azhagi.com/baba - 100s of 'Thought for the Day' nectars of beloved Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba - translated from English to Tamil by an ardent devotee - typed using Azhagi
Sairam..... Jai Sairam.....
Sairam..... Jai Sairam.....
Sairam..... Jai Sairam.....
'SaiNectars' - Beloved Swami's
You as body, mind or soul are a dream, but what you really are is Existence, Knowledge, Bliss. - Beloved Baba
You are the God of this universe. You are creating the whole universe and drawing it in. - Beloved Baba
“The Self-God” is within man. You are that Self; all else is illusion of the mind’s creation, the mind that creates, preserves and destroys. - Beloved Baba
You are the God of this universe. You are creating the whole universe and drawing it in. - Beloved Baba
“The Self-God” is within man. You are that Self; all else is illusion of the mind’s creation, the mind that creates, preserves and destroys. - Beloved Baba
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About 'SaiNectars' - its evolution, regarding a help needed for Tamil 'SaiNectars', etc.Sairam..... Jai Sairam.....
'SaiNectars' app is Beloved Swami's. Not mine. As always, I strive to remain a non-entity. All Glory and Thanks to my Beloved Baba only, ever. Forever.
"All work is God’s; He inspires, He helps, He executes, He enjoys, and He is pleased." - Beloved Baba
Yet, for the sake of worldly understanding, I shall describe the evolution of the SaiNectars app (and related tasks) in first person itself, hereunder. It is easier that way, at the worldly level. But, at the absolute level, I reiterate again, this app is Beloved Swami's, much the same way all of Azhagi free apps (https://azhagi.com/all-free-apps.php) are Beloved Swami's.
First of all, I am sharing this app only privately, as of now, amongst the devotees with whom I decide to share it with. Because, I don't know whether I am allowed## by SSSMC to avail the 'SaiNectars collection' in an application (as I have done in this 'SaiNectars' app). So, kindly please do not share this app with anyone, as of now. Please keep it with yourself. And, it goes without saying that you shall NOT host this app anywhere - in a pen drive, google drive, website, etc., in order to share with anyone. Sairam.....
(##) I do plan to write to someone in SSSMC (Sri Sathya Sai Media Centre), at some point of time in future, to get to know whether this app can be released to the public as a download from https://azhagi.com and if not, as a download from https://www.srisathyasaimediacentre.org (if SSSMC wishes it to be so, for some reasons) OR from both. In other words, in whatever manner SSSMC wishes this download to be provided (if they allow the same), I shall go along with it.
Well, I developed 'SaiNectars' app at various points during 2021-2022 but could not finalise and release it by then. By Swami's will, I finalised the first version of it in Oct 2024. As such, in whatever form I had left the app in 2022, I just finalised the same. The 'Thought for the Day' SaiNectars present in this app are from 01-May-2011 to 06-Dec-2021. This app has a close connection with https://azhagi.com/swami (same as https://azhagi.com/baba). I actually "very much" wanted to release this app with the option to view all the SaiNectars in Tamil too. If that had happened, all the features which you see now present for the English SaiNectars, you would have seen for Tamil SaiNectars also. But, I could not make it happen because I needed somebody to take responsibility for the Tamil translations, to see that they are all perfect^^ (to the core, in all respects). If anybody is interested, I shall share the Tamil texts for all the years and one can see whether they can complete this task and take responsibility to answer queries from users, if any, on the Tamil translations.
(^^) I did start that exercise (to perfect all the existing Tamil translations effected by a humble devotee - and typed using Azhagi - since May 2011) and was proceeding well for a few months (3 to 4 months, if I remember right) and perfected them to whatever levels I could (esp. setting right the punctuations; correcting the spelling mistakes to some extent and making corrections in the meanings/translations too, to an extent) up to March 2013. This exercise (to perfect the translations) proved to be quite a hard task for me, personally. It was not that easy.
