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1 1 NASSTA NEWSLETTER OM SAI RAM Issue # 5 NASSTA NEWSLETTER Om Sai Ram 5th Issue July 2013 OM SAI RAM This is our fifth NAASTA newsletter with the list of upcoming events, temple pictures, stories and future temple projects. With our devotee s participation, we would like to publish more monthly newsletters. QUOTE OF THE MONTH Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man only when he steps on to the spiritual path, a path where negative emotions have no use. EVENTS AT NASSTA 1. Lecture in Telugu Sri Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma Friday, July 5 th, 2013 from 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm 2. Health Fair Saturday, July 13 th & 20 th, 2013 NASSTA is conducting a health fair on July 13th (blood work) and July 20th (consultation).we are requesting all our trustees who are doctors to volunteer their time for this cause on July 20th. If you are not a doctor but know somebody else who can participate in this fair, that is also welcome. Please contact Sohini Ayinala at sayinala@gmail.com if you are able to spare few hours on July 20th. 3. Guru Purnima Monday, July 22 nd, 2013 ARATI TIME - EVERYDAY Kakad Arati 6:00 am Abhishekham - 6:30 am Madhyana Arathi 12:00 pm Dhoop Arati 6 pm Shej Arati 8:30 pm FREE BHAJAN CLASSES - CHANGED Friday 7.30 pm Children and Adults are welcome to attend. Look forward to your participation! IN THIS ISSUE SAI ELEVEN ASSURANCES SAI ELEVEN ASSURANCES 1. Whosoever puts their feet on Shirdi soil, their sufferings will come to an end. 2. The wretched and miserable will rise to joy and happiness as soon as they climb the steps of the mosque. 3. I shall be ever active and vigorous even after leaving this earthly body. 4. My tomb shall bless and speak to the needs of my devotees. 5. I shall be active and vigorous even from my tomb. 6. My mortal remains will speak from my tomb. 7. I am ever living to help and guide all who come to me, who surrender to me and who seek refuge in me. 8. If you look to me, I look to you. 9. If you cast your burden on me, I shall surely bear it. 10. If you seek my advice and help, it shall be given to you at once. 11. There shall be no want in the house of my devotee.
2 NORTH AMERICA SHIRDI SAI TEMPLE OF ATLANTA 700 JAMES BURGESS ROAD, SUWANEE, GA Phone: Gurupurnima July 22, Monday 6:00 AM Kakad Arathi 6:30 AM Nava Kalasa Avahanam, Sankalpam, Punyahavachanam 7:00 AM Sri Vishnu Sahasra Nama & Sri Sainatha Mula Mantra Homam 9:30 AM Sri Sainaatha Abhishekam 10:30 AM Sri Dattatreya Abhishekam 12:00 Noon Madhyana Arathi 2 PM 6 PM Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Parayanam (108 times) 6:00 PM Sandhya Arathi 6.30 PM Palki Seva 7:15 PM Sri Sai Vratham (Open to all families) Please sign up at Temple front desk 9.30 PM Shej Arathi 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM Sri Sai Satcharitra Parayanam by devotees (Please sign up at Temple front desk) Sponsorships: Sri Sainatha Mula Mantra Homam $51.00 Sri Sainaatha Abhishekam $51.00 Sri Dattatreya Abhishekam $51.00 All day Sponsorship $ Temple opens from 5.45AM to 10.00PM
3 NASSTA NEWSLETTER OM SAI RAM Issue # 5 2 Guru Poornima Festival July 22 nd 2013 With Guru Poornima being celebrated his month, we sought out to do some research from various sources for the general benefit of all Devotees. The results are published below in a concise format. This is only an attempt to summarize what other authors, preachers, documents and books have said about this great event. This document is by no means a complete or authoritative account of the subject but will serve as a good starting point. God as the abstract Creator eludes our imagination, but when a human temple enshrines divinity we begin to understand through this familiar medium the purpose of our own ultimate destiny. Thus, when God assumes a human form, He establishes Himself as the Guru. Guru is manifested material and physical level, is barren and unproductive until it finds its focus in the Master. It requires the grace, protection and the powerful push of the Guru to release this imprisoned splendor which lies captive in each and every one of us. The Guru and God are one because the Almighty and His medium of manifestation cannot be different. The Guru embodies not only the Saguna (characteristics) but also the Nirguna(quality) of the Supreme Being, and so to that extent the Guru is approachable and accessible to man's needs and comprehension. Description of Guru: The human soul, even though initiated in the spiritual path, cannot love an abstract power; and it is for this reason that the scriptures advise us to venerate those who lead us to God and to love their physical presence as the Divine manifesting itself in human form. The Guru's physical body is just a receptacle of the mighty Divine, and as such worthy of the utmost devotion and reverence. God- this is perhaps the most succinct and satisfying definition of the word, and eliminates the false claims of some so-called Gurus who are ready to assume the mantle of spiritual authority without the true manifestation of the divine principle. The Guru as manifested God soon becomes the Light, the inspiration and the great exemplar. The life of the average seeker, as it is lived on the Relationship between a Guru and a Disciple: Once a contact between the Guru and the bhakta (disciple) is established, the relationship between master and disciple becomes a thing of beauty. This leads us to consider the principle of reciprocity which operates in this relationship. In return for the innumerable demands which a bhakta makes on the Master, it is but natural that the Guru too should impose a few conditions on the bhakta. The Guru expects total surrender, absolute obedience and, the last and most important, supreme effort.
