Sri Krishna ... El que otorga la ANANDA,por Sathish Naik.
Krish significa atraer, dibujar, como en aakarshana. Incluso un protagonista confirmado de Adhwaitha, (la contemplación de la Declaración Universal de absoluto sin nombre y la forma), como Madhusuudhana Saraswathi, confiesa que la atracción por el niño juguetón en las arenas del río Yamuna es irresistible.
Krishna llega a la mente cuando se alejan de los deseos sensoriales. Él dirige la mente hacia él y así, se aparta de todo lo demás, todo lo demás es inferior, de menor valor. Él satisface la sed más profunda del hombre, por la paz, la alegría y la sabiduría. Es por eso que Él es Meghashyaama --- azul oscuro como la nube de lluvia. La mera visión de la nube cargada de lluvia es tan refrescante. Él es de ojos de loto, la flor de loto es una reminiscencia de los frescos y tranquilos y profundos lagos de agua limpia, el agua que sacia la sed.
Cuando Krishna, apaga el deseo , la más alta bienaventuranza se logra, no hay más necesidad, no más defecto o deterioro. La necesidad de beber las bebidas inferiores, que sólo alimentan la sed, desaparece una vez que la dulzura de Krishna nama( nombre) y bhaava Krishna (el nombre y el pensamiento de Krishna) se degustan.
Importancia del nacimiento de Krishna y su infancia.
Krishna se dice que han nacido en Gokula, se crió en Brindhaavan, fue a Mathura y estableció su hogar por último en Dwaaraka. La importancia de esto para el saadhaka es decir, "Vamos a Krishna, nacido en el Gokula de su mente; vamos a crecer y jugar en el prankishly Brindhaavan de su corazón; le permitió luego ser fijado en el Chitta(mente) de Mathura; y por último, vamos a Él que reinará sobre la Conciencia agitada como el Señor Maestro de Dhwaaraka. "El aanandham Nirvikalpa es el resultado final de su reino establecido en Dhwaaraka, en medio de las olas.
¿POR QUÉ KRISHNA nacio como el octavo hijo?.
Sri Krishna nació como el octavo hijo de Dhevaki. Esto es significativo, porque samadhi es la octava etapa del esfuerzo espiritual, viene después de yama, niyama, aasana, pranaayaama, prathyahara, dharana y dhyaana.
Estos son conocidos como ashtaanga-yoga, la disciplina de ocho pasos (la abstención de la maldad, la observancia de uno mismo, control de la respiración, la postura, la retirada de la mente de los objetos de los sentidos, concentración, meditación y absorción en el Atma.
El Señor puede ser visualizada sólo después de que los siete pasos se realizan con éxito y la mente se purifica en el proceso. El término, samadhi (estado super conciencia, de la felicidad), se identifica generalmente con una pérdida temporal de conciencia, o incluso más, una elevación temporal de la conciencia. Pero tenemos que juzgar a los Estado por el efecto que tiene sobre la persona y su actitud hacia sí mismo y a otros.
Samadhi combina sama (igual) dhi (inteligencia), es decir, la inteligencia de aceptar la igualdad fundamental de todo ser. No sólo toda la sensación, de diferencia y distinción desaparece, sino que incluso nociones tales como el calor y el frío, el dolor y la alegría, el bien y el mal, samadhi combina sama (igual) dhi (inteligencia), es decir, la inteligencia deaceptar la igualdad fundamental de todo ser.
QUÉ HACER EN KRISHNASHTAMI ?.
La celebración de Krishna Janmaashtami no debe limitarse a la puja especial y platos adicionales para el almuerzo. Este programa surge de el sentido deseo de atraer la gracia de Krishna. Pero la gracia se puede ganar sólo por la observancia de las enseñanzas de Krishna. No podrán acogerse a este con orgullo y pomposidades.
Adorar a Krishna y evitar su enseñanza es un sacrilegio. Usted puede renunciar a la adoración, sin embargo, usted puede ganar la gracia si sinceramente tratar de seguir por la senda que él ha marcado.
