Archana

[Ramesh Ramnani]

जय सांई राम।।।

'तेरी' आँखें

ये बादल और कुछ नही,  'तेरी' आँखों के काजल हैं,
ये बिजली और कुछ नही,  'तेरे' आने की आहट है,
ये मौसम और कुछ नही,  'तेरे' आंचल की खुशबू है,
इस दिल में और कुछ नही,  'तुझे' पाने की चाहत है,

खुदा करे मोहब्बत में,
ये मुकाम आये,
कि किसी का नाम लूँ ज़ुबान पर,
तो सिर्फ बाबा 'तेरा' ही नाम आये।

अपना सांई प्यारा सांई सबसे न्यारा अपना सांई

ॐ सांई राम।।।“

[Ramesh Ramnani]

जय सांई राम।।।

'तेरी' आँखें

Offering yourself to BABA SAI is what worship is all about…

अपना सांई प्यारा सांई सबसे न्यारा अपना सांई

ॐ सांई राम।।।“

[Ramesh Ramnani]

जय सांई राम।।।

बाबा! यार लोग नाराज़ होते हैं
कि तुम्हें पूज़ता हूँ मैं
मैं तो कुछ नहीं कह्ता
ज़ब वे पत्थर पूजते हैं।

अपना सांई प्यारा सांई सबसे न्यारा अपना सांई

ॐ सांई राम।।।

[Ramesh Ramnani]

जय सांई राम।।।

'तेरी' आँखें

जागृति, स्वप्न, सुषुप्ति में रहे आपका ध्यान...
सांई तुम सा ना कोई, जग में और महान...
घट-घट व्याप्त बसे जड़-चेतन...
तेरे रूप अनेक...
दिया विश्व को महामन्त्र यह...
सबका मालिक एक...

अपना सांई प्यारा सांई सबसे न्यारा अपना सांई

ॐ सांई राम।।।“

[Ramesh Ramnani]

JAI SAI RAM!!!

Prayer is the highest form of love. If love is the flower, then prayer is the fragrance. Love is visible, prayer is invisible. Love is between one person and another person, prayer is between one impersonal presence and the impersonal presence of the whole. Love is limited, prayer is unlimited.

If you can pray, no other therapy is needed.

Therapies are needed in the world because prayer has disappeared. Man was never in need of therapy when prayer was alive, flowing, when people were dancing in great gratitude, singing songs in praise of God, were ecstatic just for being, for being here, were grateful just for life.

When tears were flowing from their eyes -- of love, of joy -- and when there were songs in their hearts, there was no need for therapy.

In the old days there was a different kind of person moving in the world, the religious person -- the Buddha, the Christ.

You simply bow down out of gratitude. There is no object in your bowing: you simply bow down because... to see such infinite joy showering on you for no reason at all... and you are not worthy! You don't deserve it! You have never earned it! How can you remain without giving a heartful thank-you to existence?

Your head bows down, you surrender. You lie down on the earth in utter silence, your heart throbbing, pulsating with ecstasy. Your breathing has a different rhythm to it, a different melody to it. Your whole energy is dancing, streaming. You have fallen in harmony with existence. This is what prayer is -- not that which is going on in the churches and the temples: that is parrot-like, it is formal. It has nothing to do with real prayer. And this prayer heals, this prayer is real therapy.

Everyone can be healed by prayer. Therapy has not helped anybody. At the most, therapy can make you adjusted to the society.  Prayer helps you to fall in tune with existence itself.  Society is man-made, its values are man-made, hence they are different everywhere.  In India there are different values, in the West there are different values. Something that is perfectly okay in the West is absolutely wrong in the East, and vice versa. These values are man-created.

OM SAI RAM!!!

[Ramesh Ramnani]

JAI SAI RAM!!!

Prayer is the highest form of love. If love is the flower, then prayer is the fragrance. Love is visible, prayer is invisible. Love is between one person and another person, prayer is between one impersonal presence and the impersonal presence of the whole. Love is limited, prayer is unlimited.

If you can pray, no other therapy is needed.

Therapies are needed in the world because prayer has disappeared. Man was never in need of therapy when prayer was alive, flowing, when people were dancing in great gratitude, singing songs in praise of God, were ecstatic just for being, for being here, were grateful just for life.

When tears were flowing from their eyes -- of love, of joy -- and when there were songs in their hearts, there was no need for therapy.

In the old days there was a different kind of person moving in the world, the religious person -- the Buddha, the Christ, Guru Nanak, Shirdi Sai Baba.

You simply bow down out of gratitude. There is no object in your bowing: you simply bow down because... to see such infinite joy showering on you for no reason at all... and you are not worthy! You don't deserve it! You have never earned it! How can you remain without giving a heartful thank-you to existence?

