[Hinduism]
Listen to the primeval Pranava resounding in your heart as well as in the heart
of the universe
[Buddhism]
Remember the wheel of Cause and Consequence, of Deed and Destiny and the Wheel
of Dharma that rights them all
[Christianity]
Cut the "I" feeling clean across and let your ego die on the Cross to endow on
you Eternity
[Islam]
Be like the Star which never wavers from the Crescent but is fixed in steady
Faith
[Zoroastrianism]
Offer all bitterness in the sacred Fire and emerge grand, great and Godly
THE TRUTH IS ONE, THE PATHS
ARE MANY
The Energy Enhancement Symbol
The Energy Enhancement Symbol
of the Twelve Petalled Lotus of the Heart Center with One of the Symbols of the
Worlds Major Religions in Each One of the Petals.
Inside the symbol is the
Hexagram - The Seal of Solomon, with the Seven Chakras describing the fusion of
three pairs of chakras as shown in the Energy Enhancement Book,
Sacred Symbols
giving Three
Initiations on the Path of Enlightenment -
Initiation 1. The Opening of
the Heart. Solar Plexus to Heart Chakra.
Initiation 2. The Mastery of
Relationships, Abdomen to Throat Chakra.
Initiation 3. Enlightenment, Base to
all the Head Chakras which is taught on the Energy Enhancement Course plus many
other Initiations.
At the
Very Center is the Heart Chakra radiating Peace and Light outwards.. like the
Sun...
All Saints have problems as they
publicly try to change and evolve each person and society. Christ was crucified.
Buddha had three assassination attempts. Mohammed had the same problems. Sai
Baba is no different - thus many people are saying things.
However, my own experience of the Sai
Buddhafield and Sai Psychic Powers is positive, having visited the ashram many
times for as much as a month. Come and make up your own mind.
Sathya Sai Baba in the 1990s
Date of Birth 23 November 1926 (1926-11-23) (age 82)
Place of birth Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh, India
Birth Sathyanarayana Raju
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Sathya Sai Baba (pronounced /sæt jæ saɪ bæ bæ/) (Telugu: సత్య సాయిబాబా), (born
Sathyanarayana Raju on 23 November 1926 [1][2]) is a South Indian guru,
religious figure, educator and orator. He is described by his devotees as an
avatar, godman, spiritual teacher, and miracle worker.[1][3][4][5]
The Sathya Sai Organization reports that there are an estimated 1,200 Sathya Sai
Baba Centers in 114 countries worldwide.[11] The number of Sathya Sai Baba
adherents is estimated to be somewhere around 6 million, although followers cite
anywhere from 50 to 100 million.[12]
Sri Sathya Sai Baba has
repeatedly claimed to be the reincarnation of the fakir and saint, Sai Baba of Shirdi,[6] often recounting extensive and detailed accounts of the fakir's
life.[6][7][8] Other reiterations of Sathya Sai Baba’s claim to be the
reincarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba, and his claims of Divinity [9] made during the
early years of his Mission, are recorded in the volumes of Sathya Sai
Speaks.[10]
Reincarnation into the body of a baby
or body jumping into another living body are talked about in many ancient
texts..
The whole of the Tibetan Religion is
based upon the Rinpoche, a "Precious Jewel" who transfers his consciousness
lifetime after lifetime into a new body and then again rules. The Dalai Lama for
example is the same soul who has returned to a new body on 13 different
occasions for thousands of years.
Evans-Wentz in "Tibetan Yoga and the
Secret Doctrines" talks of "The Yoga of the After-Death State" and "The Doctrine
of Consciousness Transference" has this to say..
"No Master of Yoga ever dies in the
normal manner, unless, perchance, he be killed suddenly and unexpectedly; he
merely reinquishes the physical form which he has come to recognise as no more
than a garment to be put on or off as desired, in full consciousness while
immersed in the ecstatic condition of the mind wherein the "Clear Light" - the
chakras above the head - See EE Level 1, Initiation 4 -
"ever shines" ... It is through Mastery of the Pho-Wa that the Great Yogin
transcends normal processes by voluntarily relinquishing his old outworn body
and taking a new body, without any suffering any break in continuity of his
consciousness. In the esoteric sense implied by the Christian St Paul, the grave
thus loses its sting and death its victory; the Great Yogin becomes truly the
Conqueror both of Death and of Life"
As well as saints it is indeed the
source of many a great families wealth in all countries through the law of
primogeniture where the first born son inherits all including the transferred
soul of his father. In this way the Soul inhabiting the head of the Family or
International Company is immortal. The aim in chess is to take the king. The aim
in war also is to take the king.
See
EE Level 1, Initiation 4
for more details on, "Drop Body, Drop
Mind" - Dogen the first Zen MASTER
THE ENERGY ENHANCEMENT SYNTHESIS OF
RELIGION - WORKING FOR THE AVATAR OF SYNTHESIS
The
Energy Enhancement Antahkarana and Symbol with twelve of the worlds Major
Religions, the Synthesis of Religion - on the petals of the Symbol
My Master, Swami Satchidananda said,
"The truth is one, the paths are many" For Many Thousands of years a seed
scattering of cuckoo Indigo Children have fulminated and flowered into the
Founder Saints of all the Worlds Religions - each with their own path and
technique to access the energies of the One God with 10,000 names.
Any of these paths - these techniques -
can bring Illumination... They all work!!
Yet some are more powerful, more
accelerated and just by being constrained by the techniques of one religion, we
can be stuck, we can be slowed down, we can be held back.
Ecumenism means we hold to the
values of our own Religion, but we explore all the other Religions and saints.
AS FATHER BEDE GRIFFITHS TOLD ME, "EACH
SAINT, EACH RELIGION GIVES A PROGRESSIVE REVELATION OF THE TRUTH" Each Religion
is a precious jewel to be preserved for the benefit of all Mankind-
If all the Worlds Religions cant come
together, what chance have the Politicians?
Energy Enhancement
has examined all the techniques - See
the Book, "Sacred Symbols and Super Energy" - and now gives access to all the
Super Techniques used in the major religions to achieve Enlightenment.
Use the Energy Enhancement Major
Synthesis of Religion - of the Best Techniques to achieve Illumination, in the
World TO ACHIEVE 20 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN TWO WEEKS!!
SAI BABA
ON THE ENERGY ENHANCEMENT ALL INDIA TOUR .-
Day 02: Puttaparthi
Day 03 : Puttaparthi
Day 04 : Puttaparthi
Day 05 : Puttaparthi/Thiruvannamali
Sri Sathya Sai Baba
There we will stay in
Puttaparthy, the Spiritual Center
of Sai Baba, and enter into the life of one of the major masters of these times. Psychics
have seen Sai Babas aura spread out for a mile around him. There are many books written
about this mysterious sage. We will have the opportunity of being present at darshan when
Sai Baba appears twice every day to the people there. The ashram practises are there to
raise your energies to meditation and keep them high.
Sathya Sai Baba's Ashram at
Puttaparthy
ENERGY
ENHANCEMENT INDIA
SRI SATHYA SAI
BABA
Dear All,
Despite Gengis Khan and his Golden Horde, the fall of the Roman
Empire and the Two Towers, and all the wars every year for 5000
years, the Masters of Wisdom still point to a necessary integration
of the Human Being on his passage to Enlightenment.
How can we make the world happy, if we ourselves are not happy?
This is reflected in the wider world as a necessary integration
of all the countries of the world. First as federations like NAFTA
and the EEC but later under one President and one council giving
equal rights, human rights and benefits to all people on the planet under the Law.
This is the program for the next one or two hundred years or more.....
But although we can consciously help the success of this program
towards a more enlightened leadership, we can help more if we first
help ourselves with more training.
Training beyond the school and the PHD is that which is higher than
the intellect. To make you more determined, intuitive and lucky.
More Spiritual, calm, energised and happy, always.
Here in Puttarparthy in Karnataka a Southern State in South India
we have been staying at the Ashram of Sri Sathya Sai Baba for a
few Days on tour with Energy Enhancement. Enlightened beings always
try to act in perfect ways. A perfect act is where no one is harmed
and at least one person benefits.
Therefore they radiate the energy of evolution and change so that
in their presence, slowly, we rise higher. If we can meditate a
little before we arrive at their ashram, The Buddhafield,
then the process of change can go on apace, more faster!!
Seeing the spiritual auras of the Masters emanate from them as
they go about their daily work we can understand the change they
produce in their years of service to humanity. Sai Baba is 76 this
year and has been working constantly since he became enlightened at the age of 14.
In these 60 years he has built a vast organisation with millions
of devotees all over the world which work was vastly expanded since
he was given a couple of hundred millions of dollars by the owner
of the Hard Rock Cafe Franchise when he sold his franchise a few years ago.
Apparently the owner of the Hard Rock Café Company had been going to see
Sri Sathya Sai baba at his Ashram for 15 years and never got an interview.
And one day he got the Interview!! And Sai Baba told him that someone would offer
Him hundreds of Millions of dollars for his business, but he was not to take the offer.
He was told that the next week he would be offered 200 Million Dollars more
and that he was to take that offer.
He gave the difference, 200 Million Dollars, to Sri Sathya Sai Baba!!
And it all starts through your practise of meditation. The method
of choice of all aspirants for the last 5000 years. With meditation
we can first make ourselves happy, and then we can move the world!!
SATCHIDANAND
SAI BABA
Contents
1 Biography
2 Beliefs and practices of devotees
3 Ashrams and mandirs
4 Institutions, organizations, projects
5 Claims of materialization and other miracles
6 Criticism and controversy
6.1 Political row
7 Responses to criticism
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
Biography
For more details on this topic, see Bibliography of Sathya Sai Baba.
Sathyanarayana Raju was born to Eswaramma and Peddavenkama Raju (with the family
name of "Ratnakaram")[13] in the remote village of Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh,
India.[14] In recounting his childhood, Sai Baba says "It is natural for any
child to cry when it is born. But this child did not cry at all... to
Easwaramma's utter surprise, the baby started smiling. Everyone was mystified to
see the newborn babe smiling."[15] "He was given the name Sathyanarayana ("Sathya"
is Sanskrit for Truth and "Narayana" is a name for Vishnu)[16] because of his
mother's pujas and prayers to that particular name and form of God."[16] "Mother
Easwaramma used to perform Sathyanarayana Vratam every full moon day,"[15] says
Sai Baba of his "mother religious vigil."[17]
Young Sathya Sai Baba
Easwaramma described Sathyanaranaya as being born of immaculate conception. She
relates, “I had dreamt of Sathya Narayana Deva and she cautioned me that I
should not be frightened if something happened to me through the Will of God.
That morning when I was at the well drawing water, a big ball of blue light came
rolling towards me and I fainted and fell. I felt it glided into me”.[18] Sathya
Sai Baba confirmed this in a 2003 birthday discourse.[15]
Narayana Kasturi, in his biography of Sathya Sai Baba, says during the
pregnancy, "the household was awakened at midnight and sometimes early in the
morning by the tambura twanging melodiously and rhythmically and the maddala
(drum) softly beating, as though they were in expert hands."[19]
"On the 24th November 1926, Sri Aurobindo Ghosh came out of his meditative
trance and announced,"[20] "that Krishna ("overmind Godhead"[21]) descended into
the physical".[22] "On the day before this announcement, that is, on the 23rd of
November, 1926, avatar Sai Baba was born"[23] Many feel "that Sri Aurobindo's
announcement heralded the Sathya Sai Avatar".[21][24] Sathya Sai Baba addressed
this in a 1999 discourse saying, "On November 24, 1926, Aurobindo broke his
prolonged silence only to declare that God had incarnated the previous day.
After making this significant statement, he continued with his vow of
silence."[25]
"Mother Easwaramma looked after her child with love and care. Days rolled by and
the child grew into a boy."[15] Her "son was totally averse to non-vegetarian
food. He would not even visit the houses where non-vegetarian food was cooked.
He kept away from places where pigs, sheep, cattle, or fowl were killed or
tortured, or where fish were trapped or caught."[19] According to Sathya Sai
Baba, "The child was brought up in a noble environment."[15]
"At the tender years of three and four, whenever a beggar appeared at the door
and raised his cry, Sathya left his play and rushed inside to force his sisters,
Venkamma and Parvathamma,[17] to hand out grain or food."[19]
"The child became the pet of the entire village of Puttaparthi." says Kasturi.[19]
His playmates called him, 'Guru' and he was called Brahmajnani, a "Realized
Soul", by the neighbors, as "he comforted friends in distress and never seemed
to get cross or tired."[26]
A teacher of Sathyanarayna, Sri V.C. Kondappa, recalls his former student. "The
boys, gathered around him for the things he 'took' out of his empty bag! When
asked about it, he said that a certain 'Angel' obeyed his will and gave him
whatever he wanted!"[27] The empty bag often produced "delectable sweets,
pencils, pieces of rubber, toys, flowers and fruits."[26]
"His special talents were for drama, music, poetry and acting. He was even
writing songs for the village opera at the age of eight."[16] There are numerous
stories of plays, poems, dances and songs he wrote as a child.[27] "When he was
ten years of age, Sathya formed in Puttaparthi a Pandhari Bhajan Group, or a
group of carollers, for the presentation of songs of love and devotion to
God."[27] Sathya Sai Baba still recounts some of the prayers to this day.[28]
"Satyanarayana,' says Kasturi, "was a precocious child, learning by himself more
than anyone else could teach him and much quicker than most other children."[19]
Sathyam, as Sathya Sai Baba refers to himself during those times, attended the
local school in Puttaparthi until third standard. "After advancing to the fourth
standard, it became necessary to go to the school in Bukkapatnam since the
school in Puttaparthi did not offer studies beyond the third."[28] From the age
of eight, Satynanarayana Raju attended the higher elementary school in
Bukkapatnam.[16] Upon the heartfelt request of his grandfather Kondama Raju,
Sathyam lived with him for a time, helping with household duties and chores
(cooking, cleaning etc.)...[28] An avid composer of poems, songs and plays,
Sathyam also engaged in acting and dancing in school and community events.[28]
In class, he said the morning prayers, and it was around this time Sathyam
taught the local children and villagers how to read and write.[28]
At the time he was to enter 6th standard, his elder brother, Seshama, took
Sathyam to live with him and his wife in Kamalapuram.[28]
At some point in time, they moved to Uravakonda due to Seshama's teaching
position.[29]
On 8 March 1940, Sathya was stung by a "big black scorpion.""[30] "He fell as
though unconscious and became stiff. He did not speak and his breathing became
faint."[30] He was given medical attention and by the next morning the doctor
said that he "was out of danger."[30]
Within the next few days there was a noticeable change in Sathya's behavior.[30]
Concerned, his brother "wrote his parents that Sathya was not answering anyone
who spoke to him and that it was a Herculean task to make him accept food. He
told them Sathya was spending his time mostly in silence, sometimes bursting
into song and poetry, sometimes reciting long Sanskrit verses, sometimes
expounding the philosophic wisdom of ancient India."[30] Doctors believed it to
be hysteria, but "the symptoms of laughing and weeping, eloquence and silence
continued."[30]
Within the week, they came and brought Sathya home to Puttaparthi.[15] "The
parents were disheartened", says Kasturi, "and watched his behavior with
increasing fear."[30] They brought him to many priets, 'doctors' and
exorcists.[30] "Since the first reaction to an illness in any village is usually
to fear that it is the result of some... spirit's taking hold of the
patient",[30] many severe treatments were performed to force the 'spirits'
out.[15][30] Sai Baba says, "I submitted Myself to all this torture without
demur."[15] During one anguishing visit to one of the 'doctors', says Sai Baba,
"Venkamma (his sister) could not bear the sight of this torture. Quietly, she
called the cartman and in the darkness of night, she took Me back home to
Puttaparthi."[15]
Sathya Sai BabaKasturi describes soon after, Sathya was to be taken to another
"clever "doctor"".[30] About half an hour into the journey, "Sathya said
emphatically, "I do not want to go anywhere; let us go back." Upon saying this,
the bullocks came to a halt and could not be persuaded to budge! The struggle
went on for over an hour, Finally their faces were turned home-ward."[30]
Two months later, in May 1940, he proclaimed himself to be a reincarnation of
the fakir and saint Sai Baba of Shirdi and subsequently took the fakir's name,
Sai Baba.[31] Sai is a Persian word which means "Saint", and Baba is a Hindi
term of endearment for father. Since that time, many had come to challenge his
claim to be the reincarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba. Arnold Schulman in his book
"Baba" said, "there is no record of the number of people who went away
unimpressed but dozens of doubters have documented how they were convinced."[32]
Family members and neighbors however were not convinced. They approached the
young Sathya and said, "If you are Sai Baba, give us some proof." "Give me those
jasmine flowers," said young Sathya. After receiving them, he threw them on the
floor. The flowers, according to those present, "arranged themselves as the
letters Sai Baba in Telugu."[15][30][32]
Kasturi writes, "Seshama still had not given up his plans to push Sathya through
High School, regardless of everything. He took him back to Uravakonda in
June."[15][30]
In October 1940,[33] Sathya accompanied Sehsa and his wife to Hampi. Sathyam was
told to look after the couple's luggage while they went to the Siva temple.
