How to Celebrate Sathya Sai Aradhana Mahotsavam | Shraddha And Saburi

We 'celebrate' the 24th of April every year as the Sri Sathya Sai Aradhana Mahotsavam. What is the meaning of 'Aradhana' that makes it a 'Mahotsavam' (grand festival)? The insightful experiences of Prof Nanjundaiah and Mr. Ramakrishna Reddy make it clear what 'Aradhana' (devoted worship) is not! Then, the stories of Sugriva and Shabari from the Ramayana give us the clear distinction between emotion and devotion. We understand how Shraddha (Faith) and Saburi (Perseverance) are absolutely necessary for Aradhana or worship.
A personal experience during Guru Poornima 2009 which is close to my heart shows how Swami is happy with loyalty and how we get rewarded with the divine 'loyalty points'.
This is a Satsangh originally delivered to devotees at the Sathya Sai Center of Northeast Atlanta on the 20th of April, 2024.

[@dilippunekar6022]

SWAMI IS NOT GOD...HE IS THE CREATOR OF GODS 🎉 Thanks dear Arvind ji the messenger of Swami 🎉

[@vimalakumaridavala9214]

Sai Ram, Brother..I am overwhelmed to hear from you about the story of garland.. why because when i was studying at ATP i was a member of prayer hall self reliance group...And,every Thursday i had an opportunity to make a beautiful garland to offer at Swami's photo by plucking flowers from ATP hostel gardens... Thank you brother for that story.. Hearing to your satsangs i realize what i am lacking now a days in this mandane world ,unlike those beautiful days at SSIHL.....i.e ,, yearning for god ...😢. Let's all yearn for the god who resides in our hearts ,our hrudayavaasi ,🙏ever and forever..

[@Samiksha23351]

Sairam to aravind and everyone watching your videos🙏today i saw satya saibaba in vision with his hands folded doing namaskar as he did for the final time in kulwant hall and somebody said”now the satya yuga has begun.”Also saw prof.Anil kumar sitting next to satya sai with other male devotees and everyone were shouting in joy saying”hip hip hooray.”I guess they were shouting for prof.anil kumar as he has reached his ultimate destination.I pray to swami that you including everyone enjoying your satsang be able to reach swami in this very life.sairam🙏🙏🙏

[@sakuntalaramaswamy7915]

Most Brilliant and Blissful Satsang. Very True ,Though Swamy is Not in his Body, he is in every Devotees Heart and is Blessing all of us. 👌👌👌

[@hemamullaguru]

What a timely message from Swami. I was thinking I didn’t get opportunity today to offer Mala to Swami and was telling swami that I couldn’t able to do anything for you on Aradhna day. Lo beautiful message from Swami that devotion and love matters not flowers and other offerings.❤️🙏🙏

[@meghnashetty7272]

Sai Ram … we 4000 plus people are so lucky to still have the urge to listen to the stories of our beloved sai … our mother our guru ❤

[@saistudent]

Beautifully said…

[@triptimoitra1371]

Sairam brother... For me 24th April 2011 is the most memorable day because on that day Swami introduced Himself to me and pulled me into His fold forever.. I am ever grateful for this blessing. Therefore.... This day is indeed a celebration day for me. Jai Sairam.

[@manishamishra5319]

Absolutely right brother yearning for swami with pure heart is enough.

[@KapilSingh410]

@manishamishra5319 Sai Ram

[@sreekumarib6400]

Saima Saima Saima Saranam 🙏🏼 Saima Saima Saima Pranamam 🙏🏼 Saima kindly be with us always 🙏🏼

[@pravshalevshaeva8640]

ОМ ШРИ ШРИ ШРИ САИ РАМ💝💖🙏🕉☀️🎶❤️❤️🌷⚘️🪷💕❤️🌹🎶☀️🕉🙏💖💝💝💖🙏🕉☀️🎶❤️🌷⚘️🪷💕🌹🎶🎶☀️🕉🙏💝💝💝💖🙏☀️🎶❤️🌷⚘️💕

[@NamaPrasad-wp5ei]

🚩👏♿🕉️🔱🙏 ఓం శ్రీ సాయిరాం OM SRI SAI RAM 🙏🔱🕉️♿👏🚩

[@carnaticmusicbydr.rukmanis46]

We need your blessings ,Swami🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@sahayrajkumar007]

Our humble salutations to our Guru who left his mortal coil on 24.04.11 at Puttaaparthi but still his omnipresence guides all of us for a higher purpose.... Guru is the protector guide a bright sun in darkness spreading light and illuminating the consciousness.... Baba be with us always

[@VijaySaiP.]