Krishna era la encarnación del amor. Por lo tanto, el amor es la virtud que más aprecia. El amor tiene que convertirse en actos concretos de compasión. Cultivar la compasión y desarrollar la comprensión simpática, hasta llegar a la meta, de la fusión en la encarnación del amor, Krishna.
Él es Gopaala. Denota no sólo la vaca, denota al jivi (los seres humanos y otros seres vivos).
Este día de Krishnaashtami, es el día en que el Avathar (encarnación) de Krishna comenzó su trabajo. Por la devoción y dedicación a Dios, el hombre debe ganarse la conciencia de que él está relacionado con todas las cosas que "unen" lo corporal , la riqueza, parientes y amigos, los atributos y los sentimientos.
SER LA FLAUTA EN SUS MANOS:
Para Krishna, el Avathaarhood era un lila (divina deporte). Su vida fue su mensaje. Él era la encarnación de la más noble y la más fructífero Karmayoga (divina comunión a través de la acción desinteresada y la dedicación). Sus acciones no tenían ningún rastro de egoísmo, orgullo o envidia.
Pasos para cultivar SED DE KRISHNA
La sed de Krishna es un signo de salud en el campo espiritual. No tener es un signo de bhava roga - de enfermedad, que afecta a las personas del mundo, los síntomas son dolor, malestar, preocupación, aun cuando la riqueza y la salud estén cubiertos .
Esa sed puede ser cultivado por la lectura de las escrituras, el cultivo de la compañía agradable, las lecciones de el Gurú considerado y la práctica regular de japam (repetición del nombre).
Una vez que se adquiere, la propia sed le llevará a lugares y personas capaces de apagarlo. Esa es la ventaja de la búsqueda espiritual, el primer paso hace que el segundo sea sencillo.
Era Krishna de tez AZUL ?.
Una receta del médico puede ser juzgado sólo por un igual o un médico más calificado, no por un paciente que sufre la misma o una enfermedad diferente. Ninguna persona afectada por la lujuria, la envidia, la codicia, el apego o el egoísmo puede pronunciar un juicio sobre lo etéreo, el principio sin forma, sin nombre, que encarna como Krishna. Krishna se describe como de color azul físicamente, ya que Él es tan profundo e inescrutable como el cielo, el azul es el color que el ojo comprende, aunque el cielo no tiene color en absoluto.
Así también, Krishna no tiene color ni atributos, pero, con el fin de comprenderlo, el ojo de la mente atribuye un color.
La Gracia de Krishna se puede ganar sólo por el bien. El Raakshasas (demonios) no consiguió Amritha (néctar), porque lo habría mal utilizado. El conocimiento en los impíos es el poder mal utilizado por las estratagemas del odio y la codicia. La gracia también es el poder y tiene que estar dotados los que lo merecen solamente.
Por lo tanto, la persona tiene que ser sublimada en la piedad y saturada de devoción .
Asi, sólo puede ser asegurado Su Gracia.
Ladrón de Corazones.
Krishna se le conoce como "ladrón" (chora). ¿Qué quiere robar? Él roba los corazones de mantequilla de las Gopis, corazones que son puros, suaves y dulces. Si usted trata a alguien como Chora (ladrón), él se molestaría. Pero si usted llama a Krishna como "chitta chora" (ladrón del corazón), El disfruta de esta denominación.
Por eso, los devotos cantan en alabanza del Señor cariñosamente, "Chitta Chora Yashoda Ke Bal! Navaneetha chora Gopal! Gopal, Gopal, Gopal! Govardhanadhara Gopal "(" ¡Oh, Krishna hijo de Yashoda ¡Oh! Gopala! Ladrón de mantequilla ¡Oh! Gopala! Que levantó la montaña Govardhana! ").