Please note that the full text of the SaiNectars is available in the 'nectars' directory of SaiNectars app. The file name is 'SaiNectarsEng.txt'. So, anybody who wishes to, can read all the SaiNectars one by one, by viewing the aforesaid file in Notepad too. All that I have done via the app is to present the SaiNectars present in the aforementioned text file in an easily accessible manner, which may prove quite helpful/useful to very many devotees in very many different ways. You can very swiftly search on the SaiNectars in more than one way - by word, by words, by sentence, by date, etc. As you explore the app, you will see what all facilities/features are present in the app and surely rejoice using it, I believe, as much as I enjoyed/enjoy using it, deriving Divine inspiration from it like anything, for Self-realization, the one and only goal of our life ("The goal of every life is knowing the Supreme, that is, attaining liberation; there can be no second aim." - Beloved Baba).
Suggestions for enhancements are always welcome but I will be able to implement them if and when I find time only. Everything is Swami's Sankalpa. His WILL. Sairam..... Feel free to report any bugs too. Coming to the search facilities, in the box next to "Sairam.............." at the top left, say box-1, you can search on any word (Namasmarana, God, Reality, World, Illusion, Individual, Maya, etc.). You can choose a word from the list below the box too. In the box adjacent to box-1, say box-2, your search on any set of Divine words (for e.g. "Divinity alone is real; the world is unreal", "Saturate every breath of yours with love", "Service is the path to God-Realisation", "clay pot god universe", "sincere sincerity", "triple purity", etc.) will display a list of combination of words (from the set of Divine words) and the dates on which they are found. You can choose a list of words from the list below box-2 too. In the box adjacent to box-2, say box-3, your search on any Divine text (for e.g. "The objective of all spiritual practices is to destroy the mind", "True wisdom dawns when all thoughts are decimated", "You are not the body, senses, mind or intelligence, name or form", "You are verily God", "You and God are one", etc.) will result in a 'full text' search. You can choose texts from the list below box-3 too. You can read further more on the features of SaiNectars app by clicking on the 'Features' menu item.
Important note:
One day in Feb 2022, by sheer chance, I noticed that the online English SaiNectars (as present in https://archive.sssmediacentre.org/si_archives.htm) were not matching with what I had (provided to me by the humble devotee), for few dates in the year 2011. If I remember right, I was made to understand that they got changed by devotees who were handling the task of hosting them online, at a later point of time, for some reasons. I just wanted to inform the aforesaid here so that you are aware of the same. The English SaiNectars present in the app now are what the humble devotee who did the Tamil translations (about whom I have already mentioned above) originally shared with me for all the years - from May 2011 to Dec 2021. In other words, this app holds the English SaiNectars which were originally present online for 2011 and not the changed ones. I take this opportunity to immensely thank (from the very bottom of my heart) the humble devotee for his Tamil Translations, a monumental mammoth Divine service in my eyes. I have written further more on the humble devotee at https://azhagi.com/baba#HumbleDevotee.
"All work is God’s; He inspires, He helps, He executes, He enjoys, and He is pleased." - Beloved Baba
Tamil Translation of the above Divine words:
"அனைத்துப் பணிகளும் இறைவனுடையதே; உத்வேகமளிப்பவனும் அவனே, உதவுபவனும் அவனே, செயல்படுத்துபவனும் அவனே, சிந்தை மகிழ்பவனும் அவனே, ஆனந்தப்படுபவனும் அவனே." - அன்பு பாபா
Source for the above Divine words and Tamil translation: https://www.azhagi.com/baba/2022/09-2022/nectars/azhagi-dot-com-baba-nectar-14-09-2022.php
Primary source for the above Divine words: https://archive.sssmediacentre.org/sai_inspires/2022/SI_20220914.htm
Most Humbly Yours
viswanathan (https://azhagi.com/author.php#GodIsGreat)
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Overview - OS requirements, etc.
Swami's 'SaiNectars' is a Windows application. So, it has no connection with mobiles, as of now. Also, it has no direct connection with Swami's 'Azhagi' free apps (https://azhagi.com/all-free-apps.php)
The app (free, of course) has been checked to be working normally in Windows 7, Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The app is customisable to hold Divine quotes/verses from other Divine discourses/expositions/treatises too, in Tamil too, provided users come forward to share such quotes/verses with me and actively participate.