"(He) sat down there with the luggage while the brother and his wife entered the
temple to have the darshan of Virupaksha (Siva). Inside, they did not see the
Virupaksha idol but Sathya! Then Seshama Raju said, “Look, Sathya is here! Who
is taking care of the luggage?” He came out running and saw Sathya there! He ran
back inside and saw Sathya there also."[28] A municipal chairman also witnessed
the phenomenon and presented Sathyam with "a collar pin made of gold."[28] With
the insistence of his sister-in-law, Sathyam reluctantly accepted the pin. After
returning to Kamalapuram, Sathyam was to begin school again. In a May 2000
discourse, Sathya Sai Baba describes what happened then, "He (Sathyam) left the
house and went about ten feet when the collar pin fell (and) could not be
found... The collar pin symbolised worldly attachment, and when it was lost, it
was also symbolic of the end of the ‘Raju phase’ and attachments implied by
it."[28]
Declaring that he had no worldly relationship with anyone, ("I don't belong to
you; Maya (illusion) has gone; My devotees are calling Me; I have My Work."[30])
Sathya Sai Baba "ran to the house of one Anjaneyulu. In front of his house there
was a small rock. Sathya Sai Baba went and sat on that stone."[28] Sathya Sai
Baba recalls his brother "Seshama Raju came there and forced me to return home.
I said I would not."[29] For three days, Sathya Sai Baba stayed with Anjaneyulu;
having his food in Anjaneyulu’s house, and spending time sitting on the
rock.[28]
People asked him, “Who are You? What is Your name?” Sathya Sai Baba replied, “My
name is Sai.”[28] "At that time, the Commissioner (Anjaneyulu)’s son ran inside,
brought a camera and clicked a photo. In the picture, Shirdi Sai could be seen
in front of Swami. Thereafter, Anjaneyulu gave Swami the name Sai Baba, and in
due course the name remained."[28]
On being informed of the events by Seshama, his parents came to Uravakonda. His
mother, Eswaramma pleaded with him to return with them but he refused.[29][30]
He did, however, eventually agree to return to Puttaparthi.[29]
Upon returning to Puttaparthi, Kondama Raju (Sathya Sai Baba's grandfather)
asked his son if they would let Sathya stay with him for a while. Sathya Sai
Baba says, "He kept me with him and looked after me with great love and
care."[15]
Later says Sathya Sai Baba, "Karanam Subbamma gave one acre of land where a
small house was built. There I used to live.[29]
"Sathyanarayana Raju was hereafter commonly known either as Bala Sai (Boy Sai)
or Sathya Sai Baba, an appellation which he himself accepted."[34] Slowly
devotees began to gather around Sathya Sai Baba. On Thursday bhajans were sung,
and soon it became everyday.[34] From this time, Narayana Kasturi relates, "a
shed was put up which was enlarged as the months passed. A tent also was rigged
up, and some devotees who came from Bangalore and Anantapur pitched their own
tents."[34] "Because Sai Baba insisted on feeding all who came to see him; huge
dining halls became necessary."[34] "Subbamma looked after the comforts of the
pilgrims for some years until the building now called the "Old Mandir" (or Old
Temple) was built."[34]
In 1944, a mandir (temple) for Sathya Sai Baba's devotees was built near the
village. It is now referred to as the old mandir.[16][35] The construction of
Prashanthi Nilayam, the current ashram, was started in 1948.[35] "Prasanthi
Nilayam was inaugurated on the twenty-third of November, 1950, the twenty-fourth
birthday of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. It took about two years to build."[36]
Today, Puttaparthi has undergone enormous change. It has been transformed from a
small village to a world pilgrimage center. Sathya Sai Baba's efforts have
resulted in a deemed university with three campuses and two "super specialty"
hospitals that cater to the needs of the poor free of charge.[37]
Around this time, there were two attempts on Sathya Sai Baba's life. Sathya Sai
Baba talks about it in a 2003 discourse. "Those who were opposed to Subbamma on
caste grounds decided to get rid of Swami (Sathya Sai Baba) by poison. I was
very fond of vadas (Indian delicacy) in those days. So, these people made some
vadas and mixed some virulent poison in some of them... I visited this house and
picked up the specific vadas that had been poisoned and ate them[15]" "without
hesitation. My body at once turned blue."[38]
"Another attempt of this kind was when some of them set fire to my improvised
house. The house had a thatched roof. Some miscreants set fire to the house....
Suddenly, there was a cloudburst which poured down just above the house and put
out the fire. There was however, not a drop of rain anywhere else."[15] "The
roof was fully burnt and only the walls were standing. They peeped over the wall
and found Me sleeping peacefully. I was totally unharmed."[38]
In 1960, Sathya Sai Baba said that he would be in this mortal human form for
another 59 years.[39]
In 1963, Sathya Sai Baba suffered a stroke and four severe heart attacks.[40] On
29 June he suddenly fell unconscious. Upon gaining some coherency, he refused
any proposed medical assistance and over the next five days suffered four severe
heart attacks. At the end of the five days, his left side was paralyzed, and the
sight of his left eye and his speech were also badly affected.[40] He indicated
that he had taken on the illness of a devotee who was to have suffered a stroke
and the accompanying heart attacks and that the disease for the devotee would
have been dire. Two days later, his left side was still paralyzed and his speech
was a feeble, scarcely intelligible mumble.[40] Guru Poornima celebrations had
started and assisted by several disciples, he practically had to be carried to
the dais. After a few minutes, he gestured for some water. He drank some (with
assistance) and then sprinkled a few drops onto his paralyzed left hand and leg.
With both hands he began to stroke his left leg.[41] "In a second Swamiji's leg,
eye, and all his left side became normal,"[40] and for the next hour he
delivered a discourse for Guru Poornima. It was during this discourse that he
brought to light his future incarnation as Prema Sai Baba.[41] That night he ate
his normal meal, and the following days saw him back in his usual vigorous,
hearty health.[40]
During the Guru Poornima discourse, Sathya Sai Baba made statements declaring
himself a reincarnation of Shiva and Shakti.[42] He also claimed that Sai Baba
of Shirdi was an incarnation of Shiva and that his future reincarnation, Prema
Sai Baba, would be a reincarnation of Shakti. He publicly repeated the claim
that he is the second of three incarnations in 1976.[43] Baba's biography states
that Prema Sai Baba will be born in Mysore State.[44]. He said, "I have been
keeping back from you all these years one secret about Me; the time has come
when I can reveal it to you. This is a sacred day. I am Siva-Sakthi," He
declared, "born in the gothra of Bharadwaja, according to a boon won by that
sage from Siva and Sakthi. Siva was born in the gothra of that sage as Sai Baba
of Shirdi; Siva and Sakthi have incarnated as Myself in his gothra now; Sakthi
alone will incarnate as the third Sai (Prema Sai Baba) in the same gothra in
Mysore State."
Sathya Sai Baba has made the claim that the three Sai Baba's have come and will
come invested with the totality of cosmic power to save dharma (righteousness)
from anti-dharma. In a 1976 interview with Blitz Magazine, Sathya Sai Baba was
asked by Sri R.K. Karanjia (Senior Editor of Blitz Magazine), why he had
incarnated. Sathya Sai Baba responded, "Because that is the only way to
incarnate the God within man.; Therefore, in My present Avathar, I have come
armed with the fullness of the power of formless God to correct mankind, raise
human consciousness and put people back on the right path of truth,
righteousness, peace and love to divinity."[45].
On 12 May 1968, Sathya Sai Baba established the Dharmakshetra mandir (temple) in
Mumbai.[46][47] It is also referred to as the "Sathyam" mandir. It was the first
of three spiritual centers established by Sathya Sai Baba in India. Five years
later, in 1973, a second center, Shivam, was inaugurated in Hyderabad. A third
spiritual center, "Sundaram" was enshrined in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on 19 January
1981.[48]
On 29 June 1968, Sathya Sai Baba made his first, and only, trip
overseas.[40][49] Having his passport prepared six weeks earlier,[50] Sathya Sai
Baba "emplaned the Boeing leaving for East Africa from Bombay."[49]
Landing in Kenya, the party proceeded by car to Kampala, the capital city of
neighbouring Uganda. Though passing the Rift Valley and the soda lake of Nakuru,
Narayana Kasturi writes, "Baba told us, "I have no need to see places. I am
everywhere, always! You may drive around. I have my work, work for which I have
come.""[49] "During His stay He addressed gatherings of lions and rotarians,
doctors, businessmen, members and workers of service organizations,"[49] as well
as governemnt ministers and officials.[49] During a discourse in Nairobi (Kenya,
East Africa) Sathya Sai Baba stated, "I have come to light the lamp of Love in
your hearts, to see that it shines day by day with added luster. I have not come
on behalf of any exclusive religion. I have not come on a mission of publicity
for a sect or creed or cause, nor have I come to collect followers for a
doctrine. I have no plan to attract disciples or devotees into my fold or any
fold. I have come to tell you of this unitary faith, this spiritual principle,
this path of Love, this virtue of Love, this duty of Love, this obligation of
Love."[51]
On July 14th, 1968, Sathya Sai Baba departed Kampala via East African Airways
for Nairobi. After a small delay, he then returned to Bombay (Mumbai),
India.[49]
On August 20th, 1988, Sathya Sai Baba slipped in his bathroom. Of the incident,
he says,"On Saturday morning I slipped on a piece of soap in the bathroom and
fell on my back. The injury I sustained was a natural consequence of the
fall..."[52] X-rays showed he had fractured his hip bone. Six days later he gave
a discourse and addressed the subject.[52]
On 4 June 2003,[53] Sathya Sai Baba suffered another fall and broke his hip and
femur. In a discourse a month later, he says "You are all aware of the fact that
Swami fractured His hip, and it was in three pieces. The ball in the hip was in
two pieces. The pain was so excruciating that it cannot be described in words.
It was impossible to move this way or that way. It pierced the body as if it
were an electric shock. But I was unaffected by it... I was all smiles when I
was being taken to hospital."[54] "He was given anesthetic during the operation
but it didn’t put Him to sleep; and He was talking to the surgeon all the way
through"[55] After the surgery, he was able to walk within a span of three
days.[54]
In 2006, a third accident occurred. Sathya Sai Baba relates, "Once it so
happened that a student was trying to tie buntings on a door while standing on
an iron stool. As he saw Me coming, he felt nervous and fell from the stool.
Both the stool and the boy fell on Me and My hip bone was fractured."[56][57] He
gives darshan now from a car or his Porte Chair.[58]
Since 2005, Sathya Sai Baba has used a wheelchair, and his failing health has
forced him to make fewer public appearances.[59]
Before 2000, virtually all existing accounts of Sathya Sai Baba's life had been
based on the writings of the late secretary of Sai Baba, professor Narayana
Kasturi.[60] Kasturi wrote a biography, which Babb described as "hagiographic",
depicting the life of Sathya Sai Baba not as a development of the person but as
revelations about himself.[61][62] Arnold Schulman tried to verify some stories
from Kasturi's writings. He came to the conclusion that "for any episode of
Baba's childhood, there are countless contrasting versions and, at this point,
the author discovered that it was no longer possible to separate the facts from
the legend.”[32]
In 2000, after years of work by a team of researchers, the first volume of a
proposed biographical series of at least 6 volumes on Sathya Sai Baba was
published in Bangalore by the well known publisher of books about Sathya Sai,
Sai Towers: Love is My Form, Volume 1. The Advent. 1926-1950.[63]
This 600-page volume dealt in great detail with the early years 1926-1950 and,
although it relied heavily on Volume 1 of Kasturi's biography, it also added
more detail based partly on books by early devotees who had met Sathya Sai Baba
from 1944 onward and partly on a series of tape-recorded interviews carried out
in the 1990s with some of Sathya Narayana's surviving teachers and with some of
his early devotees.
