1 New Year 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pongal Makara Sankranti 15 16 17 18 19 Study Circle 20 21 22 Ladies Group 23 24 25 26 27 28 Chinese New year 29 30 31 When chanting of the Name is done in community singing, it should be in the form in which the entire group can participate easily. The tune, the rhythm, etc. should be such that all can follow the Bhajan. Bhajan thus sung permeates the ether in the form of sound waves and fills the entire atmosphere, thereby the whole atmosphere gets purified. Breathing in this purified atmosphere, our hearts get purified. Discourse Topic: Spiritual
The end of knowledge is wisdom, the end of culture is perfection, the end of wisdom is freedom, the end of education is character. And character consists of eagerness to renounce one s selfish greed. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Study Circle 17 18 19 Ladies Group 20 Family Day 21 22 23 24 Maha Shivaratri 25 9:00 pm 12:30 am 26 27 28 What the head thinks, it should be examined critically in the heart and this right decision should be carried out by the hands. This should be the primary product of the educational process. What is necessary is not Education in Human Values (EHV) but 3 HV: (Head Heart Hands). The hands should carry out what the heart approved of the ideas emanated from the head. Education must award self confidence, the courage to depend on one s own strength. Discourse Topic: Ladies
Your mind is steady when it is engaged in other activities, but when it is focused on God, it begins to waver. It does not like to stop its vagaries, which it will have to do. Once God enters your Heart, tune it by Naamasmaran. That is the Message that I have come to announce. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Holi 13 14 15 16 Study Circle 17 18 M A R C H B R E A K 19 Ladies Group 20 21 Narooz 22 23 24 25 Zoroastrian New Year 26 27 28 Ugadi 29 30 31 Telugu, Kannada New Year Discourse Topic: Seva
Service to the community is the highest service. You are doing service for your own sake. You are engaged in service in order to become better aware of the Divine Spirit in you, in order that you may discard the allurements of your ego, in order to know yourself and to get the answer to the question that torments you, namely Who am I? 1 2 3 4 5 Ramanavami 6 7 8 8:00 10:00 pm Mahavir Jayanthi 9 Ladies Group 10 11 Hanuman Jayanthi 12 13 14 Good Friday 15 Vishu Sinhala, Puthandu Malayalam New Year Vaisakhi Buddhist, Tamil Sikh New Year New Year 16 17 Easter Monday 18 19 20 Study Circle 21 22 23 24 Sri Aradhana 25 26 27 28 29 Mahotsavam 8:00 10:00 pm 30 Service is the best form of worship, the highest spiritual discipline, the essence of devotion. The bliss you receive through service cannot be gotten through any other activity. Service is more fruitful than the repetition of the Name, meditation or sacrifice. There is no morality higher than truth, no prayer more fruitful than service. Discourse Topic: Education
1 2 3 4 5 6 Easwaramma / Parents Day 6:00 8:00 pm 7 8 Mother s Day 9 10 Buddha Purnima 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Study Circle 19 20 21 22 Victoria Day 23 24 25 26 27 Ramadan General Body Meeting 28 Ladies Group 29 30 31 Walk 4 Values (Nathan Philips Square) 10:30 am Program 11:30 am Walk Happiness is union with God. God is pleased only when parents are respected. I do not desire anything. My happiness lies in you being happy and you making your parents happy. Love and worship your parents. Your welfare lies in their happiness. God showers His grace on those who make their parents happy. Discourse Topic: Youth
Women have been extolled in ancient Scriptures as well as classical poetry as Grihalaxmi, the Goddess of prosperity in the home. She is Dharmapathni who accompanies the husband in the fulfilment of the duties and rights of wedded life as a householder. Motherhood is the most previous gift of God. Mothers are the makers of a nation s fortune or misfortune, for they shape the sinews of its soul. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Study Circle 16 17 18 Ladies Group 19 Father s Day 20 21 22 23 24 (Last Day) 25 26 Eid-Al Fitr 27 28 29 30 Discourse Topic: Spiritual
Amongst the qualities that are needed to realise your Divinity, the foremost is Kshama, forbearance or forgiveness. It is essential for every human being. It is supreme amongst virtues. Forbearance is truth, righteousness, compassion and nonviolence; Kshama comprehends every other quality. Purity of mind must be practiced to acquire Kshama. Purity of mind requires total elimination of attachments and aversions from the mind. Hatred and envy should have no place. 1 2 3 4 Ashadi Ekadasi 5 6 7 8 Canada Day 9 Guru Poornima 10 11 12 13 14 15 6:00 8:00 pm G L O B A L S P E C I A L N E E D S 16 Ladies Group 17 18 19 20 Study Circle 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Sai Centre Picnic 11:00 am 4:00 pm Huron Park Picnic Area D 30 31 Hajj Today people cannot bear to see others happy or prosperous; this is the sign of a polluted mind. To be truly human, you must have a pure and unsullied mind. You must cultivate large heartedness to return good for evil and not to cause pain to anyone in any circumstance. This is the mark of a pure mind. Recognize that the same Divinity the same pure Spirit that dwells in you and the Power that animates you is present equally in every human being. Discourse Topic: Ladies