- In other words, if you are a devotee of Sri Maha Periyavaa or Sri Ramana Maharishi or Sri Vethathiri Maharishi, then you can customise the app to hold Sri Maha Periyavaa's and Maharishi's Divine Nectars too.
- Of course, you can have verses from the Maha Ramayana (Yoga Vasishta) or the Bhagawad Gita or the Holy Bible or any other Divine treatise too, in Tamil too.
- I envisage the possibility of the quotes/verses being in languages other than Tamil too, if active user-participation comes forth.
Hereunder, you can see screenshots, features, etc. of 'SaiNectars' app (version 10, as of 23-Nov-2024 ). - In other words, if you are a devotee of Sri Maha Periyavaa or Sri Ramana Maharishi or Sri Vethathiri Maharishi, then you can customise the app to hold Sri Maha Periyavaa's and Maharishi's Divine Nectars too.
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Screenshots - very many screenshots depicting the very many facilities available in 'SaiNectars'
The starting 'Nectars loading' screen of 'SaiNectars'
The main operating screen of 'SaiNectars'
Note: I have an external monitor with a bigger screen resolution connected to my laptop. The screenshots above are from that monitor.
If your screen's size is smaller (for e.g. if it is a laptop not connected to an external monitor), your laptop may not show the above screens in exactly the same manner as you see in the above screenshots. It may show only a smaller portion of each screen. This is just an info for you. Otherwise, you can operate the application normally, as usual.
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Features - a list of all the exquisite features of 'SaiNectars'
- You can very swiftly search on the SaiNectars in more than one way - by word, words, sentence, date, etc.
- In the box next to 'Sairam.........' at the top left, say box-1, you can type and search on any word (for e.g. Namasmarana, God, Reality, World, Illusion, Individual, Maya, etc.). You can choose a word from the list below the box too.
- The search results will display the word you typed/selected and all other words starting with it, along with the dates on which they were found. If a word in the result set is found on multiple dates, a dropdown will appear to the right of the date, as you hover over it with your mouse.
- In the box adjacent to box-1, say box-2, your search on any set of Divine words (for e.g. 'Divinity alone is real; the world is unreal', 'Saturate every breath of yours with love', 'Service is the path to God-Realisation', 'clay pot god universe', 'sincere sincerity', 'triple purity', etc.) will display a list of combination of words (from the set of Divine words) and the dates on which they are found. You can choose a list of words from the list below box-2 too.
- In the box adjacent to box-2, say box-3, your search on any Divine text (for e.g. 'The objective of all spiritual practices is to destroy the mind', 'True wisdom dawns when all thoughts are decimated', 'You are not the body, senses, mind or intelligence, name or form', 'You are verily God', 'You and God are one', 'Aham Brahmasmi', 'I am God', etc.) will result in a 'full text' search. You can choose texts from the list below box-3 too.
- You can search on any word (or selected text) of the SaiNectar present in the highlighted box in the middle of the opening screen by just clicking on them.
- For instance, double-clicking on a word will search on that word. Middle-clicking on a word or selected words will do a 'full text search'. Ctrl/Shift+Middle-clicking on a word or selected words will do a 'combinatory search'.
- Right-clicking anywhere in the 'SaiNectar' box will pop up a menu (as you see below) whose items will be same as the 'Edit' menu. Clicking on 'Copy' will copy the whole text or the selected text (if any) to the clipboard. Clicking on 'Word Search', 'Combinatory Search' and 'Full Text Search' will do the respective search on selected words (if any) or on the word upon which you made the right-click. Clicking on 'Add to Favorites' will append the selection (if any) or whole of the 'SaiNectar' to the respective 'favorites' files in the 'favs' directory.
- Clicking on the 'Favorites' menu will help you view the contents of the 'favorites' files (Nectars-full.txt, Nectars-selections.txt). TFTD and EDT in the 'favorites' files mean 'Thought for the Day' and 'Excerpted Date and Time' respectively.
