Sahitya Seva (Spiritual Book Distribution) by HariOmGroup
SEVA (Selfless Service)
Selfless service is the fragrant flower of altruistic love. It is not to be performed for the satisfaction of the person rendering the service or the person at whose bidding it is so done. Service is the highest spiritual exercise (sadhana), for God Himself takes human form and comes down to serve mankind and lead it to the ideals it has ignored. Therefore, consider how delighted God will be when man serves man! Deserve the grace of God by helping the weak and the poor, the diseased and the disabled, the distressed and the downtrodden.
Every human being is a manifestation of the God. Every object manifests the Divine. Service can instill, more intensely than any other activity, the sense of the basic one. Gita says –"Whatever be the work we do, we should do it as an offering to God and for his pleasure." Hence, man should regard selfless service as the very purpose for his life. This feeling should flow through his every nerve and bloodstream and permeate every cell of his body.
There are lots of seva we can do:
DARIDRANARAYAN Seva
DARIDRANARAYAN is one of the millions of names by which humanity knows the unnamed and unfathomable God, who is unnamable and unfathomable by human understanding, and it means God of the poor, God appearing in the hearts of the poor. Therefore, Daridranarayan seva, seva of the poor, hungry, destitute, is the worship of Sri Narayan himself. Swami Vivekananda said that we should help the needy, but never should be swollen with pride neither should ever claim of doing the same, instead we should we thankful to the lord that we have been given the opportunity to serve him.
Our Satgurudev Pujya "Asaramji Bapu" stresses a lot for this great seva and he himself visits slums regularly and gratifies the destitute with his pious words (satsang), food grains, blankets, clothes, utensils, medicines and so on.
According to our shastras and Swami Vivekananda- how rich we may be, but we have rights only over that which avail us with two pairs of clothes and two meals a day. Rest belongs to others whom we have exploited. So, it's our duty to serve the poor.
All ashrams and samitis organize Daridranarayan seva programs with the blessings of Bapuji. To become a part of this great job doesn't mandate the financial help, because physical seva of visiting the slums and organizing the seva activities is also a great seva indeed.
MEDICAL SEVA
Pujya Sri Asaram ji bapu says that "when Sri Krishna did not leave the topic of health in the battlefield, then how can I leave the topic in my satsang". Therefore bapuji's satsang includes extracts from ayurved and different mantras which exhibits miraculous effect upon our health, heart and mind.
Qualified & experienced doctors provide Ayurvedic treatment & medicines to patients in the main Ashrams. Patients are treated for common to chronic diseases like allergies, cancer, diabetes, rheumatism, heart ailments etc. The doctors recommend naturopathy treatment through Yoga-Asanas, Pranayamas and meditation.
We can also join the great mission of making everyone healthy by sparing time for medical camps in the villages/ashrams, packing the Ayurvedic medicines and so on.
15-16th of every month medical camp is organized in Sant sri Asaramji Bapu Ashram, Shamshabad, Hyderabad.
JAIL SEVA
Narayan means the one who resides in all nar (man) and nari (woman) irrespective of all character, thought and deed. Situations, circumstances, might have compelled the prisoners to commit a crime, but still the same God, who is propelling our life, resides in their hearts too. Sri Hari means the one who purges our soul of all sins and evil deeds and makes us pious. Inmates of jail can cleanse themselves from their sins and past impressions, and start life afresh with the help of the holy name "hari om" and Satsang. Organizing satsang in jail is a lead step towards harmony in the society. We can arrange weekly/ biweekly/ monthly satsang (with viedio CDs of Bapuji's satsang) followed by bhajan and kirtan in jail, which would categorically give an experience of compassion and unconditional love to the inmates. Many devotees in different samitis are already organizing such seva activities, and have been able to build a positive attitude among the inmates to confidently join back the society after they are release from the jail.
SRI ASARAMAYAND AKHAND 108 PATH
SRI ASARAMAYAND AKHAND 108 PATH is another great seva. Sri Asaramayand path not only fulfills all our wishes but also creates positive energy in the environment. This purifies the heart and mind of the readers, listeners and of all who resides in that pious environment. Sri Asaramayand comprehends Bhagvat Gita, Ramayand and Vedas. This portrays pujya Bapuji's jeevan lila and thus is a source of inspiration for a better life and elucidates drops upon the ultimate goal of life.
Sri Asaramayan akhand path can be organized in our homes, temples, ashrams. We can invite our neighbors, relatives, friends and sadhak bhai/ behen and thus chant the devout Asaramayand path alternately in groups. Musical instruments like dholak, cashio etc. add colors. The path can be completed in 25-30 hours easily (based upon the reading speed). In the concluding stage we can have bhajan, kirtan followed by aarti and Prasad sevanam.
