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Community bhajan is noblest of all
The word and the mind are futile in their attempts to understand the Divine. By singing together the
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Music is the royal path to liberation
There are many devotees who propagated the divine actions and the divine mystery through music. Ther
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Without faith and love in God, whatever we do is useless: Analogy
It is all useless if one does not have faith in God. People bring fresh vegetables; hire a good cook
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Spirituality must begin at a tender age: Analogy
Some parents criticise when their children start to engage themselves in bhajans or devotion or in m
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Music enraptures Divine
One cannot describe the sweetness of words and song. A small example to illustrate this: God is call
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We need to repose faith in God: Story of Nana Saheb Chandorkar; A shirdi Baba Devotee
One must have implicit faith in God’s words and conduct oneself in accordance with it. Then alone
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What is adopting village and how to serve villages
Villages have been adopted. First and foremost one must understand the true meaning of adoption. The
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None can understand God's mystery: Sing and redeem yourself
Nobody can understand the essence of God. It is good to refrain from understanding the un-understand
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Why Do We Chant Shanthi Mantram Thrice
People say “Shanthi, Shanthi, Shanthi”, peace, peace, peace. Why should one chant it thrice? Is
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Every Sadhana must lead you on the inward journey
The day one develops inner vision ,one pacifies the attractions of the external vision. Man today un
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Without love spiritual sadhana is a waste
Without sanctifying one’s heart, any number of spiritual practises that one undertakes viz. Japa (
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Demonstration of Raga, Bhava, Tala: Why should we clap with hands: Swami on different facets of singing
Embodiments of Love!! People sing bhajans while keeping the beat with
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Prema muditha manase kaho
Prema muditha man se kaho, Rama,Rama,Ram! Rama,Rama,Ram! Rama!Rama!Ram! SriRama! Rama,Ram!! Paapa ka
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Roles and responsibilities of men and women in Sai Organisations
Women must take responsibilities in the areas of ‘Balvikas’ and bhajan singing. Men should take
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Bhajan training is must for all the Samithis
Therefore, training in community singing must be developed on a large scale by women. Men too must p
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Types of Sankeerthana
This sankeerthana is of four types. One is ‘guna’ sankeerthana, singing the qualities. Second is
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Significance of night long bhajan during Shivaratri
One thought, one vision and one action, we need to consider all the three as one. Then we would not
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Swami on bhajan singing and training
Members must start and develop ‘bhajan centres’ and train others to sing bhajans properly. One
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Three important wings of the organisation
First and the foremost wing of this organisation is love for God, that is spirituality; the second i
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No other Sadhana is greater than Bhajan
So, put efforts in chanting the name of the Lord. People may say that when you go to Sai Baba, there
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Collective singing has so much power to connect with God
All must sing in unison. Earlier people used to sing alone without anyone following in chorus. But t
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One should not breed any differences in bhajans or in prayer
The bhajans were sung in a worldly perspective. Swami has observed it. The boys did not join the sin
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Sing bhajans whole-heartedly
The bhajans sung today are mere ritualistic. They are sung by the tune, rhythm and the beat. These a
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Every ritual should carry the spiritual aspect
People have been singing bhajans throughout the past night. It is a worldly ritual. How does one get
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Namasmarana is the most essential component in spirituality
In the path of spirituality, contemplation of the Lord is most important. By singing the glory of Go
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Analogy to explain time, duty and place
There is plenty of water in the Ganges. However, what each person carries home depends on the size o
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Importance of chorus in Bhajans
Consider, for example, chorus singing like in group singing of bhajans. On such occasions, everyone
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Discipline is must to lead an ideal life
Though lacking education, Birds and animals lead regulated lives. Why th
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With courage, conviction and faith say, I have God in my heart
Some may make fun of you. The atheists may argue, “Being well educated and a metropolitan bred you
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Why Nagarsankeethan is prescribed
Why is ‘nagarsankeerthan’ prescribed? Is it done for lack of doing anything useful at that time?
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Why do you feel shy to sing God's glory
What is wrong in chanting the Lord’s name? When one can sing very cheap, low cinema songs, then wh
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Transformation in villages is important
Many say, “Swami! We have been working in many villages and a lot of changes have come in those vi
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Role of Sevadal in rural development
Further, in these organizations, some mistakes do creep in. Truly, if there are ten thousand members