(Procedente de Sri Sathya Sai conversaciones)
87 días de oraciones especiales y NAGAR SANKEERTANS :
En otro orden de una ofrenda única a nuestro querido Bhagavan, se ha iniciado en un lugar llamado "Vanasthali puram" por el Sathya Sai Seva Sadan Prema Sai, un centro dirigido hábilmente por Sri. Subramanyam, en Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
No estoy seguro cuántos de nosotros sabemos, pero estamos a 87 días de la celebración de fiestas del 87 ª cumpleaños de Swami; y para conmemorar esta ocasión santa, la Vanasthali puram Sai Centro, ha comenzado oraciones diarias que comienzan con el Omkaram, Suprabhatam y Nagar Sankirtan( peregrinación cantado bhajans). cada día en diferentes casas. 87 casas han sido seleccionados para esta ofrenda especial por este centro y el Nagar Sankeertan se iniciará a partir de las 87 casas diferentes cada día cantando bhajans y por la nochey en la misma casa habría Rudram .
Ahora bien, esto puede parecer muy simple para algunos de nosotros, sino para hacer Nagar sankirtan ( en las primeras horas del día) en una ciudad como Hyderabad no es una cosa pequeña. Habrá creyentes y no creyentes de Swami en la localidad, habría alguna de fe diferentes y es sólo la gracia y la bendición de Swami, de que los devotos de este Centro Sai l de esta manera única den la bienvenida al año 87 del nacimiento. Esperemos que muchos seguirán.
A pesar de que, Naamasmarana no es un ejercicio de un determinado tiempo, pero al hacer este ejercicio durante 87 días, con la gracia divina de nuestro Señor, al menos desde los albores de la 88 día el Naama smarana se convertiría en parte integral de su vida ..
Tomando el ejemplo de este Centro, es de esperar que muchos de nosotros, piensen en esos eventos únicos, para que despierten el "Swami" en nosotros ...
En el año 2002, durante el Curso de Verano en Brindavan esto es lo que Swami tenía que decir sobre Namasmarana:
"En la Edad de Kali, Namasmarana (cantar el Nombre del Señor) es la panacea para todos nuestros sufrimientos. No hay poder más grande que el Nombre Divino. Cantar el Nombre del Señor otorga dicha infinita a el ser humano. No se puede estimar el poder del Nombre del Señor . En Krita yuga, la meditación es el medio principal para la liberación del hombre. en el Treta Yuga fue el Yagna(rituales), y en el Dwapara yuga la adoración. Pero en Kali-yuga, el Namasmarana es la práctica espiritual más poderosa para ganar la gracia de Dios. Es por eso que la práctica de Namasmarana se ha ido extendiendo a todas las partes del mundo "
Mientras tanto, en Prashanti cerca de 1500 devotos de Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, han entrado en Parthi Yatra(peregrinacion a parthi) y está previsto que se realice un drama sobre Krishna en el salón Sai Kulwanth, seguido por Nagar Sankeertan por las calles de Puttaparthi, mañana.
Deseando a todos los hermanos y hermanas un muy feliz Krishna Janmashtami ...
Con reverencia a los pies de Loto de nuestro amado Señor,
R.Satish Naik
R.Satish Naik
OMSAIRAMMM...
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SRI KRISHNA... THE BESTOWER OF ANANDA, by Sathish Naik.
Krish means attract, draw, as in aakarshana. Even a confirmed protagonist of Adhwaitha, (the contemplation of the Universal absolute without name and form), like Madhusuudhana Saraswathi confesses that the attraction for the playful child on the Yamuna sands is irresistible.
Krishna draws the mind away from sensory desires; that is another way in which the draw operates. He pulls the mind towards him and so, they are pulled away from everything else, for everything else is inferior, less valuable. He satisfies the deepest thirst of man, for peace, joy and wisdom. That is why He is Meghashyaama---dark-blue as the rain cloud. The very sight of the rain-laden cloud is so refreshing. He is lotus-eyed, lotus palmed, lotus-soled; the lotus is reminiscent of cool, calm, deep lakes of limpid water, the water that quenches thirst. When Krishna-thrishna is quenched, the highest Aanandha is attained; there is no more need, no more want, defect or decline. The urge to drink inferior drinks, that only feed the thirst, disappears when once the sweetness of Krishna nama and Krishna bhaava (name and thought of Krishna) are tasted.