Your head bows down, you surrender. You lie down on the earth in utter silence, your heart throbbing, pulsating with ecstasy. Your breathing has a different rhythm to it, a different melody to it. Your whole energy is dancing, streaming. You have fallen in harmony with existence. This is what prayer is -- not that which is going on in the churches and the temples: that is parrot-like, it is formal. It has nothing to do with real prayer. And this prayer heals, this prayer is real therapy.

Everyone can be healed by prayer. Therapy has not helped anybody. At the most, therapy can make you adjusted to the society.  Prayer helps you to fall in tune with existence itself.  Society is man-made, its values are man-made, hence they are different everywhere.  In India there are different values, in the West there are different values. Something that is perfectly okay in the West is absolutely wrong in the East, and vice versa. These values are man-created.

OM SAI RAM!!!

[Ramesh Ramnani]

JAI SAI RAM!!!

The first, and the most important, is prayer.  Love is prayer.  There is no other prayer, all other prayers are just pseudo, substitutes for' love. The other prayers are invented by people who cannot love, who are incapable of love, who are afraid of love; who have been so badly damaged by the society that they have lost their intrinsic quality of love. Prayer is a substitute for those people. But it is a poor substitute, and it cannot fulfill them because it will never become real.

A prayer is real only when it is not a substitute for love but a flowering of love, when it is the fragrance of your love.

Then it is not Christian, Hindu or Mohammedan. Then it has no form; then it is not a ritual at all. Then it is a way of life. When one lives lovingly, one is prayerful.

And the second meaning of prayer is mercy. One who is prayerful is bound to be compassionate -- naturally; it has not to be cultivated. A cultivated compassion is not true compassion. A cultivated character is only acting, pretension. Basically, anything that you cultivate makes you a hypocrite.

Real things grow; they are not painted from the outside. You don't learn them from the society, you grow them from your innermost core.

They grow in you just as leaves grow on the trees. You can paint a beautiful tree but it will be only a painting. It will not be a tree and it will never grow. No new leaves will come. Spring will come and your painting will remain dead. Spring will come and go. but your painting will not grow a single leaf, a single flower; it will know nothing of the spring. The cultivated character is like a painting -- non-growing, dead.

The real character is a real tree: it knows how to grow. It has sources in the earth, it has roots in existence.

A prayerful heart naturally becomes compassionate, because you are so happy that you start feeling for others. Mercy arises, and now the mercy has a totally different quality from the cultivated mercy. The cultivated mercy always makes you egoistic, as if you are obliging people, doing something great, doing some service to humanity. But the real compassion, the real mercy, knows nothing of all these things; it is simply natural. You don't become egoistic about it, it does not feed your ego; on the contrary, if anything of the ego is still left, it takes it away. The last traces of ego are taken away by compassion.

And the third meaning of prayer is grace. Naturally, when a person is prayerful, compassionate, he will have a new kind of beauty to his individuality: he will have grace. He will have a kind of poetry surrounding him, his vibe will be poetic.

His presence will have a music to it.

But everything starts with love, remember; love is the ultimate law. Then prayer, mercy, grace, follow of their own accord.

OM SAI RAM!!!

[Ramesh Ramnani]

JAI SAI RAM!!!

The deeper your prayers echo in your own consciousness, the more audible they are to God.

There is a story of a peasant girl who was passing through a farm while going to another village. There was a person offering his prayers in the open. The law is that no one should cross the place where anyone is praying. When this girl returned from the village this man was still sitting there. He said, 'O girl, now what terrible sin have you committed!' 'What did I do?' asked she. 'I was offering prayers here, and you passed over this place'. The girl asked, 'What do you mean by offering prayers?'  'Thinking of God', he replied. The girl said, 'Yes? Were you thinking of God? I was thinking of my young man whom I was going to meet, and I did not see you. Then how did you see me while you were thinking of God?'

Prayer from the depth and prayer from the surface are two prayers. One can utter what Christ has called 'vain repetitions’, just repeating the prayer; one does not fix one's mind on the meaning of the prayer. If the depth of one's heart has heard the prayer, God has heard it.

OM SAI RAM!!!

[Ramesh Ramnani]

JAI SAI RAM!!!

Deva means divine, abhar means gratitude. And gratitude is real prayer. To be grateful is to be prayerful. Prayer is not a demand, it is not a complaint, it is not asking for something, it is not a desire; if it is, it is not prayer. It is just a thankfulness for all that the existence has done, for all that has been given to us.

