Guest guest Posted November 19, 2008 Report Share Posted November 19, 2008 Dears, This is S.Anjaneya Prasad mailing from hyderabad. Could somebody help to get the Audio of Vishbu Sahasrnamam. The one available at our website is not working when I download to my computer and play it. Thanks in advance. I will catch you later all our members with few thoughts I have for us to help the society. Regards Siva --- On Thu, 7/10/08, wrote: www.telugubhakti.com Digest Number 1004 Thursday, July 10, 2008, 6:40 PM Telugu Bhakti Pages Messages In This Digest (19 Messages) 1. Fw: SriChaganti website updates : Information please Vadivelan Sridhar 2. introduction of GITA bharathi bharathi 3. Nama Article- 10-07-08 Ravishankar Gopal 4a. Things which can not be recovered Jabali Muni 4b. Things which can not be recovered jabalimuni 5. WHAT ARE TRUE RICHES Saileelas 6a. Satya Sai Baba Paritala Gopi Krishna 7a. Yogananda Paramahamsa Paritala Gopi Krishna 8. The Plan Paritala Gopi Krishna 9.1. Pujya Ramsukhdasji Maharaj Paritala Gopi Krishna 10a. Words That Illumine Paritala Gopi Krishna 11.1. Wellbeing Paritala Gopi Krishna 12.1. Sai Darshan Paritala Gopi Krishna 13.1. Sri Sadhguro Pahimam Parama Dayalu Rakshamam gomathi ravichandran 14. SriChaganti website updates€ ¦þ K V R Rao (Raghav) 15a. DAILY GUIDANCE patha ramesh 16. Gurupurnima- Spiritual Discourses on Lord Sainath Rajeswari padma 17. SELF-EFFORT – BASIS OF SELF-REALISATION: EXTRACTS FROM YOGA VASISTH prof_narain 18.1. VISHNU SAHASRA NAMAM - Courtesy ARUN K V R Rao (Raghav) View All Topics | Create New Topic Messages 1. Fw: SriChaganti website updates : Information please Posted by: " Vadivelan Sridhar " v.sridhar05 v.sridhar05 Wed Jul 9, 2008 11:46 pm (PDT) Dear All This is just to update all of you. Thanks & Regards V Sridhar To All, Namasthe. Thanks to one and all for your positive feedback on www.srichaganti. net website. I take this opportunity to let you know about few additionas and changes made to the website. 1. We have included few photos of Brahmasri Chaganti garu during his recent discourses at Visakhapatnam. 2. We have also added the following pravachnams to the website: Sri Adi Sankarula Jeevitham (May/2005) Guru Charithra (Apr/2006) Bhakthi (Apr/2003) ***NewTopic Dakshninamoorthy Vaibhavamu (Jul/2003) ***NewTopic Sri Ramuni Visishtatha ***NewTopic Hanumad Vaibhavamu (May/2004) ***NewTopic Kapila Teerthamu (Nov/2003) ***NewTopic Sri Subrahmanya Jananam (Nov/2003) ***NewTopic As and when we add new pravachanams we will notify all of you. Please help us passing on this information to your friends. Thanks for your constant encouragement. Regards Venkatesh Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 2. introduction of GITA Posted by: " bharathi bharathi " bharathi_2u69 bharathi_2u69 Wed Jul 9, 2008 11:46 pm (PDT) http://video. google.com/ videoplay? docid=-127122562 72763316 & q=source: 0052060155202277 38998 & hl= en -introduction gita-6 http://video. google.com/ videoplay? docid=-247038534 8836929922 & q=source: 0052060155202277 38998 & hl= en introduction -7 http://video. google.com/ videoplay? docid=-151819553 2648169809 & q=source: 0052060155202277 38998 & hl= en introduction- 8 http://video. google.com/ videoplay? docid=-650480441 9976070590 & q=source: 0052060155202277 38998 & hl= en introduction- 9 introduction finished from next class gita explanation starts ..keep watching Regards Bharathi.A Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 3. Nama Article- 10-07-08 Posted by: " Ravishankar Gopal " ravishankar_g ravishankar_g Wed Jul 9, 2008 11:48 pm (PDT) Radhe Krishna To All, Life is a lyric. Life is a gift. Learn to be happy in every moment of your life. Always keep God's Name on your lips. Nama is nectar. This is the secret that will help you realize happiness in whatever you do. Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 4a. Things which can not be recovered Posted by: " Jabali Muni " jabalimuni jabalimuni Wed Jul 9, 2008 11:49 pm (PDT) THINGS WHICH CANNOT BE RECOVERED A young lady was waiting for her flight in the boarding room of a big airport. As she would need to wait many hours, she decided to buy a book to spend her time. She also bought a packet of cookies. She sat down in an armchair, in the VIP room of the airport, to rest and read in peace. Beside the armchair where the packet of cookies lay, a man sat down in the next seat, opened his magazine and started reading. When she took out the first cookie, the man took one also. She felt irritated but said nothing. She just thought: € ’³What a nerve! If I was in the mood I would punch him for daring!€ ’´ For each cookie she took, the man took one too. This was infuriating her but she didn€ ’²t want to cause a scene. When only one cookie remained, she thought: € ’³ah... What this abusive man do now?