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Sri Sathya Sai Baba
His Universal Message, His Humanitarian Works,
An Inspiration To Humanity
Saturday, October 9, 2004 - Toronto (Canada)
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Sri Sathya Sai Baba
His Universal Message
His Humanitarian Works
An Inspiration To Humanity
You are cordially invited to
attend
a meeting about a remarkable
person
whose life, teachings and
humanitarian works
are changing the world.
Saturday October 9, 2004
7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.
Bloor Street United Church
300 Bloor Street West, Toronto
RSVP for confirmed seating: 416 224 8389
No Admission Fee & No Donations
Program
7:00
pm - Welcome
& Introductions:
7:10
pm - Speaker: Dr.
David
Gries, Ph.D.
8:00
pm - Speaker: Dr.
Yassin
Sankar, Ph.D.
8:30
pm - Film:
‘His
Work’ is a moving portrait, highlighting the sweeping scope of
humanitarian projects initiated and inspired by Sri Sathya Sai
Baba. Free super-speciality hospitals, schools, colleges and a
university, free drinking water to millions, rural outreach
programs – all bear testimony to his selfless and tireless saga
of love and compassion
8:50
pm - Closing Remarks
9:00
pm - Conclusion
Speakers
Dr. David Gries, a native
of New York,
received his doctorate from the Munich Institute of Technology,
Germany.
Since 1969, except for a few years, he has been on the faculty
of Computer Science at Cornell
University, USA, serving as
Department Chair for five years and currently as Associate Dean
of Engineering. Since 1985, Gries has been associated with the
Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning in
India,
and he generally teaches there for two weeks each year. He is
the webmaster of the International Sai Organization website,
www.sathyasai.org
and is currently Chair of Zone 1 of the International Sai
Oraganization.
Dr.
Yassin Sankar is Professor of Management in the
School of Business Administration
at the Dalhousie University,
Halifax, Nova Scotia,
where he has been on the faculty for 30 years. He has a Ph.D.
in Education from the Johns
Hopkins University.
He has written several books and articles on technological
change, education, human values, and ethics, and management. He
is currently in the process of completing two additional books:
The Quest for Ethical Leadership, and International
Management and Comparative Ethical Systems.
His Life And His Message
Sri Sathya Sai Baba is a highly
revered spiritual leader and world teacher, whose life and message
are inspiring millions of people throughout the world to turn
Godward and to lead constructive and virtuous lives. His timeless
and universal teachings, along with the example of his own life, are
attracting seekers of Truth from all religions of the world. He was
born as Sathya Narayana Raju in 1926 in Puttaparthi, then a remote
hamlet in South India.
As a child he was brilliant in his studies, but what made him unique
was his extraordinary wisdom and compassion. At the age of fourteen,
he declared that he would henceforth be known as Sai Baba and that
his mission was to bring about the spiritual regeneration of
humanity by inculcating love for God and service to all beings. Or
over seven decades, his life has been a stirring and moving saga of
love and compassion. Today, Prashanthi Nilayam – his ashram
(spiritual oasis) in South India
– attracts thousands of spiritual seekers from virtually every
corner of the globe. This ‘abode of highest peace’ offers solace and
inspiration to all who aspire for Peace.
Sri Sathya Sai Baba
uplifts man by teaching and demonstrating that man is inherently
divine and his nature is selfless love. Quoting the scriptures of
various faiths, Baba often reminds us that Love is God and God is
Love, and that Love is immanent in the heart of every being. Through
his own example, Baba demonstrates how to tap that unfailing Source.
He re-emphasizes principles that form the foundation of the world’s
major religions: Truth, Right Conduct, Peace, Love, and
Non-violence. He repeatedly exhorts mankind to “Love All, Serve All”
and asserts that the essence of all scriptures is “Help Ever, Hurt
Never!”
His Work
Sri
Sathya Sai Baba uplifts the institutions of mankind through
his unique and noble works. The sheer range and scale of the
humanitarian projects initiated and inspired by him is unprecedented
in modern history. What follows are glimpses of his Love in Action…
Education: Sathya
Sai Baba has established a model education system, which includes
primary and secondary schools and an accredited university, offering
undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees, with no fees from the
students. It has been hailed as a crown jewel of the Indian
education system by leading educators. In addition to academic
excellence, Baba’s system of integral education is designed to
foster character and self-discipline, for as he often asserts, “The
end of education is character.”
Healthcare:
Sathya Sai Baba has established four hospitals, two of which
provide advanced tertiary care. The hospitals are equipped with
state-of-the-art technologies in cardiology and cardiothoracic
surgery, neurology and neurosurgery, nephrology and urosurgery, and
ophthalmology. To date, thousands of surgeries have been performed
absolutely free.
Drinking Water:
Starting from the mid-nineties, Sathya Sai Baba has executed
massive drinking water projects, bringing much-needed relief to
millions of villagers. For these long-suffering people a century-old
dream has come true – safe drinking water, available free and
throughout the year, right at their doorstep.
Rural Outreach:
Every year, the students and staff of Baba’s University fan out into
neighbouring villages and spend nearly two weeks distributing food
and clothes, house to house, bringing comfort and love. This has
inspired similar long-term projects throughout rural India
and increasingly in other parts of the world.
Information
The
Sri Sathya Sai Organization has a presence in over 100 countries
with more than 2000 Centres world-wide, over 50 of which are in
various cities across Canada.
The centres provide a place to meet, study, and practice the
teachings of Sathya Sai Baba. These Centres are engaged in selfless
service in their local communities. The Centres also offer
devotional meetings with group singing, meditation and prayer. Two
programs of character development – Sathya Sai Education in Human
Values and Sai Spiritual Education – are offered to children to
inculcate the five human values of truth, right conduct, peace,
love, and non-violence and to teach the fundamental truths
underlying all religions. Such value-based spiritual training is
also the basis for the Young Adult Program of the Organization.
For more information about the life
and teaching of Sri Sathya Sai Baba or about the Sathya Sai Baba
Organization of Canada, please contact
Sri
Sathya Sai Baba Book & Information Centre
58-B
Arlington Avenue,
Toronto,
Ontario, M6G 3K8
Tel: 416-481-7242
Where
there is righteousness in the heart,
there is beauty in the character.
When there is beauty in character,
there is harmony in the home.
When there is harmony in the home,
there is order in the nation.
When there is order in the nation,
there is peace in the world
-
Sathya Sai Baba -
Source:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saibabanews/message/4226
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