Each moment is so precious that it is really impossible to understand how people can remain ungrateful to existence. Each breath is a miracle, and miracles abound. Wherever you look and whatsoever you see is a miracle. The seed becoming a sprout is a miracle. The sun rising in the morning is a miracle. The night full of stars is a miracle. To look into the eyes of another human being is a miracle and there are depths upon depths and you can never come to an end. If you look into the eyes of another human Being you enter into an infinity. Each flower is a miracle and each stone, yet man is insensitive.

That insensitivity is what I call irreligiousness. I don't call the person irreligious who does not go to the church or to the temple. The irreligious person is one who has lost sensitivity, who is no more receptive to the glories of life, who is no more available to the splendours.

OM SAI RAM!!!

[Ramesh Ramnani]

JAI SAI RAM!!!

Sarva Bhavantu Sukhinah
Sarve Santu Niramayah
Sarve Bhadrani Pashyantu,
Ma Kaschid Dukhabhagah Bhavet

Let Every Body Be Happy
And Free From Diseases
Let Every Body Enjoy Welfare
and Let None be Distressed

OM SAI RAM!!!

[Ramesh Ramnani]

जय सांई राम़।।।

एक सूफी गीत है- प्रेयसी के द्वार पर किसी ने दस्तक दी। भीतर से आवाज आयी, 'कौन है?'  जो द्वार के बाहर खड़ा था,  उसने कहा, 'मैं हूं।'  प्रत्युत्तर में उसे सुनाई पड़ा,  'यह गृह 'मैं'  और 'तू'  दो को नहीं संभाल सकता है।'

और बंद द्वार बंद ही रहा। प्रेमी वन में चला गया। उसने तप किया, उपवास किये, प्रार्थनाएं कीं। बहुत सालों के बाद वह लौटा और पुन: उसने वही द्वार खटखटाया। दुबारा वही प्रश्न, 'बाहर कौन है?'

पर इस बार द्वार खुल गए, क्योंकि उसका उत्तर दूसरा था। उसने कहा, 'तू ही है।'

यह उत्तर कि 'तू ही है'  समस्त धर्मों का सार है। जीवन के अनंत-असीम प्रवाह पर 'मैं' की गांठ ही बंधन है। 'मैं' व्यक्ति को सत्ता से तोड़ देता है। 'मैं' बुदबुदा सत्ता-प्रवाह से अपने को भिन्न समझ बैठता है। जबकि बुदबुदे की अपनी कोई सत्ता नहीं है। उसका कोई केंद्र और अपना जीवन नहीं है। वह सागर ही है। सागर ही उसका जीवन है। 'मैं'  के भीतर झांको तो ब्रह्मं मिल जाता है।

'मैं' जहां नहीं है, वहां वस्तुत: 'तू' भी नहीं है। वहां केवल 'होना'  मात्र है। केवल अस्तित्व है, शुद्ध सत्ता है। इस शुद्ध सत्ता में जागना निर्वाण है।

ॐ सांई राम।।।

[tana]

ॐ सांई राम~~~

हे! परमदेव प्रभु आप परम शुद्ध अनन्त शक्ति स्वरूप,अनन्त ज्ञान स्वरूप,अनन्त आनन्द स्वरूप,अनन्त प्रेम एवम् ज्योति स्वरूप हैं ।

हे! परम कृपालू देवाधिदेव।आप को नमस्कार हो, बार बार नमस्कार हो ।

हे! विश्वमय एवम् विश्वतीत, एकमेव अद्वितीय परमेश्वर मैं आप की शरण में हूँ मुझे अपना लो,मुझे अपना बना लो,मुझे संभाल लो प्रभु,मैं आपकी हूँ,आपकी ही हूँ,जैसी कैसी हूँ,आपकी शरण में हूँ ।

हे! सरवेश्वर मेरा शरीर स्वस्थ हो,मेरी इन्द्रियां निर्मल हो,मेरी भावनायँ पवित्र हो,मेरी बुद्धि सुस्थिर हो।

हे प्रभु! मेरा समुच्य जीवन पवित्र व विकसित बन कर आपके भजन स्मरण में,आपके चिन्तन में व आप की सेवा में व्यतीत हो । परम कृपालु! मुझे ऐसा बल दो कि मैं आपको देख सकूं,सत्य को देख सकूं।

हे पूर्ण! मेरी अपूर्णताओं को पूर्णता में बदल दो,मुझे अपने में मिला कर पूर्ण कर लो।
सभी सदगामी हो, सभी सुखी हो,सभी प्रेम से रहे,सभी का कल्याण हो।

ॐ शान्ति~~~शान्ति~~~शान्ति~~~

जय सांई राम~~~

[Ramesh Ramnani]

जय सांई राम़।।।

'प्रभु को पुकारो। उसका नाम स्मरण करो। निरंतर बुलाने से वह अवश्य सुनता है।'

मुझे याद आया कबीर ने कहा, 'क्या ईश्वर बहरा हो गया है?'

