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Rudram For SaiRudram For Sai
Dedicated with Humble Pranams at the Divine Lotus Feet of
Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Rudram For Sai – The Beginning
The Rudram For Sai Offering is:
• A Global Spiritual Sadhana Offering
• Inspired by the success of Atirudra
Parayanam held in the USA in 2008
• Organized by Devotees of Sai Baba
• To promote learning and chanting of
the sacred Vedic Mantra, the Rudram
• To foster Global coordination and
unification of all spiritual activities to
be offered to Swami
Rudram For Sai Offering – The Purpose
• An Offering to assist Sai Devotees & Everyone An Offering to assist Sai Devotees & Everyone worldwide to chant the Sri Rudram everydayworldwide to chant the Sri Rudram everyday
• To promote unity, purity and divinity globallyTo promote unity, purity and divinity globally• To spread love, peace and harmony globallyTo spread love, peace and harmony globally• To foster unification of all future spiritual To foster unification of all future spiritual
Offerings by the Sai Baba Devotees around the Offerings by the Sai Baba Devotees around the worldworld
Rudram For Sai Offering – The Plan
• To pray for World Peace and betterment of Self, Sai Baba To pray for World Peace and betterment of Self, Sai Baba
Devotees and Everyone will learn the Vedic Mantra, RudramDevotees and Everyone will learn the Vedic Mantra, Rudram
• Each will keep track of their progress on a weekly basisEach will keep track of their progress on a weekly basis
• The Rudram, once learned, can be chanted from wherever The Rudram, once learned, can be chanted from wherever
possible, whenever convenient at least once everydaypossible, whenever convenient at least once everyday
Rudram For Sai Offering – The Target
84,000 x Rudram!84,000 x Rudram!
Starting 28th Sept, 2009
To ultimately achieveTo ultimately achieve
To present it as an To present it as an offering to Swami offering to Swami
Ending on Bhagawan’s
84th Birthday, 23rd Nov 2009
Guidelines for Rudram SadhanaGuidelines for Rudram Sadhana:
1. To become a participant, one must commit to
learning each lesson weekly
2. Once a participant has made a commitment to
take part in the Rudram Sadhana, they should
not stray away from their commitment because
it is a commitment to Swami.
3. For the purpose of keeping track of progress, a
Google document has been created
The Vedas are the gift of God for the welfare of the entire humanity.
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba [9th August, 2006]
Guidelines for Updating the Rudram Counter
Every individual signing up for the Rudram For Sai Offering would be required to do the following on a weekly basis:
• Please visit: http://www.sai83atirudram.org/welcome
• If you have not registered for a free account, please do so
• Log into your account
• Under the “User Menu” at left, click “Update Your Count”
• If this is the first time you are accessing the document, scroll down to an
empty row and enter your Name, City, and Country
• In the row with your name, scroll to the right until you find the column with
today’s date
• Enter the number of times you chanted the Rudrams today
• Exit the spreadsheet
• Regularly update your daily counts from the Rudram For Sai website
2) Next, enter the number of times you
chanted Rudram today
1) Enter your name, city, and country, if you are
doing so for the first time
More On Rudram For Sai Offering
• Leading up to Swami’s 84th Birthday, special Rudram Chanting programs will be organized.
• Live webcast and video recordings of Rudrabhishekams (prayers involved Rudram chanting) will be available on the website.
• Guidance on the proper way to perform the Rudram Chanting sadhana and the significance / meaning of Rudram will be provided as part of this Offering
Summary
• Sign-Up for Rudram For Sai Offering
• Follow the weekly lessons and learn the Rudram mantras
• Whenever possible, chant the Rudram at least once a day
• Inform others about this Offering and encourage them to Sign-Up
• When you chant the Rudram, pray for the purpose of this Offering and for Swami’s Blessings for all
Significance of Rudram
The Veda is very sacred. Especially, the Athi Rudra part is a very important section. Rudram is generally understood as a synonym to Lord Easwara. In fact, it is the essence of all the Vedas, namely, Rig, Yajur, Sama, and Atharvana Vedas.
Sri Sathya Sai Baba [9th Aug, 2006]
Significance of RudramThe Vedas are not to be neglected. The secret of the entire creation is contained in the Vedas. The Vedas establish the goal and purpose of human life. Everything concerning creation, sustenance, and dissolution of the universe is contained in the Vedas.
Sri Sathya Sai Baba9th August, 2009
Benefits of Rudram
A regular study of the
Vedas and practice of Vedic
injunctions confer all forms
of wealth on the human
beings. The Vedas remove
all types of sorrow.
-Sri Sathya Sai Baba9th August, 2006
Benefits of RudramAs stated by the pundit who just spoke, the “Athi Rudra” consists of many Namakas and Chamakas. They sustain human life. From where did this power come? The Namaka and Chamaka are taken from the Krishna Yajur Veda. It is an all inclusive Veda, from which the other Vedas, Sastras (scriptures), Ithihasas (ancient legends), and Puranas emanated.
Sri Sathya Sai Baba9th August, 2006
Veda is for all. That which Veda is for all. That which is one and universal is the is one and universal is the Veda. Veda can alleviate all Veda. Veda can alleviate all types of suffering of man. types of suffering of man. Hence, it is good for Hence, it is good for everyone to learn the Veda.everyone to learn the Veda.
- Sri Sathya Sai Baba- Sri Sathya Sai Baba