WEEKLY SATSANG SEVA
WEEKLY SATSANG SEVA- Greatest Tap is Satsang, source of all wisdom is Satsang and door to all worldly & eternal happiness is Satsang. It's well said that –
"Ek Ghadi aadhi ghadhi, aadhi mein puni aadh,
Tulsi sangat sadh ki, hare koti apradh"
Weekly/biweekly/monthly Satsang programs can be organized in homes, temples, ashrams etc.
Lord Siva used to take Goddesses Parvati with him to the satsang. Sri Ram used to visit maharshis (saints) and attends satsang during his 14 years exile with Sita and Lakshman. Also he organized Satsang for all the Ayodhya residents by Lord Shiva for entire one year.
Kabir Ji said
"Even if we get one time food from Chandal's( slaughterer) house and Brahma gyan Satsang, it's better to stay there than to rule a kingdom."
So it's impossible to explain the importance of Satsang even if we have thousands of head each with thousands of tongues.
Therfore Organizing weekly Satsang is really an unparallel seva.
Some blogs describing Miracles occurring everyday by the divine power of Pujya Bapuji and his Satsang are:
YUVADHAN SURAKSHA ABHIYAN
In today's modern world, our mind is in a constant flux. Many thoughts keep crowding our mind and we find ourselves moving in divergent directions. It seems we are being pulled from all sides, and thus causing constant turmoil and anxiety. The entire society has fallen in the trap of sex, lust and desire. One does not have the peace of a still mind and solitude. The five main obstacles to happiness are desire, anger, greed, attachment and pride. They can be conquered by practice of brahmcharya. Brahmcharya means celibacy i.e. to give up that food, action that kindles desire. Brahmcharya gives us mental and physical strength, and hence, helps in achieving all our goals (materialistic or eternal) and in turn illuminates our life.
Therefore, with the benison of Pujya Asaramji Bapu, Sadhaks throughout India are putting their heart and soul into YUVADHAN SURAKSHA ABHIYAN so as to spread this message to as many young people as possible. We too can join by reading the following books five times and also by taking a pledge to distribute at least 25 copies of these books to the youth around us.
1) Yuvadhanan Surakha (The Secret of Eternal Youth in English)
2) Yovan Surakha
3) Yog Yatra-4
We can distribute these books in schools, colleges and inspire the youths to read these books and join this mission.
For details please visit the link-
http://www.ashram.org
& http://www.ashram.org/newweb/SevaActivity_Educational.html
RISHI PRASAD SEVA
The world today is overwhelmingly materialistic and this has created a great spiritual void in our lives. The futile yearning for the carnal world has stressed out the common man. Our existence feels barren and devoid of meaning. Reflective people have realized that peace and happiness cannot come without spiritual dimensions. But in this fast life people have no time to read Bhagwatam, Shashratas, and Vedas and so on. “Rishi Prasad”, a monthly spiritual magazine "RishiPrasad" contains the essence of all Shashtras and Vedas.
This publishes excerpts from the satsangs of Shri Asaramji Bapu. Bapuji’s satsang gives direction to ever wandering mind and helps it focus on the source it has originated from.
Man tu jyoti swaroop hai, apana mool pehchaan
Having glimpsed the true self, our outlook towards the outer world changes.
Nazar badali to nazaare badale
Kishsti ne badalaa rukha, to kinaare badale
Once we have had the glimpse of our nature and know who we are, the whole world changes. Bapuji's satsang escort us to our ultimate goal in a rocket.
We can become a part of the spiritual revolution which is urging people to question the relevance of their futile existence without a divine faith by the following means:
1. Subscribing RishiPrasad for ourselves.
2. Encouraging relatives, neighbors for RishiPrasad membership.
3. Distributing RishiPrasad (old or new editions).
4. Making RishiPrasad members by reaching door to door (shops & residences).
5. RishiPrasad Calculation.
6. Gifting RishiPrasad memberships to friends, relatives in different occasions like anniversary, birthday, house/shop inauguration and so on.
7. Posting excerpts of RishiPrasad to friends through emails & letters.
It's high time for us to take a pledge & work hard to integrate each and every family of our country, instead entire world with RishiPrasad and thus help to achieve emancipation and self – realization, which is the ultimate goal of every life.
BALSANSKAR KENDRA (BSK) SEVA
"Mother Bharati (India) needs the status of 'Viswa Guru',
BalSanskarKendra(BSK) is the only way to get through"
BSK Program Inspired by Param Pujya Sant Shri Asaramji Bapu aims at teaching children 'Yogic Techniques' to improve the Memory Power, Concentration, Success in studies/exams, Self-confidence, Patience, Anger Control, Respect for Parents/Elders, Health etc.
All the above in a FUN filled environment with stories, quiz & games while learning mantra chanting, Yogasanas, Pranayam, Meditation.
