A000400 – Act with all the Skill and Devotion

Code : A000400 Project : Basic Needs Assistance Volunteer : VOONNA VENKATA RAMARAO GUPTA Beneficiaries : 84 People Location : Tirupathipalem Village, Ranastalam Mandal, Srikakulam District. “For every being, life is a series of acceptances and rejections, of joy and grief, benefits and losses. Take everything that happens to you as gifts of grace. Of course, you must act with all the skill and devotion you are capable of. And you must do your duties w

A000399 – To Experience the Lord, we must get rid of the darkness of ignorance

Code : A000399 Project : Educational Assistance Volunteer : VADA TIRUPATI Beneficiaries : Meesala Mohini (19) Location : Pathapatnam “In ancient times, sages who performed severe penance to realise the Ultimate Reality, experienced Him and declared that the Supreme Lord is beyond Tamas. This means, to experience the Lord we must get rid of our Tamo-guna (the darkness of ignorance). The Lord is beyond the veil of Tamas. When the veil is removed, the Lo

A000398 -The Lord pervades everything in the cosmos

Code : A000398 Project : Educational Assistance Volunteer : KOYYANA RAMA RAO Beneficiaries : Unkili Yugandhar (17) Location : Arasavilli, Srikakulam “Embodiments of Divine Love! The Lord pervades everything in the cosmos with His myriad feet, hands, eyes, faces and ears. But not recognizing this fact, people imagine themselves to be the doer and indulge in all kinds of speculation and self-praise. The Lord sees everything. No one can conceal anything

A000397 – The mind has two characteristics – The God and The Devil

Code : A000397 Project : Medical Assistance (Medicines & Hospitilization Aid) Volunteer : PULLELA LAKSHMI NARAYANA Beneficiaries : Pudi Simmanna (66) Location : P N Colony, Srikakulam “Your mind can cause bondage; it can also confer liberation. It is an amalgam of the passionate (rajasic) and ignorant (thamasic) attitudes. It is easily polluted. It relishes in hiding the real nature of things and casting on them the forms and values that it desire

A000396 – Focus to serve the Humanity

Code : A000396 Project : Livelihood Assistance Project Volunteer : POTNURU ANURADHA Beneficiaries : Javvadi Thavitamma (44) and Family Location : Tekkali, Srikakulam “The little infant (Parikshit) was placed on a gold plate for his naming ceremony. The child immediately started moving, as if searching for someone desperately and soon made a beeline towards Lord Krishna. He grasped Krishna’s feet and pleaded, by his looks, to be taken by Him and fondle

A000395 – Intelligence, Mind, and Senses

Code : A000395 Project : Educational Assistance Volunteer : POTNURU BHARATHI RAMESH Beneficiaries : Rowlo Kumar (17) Location : SURAMPALEM, EAST GODAVARI ,ANDHRA PRADESH “People have three chief instruments for uplifting themselves: intelligence, mind, and senses. When the mind gets enslaved by the senses, you get entangled and bound. The same mind, when regulated by the intellect, can make one aware of one’s reality (Atma). The mental power gained fr

A000394 – True education consists in the acquisition of good qualities

Code : A000394 Project : Medical Assistance (Medicines & Hospitilization Aid) Volunteer : SANDULA GOVINDA RAJULU Beneficiaries : Jhansi Dharmasingh (45) Location : Vombay Colony, Srikakulam “It must be recognised that sports and music have been designed to confer health and happiness on man. Physical fitness and mental health are equally important. Together with the gross physical body everyone has a subtle body (sukshma sarira). Take good care of

A000393 – Having a state of mind that is beyond all dualities

Code : A00393 Project : Food & Nutrition (Including 100 Day Food Programme) Volunteer : PEKALA RAMA KRISHNA Beneficiaries : Teki Santamma and Family Location : Thandyam Vill., Ponduru Mandal, Srikakulam Dist. “Avoid spending precious time in useless pursuits and be ever vigilant. Engage the senses of perception and action, and the body in congenial but noble tasks to keep them busy. There should be no chance for sloth (tamas) to creep in. And, eve

A000392 – Steady Faith

Code : A00392 Project : Food & Nutrition (Including 100 Day Food Programme) Volunteer : ALIKANA SRINIVASA RAO Beneficiaries : Adapa Hymavathi (45), Adapa Rajeshwari (19) Location : Gontu veedhi srikakulam “Everyone appreciated the wonderful way in which Parikshith sought the lap of the Lord and praised the steady faith he already attained. Yudhishtira was puzzled at the child’s act and requested Vyasa, the great sage, to explain. Vyasa said, “Yudh

A000391 – If you develop love, everything you confront will have the form of love.

Code : A00391 Project : Food & Nutrition (Including 100 Day Food Programme) Volunteer : K.VIJAYAKUMAR Beneficiaries : Smt. Challa Bhagyalakshmi (28) and Family Location : KARIMILIPETA, SRIKAKULAM RURAL MANDAL “When Pandavas were in the forest, Krishna visited them. The brothers told Krishna that they took turns during nights to keep a vigil and control the activities of evil spirits and demons. Yuddhistra tried to dissuade Krishna from participati