essay on love is giving and forgiving in english

Posted on: Mar 26, 2016

Love lives by Giving and Forgiving Self lives by Getting and Forgetting - Sri Sathya Sai Baba

‘Observing SaiLent Through Giving and Forgiving’ – A Sadhana From Monday, March 28 to Wednesday, April 27, 2016

He said His life is His message. Yet, He delivered His most compelling lesson in His passage from the finite to the infinite.

Through the month leading to Bhagawan's Maha Samadhi on April 24, 2011, He chose to take upon Himself the miseries of the human condition, the silent suffering of mother nature, the colossal contamination of our planet and other unimaginable cosmic issues that defy human comprehension, thus delivering the ultimate lesson in sacrifice that can be well described as ‘Giving and Forgiving’.

As a silent offering on this sombre occasion, the Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations, India and the Sri Sathya Sai International Organisation are observing the period Monday, 28th March to Wednesday, April 27, 2016 as a month of ‘Giving and Forgiving’.

The same period in 2011 united us in prayer and pain, and now, the multi-million strong Sai family in India and around the globe will be observing it as a month of contemplation, prayers and expansion of consciousness through acts of selfless service at individual and Samithi /Sai centre levels. Let us recognise the Sai within and without in every atom that surrounds us... in both the beauty and fury of nature, in its every element and in every being in our contact and beyond.

United in Purpose

Let 'Giving and Forgiving' be our sadhana, our ‘SaiLent’ during these days... let us specifically set aside time for deliberation, introspection, contemplation and meditation on the divinity within, around and without.

Let this period be marked by a deep inner and outer silence, to strengthen our devotion for the Lord, and thus purify ourselves to becoming His befitting instruments of love, harmony, tolerance, understanding... through our practice of ‘Giving and Forgiving’.

If the epochal event of April 24th, 2011 jolted us with its momentous impact on the destiny of humanity, today, it warrants a united effort by each of us to intensify our intention and pray with deeper longing, for more unconditional love in our hearts, and share the same with others, in our thoughts, words and actions. 'Giving and Forgiving' unconditionally is an ideal route to achieve this.

When we pray and practice 'Giving and Forgiving' with sincerity and fervour, His message will resonate and encircle the earth and all its beings. Let our acts of kindness include our winged, finned and four-legged fellow inhabitants of our planet and Mother Earth herself.

Dear Brothers and Sisters, come let us join and participate whole-heartedly in this offering of 'Giving and Forgiving' at individual, family, samithi and Sai centre levels.

Here are some suggestions you may wish to embrace:

At Individual/Family level Prayers: • For inner and outer purification chant 'Aum Sri Sai Ram' 108 times (or more) daily. • For universal peace and harmony chant ' Samasta Loka Sukhino Bhavantu ' 11 times (or more) daily and end with Om Shanti: Shanti: Shanti:
Acts of Kindness: • Place bowl(s) of water or bird baths on balcony, verandah, or outside and a fistful of grains or bird feeders for birds and animals. • Carry an extra bottle of drinking water to share with a thirsty person. • Put aside rice grains for Narayana Seva daily. • Highlight Bhagawan's messages in a tasteful and respectful manner with appropriate audiences/groups.
Contemplation: • Read Sai literature daily. • Talk less and meditate and/or spend quiet time with nature more often. • Download Radio Sai app and tune in as often as possible - especially while traveling.
At Samithi & Sai Centre level: • Invite and encourage Bal Vikas , SSE students and families to participate in the chantings and service activities. • Encourage Youth Wing to lead the chanting and create awareness of ‘Giving and Forgiving’ month. • Every active member to participate in chants. • Cook food from the grains collected from individual devotees and conduct Narayana Seva . • Local Water Projects can extend to cleaning of local tanks, lakes and rivers. • Tree planting, treatment of decaying trees. • Enhanced village seva . • Awareness programs in slums regarding hygiene, caring for public property, nature, respect for women and the girl child. • Adopting needy family for rations/clothing, daily needs, milk, education for children etc. • If you are an animal lover, caring for an animal or bird or both and more. • Conduct one weekly talk of 5-7 minutes before public bhajans on the importance of ‘Giving and Forgiving’. • Highlight Bhagawan's universal messages in a tasteful and respectful manner in appropriate public places.

Every moment of His life held out a million lessons for us, but none as strong as those of the month leading to His Maha Samadhi . Let us express our gratitude to our Dear Lord Sai with the power of the message that He demonstrated through that agonising period - ‘Love Lives By Giving and Forgiving’.

Let us make ‘Giving and Forgiving’ our life mantra and let us begin now - during this very poignant and sacred period of March 28 - April 27, 2016.

Letter from Dr. Narendranath Reddy, Chairman, Prasanthi Council

- Radio Sai Team

What do you think about this initiative? Please let us know by writing in to [email protected] or you may leave your thoughts in the comments section. Do not forget to mention your name and country.

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