- You can click the arrow (➡) found next to 'box-1' to readily populate box-2 with the word present in box-1 so that a date-wise search gets effected on that word. And, you can double-click the same arrow to readily populate box-3 with the same word, for the corresponding search to get effected.
- You can click the arrow (➡) found next to ‘box-2’ to readily populate ‘box-3’ with what is present in box-2 so that a ‘full text’ search gets effected on the same text.
- You can click the arrow (⬅) found to the left of ‘box-3’ to readily populate ‘box-2’ with what is present in box-3 so that a ‘combinatory’ search gets effected on the same text. And, you can double-click the same arrow to readily populate box-1 with the first word present in box-3 so that search on that word gets effected.
- You can click the arrow (⬅) found to the left of ‘box-2’ to readily populate ‘box-1’ with the first word present in box-2 so that search on that word gets effected.
- Tooltips are available for the SaiNectars displayed in the top middle grid. You can right click at any time to hide the tooltip.
- The calendar provided is versatile. You can zoom into the calendar very quickly (and easily) by clicking on the month, year, years, decades - one after the other.
- Whenever you see a dropdown button [⌄] appearing to the right of the dates in the grids, you may click on it to reach further more dates. Esp. the one in the top middle grid will show you the calendar itself, for you to easily pick any other date.
- The First, Last, Prev, Next buttons help you to reach the first, last, previous and next SaiNectar quickly.
- The grid at the far right would help you to scroll through the entire SaiNectars, from the first one to the last one.
- You can press the 'down' and 'up' arrow keys (of your keyboard) too, to scroll down or up in any of the grids.
- You can increase/decrease the font size for the main 'operating screen' and the 'About' screen by clicking the corresponding menu items at the top. The lowest font size you can set is 8 and the highest you can set is 16.
- As you explore the abovementioned facilities/features, you will surely rejoice using the app, I believe, as much as I enjoyed/enjoy using it, deriving Divine inspiration from it like anything, for Self-realization, the one and only goal of our life ("The goal of every life is knowing the Supreme, that is, attaining liberation; there can be no second aim." - Beloved Baba).
- Well, the full text of the SaiNectars is available in the 'Nectars' directory of SaiNectars app. The file name is 'SaiNectarsEng.txt'. So, anybody who wishes to, can read all the SaiNectars one by one, by viewing the aforesaid file in Notepad too.
- All that I have done via the 'SaiNectars' app is to present the SaiNectars present in the abovementioned text file in an easily accessible manner, which may prove quite helpful/useful to very many devotees in very many different ways.
- All the files you find in the ‘Nectars’ directory (SaiNectarsEng.txt, DivineBliss.txt, Sairam.txt, SatChitAnanda.txt, LasaGod.txt, LasaEng.txt and LasaTam.txt) are customisable. i.e. you can have your own preferred ‘Sai Nectars’ and Divine texts (say, from the 'Vahini's) in them. This facility will be tremendously helpful for those who wish to avail the same.
- For instance, the app can be customised to hold Divine quotes/verses from other Divine discourses/expositions/treatises too, in Tamil too, provided users come forward to share such quotes/verses with me and actively participate.
- In other words, if you are a devotee of Sri Maha Periyavaa or Sri Ramana Maharishi or Sri Vethathiri Maharishi, then you can customise the app to hold Sri Maha Periyavaa's and Maharishi's Divine Nectars too.
- Of course, you can have verses from the Maha Ramayana (Yoga Vasishta) or the Bhagawad Gita or the Holy Bible or any other Divine treatise too, in Tamil too.
- I envisage the possibility of the Divine quotes/verses being in languages other than Tamil too, if active user-participation comes forth.
- 'Lasa' in the names of few of the abovementioned text files refers to 'Love All Serve All'.
- Please note (esp. those who are tech-savvy) that I did want to use a database but "as of now" I do not have the time to do the same. Hope I get time in the future, by Swami's Grace.