LIMF also offers a large number of valuable early photographs, mainly from 1944
to 1950. In addition, Love is My Form, Volume 1 reveals a few discrepancies in
the official biography, especially with reference to Sathya Narayana's school
years [64] Important details about local knowledge of the Maharashtran saint
Shirdi Sai Baba (d. 1918) in the 1930s are also discussed.[65] The publication
of Volumes 2-6 of this biographical series was discontinued without explanation
but the original publishing plans and details of the proposed scope of the
volumes may still be verified here.[3]
After all biographical information has been presented, Sathya Sai Baba himself
says, "I am beyond the reach of the most intensive enquiry and the most
meticulous measurement. Only those who have recognized my love and experienced
that love can assert that they have glimpsed my reality. Do not attempt to know
me through the external eyes."[66]
Beliefs and practices of devotees
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For more details on this topic, see Bibliography of Sathya Sai Baba.
Sathya Sai Baba gives discourses on religious topics to devotees in his native
language Telugu.[61] Twice daily, devotees engage in worship of Sathya Sai Baba
by conducting rituals such as aarti and singing devotional songs in front of his
picture.[61] Sathya Sai Baba has said that his followers do not need to give up
their original religion,[67] saying "My objective is the establishment of
sanathana dharma, which believes in one God as propitiated by the founders of
all religions. So none has to give up his religion or deity[5]...I have come not
to disturb or destroy any Faith, but to confirm each in his own Faith, so that
the Christian becomes a better Christian, the Muslim a better Muslim and a Hindu
a better Hindu."[68] According to "Ocean of Love", a book published by the Sri
Sathya Sai Central Trust, "there is no new path that He is preaching, no new
order that He has created. There is no new religion that He has come to add or a
particular philosophy that He recommends ... His mission is unique and simple.
His mission is that of love and compassion."[69]
Around the world, Sathya Sai Baba devotees gather daily or weekly on ([[Sunday]s]
and/or Thursday)s for group devotional singing (bhajans),[70] prayer,[71]
spiritual meditation, service to the community (Seva),[72] and to participate in
"Education in Human Values" (SSEHV)[71] (Sai Sunday School). The Australian Sai
organization states, "we come together as spiritual seekers to sing our devotion
to God, singing to many different names and forms that God is worshipped
by."[73] Sathya Sai baba himself says of bhajans, “I do not need songs
glorifying God which like gramophone records, reproduce songs and strings of
Gods names without any feeling or yearning while singing. Hours of shouting do
not count, a moment of concentrated prayer from the heart is enough.”[74][75]
Sathya Sai BabaSeva (selfless service) activities, being "at the heart of Sathya
Sai Baba's teachings,"[71] strives to take an active role to serve the needs of
the community.[76] Center Seva activities and projects include
Arranging food bank drives and donations[77]
Visiting nursing homes[76][78]
Greening (tree planting and park cleanup)[76][79]
Medical camps[80]
Donating blood[76] (giving liquid love[81])
Serving food to the homeless[82]
Collecting old and used spectacle frames for distribution to disadvantaged
people in various parts of the world[79]
Other Sai Center activities include study of the teachings of Sathya Sai Baba
and the sacred literature of all religions,[72] Sai Spiritual Education
(SSE),[83] dynamic value parenting programs,[72] and study circles (taking a
point and each person discussing what it means to them).[84]
Through center activities, the hope is to achieve the practical spirituality of
incorporating the universal human values in all aspects of life and during every
conscious moment.[71]
Sathya Sai Baba advocates reverence, adoration and gratitude to the Mother, (and
parents) as being God, and the first (and foremost) teacher and
guru.[85][86][87] Sai Baba oftens cites well known figures (Abraham Lincoln[88],
Gandhi[89], Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar[85]) who have attained their good
character, humility and morality due to listening to the advice of their mother.
Sai Baba has said, "There is nothing greater than mother’s love. Mother’s words
are always sweet."[87]
According to the Sathya Sai organization, Sathyanarayana Raju has written
several articles on religious topics, later collected by the trust in the form
of books, titled "Vahinis" (vehicles)[90]. There are fifteen vahinis, comprising
sixteen books (the Ramakatha Rasavahini having two parts).[90][91][92]
As a form of devotion, some devotees write books about Sathya Sai
Baba.[93][94][95][96] One such devotee was Narayana Kasturi, who wrote and
edited Sanathana Sarathi[90] the monthly magazine of the Sathya Sai
Organization.[97] "Mrs. Geeta Ram, who watched and played with Professor Kasturi
as a tiny girl in those days, recalls, "The whole process of type-setting would
be repeated so many times. After the sheets were printed, the ink would still be
wet. They would then have to be spread all over the floor to dry, so the ink
would not smear. Later, the pages were carefully collated, stapled together,
packed and addressed in preparation for mailing – all done by hand. Although
there were a few volunteers to help him, I remember Professor Kasturi doing all
these jobs, month in and month out, for so many years. This was truly his labor
of love for Swami (Sathya Sai Baba).""[93]
The author of "Love is my Form, Volume 1. The Advent", R. Padmanaban, spent
seven years researching, writing and collecting photographs for his book.[98]
Published in late 2000, Padmanaban states, "this unique enterprise became my
penance, my darshan, my meditation and prayer for seven years."[99]
Sathya Sai Baba recommends meditation (dhyan) for acquiring one-pointed
attention on the Lord.[100][101] Having written a vahini on the subject of
meditation (dhyan),[102] Baba suggests four techniques: repetition of one’s own
favourite 'name of God'[103](Rama, Sai, Allah, Aum etc...),[100][104][105]
visualizing the form of God (ie. Guru, Buddha, Jesus, Sai Baba, etc...),[100]
sitting in silence,[106] and jyoti (Flame/Light meditation).[100]
The Sai organization promotes and advocates five human values: Sathya (truth),
Dharma (Sanskrit word translated as "right conduct"), Ahimsa (non-violence),
Prema (love for God and all his creatures)[107] and Shanti (peace).
Other teachings are:
Non-dualism or Adwaitam which implies Oneness of existence.[108]
"Love all, Serve all", Love for all creatures and objects.[100]
Putting a ceiling on one's desires.[100][109]
"Help ever, Hurt never"
Celibacy after the age of fifty.[100]
Vegetarianism[107], moderate and sattvik (pure with regard to ingredients,
utensils, manner of preparation, and mental attitude) diet.[100]
Abstinence from drinking alcohol,[100] smoking cigarettes,[100] and drug
use.[110]
Importance of bhakti (devotion) to Sathya Sai Baba.[100]
Developing "prashanti" (translates to "Highest Peace") and eschewing vices of
character.[100]
Japa (ritual chanting of Baba's name), thinking of God always,[111] and other
sadhana (spiritual exercise) to foster devotion.
Highly committed devotees use the phrase "Sai Ram" as a salutation.[100]
Conducting pooja or aarti (a form of ritual worship) twice daily in front of
Baba photos.[citation needed]
"Yagnas" (or ritual worship, involving ritual offerings of fruits, vegetables
and ghee to a pyre) are frequently conducted at the ashram.[112]
Ashrams and mandirs
Puttaparthi, where Sathya Sai Baba was born and still lives, was originally a
small remote South Indian village. Now one can find an extensive University
complex, Chaitanya Jyoti (a World-Religions Museum that has won several
international awards for design[113]), a spiritual museum, a Planetarium, a
railway station, a hill-view stadium, an administrative building, an airport, an
indoor sports stadium and more.[114] High ranking Indian politicians, like the
former President Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee have been official guests at the ashram in Puttaparthi.[115][116] On
Sathya Sai Baba's 80th birthday celebration, it was reported that well over a
million people attended, including 13,000 delegates from India and 180 other
countries.[117]
Sathya Sai Baba resides much of the time in his main ashram called Prashanthi
Nilayam (Abode of Highest Peace) at Puttaparthi. In the hot summer, Baba leaves
for his other ashram called Brindavan in Kadugodi, Whitefield, a town on the
outskirts of Bangalore. Occasionally, he visits his Sai Shruti ashram in
Kodaikanal.[118]
Sathya Sai Baba established three primary mandirs (Spiritual centers) in India.
The first mandir, founded in Mumbai in 1968, is referred to as either "Dharmakshetra"
or "Sathyam". The second center, established in Hyderabad in 1973, is referred
to as "Shivam". The third center, inaugurated on 19 January 1981, in Chennai, is
referred to as "Sundaram".[119].
The daily program at Sathya Sai Baba's ashrams usually begin with the chanting
of "OM" and a morning prayer (Suprabatham). This is followed by Veda Parayan
(chanting of the Vedas), nagarasankirtana (morning devotional songs) and twice a
day bhajans and darshan(appearance of Sai Baba to devotees)[120]. Particularly
significant are the darshans during October (the Dasara holidays and November
(the month of Sai Baba's birth).[120] During darshan Sathya Sai Baba walks among
his devotees and may interact with people, accept letters, materialize and
distribute vibhuti (sacred ash) or call groups or individuals for interviews.
Interviews are chosen solely by the guru's discretion. Devotees consider it a
great privilege to get an interview and sometimes a single person, group or
family will be invited for a private interview. It is claimed by the Sathya Sai
Organization that, people who receive such interviews may be startled by the
materializations and the disclosures that Sathya Sai Baba as a clairvoyant
reveals of their own lives.[121] Sathya Sai Baba claims that his darshan has
spiritual benefits.
Institutions, organizations, projects
Sathya Sai Baba Institute of Higher Medicine, (Super Specialty Hospital) Sathya
Sai Baba supports free schools and other charitable works in 166 countries.[122]
The Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning in Prashanthi Nilayam is the
only college in India to have received an "A++" rating by the National
Assessment and Accreditation Council (an autonomous body established by the
University Grants Commission).[123][124] His charity supports the Institute of
Music and the Institute of Higher Learning in Anantapur, which is a women's
college.[125]
The Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences in Puttaparthi is a 220
bed facility that provides free surgical and medical care and was inaugurated by
the then Prime Minister Narasimha Rao on 22 November 1991.[126] The Sri Sathya
Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences in Bangalore is a 333 bed hospital
meant to benefit the poor.[127] The hospital was inaugurated on 19 January 2001
by the then Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.[128][129] The hospital has
provided free medical care to over 250,000 patients.[130]
The Sri Sathya Sai General Hospital was opened in Whitefield, Bangalore, in 1977
and provides complex surgeries, food and medicines free of cost. The hospital
has treated over 2 million patients.[131]
The Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust runs several general hospitals, two specialty
hospitals, eye hospitals and mobile dispensaries and conducts medical camps in
rural and slum areas in India.[122] The Trust has also funded several major
drinking water projects. One project completed in 1996 supplies water to 1.2
million people in about 750 villages in the drought-prone Anantapur district in
Andhra Pradesh.[132][133] The second drinking water project, completed in 2004,
supplies water to Chennai through a rebuilt waterway named "Sathya Sai Ganga
Canal".[134][135] Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi praised the Chennai
water project and Sai Baba's involvement.[136][137] Other completed water
projects include the Medak District Project benefiting 450,000 people in 179
villages and the Mahbubnagar District Project benefitting 350,000 people in 141
villages.[133] In January 2007, the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust said it would
start a drinking water project in Latur, Maharashtra.[133]
Sathya Sai Baba's Educare program seeks to found schools throughout the world
with the goal of educating children in the five human values. According to the
Sai Educare site, schools have been founded in 33 countries, including
Australia, Mexico, UK and Peru.[138][139] The Times of Zambia states, "The
positive influence of Sathya Sai is unprecedented in the annals of education in
Zambia. Sai Baba’s education ideals as embodied in his human values-based
approach in education are an eye opener to educationists in Zambia."[140]
In Canada, the Fraser Institute, an independent Canadian research and
educational organization, ranked the Sathya Sai School of Canada as one of the
top 37 elementary schools in Ontario.[141] The Sathya Sai School scored a
perfect 10 out of 10 in the Institute's overall rating for academic
performance.[141][142][143]
On 23 November 1999, the Department of Posts, Government of India, released a
postage stamp and a postal cover in recognition of the service rendered by
Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba in addressing the problem of providing safe
drinking water to the rural masses.[144]
On 23 November 2001, the digital radio network "Radio Sai Global Harmony" was
launched through the World Space Organization, USA. Dr. Michael Oleinikof Nobel
(distant relative to Alfred Nobel and one of the patrons for the radio network)
said that the radio network would spread Sathya Sai Baba's message of global
harmony and peace.[145]
The Sathya Sai School of Canada began the Walk for Values in 2003.[146][147] The
Walk for Values is an annual walk to raise awareness for the five human values,
No money is solicited,[149] "instead, people are asked to pledge to try to live
up to one or more of the human values in their lives."[150] Some have said, "It
is a human movement forward, a call to attention, a walk to adopt a value for
life,"[151] in the hope one "will make the world richer by giving (one's)
commitment to practice values, and character-building."[152] "The Walk for
Values has spread around the world after starting in Toronto" in 2003.[147] The
2009 Walk for Values took place in various Canadian cities (Toronto, Vancouver,
Calgary[153]), New Zealand[150], Malaysia[150], Australia (Sydney, Adelaide,
Perth[152]) and the United States (New York City, Seattle, Dallas[154]).
