Benefits of Group bhajans and Group prayers FROM/AT HOME

Om Sri Sai Ram,  Attention Devotees!  

"The home must resound to the name of Govinda; otherwise, it is just a cave (Guha), where wild animals dwell. The body needs a house, but your body is itself a house. In that house too, the Name of Govinda must be heard, or else it is a mud-pot (Ghata), not a human body. "- BABA

Unimaginable benefits of attending group bhajans or BalVikas classes from your home with your family. Most common ones are mentioned here.  

1.Spirituality consists in filling the heart with love, dedicating all actions to the Divine and striving for the welfare of all.  Spirituality is the realization of the role of the Spirit in daily life. It is a way of life.  Spirituality alone confers true vision, and makes man full and wholesome. This should start at home.  

2.Helps family balance and manage both spiritual and secular life well.  

3. Helps your family to develop intense love, devotions and able connect to GOD. Helps to develop and establish intimate relationship with GOD.

4. Your home atmosphere will be kept purified and sanctified and thus everyone will have pure thoughts. Divine Love will manifest in their hearts.  You will be able to maintain peaceful atmosphere at home at all time. You can protect yourself and your family against any negative thoughts and  negative energy.

5. Motivates everyone in the family love and yearning for GOD. Swamy said an iron chain can be broken with ease, but not the chain of love that binds you to the Lord.   Help family members to pray to the Lord with one-pointed concentration. The fact is that on account of the intensity of the devotion of the devotee, the Lord cannot desist from manifesting Himself for that person .

6. The family goes through all the challenges (ups and down) in life easily by the grace of the Lord. Family enjoys peace and bliss at home always.  

7. Children will follow parents to learn to pray and sing HIS glory. This will continue generation after generations. The chain will not break. 

8. If we earn HIS love and seek HIS presence, HE will start showing HIS presence at home. 

9. GOD at home is like a little Krishna playful and casual with the family. We have witnessed HIS playful Leela at many homes in USA, India and around the world. 

10. When your family joins bhajan with other families, it becomes a selfless seva by your family to the community and to the world. Swamy always advises his devotees to share the joy of singing with other devotees and be selfless in every thought and action. 

11. Most of all, bars at home will disappear replaced by altars. Family will learn, start following dharma and realize the importance of karma. 

12. Helps you and your family to turn inward slowly pay attention to develop inner divine qualities and not influenced much by external world.

13.How our zoom bhajans will help you and your family? 

a. We know many people around the world got cured of ailments through zoom group prayers. 

b. Helps to engage yourselves in good deeds, stay in good company, and good thoughts and helps to fix your attention on the spiritual goal uninterrupted and motivated wherever you are (go)  on this planet.

c. Your children will stay connected wherever they go for college or work to anywhere in the world. 

d. You will have opportunity to see divine Leela and manifestations in every home around the world.

e.  Other participating families can see your beautiful altar, arathi and darshan of BABA/SWAMY at your home from far off places.

f. Helps to connect/Satsang with noble, realized souls in any parts of the world and learn from them.

g. Helps to avoid danger of leaving the spiritual path and spiritual goal due to interruptions and distractions by moving from one place to another due to career, studies etc., 

h. Avoid COVID like contagious diseases. 

i. As per BABA's instruction, namasmarana/bhajan can be spread to every home in every street.

j.. You may never miss a bhajan. It is your commitment to GOD. You can listen/offer your bhajan from anywhere car, bus, plane, hotel etc., Your prayer surely will reach HIM.

k. Transformation begins at home.

l. You and your family will have more time to devote the time for selfless service to the society.

m. You can hear the footstep of the Lord only in silence. 

There may be million other benefits (visible and invisible) that depends on the individual efforts and connection to the Lord.  

Let us share and spread the joy of devotional singing in every home for a peaceful world!

Which is the best place to do our spiritual practices like meditation and bhajans? 

Bhagawan explains and encourages us.

Dhana (Money) is the currency of the world; Sadhana (spiritual practices) is the currency of the spirit. When self-styled devotees come to you with their lists and books seeking donations, do not offer them any money. Why do you need a hall to meditate or repeat the Lord’s Name (dhyana or namasmarana)? The presence of others with unlike intentions will more often be a hindrance rather than help; instead make your home a temple, meditate in your own shrine room. Sing bhajans lovingly in your own home! Above all, be an example to others through your conduct - practice soft loving and truthful speech, be humble, and show reverence to elders. Live with faith, steadfastness and truthfulness. That way you will bring more people into the fold of theism than by establishing societies, collecting donations and running temples. Remember, the Lord really cares for sincerity, simplicity and steady joy in the contemplation of His name and form; nothing else! -Sri Sathya Sai Baba- Divine Discourse, Aug 19, 1964 *

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Sairam sisters and brothers!

From SWAMY's discourse on May 24,2000 at Brindavan, India during summer course 2000:

God loves dearly, those who possess the qualities enumerated in this sloka (verse) of the Bhagavad Gita.  

"Anapeksah Sucirdaksa Udasino Gatavyathah Sarvarambha Parityagi Yo Madbhaktah Same Priyah"  

Meaning: 

He who is totally devoid of desires, 

Absolutely pure, 

Firm in determination, 

Completely detached, (should not be craving for fame and name)

Immune to the play of Time, (being impervious to the ups and downs brought about by time)

And has renounced pomp and ostentation; (Shun pomp, show, and publicity)

Such a one is dear to Me. GITA: (12.16)  

What sort of determination must you have? You must say, "Come what may, I shall not rest till I accomplish this or achieve this." This is the sort of resolve you ought to have.  

What is meant by determination? It means having the firm resolve: "I should definitely see God, have God, and secure His Grace." God loves dearly the devotee who has such firm determination. In the end, what should happen? 

Out of sheer disgust, the Lord must yield to your wishes! 

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Jai Sairam!