Significance of Krishna's birth and growth
Krishna is said to have been born in Gokula, He grew up in Brindhaavan, He proceeded to Mathura and He established His home finally at Dwaaraka. The significance of this to the saadhaka is, "Let Krishna be born in the Gokula of your Mind; let Him grow and play prankishly in the Brindhaavan of your Heart; let Him then be fixed in the Chiththa of Mathura; and, finally, let Him rule over the agitationless Consciousness as the Lord and Master of Dhwaaraka."The Nirvikalpa aanandham is the final result of His Kingdom established at Dhwaaraka, in the centre of the waves.
WHY WAS KRISHNA BORN AS THE EIGHTH CHILD?
Sri Krishna was born as the eighth child of Dhevaki. This is significant, for Samaadhi is the eighth stage of spiritual effort, coming after yama, niyama, aasana, pranaayaama, prathyahara, dharana and dhyaana. These are known as ashtaanga-yoga, the eight-fold discipline (abstension from evildoing, observance, control breath, posture, withdrawal of mind from sense objects, concentration, meditation and absorption in the Aathma. The Lord can be visualised only after the seven steps are successfully negotiated and the mind purified in the process. The term, samaadhi (superconciousness state of bliss), is generally identified with a temporary loss of consciousness, or even more, a temporary heightening of the consciousness. But we have to judge the state by the effect it has on the person and his attitude towards himself and others. Samadhi combines sama (equal) dhi (intelligence), that is to say, intelligence grasping the fundamental equality of every being. Not only will all feeling of difference and distinction disappear, but even notions such as heat and cold, grief and joy, good and Samaadhi combines sama (equal) dhi (intelligence), that is to say, intelligence grasping the fundamental equality of every being.
WHAT TO DO ON KRISHNASHTAMI?
The celebration of Krishna Janmaashtami should not be confined to special puja and extra dishes for lunch. This narrow schedule arises from the desire to attract the Grace of Krishna. But that Grace can be won only by the observance of the teachings of Krishna. They will not be conferred on pride and pompous display. Adoring Krishna and avoiding His teaching is a sacrilege. You can give up the adoration; nevertheless, you can earn Grace if you sincerely attempt to proceed on the path He has marked out.
Krishna was the embodiment of Love. Hence, Love is the virtue He appreciates most. Love has to turn into concrete acts of compassion. Cultivate compassion and develop sympathetic understanding, until you reach the goal, of merging in the embodiment of love, Krishna. He is Gopaala. 'Go' denotes not only the cow, it denotes the jeevi (humans and other living beings).
This day, Krishnaashtami, is the Day on which the Avathaarik (incarnational) career of Krishna began. Krishna gave man the call to rise from the beast to Brahman. By devotion and dedication to Him, man must earn the awareness that he is unrelated to all things that 'bind' him---body, riches, kith and kin, attributes and feelings.
BE THE FLUTE IN HIS HANDS:
For Krishna, the Avathaarhood was a leela (divine sport). His life was His Message. He was the embodiment of the noblest and the most fruitful Karmayoga (divine communion through selfless dedicated action). His actions had no trace of selfishness or pride or envy.
STEPS TO CULTIVATE THIRST FOR KRISHNA
The thirst for Krishna is a sign of health in the spiritual field. Not to have it is a sign of bhava roga--the fell disease that afflicts worldly persons, the symptoms being grief, discontent, pain and worry, even when wealth and health are endowed. That thirst can be cultivated by the reading of scriptures, the cultivation of congenial company, lessons from a kind and considerate Guru and regular practice of japam. Once it is acquired, the thirst itself will lead you on to places and persons able to quench it. That is the advantage of spiritual quest; the first step makes the second easy.
WAS KRISHNA BLUE IN COMPLEXION?
A doctor's prescription can be judged only by an equally qualified or a more qualified doctor, not by a patient suffering from the same or a different illness. No person afflicted with lust or envy or greed or attachment or egoism can pronounce judgement on the ethereal, formless, nameless principle that concretised as Krishna. Krishna is described as blue in physical colour, for, He is as deep and inscrutable as the sky; the blue is the colour which the eye comprehends, though the sky has no colour at all. So too, Krishna has no colour or attributes but, in order to comprehend Him, the mental eye attributes a colour. Grace of Krishna can be won only by the good. The Raakshasas (demons) did not get Amritha (nectar); for they would have misused it. Knowledge in the wicked is power misused for the stratagems of hate and greed. Grace too is power and it has to be endowed on the deserving only.
