What is Guru Purnima? 'Gu' means darkness/ignorance and 'Ru' denotes the remover of that darkness/ignorance. Therefore, Gurumeans who removes our ultimate darkness/ignorance, known as Maya(illusion), and who inspires and guides us on to the path of God-realization is the true Guru. Purnima means Full Moon. Significance of Purnima Guru Purnima is observed as the auspicious day on [...]
Ganesha Chaturthi: The Symbolism of the Form of Ganapati All Indian festivals are pregnant with deep inner significance. The means and modes of celebrating them have been passed on from generations to generations. On the occasion of Ganesha Chaturthi, let’s pause and reflect upon the deep inner meaning of form of this 'Elephant-headed remover [...]
This is an extract from Garuda Purana.... One may be curious to know? What Happens After Death? What is death? Is there life after death? Is death painful? How does rebirth happen? Where do we go after death? These kind of questions related to the most feared event that ends our life always fill [...]
In Bhagavad-Gita, Lord Sri Krishna, declared: "Yada Yada Hi Dharmasya Glanirbhavathi Bharatha, Abhyukthanam adharmasya Thadathmanam Srujamyaham.” “Parithranaya Sadhunam Vinashaya cha Dhushkrutham Dharma samsthapanarthaya Sambhavami Yuge Yuge" “Whenever there is a decline of Righteousness and rise of evil, the Lord incarnates from time to time to uphold Righteousness, to protect the Virtuous and to [...]
“Be like the star which never wavers from the crescent, but is fixed in steady faith." "Islam is a word which denotes not a particular religion but a state of mind, the state of total surrender to the Will of God. Islam means Dedication, Surrender, Peace and Tranquillity. Islam denotes the social [...]
A farmer lost his watch with some sentimental value in the hay shed. He searched for it for a long time but in vain. He asked for help from the children playing nearby and also declared some reward for the child who would find his watch. The children jumped inside the hay shed [...]
Sri Sathya Sai Baba had been with us…in HIS unique Avataric Mission…tending human souls…transforming human minds…in His Mission…”Operation Human Souls”, in re-establishing virtues, dharmic principles, human values for the world at large, the task this Eternal Being had taken upon Himself…in consonance with Sri Krishna’s Divine declaration over 5000 years ago at the battlefield [...]
God incarnates from the state of Atma (Universal Absolute Consciousness) to the state of Deha (Body), to play a specific role as a part of HIS Cosmic Drama. The formless supreme Lord chose to take on an exceptional and wondrous form as Sri Sathya Sai Baba, lovingly called ‘Swami’ on 23 November [...]
May the COLOURS of HOLI play Unique and Valuable part in your Life Blue colour of Trust and Responsibility, maintain truthiness, loyalty, honesty, responsibility, reliability in you to encourage the message of higher knowledge of contemplation on God, prayers, regular Impartial Introspection. May you propagate the higher ideas of oneness of God stored within [...]
