Lord Ganesha and Arunachaleshwara.
When the Sea is churned for Elixir,
first lethal Poison came out of it.
Lord Shiva consumed that Poision,
as depicted in this Picture , to protect the People.
Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi's
Graceful light reflecting on all - across the globe.
Know yourself.
then You will know that
That true self shines resplendently and reflects its light in Your Heart.
When you loose that False sense of " I " you will experience the
presence of that true self inside you,
in the form of Eternal Light.
Swamy Ramananda Dedicated himself to Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi.
He has established Sri Ramana Seva Ashram in August , 1990.
for the past 20 years he is doing dedicated Service to people in Andhra Pradesh
and surrounding villages.
For the past twenty years he is doing various social, spiritual and devotional activities.
for the past four years, he has adopted some 36 poor old women
for distributing rice and some pocket money.
All these women are in dire conditions of poverty.
Every Month some Fifteen kilograms of Rice and some pocket money
is given to these Poor old women.
We all are not bothered about the plight of people on road,
as they are not related to us.
Know yourself.
then You will understand that you are also related with them,
in the form of that True self.
Most of these women are neglected by their own people,
some are widows and all are without any financial support from anyone.
so four years back , Swamy Ramananda Understood their condition
and assured them all possible support for them.
Due to our endless desires and selfishness we are creating our own world of
My wife, My kids , My car and My home, and we find some
excuses to keep the elders away from our Place.
Know Yourself.
then You will know that
Your body is given by them, and you can not repay the
priceless services rendered to you,
by those parents and elders.
Don't Come to conclusion that
some will become rich
some will become poor
according to their deeds and destiny.
Know Yourself.
then You will know that You can change the destiny of
others with your good deeds of love and concern.
Know Yourself.
then You will know that Through your hands God will
change the destiny of several poor people.
Know Yourself.
then You will remove all misconceptions about the destiny.
Know Yourself.
Then you will know that You are the creator of others destiny,
with all your enthusiasm and energy in positive direction.
We spend millions on Facial treatments,
botox injections for enhancing the beauty.
These old women are not aware of all those modern treatments.
what they need is good food, clothing and shelter at their fag end of life.
Know yourself.
then you will loose some selfishness and assist according to your capacity.
For every Major problems ,
we can not escape from the responsibility
by blaming the fate of these people.
Know Yourself.
then You will remove all misconceptions about fate and the destiny.
Know Yourself.
Then you will know that You are the creator of others destiny,
with all your enthusiasm and energy in positive direction,
You will make some difference in the quality of life's of these poor people.
We are having lots of responsibilities our own people,
with stringent budgets of every month.
So we are helpless in assisting others.
But helping according to our capacity is the right method.
There is no end to our budgets and our commitments.
So Set aside certain portion of your income for charity.
Then You can use that for assisting people who are dire needs of
food , clothing and shelter at all places around you.
this Young girl is duff and dumb.
she cant speak and listen.
so ashram supports her and her mother who is a widow.
We host lots of parties for silly reasons, and spend lots of money,
to show our false prestige , to satisfy some false friends.
All for getting some social identity among a group of Illusionary high class society.
Know Yourself.
then You will know the purpose of leading life.
then You will know that
assisting the poor and needy is a big party.
and there is no need for endorsement from false friends for your good deeds.
Know Yourself.
And You will easily understand the reality of life
and turn towards protecting the people who are in need.
So that Spark has to be ignited in you.
to remove that sense of selfishness and your pride and Ego.
then eternal peace comes to you ,
in the service of people.
then you will be distributing love and concern ,
and money matters take a back seat in your approach towards life.
It means You will earn and use it in meaningful good deeds.
Mr. Veera babu and Swami Ramananda weighing the Rice for
distribution.
When we are putting in good efforts in right direction,
god will extend all his assistance.
This Month, when we are not having funds for Rice.
Mr. Shobhan Babu, A Friend of Ashram from Abu dhabi,
who is regularly in touch with ashram through Facebook,
came to know about this activity of ashram and immediately
sent the necessary money for distributing rice and pocket money to
all the Poor women.
Mr. Veera Babu weighing the rice bags for Poor women.
Mr.Shobhan Babu and Mr. Arun ahulawalia are the first contributors
from face book during the past six months.
We request all capable people to extend their support
in serving the poor and needy old age women around the ashram.
We have excellent youngsters who do dedicated service to the ashram.
Have a look at the confident eyes of Mr. Veera babu.
There are several boys, who left their regular profession
and do day and night service at ashram.
Know Yourself.
then you will know that
even though you are engaged and engrossed in your jobs and professions,
You can extend some helping hand to Your Ashram which is doing good work.
Know yourself.
then You will start doing something good for the society.
then you will use the ashram as a medium for extending your assistance.
