Thought for the Day - 26th January 2011

Today, people mistakenly think that spirituality has no relation to worldly life and vice versa. True divinity is a combination of spirituality and social obligations. National unity and social harmony are founded upon spirituality. It is the Divine that links spirituality and social existence. The Creator and the Prakriti (Creation) are inextricably associated with each other. Hence, God should not be regarded as separate from Creation. See God in the cosmos. For instance, take a tumbler made of silver. The one who notices the silver in the tumbler, thinks only of the material base and not the form of the tumbler. The one who sees it as a tumbler, may not note that it is made of silver metal. Only the person who can recognise both silver and tumbler can recognise that it is a silver tumbler. Likewise, without God, there is no creation. However, most people see only the creation; very few recognise that the creation is a projection of the Creator. It is essential that every human being should realize that without God, there can be no cosmos.
     
- BABA

Thought for the Day - 25th January 2011

If you crave for the fruit of your acts at every step, you are overpowered by passion. If the fruit is not available, then, gradually, laxity and disgust overpower the spiritual aspirant and the repetition of the Name and meditation will slowly dry up. This is the restless, passionate, Rajasic Path. For some, the Lord will come to memory only in times of danger or acute suffering or when one is the victim of loss or pain. At such times, such a person prays and vows to arrange ritualistic worship (Puja), offer some particular food, or build a temple to the Lord, etc. One will be calculating the quantity of food placed before the Lord, the tribute offered at His feet, the number of prostrations performed, and the number of times one went around the shrine and ask for proportionate rewards! For those who adopt this attitude in meditation, and follow the dull, Thamasic path, the mind and intellect can never be pure.
     
- BABA

Thought for the Day - 24th January 2011

In the pure, serene (Sathwic) path of meditation, you will consider repetition of the Holy Name and meditation as a duty and suffer any amount of trouble for its sake; you will be fully convinced that this world is just an illusion, so you will only do good under all conditions and at all times. You will desire only the good of all and will always love all; you will spend time uninterruptedly in the remembrance and meditation of the Lord. You will not crave even the fruit of repeating the Name and doing meditation; you will leave it all to the Lord.
     
- BABA

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Thought for the Day - 23rd January 2011

When you achieve sense-control, mind-cleansing, concentration and inner silence, what initially appeared as a logical necessity later dawns upon the purified consciousness as a Positive Permanent Impersonal Will (Prajnaanam Brahma). Through the unremitting practice of Truth, Righteousness, and Fortitude, the Divinity quiescent in the individual will be induced to manifest itself in daily living, transforming every day into the joy of truly loving. Know the Supreme Reality, breathe It. bathe in It. Live in It. Then It becomes all of you and you become fully Divine.
     
- BABA

Thought for the Day - 22nd January 2011

Repetition of God’s Name and meditation should never be judged on mere external standards; they are to be judged by their inner effects. If one sways between impatience and sloth, and if one always worries, “Why has it not come yet? Why is it still far away?” then it all becomes simply repeating the Name and meditation done with an eye on the fruit thereof. The single fruit of repetition of Divine Names and meditation is the conversion of the outward focus to the inwardly-focussed; seeing the reality of Atmic bliss. For this transformation, one has to be always active and hopeful, regardless of the time taken and the difficulties encountered. One should not count the cost, the time, or the trouble. One should await the descent of the Lord’s grace. This patient wait is itself part of Tapas (the austerity of meditation). Sticking unfalteringly to the vow is the austerity.
     
- BABA

Thought for the Day - 21st January 2011

How can those who are aware only of mere sensual pleasure know the Supreme Truth? The craving for sensual pleasure veils the truth from the inner eye. That craving manifests in multiple ways, creating more and more desires and laying down more and more urges to action. These hide the truth from our eye like a thick veil. The recognition of this veil is a big step in spiritual progress. This is the Maya Principle (delusion) of Vedanta. From immemorial times, though the Truth was self-evident, this curtain has hidden it from people. Fortunate are those who have achieved great strength in spirit, holding God as their father, mother, Guru, friend, and the beloved. They adored God as dearer to them than anything or anyone, here or hereafter.
     
- BABA

Thought for the Day - 20th January 2011

For you to liberate yourselves from the succession of deaths, the only means is "Knowing Him." Do not imagine that you are sinners, for you are heirs to eternal Ananda. You are ‘images’ of God. You are by nature holy, complete. Is there a sin greater than calling such as you, sinners? You are dishonouring yourselves, defaming yourselves, when you acknowledge the appellation ‘sinners.’ Arise! Cast off the feeling that you are the body. Do not be deluded into that idea. You are Atma. You are drops of Amrith (nectar) of Immortality that know neither beginning nor end. All things material are your bonded slaves, you are not their bonded slaves.
     