यह तो मानो ऐसा कि 'दस आदमी सो रहे हें। किसी ने पुकारा - 'देवदत्त।'  तो देवदत्त उठ आता है। ऐसे ही प्रभु के संबंध में भी है। उसका नाम पुकारो, वह अवश्य सुनता है।'

यह सब ऐसा नहीं लगता है कि प्रभु नहीं,  हम सो रहे हैं। वह तो नित्य जाग्रत है। उसे नहीं, वरन् हमें जागना है। फिर सोए हुए जाग्रत को जगावें,  तो बड़े मजे की बात है। उसे पुकारना नहीं,  उसकी ही पुकार हमें सुननी है। यह मौन में होगा - परिपूर्ण निस्तरंग चित्त में होगा। जब चित्त में कोई ध्वनि नहीं है, तब उसका नाद उपलब्ध होता है।

पूर्ण मौन ही एक मात्र प्रार्थना है। प्रार्थना कुछ करना नहीं है, वरन् जब चित्त कुछ भी नहीं कह रहा है, तब वह प्रार्थना में है।

प्रार्थना क्रिया नहीं अवस्था है।

द्वितीय, प्रभु का कोई नाम नहीं है, न उसका कोई रूप है। इसलिए उसे बुलाने और स्मरण करने का कोई उपाय भी नहीं है। सब नाम,  सब रूप कल्पित हैं। वे सब मिथ्या हैं। उनसे नहीं,  उन्हें छोड़कर सत्य तक पहुंचना होता है।

जो सब छोड़ने का साहस करता है, वह 'उसे' पाने की शर्त पूरी करता है।

अपना सांई प्यारा सांई सबसे न्यारा अपना सांई

ॐ सांई राम।।।

[Ramesh Ramnani]

जय सांई राम।।।

Nothing happens by too much worship! Too much worship means that you do not know how to worship. Too much worship means that you are repeating dead rituals, otherwise it is sufficient to speak the name of the divine even once. And every day you are sitting with the rosary repeating "Sai Ram, Sai Ram." When will your life be full of Sai Ram? How many times are you going to repeat "Sai Ram"?

There are some people who keep an account of the number of their chants. They say, "I have chanted this mantra ten million times."  But if nothing has happened by chanting once, then what is going to happen by chanting ten million times? Try to understand this.

A mantra is not mathematics. A mantra is not quantitative, it is qualitative. If anything is to happen it will happen the very first time. If it is not to happen then, it will not happen even if you go on repeating it ten million times. If you have repeated it wrongly the first time, you will do it more so the second time, the third time even more so, and this will go on. You can repeat it a million times or ten million times, it makes no difference.

It is a question of calling properly; then one call of the heart is enough, then even one call becomes a revolution. The divine is not deaf. He does not want your flattery. Is he going to listen only when you say it repeatedly?  He can hear without your saying it but it should be from your heart. He will never hear if you go on repeating it in your mind, because the divine is not related with your thinking, the divine is related only with your prayer of the heart.

अपना सांई प्यारा सांई सबसे न्यारा अपना सांई

ॐ सांई राम।।।

[Ramesh Ramnani]

जय सांई राम।।।

It had not rained in a village for many years, so the whole of the village had gathered in the temple to pray.

A small child was also going to the temple to pray. Everyone was laughing at him on the way. Even the priest said, "You stupid! Why are you carrying that umbrella with you? It has not rained for many years, that is why we are going to pray."

That child had brought an umbrella. Thousands of people had gathered to pray but none of them had brought an umbrella. The child said, "I have brought the umbrella because when we pray it will certainly rain and I will need it on my way back."
 
People just laughed, they said, "He is mad."

Can the prayer of such people be answered? Only this child's prayer could be answered. He had deep trust; he had no doubt in the prayer; his prayer was full of deep trust. But the older people put doubt in the mind of the child.

They said, "Go home and put this umbrella away. It does not rain in this way." They are going to pray, but do not have the confidence that it will rain by praying. Then why pray at all?

It is better to be an atheist and be honest about it. What is the use of being a theist if you are dishonest? You have prayed many times but did you believe that it would be answered? When it is not answered, you say that you knew beforehand that the prayer would not be answered. You have knocked on the doors of the temple many times, but have you done so wholeheartedly? With full trust? Or did you go with doubt?

If you went with doubt then you should not have gone at all -- that would have been honest. By going, whom did you deceive? By going you have harmed yourself. Your prayer was unanswered. If your prayer is unanswered again and again then you lose your self-confidence; then you pray from your lips and not from your heart.

अपना सांई प्यारा सांई सबसे न्यारा अपना सांई

ॐ सांई राम।।।