya Sai Baba. These Centres are engaged in selfless service in their local communities. The Centres also offer devotional meetings with group singing, meditation and prayer. Two programs of character development – Sathya Sai Education in Human Values and Sai Spiritual Education – are offered to children to inculcate the five human values of truth, right conduct, peace, love, and non-violence and to teach the fundamental truths underlying all religions. Such value-based spiritual training is also the basis for the Young Adult Program of the Organization.
For more information about the life and teaching of Sri Sathya Sai Baba or about the Sathya Sai Baba Organization of Canada, please contact
Sri Sathya Sai Baba Book & Information Centre
58-B Arlington Avenue,
Toronto, Ontario, M6G 3K8
Tel: 416-481-7242
www.saibooks.org
www.sathyasai.org
www.srisathyasai.org.in
Where there is righteousness in the heart,
there is beauty in the character.
When there is beauty in character,
there is harmony in the home.
When there is harmony in the home,
there is order in the nation.
When there is order in the nation,
there is peace in the world
- Sathya Sai Baba -
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Sai Baba talks to Russian Ladies
Sai Baba talks to Russian Ladies
(excerpts)
Om Sri Sai Ram
Prasanthi Nilayam 25.06.2002
Sai Baba: What is a meaning of puja?
Lady: Puja is a worship of God.
Sai Baba: It is not correct. You have to worship God inside, not outside. Don't see God as a picture, see the picture as God. See God in everything.
Sai Baba: Do you have any questions?
Lady: How to find an answer to the question: "Who am I?"
Sai Baba: Think like this. We say: "This is my handkerchief." It means that I am separate from the handkerchief. We say: "This is my body" It means that I am different from my body. "This is my hand". "This is my leg". It means that I am not the hand and not the leg. But who am I? I am the consciousness inside this body. Consciousness is everything. Consciousness is God. But nowadays too many people have body consciousness.
God is one but He has many names. Christians call Him Jesus, Muslims call Him Allah, Hindus call Him Rama, Krishna, Govinda. But God is only one. When a doctor wants to make a blood test, he takes some blood from your finger. But the blood is the same in the shoulder, in the chest, in the leg. You can wear different types of jewelry - bangles, rings, chains, earrings, but the gold is one and the same. All of you here have different names and forms, but all are ladies. Similarly, God is one, path is one, goal is one. If you want to reach the goal you have to stick to one path. Some people go to one lady, then go to another lady. This is not good. There should be one path, one goal.
Now in Russia husband and wife often live separately. They fight with each other. Husband doesn't want to take care of the family.
Ladies have two stomachs. One is for food, another is for baby. In that other stomach often there are some diseases. One man comes and gives his blood. Another man comes and gives his blood, and so on. This blood mixes inside and causes problems. Ladies also take pills to prevent being pregnant. This is another reason for a disease. This is not good. Control your senses and you will not fall sick.
Sai Baba: What do you eat?
Lady: We eat vegetables.
Sai Baba: Very good. Vegetables contain all necessary proteins and vitamins. Vegetables and green stuff are very good. Meat is not good. It is very harmful. Animals eat impure food. Sometimes they eat dead bodies. If you eat non-vegetarian food all this poison goes to your body. Ladies are usually more careful than gents. They eat only good food. But gents go to the restaurants and eat anything. They buy different snacks in the bazaars and in the streets. This food is not good.
Many people nowadays are sick with cancer and TB. But look at the animals. They don't suffer from cancer and TB. Why? Because they eat natural, raw food. Their food is not cooked. Human beings, on the contrary, eat unnatural artificial food.
Lady: Can we eat fish?
Sai Baba: Fish is not good. Nowadays the water in the ocean is polluted. Such countries as Japan and China throw bombs and nuclear waste into the ocean. Fish is therefore gets poisoned and is not good. Do not eat fish.
Sai Baba: It is very important to control your five senses. This is the best sadhana. Meditation and repetition of Gods Name is not necessary. If you control your sense organs just for eleven days you will get Moksha, Mukti, Nirvana, Liberation.