- BABA

Thought for the Day - 19th January 2011

The mind should not be wandering in all directions indiscriminately like the fly. The fly dwells in the sweetmeat shop and runs after the rubbish carts; the fly (mind) has to be taught to understand the sweetness of the first place and the impurity of the second place, so that it may not desert the sweetmeat shop and pursue the rubbish cart. When such teaching is imparted to the mind, it is called meditation. On the other hand, look at the bee! It has contact only with sweetness; it approaches only flowers that possess nectar; it is not attracted to other places; it does not proceed there at all. Similarly, you must give up all inclinations towards sensory attraction.
     
- BABA

Thought for the Day - 18th January 2011

The main things to be considered are not at what expense one has prayed to the Lord, or the number of years one has been engaged in it, or the rules and regulations one has followed, or even the number of times one has prayed over. The main considerations are: with what mind one has prayed, with what degree of patience one has been awaiting the result, and with what single-mindedness one has craved for Godly bliss regardless of worldly happiness and delay, with no lassitude and with constant attention to oneself, one’s meditation, and one’s tasks on hand. As far as possible, you must direct the mind to all holy things which yield sweetness and the joy associated with the Lord.
     
- BABA

Thought for the Day - 17th January 2011

So long as attachment persists to the material body and possessions, worship of a material symbol is necessary. It is but a means. But many decry idol-worship as a superstition. This is not correct. We will find it impossible to love God or adore Him unless we meditate on some Form. That is a necessary stage in the process of living. One has to accept it as such. A tree’s value is estimated with reference to its fruits. To experience the Divine Principle, idol worship is and has been a great help to many.
     
- BABA

Thought for the Day - 16th January 2011

Spiritual aspirants (Sadhakas) all over the world will naturally be engaged in repetition of the name (Japa) and meditation (Dhyana), but first, one has to be clear about the purpose of repeating the name and doing meditation. Without this knowledge, people believe them to be related to the objective world, capable of satisfying worldly desires, and hope to demonstrate their value by means of sensory gains! This is a grave error. Repetition of God’s name and meditation are for acquiring one-pointed attention on the Lord.
     
- BABA

Thought for the Day - 15th January 2011

Service is an expression of gratitude to the society. It should not be done in a spirit of condescension or to achieve some ulterior selfish objective. It should proceed from an awareness of what you owe to society. You must realise that you are bettering yourself by rendering service. Your name and fame, all the comforts you enjoy, are derived from society. Sheer gratitude demands that one should serve society which is the source of all benefits enjoyed by man. What is required for service is not money and materials. A loving heart is the first requisite. All service done without a love-filled heart is as dry as dust. Fill your hearts with love. When you are immersed in the spirit and filled with love, everything looks good and beautiful.
     
- BABA

Thought for the Day - 14th January 2011

I am really filled with joy when I see people who have engaged in hardy toil and sacrificed their personal comforts in order to make others happy. What the world needs is work done in that spirit. Every one of you has divinity embedded in you, as well as truth and sweetness. Only, you do not know how to manifest that Divinity, how to realise that Truth, how to taste that Sweetness. Courage is the tonic for getting both physical as well as mental health and strength. Give up doubt, hesitation and fear. Do not give any chance for these feelings to strike root in your mind. By means of the inner divine strength with which you are equipped, you can achieve anything; you can even become Maadhava (God).
     
- BABA

Bruhat Bramhanda 10-11-2010

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Bruhat Bramhanda 8-11-2010

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Thought for the Day - 13th January 2011

The key objective of education is the culture of the mind and the spirit. This is very much like agriculture, which provides food and clothing for man. We require Dhaanya (grains) to sustain the body; we require Dhyaana (meditation) to sustain the spirit. In agriculture, you prepare the soil, plant seeds, feed the plants with fertilisers, and reap the harvest. In ‘heart-culture’, we have to plough the Hrudaya-Kshetra (the field of the heart), remove the weeds and wild growth, and plant the seeds. The weeds are pernicious tendencies, attitudes and habits; the fertilisers are devotion and dedication. Water to help the plant grow is the quality of love. The seeds are the Names of God, which are deposited within the purified heart. The harvest which is the reward of all this spiritual discipline is wisdom.
     
