Behind The Grand Christmas Celebrations 2024

The 3-Day Christmas celebrations in Prasanthi Nilayam in 2024 saw people participating from over 30 countries. With eye-catching decorations in every corner of the ashram and literally in every building of Prasanthi, the whole ashram was adorned with new and joyous festive attire. This set the stage for the beautiful cultural offerings that were presented, be it the soothing carols, the sublime play or the energetic songs and bhajans.

Mr Murali from New Zealand coordinated this entire effort. In this Satsang, he shares many stories of how Bhagawan worked through them to make this Christmas spectacle happen. He is joined by Mr Prakash, Mr Shiva, Ms Aruna and Ms Tatiana.

As part of Bhagawan's 99th Birthday Celebrations, renowned violin maestros Sri Lalgudi GJR Krishnan and Smt Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi offered their heartfelt gratitude to Bhagawan through a mesmerizing concert in Sai Kulwant Hall.

The Gita Series - A triune pilgrimage - 164 - Ch 12 - Slokas 01 & 02

Arjuna asks, who is better, the one who worships God as a form, or the one who worships Him as the formless?

For twenty-two years, Yelena was competing at the highest levels in sports. Hailing from Russia, she was part of the Olympic basketball team of her country for several years from 1988 to 2000. She won the Olympic bronze medal in Seoul Olympics in 1988 and the gold medal in Barcelona in 1992. 

While she saw the pinnacle of achievement in her sports career, many other dimensions of her personality were waiting for expression for decades together. That opening of her soul happened when she stepped into Prasanthi Nilayam in Nov 2023. She longed to return to this ‘Kingdom of Love’ as she calls it and visited again in Nov 2024. Fortunately, now we were able to capture a glimpse of her inner journey, which is truly a tale of how the seemingly invisible Swami brings such incredible transformations in peoples’ hearts so subtly and solidly.

This is a series that was aired on Radio Sai Asia Stream (Prasanthi Stream now) in 2016-17. The host replies to questions on practising spirituality in daily life based on Bhagawan's timeless message. The questions were received from an audience that varied in age, profession, and cultural background.

This discussion explores how we can deal with loneliness which has become endemic in today's times.

The Gita Series - A triune pilgrimage - 163 - Ch 11 - Summary

Wherever We Sing, He Listens

This is a discussion on 'Prema Vahini', the volume written by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba which initially appeared as a series of articles in Sanathana Sarathi - the ashram monthly magazine from Prasanthi Nilayam, Puttaparthi.

The Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences in Puttaparthi was gifted by Bhagawan to mankind during His Birthday celebrations in November 1991. Since then it has been hailed as a ‘Temple of Healing’, ‘Miracle of Pure Love’, and so on.

Even as every single day so many souls are blessed with health, hope and happiness in the precincts of this sacred edifice, not many know the spellbinding tales of amazing grace that unfolded during the making of this ‘Mansion of Love’.

Brigadier Bose was one of Bhagawan’s chosen instruments to be involved in the construction of this Hospital. Swami gave the opportunity to his son, Sri Jayanto Bose, too to be part of the engineering team.

Jayanto Bose in this Satsangh reveals the beautiful instances of benediction that he was personally witness to in the making of this holy home of healing.