Mr. Shobhan Babu promised that ,
Every month he will bear all the expenditure
for distributing rice to these poor women.
Similarly some more friends can come forward for providing them
with some good clothes and additional nutritious food support.
Know Yourself.
then You will know that you can also do something
according to your capacity.
Look at the glowing faces of these old women
after seeing the rice bags.
Know Yourself.
then you start wasting money on unnecessary expenditure.
Know Yourself.
then you will know that eighty percent of your purchases in
supermarkets are for external use only.
like the floor cleaners, deodorizers, shampoos, beauty products,
detergents, mobiles, and all other things which are not fit for consumption.
And all your provisions are also contains junk food items.
Know Yourself.
then you will buy the food items which give good health.
then you will divert all your wasteful expenditure towards
assisting the poor and needy.
Know yourself.
then all your greediness will go towards the needy people.
We make all pensions plans, retirement plans,
and secure our investments for future financial safety.
But for these people there is no financial safety.
They just survive with total surrender to god.
Know yourself.
then you will know that only the master plan of that true self will prevail.
then you will do something for poor and needy
after making provisions for your future financial safety.
We are not asking you to donate all your property.
Know yourself.
Just question yourself,
then you will do something good for the people in need.
We have stored all the necessary provisions at our kitchen.
Just recheck them,
since how long so many items are not used for food preparation.
Know yourself.
then you will never waste food items and distribute
some extra house hold articles and food items to poor and needy.
We agree with you that when strength is there
reasonable money has to be earned for family and friends.
Look at this Poor women, she is content with a simple rice bag.
But we have to identify that thin line between luxuries and contentment.
there is no end to our luxuries, but contentment we can easily have.
Know yourself.
then you will be content with your progress in life,
and try to help others according to your capacity.
When we lost the capacity to earn money,
all our friends and relations will ignore us.
No one will come forward to assist you,
as all are with their false sense of " I " and its related issues.
Know Yourself.
then you will make some arrangements for your old age.
Instead of draining out all your resources to your children,
make some financial security for you and your wife for peaceful retirement life.
all your children will leave you at your fag end of life.
Know yourself.
then You will find the reasons for increased selfishness among the people.
This old women is making a point.
We wonder at their strength of survival.
It is their acceptance of life as it is,
which keeps them moving.
Know Yourself.
then You will get all the strength for survival.
Then You will put in extra efforts with enthusiasm.
to Improve the living conditions of your people,
and try to help others according to your capacity.
Know Yourself.
then You will never escape from the social responsibility,
by saying that millions of other people are there,
who can do something for them.
Know Yourself.
then You will make the first steps in social service.
These poor women are content with very old clothes.
there are millions of people across the globe who are in poverty.
Just try to buy some clothes on your birthday or any other day
to these poor people.
we all know that our wardrobes are filled with designer clothes.
Know yourself.
then you will stop buying expensive clothes.
then you will buy some simple clean good clothes for you,
and spare something for the poor people.
Know yourself.
then you will know how many times You purchased for yourself.
and how many times you purchased for charity.
to tell the truth, it never happened till today.
So let us start doing something from today.
We all strive for enlightenment and knowing that eternal peace.
Know Yourself.
When you serve the poor and needy the enlightenment happens to you
automatically.
For getting out of stress and strain.
We do spend lots of money on yoga and spiritual classes.
it all happens only when we are secure with two meals a day.
We approach different gurus and spiritual masters and spend lots of money.
Know yourself.
then You will know that when the stomach is filled with food,
then only anything can be done.
Know Yourself.
then you will try to fill the stomachs of poor people
according to your capacities.
dont think that small amounts won't make any big difference.
all can channelize their charities through your ashram
and can see the results in black and white.
Just have a look at the serene state of this women.
She is still confident even after their children,
grandchildren removed her out of their homes.
Know Yourself.
then You will know that selfless service to the
humanity is the enlightenment.
We are ready to face all sudden eventualities in life.
We all need financial security to face sudden calamities.
But what about this poor women, who lost everything.
still the total surrender and trust in god is giving confidence to her.
Know yourself.
then you will know that there are thousands of widows,
destitute women for whom a house is required.
A common shelter is required.
Join and Assist the ashram, for making a coordinated effort
in improving the quality of life of these needy people around the Ashram.
Ashram is focussing on poor and old women only.
We request all facebook friends to contribute something
according to their capacity.
Don"t procrastinate or assume that some others will do....
Act according to your instinct by sending a mail to inbox
for further details of assisting these people.
or Send a personal mail for making donations to
the following email address:
email : andhraloarunachalam@gmail.com
Some pocket money is given to all old women
for meeting their basic necessary expenses.
We are spending lots of money on parties, restaurants, and
impulsive shopping of unnecessary things to remove the stress of life.
