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Latest birthday Photos large size KING og kings Lord Sri Sai Baba On His silver throne 23 -nov-05 -large top Swami's arrival in the morning & cheerful devotees - Latest live report 1 - Latest live report 2 Related Link: Over 60 New Photos of 80th birthday
& report from Hill view stadium  At around 7:40 a.m.  Swami arrived at the Stadium amidst a cheering crowd expressing happy birthday wishes. Swami drove from His residence at appx. 7:25. The mood in the streets is
very cheerful (like Diwali) and there is constant flow of devotees towards Hill view stadium, apparently, a never ending rush of devotees, at the moment main road is quite alive. Police is quite visible today and there is also an extra vigil. All the Sevadal people have been given instructions on how to handle crowds and briefing on related security issues. Things are running efficiently except for minor accommodation problems and very small numbers of lost and found issues. Bearing in mind the number of people here, it is a remarkable job done by Ashram authorities, Sevadal and the local/state administration. Police too is doing a superb job in making sure that flows of traffic and ill-behaved elements or characters do not spoil the joy of
hundreds of thousands ordinary and well behaved devotees on this auspicious day. We’ll update as the Sainews happens. May your visit be a blessing! -Happy birthday top click on pictures to see large size"The morning celebrations have just finished in Puttaparthi.  Swami arrived at stadium at 7:30 am and was  accompanied by the marching bands. The fireworks went as soon as Sathya Sai Baba entered the ground. The ground was a sea of humanity. Swami was heart fully welcomed by all the devotees. Then Swami gave blessings to the entire guest. Half of the Indian Cricket team arrived for the event. Sachin Tendulkar wished Swami happy birthday and said that he was very happy to be in the presence of Swami and privileged to be here for the 80th birthday. click on pictures to see large size Then there was a song by  Bala Subramanyam well known Indian singer(S.P. Balasubramanyam is the only Indian singer to have sung more than 30000 songs in a career spanning over 3 decades. He has also sung in most of the Indian languages. He has extraordinary talent to render beautifully all kinds of music such as Classical, Folk, Devotional, POP and what not!) who sang for Swami from the dais which was erected in the ladies stand. After the songs two devotees gave speeches one of them was the international sai organization leader Mr. Goldstein. He spoke about how devotee should see Swami in them and they should thing about asking, who am I to themselves before asking who are you. Then After that Swami gave a discourse Started with saying that "Kindness and help should be done with rightness and truthfulness. Only then they will be of value. Swami also said that now people are doing Show work rather than doing social work. Swami asked the devotee to see the god in themselves. Swami said that there is no use changing gods every time something happens. God is one and pray to one God from birth to death. Swami said that devotees should not aspire for worldly pleasures and should seek spiritual life. Swami said at the end of the discourse that he was very happy that so many people showed their love to Swami by attending the event. Swami wished them all a peace full, happy life. Mr. Anil Kumar missed the happy life so Swami repeated it again. And the crowd clapped their hearts out. After the discourse Swami accepted presents from the guest. Many of them gave Swami gift even the  Indian cricket team did. After that Swami sat for a while then the Arathi started ending the morning event. There will more programs in the evening at 5:00 pm. Announcement was
made that Prasadam will be distributed at the food counters where free food was being give. Then Swami left the ground at around 10:10 am. topAll through the event there was drizzling but never did it rain hardly enough to stop the proceedings. By the end of the discourse the rain was completely gone and it was getting warmer." top Report 2 "Om sri sai ram" Pranams at the Lotus feet of our beloved Swamy....and sairam to the members of this Holy group Amidst slight drizzle and fantastic climate, the birthday celebrations of our beloved lord started this morning in the Sathya Sai Hill view stadium. It rained heavily the last night, symbolising the birth of our Lord Sai Krishna. The rain calmed down, as the sun was rising.  Thousands of devotees from 180 countries were eagerly waiting for this morning. The queues to the stadium started as early as 4am. The crowd was uncontrollable, even to the 2000+police force and equal number of Sevadals. The stadium was beautifully decorated with flowers and the flags of various countries displayed around the stadium, symbolizing ONE universe and ONE universal