Story of the wells compared to pits and the statement that “ we hop gurus on social media” hit the bulls eye. Blessed to have someone like you around brother. Loving Sairam🙏🏼

[@kashmirapatel7130]

Om sai ram🙏🙏🙏

[@gjitendrasai1941]

Brother if you left on 24 April 2011 then how can the people like me listen your speech and transform. From every students we are learning lessons. Sairam. Thank you Swami for giving the students like Aravind balasubramania.

[@mariedekeyser6388]

What I think of Him, is what He is for me... Let me think of Him as the perfect me and let Him occupy the space that is not...😊

[@saiskanda7180]

Sairam Sairam Sairam

[@chandrashekharkadam8916]

🙏JaiMa🙏JaiSaiRam🙏AumNamahShivay🙏

[@kamalavaratharajan2756]

Sai Ram, beautiful Satsang! You are so fortunate to convey your thoughts and feelings to our Lord then and there.

[@mithleshji2595]

❤❤❤ hirdaye mandir me aayo Sai mere ❤❤❤dijo ye vardan❤❤❤ tum ho mere bhagwan thanks arvind bhaiya

[@gayatrivijaya6696]

Sai ram brother .thanks for sharing your experiences with Swami.. you gave such a crystal clear explanation why we should celebrate this Sai aaradhna mahotsav.I also have same feeling before .that why we should celebrate..my pranaams to you and to swami..he will always with us in our hrudaya mandir.jai Sairam !

[@saistudent]

Glad that both of us got resolution on that issue… May we love Swami more every moment. 🙏❤️

[@juliaa1617]

What a beautiful and truly inspiring Satsang. Thank you, Brother Aravind. So much to think about how deep our faith actually is and how not to feel God is not responding… Very grateful… May Swami bless you and your loved ones. Om Sri Sai Ram 🙏❤️

[@indirakharidehal935]

AUM SRI SAIRAM . Thank you for the very nice Satsang.Stay blessed by Swami always 🙏

[@sujatarai2730]

Very beautiful satsangh dear brother Arvind, thank you so much, Om Sai Ram 🙏♥️🌿

[@yellapragadashakunthala4799]

Sairam brother Aravind I saw and listened complete video today. Amazing words what you said about Swamy. Thank you brother jai Sairam

[@varanasylalitha444]

Om Sri Sai Ram,, truly brother as ur giving this discourse, at some point ,i could c our divine mother in u ..tears rolled..soo greatful to u brother Arvind..❤..n ur blessed..JAISAIRAM 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@harinisankar2802]

Sairam Brother. What a talk Brother. Swami pls save us from this Bhavaroga. Swami bless you all immensely.

[@keerthipasala2234]

Sairam brother.... Artificial intelligence and Swami's intelligence .... What a punch line... Really overwhelmed with that❤

[@saistudent]

That is His inspiration and idea.. I also enjoyed when He sent it 😊

[@gundappark6542]

Sairam Aradhana the best explanation u have given, the ultimate is genuine purest love compassion selflessness gratitude should manifest each moment with joy

[@sunilnair8998]

Om Sai Ram🙏🙏🙏

[@SaiGreeshma-il3ud]

Om Sai Ram

[@shereenramphal5843]

Aur sairam🙏🙏thank you sooo much..A message i needed to hear. I love my Swami but i too started to ask Why Swami ..why are you not helping me ..for 9 years i left rhe challenges of finalizing my divorce and yet i see no end..Today after listening to you i realized my faith was emotional..JSR

[@vijayalakshmin373]

Sairam Aravind ji very relevant topics to clear our thoughts and minds.

[@shettysweb]

OM SAI RAM

[@Raju-Eshwar]

🙏 Brother you are already following Mother Sai''s teachings of sharing love and Her wisdom with everyone. So for you, Divine Mother Sai is making Her discourses sound like lullaby to make you rest on Her loving divine lap.❤🙏😊 Beautiful experiences!!

[@bparakala]

Thank you dear brother Aravind ❤For reminding us of the yearning….. the true meaning of Aradhana Beautiful message Jai Sairam

[@neilmisquitta4825]

Addictive form…beautifully said. One can’t get enough of the orange flash of hope, peace and happiness. The silhouette indeed is both addictive and intoxicating

[@titlibanerjee6725]

Thank you Aravind ! This video is a validation! Thank you Swami 🙏🏻

[@233asha]

Sai Ram. Thank you for explaining these subtle concepts

[@madumathoory3695]