The FIVE guiding principles of BSK are:
1. Teach Yogic Practices to awaken Dormant Spiritual Powers.
2. Share Inspirational Anecdotes & Stories from Scriptures & History of India.
3. Instill Good Sacrament & cultural values for character building & success.
4. Provide Health Care tips & precautions for all seasons for healthy bodies.
5. Knowledge gain while having fun & playing games.
Therefore, BSK is a divine initiative to mould the present and future India. We all need to join our hands and go ahead fearlessly. Inspiration and unswerving convictions is all it takes to start a BSK. It is Bapuji's Divine Sankalp that makes this program so powerful & popular; we are just the medium to convey Bapuji's messages.
For details like- basic BSK Guidelines, Class Format, Monthly Curriculum,
BSK Templates and so on, please visit
LINK ----http://www.ashram.org/newweb/bsk/index.html
& http://www.ashram.org
SANKIRTAN YATRA (Divine Procession) SEVA
In this 21st century we are droved in the horde of money and status. We are lacking spiritual dimensions to our lives and in our relationships, which is the ultimate cause of all our sufferings - mental & physical. Thus, it is the need of the hour to save the world from this crisis. And BhagwanNam Sankirtan (enchanting of the divine name of the supreme Lord) is the only way to restore our mind to simplicity, peace and poise, to free it from confusion and distress.
Today, when we Indians are adopting western culture, in west the consciousness for the BhagwanNam Sankirtan, Gita, Bhagvatam (Indian culture) is increasing alarmingly.
So, we are responsible for awakening the society regarding the importance of the BhagwanNam (divine name of the supreme Lord) and SANKIRTAN YATRA is the most suitable means to do this. Hearing the pious name of the God creates a sensation in the mind & body. It definitely develops a positive environment and in turn cleans up the crimes in the society.
We can assemble together and start Divine Procession in our nearby area weekly/biweekly/monthly. People irrespective of their age, sex, background can join this Yatra and thus also help to remove discrimination in the society.
This is a great Seva towards our Guruji and to the society.
Sadhaks can do seva in following manner
- Do Japa of Mahamrityunjay Jap for Pujya Bapuji's prosperity and good health daily atleast 7 times.
- Every Sadhak should open atleast one Balsanskar and inspire atleast 2 every month.
- Every sadhak should make Rishi Prasad members atleast 2 per month.
- Distribute Divya Prerna Prakash book in schools/colleges atleast once in a month.
- Do participate in organising Kirtan yatra atleast once in a month.
Online Seva
This section aims at listing seva opportunties for sadhaks who wish to derive the bliss of GuruSeva Online:
- ·Hindi/English Typing Seva: Need volunteers who are interested to take this seva of digitization of ashram books & bhajans and putting online on our website. We need sadhaks who can type in Hindi or English. [More]
- ·Digitization of old Rishi Prasad/Lok Kalyan setu issues: Need volunteers who can compile old Rishi Prasad issues and assist in digitization, upload on our website for user benefit. [More]
- ·Tips and Mantras compilation: Need volunteers who can send us tips and mantras they heard from Bapuji's satsang or books. We will filter them and upload them on website. [More]
- ·Useful Bookmarks compilation: Need volunteers who can contribute to information on nice web gadgets, tools and site which are useful for our general public/website visitors. We will make a page full of useful external links. [More]
- ·Assistant Housekeeper for Forums: Need volunteers to help us keep an eye on the forums being managed by HariOmGroup.org. Send us an email if you find inappropriate content or behavior. Also, let us know if you find exceptionally good content or behavior, if someone is doing really well, or if someone needs a helping hand. Encourage people to blog, if we find exceptionally good writers. [More]
- ·Research Bapuji's Videos: Need volunteers who can search for Bapuji's videos on YouTube.com, video.google.com, and other places that would help us spread the message of Bapuji. Think of non-sadhaks as your target audience, and search for appropriate videos that would support our cause. [More]
- Making English Subtitle Videos: Need volunteers who can work with with our video team, for adding subtitles in Pujya Bapuji's Videos. [More]
- Proof-Read HariOmGroup.org website: Need volunteers who can go through the HariOmGroup.org website systematically, and find spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, broken links/links that point to unexpected results, etc. [More]
- ·Hariomgroup Webpage template design and hosting: Our website need a new look and new home. We need volunteers who are willing to design customized beautiful template for our website and that can be upload to our new server. Need expert(s) who can guide us on selecting server and technology to back our various website projects. [More]
- ·Website Content Management Software: To effectively maintain the large website, where many volunteers work on the same project, we need some kind of content management to help us to work better in a team environment. We are looking for volunteers who know how to implement this technology on our website. [More]
- ·Sadhaks Anubhavs Online Video streaming: Anubhavs are very effective medium with which we can strengthen our faith towards Bapuji and step forward in our sadhana path. Anubhav sharing is very beneficial to new sadhaks. With these anubhavs, common man will know the benefits of Diksha and Bapuji's satsang in their life. With Bapuji's kripa, many people's desires got fulfilled, and they are leading a simple, healthy and prosperous life. This will also help in building the faith in religion, and we can stop the forced conversion by missionaries. We need volunteers who will compile and contribute to this types of video clips to upload on to our website [More]·
