AUM  SAI  RAM




ADDITIONS   TO   SAI   DARSHAN  IN  1997
DATE UPDATES
25 Dec
1997
  1. Sai Darshan wishes all its readers A HAPPY, PROSPEROUS, PEACEFUL AND BLISSFUL NEW YEAR (1998). We pray to our dear Lord Sai to continue to shower His Grace and Blessings on all of us in abundance in the coming year.
  2. New photos and quotations have been added to the Wisdom Wall.
  3. The following discourses have been added to the Discourse section -
    1. Dasara Discourse (Oct 5, 1997)
    2. Dasara Discourse (Oct 6, 1997)
    3. Dasara Discourse (Oct 7, 1997)
    4. Dasara Discourse (Oct 8, 1997)
    5. Dasara Discourse (Oct 9, 1997)
    6. Vijaya Dasami Discourse (Oct 11, 1997)
  4. New quotations have been added to the Quotable Quotes section.
  5. New quotations have been added to the 'Gems from the Lord'.
20 Nov
1997
  1. Sai Darshan celebrates the 72nd Birthday of our beloved Lord Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba with a new section titled Wisdom Wall. On this spiritual wall, you will find an exquisite collection of Swami's photos, along with extracts of His Divine utterances collected from a variety of sources. We pray to Bhagavan to make this Wisdom Wall a source of inspiration and a beacon of guiding light that can destroy the wall of ignorance in our minds.
  2. The following discourses have been added to the Discourse section -
    1. Janmashtami Discourse (Aug 25, 1997)
    2. Ganesh Chaturthi Discourse (Sep 7, 1997)
    3. Onam Discourse (Sep 14, 1997)
    4. Paduka Festival Discourse (Sep 22, 1997)
    5. Paduka Pooja Discourse (Sep 23, 1997)
  3. The link for Sai videos now takes you directly to James Redmond's web site.
  4. The audio page now contains a link to Prema Music.
  5. New quotations have been added to the 'Gems from the Lord'.
9 Oct
1997
  1. The following discourses have been added to the Discourse section -
    1. Eswaramba Day Discourse (May 6, 1997)
    2. Buddha Purnima Discourse (May 15, 1997)
    3. Greatness of Vibhishana (May 26, 1997)
    4. World Youth Conference (Jul 16, 1997)
    5. World Youth Conference (Jul 17, 1997)
    6. World Youth Conference (Jul 18, 1997)
    7. World Youth Conference (Jul 19, 1997)
    8. Guru Purnima (Jul 20, 1997)
  2. New quotations have been added to the 'Gems from the Lord'.
24 Jul
1997
  1. The following discourses have been added to the Discourse section -
    1. Shivarathri Discourse - I (Mar 7, 1997)
    2. Shivarathri Discourse - II (Mar 8, 1997)
    3. Ugadi Discourse (Apr 7, 1997)
    4. Saints of Tamilnadu (Apr 10, 1997)
    5. Tamil New Year (Apr 11, 1997)
    6. Rama Navami Discourse (Apr 16, 1997)
  2. New quotations have been added to the 'Gems from the Lord'.
9 May
1997
  1. We celebrate the first anniversary of Sai Darshan on the web with a fresh new look for the Home Page - please join us in dedicating this new page at the Lotus Feet of our dear Lord Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.
  2. The following discourses have been added to the Discourse section -
    1. Love for the Divine transcends all kin (July 27, 1996)
    2. Christmas Discourse (December 25, 1996)
    3. Sankaranthi Discourse (January 14, 1997)
    4. Be prepared for a life of sacrifice (January 19, 1997)
    5. Have firm faith in God (January 23, 1997)
    6. Chinese New Year Discourse (February 13 AM, 1997)
    7. Chinese New Year Discourse (February 13 PM, 1997)
  3. New photos have been added to the Photo Gallery
  4. New quotations have been added to the 'Gems from the Lord'.
8 Mar
1997
  1. Here is something for those of you who could not hear the background music provided in our previous update. We have replaced them with audio icons, which you can click whenever you want to hear the audio. Now when you bring up the pages on Divine discourses or Prashanti Varsha or Bhajans you will see an audio icon right below the picture of Swami. Clicking on this icon will download and play the audio file for you. Try it out! You can hear Swami singing Bhajans or addressing an audience!
  2. A new title called On Shankara and Vedanta has been added to the section on Swami's words. This subsection contains Swami's recent discourses on Shankara and his philosophy of Advaita.
  3. The following discourses have been added to the Discourse section -
    1. What the Avatars mean (February 23, 1990)
    2. Make Swami's words your beacon light (March 31, 1996)
    3. Who is dear to the Lord? (October 3, 1996)
    4. The glory of Bharat's women (November 19, 1996)
    5. Adhere to Sathya and Dharma (November 22, 1996)
  4. New photos have been added to the Photo Gallery
  5. New quotations have been added to the 'Gems from the Lord'.
23 Jan
1997
  1. How about some background audio to liven up Sai Darshan? Well, that is what you get in this latest update. You will now be greeted with Swami's voice in the background for a few seconds, when you bring up the page on Divine Discourses or Prashanti Varsha. Similarly, the page on Bhajans will have Swami's Bhajan in the background for a few seconds. Please note that background audio works only when you use browsers equipped with Live Audio plugin (currently supported only on PC/Mac platforms).
  2. A status message indicating the date of last update to Sai Darshan will now be displayed at the bottom of the Sai Darshan Home Page.
  3. A series of three articles by Mr. Ghandikota V. Subba Rao, a long time devotee of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, have been added to the section on Articles. In the first one, titled Mahaa Mahima Maanusha Murthy (Man of mighty miracles) the author narrates his encounters with Divinity and describes in detail, the Divine miracles that he has witnessed/experienced. In the next article titled Mind Boggling Miracles of Sathya Sai, the author talks about a number of miracles, which he and his family were blessed with. In the third article, Interviews, Inner Vistas and Inmost Visions, Mr. Ghandikota V. Subba Rao shares with humility a summary account of a number of interviews that he and his family had with Baba, based on his notes in Telugu. Two other articles by Mr. Subba Rao, on Sai Gayathri and Sayeeshwara, were already available in the Articles section.
  4. The following discourses have been added to the Discourse section -
    1. Flowers for Worship (July 17, 1996)
    2. Power of Nama Sankeerthana (July 19, 1996)
    3. Forms of Worship (July 20, 1996)
    4. Divinity and Bliss (July 22, 1996)
    5. Knowing Oneself (July 28, 1996)
    6. Birthday Discourse (November 23, 1996)
  5. A link to the Official Web Site of the Sri Sathya Sai Organization of USA has been added to the section on Web Links.
  6. New quotations have been added to the 'Gems from the Lord'.
10 Jan
1997
  1. The format of dates in the Divine Discourses section have been changed in response to a request from a devotee. The dates will now spell out the actual month (e.g. Nov 23, 1995), instead of the old numerical format (mm.dd.yy).
  2. All of the discourses in the Divine Discourses section have been spell-checked and corrected.
  3. New quotations have been added to the 'Gems from the Lord'. The Gems have also been spell-checked and corrected.

1996 Updates