- BABA

Thought for the Day - 12th January 2011

Everyone needs one-pointed concentration. To develop powers of concentration, sports and games are very essential. They serve to promote physical fitness and mental health. Games and sports are to be practised mainly for keeping the body in good trim. Along with keeping the body fit, it is equally essential to promote purity of the mind and develop large-heartedness. True humanness blossoms only when the body, the mind and the spirit are developed harmoniously. The enthusiasm and effort which people display in sports should also be manifested in the spheres of morality and spirituality. You must endeavour to experience the divinity that permeates Bhaarath's sacred culture. "Samastha Lokaah Sukhino Bhavanthu!" (May all the people be happy) is the benedictory motto of Bhaarath.
     
- BABA

Thought for the Day - 11th January 2011

God is like fire and you are like coal. When coal comes in contact with fire, coal becomes one with fire. Similarly, when you come in contact with God you become one with Him. Embodiments of Love! All of you are messengers of God. God alone is important. Zero gains value only when the numeral one precedes it. Moon is zero, sun is zero, world is zero, only God is the Hero. Everything comes to nought in the absence of this Hero. Have total faith in the Hero, God. A hero becomes zero if he forgets God. Never give scope for any doubt in God. Then you are bound to be successful.
     
- BABA

Thought for the Day - 10th January 2011

You feel happy when you know that this physical body is yours, do you not? Then when you know that two bodies are yours, should you not be twice happy? In the same way, with the knowledge that you have an increasing number of bodies, the experience of happiness goes on increasing. When the whole universe is known to be one body, and universal consciousness becomes part of the awareness, then the Ananda (bliss) will be complete. To get this universal consciousness, the limited egocentric prison walls must be destroyed. When the ego-self identifies itself with the Jeevi (individual soul) or Atma, death will cease. When the ego-self identifies itself and merges with the bliss of God, sorrow will cease. When it merges with Jnana or the Higher Wisdom, error will cease.
     
- BABA

Thought for the Day - 9th January 2011

The mind flies at a tangent all the time. Meditation (Dhyana) is the process by which it is trained to acquire concentration. When its basic truth is known, the mind will not be deluded by the evanescent, the untrue, and the un-blissful. Instead, it will welcome the blossoming of joy, happiness, and truth, and it will not be affected by sorrow and grief. Your life also assumes a new splendour when you visualise and realise bliss in the awareness of the Supreme Reality. The taste of the fruit is evident when you see the whole of it is eaten with no portion left behind. So too, when the taste of meditation is once discovered, you will discard all doubt and discussion thereon and engage yourself fully in it. Therefore, begin meditation, each one of you, from today - even from this moment!
     
- BABA

Thought for the Day - 8th January 2011

Fools who cannot grasp the Truth, who cannot recognise Divinity and the power of God, who have no faith in God, live in the delusion that their plans will save them and that they can triumph through their own efforts! The fact is, not even the smallest success can be won without God’s grace. Though this is true, we should not sit with folded hands, believing that a thing will accomplish itself if and when God wills. Human effort is essential, and everyone must make efforts. You must use the strength and skill that you are endowed with, and resolve to proceed with the work, laying the responsibility for success on God. For without the grace of God, all effort will be rendered fruitless.
     
- BABA

Bruhat Bramhanda 1-11-2010

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Bruhat Bramhanda 29th October 2010

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Thought for the Day - 7th January 2011

When you attain fulfilment, your life will be saturated with unexcelled Ananda (Divine bliss), and you will experience oneness of thought, emotion and knowledge with all. You will be in ecstasy, immersed in the one and only, the Eternal Divine Principle, for that alone can confer joy. This is the genuine joy; there is no other. God is the embodiment of eternal, undiminished joy. Those loyal to God, accept this axiom that “God is the highest source of joy.”
     
- BABA

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Thought for the Day - 6th January 2011

Those who are immersed in selfishness, egotism, greed, vice, violence and unrighteousness will suffer from evil urges in their last days and destroy themselves. The virtuous attain Kaivalya or Self-Realisation; the unrighteous achieve only Naraka, hell. The eye of the onlooker sees the same consummation: death. But the goal reached by either is distinct. It is invisible to those around them. The goal is determined by the thoughts that arise in the mind during one’s last moments. Cessation of life is common. Darshan of God is something to be won, and earned. That is unique. Hence the proverb, ‘Vinaasa Kaale, vipareetha buddhi’: When disaster is immanent, the intellect turns perverted! Only those who are about to be destroyed will get and welcome evil intentions. Those who are to be blessed with the vision of God will hold fast to the pure and the elevating, in their last thoughts.
     