- If you have an HD screen with 1920x1080 resolution, that would enhance your overall experience while using SaiNectars. For instance, you can read the contents of the 3 text boxes starting with the words 'Life begins with a question', 'Let us always remember' and 'மனதால் எப்போதும் சிந்திப்போமே' fully and also move around and reposition (as per your preference) the aforesaid text boxes at ease.
- If you need more understanding on any/all of the facilities/features of SaiNectars app, you may please feel free to write to me.
- Have a ‘Blessed’ time with SaiNectars.
- Sairam..... Jai Sairam.....
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Testimonials - who felt how
Only my betterhalf, son, anna and shri. Gopalan aiyaa have seen one or more versions of the application so far. Whatever suggestions for enhancements my wife and son provided, I have implemented all of them (as far as I can remember).
As for Swami's other apps (all of them 100% free with 100% free support) used by presumably lakhs of users around the world, the testimonials are very many (in both English and Tamil), a few of which I have shared here, here and here. Sharing a very few hereunder too (which are specific to Beloved Swami).
- Shri. Karunakaran, Australia
Sairam Viswanathan, I am sure you are at the service of Bhagavan Baba. Azhagi is truly a wonderful software. I live in Australia. I originally come from Srilanka but settled in Sydney. I have used this software and created many of Swami's Veda Pushpanjali Vedic Chants in Tamil. I type the chants in Tamil and prepare copies and distribute to people. Baba's statement 'Love all Serve all' is truly in action. - Shri. Bejoy Misra, Puttaparthi, in 2015
This is to congratulate you for the multi language Azhagi tool you have developed. I have used a couple of other tools, but this one is the smallest and smartest. I stay in AP, but speak Odia, the language of ODISHA, and do some work in that language.
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Dear Mr. Viswanathan,
JOY SAIRAM. It is so nice to find a Sai-brother across the globe. In fact I have been staying in Prashanthinilayam for over 3 decades now. I am a teacher in Swami's school here. ... .. . ... .. .
Swami always said knowledge should be made free, on which principle His education institutes, school and university, impart free education. You are following that hallowed Sai tradition. My double congrats.
- Shri. Shyam Kumar, State Vedam Coordinator (Gents) - for Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations, Tamilnadu
For Sivaratri we have an Akhanda Rudra Parayanam chanting from 6am to 6pm tomorrow. I had translated the English leaflet into Tamil and Azhagi was very useful for getting it done. - Shri. Meenakshi Sundaram [Sri Sathya Sai Media Center (Tamil)] uses Azhagi only for typing out various Tamil contents, as informed by him over phone to me.
- And, as mentioned in the 'About' section, a humble devotee has been translating the TFTD (Thought for the Day) Divine Nectars of our Beloved Swami into Tamil since 01-May-2011 and typing them using Azhagi. All details about the same along with the Divine Nectars (in both English and Tamil) at baba.php
- Shri. Karunakaran, Australia
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Version History - dates on which the various versions of 'SaiNectars' were released
- Version 11: 24-Nov-2024
- Version 10: 23-Nov-2024
- Version 9: 22-Nov-2024
- Version 7: 20-Nov-2024
- Version 6: 16-Nov-2024
- Version 5: 15-Nov-2024
- Version 4: 13-Nov-2024
- Version 3: 30-Oct-2024
- Version 2: 28-Oct-2024
- Version 1: 26-Oct-2024
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Customisable - the app is customisable to hold Divine quotes/verses from other Divine expositions/treatises too
- All the files you find in the ‘Nectars’ directory (SaiNectarsEng.txt, DivineBliss.txt, Sairam.txt, SatChitAnanda.txt, LasaGod.txt, LasaEng.txt and LasaTam.txt) are customisable. i.e. you can have your own preferred ‘Sai Nectars’ and Divine texts (say, from the 'Vahini's) in them. This facility will be tremendously helpful for those who wish to avail the same.
- For instance, the app can be customised to hold Divine quotes/verses from other Divine discourses/expositions/treatises too, in Tamil too, provided users come forward to share such quotes/verses with me and actively participate.