The scriptures have ascribed seven virtues to women as a class: sathya (truth), prema (love), dharma (righteousness), santhi (peace), sahana (tolerance), ananda (bliss), svanubhuti (spirituality). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Civic Day 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Krishna 16 17 Study Circle 18 19 Janamashtami 8:00 10:00 pm 20 Ladies Group 21 22 23 24 25 Ganesh Chaturthi 26 8:00 10:00 pm 27 28 Zarathustra 29 30 31 Jayanthi Women are great because they show the right path to men. They are, in fact, the light of wisdom in the world. They, therefore, deserve protection and reverence. Discourse Topic: Seva
Students! You are the ones who will assume the leadership of the country in future. The future of the nation depends upon you. Your nature and character will decide the character of the nation. You should work for the prosperity of the nation, welfare of the world, and universal happiness. First of all, you must follow the command of the Lord. Therein lies your welfare, as well as the security of the nation and society. 1 2 Eid-Al-Adha 3 4 Labour Day 5 6 7 8 9 Onam (Registration 9:00 am) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Blood Donation www.blood.ca G L O B A L B L O O D D O N A T I O N 17 Ladies Group 18 19 20 21 Study Circle 22 23 General Body Navarathri begins Meeting 5:00 6:30 pm Rosh Hashanah 24 25 26 27 28 Bhagawan Shirdi 29 30 Sai Jayanthi Yom Kippur 8:00 10:00 pm Vijaya Dashami 6:00 8:00 pm Discourse Topic: Education
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Thanksgiving 10 11 12 13 14 15 Ladies Group 16 17 18 19 Study Circle 20 Sai Avatar Day 21 Deepavali 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Do not be weighed down by the so called downfalls you face at times. That which may appear as suffering to you, may become a big milestone of progress in your spiritual path to reach Me. Welcome Me in any form I appear, whether in happiness or sorrow. Do not judge Me badly because things do not seem to go the way you think them to be. Trust Me and know for sure, that your welfare is more important to Me than to you yourself! Discourse Topic: Youth
Nama Sankirtan is Naamasmaran or chanting the Name of the Lord, by a group of devotees coming together to rejoice in glorifying God. It not only liberates those who participate in this congregational singing, but it also spreads joy and love all around through the spiritual currents and vibrations it generates. A person devoted to Nama Sankirtan knows no failure. 1 2 3 4 Guru Nanak Jayanthi 5 Ladies Group 6 7 8 9 10 11 Remembrance Day 24 Hours ~ Global Akhanda Bhajans Begins 6:00 pm 12 24 Hours ~ Global 13 14 15 16 Study Circle 17 18 Akhanda Bhajans Ends 6:00 pm 19 Ladies Day 20 21 22 23 Bhagawan 24 25 Sathya Sai Jayanthi SSE Convocation 8:00 10:00 pm 26 27 28 29 30 Taking to this Sadhana seriously and doing it constantly, he overcomes all obstacles. Ultimately, the devotee s own triumph of resolve, self application and self confidence, will lead him to his ultimate goal. Discourse Topic: Spiritual
Service is God. Why has God endowed man with a body, a mind and an intellect? Feel with the mind, plan with the intelligence and use the body to serve those who are in need of service. Offer that act of service to God; worship Him with that flower. Put into daily practice the ideals that Sathya Sai has been propagating, and make them known all over the world by standing forth as living examples of their greatness. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Ladies Group 11 12 Hanukkah begins 13 14 15 16 Streetsville Care Community 2:00 pm 17 18 19 20 Hanukkah ends 21 Study Circle 22 23 24 25 Christmas 26 Boxing Day 27 28 29 30 31 New Year s Eve 9:00 pm 12:30 am The body is a temporary habitation. It is subject to all kinds of disease and injury. Yet the body is a boat on which alone we can cross the ocean of the objective world (samsara). The boat has to be kept trim and serviceable. It should not distract our attention more than the minimum necessary for its upkeep. It has to be used for reducing the burden of others and should not itself become a burden on us. It should serve others and not demand service from them. Discourse Topic: Ladies