Satyam Sivam Sundaram, Sai Nidhanam

सत्यम  (Truth) is ज्ञानं  (Knowledge), which is अनंतम  (unending), that is नित्यं  (eternal). As demonstrated by his words and deeds, Sathya Sai Baba truly transformed himself into unending, eternal knowledge that is imperishable. As said in the Gita, God is the प्रभावः (creation), प्रलयः (destruction) स्थानं (basis) निधनं (resting place) बीजं (seed) and अव्ययम (imperishable). IMHO, Baba has more than lived and will continue to live in this world through his good deeds and teachings. Today's sad news is just another page in His divine book. As Kabir said, "मोल  करो  तलवार  का , पड़ी  रहने  दो  म्यान ". I'm concerned only with the noble words and deeds of the Baba. All the rest of the talk about him is just trash to me. विष्णु Pendyala

Live for Others and you are Automatically Taken care-of

 We all get into situations where we have to do things, which conflict with our self-respect. For instance, apologizing to a slick, dishonest manipulator who is clearly on the wrong side. In such cases, i completely set aside my self and think that i'm doing it only for sake of my dependents. I remind myself that it is the people who depend on me who will be at a greater loss, if i don't. My grandmother used to tell me that my grandfather also used to get into similar situations but used to take the loss instead of doing what he thought was incorrect. My grandmother used take pains to explain to him that what matters is whether we get what we want out of it and not how we are treated. But my grandfather always followed his heart. At least in this respect, i have a similar chemistry as my grandfather. But i overcome that chemistry by this thought of living for others. In the process it saves me too.

This is an example of how living for others will intrinsically take care of the self. People living only for themselves hardly have any motivation to do anything. It is always the thought of doing something for others - impressing them or otherwise that propels action. Others are always the underlying force of motivation.

Selfless living is more enriching and soul-satisfying than selfish living. Vishnu Pendyala

Being the Unrecognized Force

Wish you all a very Happy and Holy Khara Nama Samvatsara Ugadi.

Here's a little something that I wanted to share on the occasion.

Appended is a mail that I sent in 2005 to the Temple Committee
member that was not even acknowledged. But a few weeks
after sending the mail, Telugu priests were recruited in an
otherwise mostly North Indian temple and we have been since
reciting almost the same stotras / chants I mentioned in the mail,
happily ever after, for years now. I never heard those stotras
in the temple before I sent that mail. The daily count of visitors
has been increasing ever since as well.

My Reading: Being the unrecognized force behind a positive
change unites us with the invisible God, who is often not
recognized as well.

Efforts need not be recognized as long as
result is what matters, hopefully for you too, for a
happy new year and happiness always.

Vishnu

From: Vishnu S. Pendyala
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 11:10 AM
To: XXXXXXXX
Subject: _____________ temple: stotra recitals


Hi ___,

I'm a PreetiBhoj volunteer at the temple and am
quite interested in its growth and activities. It
struck me that one other service that I can offer
to the temple is to lead stotra recitals in the
temple, particularly in the holy month of Sravana
which is starting this Friday. I can recite the
following on the respective days at 7pm:

Monday: Rudra Namakam-Chamakam, Purusha Suktam, Sri Suktam
Tuesday: Hanuman Chalisa (5-times)
Wednesday: Vishnu Sahasranama - Lakshmi Stotra
Friday: Lalita Sahasranama Stotra
Sunday: Aditya Hrudayam - navagraha stotra

Please let me know if the temple would be interested
in inviting participants to the acitivity and organize the
event. The participants can recite the stotras in chorus
or just listen. I can provide the transcripts of the stotras
in Telugu and Hindi, for the participants to read from.
The activity should last between 30mins to 1hour.

Thanks and regards,
Vishnu