Therefore. character has to be sublimated into saturated piety and devotion. Then only can Grace be secured.
STEALER OF THE HEARTS
Krishna is referred to as “chora” (thief). What does He steal? He steals the butter-like hearts of the Gopis, hearts which are pure, soft and sweet. If you address someone as chora (thief), he will be annoyed. But if you call Krishna as “chiththa chora” (stealer of the heart), He will enjoy this appellation. That is why, devotees sing in praise of the Lord most endearingly “Chiththa chora Yashoda Ke Bal! Navaneetha chora Gopal! Gopal, Gopal, Gopal! Govardhanadhara Gopal!” (“Oh! Yashoda’s little Krishna! Oh! Gopala! Stealer of butter! Oh! Gopala! Lifter of the Govardhana mountain!”).
(Sourced from Sri Sathya Sai Speaks)
87 DAYS OF SPECIAL PRAYERS AND NAGAR SANKEERTANS:
On a different note a unique offering to our beloved Bhagawan has been started in a place called "Vanasthali Puram" by Sathya Sai Prema Seva Sadan a Sai center ably headed by Sri.Subramanyam, in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Not sure how many of us know but we are 87 days away from celebrating Swami's 87th Birthday celebrations and to commemorate this holy occasion, the Vanasthali Puram Sai Center has started daily prayers starting with Omkaram, Suprabhatam and also Nagar sankirtan each day from different houses. 87 houses have been selected for this special offering by this center and the Nagar Sankeertan will start from 87 different houses every day and the same house would have Rudram chanting and Bhajans in the evening. Now, this might look very simple to few of us but to do Nagar sankirtan (that too in the early hours of the day) in a city like Hyderabad is not a small thing. There would be believers and non-believers of Swami in the locality, there would be some from different faith and it is only Swami's grace and blessing that the devotees of this Sai Center got this unique way of welcoming the 87th year of the Advent. Hopefully many will follow.
Even though, Naamasmarana is not a TIME BOUND exercise, but by doing this exercise for 87 days, with the divine grace of our Lord, at least from the dawn of 88th day naama smarana would become part and parcel of their life.. Taking cue from this Center, hopefully many of us will plan such unique events which would awaken the "Swami" in us...
In the year 2002, during Summer Course in Brindavan this is what Swami had to say about Namasmarana:
"In Kali Age, Namasmarana (chanting the Lord’s Name) is the panacea for all our suffering. There is no greater power than the Divine Name. Chanting the Lord’s Name bestows infinite bliss on man. No one can estimate the power of the Lord’s Name. In Krita yuga, meditation was the chief means of man’s liberation. In Treta yuga, it was Yagna and in Dwapara yuga, worship. But in Kali yuga, Namasmarana is the most potent spiritual practice to earn God’s grace. That is why the practice of Namasmarana has been spreading to all parts of the world "
Meanwhile in Prashanthi about 1500 devotees from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh have come on Parthi Yatra and they are scheduled to enact a drama on Krishna in Sai Kulwanth hall followed by Nagar sankeertan in the streets of Puttaparthi tomorrow.
Wishing all brothers and sisters a very happy KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI...
OMSAIRAMMM...
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SRI KRISHNA... THE BESTOWER OF ANANDA, by Sathish Naik.
Krish means attract, draw, as in aakarshana. Even a confirmed protagonist of Adhwaitha, (the contemplation of the Universal absolute without name and form), like Madhusuudhana Saraswathi confesses that the attraction for the playful child on the Yamuna sands is irresistible.
