Om Sri Ganeshaya namaha

This service is dedicated to his sweet lotus feet of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

OM JAI SRI SATHYA SAI NARAYANI

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NEWS LETTER 27
7/11/2003

Please organize your service actions with love and devotion to serve the poor. Helping people to give food, clothing, shelter, health and education to the poor uplift them make them independent is our goal.

Jai Sri Sathya Sai Ram.

NOW WE HAVE A GLOBAL WEB SITE FOR OUR MISSION

Visit:

Sai Baba Global Poverty Service

Jai Sai Ram

SAI BABA GLOBAL POVERTY DATA BASE

Are you a service provider to the poor (Narayana Seva) or is your center provides help to the poor? Or are you willing to serve the poor in future? We want you.

WE are building a great network of service providers or future volunteers to coordinate and help the poor globally.

Jai Sai Ram

BHAGAVAN’S MESSAGE OF SERVICE FOR THE WEEK

Embodiments of Love!

Right from this day, let your lives be suffused with love. Let your hands undertake deeds that are beneficial to society at large. Let your thoughts be centred on the principle of love. You should rise from the level of Vyashti (individual) to Samashti (society) and ultimately merge in Parameshti (God).

BHAGAVAN SRI SATHYA SAI BABA

JAI SAI RAM

BHAGAVAN’S GENERAL MESSAGE FOR THE WEEK

Every individual is endowed with a physical body. Nature is like a mirror. What you see in this mirror is only your reflection and nothing else. Today, man is leading a life of selfishness and self-interest. Selfishness is rampant in society. Dehabhimanam (body attachment) is on the rise and Deshabhimanam (love for one’s motherland) is on the decline. Even spiritual aspirants and noble souls with pure hearts are unable to give up body attachment. So long as there is Dehaabhimanam, man cannot develop Daivaa-bhimanam (love for God).

The body which is made up of five elements is weak and is bound to disintegrate. Though hundred years of life-span is prescribed, one cannot take it for granted. One may leave his mortal coil at any time, be it in childhood, youth or old age. Death is certain. Hence, before the body perishes, man should make efforts to know his true nature. (Telugu Poem)

Body is given to you to know your true Self. It is foolish to waste your time and energy in worldly pursuits. If you know your true Self, you would have known everything else.

Embodiments of Love!

All that you see in the external world, from microcosm to macrocosm, is present in you. The mountains, oceans, cities, villages, etc., are present in your heart. All beings are in you. You are the basis of everything. Such being the case, what is it that you want to see in the external world? How foolish it is on your part to get carried away by the reflection outside, ignoring the reality within!

Know the human values in the first instance. The first among them is Truth. It is changeless and beyond time and space. There is nothing like American Truth, Russian Truth, Indian Truth or Pakistani Truth. Truth is one and the same for all countries at all times. You are the embodiment of Truth. Truth is God. So, make efforts to understand this Truth. Sathyam Bruyaath, Priyam Bruyaath, Na Bruyaath Sathyamapriyam (speak the Truth, speak pleasantly and do not speak unpalatable truth). Having forgotten such eternal principle of Truth, man is in search of ephemeral things. Adherence to Truth is Neeti which is nothing but proper conduct. Sathyannasti Paro Dharmah (there is no Dharma greater than adherence to Truth). Sathya and Dharma together will confer peace. One who adheres to Truth and righteousness will always remain peaceful. One need not search for peace outside. Where there is Truth, there is peace. Where there is peace, there is non-violence.

We call the human values as Sathya, Dharma, Santhi, Prema and Ahimsa (Truth, righteousness, peace, love and non-violence). In fact, love is the fundamental basis for Truth and righteousness. Love is God, Truth is God, righteousness is God. One bereft of these principles is verily a living corpse. The five human values can be compared to five life principles (Prana) present in us. If you do not speak truth, you would have lost one life principle. Unrighteous conduct amounts to losing the second life principle. Similarly, other life principles will be lost. Therefore, all your efforts should be directed to safeguard these life principles, which are divine in nature.

