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Sairam Dear Regional Presidents/ Center Presidents/ Group Leaders,

Please see the mail from Axay regarding SSSGC Zone 1 Collective Prayers for World Peace and Harmony.

Please share with all  members.

In Sai's Service,
Balu Karanam
President, SSSGC-USA

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Sai Ram Dear National Presidents,

 

Please distribute the following suggestion for collective prayers:

 

Sai Ram Dear Sai Family,

 

This has certainly been a time of challenges and tests for all around the world.  Swami has emphasized that prayer is a powerful spiritual practice that helps us pass these tests so that we can advance further and further in our spiritual path. He has taught us that the power of prayer is greatly enhanced when:

1.     done collectively,

2.     done for others rather than for oneself, and

3.     putting the thoughts and words into action by becoming an exemplar of the prayer.

 

Relevant Quotes:

 

How can you be happy when your neighbor is in misery? Therefore, I call upon you to give up praying for your own advancement; pray for the peace, prosperity, and happiness of all humanity, irrespective of clime or color.  Dasara, Oct 7, 1970.

 

If all humanity prays at one time for unrest, injustice, disorder, and falsehood to be transformed into peace, truth, love, and mutual service, things will certainly become better. There is no other way out. Worrying is fruitless. This is no occasion for despair. It is against the essential nature of people to plead weakness. Give up the search for all other means! Resort to prayer, mutual love, respect, and service. Do not delay any longer; you will soon acquire contentment and joy!  Prema Vahini, Ch 70

 

There is no room for hatred in this world. All are friends. If you persist in this manner, wishing well for everyone, and praying for their prosperity, you become an ideal for the whole world.  Divine Discourse, Mar 12, 2002

 

Of course, it is good to pray; but peace can never be gained by that alone. Prayer must be united with practice. You should not pray for one thing and practice another. Such prayer is only a means of deception. While repeating prayers for world peace, if you cannot patiently put up with others, if you slander others and look down upon them, you yourself will have no peace, you will have turmoil instead!  Prasanthi Vahini, Ch 16.

 

Let each of us, in addition to our regular sadhana (spiritual practice), unite to offer during the month of April, the following collective prayers:

  1. Daily chant, 3 times each, at morning, noon, and evening:  Gayatri Mantra, Sai Gayatri, and Samastha Lokha
  2. Weekly chant 108 Gayatri Mantra's

These can be done individually, as a family, or as a center - as your schedule allows.  

 

We are most fortunate to have Swami by our side at all times.  Putting his teachings into practice enhances the positive effect of His ever-present Grace. 

 

Loving Sairams,

 

 

Dr. Axay Shanti Kalathia

Sri Sathya Sai Global Council (SSSGC), Zone 1 Chair

https://www.sssgc-zone1.org

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