Krishna draws the mind away from sensory desires; that is another way in which the draw operates. He pulls the mind towards him and so, they are pulled away from everything else, for everything else is inferior, less valuable. He satisfies the deepest thirst of man, for peace, joy and wisdom. That is why He is Meghashyaama---dark-blue as the rain cloud. The very sight of the rain-laden cloud is so refreshing. He is lotus-eyed, lotus palmed, lotus-soled; the lotus is reminiscent of cool, calm, deep lakes of limpid water, the water that quenches thirst. When Krishna-thrishna is quenched, the highest Aanandha is attained; there is no more need, no more want, defect or decline. The urge to drink inferior drinks, that only feed the thirst, disappears when once the sweetness of Krishna nama and Krishna bhaava (name and thought of Krishna) are tasted.
Significance of Krishna's birth and growth
Krishna is said to have been born in Gokula, He grew up in Brindhaavan, He proceeded to Mathura and He established His home finally at Dwaaraka. The significance of this to the saadhaka is, "Let Krishna be born in the Gokula of your Mind; let Him grow and play prankishly in the Brindhaavan of your Heart; let Him then be fixed in the Chiththa of Mathura; and, finally, let Him rule over the agitationless Consciousness as the Lord and Master of Dhwaaraka."The Nirvikalpa aanandham is the final result of His Kingdom established at Dhwaaraka, in the centre of the waves.
WHY WAS KRISHNA BORN AS THE EIGHTH CHILD?
Sri Krishna was born as the eighth child of Dhevaki. This is significant, for Samaadhi is the eighth stage of spiritual effort, coming after yama, niyama, aasana, pranaayaama, prathyahara, dharana and dhyaana. These are known as ashtaanga-yoga, the eight-fold discipline (abstension from evildoing, observance, control breath, posture, withdrawal of mind from sense objects, concentration, meditation and absorption in the Aathma. The Lord can be visualised only after the seven steps are successfully negotiated and the mind purified in the process. The term, samaadhi (superconciousness state of bliss), is generally identified with a temporary loss of consciousness, or even more, a temporary heightening of the consciousness. But we have to judge the state by the effect it has on the person and his attitude towards himself and others. Samadhi combines sama (equal) dhi (intelligence), that is to say, intelligence grasping the fundamental equality of every being. Not only will all feeling of difference and distinction disappear, but even notions such as heat and cold, grief and joy, good and Samaadhi combines sama (equal) dhi (intelligence), that is to say, intelligence grasping the fundamental equality of every being.
WHAT TO DO ON KRISHNASHTAMI?
The celebration of Krishna Janmaashtami should not be confined to special puja and extra dishes for lunch. This narrow schedule arises from the desire to attract the Grace of Krishna. But that Grace can be won only by the observance of the teachings of Krishna. They will not be conferred on pride and pompous display. Adoring Krishna and avoiding His teaching is a sacrilege. You can give up the adoration; nevertheless, you can earn Grace if you sincerely attempt to proceed on the path He has marked out.
Krishna was the embodiment of Love. Hence, Love is the virtue He appreciates most. Love has to turn into concrete acts of compassion. Cultivate compassion and develop sympathetic understanding, until you reach the goal, of merging in the embodiment of love, Krishna. He is Gopaala. 'Go' denotes not only the cow, it denotes the jeevi (humans and other living beings).
This day, Krishnaashtami, is the Day on which the Avathaarik (incarnational) career of Krishna began. Krishna gave man the call to rise from the beast to Brahman. By devotion and dedication to Him, man must earn the awareness that he is unrelated to all things that 'bind' him---body, riches, kith and kin, attributes and feelings.
BE THE FLUTE IN HIS HANDS:
For Krishna, the Avathaarhood was a leela (divine sport). His life was His Message. He was the embodiment of the noblest and the most fruitful Karmayoga (divine communion through selfless dedicated action). His actions had no trace of selfishness or pride or envy.
STEPS TO CULTIVATE THIRST FOR KRISHNA
The thirst for Krishna is a sign of health in the spiritual field. Not to have it is a sign of bhava roga--the fell disease that afflicts worldly persons, the symptoms being grief, discontent, pain and worry, even when wealth and health are endowed. That thirst can be cultivated by the reading of scriptures, the cultivation of congenial company, lessons from a kind and considerate Guru and regular practice of japam. Once it is acquired, the thirst itself will lead you on to places and persons able to quench it. That is the advantage of spiritual quest; the first step makes the second easy.
