1. Rudram For Sai

2. Dedicated with Humble Pranams at the Divine Lotus Feet of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

3. Rudram For Sai – The Beginning The Rudram For Sai Offering is: A Global Spiritual Sadhana Offering Inspired by the success of Atirudra Parayanam held in the USA in 2008 Organized by Devotees of Sai Baba To promote learning and chanting of the sacred Vedic Mantra, the Rudram To foster Global coordination and unification of all spiritual activities to be offered to Swami

4. Rudram For Sai Offering – The Purpose An Offering to assist Sai Devotees & Everyone worldwide to chant the Sri Rudram everydayAn Offering to assist Sai Devotees & Everyone worldwide to chant the Sri Rudram everyday To promote unity, purity and divinity globallyTo promote unity, purity and divinity globally To spread love, peace and harmony globallyTo spread love, peace and harmony globally To foster unification of all future spiritual Offerings by the Sai Baba Devotees around the worldTo foster unification of all future spiritual Offerings by the Sai Baba Devotees around the world

5. Rudram For Sai Offering – The Plan To pray for World Peace and betterment of Self, Sai Baba Devotees and Everyone will learn the Vedic Mantra, RudramTo pray for World Peace and betterment of Self, Sai Baba Devotees and Everyone will learn the Vedic Mantra, Rudram Each will keep track of their progress on a weekly basisEach will keep track of their progress on a weekly basis The Rudram, once learned, can be chanted from wherever possible, whenever convenient at least once everydayThe Rudram, once learned, can be chanted from wherever possible, whenever convenient at least once everyday

6. Rudram For Sai Offering – The Target 84,000 x Rudram! Starting 28 th Sept, 2009 To ultimately achieve To present it as an offering to Swami Ending on Bhagawan’s 84 th Birthday, 23 rd Nov 2009

7. Guidelines for Rudram Sadhana Guidelines for Rudram Sadhana: 1.To become a participant, one must commit to learning each lesson weekly 2.Once a participant has made a commitment to take part in the Rudram Sadhana, they should not stray away from their commitment because it is a commitment to Swami. 3.For the purpose of keeping track of progress, a Google document has been created The Vedas are the gift of God for the welfare of the entire humanity. – Sri Sathya Sai Baba [9 th August, 2006]

8. Guidelines for Updating the Rudram Counter Every individual signing up for the Rudram For Sai Offering would be required to do the following on a weekly basis: Please visit: http://www.sai83atirudram.org/welcome If you have not registered for a free account, please do so Log into your account Under the “User Menu” at left, click “Update Your Count” If this is the first time you are accessing the document, scroll down to an empty row and enter your Name, City, and Country In the row with your name, scroll to the right until you find the column with today’s date Enter the number of times you chanted the Rudrams today Exit the spreadsheet Regularly update your daily counts from the Rudram For Sai website

9. 2) Next, enter the number of times you chanted Rudram today 1) Enter your name, city, and country, if you are doing so for the first time

10. More On Rudram For Sai Offering Leading up to Swami’s 84 th Birthday, special Rudram Chanting programs will be organized. Live webcast and video recordings of Rudrabhishekams (prayers involved Rudram chanting) will be available on the website. Guidance on the proper way to perform the Rudram Chanting sadhana and the significance / meaning of Rudram will be provided as part of this Offering

11. Summary Sign-Up for Rudram For Sai Offering Follow the weekly lessons and learn the Rudram mantras Whenever possible, chant the Rudram at least once a day Inform others about this Offering and encourage them to Sign-Up When you chant the Rudram, pray for the purpose of this Offering and for Swami’s Blessings for all

12. Significance of Rudram The Veda is very sacred. Especially, the Athi Rudra part is a very important section. Rudram is generally understood as a synonym to Lord Easwara. In fact, it is the essence of all the Vedas, namely, Rig, Yajur, Sama, and Atharvana Vedas. Sri Sathya Sai Baba [9 th Aug, 2006]

13. Significance of Rudram The Vedas are not to be neglected. The secret of the entire creation is contained in the Vedas. The Vedas establish the goal and purpose of human life. Everything concerning creation, sustenance, and dissolution of the universe is contained in the Vedas. Sri Sathya Sai Baba 9 th August, 2009

14. Benefits of Rudram A regular study of the Vedas and practice of Vedic injunctions confer all forms of wealth on the human beings. The Vedas remove all types of sorrow. -Sri Sathya Sai Baba 9 th August, 2006

15. Benefits of Rudram As stated by the pundit who just spoke, the “Athi Rudra” consists of many Namakas and Chamakas. They sustain human life. From where did this power come? The Namaka and Chamaka are taken from the Krishna Yajur Veda. It is an all inclusive Veda, from which the other Vedas, Sastras (scriptures), Ithihasas (ancient legends), and Puranas emanated. Sri Sathya Sai Baba 9 th August, 2006

16. Veda is for all. That which is one and universal is the Veda. Veda can alleviate all types of suffering of man. Hence, it is good for everyone to learn the Veda. - Sri Sathya Sai Baba