Lord. Balloons all over and on the top of the hill, near the mighty Hanuman statue were balloon palm trees, which looked very attractive. At least 15 cameras were seen all over. Swamy came around 7:30 am amidst cheers and prayers. Swamy, was clad in  His beautiful spectacular white robe, wearing the most beautiful smile. There was not even a iota of pressure on His face, in spite of organising such a mighty task.He was seated on the beautiful silver throne on the stage. Swamy was hardly visible to the devotees seated at the rear end of the stadium, but was very nice that two giant screens were put on, one on ladies’ side and one on gents’ side. top Another surprise was at least half a dozen of Indian cricketers attending the celebrations, including our MASTER BLASTER Sachin Tendulkar. One was surprised to see them, because there was only one day left (25th ) for the 4th one day match to be played in Eden gardens, Kolkata. All of them were seated on the floor, Sachin bit closer to Swamy.  The stadium was JAM packed with people from all over the world. I should say, the number would be at least 2lakhs(2 hundred thousand), every body on their toes to have a glance of Swamy. After Mr.Indulal Shah and Mr. Goldstein finished their talks, Swamy stood up to give His birthday discourse, which is always special. He started His divine discourse at 8:55am and went on for an hourHe started Prema Swaroopulara (embodiments of love)  and again with the this verseSATHYA DHARMA PREMA SHANTULU LEKUNNA CHADUVU LANNI CHADIVI VILUVA SUNNA (if truth, righteousness, peace and love are absent, all your wordly education is equal to a BIG zero) SATHYA DHARMA PREMA SANTHULU LEKUNNA BAHULA SATH KARYAMBULU VILUVA SUNNA (all your sacred deeds are of no use) SATHYA DHARMA PREMA SANTHULU LEKUNNA PADAVULANU ELI VILUVA SUNNA (all the exotic positions are of no use) top  He continued, People say that they are doing social work, uplifting people but in
reality, not social work but SHOW WORK. If any one comes to your door asking for alms, you scold them and sent them away. Man is not behaving like a man. Hatred and jealousy is ruling the day. there is no love for human beings, no love for parents. You say, I'm praying to God, but God is not giving any thing to me rather ask what you are giving to God. What ever God has given to man kind, is pure, but human beings are making it impure and blaming God. He gave on example, one devotee was worshipping Lord Siva. After some time, he didn’t experience peace of mind, so took the idol of Shiva and after keeping it in an alma rah, started to worship Krishna. Initially, he was enjoying Krishna’s company, but later his mind was again disturbed. After deciding that Krishna is no longer conferring the bliss, keeps the idol in the alimarah, and worships Rama. Again he had the same experience. One day, one lady suggested him to worship Goddess. Accordingly he started worshipping Goddess. One day, Goddess manifests and says, O foolish man, there is no need to change Gods or idols. What are these idols. They are made you (Man). Look inside, God is within you. Realise this TRUTH and you will be always happy. top Swamy continued, Many people contemplate on God, only in old age. In child hood they play with kids, in adult hood, they spoil themselves with bad company. You run after temporal things like money, positions, worldly things. At the end, they say, I have got every thing in my life, exept PEACE OF MIND…where is this peace of mind… its within you…. Many people sow seeds when there is no rain and some people don’t sow seeds in spite of rains (interestingly when He was speaking about rains, it started raining of course not heavily, the ROMANTIC drizzle as we call locally) This Human Body is like a water bubble. You don’t know when you will leave this body. This Human life is GOD’S GIFT. Make use of this body for noble purposes. Pleasure and Pain co-exist. There is happiness in pain and pain in happiness. A devotee should not be worried at all. You have come here, after undergoing lot of trouble. I am very happy for you all. I will be much more happy, if you practice My teachings. That is true devotion. top Swamy’s voice was very strong. HE was standing till He finished His discourse. At the end He said, IAM BLESSING ALL THE PEOPLE ASSEMBLED HERE WITH A LONG LIFE, HAPPY LIFE, PEACEFUL LIFE AND DIVINE LIFE. WITH THIS WORDS I BRING MY DISCOURSE TO AN END…  Swamy then sat on His Silver Thorne for more than 30 minutes while bhajans were sung on the back ground. Mean while prasadams were brought and Swamy blessed them and distributed the prasadams personally to dignitaries on the stage including cricketers. After that a Big birthday cake was placed in front of Swamy, and Swamy very graciously cut the cake with a long knife(while HE was still seated on the Throne). The dignitaries were standing beside Swamy. Sachin Tendulkar (whom we cricket fans call as Master Blaster) came forward to Swamy and got some advice from the Divine master, while He was holding Swamy’s hands. I first saw Sachin Tendulkar, when he came to play a match in puttaparth in 1997. He batted fantastically and Swamy with love slapped on His cheeks, and exactly after a month or so, He devasted the Australian bowling with two consecutive centuries in