WAS KRISHNA BLUE IN COMPLEXION?
A doctor's prescription can be judged only by an equally qualified or a more qualified doctor, not by a patient suffering from the same or a different illness. No person afflicted with lust or envy or greed or attachment or egoism can pronounce judgement on the ethereal, formless, nameless principle that concretised as Krishna. Krishna is described as blue in physical colour, for, He is as deep and inscrutable as the sky; the blue is the colour which the eye comprehends, though the sky has no colour at all. So too, Krishna has no colour or attributes but, in order to comprehend Him, the mental eye attributes a colour. Grace of Krishna can be won only by the good. The Raakshasas (demons) did not get Amritha (nectar); for they would have misused it. Knowledge in the wicked is power misused for the stratagems of hate and greed. Grace too is power and it has to be endowed on the deserving only.
Therefore. character has to be sublimated into saturated piety and devotion. Then only can Grace be secured.
STEALER OF THE HEARTS
Krishna is referred to as “chora” (thief). What does He steal? He steals the butter-like hearts of the Gopis, hearts which are pure, soft and sweet. If you address someone as chora (thief), he will be annoyed. But if you call Krishna as “chiththa chora” (stealer of the heart), He will enjoy this appellation. That is why, devotees sing in praise of the Lord most endearingly “Chiththa chora Yashoda Ke Bal! Navaneetha chora Gopal! Gopal, Gopal, Gopal! Govardhanadhara Gopal!” (“Oh! Yashoda’s little Krishna! Oh! Gopala! Stealer of butter! Oh! Gopala! Lifter of the Govardhana mountain!”).
(Sourced from Sri Sathya Sai Speaks)
87 DAYS OF SPECIAL PRAYERS AND NAGAR SANKEERTANS:
On a different note a unique offering to our beloved Bhagawan has been started in a place called "Vanasthali Puram" by Sathya Sai Prema Seva Sadan a Sai center ably headed by Sri.Subramanyam, in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Not sure how many of us know but we are 87 days away from celebrating Swami's 87th Birthday celebrations and to commemorate this holy occasion, the Vanasthali Puram Sai Center has started daily prayers starting with Omkaram, Suprabhatam and also Nagar sankirtan each day from different houses. 87 houses have been selected for this special offering by this center and the Nagar Sankeertan will start from 87 different houses every day and the same house would have Rudram chanting and Bhajans in the evening. Now, this might look very simple to few of us but to do Nagar sankirtan (that too in the early hours of the day) in a city like Hyderabad is not a small thing. There would be believers and non-believers of Swami in the locality, there would be some from different faith and it is only Swami's grace and blessing that the devotees of this Sai Center got this unique way of welcoming the 87th year of the Advent. Hopefully many will follow.
Even though, Naamasmarana is not a TIME BOUND exercise, but by doing this exercise for 87 days, with the divine grace of our Lord, at least from the dawn of 88th day naama smarana would become part and parcel of their life.. Taking cue from this Center, hopefully many of us will plan such unique events which would awaken the "Swami" in us...
In the year 2002, during Summer Course in Brindavan this is what Swami had to say about Namasmarana:
"In Kali Age, Namasmarana (chanting the Lord’s Name) is the panacea for all our suffering. There is no greater power than the Divine Name. Chanting the Lord’s Name bestows infinite bliss on man. No one can estimate the power of the Lord’s Name. In Krita yuga, meditation was the chief means of man’s liberation. In Treta yuga, it was Yagna and in Dwapara yuga, worship. But in Kali yuga, Namasmarana is the most potent spiritual practice to earn God’s grace. That is why the practice of Namasmarana has been spreading to all parts of the world "
Meanwhile in Prashanthi about 1500 devotees from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh have come on Parthi Yatra and they are scheduled to enact a drama on Krishna in Sai Kulwanth hall followed by Nagar sankeertan in the streets of Puttaparthi tomorrow.
Wishing all brothers and sisters a very happy KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI...
With Pranams at the Lotus feet of our beloved Lord,
R.Satish Naik
OMSAIRAMMM...
OMSAIRAMMM...
CENTRO SAI HISPANO...
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