Buddha also did tapas and meditation, visited different teachers and sages but finally he gave up all these practices. He understood that five senses are given to us by God and that we have to control them. He learned to control his senses and in eleven days he reached Nirvana. Once a very bright, effulgent Light came down on him from heaven. Ananda, who was sitting next to Buddha, also saw this light. He understood that Buddha is going and started crying. Buddha asked him: Ananda, why are you crying? Don't cry, I am going to God. My life is fulfilled. Thus Buddha went to God. After some time Ananda also was engulfed in Light and reached the state of Nirvana.
First of all you should control your tongue, eyes and ears. Tongue is the most important among the five sense organs. Many ancient sages observed mauna (period of silence). As a result they were in the state of bliss. Silence is gold. You should talk less.
Sai Baba (addressing one of the ladies): What sadhana are you doing?
Lady: Every morning I meditate on Your Name and Form.
Sai Baba: Very good. During meditation you should look at the tip of your nose, like this (demonstrates). If you keep your eyes fully open, your attention will be easily distracted, this is Raja guna. If you close your eyes completely, you may fall asleep, this is Tamo guna. Therefore you have to keep your eyes half-closed, looking at the tip of your nose. Then you will reach Sattva guna. And you always have to keep your mind here (points at the area between the eyebrows, third eye), and not there (points at the chest). Here is the minds real place. Here is God.
Lady: Why do bad omens come true?
Sai Baba: This is because of your mind. Mind is everything. If you think that something bad should happen, it happens. If you think of something good, then good thing happens.
Don't talk evil, talk what is good.
Don't hear evil, hear what is good.
Don't see evil, see what is good.
Don't do evil, do what is good.
Don't think evil, think what is good.
You are what you think. Yad Bhavam Tat Bhavati (As is the feeling so is the result). If you think you are a man, you are a man. If you think you are God, you are God.
What is mind? Mind is just a bundle of desires. Desires are like luggage in this journey of life. Less luggage more comfort. Therefore reduce the number of your desires, one by one. Take, for example, this handkerchief. It is just a piece of cloth made of threads. If you remove threads one by one, the cloth will disappear. Similarly, if you remove your desires, the mind will disappear.
Sometimes you feel envy, jealousy. This is a quality of a monkey. When you feel jealous, say to yourself: I am not a monkey, I am a man. The jealousy will go. Anger is a quality of a dog. If you feel angry, say to yourself: I am not a dog, I am a man. Then you will be free from anger. Envy, jealousy, hatred, anger - these are all animal qualities. You have to get rid of animal qualities and to develop human qualities Lust is like thorns and love is like a flower, a rose. You have to pluck a flower of love without touching the thorns and offer it to God.
You have to keep your heart pure. Pure heart means pure death. This is very important. Body is a water bubble, mind is a mad monkey. Don't follow the body, don't follow the mind. Follow the consciousness.
Never think that the work you have to do is your work. Consider all your work, all your actions to be an offering to God.
Think of God always. Mira used to spent all her time in the Krishna temple.. Once there came her angry husband and started shouting at her: What are you doing here?! Go home and do your household duties! He forbade her to go to the temple. At first, Mira got very upset. But then she understood that all temples are built by human beings and that body is the only temple built by God Himself. She started worshipping Krishna within her heart. (Swami sings Miras song): O, mind, go to the confluence of Ganga and Yamuna. The point of confluence of Ganga and Yamuna is here, in the center of the forehead. Here is the seat of God. It is not an ordinary seat. It is His coronation seat.
(To a lady who is crying): Why are you crying?
Another lady: She is crying out of love.
Sai Baba: Love is very easy.
Start the day with love
Fill the day with love
Spend the day with love
End the day with love
This is the way to God.
During the interview Swami materialized nine diamond rings, small golden statue of Goddess Lakshmi and a watch.
http://sairam19.tripod.com/russian/russian.htm
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Oct 3, 2004
Sai Baba's Miracles
Picture of the 'Previous'
Venkamma, the 'sister' was pestering Baba for a picture of Shirdi Sai Baba, about whom so many songs were composed for the Bhajan by Baba, and it seems, He told her that He would be giving it by a certain Thursday. But, Baba went off to Uravakonda on the day previous to the Thursday indicated, and she too had forgotten all about it, for, she as sure she would get it some day and was not very particular. When night fell and all were asleep at Puttaparthi; some one called out, "Ammayi," "Ammayi" outside the front door, but, the sister did not go and open the door, since the call did not persist. She argued it must be some one calling the neighbour. When she laid herself down after the sitting up, she heard a sound, behind one of the bags of jowar in the same room; she imagined it to be a rat or a snake; it was distinct and loud; so, she lit a lamp and searched and, lo, something was sticking out behind the bag, white, sharp, a piece of rolled paper, a picture of Shirdi Sai Baba, mysteriously presented to her by Baba, who was at Uravakonda at the time!