sharjah. One would not be surprised if he makes a century in Eden gardens, Kolkata on 25th Nov against South Africans.topProf. Anil Kumar, announced that Prasadam will be given to devotees with lunch at various FREE food counters in Mandir. Swamy then left the stadium in His TOYOTA PORTE car which has the automatic wheel chair. While leaving the stadium, the car went bit fast, with at least 15 men surrounding the tiny car amidst cheers from the vast gathering. Over all it was a fantastic morning, to all those lucky devotees who could make it to Parthi to witness the 80th birthday celebrations. Some people sounded bit irritated with the crowd and sweared will never come to Parthi when such a big crowd is around, some said, it’s a different feeling and lots of FUN.. but the fact is its HIS will, when ever He calls you have to be here, even if you like it or dislike it… May Swamy bless all of us with His choicest blessings to help us to know the divinity with in us and the courage and strength to fight the demonic qualities in us… top Swamy YOU ARE BEYOND TIME AND SPACE.. YOU DON’T HAVE A DAY CALLED BIRTHDAY IN YOUR DIVINE DICTIONARY…BUT YOU HAVE GIVEN US THIS OPPORTUNITY JUST TO MAKE US HAPPY… THANK YOU VERY MUCH SWAMY….. WE LOVE YOU.. WE LOVE YOU… WE LOVE YOU….. " With Swamy from Puttaparthi group post SBOI Festival of Bliss Finally THE DAY ushered in! Much before the Sun made its appearance in the eastern horizon, the chunk of Sai Fraternity from all over the globe thronged to this Spiritual Capital, occupied their position well in advance to ensure a rare glimpse of the most beauteous form of the Lord walking on two feet, whose physical frame entered into the 80th Year of His sojourn on planet Earth. Yes, it is eighty years now since the world of today began to see God in human form – a rare privilege that is reported to have been enjoyed by human race in
the Tretha and in the Dwapara. But today’s world is certainly more fortunate than that in the earlier Yugas, for now only the Lord chose to move with His creation more freely revealing His identity occasionally making the coveted access to the Avatar of the Age possible for all with no discrimination. …and TODAY was yet another occasion to taste His greater magnanimity, greater benevolence!!! The Lord of Compassion, Lord of Love…Who is often hailed as …Love in Action…Love that Conquers…was out there...just for the happiness of His Own…His Own Reflections!!! …as was reiterated by Him over and over again, to the tune that there is no birthday festival for Him; Just for the sake of fulfilling devotees desire and fill them with joy that He goes on celebrating birthdays. The overcast conditions and shower during the penultimate night and another bout of rains during the previous afternoon cast a pall of gloom on the last minute
preparations at the main venue, Sri Sathya Sai Hill View Stadium. But, it was indeed His sheer Grace that Willed and made it possible for the proceedings to continue unhampered, in spite of intermittent drizzle that was reluctant to stop on a day when sun was forced to take backstage under the overcast conditions. The Lord was accorded a traditional, grand, red carpet welcome that was majestic and just, unmatched by any, by Bhagawan’s pet elephant Sai Geeta., the Veda Chanting students followed by Bhangra dancers at 7.40 a.m. IST. It was indeed a sight to see, as the whole of the stadium went agog with bursting colourful ribbon crackers as Bhagawan made His grand entry in His open car, in the backdrop of a welcome song hailing His Advent. Bhagawan went straight on to the specially decorated Shanti Vedika to occupy the Special Throne to grand His coveted Birthday Darshan. It was indeed a wonderful sight to see the Lord in
His white shining robe benevolently smiling at the devoted gathering that filled every nook and corner and galleries of the Stadium. Soon the stage, which was specially erected at the western end was taken over by a group of dancers who were dancing to the tune of a welcome song which was followed by Telugu film star Sai Kumar who paid glowing tributes eulogising the Lord on the 80th Year of His Advent on earth. Soon after, cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar, an ardent devotee of Bhagawan for the last three decades took over the mike to pay His obeisance on his behalf as well as all others assembled at the Stadium. Simultaneously, there was a procession of devotees from different continents with diverse
cultures united with one single thread of Love for Bhagawan paying obeisance at His Lotus Feet in their traditional style. Sri Gavaskar who compered the show in English introduced Maj. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, India’s Silver Medalist at the Athens Olympics, followed by members of current Indian Cricket Team, namely, V.V.S. Laxman, Murali Karthik, R. P. Singh, J.P.Yadav, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Sreeshant, and Sachin Tendulkar. Maj. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was invited by Sunil Gavaskar to hoist the Global Peace Insignia for the well being of humanity. Maj.Rathore after receiving blessings from Bhagawan took it out of Shanti Vedika went on to the specially erected stage to show the Insignia to the mammoth gathering before hoisting the same to the high end near Hanuman Statue. Soon a scroll rolled down on the western slope with the message, “May there be Peace, Unity and Love in the World”. Sachin Tendulkar in his prayer to Bhagawan said they are extremely honoured to be in