- In other words, if you are a devotee of Sri Maha Periyavaa or Sri Ramana Maharishi or Sri Vethathiri Maharishi, then you can customise the app to hold Sri Maha Periyavaa's and Maharishi's Divine Nectars too.
- Of course, you can have verses from the Maha Ramayana (Yoga Vasishta) or the Bhagawad Gita or the Holy Bible or any other Divine treatise too, in Tamil too.
- I envisage the possibility of the Divine quotes/verses being in languages other than Tamil too, if active user-participation comes forth.
- 'Lasa' in the names of few of the abovementioned text files refers to 'Love All Serve All'.
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Interested to avail 'SaiNectars' app? - Thanks a TON. You may click here.
- If interested, kindly inform me and I shall send the application as a zip file (SaiNectars.zip) via Whatsapp.
- Thereafter, using 'Desktop Whatsapp' (or Whatsapp Web), save the zip file to your desktop/laptop system.
- Extract the contents of the zip file into a preferred directory in your system.
- Then, kindly click on 'SaiNectars.exe'.
- Mostly, Windows 'SmartScreen' will open first. Therein, you need to click 'More Info' and then click 'Run Anyway'. You may know this already but as a general instruction I am mentioning it here.
- I very much await your views and testimonials so that if (at all) and when it is Divinely destined for me to write to SSSMC, I can share your positive views/testimonials with SSSMC.
- In case of any doubts/clarifications/explanations, kindly write to me when you are free. I am sure this app would be Divinely inspiring to various devotees in various ways. Sairam.....
Note-1: As mentioned already, elsewhere in this page, I am sharing this app only privately, as of now, amongst the devotees with whom I decide to share it with. So, kindly please do not share this app with anyone. Please keep it with yourself. And, it goes without saying that you shall NOT host this app anywhere - in a pen drive, google drive, website, etc., in order to share with anyone. Sairam.....
Note-2: If you are using any other AntiVirus software (other than the inbuilt Windows Defender), then it may not allow you to use the app at all. This is the way any AntiVirus software behaves with any newly released app by individuals. Nothing can be done about it, as such. I am helpless. However, if you are really keen to use the app, then you may read this to know how to take remedial action. The aforementioned link tells one what to do in the case of Azhagi app. Similar actions can be taken in case of SaiNectars too. For instance, my uncle (running 89, as of Nov 2024), who has McAfee antivirus in his system, installed 'SaiNectars' in this manner - First, he stopped the real-time scanning of mcafee for a while. At that moment, using 'Desktop Whatsapp' application, he downloaded the 'SaiNectars' zip file from his whatsapp into his Windows system and extracted the zip file contents into a folder (say, 'C:\SaiNectars'). Thereafter, in mcafee, in the 'Exclude File from scanning' option, he browsed to 'C:\SaiNectars' and selected 'SaiNectars.exe'. Thereafter, he resumed the real-time scanning operations of mcafee. McAfee did not raise any false positives on 'SaiNectars' executable.
Note-3: If you have reached here through web search or through some other source (other than me) and wish to contact me, then you can email me at noblehearted @ gmail.com (OR) birthless.deathless @ gmail.com. Thanks.
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Not interested? - Still you can be of help. So, please read this section, if you can. Thanks a TON in advance.
- Well, even if you are not interested, if at all your time/situation permits, you can still help me out by checking out the app and giving me suggestions for enchancements OR reporting any errors. So, if you feel like doing the same, you may write to me to avail the app. Thanks.
- Further, the application can be extended to hold more of Swami's Divine Nectars.
- With support from loving devotee brothers/sisters, the app can be customised to hold 'Vahini's or any other texts of our Beloved Swami's also.
- In fact, if you are a devotee/follower of Bhagawan Sri Ramana Maharishi or Sri Vethathiri Maharishi, then you can customise the app to hold Maharishi's Divine Nectars too.
- Of course, you can have verses from the Maha Ramayana (Yoga Vasishta) the Bhagawad Gita or the Holy Bible or any other Divine treatise too, in Tamil too.
- I envisage the possibility of the Divine quotes/verses being in languages other than Tamil too, if active user-participation comes forth.
