1. Regional Orientation & Welcome Day
‘Are We Ready’
For Bhagawan
Regional Orientation & Welcome Day
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2. How do we get Ready To Receive Him To Follow Him To Serve Him
  As Centres & Regions
To Receive Him
To Follow Him
To Serve Him
Remember, We are getting ready to receive GOD
Are We Ready for Bhagawan
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3. Discussion Pointers Are We Ready for Bhagawan SAI Centres - Purpose
SAI Centres
- Purpose
- Role
- Character
Regional Committee
- Purpose
- Role
Office Bearers
- Qualities
- Roles
Devotees
-Qualities
- Roles
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4. Discussion Pointers Purpose of SAI Centres
Purpose of SAI Centres
- As oases of joy and harmony in the community
- As sanctuaries for individual and collective spiritual growth
- As reflections of the glorious
Sai Message of Universal Love
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5. I must say plainly that ninety out of a hundred among you
have not clearly visualised the purpose for which I have
allowed you to form these Organisations. It is not to give
some people places of authority or power, or for ensuring
fame and publicity for Me. It is to build upon the earth
the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of men on
strong foundations. This must be clearly
grasped by all of you.
- SSS Vol 8. chap 43 a
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6. You know that these organisations---Seva Samithis, Bhajana
Mandalis, Seva Sanghams---are for awakening in man the
consciousness of the Divinity inherent in him and to
encourage him to cultivate it, so that he could blossom into a
real Saadhaka and then into a Saadhu (detached, devoted,
virtuous, wise, aspirant), and finally into a
Liberated Personality merged in the Supreme.
- SSS Vol 7. chap 46 a
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7. Discussion Pointers Role of SAI Centres In Individual transformation
In Society
Help create Love for God, unity among humans & morality in society
Making a difference in the society by selfless service
Participate in community activities
Serve as servants of SAI
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8. Are We Ready for Bhagawan
‘The main aim of all the activities in which you are now engaged is,
let Me tell you, cleansing the mind. Just as you give various items
of clothing to the dhobi- such as pants, coats, towel- for the
purpose of cleansing, so too, whether it is meditation that you are
encouraging, or discourse that you are arranging, or bhajan that
you are organising, or clothes that you are offering to the poor,
or worship that you are conducting, the object is just
cleansing the mind of the taint of egoism, greed,
hatred, malice, lust and envy’
- SSS Vol 8 chap 44 a
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9. Are We Ready for Bhagawan
The Organisation must help people to realise the Unity behind all this
apparent multiplicity which is only a super-imposition by the human mind
on the One that is all this. The Vedas proclaim that God is One, that the
Goal is the same and that Truth stands Self-revealed when the veil of the
world is cast away or torn off. One simple way to realise this Unity is
through seva (selfless service), seva that is not tarnished by a
superiority complex, or by pride or even by a sense of
duty towards the organisation with which you are bound
- SSS Vol 13 chap 20
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10. Discussion Pointers Character of SAI Centres Are We Ready for Bhagawan
The Ambience
(General decorum and discipline, Altar decoration, seating ….etc)
The Activities
Understand the purpose and significance of prayers,
bhajans, study circles, meditation, service activities
Unity
In thought, word and action
Team work
Personality
Reflect the personality of Bhagawan through
our action
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11. Are We Ready for Bhagawan
‘This Organisation does not seek to establish a new cult or sect, a new
type of Japa or Dhyaana, a novel ritual, an initiation that separates people
as 'disciples' within the fold and 'noninitiates' without the fold. It seeks to
restrain Thamoguna (dullness, ignorance, and all the evils that arise from
these) and Rajoguna (passion, violent emotion, desire, egoism and
consequent evils); it instills in men the Truth that all are kin in Aathma,
that the stranger is but oneself in another habiliment,
and that service to another is the best service that
one can do to oneself’
-SSS Vol 7 chap 46
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12. Are We Ready for Bhagawan
‘Treat every one as the embodiment of the Divine which you worship;
treat every word and deed of yours as an offering to the Lord whom you
adore. Then, you can escape the taint of envy or malice, falsehood or
greed, anger or egotism. These evil traits should not be found in any one
in this Organisation.
Establish unity among yourselves first; do not seek faults in others or
excellences in your own selves. The Fatherhood of God and the
Brotherhood of Man---have full faith in this and fill every
act of yours with that reverence and love.
-SSS Vol 7 chap 18 a
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13. Office Bearers- Qualifications
Eager aspirants of spiritual progress
Known as good person
Full faith in the Name that the Orgn bears, and
in spreading that Name, in the manner suited
to its Message and Majesty
Most Essential are Devotion and Faith
-SSS Vol 7 chap 18 a
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14. Office Bearers- Roles - Ensure Unity
Enable the thrill of spiritual comradeship for all members by
Organising regular activities
Foster awareness of
SAI as the sole motivator of all our actions
Sai activities as an ideal way of conducting
social and service activities in the community
Represent SAI Message as a means to
Peace and Harmony in the Nation a
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15. Devotees- Qualifications
‘There are many who claim to be Sai devotees. How many of
them are following the message of Sai? If everyone seeks the
answer within himself, he will see that it is a zero. Anyone
who claims to be a Sai devotee should dedicate his life to
Sai ideals. That is true devotion and real penance.
That is the hallmark of humanness’ a
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16. Devotees- Roles
1. Engaged in the twin processes of purifying the mind and
clarifying the intellect.
Free from prejudices and misunderstandings.
They have to speak softly and sweetly
Give every one the respect and attention
due to them sincerely.
5. Conduct with humility and tolerance
- SSS Vol 13 chap 20 a
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17. Devotees- Roles
‘There should be no differences among devotees in the Sai
Organisations. There should be no scramble for power or
position. What matters is the purity, intensity and sincerity of
the devotion and the spirit of selfless sacrifice in which each
devotee renders service to the needy and the
suffering’
- SSS Vol 15 chap 17 a
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18. Practise Points How can we get our Centres reflect better
Does He need our Service?
What then is the meaning of Serving Sai?
How to Serve Sai?
Practise Points a
How can we get our Centres reflect better
The Universal SAI Message
How can we as a Centre interact
better with the community around us
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19. Take Home Keypoints Sai Centres should reflect the
Does He need our Service?
What then is the meaning of Serving Sai?
How to Serve Sai?
Take Home Keypoints a
Sai Centres should reflect the
Universal Sai Message.
Sai Centres and Sai Devotees,
for their own spiritual evolution,
should interact with the
community around us.
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