4 NASSTA NEWSLETTER OM SAI RAM Issue # 5 3 Guru's mission: The Guru's mission appears to be two-fold. The first and most important concern of the Guru is to awaken, elevate and transform the seeker. The second and final purpose of the Guru is paradoxically to help the disciple seeker to transcend this state of complete dependence on the Master, which dependence the Guru himself had taken such pains to foster. The final spurt of realizing his true identity with God is exclusively the Seeker's job. Saint of Shirdi - Shri Sai Baba - Saguna Brahma - Guru: The saint of Shirdi recognized and emphasized the beauty of a Guruguided life. Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi is the Guru incarnate to live on this earth in the late part of last century and early part of this century. Shri Sai Baba gave tremendous importance to the adoption of the Guru in one's spiritual "Sadhana"(pursuit). With an innate compassion Shri Sai Baba often declared -"I am your savior, not only from the weight of sin, but from the weight of care and misery". "Guru is all the Gods", said the Saint of Shirdi. Moreover, the Baba declared reassuringly though as the allpervading Guru he would naturally expect complete surrender, obedience and loyalty, he promised that through his supreme powers he would extend complete protection to those who put their implicit faith in him. Is Surrender to the Guru the only Sadhana Prayer?: This question was hotly debated even in the presence of Baba. The answer to this complex question as given by Shri Sai Baba comes straight out of Sri Sai Satcharita. Kakasaheb Dixit (an ardent Devotee of Shri Sai Baba) has published his notes regarding this matter. Next day after Hemadpant's meeting with Sai Baba, Kakasaheb went to Baba and asked whether he should leave Shirdi. Baba Said, "Yes". Then someone asked - "Baba, where to go?" Baba said, "High up." Then the man said, "How is the way?" Baba said, "There are many ways leading there; there is one way also from here (Shirdi). The way is difficult. There are tigers and wolves in the jungles on the way." I (Kakasaheb) asked - "But Baba, what if we take a guide with us?" Baba answered, - "Then there is no difficulty. The guide will take you straight to your destination, avoiding wolves, tigers and ditches etc. on the way. If there be no guide, there is the danger of your being lost in the jungles or falling into ditches." Mr. Dabholkar was present on this occasion and he thought that this was the answer Baba gave to the question whether Guru was a necessity (Vide Sai Leela Vol. I, No.5, Page 47); and he thereupon took the hint that no discussion of the problem, whether man is free or bound, is of any use in spiritual matters, but that on the contrary real Paramartha (absolute meaning) is possible only as the result of the teachings of the Guru, as is illustrated in this chapter of the original work in the instances of great Avatars like Rama and Krishna, who had to submit themselves to their Gurus, Vasishtha and Sandipani respectively, for getting selfrealization and that the only virtues necessary for such
5 NASSTA NEWSLETTER OM SAI RAM Issue # 5 4 progress are faith and patience. Vide Sai Satcharita, Ch. II, ). Significance of Guru Poornima Day. The Poornima(Full Moon) Day in the month of Ashadha(July- August) is known as Guru Poornima. This is a very sacred day on which special worship is performed to the Acharyas (Gurus), who, through their Infinite Compassion and Supreme Grace, have imparted the Knowledge of the Absolute(Brahma Vidya) through a long and continuous line of Acharyas (Guru Parampara) to all the Seekers of the Self. their Guru, and that practice has continued till today not only in Shirdi but all over the world where prayers are offered to Shri Sai. Has Shri Sai Baba qualified to be a Guru? Not only did the Saint of Shirdi perform his duties of Guruship during his life, but was able to establish a lasting Guruparampara (successors of Guru's) through his vision and foresight. Shri Sai Baba was not content