- I shall continue to keep upgrading the 'SaiNectars' app as and when I find time (amidst enhancing/developing my other existing/upcoming apps).
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Related pages - other azhagi.com pages which are closely related with this page, in one or other way.
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First finalised on - date on which this web page got finalised first
This page got finalised first on 14-Nov-2024. As with any other web page of azhagi.com, this page also will undergo modifications, as days go by.
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March on fearlessly, Fight resolutely, Attain immortality
Be as devoted and disciplined as Arjuna. Be as intelligent and strong as Bhima. Be steadfast and sincere like Dharmaraja. Then, no harm can come to you; you will achieve victory in all your efforts. There are four F's that you must keep before your attention - (1) Follow the Master (2) Face the Devil (3) Fight to the End and (4) Finish at the Goal. ‘Follow the Master’ means, observe Dharma. ‘Face the Devil’ means, overcoming temptations that beset you when you try to earn artha (wealth or wherewithal to live in comfort). ‘Fight to the End’ means, struggle ceaselessly; wage war against the six enemies led by kama (desire). And finally, ‘Finish at the Goal’ means, do not stop until the goal of moksha (Liberation from ignorance and delusion) is reached. The four F's are fundamental for the pursuit of Purusharthas (goals of human life) Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha. I shall be ever with you, wherever you are, guarding you and guiding you. March on, fearlessly! - Beloved Baba (Divine Discourse, Jul 06, 1975)
March on with your eyes on the goal. Do not worry about the past, its mistakes and its failures. - Beloved Baba
The six demons - kama (lust), krodha (anger), lobha (greed), moha (attachment), madha (pride) and matsarya (hate) - pursue you and turn you into wrong paths and make you servile, stupid and sad. Fight against them resolutely. That is the life-long war you have to wage. It is not a seven-year war or a thirty-year War; it may be a hundred-year war, if you live a hundred years. The struggle knows no respite! This is a civil war, where vigilance alone can bring dividends. Arjuna prayed to Krishna, "The mind is infested by these demons; it does not afford me a moment of rest." Krishna said, "Give it to me!" Easy, is it not? Like the bee which hums until it reaches a flower and starts drinking the nectar, the mind too will clamour, until it settles on the Lotus Feet of the Lord, and then, it is silent, for it is engaged in tasting Divine Nectar! Once it discovers the nectar, it will not flutter anymore. - Beloved Baba
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- The cosmos does not exist. It is an illusion. It never is, has been, or will be.
- The creation of the cosmos, the dissolution of the cosmos, these billions of individuals emerging and merging, all this is but a dream. There is no individualised soul (Atma) at all, no separated Atma. How can there be billions of souls? There is only ONE indivisible complete Absolute. Like the one sun reflected as a billion suns in a billion lakes, ponds, and drops of water, the souls are but reflections of the One in the minds on which it shines. This is what Indian (Bharathiya) thought emphasizes most clearly through the nondualist thinkers. Those who cannot grasp this truth are under the influence of delusion (maya), it can be said.
- You are only as real as a dream. For the eye that can see reality, the cosmos is not this multiplicity of name and form, but mere being-awareness-bliss (satchidananda). Just think of your dream. It does not arise from somewhere outside you, nor do the varied images and activities disappear into some place outside you. They arise in you and disappear into you. While dreaming, you consider the events and persons as real, and you experience, as really as in the waking stage, the feelings of grief, delight, fear, anxiety, and joy. You don’t dismiss them at the time as illusory.
- These lives and repeated arrivals are all fanciful weavings of delusion (maya), unreal fantasies, illusory agitations, unreal appearances. You are the Full, you are God. God is you. Those who have experienced this highest wisdom can attain oneness with the ONE, here and now.
