6th weekly posting of Saudi SAI centers- 8 Feb 08

[Guest guest]

Sairam dear Sai Children, Sai Sisters and Sai Brothers

of all 4 Sai SatSanghs in Dammam, Jubail, Jeddah and

Riyadh.

We continue with our 6th posting of 2008 as on Friday

8th Feb 08. This week also I am continuing to report

in the absence of Sister Renuka who has gone to India

(on a short vacation) to attend the wedding of a near

relative.

 

Summary:

1. Total Attendance all over Saudi was above 110.

2. Comments on EHV & BalVikas by National Chair

3. Riyadh Center Study circle discussion on “Love”.

Details:

 

Jubail center held their weekly Satsang on on Friday

8th Feb at 11.00 AM attended by about 24 members at

Bro Swamy Mahadevan's residence. Aarthi was taken by

Bro Swamy Mahadevan. There were 5 members from

Al-khobar / Dammam. Thank you Bro. Wimal for the

report.

 

Dammam-Khobar centre held the weekly Satsang on

Wednesday, 6th Feb 2008 at 7.30 pm at Bro. Shastri’s

residence in AlKhobar. Around 25 devotees attended the

Bhajan. Aarthi was taken by Bro.Jeyram. Thank you for

the report, Bro. Prem.

 

Jeddah Samiti held the weekly Bhajan at Bro. Ashok’s

residence in Nada Compound Thursday 31st Jan. Bro.

K.P.Rajan reports as follows:

" Nothing is impossible if we are willing to do

so " ..I think we have to solve the problems,not to

create it at all.

Thursday weekly Bhajan started at 7.30 pm at Al

Rehab Dist. Bro Rajan/Gopi residence. Total attendance

25 devotees. Bro.Rao was taken Aarthi. After Bhajan

all members discussed about the proposal for two more

location to shift the Bhajan who ever is willing to

arrange the suitable room for it. Secondly proposal

for Balvikas class to start with the convenient of the

children interested to join on it. Next section

only can get the result for it. Bro. Nadaraj (from

Riyadh) is planning to meet us on 8 Feb 2008 at Al

Rehab Dist. for further improvement guide lines of

Jeddah center and have special home Bhajan.

 

Hope future also required such type of inter-center

involvement from other centers, which will help to

understand the Jeddah devotees about the other centers

function setup and motivation of Sai Baba message”.

Thank you for the nice report, Bro. K.P. Rajan.

 

We hereby request members from other centers to refer

names of their friends in Jeddah who may be interested

in being active in our Jeddah SAI center. They can be

either old members or new members being inclined

spiritually. Pl forward the names to National Chair

Sairam Pack at his email: packysairam . This

will help in National coordination.

 

Riyadh centre held the weekly Satsang on Friday, 8th

of February 2008 at 9 am followed by Study circle.

More than 40 people attended the Bhajan session. Bro

Ravi continued reading from Shirdi Sai Sricharitah.

Bro. Packy took the aarthi.

 

Next week (Thursday 14th Feb) is a Mahila Bhajan. I

request those members who do see this risnet posting

to enquire with other members as to who is not

accessing it, for whatever reasons. We can thus plan

to have print outs of weekly risnet postings for them

distributed at the Bhajan. (We cannot reach them now

because they cannot see this announcement). Pl inform

me in person or via email: sssdgroup

 

A dinner is to be hosted for the forthcoming Mahila

Bhajan, so ladies for a change, need not prepare any

food at home or for the Bhajan but come and enjoy

dinner- courtesy someone who has been relishing your

efforts at making the prasadams all these 4 years.

 

Following is an announcement by Bro Packy at the end

of the Bhajan.

“We need to have a forum or a collection of our

members to study the EHV programs and carry out a

Brain Storming session so as to prepare a program that

we can discuss with Mr. Sebastian, the principal of Al

Jasmin School who is also the President of the Gulf

Regional Schools. We can thus promote the teachings of

Baghavan’s favorite program of EHV to Gulf students

(as they did in Thailand and our center did earlier in

one school in Riyadh). I request Manisekar to lead the

team and to organize it. Others are welcome to help us

out.

 

I requested the Bala Vikas Gurus to organize various

competitions among the children Kingdom wide on Art,

Essay etc, in preparation for the Eswarambah Day.

Sister Rama Suresh may please take care of it.

 

Sai Retreat (with guests from other centers) has been

tentatively planned for the weekend 3rd and 4th April.

Sister Rama Suresh is requested to find out from the

Istra (Lodge) for arrangement. Brother Sampath has

volunteered to organize the event. All are requested

to cooperate.”

 

In the Study circle, Bro Ravi Chandran (SABIC)

concluded the review of Baghvan’s address at the Youth

Conference. One important comment raised y Bro Packy

merits a special mention: “How can we develop Love

towards all?”

 

A discussion followed among the 12 members who were

present. An instance of Mother’s love for son/daughter

was quoted. However this was analyzed as self-centered

(specific to one relationship) and not universal where

love flows to everyone. Another point made was “to be

open to love” from others as sometimes inability to

accept love (of others unconditionally) and this in

turn can make them difficult to give love to others as

well.

 

This is an important point and members are requested

to send in their suggestion as to how best to

encourage our members to “develop love for all”. You

may also refer/quote to Baba’s various messages or

books.

 

We end our 6th posting for 2008 here with these

Divine Words----

Kshama or forgiveness is identified by the scriptures

with truth, righteousness, knowledge, sacrifice and

joy. Without fortitude man cannot be happy even for a

kshasya (moment). It promotes divine qualities. It

reveals inner Divinity. One has to perform spiritual

practice to earn it and establish oneself in it.

Nourish the idea that God is equally present in all,

in spite of ridicule from the ignorant and sarcastic

criticism from the blind or even praise from admirers.

Do not mind them.

Pranams

P.B.V.Rajan