- BABA

Thought for the Day - 5th January 2011

The true seeker's approach is not to waste time in discussions and assertions of faith in dogmas. They will not delight in the sight of empty oyster shells thrown upon the beach. They will seek to gain the pearls that lie in the depths of the sea. They would gladly dive into those depths and courageously seek for pearls. The Vedas show the ideal to follow and tread the road which leads to Realisation. Your goal should not be mere empty faith; it is the Sthithi (the stage reached), the Siddhi (the wisdom won) that matters. The life-aim of the seeker is to reach fulfilment, through constant Sadhana (spiritual exercise). Mergence with the Divine is the attainment of fullness. This is the supreme victory for the true seeker.
     
- BABA

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3.Yantroddhara – VB
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5.Ajantatantayamveeram-VB
6.Hanumadavataram-VB
7.Hanuman ashtotram –VB
8.Sri Anjaneya Stotram
9-17 Om Aditya Namah to Om Ketaya Namah
18 Navagrah stora
19 Sri Ganapathi Ashtotram
20 Pranavat Praninam
21 Ganapathi Shatanama Stotra
22 Ekadant stora
23 Sri Ganesh Kavacham
24 Ganesh Pancharatana
25. Sarvamangalya mangalye
26. Namastetu
27 Aparadha Kshamapana Stotram
28 Ashtalakshmi Ashtotra
29 Katyani
30 Igiri Nandini
31 sri Subramanya Bhujangam
32. Dhyanam
33 Sri Kartikeya stora
34 Subramanyam Shatakam
35 sri Subramanya Karavalmba storam
36 Runa Mochana Storam
37 sri Narasimha Mangala navarathana stotram

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Thought for the Day - 4th January 2011

You are all endowed with unlimited powers. Not a single person is without them! To gain awareness of this power, you must join the company of the holy, you must strive in spiritual practice (Sadhana), and you must practise repetition of the Divine Name and meditation. Of what avail is it, even though you have each item of provision in plenty in your kitchen, when you do not know how to cook them into palatable food? Similarly, when you have in yourself all the provisions needed for your upkeep and progress, but if you discard them lightly and leave them unused, how will you benefit? You must strive to see and understand the Universal Power (Shakti), which is the basis of all the multifarious manifestations of name and form in the world.
     
- BABA

Thought for the Day - 3rd January 2011

You may think that all those who know their end is drawing near, will, like King Parikshith, utilise their time in seeking to realise the vision of God. However, such a yearning can arise in the mind only as a consequence of a favourable balance of merit acquired in many lives; it will not arise all of a sudden. Consider the vast difference between what Parikshith was engaged in, when he knew that the allotted span of life is hastening to its finish, and the undertakings the demon king Kamsa was engaged in, when he knew that his end was in sight! These two attitudes are called Deva and Asura, divine and demoniac. Only those who are equipped with divine virtues have the eagerness to do good acts, and to have good thoughts, faith in God, compassion towards all beings, truth, non-violence, love and contrition for swerving from the straight path. To them alone, thoughts of God and urges to do sanctifying deeds will emerge during their last days.
     
- BABA

Thought for the Day - 2nd January 2011

Only an ardent devotee can understand and experience the bliss of oneness with God. Sugar tastes bitter to a person suffering from malaria. The defect lies in their tongue, not in the sugar. So is the case with a person immersed in worldly desires. If you are immersed in it, you cannot experience the sweetness of Divinity. Have the firm conviction “God is in me, with me, around me, behind me.” When you think on these lines, you become divine. Never entertain the thought that you are separate from God.
     
- BABA

Thought for the Day - 1st January 2011

Do not waste time speculating over what would happen in this New Year. If your actions are good, your future is bound to be good. The future of the nation depends on your actions. God is a witness. He neither protects you nor punishes you. Each one is responsible for his pleasure or pain. In this New Year, develop new and sacred feelings and make everybody happy. Do not strive for money; strive for love. Once you develop love, there will be no scope for evil qualities like anger, jealousy, etc. If your thoughts and actions are good, your future is bound to be good. Then the whole country, nay, the whole world will prosper. Pray for the peace and prosperity of the entire world. Peace can be attained only through practice of human values.
     
- BABA