For majority of people , shopping gives some sense of satisfaction
and relieves the stress and strain.
Know yourself.
then You will know other channels of removing that stress.
Know Yourself.
then you will reduce all wasteful expenditure and divert them
towards good deeds.then you will get immense satisfaction
and all your stress will fade away.
As these women are strength less to carry the rice to homes.
We arranged transport facility to their dwellings and huts.
Look at the Happiness of the old women,
she is checking the rice bags loaded in auto,
to ensure that her bag is also loaded.
Mr. Shobhan babu , who has donated money for this month's
distribution of rice, Promised that he will send the necessary money
for meeting the rice distribution expenses.
Mr. Shobhan Babu said , we All are One.
so if i am helping others, i am in turn helping myself.
Know yourself.
then You will find all others are part and parcel of that true self.
then you will do something according to your capacity.
Now the rice bags are loaded in Auto
for taking the Old women to their homes.
Just recheck all your household items.
Once in a six months, Identify the items which are not useful for you.
or which are having as extra items.
then try to distribute among your relations and friends and people who are in need.
It serves to purposes,
others will be happy with the new things.
Your house will be cleaned,
and you will have the opportunity to get the new things.
Know yourself.
then you will know that there is no need to renounce all comforts.
what need to be renounced is that Selfishness and greediness.
We all know that women face lots of difficulties.
they have lots of responsibilities.
As a mother, as a Daughter, as a sister, as a Grandmother.
As a daughter in law , as a mother in law ...etc..
the endless roles and responsibilities.
People with wealth and middle class will have their own
relationship problems with sufficient security for food and shelter.
By engaging in modern world activities they need to face lots
of difficulties at home, offices and at public places.
Know yourself.
then the women with capacity should act in helping the less capable women.
Know yourself.
then you will know that concrete actions are required then
conferences and conventions in airconditioned chambers.
Know yourself.
then you will know that women play a major role
in diverting the men in good directions.
Then you will know that they can lead their members of family in progressive path.
The old women went to their huts and dwelling places.
with firm faith in ashram for next months rice.
we all start our day with hectic schedules for making money
for decent living.
work with dedication and hard work.
then do some charity , it will give peace of mind and
enthusiasm to re-enter into your work with renewed Vigor.
Another Batch of old women sitting in a relaxed manner.
waiting for their auto, to take them to their huts.
So with the support of the devotees.
Ashram is doing charitable services for the past 20 years.
Contribute to ashram according to your capacity.
Let us make some difference in the quality of life of poor old women.
You have entered the direct path.
the path of self-inquiry which removes all your doubts.
Know yourself.
Then you will understand how to help the others
who have joined with you in the path of self-inquiry.
By assisting all of them , you will progress quickly in the path of self-inquiry.
Know Yourself.
then You will know that god gives quick results
when good deeds and charity is done in good faith.
Take the words of Datta Swamy.
when charity is done, without any expectations.
god grants good things to you within short time.
You can see those visible changes very quickly.
Know yourself.
then you will know that
with firm belief in the words of saints and masters
you will lead a happy life with all comforts and contentment.
There are several people who seek your assistance.
Just analyse their requirement.
Understand , whether their need is genuine or not.
then assist according to your capacity.
Strengthless people seek your support in case of difficulties.
don't deny them the basic assistance. never show empty hands
and your back to them and move away from their presence.
Just turn towards them, and assist them according to your Capacity.
The Way of selflessness - Sri Ramana's Way.
Several youngsters come here on motorcycles.
cycles, cars and by walk.
with the grace of Sri ramana maharshi,
they start doing some selfless service to the people who are in need.
Know yourself.
Then You will know that
Once you entered the path of Sri Ramana Maharshi,
You will find the ultimate peace and happiness
to lead life in a meaningful manner.
God will take care everyone.
God is there inside us every moment.
then it does not mean that we should not care about the
people who are poor and who are in need of assistance.
As this black dog is following a Old women,
to take her safely to her home from ashram.
We all need to support the people who come to us
for financial and moral assistance.
attend to them with love and assist them according to your capacity.
god has given that dog for that old women for taking care of her.
as her children neglected her.
Know yourself.
then you will play a good role in helping others in the society.
where ever that auto turns left or right,
that dog also turn towards that side.
Where ever you work,
where ever you do your profession,
There will be lots of distortions to do wrong things with your desires.
Never get trapped by those attractions which are there at
left , right and center.
Know yourself.
then all your efforts will be diverted towards doing good things.
for keeping all your people and friends in happiness.
Know yourself.
Then you will know the real meaning of assisting the poor and needy.
then you will start acting today itself in moving ahead in that direction.
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Come to Ashram.
Join with the Ashram.
Assist the Ashram in its Humanitarian Projects.
Let all of us travel together
in
The way of Selflessness - Sri Ramana's Way.
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