Event: Global Birthday Celebrations 2020
The SSSIO celebrated the 95th Birthday of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba from November 21 to 22, 2020 with online programs. This year, the theme of the celebrations was Happiness is union with God. Prior to the online program a series of six short study guides were released, encapsulating some of His teachings regarding happiness. The study guides below can be downloaded by selecting the language of choice.
Study Guide - 1
What is Happiness?
Study Guide - 2
Where is Happiness?
Study Guide - 3
How to Attain Happiness?
Study Guide - 4
Overcoming Obstacles to Happiness
Study Guide - 5
Signs of Happiness
Study Guide - 6
Our True Nature is Bliss
Each Study Guide contains an inspirational story, excerpts from divine discourses, video clips (where available) and a set of questions to reflect upon. The Study Guides was also distributed in digital format, through various channels.
We recommend that all Sri Sathya Sai devotees around the world delve into these Study Guides over the next few weeks.
The online events were broadcast on November 21 and 22 and the program sequence is given below along with a downloadable program handout. Two of the introductory talks during the program have now been made available below.
Let us offer our love and gratitude to Bhagawan by studying and practicing His teachings.
Six Divine Discourses played during the 95th Birthday Celebrations
Talks by Dr. Narendranath Reddy during the 95th Birthday Celebrations
You may download a copy of the above video Our True Nature is Bliss by clicking here
You may download a copy of the above video How to Attain Bliss by clicking here
95th Birthday Celebrations Program
Global Birthday Celebrations Program – November 2020
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| Session 1: November 21, 2020 | Session 2: November 22, 2020 |
7:30 PM - Prelude |
8:30 AM - Prelude |
8:00 PM - Opening Prayers |
9:00 AM - Opening Prayers |
Divine Discourse (Part 1) |
Divine Discourse (Part 4) |
Welcome & Introduction |
Welcome & Introduction |
Opening Address: Dr. Narendranath Reddy, Chairman, SSSIO |
Opening Address: Dr. Narendranath Reddy, Chairman, SSSIO |
Offering of 2019-2020 Annual Report |
Offering of 2019-2020 Annual Report |
Distinguished Artistes: Smt. Kavita Krishnamurti (India) and |
Distinguished Artistes: Smt. Kavita Krishnamurti (India) and |
Young Adult Speaker: Mr. Satheesan Siva - USA |
Young Adult Speaker: Ivana Popovic Srdanov - Serbia |
SSE Students’ Presentation (Part 1) |
SSE Students’ Presentation (Part 2) |
Cultural Program by SSSIO of Singapore |
Cultural Program by SSSIO of European Countries |
Divine Discourse (Part 2) |
Divine Discourse (Part 5) |
Special Guest Artist and Speaker: Ms. Dana Gillespie - UK (Part 1) |
Special Guest Artist and Speaker: Ms. Dana Gillespie - UK (Part 2) |
Young Adult Speaker: Ms. Yuri Sai Deepa Hira - Japan |
Young Adult Speaker: Mr. Deviesh Tankaria - UK, International Young Adult Coordinator |
Musical Performance by Young Adults (Part 1) |
Musical Performance by Young Adults (Part 2) |
Vote of Thanks |
Vote of Thanks |
Closing Remarks |
Closing Remarks |
Divine Discourse (Part 3) |
Divine Discourse (Part 6) |
10:00 PM - Arathi and Closing Prayers |
11:00 AM - Arathi and Closing Prayers |