His presence on this auspicious occasion. He further prayed on behalf of the entire cricket team members to bless them and stay with them. The first speaker for the session was Sri Indulal Shah, formerly World Chairman of Sri Sathya Sai Organisations, and currently Advisor to the Prasanthi Council, the overseeing body for Sri Sathya Sai Organisations, Overseas. Mr. Shah while offering his prayerful salutations at His Lotus Feet mentioned that he has been under the Divine Grace and Protection for the past forty years under whose Guidance he could see the birth and growth of Sri Sathya Sai Organisations. Bhagawan’s Message of Love is beyond countries, culture, religion and race and it is time for all of us to blend into Brotherhood of Mankind. Dr. Michael Goldstein, Chairman, Prasanthi Council, the overseeing body for Sri Sathya Sai Organisations, Overseas in his
exhilarating speech highlighted that the era of peace is here for us to experience. Bhagawan is fathomless, never ending Divine Love and we have the golden fortune to be here on this day of age when God walks on Earth. Talking about the Divine Mystery of Bhagawan, he said that he had the temerity to ask Bhagawan to see the world through His eyes for which Bhagawan replied that if he was allowed to see through His eyes, he would not want his family, his wealth, his body or anything in life. Dr. Goldstein then prayed to Bhagawan to bless the huge concourse of devotees with His Divine Benedictory Message. Bhagawan in His Divine discourse highlighted the importance of Sathya, Dharma, Shanti and Prema in one’s daily conduct. These seminal values should permeate one’s conduct from dawn to dusk. Man is not ‘Manava’ if he does not help fellow humans in distress. Referring to people who involve themselves in social work, He said that
people instead of doing social work do ‘show’ work. Realisation of one’s innate divinity is one’s goal of life. But, unfortunately man today craves for the deep wine of worldly pleasures instead of pursuing the path of self-realisation. Bhagawan asked people to emulate His ideal of selfless love and service for humanity. In all His Divine discourses He invariably speaks on the values of Truth and Love. The quintessence of His teachings is Truth and Love. He expressed His joy at the vast concourse of humanity that throng the Hill View Stadium and blessed them to enjoy long, peaceful and happy life. He said that people would derive real ananda by practising His teachings. After His Divine Discourse there was display of fireworks and Bhagawan personally distributed prasadam to each member of Indian Cricket team. Note: Watch out for Sanskar TV around 9 PM (India) and 3:30 PM (GMT) for Telecast of Birthday Celebrations. Past Birthday messages  You are really fortunate, having done great merit, for you are able to enjoy the Divine proximity of Sai. It is your great good fortune that you are able to sing with Swami and play with Him. You are with Sai and Sai is with you. That is why I often say, "I and you are one." The power and glory of God is beyond the ken of human understanding. Develop unwavering faith in him. - 23 Nov. 2003 On this Birthday, you have to learn something very important, i.e., do not waste your time in idle talk. Time once lost cannot be regained. Consider truth as God. Sathyannasti Paro Dharmah (there is no Dharma greater than adherence to truth). Hence follow the path of truth and practise righteousness. -23 Nov. 2002 "When I was coming here this morning, everyone wished me "Happy Birthday"! I am always happy. You have to wish a Happy Birthday to one who does not have happiness. I do not need it. If you want to attain happiness, you should understand that happiness is union with God. Every human being imagines that happiness is somewhere outside him and
strives to attain it through various activities. -23 Nov. 2001 "What can I tell you for the day? Whenever I see you, My heart overflows with love. When I visibly see so many of you exhibiting your love for Me, there is no limit to My joy. I have not sent out invitations to any of you. The love in Me has drawn you here. Your love to God and God's love to you is the true message. What can one say as a message? I give and you receive and you give and I receive. This exchange is the true bondage between man and God. You should all be comfortable and happy. Increase your spiritual dimensions. Live with the firm conviction that there is a single divinity resident in all." -23 Nov. 2000 "Who invited you here? You have all come here out of love for Swami. Out of this love alone, so many thousands have assembled here. Here is Bhagavan ready to be taken away by you. Carry Him away with you as you like. Those who love Bhagavan wholeheartedly, to them He belongs wholly. All that Bhagavan asks of you is your wholehearted unconditional love. Recognize this truth and lead your life filled with love. Take this as Swami's gift to you. Do not hate anybody. Hating anybody is no different from hating God Himself. Surrender your whole being and belongings to God. Experience unalloyed Divine bliss." -23 Nov.