Since its inception, other organizations (St. Vincent de Paul,[155] Sant
Nirankari Mission[156] etc...) have begun to participate in the event. "A number
of businesses have joined as community partners and pledged to practice values
and bring ethics in business."[157] Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
commended all those who walked "for their commitment to making a difference in
the world."[158] New York City mayor Michael R. Bloomberg commended the efforts
of the Sathya Sai Organization for "their dedication to building a better
world."[159] "What began in 2003 as a little walk with barely 3000
participants,"[160] has become an international event.[150]
In January 2007, an event was held in Chennai Nehru stadium organised by the
Chennai Citizens Conclave to thank Sathya Sai Baba for the 200 crore water
project which brought water from the River Krishna in Andhra Pradesh to Chennai
city. Four chief ministers attended the function.[161][162]
Sathya Sai Baba responded to the allegations against him in a public discourse
on 25 December 2000. He states that "Some people out of their mean-mindedness
are trying to tarnish the image of Sai Baba. I am not after name and fame. So, I
do not lose anything by their false allegations. My glory will go on increasing
day by day. It will never diminish even a bit if they were to publicise their
false allegations in the whole world in bold letters. Some devotees seem to be
perturbed over these false statements. They are not true devotees at all. Having
known the mighty power of Sai, why should they be afraid of the ‘cawing of
crows’? One should not get carried away by all that is written on walls, said in
political meetings or the vulgar tales carried by the print media." [209]
Claims of materialization and other miracles
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Sai Baba performs Vibhuti Abhishekam to the idol of Shirdi Sai BabaIn some
books, magazines, filmed interviews and articles, Sathya Sai Baba's followers
report miracles of various kinds that they attribute to him.[100] Claims have
been made by devotees that objects have appeared spontaneously in connection
with pictures and altars of Sathya Sai Baba.[163][164] Sathya Sai Baba's
devotees believe that he relieves his devotees by transferring their pain to
himself.[165] Daily, he is observed to allegedly manifest vibuthi (holy ash),
and sometimes food and small objects such as rings, necklaces and watches.[166]
In devotees' houses in various parts of the world, there are claims from
observers and devotees that vibuthi, kumkum, turmeric powder, holy water, Siva
lingams, statues of deities (brass and gold), Sugar Candy, fruits, herbs, amrita
(a fragrant, nectar-like honey), gems, colored string, writings in ash and
various other substances spontaneously manifest and materialize on the walls,
furniture, pictures and altars of Sathya Sai Baba.[163][164][167][168][169][170]
The retired Icelandic psychology professor Erlendur Haraldsson wrote that he did
not get Sathya Sai Baba's permission to study him under controlled
circumstances. Nevertheless, he wrote, he investigated and documented the guru's
alleged miracles and manifestations through first-hand interviews with devotees
and ex-devotees.[171] Haraldsson's research yielded many extraordinary
testimonies of reported miracles. Some of the reported miracles attributed to
Sathya Sai Baba included levitation (both indoors and outdoors), bilocation,
physical disappearances, changing granite into sugar candy, changing water into
another drink, changing water into gasoline, producing objects on demand,
changing the color of his gown into a different color while wearing it,
multiplying food, healings, visions, dreams, making different fruits appear on
any tree hanging from actual stems, controlling the weather, physically
transforming into various deities and physically emitting brilliant light.[172]
These devotees and ex-devotees also claimed that they witnessed Sathya Sai Baba
materialize many substances from his hand such as vibuthi, lost objects,
statues, photographs, Indian pastries (both hot and cold), food (hot, cold,
solid and fluid), out of season fruits, new banknotes, pendants, necklaces,
watches and rings.[172] Haraldsson wrote that the largest allegedly materialized
object that he saw was a mangalsutra necklace, 32 inches long, 16 inches long on
each side.[173] Haraldsson wrote that some miracles attributed to Sathya Sai
Baba resemble the ones described in the New Testament, but also with some
differences. According to Haraldsson, although healings certainly figure into
Sai Baba's reputation, his impression is that healings do not play a prominent
role in Sathya Sai Baba's activities as in those of Jesus.[174]
Sathya Sai Baba has explained the phenomenon of manifestation as being an act of
divine creation, but refused to have his materializations investigated under
experimental conditions. In a 1974 discourse, he stated, "The optical sense
cannot visualize the truth. It gives only false and fogged information. For
example, there are many who observe my actions and start declaring that my
nature is such and such."[66] Critics claim that these materializations are done
by sleight of hand and question his claims to perform miracles and other
paranormal feats.
In April 1976, Dr. H. Narasimhaiah, a physicist, rationalist and then vice
chancellor of Bangalore University, founded and chaired a committee "to
rationally and scientifically investigate miracles and other verifiable
superstitions". Haraldsson stated that Narasimhaiah wrote Sathya Sai Baba a
polite letter and two subsequent letters that were widely publicized in which he
publicly challenged Baba to perform his miracles under controlled
conditions.[175] Sathya Sai Baba said that he ignored Narasimhaiah's challenge
because he felt his approach was improper.[45] Sathya Sai Baba further said
about the Narasimhaiah committee, "Science must confine its inquiry only to
things belonging to the human senses, while spiritualism transcends the senses.
If you want to understand the nature of spiritual power you can do so only
through the path of spirituality and not science. What science has been able to
unravel is merely a fraction of the cosmic phenomena [...]" [45] According to
Erlendur Haraldsson, the formal challenge from the committee came to a dead end
because the negative attitude of the committee was obvious and perhaps because
of all the fanfare involved. Narasimhaiah stated that he considered the fact
that Sathya Sai Baba ignored his letters as one among several indications that
his miracles are fraudulent.[176] As a result of this episode, a public debate
raged for several months in Indian newspapers.[177] Narasimhaiah's committee was
dissolved in August 1977.
Sathya Sai Baba says of "miracles", "those who profess to have understood me,
the scholars, the yogis, the pundits, the jnanis, all of them are aware only of
the least important, the casual external manifestation of an infinitesimal part
of that power, namely, the "miracles"! This has been the case in all ages.
People may be very near (physically) to the Avathar, but they live out their
lives unaware of their fortune; they exaggerate the role of miracles, which are
as trivial, when compared to my glory and majesty, as a mosquito is in size and
strength to the elephant upon which it squats. Therefore, when you speak about
these 'miracles,' I laugh within myself out of pity that you allow yourself so
easily to lose the precious awareness of my reality."[66]
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The British journalist Mick Brown discussed in his 1998 book that Sathya Sai
Baba's claim of "resurrecting" the American Walter Cowan in 1971 was probably
untrue.[178] His opinion was based on the letters from attending doctors,
provided in the Indian Skeptic magazine (published by Premanand).[178][179] Mick
Brown also related, in the same book, his experiences with manifestations of
vibuthi, from Sathya Sai Baba's pictures in houses in London, which he felt were
not fraudulent or the result of trickery.[163] Brown wrote with regards to
Sathya Sai Baba's claims of omniscience, that "skeptics have produced
documentation clearly showing discrepancies between Baba's reading of historical
events and biblical prophecies and the established accounts."[178]
In 2000 UNESCO withdrew its co-sponsorship of an education conference in
Puttaparthi, explaining that it was deeply concerned about the allegations that
have been leveled at Sathya Sai Baba.[69]. However in 2006 it was reported that
UNESCO withdrew its media advisory on Sai Baba from the archive website. In a
statement sent to the Sathya Sai Organization, UNESCO stated," I do appreciate
this concern and wish to inform you that following your personal intervention,
the media advisory in question was immediately withdrawn from the archives of
the UNESCO’s website for education."[180]. The Guardian and DNA noted that a
travel warning was issued by the US State Department based on
allegations.[181]'[182]. The Daily Telegraph reported concerns over a contingent
of 200 youths travelling to the Baba's ashram in order to gain their Duke of
Edinburgh Awards.[183].However, by 2009, the travel warning, which was issued in
2006, has since been removed from the consular page of India.[184]
The magazine India Today published in December 2000 a cover story about the Baba
and the allegations of fake miracles quoting the magician P. C. Sorcar, Jr. who
considered the Baba a fraud.[185] Basava Premanand, a skeptic and amateur
magician, asserted that he has been investigating Sathya Sai Baba since 1968 and
emphatically believes the "guru" to be a cheater and charlatan. Premanand sued
Sathya Sai Baba in 1986 for violation of the Gold Control Act for Sathya Sai
Baba's purported "materializations" of gold objects. The case was dismissed, but
Premanand appealed on the ground that claimed spiritual power is not a defence
recognised in law.[186] Premanand later said that he could duplicate some of
Sathya Sai Baba's acts using sleight of hand and the production of a lingam from
his mouth.[citation needed]
The Vancouver Sun in 2001 reported that Sathya Sai Baba told his adherents whose
numbers range from 10 million to 50 million, depending on whom you talk to, not
to sign on to the World Wide Web due to the rapid allegations circulating on
various Internet sites and in a few newspapers.[187] Although the article does
not offer any direct quotes as to what Sathya Sai Baba actually said, in a 2000
public discourse Sathya Sai Baba did say, "These teachings (the Vedas) are
highly sacred. Today people are ready to believe all that they see on television
and internet but do not repose their faith in the Vedic declarations. Internet
is like a waste paper basket. Follow the ‘innernet,’ not the internet."[188]
The Salon.com's "Untouchable" article published in 25 July 2001 reported that
after Conny Larsson, a Swedish film star alleged his abuse allegations the Sai
Organization in Sweden along with a Sai-affiliated school was shut down. It also
carried other allegations.[69][189]. The article stated that though rumors of
chicanery and worse swirl around all these ventures, even Sathya Sai Baba's
critics admit that he has eased some of the region's suffering. Illustrated
Weekly of India stated that no one doubted the good work done by the Sai
organization whether Sathya Sai Baba was truly god or not.[69].
Documentaries produced by the BBC and the Danish Broadcasting Corporation,
analyzing videos of the supposed miracles, suggest that they can be explained as
sleight of hand tricks.[189][190] In the 1995 TV documentary Guru Busters[191],
produced by filmmaker Robert Eagle for UK's Channel 4, Sathya Sai Baba was
accused of faking his materializations. A videotape[192] was provided which
suggested that magician's tricks were being utilized. The same videotape was
mentioned in the Deccan Chronicle, on 23 November 1992, on a front page headline
"DD Tape Unveils Baba Magic".[193]
In 2004, the BBC aired the documentary entitled The Secret Swami in the United
Kingdom and also on BBC World in its series 'The World Uncovered' [4]. BBC World
has long been broadcast to most countries of the world. One central theme of the
BBC documentary was based on Alaya Rahm's sexual abuse allegations about Sathya
Sai Baba.[189] The documentary interviewed him together with Mark Roche, who had
devoted 25 years of his life since 1969 to the movement and alleged that Sathya
Sai Baba took oral sex from him.[189] A previous documentary, Seduced By Sai
Baba, was produced by Denmark's national television and radio broadcast company,
Danish Radio (DR), carried interviews of serious sex abuse allegations by three
former male devotees.
Neither Sathya Sai Baba nor any organisation associated with him has been
charged or implicated for sexual abuse, either directly or indirectly, and that
reputable media agencies and independent journalists have not been able to
confirm a single instance of sexual abuse linked to Sathya Sai Baba or his
organisations.[204]. Though former devotees maintain that ‘hundreds’, indeed
‘thousands’ were abused no alleged victim has ever filed a police or court case
against Baba in India for alleged improprieties.[204]
The Pioneer reported that though Alaya Rahm's allegations in the BBC Documentary
gained publicity his claims were not thoroughly investigated until the 2006
lawsuit. Alaya Rahm filed his lawsuit against the 'Sathya Sai Baba Society' in
the Superior Court of California on 6 January 2005. On 7 April Rahm withdrew his
lawsuit. The trial did not find any wrong doings by Sathya Sai Baba.[204]. The
Pioneer also noted that no offers of monetary settlement were paid to Alay Rahm.[204]
In October 2007, an official of the Sai Trust announced that Sathya Sai Baba
would make a 'moon appearance' and asked devotees to proceed towards the (Puttaparthi)
airport.[194] The IANS reports "the 'miracle' did not happen"[194] and his
devotees "waited for an hour before dispersing."[194] No explanation was offered
by the Sai Trust on "why the 'miracle' failed to materialise."[194] Rationalists
claimed this was an attempt by the Sai Trust to boost the Baba's waning
popularity, while others felt the clouds played spoilsport in hiding the moon
(it was overcast in Puttaparthi).[194] Across the globe, however, many reported
seeing a 'moon apppearance' by Sai Baba.[195]
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In January 2007, Sathya Sai Baba made an 11 day trip to Chennai.[196] During the
trip he attended the 'Chennai Citizens Conclave' held on 21 January in the Nehru
Indoor Stadium where politicians gathered to discuss water projects.[196] Sathya
Sai Baba having initiated and completed several water projects
himself.[197][198] This was the forum in which the "political row" originated.
Later that month, Sathya Sai Baba found himself embroiled in a political row
after his remarks opposing the proposed partition of Andhra Pradesh as a "great
sin", claiming that there was no demand from the people to bifurcate the state
into Telangana and Andhra states.[199] The comments caused an outcry among pro-Telangana
activists who angrily voiced their protests in street marches and attacks on the
Sivam building, Sathya Sai Baba's temple in Hyderabad, which was staffed by a
few followers. Shouting anti-Sathya Sai Baba slogans, the protestors pulled down
a large picture of Sathya Sai Baba and trampled on it before taking it outside
and setting it on fire. An effigy of Sathya Sai Baba was also reported to have
been burnt, and twenty protestors were arrested following several police
complaints.
A number of political figures criticised Sathya Sai Baba including K.
Chandrasekhar Rao, leader of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi and former Union
Minister, who suggested that Sathya Sai Baba should restrict himself to
religious functions and not involve himself in politics. Sathya Sai Baba's
followers responded by calling a 'bandh' in which shops and business
establishments were shut down to protest against the remarks of the Telangana
leaders, and effigies of the critics were set alight.[200] K. Kesava Rao,
President of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee, maintained that Sathya Sai
Baba's comments had been "misinterpreted" and that the remark was not political.
Digvijay Singh, Congress secretary-general, disagreed with suggestions that
Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy could have instigated Sathya Sai Baba to
make his statement, and confirmed that his party approved plans for the creation
of a separate Telangana state. "With due respect to Sai Baba we can say that the
work for setting up the second state reorganisation commission will go on," he
said.[201]
In February 2007, Radio Sai published an article concerning the subject. Sathya
Sai Baba, "after stressing the need to rise above petty differences and seek
unity, made a passing reference to the division of States that came about after
Independence and the continuing passion to carve out more and more States for
seemingly ethnic reasons but in reality more for grabbing political power. (Sai
Baba) stressed that it is in unity we can find progress, peace and
prosperity."[202]
In relation to the situation that had developed, the article says, "They took
Swami's (Sai Baba's) remarks [as reported in the Andhra Press] to state that Sai
Baba was opposing the formation of a separate Telangana State , thereby denying
the legitimate aspirations of the people of these regions for self-expression.
Based on this imagined and contrived interpretation, they started agitating and
that promptly became front-page news in Andhra. There were protests and counter
protests by people who argued that Swami was being unnecessarily dragged into a
manufactured controversy, etc."[202] The article includes a quoted portion of a
newspaper report that appeared in the Madras edition of The Hindu.[202]
""HYDERABAD : Noted social activist and president of All- India Arya Samaj,
Swami Agnivesh has criticised spiritual leader Sri Sathya Sai Baba for his
recent remarks favouring an integrated State.""[202]
In 2008, during Shivaratri celebrations, Sathya Sai Baba directly spoke on
India's unity. "Today Andra will be broken for Telangana; tomorrow there will be
a demand and break up for Rayalseema too. These things should not happen.
