SOME FACTS ABOUT THE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES OF SATYA SAI BABA:
1. His divine preaching apart, Sathya Sai Baba pioneered many social service activities beginning with a tiny general hospital at Puttaparthi which has now transformed into the Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, a 220-bedded super-speciality hospital.
2. Another super-speciality 333-bedded SSIHMS was established at Whitefield on the outskirts of Bangalore, where the Baba's summer abode Brindavan also stands.
3. The Sathya Sai Central Trust manages all the service activities and also runs the Sathya Sai University (formerly Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning) at Puttaparthi.
4. Besides, the trust also runs many schools and dispensaries in different states while it has also completed large water supply projects in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.
5. Volunteers from the Sathya Sai Seva Organisation are always found in the forefront carrying out relief and rehabilitation work during natural calamities not only in AP but also in other states
6. Besides, there are Sathya Sai centres located in over 114 countries in the world. In 1957, Sathya Sai Baba went on a temple tour of north India and made his only overseas trip to Uganda in June 1968.
7. They point to the public services that Baba has rendered -- the 220-bed Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Medical Sciences, the Sathya Sai University, a religious museum, railway station, stadium, music college, an airport and also the famous super speciality hospital in Bangalore.
8. The devotees say it is not humanly possible to provide such expensive medical care for free and only Baba could have achieved this. At Bangalore alone the hospital has conducted over 4 lakh heart surgeries free of cost. In addition to all this the trust of which Baba was the chairman had funded drinking water projects in Ananthapur district of Andhra Pradesh and also helped in lining the sides of the Kandaleru canal to provide drinking water to Chennai.
9. The trust will also be responsible to 1,300 ashrams worldwide. The main centres were however Puttaparthi and Whitefield in Bangalore. Puttaparthi has always been the headquarters but the Whitefield ashram was where Baba used to be during the summers. The trust also runs the Radio Sai Global Harmony and also the famous Sathya Sai Baba Educare Programme. Service Is The WayHe drew followers from all faiths and his disciples are spread across the world। Baba said: “I have come not to disturb or destroy any faith, but to confirm each in his own faith — so that the Christian becomes a better Christian, the Muslim, a better Muslim, and the Hindu, a better Hindu।” He imparted spiritual wisdom in easy-to-grasp words and stressed on service to humankind as a vehicle for spiritual growth. He said: “Service is the highest spiritual discipline. Prayer and meditation, knowledge of scripture and Vedanta cannot help you reach the goal as quickly as service can. Service has a double effect; it extinguishes the ego and gives bliss.”
1. His divine preaching apart, Sathya Sai Baba pioneered many social service activities beginning with a tiny general hospital at Puttaparthi which has now transformed into the Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, a 220-bedded super-speciality hospital.
2. Another super-speciality 333-bedded SSIHMS was established at Whitefield on the outskirts of Bangalore, where the Baba's summer abode Brindavan also stands.
3. The Sathya Sai Central Trust manages all the service activities and also runs the Sathya Sai University (formerly Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning) at Puttaparthi.
4. Besides, the trust also runs many schools and dispensaries in different states while it has also completed large water supply projects in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.
5. Volunteers from the Sathya Sai Seva Organisation are always found in the forefront carrying out relief and rehabilitation work during natural calamities not only in AP but also in other states
6. Besides, there are Sathya Sai centres located in over 114 countries in the world. In 1957, Sathya Sai Baba went on a temple tour of north India and made his only overseas trip to Uganda in June 1968.
7. They point to the public services that Baba has rendered -- the 220-bed Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Medical Sciences, the Sathya Sai University, a religious museum, railway station, stadium, music college, an airport and also the famous super speciality hospital in Bangalore.
8. The devotees say it is not humanly possible to provide such expensive medical care for free and only Baba could have achieved this. At Bangalore alone the hospital has conducted over 4 lakh heart surgeries free of cost. In addition to all this the trust of which Baba was the chairman had funded drinking water projects in Ananthapur district of Andhra Pradesh and also helped in lining the sides of the Kandaleru canal to provide drinking water to Chennai.
9. The trust will also be responsible to 1,300 ashrams worldwide. The main centres were however Puttaparthi and Whitefield in Bangalore. Puttaparthi has always been the headquarters but the Whitefield ashram was where Baba used to be during the summers. The trust also runs the Radio Sai Global Harmony and also the famous Sathya Sai Baba Educare Programme. Service Is The WayHe drew followers from all faiths and his disciples are spread across the world। Baba said: “I have come not to disturb or destroy any faith, but to confirm each in his own faith — so that the Christian becomes a better Christian, the Muslim, a better Muslim, and the Hindu, a better Hindu।” He imparted spiritual wisdom in easy-to-grasp words and stressed on service to humankind as a vehicle for spiritual growth. He said: “Service is the highest spiritual discipline. Prayer and meditation, knowledge of scripture and Vedanta cannot help you reach the goal as quickly as service can. Service has a double effect; it extinguishes the ego and gives bliss.”
Baba’s stress on service is no lip service. Hospitals created by his Trust offer free treatment to the poor. Schools, colleges, housing projects and free drinking water supply are important ongoing projects. Education, healthcare and providing safe drinking water were high on the list of service essentials. “For health, the heart is important; for knowledge, the head is important; for the body, water is essential; all three — healthcare, education and water should be provided free. They should not be commercialised, for all these are gifts of God.” Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, schools, colleges of learning and music, and Sri Sathya Sai International School for Human Values at New Delhi stick to Sai Baba’s principles and charge no fee whatsoever. The guiding philosophy of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences at Prasanthigram, Andhra Pradesh and at Whitefield, Bangalore, provide state-of-the-art healthcare facilities; these are gratis for the poor.
Free medical camps in rural areas, cataract operations, medical dispensaries, blood donation camps are frequently held. Medical professionals are encouraged to visit and serve orphanages, old age homes and leprosy homes. His hospitals give free medical aid. At the super-specialty hospitals, heart surgeries and valve replacement are done free.
The Healing TouchThe Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust, under Sai Baba’s guidance, undertook drinking water projects in Andhra Pradesh and Chennai. At a felicitation function, Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi, a professed atheist, reportedly equated Sai Baba to God. “I have always respected those who worked to alleviate people’s sufferings. They are equivalent to God.’’ The chief minister said he agreed with Sai Baba’s words ‘service to mankind is service to God; whether I accept God or not is not important. What is important is whether my deeds are acceptable to God, if at all God exists.”
10. The key personalities in the future would be K Chakravarthi, an IAS officer, who was a district collector. He had quit his job and decided to serve Baba. He is the secretary of the Shri Sathya Sai Central Trust.
11. S V Giri who resigned as Central Vigilance Commissioner in 1998 and joined the ashram as the vice-chancellor of the Sri Sathya Sai University. The other key member is Justice P N Bhagavati, former chief justice of India [ Images ] who is a member of the trust. Indulal Shah, a chartered accountant by profession is also a key member of the Sai Baba organisation.
12. Re: 40,000 Crore? Some wonder why this much moey was stored in temples treasures. The answer is:It is not that 40K Crore is lying in his ashram as bundles of cash or in the bank. The Trust has built several hospitals, schools, colleges in 130 countries globally. The total cost of these assets are worth 40K crore
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