€ ’´ Then, the man, taking the last cookie, divided it into half, giving her one half. Ah! That was too much! She was much too angry now! In a huff, she took her book, her things and stormed to the boarding place. When she sat down in her seat, inside the plane, she looked into her purse to take her eyeglasses, and, to her surprise, her packet of cookies was there, untouched, unopened! She felt so ashamed!! She realized that she was wrong... She had forgotten that her cookies were kept in her purse The man had divided his cookies with her, without feeling angered or bitter. ....while she had been very angry, thinking that she was dividing her cookies with him. And now there was no chance to explain herself...nor to apologize.€ ’´ There are 4 things that you cannot recover. The stone... ...after the throw! The word......after it€ ’²s said! The occasion.... . after the loss! The time......after it€ ’²s gone! Jabali Muni. SarvE bhavanthu sukhinah sarvE santhu niraamayaah Sarve bhadrANi pasyanthu maa kaschit duhkhabhAg bhavEt. Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (2) 4b. Things which can not be recovered Posted by: " jabalimuni " jabalimuni jabalimuni Wed Jul 9, 2008 11:50 pm (PDT) THINGS WHICH CANNOT BE RECOVERED Posted: 09 Jul 2008 08:16 AM CDT A young lady was waiting for her flight in the boarding room of a big airport. As she would need to wait many hours, she decided to buy a book to spend her time. She also bought a packet of cookies. She sat down in an armchair, in the VIP room of the airport, to rest and read in peace. Beside the armchair where the packet of cookies lay, a man sat down in the next seat, opened his magazine and started reading. When she took out the first cookie, the man took one also. She felt irritated but said nothing. She just thought: " What a nerve! If I was in the mood I would punch him for daring! " For each cookie she took, the man took one too. This was infuriating her but she didn't want to cause a scene. When only one cookie remained, she thought: " ah... What this abusive man do now? " Then, the man, taking the last cookie, divided it into half, giving her one half. Ah! That was too much! She was much too angry now! In a huff, she took her book, her things and stormed to the boarding place. When she sat down in her seat, inside the plane, she looked into her purse to take her eyeglasses, and, to her surprise, her packet of cookies was there, untouched, unopened! She felt so ashamed!! She realized that she was wrong... She had forgotten that her cookies were kept in her purse The man had divided his cookies with her, without feeling angered or bitter. ....while she had been very angry, thinking that she was dividing her cookies with him. And now there was no chance to explain herself...nor to apologize. " There are 4 things that you cannot recover. The stone... ...after the throw! The word......after it's said! The occasion.... . after the loss! The time......after it's gone! Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (2) 5. WHAT ARE TRUE RICHES Posted by: " Saileelas " saileelas leedharart Wed Jul 9, 2008 11:50 pm (PDT) WHAT ARE TRUE RICHES Shri Sai Baba is Sagun Brahman. There are many saints who renounce the world and live in solitutde for their own salvation. Shri Sai Baba was not such a type. He lived in the society and taught all the people how to act and behave in the world. Shri Sai has said several times to His devotees to listen carefully to His Stories, understand their significance, meditate ont hem and then only the devotee can assimilate their spirit. Daily reading of Shri Sai Satcharita with devotion is essential for Sai devotees to assimilate Baba's teaching. Shri Sai Baba taught us to cultivate the habit of eating food in a worshipful manner. Food is God. Everything that keeps us going is God. Food is a manifestation of God outwardly. Within us the vital force is God. All things that sustain life are expressions of God. The great life force is God. Therefore, we must not treat food in a contemptuous way, in an angry mood or in a mood of displeasure. So food should not be eaten with disregard or in a huff or in a criticizing manner. " What is this food you have put upon this plate?'. We must not be in such temper when we eat food. We must eat food in a worshipful manner and must not waste food. This is what Baba taught us by telling Shri Hemandpanth through his Leela described in chapter 24 of Sri Sai Satcharita to remember Him always before eating. Remembering the Sagun form of Baba will bring in us the mood of worship before eating, and our mind shall attain peace and happiness. The Upanishadic teaching that " Anna Brahma " was taught to us by Baba through his stories for the quest for Guru described in chapter 32 of Sri Sai Satcharita. In this, Baba has stressed again that " Do not discard offers of food. Offers of bread and food should be regarded as auspicious sign of success " . How beautifully Baba taught us through the purport of this story to accept and eat food in a worshipful