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The Mind: Does it Matter?

Dr.Bruce Lipton is a world renowned Cell Biologist, who has written many books and travels around the world giving speeches on Mind, Matter, and on how Spiritual world is connected to Scientific world. He was cloning

Perspectives

Welcome to Tradition

“A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril” - Winston Churchill Welcome to Perspectives! This section of the website gives you different angles on a

CULTURE

The Virtues of Compassion (Daya)

The Virtues of Compassion (Daya) There is a widely told story that speaks to the value of compassion. It seems that a woman who lived a Tao-centered life came upon a precious stone while sitting by the banks of a

SAI SATCHARITA

Sai Satcharita Introduction

Sai Satcharita Introduction Shri Sai Baba lived in Shirdi, which is in Maharashtra, India, between 1858 and 1918. Devotees believe that Baba is an incarnation of Lord Dattatreya, and lived a life of purity and love.

SAI SATCHARITA

Sai Satcharita Chapter 3

Sai Satcharita Chapter 3 A story in which Baba’s love is shown is in the story of Rohilla. Rohilla, a tall and strong man, came to Shirdi in search of Baba. He stayed in Shirdi and cried out the Lord’s name throughout

SAI SATCHARITA

Sai Satcharita Chapter 1

Sai Satcharita Chapter 1 Around the year 1910, Shirdi was plagued by the epidemic of Cholera. The people of Shirdi asked Baba for help, claiming that they did not know what to do to help their loved ones. After hearing

SAI SATCHARITA

Sai Satcharita Chapter 2

Sai Satcharita Chapter 2 Hemadpant, the author of Shri Sai Satcharitra, did not think that he was worthy enough to write such a historic piece of work on Baba. He considered the momentous life of Sai Baba, and believed

Perspectives

Indian Tradition

Culture of India Bharatanatyam , one of eight designated classical dance forms of India . The culture of India refers to the religions, beliefs, customs, traditions, languages, ceremonies, arts, values and the way of

SAI SATCHARITA

Sai Satcharita Chapter 5

Sai Satcharita Chapter 5 Shri Sai Baba was only in Shirdi for a few years before suddenly disappearing. His devotees were baffled that He had left them on their own, but knew that if they were devout, He would return to

SAI SATCHARITA

Sai Satcharita Chapter 6

Sai Satcharita Chapter 6 Gopalrao Gund, a great devotee of Sai Baba, was blessed with a baby boy. He wanted to celebrate the occasion with a grand festival on the day of Rama Navami. Gopalrao Gund asked Baba for advice,

SAI SATCHARITA

Sai Satcharita Chapter 7

Sai Satcharita Chapter 7 Shri Sai Baba was a good and tolerant Guru. He believed that as long as people were pure of heart and pious in their beliefs, God would be good to them. He did not like to differentiate between

SAI SATCHARITA

Sai Satcharita Chapter 8

Sai Satcharita Chapter 8 The author describes how taking birth in a human form is double-edged sword. Humans can make the best of the situation or ruin the opportunity by squandering in vices. The virtues of

SAI SATCHARITA

Sai Satcharita Chapter 9

Sai Satcharita Chapter 9 Although many devotees came to visit Shirdi to obtain Sai Baba’s blessings, people believed that they could not enter or leave the village of God until He gave them permission. Sometimes, He

SAI SATCHARITA

Sai Satcharita Chapter 10

Sai Satcharita Chapter 10 None knows the exact birth-date of Sai Baba or how He came to be in Shirdi, but it could be approximated by His stay in Shirdi. Since Baba was sixteen when He first came to Shirdi, and twenty

SAI SATCHARITA

Sai Satcharita Chapter 11

Sai Satcharita Chapter 11 Dr Pandit was a friend of Tatyasaheb Noolkar and also a devotee of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba. He came to Baba’s Mosque, and after darshan, decided to stay with Him and His devotees in Shirdi. One

SAI SATCHARITA

Sai Satcharita Chapter 12

Sai Satcharita Chapter 12 Babas devotee, Kaka Mahajani, once went to Shirdi from Bombay for the Gokul Ashtami festival. He wanted to stay there for a week, when Baba called him near and asked when he would be returning

Perspectives

Welcome to Perspectives

"A little perspective goes a long way" --Allen Klein Welcome to Perspectives! This section of the website gives you different angles on a variety of topics, and helps you learn about our traditions, the lifestyle of

Perspectives

Welcome to Awakening

“Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens." - Carl Jung Welcome to Awakening! This section of the website gives you different angles on a variety of topics, and helps you learn about our Awakening. Please

Perspectives

Welcome to Life & Style

“The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want." - - Ben Steinur Welcome to Life & Style! This section of the website gives you different angles on a variety of topics, and

FESTIVALS

Ganesh Pooja

Ganesha Pooja Two to three months before Ganesh Chaturthi, artistic plaster of Paris (originally clay) models of Lord Ganesha are made for sale by specially skilled artisans. They are beautifully decorated and depict

YOGA & MEDICINE

Shirdi Sai and Dnyaneshwari

Shirdi Sai and Jnaneshwar - commentary on Bhagawad-Gita Jnaneshwar, the well known Saint of Maharashtra was a gifted poet and a realized soul. At a very early age, he wrote Jnaneshwari (Dnyaneshwari) a commentary on the

FESTIVALS

Lakshmi Pooja

Lakshmi Pooja Diwali (also spelled Devali in certain regions) or Deepavali popularly known as the "festival of lights," is a festival celebrated between mid-October and mid-December for different reason. For Hindus ,

Perspectives

Welcome to Rituals

The Samskāra are a series of sacraments, sacrifices and rituals that serve as rites of passage and mark the various stages of the human life and to signify entry to a particular Ashrama . All human beings, especially

Perspectives

Welcome to Festivals

India , being a culturally diverse and fervent society, celebrates various holidays and festivals. There are three national holidays in India: Independence Day (India) , Republic Day (India) and Gandhi Jayanti . States

Perspectives

Welcome to Food

Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is usually of plant or animal origin, and contains essential nutrients , such as carbohydrates , fats, proteins , vitamins , or minerals .

