Sarva Dharma Swaroopa Sai
Sai Surendranath 1984, Prasanthi Nilayam Sathya is My Prachar It was the early 1980s, our glorious students days at Parthi. It was fascinating to watch Swami walking amongst devotees and students, drenching them with His immense love. One day, Swami…
Lessons for Life
K S Ramakrishna Reddy Prasanthi Nilayam ‘God if you think, God you are; Dust if you think, dust you are’. These are the words from a letter written to Brindavan campus students in 1972 by Swami. He gave us a…
Time is relative; Love is absolute
NS Ramnath 1998 Prasanthi Nilayam Swami’s 70th birthday was just a few weeks away. People were flowing into Puttaparthi from around the world. The ashram buzzed with incessant activity – huge trucks delivering goods, large tents coming up on open…
Usher in the Golden Age
Krishnan Rajan 2005 Prasanthi Nilayam As students of Swami’s institutions, life at Bhagawan’s lotus feet taught one valuable lessons for an entire lifetime. Keeping aside aspects of His divinity, one could observe His perfect demeanour and imbibe ideal ways to…
Living with God is True Education
Vedanarayanan Prasanthi Nilayam Whenever God incarnates, He also chooses His fellow humans, to play a small part in His Divine Mission. God has touched our lives and it will never be the same again. When I look back in my…
It Takes Change to Appreciate Value
Deepak V 2006 Prasanthi Nilayam I left the educational institutions of Prasanthi Nilayam close to seven years ago. Prasanthi Nilayam was home for 14 years up until then and for many reasons, still remains so. My memories of the years…
Life is a Lesson
AS Vishwanathan2006 Prasanthi Nilayam Poornamadah Poornamidam Poornaat PoornamudachyatePoornasya Poornamaadaaya Poornamevaavasishyate (That is Absolute, This is Absolute, Absolute arises out of AbsoluteIf Absolute is taken away from Absolute, Absolute remains) Words are grossly inadequate to describe what I have learnt from…
Lessons for Life
Krishnan Shankar Prasanthi Nilayam Life Lesson: 1 Swami connects to your heart Trayee Session Let me share a memory from at Trayee Brindavan. As you all know Trayee sessions were so exciting that we would look forward to them each…
Be an Example
Sainath1990 Prasanthi Nilayam We had passed out of our PG degrees in 1990. Swami called our outgoing batch of students into the interview room to bless us and give us His advice. During the session, one of the students asked…
Bhagawan reinforces one’s faith
S Ashok Sundaresan 1995 Prasanthi Nilayam It was a bright sunny evening at the Mandir. Bhagawan glided gracefully for giving Darshan, as the music wafted blissfully in the air. Expectant eyes gleefully gorged His presence. After Darshan, Bhagawan went inside…