manner and what great results one can achieve thereby. Let us now see how Baba taught us what true riches are. If we begin to desire immediately we admit our poverty. Desire is poverty. Desire is a feeling of inadequacy and when we begin to desire we are a beggar already. The secret of prosperity is to affirm our true nature. Be always contended and put a notice on the mind. " No admission for desire " . The moment a desire arises just reject it and say " Desire get out " and then we will being to experience that the desired object comes by itself to us. As long as we run after a thing we cannot get it. The moment you turn away from a thing it follows us by itself. This is an eternal law. This is a law which has been proven in the lives of all those who have discovered it and applied to themselves. Baba has taught us this great Brahma Sutra through the illustration of the story of the servant maid of Shri Kaka Saheb Dixit in Chapter 20 of Shri Sai Satcharita. The happy temperament of the maid servant when while wearing torn rags on her person and the expression of joy on getting a new sari and the following day the contentment shown by her by wearing her old sari reveal clearly to all of us that the secret of happiness is to assert our true abundant nature. Let me conclude this with the saying of Sri Hemandpant in Chapter 2 of Sri Sai Satcharita that " The life if Sai Baba is as wide and deep as the infinite ocean and all we can dive deep into the same and take out precious gems of knowledge and Bhakti and distribute them to all " Col G.N. Gopalkrishnan Srinagar Sai Leela October 1985. Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 6a. Satya Sai Baba Posted by: " Paritala Gopi Krishna " p_gopi_krishna p_gopi_krishna Wed Jul 9, 2008 11:51 pm (PDT) What God loves most are the flowers that blossom on the tree of man's own life, fed and fostered by his own skill and sincerity. They are the flowers of virtues grown in the garden of his heart. Of these, the virtue of non-violence is most important. It involves much more than abstaining from harming living beings. One should desist from causing pain to any living being, not only in deed, but also in word and thought. One should not entertain any idea of hurting or humiliating another. The mind is the mischief-maker; it jumps from doubt to doubt; it puts obstacles in the way. It weaves a net and gets entangled in it. It is ever discontented; it runs after a hundred things and away from another hundred. It is like a driver who drives the car with the master in it, wherever his fancy takes him. So take up the task of training it into an obedient servant; it is educable, if only you know how to do it. Place before it things more tasty and it will hanker only for those. Once it realizes the value of Naamasmarana (chanting His name), it will adhere to that method of getting peace and joy. So, start it now. Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (10) 7a. Yogananda Paramahamsa Posted by: " Paritala Gopi Krishna " p_gopi_krishna p_gopi_krishna Wed Jul 9, 2008 11:51 pm (PDT) Cast off fear. What is there to be afraid of? Even a little bit of fear, such as senseless apprehension of the dark or worrying about things that " might " happen, affects the nerves more than you can imagine. Why dread even death? God allows it to happen to everybody, so it cannot be bad. That is a very consoling thought to hold on to. Death is just like a refreshing sleep; and you are not afraid of sleep, are you? Death is complete rest. God gives you death to release you from all of your troubles here, and then to provide you with fresh start in a new incarnation. Resolve that you are not going to be affected by troubles; you are not going to be finicky; you are not going to be victim of habits and moods; you are going to be free as a lark. The heart requires true love, friendship, and, above all, peace. When through emotion peace is destroyed, it is a desecration of the bodily temple. A healthy nervous system is what will maintain in proper order all the bodily organs and feelings. And to keep the nervous system healthy, it is important to remain free from devastating emotions such as fear, anger, greed, jealousy. I will remain in all hearts as the unknown friend, ever arousing their flaming feelings, and silently urging them through their own noble thoughts their slumber of earthliness. In the light of wisdom I will dance with all their joys in the unseen bower of silence. Swami Sri Yukteswar to Paramahansa Yogananda: " Freedom of will does not consist in doing things according to the dictates of prenatal or postnatal habits or of mental whims, but in acting according to the suggestions of wisdom and free choice. If you tune in your will with mine [the wisdom-guided will of the guru], you will find wisdom. " Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (7) 8. The Plan Posted by: " Paritala Gopi Krishna " p_gopi_krishna