http://www.srisathyasai.org.in/pages/bhagawan/miracles/Picture.htm
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Sai Baba's Miracles
Picture of the 'Previous'
Venkamma, the 'sister' was pestering Baba for a picture of Shirdi Sai Baba, about whom so many songs were composed for the Bhajan by Baba, and it seems, He told her that He would be giving it by a certain Thursday. But, Baba went off to Uravakonda on the day previous to the Thursday indicated, and she too had forgotten all about it, for, she as sure she would get it some day and was not very particular. When night fell and all were asleep at Puttaparthi; some one called out, "Ammayi," "Ammayi" outside the front door, but, the sister did not go and open the door, since the call did not persist. She argued it must be some one calling the neighbour. When she laid herself down after the sitting up, she heard a sound, behind one of the bags of jowar in the same room; she imagined it to be a rat or a snake; it was distinct and loud; so, she lit a lamp and searched and, lo, something was sticking out behind the bag, white, sharp, a piece of rolled paper, a picture of Shirdi Sai Baba, mysteriously presented to her by Baba, who was at Uravakonda at the time!
http://www.srisathyasai.org.in/pages/bhagawan/miracles/Picture.htm
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Sri Sathya Sai Exhibition on Value Parenting
Sri Sathya Sai Exhibition on Value Parenting
DO YOU WANT TO UPGRADE YOUR PARENTING SKILLS ?
HERE IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
Venue: Swami Vivekanand High School Auditorium,
Sindhi Society, Chembur.
Date: 3rd to 5th October 2004
Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mrs. P. U. Vaswani, Executive Secretary, Vivekanand Education Society, shall inaugurate and grace the function on 3rd October 2004 at 10 a.m.
Please make it convenient to attend the exhibition and enrich yourself as a parent.
Roma Talreja
Sai Ram
The 3rd Sri Sathya Sai Parenting Exhibition will be held at Chembur Vivekananda School as per the schedule and details as above .
This Exhibition is on Parenting called `Sri Satya Sai Parenting exhibition ' was inaugurated in Puttaparthi during last Gurupoornima and held last week in Vashi. The Current Chembur one is the third in the row and it is likely to be taken to other centres as our organisation decides.
A small handout of the display material on request shall be distributed along with the CD publication of this also is under consideration by the organisation.
The current Exhibition held in Chembur Vivekananda School will have the following coordinators (on 2nd/3rd/4th/5th Oct 04)who will handle the matter relating to their domain.
a. Mr.V.Shankar Znl.Cr. - All Volunteers and support services Ph.05229172
b. Ms. Radha Prabhakar/Ms.Jaya Talreja - Guest for Inauguration and school invitations - Ph:25224270
c. Mr.R. Chandrashekar - Exhibition display arrangements etc Ph: 9821482711 (Contents & Design Assistance - Miss Roma )
All are invited to visit the exhibition.
SAIRAM
R.Chandrashekar
Exhibition Coordination group
http://sss340.tripod.com/parenting/parenting.htm
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Prof Kasturi and Governor's Birthday
Prof Kasturi and Governor's Birthday
Prof says once it happened to me. Swami was in Whitefield at that time and the private Secretary of the state Governor was running about to carry a message to Swami. Unfortunately for me, he saw me, and said "Mr. Kasturi, I am glad you are here. I am trying to contact Swami, but not able to do so. Tomorrow is Governor's birthday and He wants to come to offer his homage to Swami tomorrow morning. So Please find out from Swami when he can come.
"My head began swelling! "Ah private secretary of Swami!" I accepted the assignment and asked him to wait. I went inside the bungalow, and waited for Swami being alone. Because, if Swami reprimands me, there should be no witness of my discomfort!
I succeeded in having Him alone, and said "Swami private secretary to Governor" and so on. Swami was furious. He said " Who gave you authority to wag your tail here.
