Isn't it strange how a 20 rupee note seems like such a large amount when
you donate it to temple,but such a small amount when you go shopping?

Isn't it strange how 2 hours seem so long when you're at the Temple ,
and how short they seem when you're watching a good movie?

Isn't it strange that you can't find a word to say when you're praying,
but you have no trouble thinking what to talk or gossip about with a friend?

Isn't it strange how difficult and boring it is to read one chapter
of the Bhagwad Gita, but how easy it is to read 100 pages of a popular novel ?

Isn't it strange how everyone wants front-row-tickets to concerts or games, but they do whatever is possible to sit at the last rowat the TEMPLE or Bhajans and Prayers?

Isn't it strange how we need to know about an event for Temple 2-3
weeks before the day so we can include it in our agenda, but we can
adjust it for other events in the last minute?

Isn't it strange how difficult it is to learn a fact about God to share it with others, but how easy
it is to learn, understand, extend and repeat gossip?

Isn't it strange how we believe everything that magazines and newspapers
say, but we question the words in our Ramayan and Bhagwad Gita?

Isn't it strange how everyone wants a place in heaven, but they don't want
to believe, do, or say anything to get there?

Isn't it strange how we send jokes in e-mails and they are forwarded right away,
but when we are going to send messages about God, we think about it twice before we share it with others?

Miracle 3

From: Ramakrishnan Ramanarayanan Sairam

This is a true story happened to me last year.
the house next to my house had cut off two big trees and i am sure they have snake of the big venom like MAMBA a definite poisonous killer was there. when they cut the tree, i think in all my opinion that i framed which later Swami confirmed to me in my dream , the snake entered into my house through the gate and found itself in my rock garden.

normally i go to my garden to pick up flowers and do some gardening in the evening hours and all saturday. One fine morning Swami said while picking up flowers, where radiant Swami appeared before me and said
please wear the chappels (footwear), and he didn't tell me why. From that day i was wearing the chappals (footwear) and go to the garden.
after a gap of some days when we came from dinner and got out of the car and when my wife got out of the car the snake passed under the car but slightly edge between the legs. We saw it, before i could park the car
the snake went inside the garden.
immediately i have to call the men from the local tribe and told them to find where the snake could have hidden itself.

then after a whole long hunt, the snake was beneath the rock garden and they took it out and they told us it is dangerous snake of African variety worst than cobra,

we pray to swami that day and thanked Swami for saving us.

Swami said that night in my dream that he knows best at what time he should help the devotees and bless me and disappear. The next day Vhibuti was there in my house in all the photos. I have only video coverage and not photos and i do not know how to clip into the computer.

This illustrate Swami is omnipotent, omni presence, and wherever we are
he will be there. What he wants our faith and love ,once we surrender to him he will take care of us. Sairam

Miracle 3

Once Swami picked up a south african devotee for the interview. This devotee is full of doubts about Baba and that was the first time he came to Parthi with an intention to understand Baba.
After talking to him for a while Swami asked him what do you want then the reply came I want a watch. Baba immediately materialised a watch and gave him. The testing devotee asked further that I want the bill. Well, Swami waved His hand in the thin air to give a bill, which, to the astonishment of the devotee had the address of this very devotees home town in South Africa, with that days date. Totally surprised devotee took that invoice and came out of the room wondering how could on earth Swami could buy a wach from his own town which was more than 10,000 miles away from Parthi.

On his return to his town he went to the shop which issued that invoice to find the duplicate and checked. It was there. No magic, the duplicate was existing, the shop owner recollected the incident and narrated "On that day a small tiny person with curly hair and red robe came to my shop to buy the watch. He spend a long time to select this one and took it, paid the money. He immediately left the place. But after a few minutes He came back and asked for the receipt. Very pleasing personality .......... The shop keeper continued.

from Sai journal published by South African devotees.

Miracles 2

A certain person was a captain during the second World War, but since he died of a commonplace disease in a civil hospital his widow did not get much by way of pension. So she had to earn some money teaching music, in order to keep her three children - two daughters and a son in elementary ease. The son passed his B.Sc examination with a first class from the Madras University, while still in his teens. The army authorities gave him a job in their cantonment office at Bangalore. His mother, who was overwhelmed with joy, sent him to offer homage to the family deity, Venkatachalapathi on the Tirumala Hills in Andhra Pradesh , so that he could join duty at Bangalore with divine blessings.

However what did happen was the boy got drowned in the holy tank of the temple. His body was in police custody for two days as it was unidentified. The anxious mother was confronted by the photograph of her son's corpse which appeared in the daily papers. But , Baba appeared to her in a dream and directed her to come to Puttaparthi. Bhagawan called her and her children for the precious interview. " Don't weep", He said , "for your son who led a disciplined life and was full of devotion, has now merged with God. When he has found the lotus feet of Bliss, you should not indulge in grief". But she could not be consoled.

Then Baba said, "I know your heart is broken since you could not have even a last glimpse of his body. See, it is here." Saying this, He spread His palm in front of her, and she could clearly see the events of that faithful pilgrimage appear upon it: The son slipped on the steps of the tank, and a few people jumped in to save him. A lotus like bunch of flames rose from his body and proceeded towards the innermost shrine where the idol of Venkatachalapathi is installed, disappearing in a blaze of glory of the Lord's feet. Then she saw the idol come alive and change into a charming image of Baba Himself.