to transfer his messiahship to his descendants. In the last years of his life, he said to his devotees with a mother's solicitude, "Do not grieve when my body passes away. My tomb will live and move and speak with all those who make me their sole refuge." Sai Baba's promise is abundantly fulfilled even to-day. Millions of devotees flock to his Samadhi regularly to seek his blessings. Through decades of void there comes echoing down the years the gracious message- "Lo, I am beside you always". Celebration of Guru Poornima Day in Shirdi The celebration of Guru Poornima began in Shirdi around One day Shri Baba told his disciple Shri Dada Kelkar, "Do you know this day is the day to approach Gurus? Bring your worship articles". Then Shri Kelkar and his friends looked up the calendar and found that the day was Guru Poornima day. They started worshipping Shri Sai Baba as How does one celebrate Guru Poornima? Guru Poornima is celebrated by devotees by performing Guru Pooja (offering prayers to the Guru) to our Lord Shri Sai Baba. Each Sai Devotee can either perform the Sai Guru Pooja (prayer) at home or attend a Sai Guru Pooja or sponsor a Sai Guru Pooja being performed at a Sai temple by offering donation or other articles used in Pooja (Pooja samagri). One can attend a bhajan or visit a Sai Mandir where ever possible.
6 NASSTA NEWSLETTER OM SAI RAM Issue # 5 5 Sainath - The Magnet by Buvi Raj - Education Committee Source: Shri Sai Leela Magazine February 1985 By Sai Devotee Mrs. Usha Ranganathan Chikmagalur Karnataka Our love to Sainath should be wholehearted. Then it banishes the feeling of loneliness and dependence on human relationships. The companionship of Sai is incomparable. Man, in his arrogance, says that he is able to do all things. If a man thinks that he is able to do anything, he will come to know by experience that by his effort be is not able to do anything. When that stage is reached he surrenders to God, confessing that he is helpless. Unless we feel that We are nothing and He is everything, he will not accept us. So he alone must guide us on the right path. A devotee rightly says "O Sainath, I remember you because you remembered me first." Sainath must draw us towards Him. Then alone we can go to Him. It is just like a needle attracted by a magnet. We must become needles to the divine magnet to draw us towards it. How to become needles? This is possible only by wishing to have Sainath, aspiring to have Sainath and Sainath alone and nothing else in the world Shri Paramabamsa Yoganandaji quoted as follows; which is a direct perception of truth ;- "... if we are influenced by-the values of outward material consciousness, we lay ourselves open to sadness and depression. Why? Because in this world of duality - life and death, pleasure and pain, wealth and poverty - everything passes away; nothing here gives lasting satisfaction. To a person, life seems to be one paradox and injustice after another and this produces deep frustration. On the other hand, the person who realizes that God is with him despite all adverse circumstances cannot be affected by the machinations of satanic force of duality. If we learn to lift ourselves above the consciousness of duality, we can keep our serenity amidst the crash of breaking worlds... " When the storms of life seem to be crashing all around, we might wonder if Sainath is aware. Indeed He is. He is always watching over us, silently guiding us, speaking to us through the voice of eternity, when we turn within and become calm. So we MUST BECOME NEEDLES TO THE GREAT MAGNET - Lord Sainath. Shri Sachidananda Sadhguru SaiNath Maharaj Ki Jai! NASSTA ADDRESS 700 James Burgess Road Suwanee GA (678) TEMPLE HOURS Mon, Tue, Wed 5:45 AM to 8:00 AM, 11:45 AM to 1:00 PM, 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM Thu 5.45 AM to 9:30 PM Fri, Sat, Sun 5:45 AM to 9:00 PM SUGGESTIONS NEWSLETTER COMMUNICATION Kindly us your newsletter communications to newsletter@templeofpeace.org
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