Sai Region 3, USA, SSIO Zone 1
Love All, Serve All
ARRYA 2019 RegistrationWe are excited to announce that the registration for the Annual Regional Retreat for Young Adults (ARRYA) 2019 is now open. The YA retreat is open to YAs (ages 18-40) and SSE Group 4 students (age 16+). If you are a Group 4 student under the age of 16 and would like to attend, please contact the regional YA reps. We are planning lots of … Continue reading ARRYA 2019 Registration
SSE Heal the Environment – Love the Planet (H.E.L.P.) Initiative of Young AdultsOm Sri Sai Ram. Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba founded Balavikas in 1969. As we celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Balvikas or Sai Spiritual Education (SSE), we are happy to acknowledge 746 students who participated in the Serve the Planet (STP) H.E.L.P (Heal the Environment – Love the Planet) initiative by awarding them ‘Certificates of Recognition’. This is an initiative of the Sathya Sai Young Adults and we appreciate their … Continue reading SSE Heal the Environment – Love the Planet (H.E.L.P.) Initiative of Young Adults
Announcement | USA National Young Adult AdvisorDear Reps and Advisors, Loving Sairam and wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! With Bhagawan’s blessings, we are delighted to announce that Suryalaxmi Pochincherla has been appointed as the new USA National Young Adult Female Advisor. First, we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to Aparna Murali (outgoing YA Female Advisor) for her dedication and inspired service to Swami … Continue reading Announcement | USA National Young Adult Advisor
Video Message about Holidays and New Year 2019 from Chairman, Prasanthi CouncilDear Brothers and Sisters, OM Sri Sai Ram. Greetings for a Happy and Holy Holiday Season. As we celebrate the holidays and prepare for the New Year, we are happy to share a video message from Dr. Narendranath Reddy, Chairman, Prasanthi Council. Dr. Reddy reiterates our good fortune of being contemporaries of the Avatar and shares how we can express gratitude to Bhagawan by following … Continue reading Video Message about Holidays and New Year 2019 from Chairman, Prasanthi Council
Swami Blesses the Activities of the SSIOOM Sri Sai Ram. Kindly see enclosed the latest Bulletin about Blessings from Swami for the 2017-2018 Annual Report of the SSIO. The SSIO Annual Report and the pictures can also be viewed/downloaded from http://www.sathyasai.org/organisation/2018-annual-report. Please forward this important Bulletin to all Sathya Sai devotees in Centres, Groups, Institutes, Trusts and Schools in your area. Thank you. Jai Sai Ram. Lovingly in the Service of … Continue reading Swami Blesses the Activities of the SSIO
SAI Summer Series in Prasanthi Nilayam: 17 – 21 July 2019Dear Brothers and Sisters, Om Sri Sai Ram. With Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s grace and blessings, the SSIO is introducing a new initiative – SAI (Self-Awareness and Inspiration) Summer Series: An international retreat in Prasanthi Nilayam every summer around Guru Poornima. The SAI Summer Series will be focused on personal transformation topics and activities, and the inaugural event will take place during 17– 21 … Continue reading SAI Summer Series in Prasanthi Nilayam: 17 – 21 July 2019
Study Circle 10/28/18: Sathya Sai Speaks Vol 7 Chapter 2 Maintain inner equanimity with all your strength It is Maayaa (illusion) that makes man take the Naama and Ruupa (the name and the form) as real. Attachment is born out of this Maayaa only. It acts like a veil to hide the reality behind all this multiplicity. Maayaa is the vesture of Maadhava (God); he … Continue reading Stagnation In The Same Class
Video Message on the occasion of Swami’s 93rd Birthday CelebrationsDear Brothers and Sisters, OM Sri Sai Ram. On the holy observance of Swami’s Birthday Celebration in November 2018, we are sharing a video message from Dr. Narendranath Reddy, Chairman, Prasanthi Council. In this video, Dr Reddy outlines our good fortune at being the contemporaries of the Avatar, Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. He also shares a divine message in a song composed by Swami … Continue reading Video Message on the occasion of Swami’s 93rd Birthday Celebrations
STUDY CIRCLE SERIES: RIGHT THINKING AM I BEING NON JUDGEMENTAL AND ACCEPTING PEOPLE AS THEY ARE? SWAMI’S QUOTE: Do not judge others to decide whether they deserve your service. Find out only whether, they are distressed; that is enough credential. do not examine how they behave towards others; they can be certainly transformed by love. Service is for you as sacred as a vow, a … Continue reading Being Non Judgemental
Region wide hurricane relief service projectHurricanes Florence and Michael have severely affected many areas in our region. Many of you have contacted us asking how we can help. With Sai’s guidance and blessings, devotees from nearby centers have been assessing and surveying the situations. Many devotees have been serving with various groups to render help as soon as conditions were safe. Our goal is to assist where the need is … Continue reading Region wide hurricane relief service project
Avatar Declaration Day – Message from Prasanthi CouncilLet us pay homage and gratitude to our Lord Sri Sathya Sai Baba on this auspicious Avatar Declaration Day, for choosing us to be instruments of His love and message.