1999 "This is the birthday of this body. Truly speaking I have no birthday. Since all of you have assembled here, I am celebrating this day as birthday. This birthday is not important for Me. The day when all of you are happy is My true birthday. I desire nothing but your Bliss, Love and Sacrifice. My Bliss lies in your being the embodiments of thyaga and yoga and experiencing divinity there from. I wish that you all live an ideal life in peace and security. On this auspicious day fill your hearts with noble feelings and chant the name of God." -23 Nov. 1998 "As I was coming to the Hall, many devotees greeted me
with the words, "Happy Birthday!" They should wish for "happy birthdays" for those who are not happy. I do not need your birthday greetings. The Divine is perennially in bliss (Nithyaanandam)." - 23 Nov. 1997 "Today thousands of people have gathered here. What has brought them together here? Love is the main cause. Without love few of you would have come from such distant places (cheers). How does this love express itself? It is a process of give and take. You have to receive God's love. And you have to offer your love. But both are one and the same love. God's love is reflected in your bodies. That is the meaning of the Gita declaration: "A fragment of Mine is present in everyone in the cosmos". - 23 Nov. 1996 "We celebrate birthday. What is this birthday? Whose birthday? We say my birthday. Who am I? You don't ask that question. You say my birthday because you identify yourself with the body. But later you say it is my stomach. If you say my stomach, then who are you? You say my senses, my mind, my intellect, then who am I? You are separate. This is my kerchief. When I say this, I am different from my kerchief. When you say my body, you and the body are different. Therefore, the body, mind, senses, intellect, all are instruments. But you are the master for all these. That is I. Make an effort to recognize that I. It is the 70th birthday of this body. You have to know one important thing. Swami does not need anything. He does not expect any dress. Swami belongs to you. Swami is not separate from you. You are not separate from Swami. That is the intimate relation between Swami and you." 70th Birthday- 23 Nov. 1995 "Today as an offering to Swami, give up meat eating, consuming liquor and smoking. By renouncing these three, you will benefit yourselves as well as society and the nation. If you wish to carry out Swami's aim, renounce from this moment itself these three bad practices. Do not put it off to tomorrow. Take the resolve from this moment. Expecting that you will carry out Swami's wish and thereby promote the well being of your family and the nation, I bless all of you" - 23 Nov. 1994 "You celebrate the birthday of Bhagavan. But do you follow the teachings? You will experience the fruits of celebrating the birthday only when you follow the teachings." "You should not be concerned with how many have come for Swami's birthday but how many are following Swami's teachings. If every devotee is able to influence two persons, soon the whole world will be reformed. Embodiments of love! There is only one thing you have to offer to Me today. Pray that people in all countries, may the entire humanity, should be happy and at peace. "Lokaas samasthaas-sukhino bhavanthu" (Let all the worlds be happy). Then alone there will be real unity. Do not wish me only for the peace and prosperity of India alone. Pray for the welfare of all countries. All are our brothers, whether they are in Pakistan or America or elsewhere." - 23 Nov. 1993 "Why is it that so many lakhs of people have gathered here today? There must be some compelling reason for it. You must be seeking something which you have not found in your native place. There would be no need for you to incur all this expenditure if you could find what you wanted in your own place. Here there is Divine Love. It is this powerful magnet of Divine Love which has been attracting all the iron filings in the form of human beings." - 65th Birthday, 23 Nov 1990 " I desire one thing from you. Develop brotherhood with all. Adopt right conduct always. Give up selfish activity. Welcome all chances to serve the illiterate and the poor. As part of the sixtieth Birthday Celebrations, I am prescribing a test which you have to accept. When you undergo it and emerge victorious, you can be pronounced as real humans. The farmer ploughs the field, sows the seed and watches the crop grow, until the grain is harvested. The next process is winnowing. The light chaff will then be carried away by the wind and the hard grain will stay. I shall start winnowing from now; the test will remove the chaff." - 60th Birthday, 23 Nov 1985 top courtesy - online source: Photos: SBOI group /sssbpt.org/puttaparthi.org/saibabaofindia.com - web layout & graphics saibabaofindia.com |
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