Yes i personally agree with all u said one guru one god that’s all I have n our swami is in my heart 💜 already n always there n never waver or moved away from swami i am Keeping swami as ever and Swami keeps me alive there n very safe it’s a blessing and wonderful i love ❤️ all u said here that’s for sure 👍 n perfectly in my heart tq very much appreciated for everyone s reminders so is my husband we only worship swami and that’s it for us whatever comes n goes i hv seen people change all the time WHY is our question n husband says the same very wrong in dwelling too many wells it won’t work all but for temporary means very sorry 😢 not us at all for years and years we are the same none can change us infact we love more and more we have so much gratitude 🙏 to payback to swami but i don’t in this generation n gap of time we will or we’ll swami knows best we are already chosen by our swami n blessed daily n blessings always day in and out nothing in our minds but always swami swami and swami in our hearts and minds and we love ❤️ that very much so nothing is going to change here for unless swami changes n refuses us excellence topic was this just love ❤️ love 💕 love 💗 love ❤️ love 💕 it thanks 🙏 Arivand n always as a good 👍 happy 😆 instrument of our swami love ❤️ love 💕 thank you 🙏 very much for it all we have known swami for years and years and very strong to keep swami there n always n we are in our 70 s now very grateful to swami love ❤️ swami always love ❤️ love 💕 love 💗 n hugs from Swami to you and to us all his devotees love ❤️ love 💕 thank you 🙏 very very much happy days ahead and ever tqqqq om love 💕 love ❤️ love 💗 tqqq

[@madhursrinivas]

THANK YOU SWAMI AND BROTHER 🙏❤

[@anitabhardwaj4538]

Thank you for this reminder, to yearn for Swami 🙏❤️

[@gundappark6542]

Brother 100% this Aradhana u will have 1 to 2hours interview and this interview will be 1000 times more transformative than your years of physical 10000s of interaction u had, please don't forget to pray for all of us to work hard and earn this pure 24 hours inner outer shradda Saburi Karuna Ahimsa Thyaga Vairagya etc jewels and be crowned by the lord himself in this birth only and hopefully on his birthday or Aradhana day in peace joy merge in his lotus feet with Supreme gratitude smile

[@logalakshmikathirgamathasa9462]

Aum Sri Sai Ram 🙏I agree to you dear Mr. Aravind.

[@user-tr3fr3uf3p]

Sai Ram Brother Arvind 🙏❤ Such A Beautiful Experience You Are sharing with us Even Today We become Sad very easy to say but We are Human Beings We effect so Quick Tears comes in the Eyes 👀 Thanks very much for sharing 🙏🙏🙏❤️

[@soumendrabhattacharjee3414]

Brother Arvind beautiful Sath Sangh . Inconvenient truth as we all flocking to different Gurus even my Sai Friends all hop around . Please bring more videos on all students and devotees like Swami Karuna Nanda and Radhakrishnan . This Sath Sangh will definitely will help us to yearn more for Swami . Jai Sai Ram Swami bless you always in all ways . 🙏

[@srikantatrsastry4460]

Sairam we are blessed Swamy 🎉❤

[@pravshalevshaeva8640]

СВАМИ ВСЕГДА С НАМИ💖🙏☀️🎶❤️🌷⚘️💕🪷🌹🕉💝🪷🌹🕉💕⚘️🌷🌷❤️🎶☀️🙏💖💖🙏🙏🎶❤️🌷⚘️💕🪷🌹💝

[@sudhasundaresan5936]

Om Sri Sairam ❤

[@sai-th5ll]

AI SAI RAM!🕉🕉🕉🌷🌿🌾🍀🌺🌲🪴🌱🏵🌴🌼🌻💐🌹🙏🙏🙏

[@geethasrivatsan1039]

Really a great satsang.. Thank you so much Sairam

[@panickerbkp2962]

AUM SRI SAIRAM JAI JAI SAIRAM

[@Gstudent]

4:52 🙏🙏🙏😇😇😇 Thank you dearest Swami 💖 🙏 ✨ 💐 😇 Thank you dearest brother Arvind 💖 🙏 ✨ 💐 😇 Jai Sai Ram 💖🙏✨💐😇

[@pravshalevshaeva8640]

ЛЮБЛЮ❤ТЕБЯ ГОСПОДЬ🙏💕🪷💝💕🌹💝💕🌹💝🙏💕🌹💝🙏💕🌹💝🍀

[@sapnabaptist]

Thank you brother for this beautiful discourse ❤

[@santharamachandran2427]

Jai SaiRam, Super Segment…

[@kabitasamarsengupta4048]

Om Sri Sai Ram. By grace of Baba we being to Babas asram to have darsan.I can understand, what you mean. Though I know Baba is hear with us. Thanks for the your beautiful videos.God bless.

[@logalakshmikathirgamathasa9462]

Thank you 🙏Sai Ram 🙏

[@ambabalendra2979]

Thank you so very much for your sadana

[@logalakshmikathirgamathasa9462]

Its a Great Pleasure listening to you. Love you dearSon.

[@saistudent]

Sairam 🙏

[@madhursrinivas]

SAI HRUDAYA VASI 🙏❤

[@sudhakumar1710]

beautiful refreshing talk.