Humanitarian Relief for IndonesiaDuring the past week the Sulawesi island in Indonesia has endured back-to-back natural disasters – a deadly earthquake of magnitude 7.5 followed by a tsunami and a volcanic eruption of Mount Soputan.
Please click on the title for details on how to participate in the relief efforts.
Study Circle: 09/30/18 Do not bargain with God Now, people pray to God to relieve them from pain, grief and loss, to confer on them health, strength and wealth but if you develop an intimate attachment to Him and make Him yours, then He will manage to give you all that you need. Do not demean the relationship into bargaining: give me this, then I … Continue reading Do Not Bargain With God
Medical Camp at Prasanthi Nilayam, 18 – 25 November 2018Please see the attached letter from Dr. Reddy, Chairman Prasanthi Council, about the Medical Camp that will be conducted during November 18 – 25 at Prasanthi, along with the attachments about the Medical Camp that took place during Gurupoornima. There are opportunities for healthcare professionals and general volunteers to serve during this time. November 2018 Medical Camp Announcement Report – July 2018 Report – November … Continue reading Medical Camp at Prasanthi Nilayam, 18 – 25 November 2018
Raleigh Sai Center will be conducting a free vision care clinic on October 13th, 2018.
Sathya Sai Speaks Vol 6, Chapter 32 Study Circle: 09/16/18 Poorna (full or infinite) minus Poorna is Poorna Every being needs prema (Love), inhales and exhales prema. For prema is the basic breath; every one is the embodiment of prema. Love knows no fear and so, love needs no falsehood to support it. It is only fear that makes people warp the face of truth to … Continue reading Poorna minus poorna is poorna
Study Circle 09/10/18 Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 6, Chapter 25: Studies Earning a fat salary is not the chief thing at all; no. The aim should be the cultivation of virtue. Studies are the roots of the tree of life. The attachments which the individual develops towards kith and kin, the objects of the world, the ideals and the goals, the fancies and fashions – … Continue reading Studies
SSIO Public Outreach LibraryDear All, Sai Ram! A very successful Go Green Conference and Exhibition was recently held in Prasanthi Nilayam in July 2018, focused on the spiritual relationship between God, Nature and Man. As a follow-up, the Public Outreach Committee recommends similar events at national and/or centre level, wherever possible, to bring the teachings of Sathya Sai Baba to the general public and to raise their awareness … Continue reading SSIO Public Outreach Library
Presented below are a few documents provided by the National Disaster Recovery Team (NDRT – SSIO USA) that will help in the preparation before, and recovery after an extreme weather event.
Study Circle: 09/03/18 Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 6, Chp 22: Of Him, to Him, by Him This day is dedicated to the worship of the Naraakaara (the Divine in human form) which the Niraakaara (the formless) assumed, in order to save man from the marshy terrain into which he had been drawn by the delusion which blinded his vision. Yama (God of death) can be … Continue reading Of Him, to Him, by Him