Similarly Uttara Kannada and Dakshina Kannada - such divisions are bad. There is
only one country - India."[203]
Responses to criticism
Neither Sathya Sai Baba nor any organisation associated with him has been
charged or implicated for sexual abuse, either directly or indirectly, and that
reputable media agencies and independent journalists have not been able to
confirm a single instance of sexual abuse linked to Sathya Sai Baba or his
organisations.[204]. Though former devotees maintain that ‘hundreds’, indeed
‘thousands’ were abused no alleged victim has ever filed a police or court case
against Baba in India for alleged improprieties.[204]
The Pioneer reported that though Alaya Rahm's allegations in the BBC Documentary
gained publicity his claims were not thoroughly investigated until the 2006
lawsuit. Alaya Rahm filed his lawsuit against the 'Sathya Sai Baba Society' in
the Superior Court of California on 6 January 2005. On 7 April Rahm withdrew his
lawsuit. The trial did not find any wrong doings by Sathya Sai Baba.[204]. The
Pioneer also noted that no offers of monetary settlement were paid to Alay Rahm.[204]
During an interview with Asian Voice magazine Ashok Bhagani, a trustee of the
Sai Organization in the UK, said that the allegations in the Secret Swami BBC
documentary were baseless. Bhagani said that devotees never meet Baba
alone.[205] A spokesman for the BBC told Asian Voice that the documentary had
gone to great lengths to be balanced and fair, but that as the research
developed it became clear that the story was one of a crisis and 'ultimately a
betrayal of faith. Asian Voice stated that one devotee, Gitaben Shah said that
the Sathya Sai Baba motto is particularly evident in the charitable works that
he has orchestrated of building several schools and the Super Speciality
hospitals in Puttaparthi and Bangalore, and the large water project he initiated
in Bangalore in the 1990s.[205]
Devotee Bill Aitken (traveller) was quoted by The Week as saying that Sathya Sai
Baba's reputation has not been harmed by the negative stories published about
the guru. He opined that the more detractors rail against Sathya Sai Baba, the
more new devotees went to see him.[206]
In the Divine Downfall published in the Daily Telegraph Professor AnilKumar, the
ex-Principal of the Sathya Sai educational Institute said that he believed that
the controversy is part of Baba's divine plan and that every great religious
teacher had to face criticism in his/her lifetime. AnilKumar also said that
allegations have been leveled at Sathya Sai Baba since childhood, but with every
criticism he becomes more and more triumphant.[183]
In an official letter released to the general public in December 2001, A.B.
Vajpayee (then Prime Minister of India), P.N. Bhagawati (Former Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of India), Ranganath Misra (Chair Person, National Human
Rights Commissioner of India and Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
India), Najma Heptulla (President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union; UNDP
Distinguished Human Development Ambassador) and Shivraj Patel (Member of
Parliament, India; Formerly of the Lok Sabha & Union Minister) all signed a
letter which stated as follows "We are deeply pained and anguished by the wild,
reckless and concocted allegations made by certain vested interests and people
against Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. We would normally expect that responsible
media would ascertain the true facts before printing such calumny - especially
when the person is revered globally as an embodiment of love and selfless
service to humanity. Since this professional ethic has not been observed by a
section of the media, we have elected to go public with this signed
statement."[207]
The Times Of India article, dated 26 December 2000, said that Sathya Sai Baba
"lashed" out at his detractors referring to the criticism printed in a magazine,
the newspaper quoted him saying as follows “Jesus Christ underwent many
hardships and was put to the cross because of jealousy. Many around him could
not bear the good work he did and the large number of followers he gathered. One
of his disciples, Judas betrayed him”. Further it says Baba said “Today there
are thousands just as that Judas was tempted to betray Jesus, the Judases of
today too are bought out to lie. Jealousy was the motive behind the allegations
levelled at him”.[208]
Sathya Sai Baba responded to the allegations against him in a public discourse
on 25 December 2000. He states that "Some people out of their mean-mindedness
are trying to tarnish the image of Sai Baba. I am not after name and fame. So, I
do not lose anything by their false allegations. My glory will go on increasing
day by day. It will never diminish even a bit if they were to publicise their
false allegations in the whole world in bold letters. Some devotees seem to be
perturbed over these false statements. They are not true devotees at all. Having
known the mighty power of Sai, why should they be afraid of the ‘cawing of
crows’? One should not get carried away by all that is written on walls, said in
political meetings or the vulgar tales carried by the print media." [209]
^
abEdwards, Linda (2001). A
Brief Guide to Beliefs: Ideas, Theologies, Mysteries,
and Movements. Westminster John Knox Press. pp. 137.
ISBN 0664222595.
^Lewis, James R. (Editor)
(2002). The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New
Religions:Second Edition.
Prometheus Books. ISBN 1-57392-88-7.
^Lochtefeld, James G. (2002).
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism (Vol. 2 N-Z).
New York: Rosen.
ISBN 0-8239-2287-1.
Hindu religious figure of the type known as
avatar, godman (pg 583)
^
Nagel, Alexandra (note: Nagel is a critical former
follower) "Een mysterieuze ontmoeting... :Sai Baba en
mentalist Wolf Messing" published in Tijdschrift voor
Parapsychologie 368, vol. 72 nr 4, December 2005,
pp. 14-17
(Dutch)
*Lochtefeld, James G.
(2002). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism
(Vol. 1).
Rosen.
ISBN 0-8239-3179-X.
Entry: "Godman"
*Hummel,
Reinhart; Linda W. Duddy (translator) (1984). "Guru,
Miracle Worker, Religious Founder: Sathya Sai Baba".
Dialog Center.
http://www.dci.dk/?artikel=572.
Retrieved 2007-12-18.:
"People's motives for that journey are often serious or
incurable diseases, for Sai Baba has an unrivaled
reputation as a miracle worker."
^
Haraldsson, Erlendur, Miracles are my visiting cards -
An investigative inquiry on Sathya Sai Baba, (1997
revised and updated edition published by Sai Towers,
Prasanthi Nilayam, India)
ISBN 81-86822-32-1 page 55: "They carried the family
name of Ratnakara and belonged to the Raju caste [..]"
^
For a different view, see Birgitte Rodriguez,
Glimpses of the Divine. Working with the Teachings of
[Sathya] Sai Baba, York Beach, Samuel Weiser. 1993.
ISBN 0-87728-766-X, pp. xxii-xxiii.
^
abBowen, David (1988). The
Sathya Sai Baba Community in Bradford: Its origins and
development, religious beliefs and practices. Leeds:
University Press.
ISBN 1871363020.
^Kasturi, Narayana (1973).
Sathyam Sivam Sundaram - Part II: The Life of Bhagavan
Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Sri Sathya Sai Books &
Publications Trust. pp. 88–89.
ISBN 81-7208-127-8.
^
Sai Baba turns 82, is still going strong, IBN Live.
"However, he has been confined to a wheelchair for over
two years now and his failing health has forced him to
make fewer public appearances."
^
abcBabb, Lawrence A. (2000)
[1986]. Redemptive Encounters: Three Modern Styles in
the Hindu Tradition.
Prospect Heights,
Illinois: Waveland Press Inc.. pp. 198–199.
LCCN
85-28897.
ISBN 1577661532.
OCLC
45491795.
"Sathya Sai Baba is, among other things, considered a
teacher by devotees. The devotees' focus is on worship,
in singing devotional songs in praise of Sathya and
conducting rites invoking and praising Sai Baba - which
involve arti - which is performed by devotees in front
of his picture, twice daily. He frequently gives
"discourses", now compiled in several volumes. He
usually speaks in Telugu and before a Hindi-speaking
audience an interpreter is required. One of his most
characteristic rhetorical devices is the ad hoc
etymology. For example, he has stated that Hindu means
'one who is nonviolent' by the combination of hinsa
(violence) and dur (distant)."
^
Babb, Lawrence A. “Sathya Sai Baba’s Saintly Play”, in
Saints and Virtues, John Stratton Hawley (ed.),
Berkeley, CA: California University Press, 1987:168-186
^
Edited by R. Padmanaban, Sathya Sai Baba's former
photographer, and published in October 2000 by Sai
Towers Publishing of Bangalore and Puttaparthi.
ISBN 81-86822-77-1. A website states "Work on each
(new) volume is proceeding rapidly. Tentative Dates of
Release: Vol 2 (1951 - 1960) - 23/11/2002 Vol 3 (1961 -
1970) - 23/11/2003 Vol etc...
^Love is My Form, photostats of school register
pages, with dates, are shown on pages 40-41, 68-69 and
131-132, info on the 4 schools attended on pg 128-129.
^
On pages 71, 114, 117 (2 of Sathya Narayana's uncles are
stated to be devotees), 134 and 312.
^
The Star, "Enlightening experience in India", by
M. Krishnamoorthy
Available online
^
Places to see at Puttaparthi. Referenced from official
Sathya Sai Organization website,
Available online
^
The Hindu, "A 5-point recipe for happiness", by
Our Staff Reporter, 24 November 2006
Available online
^
The Hindu, "Warm welcome to PM at Puttaparthi",
by Our Staff Reporter, 12 February 2004
Available online
^
Deccan Herald: "Sathya Sai's birthday celebrations
on" by Terry Kennedy, 23 November 2005,
Available online
^
The ashrams of Sathya Sai Baba. Referenced from the
official Sathya Sai Organization website,
Available online
^
Sathyam, Shivam and Sundaram Mandirs On Official
radiosai.org website
Available online
^
ab
The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New
Religions:Second Edition, Editor, James R. Lewis, 2002,
ISBN 1-57392-88-7
^
Hummel, ReinhartGuru, Miracle Worker, Religious
Founder: Sathya Sai Baba article in Update IX 3,
Sept. 1985, originally published in German in
Materialdienst der EZW, 47 Jahrgang, 1 February 1984
(retrieved 20 Feb. 2007)
"If the visitor finally managed to meet him, he would be
startled not only with materializations but also with
disclosures of his own life that Sai Baba, as
clairvoyant, reveals"
^
ab
Times Of India, "Sathya Sai Baba Trust to set up
second superspecialty hospital at Bangalore", 29 May
2000
^
The Hindu: City colleges cheer NAAC rating, 8 June 2006,
Available online.
^
Draft Report of the Peer Team on Institutional
Accreditation of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher
Learning (Deemed University) Vidyagiri, Prashanthi
Nilayam – 515 134 (A.P) Visit Dates: 2 December – 4,
2002
Available online: DOC File.
^
Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Anantapur
Campus, from an Official Sathya Sai site,
Available online
^
The Hindu: Healing with Love and Compassion, 23 November
2005,
Available online
^
Deccan Harald: "Where service comes first " by
Aruna Chandaraju, 17 January 2006
Available online
^
The Hindu: Vajpayee hits out at high cost of medicare by
A. Jayaram, 20 January 2001
Available online
^
Times Of India, "Sai hospital to host health meet on
Saturday", 14 January 2002Available
online
^
The Times Of India: Super-Specialty hospital touches 2.5
lakh cases by Manu Rao,
Available online
^"Sai Baba hospital: A refuge to millions", 1 May
2001,
Available online
^
The Week: Showers of Grace by Hiramalini Seshadri, 26
May 2002
Available online.
^
abc
The Hindu: Water projects: CM all praise for Satya Sai
Trust by Our Staff Reporter, 13 February 2004,
Available online
^
The Hindu: Chennai benefits from Sai Baba's initiative
by Our Special Correspondent, 1 December 2004,
Available online
^
The Hindu: Project Water by Hiramalini Seshadri, 25 June
2003,
Available online
^
Chennai Online: MK hails Sai Baba's service to mankind,
21 January 2007,
Available online
^
IBN: Karunanidhi shares dais with Sai Baba, 21 January
2007,
Available online
^
Sai Educare Website, authorized by the Sathya Sai
Organization,
Available online.
^
abc
Brown Mick, The Spiritual Tourist, Ch: "The
Miracle In North London", pp. 29-30, 1998
ISBN 1-58234-034-X 4
^
ab Kent, Alexandra
Divinity and Diversity: a Hindu revitalization movement
in Malaysia, Copenhagen Nias Press, first published
in 2005,
ISBN 8791114403, page 125
^
Nagel, Alexandra (note: Nagel is a critical former
follower) "De Sai Paradox: Tegenstrijdigheden van en
rondom Sathya Sai Baba"/"The Sai Paradox contradictions
of and surrounding Sathya Sai Baba" from the magazine
"Religieuze Bewegingen in Nederland, 'Sekten'
"/"Religious movements in the Netherlands, 'Cults/Sects'
", 1994, nr. 29. published by the
Free University of Amsterdam press, (1994)
ISBN 90-5383-341-2
English "For example, he materializes vibuthi
constantly."
Dutch original "Vibhuti bijv. materialiseert hij aan de
lopende band."
^
Nair, Yogas, "Raisins, ash raise eyebrows", The Post 19
April 2006,
Available online
^
abc
Brown, Mick The Spiritual Tourist 1998 Bloomsbury
publishing
ISBN 1-58234-034-X Chapter In the House of God
pp. 73 - 74
^
Hislop, John S. My Baba and I 1985 published by
Birth Day Publishing Company, San Diego, California
ISBN 0-960-0958-8-8 chapter The Resurrection of
Walter Cowan pages 28-31
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fully testing the techniques and approaches I've learned but can already feel -
and prove!- tremendous changes in my life.
For instance,
since I've been working on "cleaning my base chakra" (The Grounding of Negative
Energies -Satchidanand) everything around me seems to be going through a massive
cleansing process - Only 2 days
after I returned to Canada from India, a chain reaction of events led my to
change my 5 employees, change some of my major accounts and delay a move to the
United States. 10 weeks after the program, things are stabilizing.
Looking back, I think the cleansing process probably saved my business and my
marriage.
Thank you Satchi and Devi.
Pierre Morency
Marketing Physicist
President Morency Marketing Inc."
Hope this testimonial can serve you well.
Pierre.
When I began my journey, many years ago, I had no idea that the
Yoga and the Meditation which I practised, and the help from many
wonderful teachers, would have so many good effects on my life.
I know it from my own experience, but now I have seen scientific
proof that the old educational chestnut, that people can not improve
their intelligence and creativity after the age of 16, is false.
That is why the most prestigious universities and colleges cherry
pick the most intelligent people at that age for their programs,
and then say, "Look what we did!!"
There are now research results from many hundreds of studies which
prove that by accessing a state of consciousness above the sleeping
and awake states, in Meditation, Intelligence and creativity can
be infinitely improved for all of your life too.
So that the jewel within can be uncovered. So that the ordinary
can become extraordinary. So that the extraordinary can become normal.
Here is one of our normal Energy Enhancement testimonials from Leaf,
an American English teacher who came to India 20 years ago and stayed.
He had the karma to be attacked by a madman with a knife about 10
years ago. The knife did little damage but it was the fall from
a height of 8 feet, onto his shoulder, which did the lasting damage.
