Sai Anandam is entirely supported by
Bhagwan, and Sai Anandam stands securely on the four values Bhagwan promotes.
This means, the home for the homeless
is pledged to promote the values of truth, right living, peace and love among
the inmates of the home.
Sai Anadam, as the name suggests, is a place
for joyful living. Swami teaches us that life is more valuable than a living.
Even though we shall endeavour to settle the boys in some respectful means of
earning a living, our purpose shall be to help them see beyond a living. And
that is ananda, loosely translated as
happiness. The only way to stabilize one’s happiness is to live in God , and that shall be our chief effort – to inculcate in
them faith in and love for God.
These children were growing up in
environments of denial. So the purpose of Sai Anandam has been to open before
them a life of love, brotherliness and purposeful living. Swami teaches that
human life is precious, for it can take us to God. Our logo summaries in the
four steps at the base, and the white strip above it, that when we try to live the
four values, we acquire a state of purity, which is akin to divinity, that
brings us real happiness, for then we realise our lives are not only a gift of
God, they are supported by God. This awareness gives us strength and self
confidence to confront the vicissitudes of life. These boys, who have already
been denied a normal life, have to answer for themselves a lot of inconvenient
questions while they are growing up. With God as a dependable companion this
ardous task could be easier for them. Therefore our aim has been to try to
create a home for them in which we all live for each other. When they go out into
a difficult world looking for an identity, a loveful childhood would be a great
asset for them.
A home of love, brotherliness, dedication, and
understanding is always protected by divine benediction, which the surrounding
stars embody. And AUM of course, is the most potent vibration from which all
life emerged. It is the most creative sound. The logo is topped by it
suggesting that we here in Sai Anandam want to make living a creative
experience.
The living principles of the home are sharing, caring, and
integrating. The mundane and the divine are not divorced from each other, Swami
teaches us. The ancient Rishis prayed for a long life that they can use it for
elevating life unto godhood. A healthy, happy life is the platform on which we
build the mansion of a noble life. Sai Anandam would strive to enable the
inmates live a self-reliant and noble life.
SAI means in odia, ‘The good kind Lord’.
There is a rare sweetness even in the visual of the logo – the strong and sweet
hand of the Lord holding up the family of Anandam. Can there be anything more reassuring
than this?
The meaning is only a means to the end, not
the end in itself; and the end is living constantly in God.
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