SAI SATCHARITA

Baba's morning routine

Baba's morning routine [A semi-fictious article] Shirdi: Maharashtra, India: (One of the Hot Summer Days in 1912 AD, from early morning to about noon) It was Chavadi day for Baba last night, he slept in the Chavadi. The

Perspectives

Welcome to Calendar

A calendar is a system of organizing days for social, religious, commercial, or administrative purposes. This is done by giving names to periods of time, typically days, weeks, months, and years. The name given to each

Perspectives

Welcome to Prayers

Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with a deity or object of worship through deliberate communication. Prayer can be a form of religious practice, may be either individual or communal and

Perspectives

Welcome to Religion

Religion is a collection of cultural systems , belief systems , and worldviews that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values.Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred

Perspectives

Welcome to Yoga

Yoga (Sanskrit, Pāli : योग , yoga ) is the Hindu practice of physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India . The goal of yoga, or of the person practicing yoga, is the attainment of a state of

Perspectives

Welcome to Reiki

Reiki is a spiritual practice developed in 1922 by Japanese Buddhist Mikao Usui, which since has been adapted by various teachers of varying traditions. It uses a technique commonly called palm healing or hands on

Perspectives

Welcome to Sai Satcharitha

Sai Baba of Shirdi (Unknown – October 15, 1918), also known as Shirdi Sai Baba (Marathi: शिर्डीचे श्री साईबाबा, Urdu: شردی سائیں بابا), was an Indian guru, yogi, and fakir who is regarded by his Hindu and Muslim

Perspectives

Welcome to Health

Health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain (as in “

Perspectives

Welcome to Travel

Reasons for traveling include recreation, tourism or vacationing, research travel for the gathering of information, for holiday to visit people, volunteer travel for charity, migration to begin life somewhere else,

HEALTH

Mind Does it matter?

Mind does it matter? Dr.Bruce Lipton is a world renowned Cell Biologist, who has written many books and travels around the world giving speeches on Mind, Matter, and on how Spiritual world is connected to Scientific

Perspectives

Welcome to Culture

The culture of India refers to the religions, beliefs, customs, traditions, languages, ceremonies, arts, values and the way of life in India and its people. India's languages , religions , dance , music , architecture ,

Perspectives

Welcome to Celebrities

A celebrity, also referred to as a celeb in popular culture, is a person who has a prominent profile and commands a great degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media. The term is synonymous with

Perspectives

Welcome to Movies

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects. The

Perspectives

Welcome to Marriages

South Asian weddings are very bright events, filled with ritual and celebration, that continue for several days. They are generally not small affairs, with anywhere between 100 to 10,000 people attending. Often, it is

Perspectives

Welcome to Astrology

Astrology consists of a number of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world. In the West, astrology most often consists of a system of horoscopes

MOVIES BOOKS CDS

Shirdi Sai Baba (Maalik Ek) 2010

Shirdi Sai Baba (Maalik Ek) 2010 - Movie Review Shirdi Sai Baba (Maalik Ek), (October 29, 2010), a spiritual movie is directed by Deepak Balraj Vij, and music has been scored by Anup Jalota, who has also appeared as Das

Perspectives

Welcome to Numerology

Numerology is any study of the purported divine, mystical or other special relationship between a count or measurement and life. It has many systems and traditions and beliefs. Numerology and numerological divination by

Perspectives

Welcome to Vastu

Vastu shastra ( vāstu śāstra , also vastu veda and vastuvidya , "science of construction", "architecture") is an ancient doctrine which consists of precepts born out of a traditional view on how the laws of nature

Perspectives

Welcome to Feng Shui

Feng shui is a Chinese system of geomancy believed to use the laws of both Heaven ( Chinese astronomy ) and Earth to help one improve life by receiving positive qi .The original designation for the discipline is Kan Yu

Perspectives

Welcome to Temples

A Mandir, Devalayam, Devasthanam, or a Hindu temple is a place of worship for followers of Hinduism. A characteristic of most temples is the presence of murtis (statues) of the Hindu deity to whom the temple is

RELIGIOUS & SPIRITUAL

Guru - Jiddu Krishnamurthy

Guru - Jiddu Krishnamurthy J. Krishnamurthi was an enlightened soul, a writer and philosopher whose mission was to bring about a positive change in human personality. Jiddu Krishnamurthi was born on May 11, 1895 in

RELIGIOUS & SPIRITUAL

Non-duality through Rubin's vase

Self-realization and non-duality through Rubin's vase This is the famous optical illusion image devised by the Danish psychologist Edgar Rubin often used to illustrate the concept of figure ground. When two fields have

Perspectives

Welcome to Matrimandir

The Matrimandir took 37 years to build, from the laying of the foundation stone at sunrise on 21 February 1971 - the Mother’s 93rd birthday - to completion in May 2008. It is in the form of a huge sphere surrounded by

RELIGIOUS & SPIRITUAL

Sanatana Dharma

Sanatana Dharma Sanatana means eternal, never beginning nor ending. Dharma is from dhri, meaning to hold together, to sustain. Sanatana Dharma eternally holds All together. Sanatana Dharma is experience based rather

SAI SATCHARITA

Sai Satcharita Chapter 4

Sai Satcharita Chapter 4 Shri Sai Baba had many devotees who loved Him. He believed that all people had goodness inside them, and that chanting the Lord’s name would help to bring that to the fore. The following tales