After sometime Baba spoke to her, "Mother, the one you loved as your son was a staunch devotee of the Lord during his previous life. He was engaged in tapas for 12 years on the steps of this very holy temple tank. His deepest desire was to attain Jala samadhi(water-mergence) in those sacred waters. To fulfil that desire he took birth again. Remain in Puttaparthi, ever singing the glory of Venkatachalpathi, who has accepted you on into His fold".

Miracles

A pilgrim to Puttaparthi suddenly developed acute appendicitis. At the time, there was no hospital there nor was there a surgeon, so Sai Baba was asked to come to the room where the patient lay groaning. He waved his hand in the air and produced a surgical knife out of nowhere. A second wave materialized vibhuti which he used as an anaesthetic. With these aids he performed the operation to remove the inflamed appendix. Then the surgical knife vanished into thin air. He applied the vibhuti on the wound which healed immediately, leaving only a small scar.

Important Revelation From Sai

who I am

"There was no one to know who I am till I created the world, at My pleasure, with one word. Immediately earth and sky were formed, mountains rose up, rivers started flowing, sun, moon and stars sprang out of nowhere to prove My existence. Came all forms of life - plants, insects, beasts, birds and men. Various powers were bestowed upon them under My orders. The first place was granted to man, and My knowledge was placed in man's mind." -Baba
Sathyam Sivam Sundaram Part IV

Prayer Resource

The Sai Prayer Group will pray every Thursday and every Sunday for all those who request prayers and will pray for universal love and peace. The Prayer Service is at 7.00 am every Thursday and every Sunday. Wherever you are, please follow the time zone of your country.

Please use the following Prayer Service Format:

1. Aum ­ 3 times

2. Ganesh Mantra ­ 3 times

Aum Sree Ganeshaya Namaha

3. Gayatri Mantra ­ 3 times

Om Bhur Bhuva Svah

Tat Savitur Varenyam

Bhargo Devasya Dheemahi

Dhiyo Yo Nah Prachodayaat

OM SHANTI SHANTI SHANTI

We meditate on that Supreme effulgence of the Radiant Being

The Indwelling Controller and Director of all Things

May He stimulate our Intellect entirely (to realize the Truth)

4. Sai (Eeshvara) Gaayathree ­ 28 times

Om
Sayeeshvaraaya Vidhmahe
Sathya-Dhevaaya Dheemahi
Thannah-Sarvah Prochodhayaath

Meaning
We know this Sai is Supreme Divinity incarnate. We meditate on this God of Truth. May this Almighty Personality lead us on the path of total liberation.

5. The Maha-Mrityunjaya Mantra ­ 3 times

Om trayambakam yajaamahe
Sugandhim pushti - vardhanam
Urva - rukamiva bandhanan
Mrytor muksheeya ma - amritaat

Meaning
Om. We worship the Three-Eyed One (Lord Shiva),
who is naturally fragrant, immensely merciful and who is the Protector of the devotees. Worshipping Him may we be liberated from death for the sake of immortality just as the ripe cucumber easily separates itself from the binding stalk. By your Grace, Let me be in the state of salvation (Moksha) and be saved from the clutches of fearful death.

6. Viswamitra's Mantra ­ 3 times

"Boothabavya bavathprabho! Sri Prasanthi Sai
Bhoothatma, dharmatma, Sri Dhanvantri amsa
Sathya Saiyey", mama prarthana:
'Uthishta sokha sankata dhuhkhanivarana'
Mahakrupa Kadaksha, 'Paahimaam Paahimaam Paahi'.

Meaning
Oh Lord, the Glorious - Sri Prasanthi Sai
May the elements do good always
Thou art the Controller of the elements
Thou art the Prime-mover of righteousness
Thy tiny fraction is Dhanvantri (Divine healer)
Lord Sai, we pray unto thee:
'Wake up, remove depression, sorrow, misery',
Thou, Embodiment of mercy and grace
'Save us, redeem us, reclaim us, - one and all of us'.

7. Dhanvantari ­ 3 times

Aum Namo Bhagavathe
Vasudevaya Dhanvantraye
Amruta Kalasa Hasthaya
Sarvaamaya Vinaashanaaya
Thrailokhya Naathaaya
Sri Mahavishnave Namaha

Meaning
Obeisances unto the supreme Bhagawan known as Sudarshana Vasudev Dhanvantari, The holder of the kalasha full of nectar of immortality, who removes all fears,who removes all diseases,
The well wisher of the Three worlds, and sustainer of the three worlds, He is Vishnu Swarup, By the name Dhanvantari Empowered to Heal the Jiva souls.

8. Prayer to Sree Sathya Sai Baba ­ 28 times

Sri Sathya Sai Sampoorna
Paripurna Arogya Praaptirastu

Meaning
Sree Sathya Sai get cured completely (fully).

9. 10 Minutes meditation - sending divine love and healing energy to sick and needy people throughout the world.

10. Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavanthu ­ 3 times

Meaning ­ "Let the whole mankind be Happy and Prosperous."