Cover Story: Buddha considered the movements of the planets and the sun and the stars as natural phenomena. He undertook many spiritual exercises to find out what transcended these natural phenomena. Failing to find the answers by these exercises, he approached many great elders to find the answers. None could give him satisfactory answers. None could give him satisfactory answers. Ultimately he reached Gaya and sat under a banyan tree to meditate on the problems that worried him....more.

Cover Story: Education is the foundation of society. For a healthy and happy society education is the basis, because the students of today become the leaders of tomorrow. Swami has stressed again and again the high importance of the proper educational system. In all times and in all different places of the world, great sages have spoken about this crucial matter of education and they have given their valuable teachings to all the coming generations...more.

Cover Story: The word Leela is frequently translated as “sport” or “play”, but such renderings obscure the fact that the term Leela is exclusively reserved for descriptions related to the LordIt is often said that Creation itself is a Leela of God, and indeed it is. But it was only when the Blessed Lord descended as Bhagavan Sri Krishna that mankind got a glimpse of the wonderful texture associated with God’s Leelas. The childhood and the boyhood of Krishna are full of stories of games and mischief. Children, being close to God, are always happy, ever full of play and pranks....more.

Cover Story: The Rama Story | Sai Rama | Pearls from the Ramayana

The Rama Avatar is the first of the three great Avatars. Thousands of years ago, the Lord took birth in Ayodhya as the eldest son of Emperor Dasaratha, choosing the Emperor’s senior-most wife Kausalya as His mother. Aspects of Him were born as His brothers (Lakshmana, Bharata, and Shatrugana) to the other two wives of Dasaratha.....more.

Cover Story: The visit to Badrinath was first mooted by Baba in 1958 at a Bhajan session held on the sands of the Chitravathi river. He then said that He would take devotees to the place where He was doing Tapas [penance]. We were wonder-struck because that was the first time we had ever heard of Tapas associated His Earthly Career..I was a bit confused...The visit became a certainty in 1961, and plans were ready; devotees who would accompany Baba had also....more.

Cover Story: Lingodbhava | Invitation | Salutations | The Inner Significance of Shivarathri | The Meaning of Shivarathri
Ling means a symbol, and Udbhava means birth or creation. So the word Lingodbhava actually means symbol of creation. As the Lingam manifests in Baba through His Divine Kala or Sakthi of Srishti, one can say that the Lingam is a Divine Symbol of Creation; and it is only when the inner significance of the Lingam has been understood, that one can grasp the full significance of the act of Lingodbhava, which is a Symbolic Birth of God in Time and Space.

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From Disasters to Relief | Old Madras |
A Huge Metrolpolis | Difficulties |
Veeranam Pipes | Telugu Ganga |
Declaration | Before The Work |
Construction | The New Look | Statistics

Cover Story: Sporting Lessons | The Sports Meet | He Took it Upon Himself

No wonder the place is in such a state of activity. This time of the year is always like this. You can find the students slogging it out there. And they are joined by the staff of the Institute. Irrespective of their age, you will find almost every member of the Institute and the School on the grounds. You will find the teachers encouraging their students and supervising....more.