- ·Mobile Ring tones and mobile wall papers: Need sadhak experts who can create kirtan ring tones or bhajan ring tones for our cell phones. We also need Bapuji's cell phone wall papers, and need instructions on how to upload on to our cell phones. [More]
- ·News letter, Wall paper and Screen saver design: Need Volunteers who can design nice news letter templates, Bapuji's screen savers, and wall papers.[More]
- ·Short film director: Need a professional media person who can create short films/media report based on our ashram activities and give to media for prachar. Need to be a very highly skilled person and should be very well versed in English and Hindi. Need to have contacts in Media and should be Bapuji's follower. [More]
- ·Hariom Group Answers: Need a tool which is similar to Yahoo Answers, need of automated webpage system where Sadhaks pose questions and fellow sadhaks gives answers to there questions. Based on the answers, we can highlight the answer which is most suitable as best answer to that questions. This also can act as FAQ section. [More]
·Online Rishi Prasad Suggestions/Complaint Form: Need a tool where members can lodge online their issues/suggestions related to Rishi Prasad, and Ashram gets their complaint and sends back their comments through this system. [More]
- ·Online Enrollment of Samitis/Bal-Sanskar Kendras: Need a system where user can update their nearby Ashram/Bal-Sanskar kendras online. This information shall be updated automatically and system should create html table with all the details entered by user with moderation facility. [More]
- ·Flash and macromedia related add-ons: Few of the things we can suggest to sadhaks who are expert in Flash or multi-media related technologies. 1. Trikaal Sandhya Room 2. Guruji's Virtual Aarti 3. Yogasanas and their various postures 4. Balsanskar - Story telling in animation form 5. Virtual Ashram and Maun mandirs 6. Balsanskar- Language teachings (Alphabets, Numbers etc. ) 7. Various Ashram activities in Flash movie 8. Prachar related clippings ( New CDs, books related) [More]
- ·Greeting Cards Developer: Need volunteers who might be proficient in Flash to create animation greeting cards for HariOmGroup.org with music embedded. The greeting cards would contain Pujya Bapuji's Satsang ambrosial words and the music embedded in the card can be Madhur Sankirtan, etc. This can be used by sadhaks to wish each other on various occasions.
- ·Customized Online Email enrollment & distribution system:Need a system where it takes the user email id and name and send them customized news letter addressed to them. Process shall be automatic and will need a feature where users have facility of unsubscribe automatically.[More]
- ·Bapuji's Master Satsang program page: This page shall have all the satsang program so far given by Bapuji till date. Figures will be mind blowing and would be inspirational to others on how much Bapuji took pain to travel all over the country to awaken our souls and preaching us on how to live happy and prosperous life. We need a database form and intelligent system where user enter the details of shivir or program they have attended and any extra information they have. System shall eliminate the duplicates and arrange them in chronological order and publish online as html page. [More]
- ·Ashram Virtual Year diary: Virtual dairy shall contain various seva karya conducted by our ashram in chronological year wise order, and mention any special occasions/milestones. This shall be filled with various photos of Bapuji and Ashram over the past years. It will be kind of recollecting our memories and show to the people, how much society has been benefited by our Ashram seva karya. It needs lot of research, old clips and news reports. Active community participation needed. [More]
- ·Computer Recycle Program: Big corporate offices often upgrade their computer hardware to meet the present standard. The old hardware either they dispose it or store them without any further use. This type of computers can be collected from industry and make it available to needy rural children in our Balsanskar kendras. [More]
- ·Gurukul's Student Appreciation program: Few of our Gurukul students who are poor and needy will be benefited from this program. Gurukul student who gets the first rank or make any special contribution in their field, we need to encourage those young students by award or financial help. Need to work on this idea for the benefit of of our Gurukul students. [More]
- ·Books (Hindi- Eng) Translation system and Volunteers: Need an online system where translator uploads the assigned translation work and rest of the members give their feedback on that work. It also shall have the option of check out facility of chapters and keep track of all the volunteers works and books chapters scans in hindi for downloads. We need active volunteers to do translation and co-ordination of this seva. The translation work also includes translations of our medicine labels from Hindi to English.[More]
- ·Sadhaks Sharing Platform: Anything related to Pujya Bapuji you want to share, can be shared here. Like Anubhavs, books, wallpapers, photos, mp3s, ideas, anything. We shall try to upload your info or implement ideas if it suits our aim of spreading Bapuji's Message. [More]
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