The doctors said that his left arm was permanently crippled. He
could not lift it up and had to swing it into position for 5 years
when he found his first Reiki Master and after a year of self treatment
was able to lift it up horizontally but no further. A tremendous improvement you will agree.
However, he had to wait another 5 years for his Energy Enhancement
Reiki Initiation with Devi Dhyani before, over the period of one
week of Initiation and healing, he was able to lift his arm vertically above his head.
However, this was not the most exciting thing which happened to
him over these series of Initiations with Devi Dhyani.
Here in his own words....
Empowerment The Reiki Way
People say that I have a habit of being verbose, so I shall make
my testimony in as few words as possible.
In my experience with Reiki attunement with Master Devi Dhyani,
I must say that with her magic touch, I have achieved heights that I had never imagined possible.
Having had previous Reiki training in the healing and Therapists
Degree, I took Initiation for Reiki Three from Devi Dhyani. On the
second day into a review course of my earlier training, Devi's attunement
was so powerful that it gave me the confidence and courage to forsake
a 40 year tobacco habit that had previously been unvanquishable.
She brought about a Spiritual Healing and realisation so simple
that it had always eluded my desires in the past. That is and was
to undergo a rebirth and a reawakening of the spirit by the imperceptible
infiltration of good energy from Devi replacing the bad energy in me.
In all I would assess that the dedicated direction of Reiki Energy
from Devi drove out the Devil's design in me and turned me into
a potential healer of the sick in body and spirit myself, and I
am grateful to her for the new lease on life.
Sri Leyf Thulasinadan
After one month we saw again Thulasinadan and he was still not smoking.
As always during Initiation we use energy, channelled through Energy
Enhancement Techniques, to remove the energy blockages from the student.
Energy with the Energy Enhancement Course, underlying the Physical
and the Emotional, is the simplest way to remove blockages without
going into the pain which caused them. The blockages are simply and easily removed.
Physical disease is cured and emotional pain removed. Strategies
and bad habits no longer exist. Relationships Healed.
When all the energy blockages, the stones in the watercourse, are
removed then there results an enlightenment, something extraordinary,
which results in overflowing energy and pleasure, greater intelligence and creativity.
Which then becomes normal...
And all these hundreds scientific studies in many prestigious institutions
say that this creative improvement is available to anyone, at any age.....NOW!!
Well, its the start of the year and an incredible course of Energy
Enhancement techniques can be learnt easily on...
THE
ENERGY ENHANCEMENT
JANUARY 25th 2010 TOUR
OF INDIA
Locational Advantages:
Only luxurious hotel located in North West Delhi
Hotel Description:
Hotel Central Park provides the guests with a haven of comfort and
hospitality in the heart of Northwest Delhi known as the finest
commercial district in Delhi. City Park offers travelers a new level
of luxury with the distinctive personalized touch and crisp
efficiency. This towering hotel offers a wonderful view of this
elegant part of the city with excellent service providers that are
ready to provide the best of the service round the clock.
Accommodation at Hotel City Park, New Delhi:
Hotel city park offers 60 elegantly appointed rooms & suites that
have been equiped with all types of modern facilities as tos tand
upto the International standards of hotels. Room offers a
spectacular view of lush green gardens. These rooms are considered
to be lavishly appointed and are of comparitively larger size.
Amenities & Services at Hotel City Park, New Delhi:
Conference Halls, Bars, Restaurants, Banquets, Health and Spa Club,
Lotus Temple, Delhi
If you wish to
explore the splendor of medieval Indian architecture,
include Delhi in your itinerary. Chosen as its capital
by successive dynasties, all took great care to build
majestic architectural marvels which stand out in
craftsmanship and grandeur. Even the British left their
imprint in form of magnificent colonial structures. All
this make Delhi, a historic city and one of the most
preferred destinations in India.
Attractions in Delhi include:
Qutab
Minar:
The Qutb Minar,
the tallest tower in India, was built to commemorate the
victory by Qutab-ud-din over the last Hindu kingdom in
the city and symbolize Islamic rule over Delhi. This
238ft (72m) tall monument, inscribed with verses from
the Koran, tapers from a 50ft (15m) diameter at the base
to just 8ft (2.5m) at the top. It comprises five
distinct stories each encircled with a balcony. At the
foot of the minhar, stands Quwwat-ul-Islam, India’s
oldest mosque. This mosque is built from the remains of
27 Hindu and Jain temples that were destroyed by the new
Muslim rulers of India.
Red
Fort:
How they cut the grass at the Red
Fort in Delhi.
The Red Fort
is the signature attraction of Delhi. Built of massive
sandstone walls to keep out invaders they still dominate
the skyline today. The fort houses exquisite buildings,
where Shah Jehan, his courtiers, family and staff of
three thousand stayed. The intricate decoration, lavish
royal layout and ingenious air conditioning system are
sights to marvel at.
Jumma Masjid
Located a few hundred yards west of the Red Fort, the
Jumma Masjid towers over the busy streets of old Delhi.
This grand mosque is India’s largest mosque and can hold
25,000 worshipers at a time. Wide red sandstone steps
lead to entrances on the East, North, and South sides of
the mosque.
Humayun’s Tomb:
This is one
of the most beautiful examples of Mogul architecture in
Delhi. The tomb, set in a Persian garden, is an
octagonal structure capped by a double dome that soars
125ft (38m) into the sky. In the grounds are some other
monuments, including the Tomb of Isa Khan
Rashtrapati Bhavan:
This is the residence of the president of India. The
building unmistakably carries a British influence in its
structuring.
Parliament Building:
Like the Rashtrapati Bhavan this building is a symbol of
British imperial power.
Other Mosques: Delhi has several other mosques
well known for their elegance. These include Begumpuri
Masjid, Gumbad and Masjid, Fatehpuri Sikri Masjid.
Temples:
Lotus Temple
(SEE ABOVE), Kalka Devi Temple, Hanuman Temple, Lakshmi
Narayan Temple are some of the well known worship
shrines in Delhi. These temples are reputed for their
architecture splendor.
Other forts: Purana Qila, Tughlaqabad Fort,
Nai-ka-Kot Ruins are places worth a visit.
Other Colonial Structures: Other colonial
structures which remind of the British rule are India
Gate, Supreme Court, Northern Ridge, St James Church,
George V Memorial etc.
Museums: Dolls Museum, Craft Museum, National
Rail Museum are some of the interesting museums in the
capital.
Other Attractions: Jantar Mantar, Alai Darwaza
and Alai Minar.
When you
visit Delhi you get acquainted with India’s history and
culture.
DANISA DE PAUL ENERGY
ENHANCEMENT COURSE REPORT
Here is the experience of Kundalini Energy which our Energy Enhancement
student, Danisa de Paul, got after a month of Meditation.
We taught the Energy Enhancement techniques to her quickly in Barcelona
and afterwards she joined the Energy Enhancement Online or Home
Study course which is available cheaply on the Energy Enhancement Website.
“I would like to transmit adequately in words the experience I got
with Satchy + Devi, but I know these words do not exist.
There are sensations and feelings there are very difficult to
explain, you can only have the experience.
A few days ago I was practicing Energy Enhancement meditation techniques.
I have learnt Energy Enhancement Stages One to Five of Level one
only, which you can learn on the Energy Enhancement Online Course,
however, suddenly my body started to move in circular movements anticlockwise and clockwise.
I left my body which was moving. Nothing ever happened to me like
that before, but after some time I was afraid, very afraid. An internal
voice talked to me, there is no reason to be afraid.
I did not know what happened to me. I got the feeling I was spinning
or may be about to explode. It was something very strong which after, stopped.
Now my body is doing this movement all the time in meditation but
first anticlockwise and after clockwise.
Today, also after this movement it started to move in a direct line
from right to left and after front and back.
Thank God I got two Masters like them which destiny put in my Path.
When I went to see them in L’Escala, on the Costa Brava above Barcelona,
the city in which I live, I knew that it would be a unique experience
and very special, but in reality I found with something more than that.
I found the direction of my life. The utility of my existence on
this planet, and I found the answer to many questions that many
Human beings ask to themselves daily.
They gave me a good motive to be alive and to help others.
They taught me how to enjoy every second, every detail, of life
that may be in another moment I would think meaningless.
I would like to tell to everybody how much can they enjoy if they
decided to spend some time with them.
The best way to understand the experience is by going. To risk change,
to risk opening another door, to walk through for a different path you could never imagine.
To synthesise what I said, I found happiness thanks to them and
in reality they show you what you need to do, but we need to put
our little bit of effort to work on ourselves. All their teaching is a process over time.
Really there is no money in this world can pay for all that...
Everything depends on us. Do you want to continue attachment to
your fears and pains or do you want to risk being happy…?”
Thank you Danisa, for your report, and for your steady effort of
a little meditation, every day.
Fear is the blockage of the Base chakra which is the source of Kundalini
Energy. Many people have had these experiences with Energy Enhancement
which can be read in the Testimonials portion of the Energy Enhancement Site.
Whenever we have an energy blockage removal in the Base Chakra,
we lose our cosmic fear, which can allow us to take a new step forward in life.
Also, removal of an energy blockage there will give us access to
more life energy which can have amazing positive effects in our life.
Only Energy Enhancement Advanced and effective Meditation Techniques
from over 5000 years of Meditative Technology, can have this Speeding
up of the Meditative process towards more Positive Energy and Enlightenment itself, through...
The Kundalini Kriyas
Taoist Energy Circulation of the Microcosmic AND the Macrocosmic Orbits.
The Grounding of Negative Energies.
Soul Access.
The Secret of the Philosophers Stone.
To give You, MORE!!
More Energy.
More Hope.
More Intelligence
More Emotional Strength
A New You!!!
You will be amazed at the Effect Energy Enhancement
will have!!!
Day
02 :
Delhi
Day 03
: De/Agra
Day 04
: Agra
5 Star Taj View Hotel Agra
Taj Ganj Fatehabad Road Agra Uttar Pradesh 282
001
5Star
Taj View Hotel Agra Description
Featuring gracious interiors
and personalized service, Taj View Hotel welcomes you for an
unforgettable holiday in a quiet location in Agra.
Location
Situated within 3 kilometres from the Taj Mahal, the world-renowned
monument to love, this property is just 10 kilometres from the Agra
Civil Airport. This hotel is just 4 kilometres from the city centre and
7 kilometres from the train station.
Rooms
This property offers 100 stylish and comfortable accommodation units
that are facilitated with an array of modern amenities. All the units
offer an uninterrupted view of the beauty of Taj Mahal.
Restaurant
Guests can dine at the onsite restaurant that explores the nuance of the
finest Indian and international cuisine, serving traditional and
contemporary favourites. After a tiring day, unwind at the cosy bar with
a glass of fine drink.
General
This property comprises 3 well-appointed conference rooms, catering from
10 to 130 delegates. During leisure, you can workout in the
state-of-the-art gymnasium, have a bracing dip in the swimming pool,
indulge in the game of tennis or pamper yourself at the sauna. For a
perfect relaxation the spa offers a massage service, which rejuvenates
both the body and the soul.
GUIDED TOUR TAJ
Day 05 : Agra/Vrindavan
Day 06 : Vrindavan
Day 07 : Vrindavan/Delhi
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From Delhi we will travel to Vrindaban, the birthplace of
Krishna. We will walk through the Ancient town past the River Yamuna, sacred to Krishna
and with a history that stretches back thousands of years.
Group leader
Devi Dhyani and a member of a
Tour Group with a Hare Krishna monk on the Banks of the River Yamuna in Vrindaban
The Banks of the River Yamuna in
Vrindaban
Group member visiting the Hare
Krishna Farm with a monk in Vrindaban.
From Agra we will travel
to Rishikesh,...
...in the foothills of the Himalayas, whose reputation
is that of the town of a thousand ashrams. We will visit the Ashram of Sivananda and
Haridwar...Satchidanand and Devi Dhyani in the photo.-
Accessibility:
Railway Station: 4 km., Bus Station: 3 km
Hotel Description:
Hotel Best Western Radha Ashok Hotel, Mathura has all of the
amenities, facilities and levels of comfort you would expect from a
hotel of this class, and maintains the meticulous standards.
Accommodation at Hotel Best Western Radha Ashok, Mathura:
Hotel Best Western Radha Ashok has 25 well-furnished,
temperature-controlled rooms, which have been laid out by designers
to make you feel at home. Added honours include well-equipped
bathrooms and a worldwide satellite television network. The aim
being that our guest enjoys both the ambience and the stay.
Amenities & Services at Hotel Best Western Radha Ashok, Mathura:
24 Hrs. Room Service, H/C running water, Telephone, T.V., Safe
Deposit, Fitness Facilities, Guest Laundry, Channel Music, Business
Centre, Banquet & Conference Facilities, Swimming Pool, Money
Changer, Safe Deposit, Valet, Travel Desk Service, Car Hiring, Fax,
Courtesy Car.
Day 08 : Delhi
HOTEL CITY PARK
Day 09: Delhi /Haridwar
DELHI -THE SACRED COW
Country Inn
& Suites By Carlson, Haridwar
Comfortable, Charming Hotel in Haridwar, India
Conveniently located on the outskirts of Haridwar,
Country Inn & Suites Haridwar hotel is a place for
leisure, recreation, family and corporate bonding,
and a select venue for conferences. Our hotel will
meet all your needs for comfort, luxury and
adventure, while enthralling your senses. The
Haridwar hotel offers convenient amenities and
quality services with all the charm of a warm
country home at a great value.
Haridwar's leading deluxe hotel offers a
superb range of elegantly appointed rooms
and suites with stunning views of the
Shivalik Ranges and Rajaji National Park.
Each one of spacious hotel rooms in Haridwar
comes with high-speed, wireless Internet,
cable TV, in-room safes, hair dryer and
complimentary newspaper. In addition to our
standard hotel rooms, the Haridwar hotel
offers the Executive Suite with balcony
views over Haridwar, as well as our spacious
Presidential Suite, which comes with cubical
bath and private balcony.
At
the Country Inn & Suites, we strive to
ensure your trip to India is ideal. Our
Haridwar hotel with spa offers the services
you need to feel perfectly at home. Relax
and unwind at our Solitude Spa, which
features a private Jacuzzi and steam room.
At the spa, you can also make a massage
appointment or request a personal training
session in our Fitness Center. Additionally,
our hotel in Haridwar offers 24-hour
reception, concierge and room service for
your convenience.
Located on the outskirts of Haridwar, the
Haridwar hotel is the ideal location for
conferences, meetings and special events.
