Views and Reviews: Insights that Illumine the Light Within

Teachings to treasure, teachings that transform.  Thirumoolar Thavamozhi Motivation 18. Three golden instructions   Our Saint Thirumoolar instructs us lovingly through nectarine poems in Tamil language   to live a righteous life. His instructions can be grouped into three categories.   First, “do not commit any sin”, which is the primary responsibility of human beings. Second, in addition to not committing any sin, “do good deeds”!   A life that comprises these two is the basic code of conduct for a righteous living. After these two, the third instruction is to “experience the divine bliss while having a life with this human body”, that only human beings can experience !   We can find Saint’s Thirumoolar’s teachings in these three categories abundantly all over his sacred book, Thirumoolar thirumandiram.   Our Saint reminds first the sinful acts that people should avoid in the life, then he recommends a list of good deeds that people shou...

Krishna declared regarding Arjuna. He told Arjuna: "You are my devotee and you are my friend." Arjuna did not declare to Krishna: "I am your devotee." Krishna was not content to declare: "Arjuna, you are my devotee." Why did He go on to say: "You are my friend?" Would it not have been sufficient if Krishna had declared, "you are my friend"? Why should he say, "you are my devotee"? In this declaration, there is a profound spiritual significance.  Read  full discourse in 1988 at:  http://www.sssbpt.info/ssspeaks/volume21/sss21-17.pdf  

The Sun shines brilliantly, but only those who open their eyes can feel its brilliant rays and see all the things in Nature that the Sun illumines.The Grace of the Divine is like the Sunlight. The individual either by ignorance, or laziness, or ego is unable to receive this Grace. Read full article.

All living beings are bestowed with the five senses —smell, taste, sight, touch, and hearing. Animals use one or many of these senses, while human beings are capable of using all these. We may have noticed that a dog will prefer to “smell” the visitor to check whether the person is a guest or not. Cats and monkeys choose to lick and bite any new object to confirm whether it can be eaten or not. Did you know that many animals do not see color pictures of the world as we see—they see in black and white? Many animals do not feel pain the way human beings do. Finally, animals do not hear or respond to sound and noises in the same way as humans do. Read full article.

Every time I heard Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba graciously addressing the audience as “Embodiments of Divine B eing”, I wondered, “Am I really Divine? How and when will I experience my divinity?”Bhagawan constantly reminded us that we have forgotten that we are embodiments of divine. His prescription to experience divinity appears to be very simple - the 9-point code of conduct —with the maxim of purity, unity and divinity. Read full article.

Free education is not a charity for the poor and those who cannot afford; it is but a form of selfless service, for the future society. Administrators of schools and educators wonder how education could be free-of- charge? They ask relevant questions: Who will pay for salaries of the teachers, Buildings, and other costs? Read full article.

This article comprises three parts.  The first part, ‘Commerce and Ethics’ attempts to highlight the importance of Ethics (exemplified by the five human values) in Commerce. To illustrate this, the author presents a model of the five layers of Commerce corresponding to the five human values, the five elements, and the five basic resources. The second part deals with ‘becoming embodiments of Love’. The last part is an attempt to write the ‘equation of creation’. Read full article.

   The word SEVA is an acronym where S stands for S acrifice through Ceiling on desires; E stands for E ffectiveness— such as  through contribution of time as in all Sathya Sai Service projects; and V means V alues based approach. Read full article.

This pandemic is reminding us to be shining examples of ‘Being’ Human. Essential workers are vital to a ‘living’ society. We need to acknowledge their services. Without them, we will not be able to sustain ourselves; we will not have the privilege of staying indoors. Insights from covid-19

Teachings to treasure, teachings that transform.  Though thousands of years have passed, the story of Rama and the inner story of Ramayana is being enacted every moment of our lives.  The story of Rama is not a mere compilation of incidents, it is the very essence of the Dharma of the individual, the family & society.  Dr Abdul Kalam is looking at Ramayana in 2007. We  extracted nectarine insights from the discourses of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba  on Ramayana and performed during Rama Navami in 2004-2007 in Manila, Philippines. We also compiled in an audio file the medley of bhajans with the narration of the various episodes from The Ramayana in English as well as Sanskrit. Audio file at:  https://soundcloud.com/kes-ls-seetharam/ramayana-audio-and-text The PDF is available at:  https://www.dropbox.com/s/4b1vj5pxplzvp5i/ramayana%202006.pdf?dl=0 Please do not miss the audios and picture book published by Radio Sai: ...