There is divinity in humanity. Understand this. Today every field of human activity is polluted. Once man purifies his heart, he will find purity everywhere. The world outside is just a reflection of your heart. If you fill your heart with love, you will experience love everywhere. If there is hatred in your heart, the same is reflected outside. Whatever you see, hear and experience outside is only the reflection, reaction and resound of your inner being. All the good and bad that you come across in the external world are just your own reflections. So, do not point an accusing finger at others. The whole world depends on man’s behaviour. If man is good, so too will the world be. You think that there is profanity all around you. It is a mistaken notion. In fact, the profanity in you is reflected outside. If your feelings are demonic, you will find the same all around you. If your feelings are divine, you will find divinity everywhere.

Embodiments of Love!

Your heart is full of love. The yearning for God that emanates from your heart is love. Let truth and righteousness be reflected in your word and deed, respectively. The harmony of truth, righteousness and love will lead to peace. Your breathing process – Soham is reminding you of your reality 21,600 times a day. Of what use is your education if you are unable to remember the truth that is taught to you so many times day in and day out. You may listen to any number of sermons, you may study any number of sacred texts, you may visit any number of noble souls, but all these will prove futile if you forget the principle of truth that your inner voice teaches.

BHAGAVAN SRI SATHYA SAI BABA

JAI SAI RAM

HELPING ORGANIZATION OF THE WEEK

THE FAMOUS WORDS OF BHAGAVAN SRI SATHYA SAI BABA

Serve the poor with love. That alone can redeem you. Service to the poor is service to God. Sacrifice your life for the cause of the poor. Service to the poor is My only motto. I have no other desires. I am prepared to sacrifice even My life to serve the poor. Do atleast one thousandth part of what Swami is doing. Of what use is human life if it is not spent in the service of the poor?

BHAGAVAN SRI SATHYA SAI BABA

Jai Sai Ram

HELPING SWAMI’S MISSION

Eventhough the Sathya Sai Organization does not entertain any collection of money from its members and public by canvassing and advertising. It is worth that at least a word of swami’s projects should be known to public so any good soul can think of donating any money to those projects. Swami’s projects need wide support from the global community. Help ever Hurt Never. Jai Sai Ram.

SOME OF BHAGAVAN SRI SATHYA SAI BABA’S MAJOR PROJECTS

Avathars are engaged in selfless service (seva); that is why Avathars happen. Offering service to mankind pleases Avathars. ... I am active and busy twenty-four hours a day. ... I have never craved a minute's rest or sleep or relief.
--Sathya Sai Baba, in Sathya Sai Speaks X, Chap. 19, 123; VII, Chap. 59, 350; VI, Chap. 58, 288 (old edition)

SRI SATHYA SAI INSTITUTE OF HIGHER LEARNING

Prashanthinilayam, puttaparthi, 515 134 (A.P), INDIA

Phone (08555) 87239 Grams SAINSTITUT

SRI SATHYA SAI INSTITUTE OF HIGHER MEDICAL SCIENCES

Prashanthigram 515 134 Anantapur District (A.P), INDIA

SRI SATHYA SAI INSTITUTE OF HIGHER MEDICAL SCIENCES

Whitefield, Bangalore, INDIA.

SRI SATHYA SAI BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS TRUST

Prashanthinilayam, Ananthapur District, Andhra Pradesh 515134 INDIA.

SRI SATHYA SAI DRINKING WATER SUPPLY PROJECT

Sathya Sai Baba's project, begun in 1994, which brought water to more than 700 villages in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh (where Prashanthi Nilayam is located)

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

No. of villages covered      750

Population covered            900,000

Project cost                      US$63 million

DETAILS OF VILLAGES

Villages covered with borewells as source -274 villages

Villages covered by 14 comprehensive protected
water supply schemes with infiltration wells and
filter points -98 villages

Villages (including Anantapur municipality) covered
by 7 summer storage tanks ranging from 30 to 100 acres -

98 villages

Comprehensive scheme with water treatment plants using
water from Pennar Ahobilam Balancing reservoir as source-

115 villages

Comprehensive scheme with infiltration well in the bed of
Chitravathi Balancing Reservoir at Parnapalli as source -

165 villages

Love All Serve All

Jai Sai Ram

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Jai Sai Ram

All our words, thoughts, efforts, actions and outcomes are surrendered upon the beautiful lotus feet of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
In Sai's Love

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