If you wag your tail, I will cut it. Why did you accept the assignment? That man asked you" to find from Swami! Is it a thing to be found out? It is his birthday, he wants to come, and I will have to be ready to receive him, is it? Tell that man that the gate will be open from 6 am to 8 p.m. nothing very remarkable about Governor's visit. It is not such important thing that you bring that message to me.
You got my reply, now go back and tell him. What is all this nonsense? This is what I got. So don't take advantage of closeness and don't allow your head to swell! You should not look down upon others, who have not that chance. You should not try to find out the reason for your being graced so much to be near Him.
Even the slightest wave of egoism in your mind is unspiritual, because Swami is spiritual leader. So every act of His, ever gesture of His, every word of His, is to promote our spiritual progress, to illumine our consciousness, to elevate our consciousness.
Swami Says: "Life is a game of football. You are the ball, and you are bound to be thrown and kicked about, this side and that. How long have you to bear this treatment? Until the air is full in the ball. Deflate it; no one will kick it again. The air that inflates it is ego. When the ego is out, bliss comes in.
Jai Sai Ram
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"Training ground for spiritual life"
"Training ground for spiritual life"
There was a poor man in a village who had desire to become rich. God took the form of a fortune-teller and told the poor man to dig a pit near the wall at the back of his house to find a rich treasure-trove in it. The poor man did the same and obtained much wealth and thereafter, he became relaxed and careless even for the maintenance of the wealth. Coming to know of his carelessness, one day a thief entered the house and carried away the treasure-trove. The poor man found that his wealth was gone and ran here and there in search of the treasure-trove. In the meantime, the same fortune-teller caught hold of the thief and duly returned the treasure-trove to the poor man. From that moment, he never relaxed his vigilance and was ever guarding the treasure-trove and exerted himself to add to it.
Similarly, God sends a Guru to the Spiritual Aspirant who shows him that God resides within the chambers of the heart in the form of Supreme Bliss. The Spiritual Aspirant exerts himself and attains some measure of success in the sadhana. This success turns his head and makes him relax his efforts. Finding this, Maya overpowers him and carries away his spiritual progress. He suddenly discovers the truth and laments over his fate. The Guru comes to him again and recaptures for him the experiences he had previously gained by Sadhana. He also warns him against relax in Sadhana. Once having known the consequences of non-vigilance, viz., great misery, he never relaxes his vigilance once again.
The basic teaching of our ancient scriptures says that you are child of Immortality (Amrithasya puthraah). Man is not a product of slime or mud but he is the one who manages to live with viveka so that he is able to attain the divinity latent in him. The word 'Man' means - Ma means 'Ajnaana' (basic ignorance), n, na means 'without'. One is called as 'Man', He who is without ignorance, who is wise and who knows himself and knows that he is immortal. Man is frittering his energy on collecting tawdry tensel (Materialistic things) and forgetting the diamonds (God's Grace). Both are available on earth but man is led by glitter and not by worth.
The most desirable form of wealth is the Grace of God i.e., Ishwara anugraha (the Lord's Grace). The bliss that bestows due to God's Grace is experienced by many saints and sages who had faith in their hearts and withstood the onslaughts of poverty, neglect and cruelty. The sky and the sea are blue in colour on account of their vast depth. Similarly, God is described in blue colour because of his greatest mystery. Remove from the heart the darkness of vice and ignorance so that, the Meghashyama (whose colour is that of a rain-cloud) can easily be seen in that white background. Do not further darken your consciousness by blaming God due to your materialistic problems. Better live a moment as hamsa(swan) on milk than live for a century as crow by feeding on carrion.
Man is the repository of vast power. The body encasing you is the means to enable you to realise the Reality. Use the opportunities in the house-holder life as a training ground for spiritual life and develop detachment and self-sacrifice. You must remove the fibrous matter that encases his heart i.e., lust, anger and envy. You must Draw inspiration from the Divine in you and earn the glory by being good, sincere, honest, selfsacrificing and lovable.