Our meeting rooms in Haridwar are flexible
in design and able to suit all styles of
events. Personalized service, contemporary
cuisine and state-of-the-art audio/visual
and data communications technology are all
features to be expected from Country Inn &
Suites. Let our friendly and professional
staff help organize your meeting in Haridwar
today!
At
the Country Inn & Suite Haridwar hotel, our
restaurants are committed to providing the
finest and freshest ingredients, combined
with gracious service to make each dining
experience a memorable one. With our very
own multi-cuisine restaurant Mosaic and a
Specialty Roof Top Restaurant, we serve the
best of cuisines around the world. In
addition, be sure to enjoy the complimentary
breakfast served daily. Our Haridwar hotel
free breakfast includes items like toast,
breads, muffins, cereals, sausages, fresh
fruits, regional food items, juices, coffee,
tea and other choices.
Located in the foothills of the Himalayas,
Haridwar represents the point where the
Ganga reaches the plains. Several temples
and ashrams dot this town, and a visit to
Haridwar is like stepping into a totally
different world. The Country Inn & Suites is
located on Haridwar-Rishikesh Highway, just
15-minute drive from the Railway Station and
10-minute drive from the famous Har-Ki-Pauri.
Other Haridwar attractions near our hotel
include Rishikesh, Rajaji National Park and
Chandi Devi.
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As you ride through
the forests on the back of an elephant, you will notice the elephant plucking a
juicy small tree from the earth and eating it whole - bark, trunk and leaves.
There is nothing like riding on the back of an elephant!
Swami Chidananda - Sivananda
Ashram in Rishikesh close to Haridwar.
Tour Group with Swami Premananda
- Sivananda Ashram in Rishikesh
Celebrating Holi -
A Hindu Festival - on the beach of the River Ganges in Rishikesh.
.
At dusk there is a Hindu ceremony on the Banks
of the River Ganges at Haridwar...
...when conches are blown and
vast ceremonial candles are lit.
This is Arati - the Blessings of
light with enormous oil lights on the banks of the Ganges in Hardiwar at dusk
Sometimes thousands of pilgrims attend each
night.
THE GANGES
Thousands gather nightly at
Haridwar.....
We will travel higher into the mountains to visit sacred
caves, places of power.
Devi with a Group of Holi celebrants on the banks of the
River Ganges at Rishikesh.
Above Swami Devi Dhyani and Nischala Devi
Purification in the
Ganges
Day
14: : Delhi departure for Bangalore BY TRAIN
Rajdani Expresson
the Train to Bangalore or in Delhi one night returning to home day15.
Tour 02 :
Day 01 : Bangalore/Puttaparthi
A Tour of Southern India, going to
living Masters and Energy Power places
Energy Enhancement Meditation Course Techniques are and Integral
Part of the Tour
- It is advised that this tour is
preceded by the preparation and acclimatisation of the two weeks in the north. The energy of the Ashrams and Masters we visit can have a strong
effect, our aim is to raise your energy through the methods of the Energy Enhancement
Meditation Course in preparation, to open a crack in your door, so that the energy can
flood in.
Swami Satchidananda...
Swami Satchidananda
...a disciple of Sivananda
of Rishikesh whose main centre is in
Virginia in the USA.
With Swami Satchidananda at Palani
Hill Temple
From there we will visit the great hill
temple of Palani, one of the most magnificent Energy Centers in the whole of South India.
Palani Hill
Temple
Hotel Sai Renaissance
Puttaparthi
Fast Facts :
City
Puttaparthy
State
Andhra Pradesh
Location
By Pass Road,
Puttaparthy 515 134,
Andhra Pradesh, India
Puttaparthi Airport - 6 km;
Puttaparthi Bus Stand - 1 km and
Puttaparthi Railway Station - 42 km
Rooms
31 Rooms
including single room,
double room, deluxe room,
suites and cottages
The Hotel Sai
Renaissance in Puttaparthy is one of the leading luxury hotels
in Puttaparthy. It enjoys a very strategic location sitting on
the By Pass Road of the city. It attracts all the travelers with
business or pleasure motive by its impressive accommodation
facilities and guarantees them a memorable stay in Puttaparthy.
Accommodation :
The Puttaparthy Hotel Sai Renaissance has an array of 31 rooms.
These beautiful rooms are categorized into different categories
such as single room, double room, deluxe room, suites and
cottages. All these guestrooms are the haven of comforts and are
the perfect retreats to retire in. These guestrooms are
furnished with end number of modern amenities some which include
attached baths with supply of running hot & cold water,
television, telephone and various others.
Dining :
The Hotel Sai Renaissance in Puttaparthy is one of those hotels
in Puttaparthy that take pride in their exclusive dining
facilities. Like other hotels in AP, this hotel also features an
extensive menu at its onsite restaurant that has all vegetarian
recipes on offer. Although it serves only vegetarian delights to
the guests but it has a vast variety of cuisines to sweep them
off their feet. It lists very delicious South Indian, North
Indian, Chinese and Continental dishes that truly appease their
hungering palates.
Recreation :
Puttaparthy Hotel Sai Renaissance takes very good care of the
recreational needs of the guests. It has a well equipped
mediation and yoga center that helps guests shun their tiredness
and enjoy their time during vacations in Puttaparthy to full.
Other Facilities :
The Hotel Sai Renaissance in Puttaparthy offers a vast range of
additional facilities too that pamper the extra needs of the
guests. These magnificent facilities comprise of laundry, travel
desk, credit card acceptance and room service.
City Info :
Puttaparthy is a very tiny village located in the Ananthapur
district of Andhra Pradesh. Today this place can see its name in
the world map and the credit for this can truly be given to one
person only namely "Bhagawan Sri Satya Sai Baba". He is
considered to be a living god by millions.
SAI BABA.-
Day 02: Puttaparthi
Day 03 : Puttaparthi
Day 04 : Puttaparthi
Day 05 : Puttaparthi/Thiruvannamali
Sri Sathya Sai Baba
There we will stay in
Puttaparthy, the Spiritual Center
of Sai Baba, and enter into the life of one of the major masters of these times. Psychics
have seen Sai Babas aura spread out for a mile around him. There are many books written
about this mysterious sage. We will have the opportunity of being present at darshan when
Sai Baba appears twice every day to the people there. The ashram practises are there to
raise your energies to meditation and keep them high.
Sathya Sai Baba's Ashram at
Puttaparthy
ENERGY
ENHANCEMENT INDIASRI SATHYA SAI
BABA
Dear All,
Despite Gengis Khan and his Golden Horde, the fall of the Roman
Empire and the Two Towers, and all the wars every year for 5000
years, the Masters of Wisdom still point to a necessary integration
of the Human Being on his passage to Enlightenment.
How can we make the world happy, if we ourselves are not happy?
This is reflected in the wider world as a necessary integration
of all the countries of the world. First as federations like NAFTA
and the EEC but later under one President and one council giving
equal rights, human rights and benefits to all people on the planet under the Law.
This is the program for the next one or two hundred years or more.....
But although we can consciously help the success of this program
towards a more enlightened leadership, we can help more if we first
help ourselves with more training.
Training beyond the school and the PHD is that which is higher than
the intellect. To make you more determined, intuitive and lucky.
More Spiritual, calm, energised and happy, always.
Here in Puttarparthy in Karnataka a Southern State in South India
we have been staying at the Ashram of Sri Sathya Sai Baba for a
few Days on tour with Energy Enhancement. Enlightened beings always
try to act in perfect ways. A perfect act is where no one is harmed
and at least one person benefits.
Therefore they radiate the energy of evolution and change so that
in their presence, slowly, we rise higher. If we can meditate a
little before we arrive at their ashram, The Buddhafield,
then the process of change can go on apace, more faster!!
Seeing the spiritual auras of the Masters emanate from them as
they go about their daily work we can understand the change they
produce in their years of service to humanity. Sai Baba is 76 this
year and has been working constantly since he became enlightened at the age of 14.
In these 60 years he has built a vast organisation with millions
of devotees all over the world which work was vastly expanded since
he was given a couple of hundred millions of dollars by the owner
of the Hard Rock Cafe Franchise when he sold his franchise a few years ago.
Apparently the owner of the Hard Rock Café Company had been going to see
Sri Sathya Sai baba at his Ashram for 15 years and never got an interview.
And one day he got the Interview!! And Sai Baba told him that someone would offer
Him hundreds of Millions of dollars for his business, but he was not to take the offer.
He was told that the next week he would be offered 200 Million Dollars more
and that he was to take that offer.
He gave the difference, 200 Million Dollars, to Sri Sathya Sai Baba!!
And it all starts through your practise of meditation. The method
of choice of all aspirants for the last 5000 years. With meditation
we can first make ourselves happy, and then we can move the world!!
SATCHIDANAND
Ramana Maharshi on the
Meditation Tour of India
Ramana Maharshi
BiographyRamana
Maharshi died in 1949. For more information about this enlightened master whose energy
still pervades the ashram we visit please read "Ramana Maharshi and the path of Self Knowledge"
by Arthur Osborne. He promoted the use of Vichara or Self Enquiry Meditation to
Achieve Enlightenment which you will practise in Initiation 4 of Energy
Enhancement.
In the summer of 1896, Ramana went into an altered state of consciousness which
had a profound effect on him. He experienced what he understood to be his own
death, and later returned to life. Satchidanand had the
same experience when he was 14 and it was after this he started to practise yoga
as a preparation for Meditation, meeting his spiritual masters and Enlightenment
Tiruvannamalai is a centre of power similar to Machu
Pichu in Peru. Ramana Maharshi said they were on opposite poles of the planet and the
Sacred Mountain of Arunachala - which we can walk up - near Tiruvannamalai is the Focus. We will visit the Great
Temple of Tiruvannamalai, one of the largest temples in Southern India with Gopurams which
are high gateway towers whose serried rows of white statues are tiered up to the sky and
see a part of India seemingly unchanged for many years.
Satchidanand
at Tiruvannamalai Temple - the largest fire Shiva Temple in South India at
the foot of Mount Arunachala
Climb, walk up, Arunachala, the Energy Power Centre
at the opposite pole of Machu Pichu. We will visit the caves around the Sacred Mountain
where sages of old entered into Samadhi. Tiruvannamalai can give us a quantum leap in
energy which can be used for your own development. We will stay on the Ashram and visit
places of interest. Food is served in the Ashram sitting on the floor and upon a leaf
plate eaten by the cows afterwards so that there is less work and nothing is wasted. The
food is pure south Indian and to our taste, very delicious!
We will visit Aurobindo Ashram and the Matri Mandir
in Auroville near Pondicherry. The Samadhi shrine of Aurobindo and the Mother resides on
the grounds of their ashram. Satchidanand at the photo.-
SOL Meditation Tour Guide
Devi Dhyani in front of Spherical Matri Mandir (100ft high) in which there is a meditation room whose focus is a
meter diameter sphere of pure zeiss glass - sunlight is focussed through it into
a pool of water beneath
Covered in flowers and incense every day it provides
a haven of peaceful vibrations and a focus for the daily meditation which is available to
all, every evening. Visit Auroville - Originally an idea of the Mother for an
international community dedicated to the peace of the world. Over the last 20 years the
community has reforested the land with over 30 million trees and provided evidence that
this can change the climate, creating a Garden of Eden where once there was desert. At the
centre of the community has been built a giant structure the Matri Mandir in the shape of
a cosmic egg. It houses a meditation room whose focus is the largest crystal ball in the
world. Devi Dhyani at the photo.-
Matri Mandir
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THIRUVANNAMALAI HOTEL RAMAKRISHNA
(NEAR TO RAMANA MAHARSHI
ASHRAM)
Introduction
A distinguished pilgrimage town and municipality
in Thiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu,
Thiruvannamalai is an ancient city that has long
been associated with many yogis and siddhars.
The headquarters of Thiruvannamalai district,
Thiruvannamalai has become an international
center of study in spiritualism.
Location of Thiruvannamalai:
Thiruvannamalai is situated 185 km from Chennai
and 210 km from Bangalore.
History
The
name Thiruvannamalai was derived from the name
of the holy mountain Tiruvannan Malai. In
Thiruvannamalai, Lord Shiva took the form of a
column of fire which had no beginning or end, so
as to destroy the ego of Lord Vishnu and Brahma.
It is said that Lord Shiva in ardhanarashwari
form, with one half being Goddess Umadevi,
appeared before his devotees here.
THE
SHIVA TEMPLE OF TIRUVANNAMALAI AND THE THOUSAND
PILLARED HALL
BUILT
IN 1500 THIS IS ONE OF THE GREAT HINDU
CATHEDRALS OF SOUTH INDIA
AT THE
FOOT OF THE SACRED MOUNTAIN OF ARUNACHALA - WE
WILL WALK UP IT!! AND SEE THE CAVES OF THE
ENLIGHTENED SAINTS WHO MEDITATED THERE
VIEW OF
THE TEMPLE FROM THE SACRED MOUNTAIN OF
ARUNACHALA - AT THE OPPOSITE END
OF THE
WORLD FROM MACHU PICHU
Day 06 : Thiruvannamali
Day 07 : Thiruvannamali
Day 08 : Thiruvannamali
Day 09 : Thiruvannamali / Pondicherry
ENERGY ENHANCEMENT - TAJ MAHAL,
THIRUVANNAMALAI, INDIA
We are just leaving the Energetic Powerpoint, the town of Tiruvannamalai,
nestling into the feet of the Sacred Shiva Mountain of Arunachala,
on our way to Kovalam Beach in Kerala, South India.
Tiruvannamalai also contains an enormous Fire Shiva Temple, a match
for any European Cathedral, with serried ranks of white statues
of the Hindu expressions of God reaching up to the sky in White
Gopurams. Past the blessing elephant who touches you on the head
with his trunk in return for a few paise. Past the Olympic size
swimming pool which is used to purify all entrants as you immerse
yourself in its waters through into the central Holy of Holies where
the priests give you bareshouldered blessings and the Light of Arati. again to bless and purify.
Do not be befooled by the chicanery all around you. That is their
problem. Remember that Enlightenment is called for by You and then
descends as Grace and is the product of Your heart whose energy
is called Bhavanaa,.... willpower, meditation, directed energy of
kundalini, change, simplicity, purity, Love....
Just be aware of the powerpoint Arunachala and the power of the
awakened Saints who came to realisation living alone in the caves
on its slopes. How they have raised the quanta of energy in that
are so that anyone who comes there goes away changed. A Quantum leap of Energy when you come.
It is also the Home of Ramanashramam where we have been staying,
eating and meditating. His room is now a meditation room, charged
with light and his presence. The place where the great saint Bhagavan
Ramana Maharshi lived and worked for 66 years after his Enlightenment
at the age of 16. When he died in 1950 they asked him not to leave
them. He said "Where can I go ?"