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Pure love can get one there (ONEness [Brahman, God, Atma, Self-Realisation])
The cosmos does not exist. It is an illusion. It never is, has been, or will be. - Sathya Sai Vahini
You as body, mind or soul are a dream, but what you really are is Existence, Knowledge, Bliss. - Beloved Baba
These lives and repeated arrivals are all fanciful weavings of delusion (maya) - Sathya Sai Vahini
“The Self-God” is within man. You are that Self; all else is illusion of the mind’s creation, the mind that creates, preserves and destroys. - Beloved Baba
The objective of all spiritual practices is to destroy the mind - Beloved Baba
True wisdom dawns when all thoughts are decimated - Beloved Baba
Self-knowledge reveals itself after the annihilation of the mind - Beloved Baba
The still and peaceful silence that follows the destruction of the mind is itself true knowledge. - Beloved Baba
Remove the cataract and you get back your sight. Remove the mind and the self-knowledge stands revealed automatically. - Beloved Baba
This knowledge can neither be obtained from books, nor given by gurus (the spiritual teachers) nor can it be conferred as a boon by the Paramatma - Beloved Baba
The path of Pure Love alone can truly get you there and confer permanent Bliss. - Beloved Baba
Only when there is a second entity is there scope for thoughts and counter thoughts. But when there is only unity, and that is Brahman, there is no scope for thoughts and counter thoughts. This is the state of amanaska, meaning a state devoid of mind. There is only love in this state. That love is the truth. In fact, truth and love are one and the same. When truth and love unite, the world loses its identity for you and you see Brahman everywhere. - Beloved Baba (Sources: 1, 2)
In Vedantic parlance, the human body is also called “tunga-bhadra”. Tunga means very high, vast, great etc. Bhadra means good, sacred, auspicious, effulgent, etc. The implication of calling the human body “tunga-bhadra is that it is intended to undertake such noble activities as will bring about the welfare of the society. Therefore, to be worthy of this name, you should dedicate your body and mind to the loving service of all beings.
In this context, you must remember the shining example of the great musician, Saint Thyagaraja, who proved himself worthy of his name, which literally means the “King of renunciation”. When the ruler of Tanjavur sent him a number of precious jewels and provisions necessary to run a household, he refused to accept them and sang extempore, addressing his mind thus, “Oh my dear mind! What is it that gives real happiness, wealth or the Lotus Feet of the Lord? Please tell me the truth.” Then he also sang a prayer to the Lord as follows, “Oh my beloved Lord Rama! Do you want to tempt me with these riches, and make it an excuse for deserting me? I have held fast your Lotus Feet with both my hands. How can these hands now leave your sacred feet, which are my permanent and precious treasure, in order to receive this transient tinsel of tempting wealth?” Therefore, just like Thyagaraja who proved himself worthy of his name, you should also prove yourself worthy of the name “tunga-bhadra”, which the scriptures have given to the human body. - Beloved Baba
What, according to you, is service? You consider helping people in difficulties is service. No. It is not as simple as that. Your body should be constantly engaged in serving others. - Beloved Baba
We must constantly engage ourselves in service to others. God has given us this body for that purpose only. This body is not meant to be engaged in mere eating and drinking and thus wasting our valuable time. - Beloved Baba
God is not interested in worship and other sadhanas (spiritual disciplines). He is interested only in service. Hence, undertake service and more and more service. - Beloved Baba
The best way to love God is to Love all and Serve all. - Beloved Baba
God is interested only in love and service. If you can recognise the importance of these two sadhanas and conduct yourself accordingly, there can be no greater sadhana. - Beloved Baba
Love ALL Serve ALL - Beloved Baba
- The goal of every life is knowing the Supreme, that is, attaining liberation; there can be no second aim. - Beloved Baba
- Go, straight on the royal road that leads to self-realisation, and don't stray into the bylanes of counterfeit bliss. - Beloved Baba
- Life begins with a question, ‘Koham’, (who am I?) But, it should find an answer ‘Soham’, (I am He, I am God), before it ends. - Beloved Baba
- Having been born as human beings, you should overcome maya, have the vision of the Atma and attain Nirvana. This is the purpose of your life. - Beloved Baba
- You are born not to be born again. - Beloved Baba
- Bend the body, mend the senses, and end the mind. - Beloved Baba
Sairam..... Jai Sairam.....
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