Use your tongue for spelling the name of the Lord but not for hissing like a serpent or for growling with intention to strike terror. Do not start blaming the God if your wish is not fulfilled because the fault lies in you for not having the needed qualification to earn the fulfillment. The sorrows of life will yield only to nobler and higher thoughts and experiences. Our dharma insists that every act must be done as efficiently as act of worship and true love must forget all differences of status, age and wealth and man cannot claim humanity without self-control and detachment. Hear good things, see good, do good, think good and uproot all the evil tendencies will be uprooted otherwise, you are like the fool who puts on wrong glasses and spoils his vision.
--SATHYA SAI BABA
Omsai Srisai Jaijaisai
http://10815.tripod.com/recollect-3/300904.htm
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Mario Mazzoleni... about good & evil
Mario Mazzoleni... about good & evil
" To ask whether it is God or the devil who works miracles shows how deeply men are trapped in the snare of dualism. In fact, there is only one Divine Energy, there is only one Inventor of all things, only one Law that governs all. Obviously He is not the direct author of evil, but He is its Witness. In this dualistic play put on by an inscrutable Will, good and evil are two categories that have a precise purpose: to reveal the Principle that gave rise to the whole play, and to lead all things back to the Totality.
In this game, which the capricious human mind rejects as incomprehensible and absurd, the Supreme Principle, the Without-a-Cause, does not enter into the competition. He does not participate in it by rooting for the good, nor does He manipulate events so that the good people are on the winning team. The I Am of the Bible is the Pure and Simple Witness, the Absolute Observer of all happenings, recognized by Him as being perfectly in harmony with His Law. Everything derives from Him. How could He take sides? The distinction between good and evil, ethics, moral codes, all originate from man and vary according to tehe times, the place, the era, and the nation.......
If one understands the term miracle in its proper sense, devils cannot perform miracles, nor can any other creature, but only God."
from a CATHOLIC PRIEST MEETS SAI BABA
page 97-98
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"What description can I find for this generation? It is like
children shouting to each other as they sit in the marketplace:
-We played the pipes for you, and you wouldn't dance; we sang dirges, and you wouldn't be mourners. For John came, neither eating nor drinking, and they said,'He is possessed 'The Son of Man came, eating and drinking, and they said, 'Look a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners."
-Jesus
And these people, in whose name do they cast out their demons?
page 99
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"Every kingdom divided against itself is heading for ruin, and no town, no household divided against itself can stand. Now if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself, so how can his kingdom stand? And if it is through Beelzebub that I cast out devils, through whom do your own experts cast them out?" -Jesus
page 97
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"It is foolish for people to think that I am just a man of miracles and no more. The kind of feeling which an elephant gets when a mosquito lands on its body is exactly like what miracles are for me. These miracles have an insignificant place in my totality. Sometimes I feel like laughing at the ignorance
of people when they attach importance to my miracles. People talk of only such small things and forget the much bigger aspect in me." - Sai Baba
page 96
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A Catholic Priest Meets Sai Baba
by Don Mario Mazzoleni
Courtesy: http://groups.msn.com/SriSathyaSaiCosmicAvatar/
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Oct 2, 2004
You are the Atma, You are not this Body
You are the Atma, You are not this Body
Krishna said, "Arjuna, obey my commands. Give up body consciousness. Give it up completely. Stop identifying yourself with your body. The body is full of mucus and filth. You are not this body; it is only temporary and transient. You are the witness, the indweller, the atma inside this body. This six-foot frame is not you. You are the cosmic personality; you are boundless. This body is subject to birth and death. You, however, are the atma which is birthless and deathless. You are not a limited individual, subject to the passage of time. You are that most effulgent form which has conquered and mastered time itself. Discriminate between the permanent and the impermanent! Inquire into wisdom and ignorance! Distinguish between truth and untruth!"
Krishna continued, "Arjuna, recognize your real nature! Censure and praise are associated with the body; they are not permanent. Profit and loss are also associated with the body. They are a result of activity, of karma, but they are not characteristics of your essence, the atma. Be indifferent to all these polarities. Treat joy and sorrow equally. Only when you develop this kind of equal-mindedness, will you be able to realize true fulfillment and become a truly wise being." In this way, Krishna taught Arjuna the highest wisdom, the discrimination between truth and untruth, the recognition of that which is permanent behind all that which is impermanent.
- Sathya Sai Baba
Sai Baba Gita
http://www.atmapress.com/saibabagita/saigita346.html
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