Respect For Parents - The Greatest Virtue: Divine Discourse Delivered by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Respect For Parents - The Greatest Virtue: Divine Discourse Delivered by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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The sun shines serene and gentle. The brief daylight is softly wafting the cool wind. The fields are ripe with golden crops. Marigold flowers blossom like garlands of pearls on the banks of rivers. The farmers are rejoicing and singing. The ripened chillies are colouring fields with vestments of bright red. The sweet festival of Sankranti has come, filling our homes with the freshly harvested grains of cereals and pulses. (Telugu Poem)
Of all the festivals, the imminent Sankranti is the most important. It is the day on which the farmers bring home the harvested crop, feed the poor, and rejoice. On this day, the Vedic scholars get up during the sacred Brahmamuhurtha time and chant Vedic mantras, purifying the hearts of one and all. This festival has a special significance even for the householders. They invite their newly married sons-in-law to their house and present them with new clothes. The entire house abounds with joy. In this context, there is a folk song in Telugu:
Since Sankranti is the festival of festivals, Oh newly married bridegroom, visit your in-law's house, Come spend your time in fun and frolic with your brothers- and sisters-in-law, The entire household and neighbourhood will honour you with love and affection.
It is also an occasion when the bullocks are decorated elaborately and taken to various houses in the village. The bullocks are worshipped and fed sumptuously as an expression of gratitude for all the hard work they do in the fields. Even ...
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~~~~~~ Respect For Parents - The Greatest Virtue ~~~~~~
Collection: Sri Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 37 (2004)
Date: 12 January 2004
Occasion: Sankranthi
Place: Prasanthi Nilayam
Link: https://links.sairhythms.org/59Ex
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Best Regards
Seetha Ram
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The sun shines serene and gentle. The brief daylight is softly wafting the cool wind. The fields are ripe with golden crops. Marigold flowers blossom like garlands of pearls on the banks of rivers. The farmers are rejoicing and singing. The ripened chillies are colouring fields with vestments of bright red. The sweet festival of Sankranti has come, filling our homes with the freshly harvested grains of cereals and pulses. (Telugu Poem)
Of all the festivals, the imminent Sankranti is the most important. It is the day on which the farmers bring home the harvested crop, feed the poor, and rejoice. On this day, the Vedic scholars get up during the sacred Brahmamuhurtha time and chant Vedic mantras, purifying the hearts of one and all. This festival has a special significance even for the householders. They invite their newly married sons-in-law to their house and present them with new clothes. The entire house abounds with joy. In this context, there is a folk song in Telugu:
Since Sankranti is the festival of festivals, Oh newly married bridegroom, visit your in-law's house, Come spend your time in fun and frolic with your brothers- and sisters-in-law, The entire household and neighbourhood will honour you with love and affection.
It is also an occasion when the bullocks are decorated elaborately and taken to various houses in the village. The bullocks are worshipped and fed sumptuously as an expression of gratitude for all the hard work they do in the fields. Even ...
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~~~~~~ Respect For Parents - The Greatest Virtue ~~~~~~
Collection: Sri Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 37 (2004)
Date: 12 January 2004
Occasion: Sankranthi
Place: Prasanthi Nilayam
Link: https://links.sairhythms.org/59Ex
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Best Regards
Seetha Ram
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