[@romiromaish]

Thanks dear Arvind ji from the Core of my heart where Swami resides ...for such a wonderful narration which has made me cry ❤ Sai Bless you 🙏

[@user-xg8io6yu2r]

Sairam 🙏🏽 Brother every time I click on your videos, I get answers to my thoughts,questions and doubts. 🙏🏽💕Thank you Sairam 🙏🏽

[@devandranr]

Thanks

[@saistudent]

Thank you brother. Sairam 🙏

[@ambabalendra2979]

So touched May God bless you

[@AnilDhammika-ud7pf]

Thank you for encouraging us,nice explaination,🙏🌹🇮🇹❤️

[@pappusoumya]

Sairam.. Thank you brother..,Yes people go to other sai devotees' probably seeming in a high status in the society regarding position,power or money&ask what we should do next, many people who follow them may misunderstand yes this is what Saibaba had said&the meaning of his messages&we should accept it irrespective of our feelings of right, wrong,justice, injustice etc. Often many people bend Swamy's words in a way to be in sync with the crowd &discuss in such a way to the ignorant ones who then believe that is the real truth. There comes the importance of satsanghs like this which exposes correctly what does Swamy meant by many of His messages. Often many are meant to the personal level which cannot be explained to the satisfaction of a crowd of sai believers. Not all devotees can explain to the core of what Swamy really meant by many messages. Doubts can arise at any time regarding some messages which seems difficult to understand in what sense it means without unbiased explanations like this. Jai Sairam🙏

[@neehalrajnath5276]

Thank you so much for this beautiful video Brother.... Om Sai Ram Watching From the abode of Maa Kamakhya 🙏

[@yogeshgupta79]

Thanks!

[@saistudent]

Sairam and thank you dear brother for your appreciation and loving support. 🙏 These gestures support me and this channel .

[@chatlapallysubhashini741]

Sairam brother, beautiful satsang.

[@sidhantchettri2141]

Om sri sai ram 🙏❤

[@vknarang2467]

AUM SRI SAI RAM 🙏

[@sunainadwivedi724]

Sairam dear brother, we love & respect you for sharing the deep feelings which guide us,& keep us on the right path. May our Lord Sai bless you in abundance & all of us as well. OmSriSaiRam 🎉

[@joewilder]

Swami, grant us equanimity. All that we experience is your will only. Let us not view one scene as more or less significant than another.

[@remadevis6388]

Aum Sai Ram🙏❤️

[@poongodyratnam3522]

Sairam❤🙏 .

[@anojabyekarpoorkarheerea-b9066]

Sai Ram Brother. So much enthusiasm to speak of the Lord. I love this term yearning Brother. Yearn for the Lord like that of the Gopikas. You are Blessed Brother. Really we have to make our Heart Prashanti Nilayam. Baba bless.

[@kshithish4720]

jay sairam, wonderful messages-solutions to many problems.

[@user-iu4ms5xt9t]

Thank u arvind, jaisairam

[@geethpriyasaravanan8460]

Om Sairam🙏🙏🙏

[@kantaverma4973]

Sai Ram Thanks ❤❤

[@ashakapur5994]

I,love,U,respect,U,because,IThink,U,R,giving,all,my,answers,about,my,dear,Baba

[@meerasshetty8185]

I love ❤u Baba.

[@yogeshgupta79]

thank you jai sai ram

[@sujanachettri7240]

🙏🙏

[@kaalivanthen4824]

Om Shri sairam ♥️ Loves and Pranams from Malaysia

[@nilanthithanuja2541]

💖💐💐💐🙏🙏🙏 Thank You so Much Brother Aravind! Samastha Loka Sukino Bhawanthu! Jay Sai Ram!

[@gundappark6542]

Sairam also yes we should have the experience ourself and yearn for it and not stop

[@ThrishnaNaidoo]

Aum Sri Sai Ram. Swami is Omnisence Omnipresent and Omnipotent therefore one should not think that Swami is not with us

[@radhabuxani7621]

Yes i until today havenot recovered ,cannot accept that he has left us physically.Sairam🙏

[@bhaswatichatterjee9504]

Om Sai Ram🙏🙏🙏🌸🌸🌸

[@mrvpillai2298]

Aum Sairam.

[@user-ol2rj5xl6v]

Antaranga Sai Sarvantaryami Sai 😊

[@yellapragadashakunthala4799]

Om Sairam sastanga koti koti pranams to your lotus feet sai maa

[@user-es3so6on7z]

Brilliant Sairam🙏🏻

[@magessoorynayaan8978]

Wonderfully told. Thank you

[@saistudent]

Glad you liked it! Sairam

[@prakashshirodkar51]

Sai Ram 🙏 brother

[@sk12335]

Jai SaiRam! 🙏🙏🙏