p_gopi_krishna Wed Jul 9, 2008 11:51 pm (PDT) Posted by: " Smitha Visakhan " smitha.1974@ .co. in Tue Jul 8, 2008 10:03 pm (PDT) The Plan A pretty woman was serving a life sentence in prison. Angry and resentful about her situation, she had decided that she would rather die than to live another year in prison. Over the years she had become good friends with one of the prison caretakers. His job, among others, was to bury those prisoners who died in a graveyard just outside the prison walls. When a prisoner died, the caretaker rang a bell, which was heard by everyone. The caretaker then got the body and put it in a casket. Next, he entered his office to fill out the death certificate before returning to the casket to nail the lid shut. Finally, he put the casket on a wagon to take it to the graveyard and bury it. Knowing this routine, the woman devised an escape plan and shared it with the caretaker. The next time the bell rang, the woman would leave her cell and sneak into the dark room where the coffins were kept. She would slip into the coffin with the dead body while the caretaker was filling out the death certificate. When the care-taker returned, he would nail the lid shut and take the coffin outside the prison with the woman in the coffin along with the dead body. He would then bury the coffin. The woman knew there would be enough air for her to breathe until later in the evening when the caretaker would return to the graveyard under the cover of darkness, dig up the coffin, open it, and set her free. The caretaker was reluctant to go along with this plan, but since he and the woman had become good friends over the years, he agreed to do it.The woman waited several weeks before someone in the prison died. She was asleep in her cell when she heard the death bell ring. She got up and slowly walked down the hallway. She was nearly caught a couple of times. Her heart was beating fast. She opened the door to the darkened room where the coffins were kept. Quietly in the dark, she found the coffin that contained the dead body, carefully climbed into the coffin and pulled the lid shut to wait for the caretaker to come and nail the lid shut. Soon she heard footsteps and the pounding of the hammer and nails. Even though she was very uncomfortable in the coffin with the dead body, she knew that with each nail she was one step closer to freedom. The coffin was lifted onto the wagon and taken outside to the graveyard. She could feel the coffin being lowered into the ground. She didn't make a sound as the coffin hit the bottom of the grave with a thud. Finally she heard the dirt dropping onto the top of the wooden coffin, and she knew that it was only a matter of time until she would be free at last. After several minutes of absolute silence, she began to laugh. She was free! She was free! Feeling curious, she decided to light a match to find out the identity of the dead prisoner beside her. To her horror, she discovered that she was lying next to the dead caretaker.. Many people believe they have life all figured out..... But sometimes it just doesn't turn out the way they planned it. Rgds Smitha Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 9.1. Pujya Ramsukhdasji Maharaj Posted by: " Paritala Gopi Krishna " p_gopi_krishna p_gopi_krishna Wed Jul 9, 2008 11:52 pm (PDT) In a 'Jiva' (being) " there is an 'amsa' (element) of the Consciousness of God and an 'amsa' (element) of the inert nature (prakrti). By the dominance of the Conscious-part, he seeks God; and by the dominance of the inert part, he desires the world. Between these two, the yearning for God will be satisfied, but the desires of the world are never fulfilled. Some worldly desires seemingly fulfilled are in reality never satiated, rather, due to worldly attachment, ever new desires continue to arise. In fact, the fulfillment of worldly desires or attainment of worldly objects, is not within the authority of desire, but is subject to karma (action bearing fruit). But, God-realization is not under the power of karma (act). God is attainable simply by intense longing of one's own self. Its reason is, that each karma (act), has a beginning and an end; so the result (fruit) too is bound to have a beginning and an end. Therefore, how can a beginningless and endless God, be realized by karmas (actions), which are origin and end bound? But seekers have often understood, that as the worldly objects are achieved by the predominance of activities, so also the realization of God is through the dominance of activity. As the assistance of body, senses, mind and intellect, has to be taken in achieving the objects of the world, so also in God-realization, the assistance of body, senses, mind, intellect will have to be called for, they argue. Therefore, such seekers practise spiritual discipline, erroneously with the help of their inert body etc., to realize God. Just like in practising the Yoga of Meditation for a long time, gradually fixing one's mind on God, when the 'citta' (mind) gets controlled, having no worldly attachment and itself being inert, and incapable of realising God, it becomes unconcerned with the world. On the citta (mind) becoming unconcerned, the seeker becomes completely cut off from the mind or inertness, and he gains experience of Godhead automatically (Gita 6.20). But a seeker, who from the very beginning, having accepted his axiomatic and eternal unison with God, accepting no kinship in the least bit with inert matter, traverses the course of his discipline, he experiences the Supreme Tattva (essence) very quickly and with great ease. Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (192) 10a. Words That Illumine Posted by: " Paritala Gopi Krishna " p_gopi_krishna p_gopi_krishna Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:08 am (PDT) Parents give us birth. Educational institutions provide object-based knowledge. But it is the Spiritual Guru who alone can bestow the unique Soul-birth. With loving care and watchfulness, he takes the seeker to Wisdom and fulfillment. To have a Guru as the teacher and guide is thus the greatest fortune and blessing son one's life. Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (10) 11.1. Wellbeing Posted by: " Paritala Gopi Krishna " p_gopi_krishna p_gopi_krishna Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:08 am (PDT) For Strong Hair and Nails .... Kelp is a seaweed derivative that's high in minerals, which is great for strengthening hair and nails. Sprinkle half a teaspoon of kelp powder on your salads daily and you will soon notice a positive change. Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (73) 12.1. Sai Darshan Posted by: " Paritala Gopi Krishna " p_gopi_krishna p_gopi_krishna Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:08 am (PDT) 96. I have come to give you bliss, To uproot your ignorance Of your concept of reality, To instill in you the value of truth- A love for all. I have come to give you what you " need " , Do not tell Me what you " want " , For your need for Me, and My need for you, Envelopes us in a bond together, Strong and inseparable. Wanting preoccupies your mind, With thoughts other than Mine, Leaving your heat beat unsteady, Your mind ruffled. So know your " need " , Dispose of your " wants " I have come to give you bliss. Come and rest in it. Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (87) 13.1. Sri Sadhguro Pahimam Parama Dayalu Rakshamam Posted by: " gomathi ravichandran " gomesravi gomesravi Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:33 am (PDT) Dear Members " Hindu Dharma " is a book published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan which contains English translation of two volumes of the Tamil Book " Deivatthin Kural " ; which is a collection of invaluable and engrossing speeches of Sri Sri Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi MahaSwamiji. http://kamakoti. org/hindudharma/ part5/chap28. htm To Discover The One Truth All Vedas have one common goal though there are differences among their adherents. What is the goal? It is the well-being of the entire world and all creatures living in it, and the uplift of the Self of each one of us and its everlasting union with the Ultimate Reality. We may take pride in the Vedas for another reason also. They do not point to a single way and proclaim, " This alone is the path " nor do they affirm, " This is the only God " with reference to their own view of the Supreme Being. Instead, they declare that, if one adheres to any path with faith or worships any deity with devotion, one will be led towards the Truth. The scripture of no other religion speaks thus of the many paths to liberation. On the contrary, each of them insists that the way shown by it alone will lead to liberation. The Vedas alone give expresion to the high-minded view that different people may take different paths to discover the one and only Truth. JAYA JAYA SANKARA HARA HARA SANKARA Thwameva Maathaa Cha Pithaa Thwameva Thwameva Bhandhuscha Sakhaa Thwameva Thwameva Vidhyaa Dhravinam Thwameva Thwameva Sarvam Mama Dheva Dheva. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Dears, Thinking the whole idea of having this group as help the people in need, I am writing this mail. I need a small help or procedure to get the Darshan tickets and Accommodation in Tirumala as I am planning to viist lord venkateswara in this coming weekend 12,13,14 th Dec 2008. Can somebody help with details to get the tickets and accommodation either in tirupathi or tirumala? Regards Prasad Sivapuram Editor's note: While posting such messages, start the same as a fresh message and if you are using the reply mode, remove all irrelevant mails so that your message is uncluttered. Thanks. Swamy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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