Each Great Saint brings with them a new method or teaching on Enlightenment
and that of Ramana Maharshi is so simple. And so effective. That
everyone wishing to Progress on the Path of Enlightenment should be aware of it.
Our meeting with Shantananda Puri back in Vaishishta Gufa in the
Himalayas remains with us as we remember that commentary of his
on the Atma Pooja Upanishad, an inspired meeting between Enlightened
Aashtavarka and the Enlightened King Janaka, their advice to all
seekers and its relevance to Ramanas message.
Just find out who you really are, and that will cleanse all negativity from you.
I remember talking to one seeker back in Parana in South America.
She said that we all could not be like me and Devi but I replied,
"Oh Daughter, if you knew who you really were, you would not say that!"
And such was the Bhavana of that saying, that at the back of the
room a yoga teacher raised her arms as the Kundalini coursed through
her, shaking and crying and utterly blessed!!
I remember the walk on the full moon night just a few days ago when
we took the inner path of Parikrama around the sacred slopes of
Arunacahala. When as the sun set at six pm we took ourselves away.
Away from the 100,000 people who regularly clockwise walk the 14km
around the Sacred Mountain on each full moon night.
In the heat of the night we took the inner path, alone on rubble
strewn roads, past ancient Temples, over rocks, through forests,
past the irrigation lakes with their sacred steps down into the
waters where in bathing, in the light of the moon, alone with the
Sacred Mountain, we raised our energies that night.
So, on to the beach and the purity of Kerala and its forests, tiger
and elephant reserves, its backwater tours and Ayurvedic Massages and the Magic that is India.
And the Sacred White Purity of Meditation that is the Taj Mahal.
WRITTEN BY SWAMI SATCHIDANAND
PONDICHERRY HOTEL
ANNAMALAI INTERNATIONAL
Twin Bed - Standard Room
King Bed - Standard Room
King Suite
Annamalai Suite
Day 10 : Pondicherry
Day 11 : Pondicherry / Chenai Plus Tour of Mamallapuram
Day 12 : Chenai Hotel Shelter
Day 13: Chenai/ Delhi By Rajdani Express
Day 14
: Delhi
HOTEL CITY PARK
Day 15:
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT RETURN
Director Devi Dhyani, blessed by the Temple Elephant at Tiruvannamalai
Elephants get
everywhere!
Hindu Temple Ceremony
at the Srirangapattnam Temple,
Trichinopalai.
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Well, here we are in India giving yet another course in Energy Enhancement.
We are learning about energy blockages and how, through acupuncture
theory, these blockages in the body and the aura relate to negative
emotions. When all the negative emotions are gone by the removal
of these blockages, then only Positive Emotions remain. Love, Passion,
Determination and Will, and Compassion itself. The Juice of life
radiating out of you, channeling out of you into the World.
A blockage causes pain in the physical body and causes it to be
stiff at that point. Eventually these stiff areas get ill and the doctor is called in to help.
Energy Blockages are removed by Yoga and Meditation and all the
alternative therapies, all of which are useful in the important aim of Blockage removal.
Energy Enhancement teaches you how to remove your blockages totally
and much quicker that any other way I know.
Not only do you release all pain and stiffness in the body, but
all Depression, Anger, Manicism, Needing the Sympathy of others,
Giving Sympathy out of egotistical reasons just because it makes
you feel superior, and Fear. Fear of making that necessary step
forward in your life. See https://www.energyenhancement.org/Level2.htm
And not only that, this is also the way of Psychic Powers for the
benefit of others and that of Enlightenment itself!!! Soul Contact.
Treading the path of your Soul. That work which makes you truly happy!!
Recently we met Michael, a German Sannyasin, a monk, who is named
the Old Man of Gokula Beach where he lives in a hut on the beach
with nothing. A Shiva site and temple in Karnataka where the beach
is in the shape of an OM sign!! He was telling me of his Enlightenment
back in 1983 and by bringing together the energy of the Alta Major
Center and Ajna Center he transmitted the experience of that Enlightenment
to me whilst sitting together in the Lonely Planet Vegetarian Restaurant.
As our Energy Grew together we cried as tears rained down our cheeks as the Heart Opened.
Although he radiates this energy to all who meet him he was very
happy to be with me for a while as “So few people understand”.
We sat the evening radiating the Light of the Soul together. Such a happy meeting!!
So, here we are on the Beach at Kovalam, Kerala, South India. Surrounded
by Coconut Palm Trees which fringe the beach we are staying at the
Hilton Beach Resort with Television, Internet, Air Conditioning
and Swimming Pool as well as being 30 yards from the beach and the
lighthouse which beams light whirling above our heads every night.
The air is warm and humid, around 31 Centigrade which enables us
to walk around without the coats and coverings so normal in wintery
Europe or USA. The locals just walk around in lunghis which are
cloths wrapped around their hips and legs like skirts and, like
going to a Hindu Temple, bare chested, with nothing to hide. All
the ladies traditionally wear Saris or sometimes Kurtas which are exotic and beautiful.
This Earth is so Beautiful........
Learn to become a Teacher of Energy Enhancement and travel the World Teaching Yoga and Reiki also.
We are hoping to do another 5Star Energy Enhancement Taj Mahal Tour
Soon but you will be very welcome to visit us on the beach.
Energy Enhancement is an Integral Part
of the Tour- it will enable us to feel the energies of the places visited
As time and circumstances permit, we
will have a daily practise of some of the preliminary stages of Energy Enhancement - Yoga,
breathing, Dance and Meditation.
Come for your Energy Enhancement
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Palolem Beach in
Goa, India is a One Kilometer Curve of Silver Sand,
Backed By Palm Trees with Bath Temperature Sea Water, Pure Air, Wonderful
Indian, Italian, Tibetan Restaurants and Relaxing 32C Temperatures with no rain over the Winter.
2. A Retreat using yoga, dance and Energy
Enhancement by the sea in Kerala. Afternoons free to enjoy the beach or to use as part of
our Yoga Teacher Training course.
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Testimonials For
Elegant Energy
Enhancement in India
This testimonial has been provided by
Pierre Morency after his Tour to the Taj Mahal with us in
July 1999 when we stayed at the Five Star Hotel Trident in Agra - see the photos
above. We remember the perfect time we spent at this hotel, the Air Conditioned
Rooms, The Elegant Restaurant and particularly our time spent in the pool at
cool midnight talking about Enlightenment.
Pierre is a previous member of International Consultants, McKinsey and Company.
Management Consultants who recruit mainly Rhodes Scholars, universally used by all major
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Executive Officers, CEO's.
Energy Enhancement proves its use for
all levels of business and professionals - in fact for anyone who wants to access their
inherent energies. Energy Enhancement speeds up the process of gaining more Energy!
Pierre came on one of our Energy
Enhancement Training Adventures in India, visiting the Taj
Mahal and the Foothills of the Himalayas and travelling from his home in Canada. Usually
we go for two weeks for one Level of Energy Enhancement, learning the Techniques in 5Star
Hotels. Pierre learnt Two Levels of Energy Enhancement. The process he describes in his case was very quick as is his nature.
Pierre himself is a marketing
consultant to many International Companies and CEO's.
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After all that,
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Courses:-
ONE MONTH Delhi and the Taj Mahal at Agra London
Delhi plus Energy Enhancement Level One Delhi, Agra, Jaipur
and The 5Star Delux Lake
Palace Hotel Udaipur - plus Energy Enhancement Levels One and Two
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India
Taj Mahal
5 Star Accommodation
All the Benefits of
Energy Enhancement
Stay at
The Lake Palace Hotel Udaipur,
built on an island in the middle of a Lake in the middle of a desert, was once a
Palace. Now it is one of the most famous and Luxurious Delux 5 Star Hotels in the whole of
India.
36 Nights in Delhi, Agra, Jaipur and Udaipur
plus Energy Enhancement Level One and Two
DELHI
Day 01 :- Arrival Transfer in Delhi. Overnight at Hotel.
DELHI
Day 02 :- Sightseeing trip of Delhi. Overnight at Hotel.
DELHI / AGRA
Day 06 :- Leave for Agra by Surface. Overnight at Hotel.
AGRA
Day 08 :- Sightseeing trip of Agra See the Taj Mahal and Fatehpur Sikri.
Overnight at Agra.
AGRA and the TAJ MAHAL
Day 10 :- Full day at Leisure to Practise EE.
AGRA
Day 12 :- Full day at Leisure to Practise EE.
AGRA
Day 14 :- Full day at Leisure to Practise EE.
AGRA
Day 16 :- Full day at Leisure to Practise EE.
AGRA
Day 18 :- Full day at Leisure to Practise EE.
AGRA
Day 20 :- / Full day at Leisure to Practise EE.
Agra / JAIPUR
DAY 22 :- Depart by surface for Jaipur. On reaching Jaipur check in at
your Hotel Trident, part of the Oberoi Group.
JAIPUR
DAY 24 :- Sightseeing tour of Jaipur. Overnight at Hotel in
Jaipur.
JAIPUR
DAY26 :-Full day at Leisure to do EE. Overnight at Hotel.
JAIPUR
DAY 28 :-Today you can visit Samode Haveliin Morning . Afternoon free
for Leisure activities.Overnight at Hotel.
JAIPUR / UDAIPUR
DAY 30 :-Drive early Morning for Udaipur. Enroute you can have your
Lunch. On reaching Udaipur check in at your Hotel. Overnight
at 5 star Hotel Lake Palace - an absolutely Delux first class hotel in a very special
location..
UDAIPUR
DAY 32 :-Sightseeing trip of Udaipur. Overnight at Hotel Lake
Palace.
UADIPUR / DELHI ( by Air )
DAY 34 :-In afternoon you'll be transferred to airport to board flight
for Delhi. On reaching Delhi you'll be Transferred to your
Hotel.
DELHI / OUT
DAY 36 :- Today you'll be transferred to airport to board flight back
home.
Hotels to be Used :-
DELHI : Hotel Oberoi Maidens ( Four Star Hotel )
8Nights
AGRA : Hotel Trident ( Five Star Hotel ) 14 Nights
JAIPUR :- Hotel Trident ( Five Star ) 8 Nights in Jaipur
UDAIPUR :- Hotel Lake Palace ( Five Star Deluxe) 4 Nights in Udaipur
COST INCLUDED
01 : ACCOMMODATION ON BED & BREAKFAST PLAN ONLY.
02 : AIR-CONDITIONED TRANSPORTATION BY A/CC CAR IF THREE PERSONS
TRAVELLING TOGETHER IN CASE OF 07 PERSONS AN A/CC MICRO COACH
THROUGHOUT THE TOUR INCLUSIVE OF ALL TAXES.
03: ENTRANCES AT MONUMENTS ENTREES AND FEES.
04: SERVICES OF LOCAL ENGLISH SPEAKING GUIDE'S IN JAIPUR & UDAIPUR.
05 :FARE WELL DINNER AT THE TIME OF DEPARTURE. 06: AIR FARE FOR UDR/JAI
COST DOES NOT INCLUDES:
01: IMMEDIATE OCCUPANCY UPON ARRIVAL
02: ITEM OF PERSONAL NATURE LIKE ROOM SERVICE, BEVERAGES, MINERAL
WATER, COMMUNICATION CHARGES, LAUNDRY ETC.
03: EXPENSES INCURRED DUE TO NATURAL CALAMITY, AND AGITATION ETC.
04: INSURANCE FOR SELF AND BAGGAGE.
05: MEDICATION INCLUDING HOSPITALIZATION.
06 INDIAN VISA
If you would like to
come on this Tour of INDIA, then all you need to do is click on this - email
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The Taj Mahal is truly one of the most
beautiful of buildings...
The Magnificant Taj Mahal
...whose energy is undimmed seen at dawn
or dusk. Built by Sufis, like the Alhambra in Granada, The Taj Mahal is one of the
timeless energy centres of meditation in the world.
These Individual Tours are an
opportunity to See, Hear and Feel the real Energetic India!
It is also the opportunity of a
lifetime to give a little time to your process helped by experienced teachers who will be giving guidance in
Yoga, Meditation, and Energy Enhancement Techniques throughout the tour.
The Energy Enhancement Course is
an Integral part of the Tours
On the Tour the Teachers will be
helping you to See, Feel and experience, digest and get the most out of the Energies from
the Energy Enhancement and the Ashrams and Special Energy places we visit.
On the Tour, as well as giving
Initiation in Reiki, Energy Enhancement and Meditation, the teachers support the process
using basic Yoga Techniques.
The teachers have visited India
with groups for many years and have built up an experience of India which can lead to
small detours as interesting sidetracks become available.
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FROM
DON MINIHANES COURSE REPORT - LAST
WEEK OF ENERGY ENHANCEMENT REIKI MASTERY OPTION
"I am now in the last week of the course and I feel like a
totally different person. I have regained myself and have been given from
nothing having no psychic vision at all at the start of the energy enhancement
course, a clarity of psychic
vision that is breathtaking."
"As we practiced on each other we
came very quickly to realise this. I could literally feel the energy moving
inside each chakra as the other person worked within me from several meters away
and when I worked on the other person I could see me projecting energy to them
and could see where the blockages were within their chakras.
I could force the energy from my
centres into their centres and clean their centre bringing the energy full
circle back to me. You could tell the state of their chakras by the amount of
energy returning to your own centre and this was achieved by mind power only.
Before I came here Satchi said he
would teach me to do it in this way and I was sceptical about this claim. I
could never envision me having psychic vision, but I have now, I can now do
astonishingly powerful Reiki sessions on people without going any where near
them and distance healing over any distance is a piece of cake, incredible
stuff."
"I am totally de-stressed and have expanded in every
way. I feel stronger and fitter and much more mentally agile than I have ever
felt in my life. The fog and confusion of life has gone and I feel that I have
just received the inside information on everything. I am ready for anything and
am wide awake. I am full of the most incredible energy imaginable and have
Energy Enhancement Reiki
that is so powerful it staggers me. I know a thing or two about Reiki and had a
very strong Reiki connection before I got here, now I have a connection that is
beyond description and I have yet to undergo the second initiation this week and
then the masters. I have opted to take this as an extra and for anyone who is
interested, I believe this is beyond anything you will ever experienced
anywhere."
I am now equipped with life tools and healing tools that one
only dreams of and there is nothing out there in the world that will ever faze
me again. I am absolutely delighted that I decided to come here, because this
experience has changed me, for the good of me and for all those that I will
touch when I leave here. I am so excited and can’t wait to start exploring my
new found talents"