Shri Mataji's 101st Birthday | "Hasat Ali Nirmal Ai" | Sydney 24th March 2024

"Hasat Ali Nirmal Ai" by Music of Joy
To see a smile on Her radiant countenance - a song about the smile from someone who brought light and love to thousands of families in over 100 countries worldwide. Shri Mataji continued Her global initiative to teach self-empowerment in countries near and far- some saw Her as a spiritual teacher, some found her to be a messenger for Peace and some named Her Ai - the Indian/Marathi word for Mother.
ABOUT THIS EVENT
On 21st March 2024, Sahaja Yogis around the world celebrated the 101st Birthday of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - the founder of Sahaja Yoga meditation.
To celebrate this special event, Sahaja Yoga meditation Australia hosted several free meditation and enlightened music concerts for mental, physical, emotional and spiritual well-being.
This Sydney event included Shri Mataji's video lecture about Her Sahaja Yoga meditation with Her guided Self Realisation meditation session plus devotional and world music presented by the multicultural band, Music of Joy and renowned slide guitarist, Rhitom Sarkar.
• Event website: www.freemedita...
• Playlist of event videos: • Shri Mataji's 101st Bi...
ABOUT SHRI MATAJI
Shri Mataji introduced Her unique meditation in 1970 and people in more than 120 countries now practise and enjoy it. Her foundational practise teaches a meditation technique which begins with Self Realisation and awakens our inner spiritual aspect. As a result, we experience thoughtless awareness during our meditation which promotes health and well-being.
After introducing the technique of Sahaja Yoga meditation, Shri Mataji travelled constantly up until the early 2000s, offering free public lectures and the experience of Self Realisation to all. She enabled people to pass on this valuable experience to others, as well as the technique necessary to sustain it through regular Sahaja Yoga meditation. Shri Mataji was born on 21st March 1923 in India and passed away on 23rd February 2011 in Genoa, Italy, aged 87 years.
ABOUT RHITOM SARKAR
Born to musician parents, child prodigy Rhitom Sarkar started out playing Indian classical music but soon veered towards playing the guitar due to its musical appeal (akin to vocal) to glide. His innovative mind searched for ways and means to incorporate the finer nuances of Indian music into his guitar practice. Rhitom’s preferred instrument is the Indian slide guitar or ‘gandharvi’ - a modified archtop acoustic with sympathetic and plucked drone strings, specially designed for playing ragas. Ragas are the melodic patterns and modes in traditional Indian music compositions.
An ‘A-grade artist’ from AIR (All India Radio) and student of the musician master, Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya, Rhitom has received many international accolades and awards for his music and compositions throughout his career.
ABOUT MUSIC OF JOY
A unique, multicultural band based in Sydney. The magic of the group comes from the dynamic energy produced when over twenty musicians, with a wide variety of cultural backgrounds, join together with one common goal - to share music that is joyful and uplifting.
QUOTES BY SHRI MATAJI - Founder of Sahaja Yoga meditation
• Meditation - “Only in meditation you are in present and you grow in your spirituality.”
• Clean Heart - “If your heart is clean, you can see the other person clearly through and through. Innocence is such a powerful thing.”
• Innocence - “You have to have complete faith in yourself and that your Self is nothing but innocence.”
• Thoughtless Awareness - “In thoughtless awareness nobody can touch you, that’s your fortress.”
• Needs - “I need this, I need that, I need that. We should know what other people need.”
• Love - “You may be very great, you might be very intelligent, you may be earning lots of money, whatever it is. It’s not so important. What is the most important thing is that you are loved.”
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