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