SWAMI’S QUOTES on AKHANDA BHAJANS

"Akhanda-Bhajan" means that it should not be just a twenty-four hour, or even a seven-day affair. It must go on from birth to death. Bhajan (devotional song) has to start in childhood and continue onward. It must be constant companion of man, his solace and strength. Do not postpone it until old age, for it is the essential food for the mind."

Sai Baba, SSS, Vol. 1, 125

So is this singing of devotional songs and contemplating of God's name done
solely for the individual need? No! As Baba said in June 1965…

"Bhajan is done not only to make yourself divinely pure, but also to make
your surroundings and everyone around you become spiritually uplifting. When you do bhajans for an akhanda (long) period, it means that you are calling all the Divine Souls and all the Gods to purify the entire world.

When one sings bhajans throughout the day and night with great vigour and devotion, the whole world is benefited and everyone becomes divinely charged.

When you sing during akhanda bhajan, you sing for the whole world and for everyone's well being, that is why each and every person should sing during akhanda bhajan with great devotion."

Brothers  and  Sisters,  as  Baba  mentioned  once  before when we sing the
bhajans  it  permeate the ether in the form sound waves and fill the entire
atmosphere, thereby, the whole environment gets purified. Hence the Akhanda
Bhajans is being done not for the sake of one individual, one nation, or one community. It is for the welfare of humanity as a whole.

Some of us may not realize that after every Divine discourse our Lord sings a bhajan purely for our sake not His, so as to enable us to become aware of the sweetness of the Name, which cleanses the mind, by which we can realize that God is ever with us in our physical and spiritual being. Baba said "Of what  avail is it to simply worship My Name and My Form, without attempting to  cultivate  My  Samathwa  -  equal love towards all, Shanthi – unruffled equanimity,  Prema  -  love,  Sahana - patience and fortitude, and Ananda -
blissful nature!"

So  lets all make a conscious effort in attending the Akhanda Bhajans so we can  all  play  our  part  to  spiritually uplift our environment for the a
better  world  for  all  to  enjoy Gods gift and creation.

In SSS-Vol-30-07(1997), Baba said...

"Do not think that God dwells in some temple, shrine or place of pilgrimage. He is omnipresent and His abode in man is-the human heart. When Naaradha sought to know from Vishnu what was His permanent abode, the Lord replied: "Wherever my devotees chant my glories, I am present there." When God dwells in the heart, why
should devotees seek Him elsewhere?”

”Conduct your bhajans with a pure unsullied heart, oblivious to all worldly desires.  When you chant the Lord's name with a pure heart, you will
experience the Divine. " If a man, devotes one moment of the time devoted
to thoughts of family, friends, business and wealth, to thoughts on the
Lotus Feet of the Lord, he will have no need to fear the messengers of
death."

”Men's thoughts today are wholly concerned with acquisition of material possessions, power and pelf. How much happier would they be if they devoted a fraction of their time to contemplate the glories of God. Hours, days, years are wasted in the pursuit of things of the world. One moment devoted
to the thought of God will make all the difference"