"Past, present or future, for all time, women are the backbone of progress, the heart of the nation, the very breath. They play the chief role in the dharma of life here below, a key role that is charged with holiness. the woman's role is to lay down the canons of rightness and morality"

- Dharma Vahini chapter 5

"A woman has 7 faculties: Satya (truth), Prema (Love), Dharma (right conduct), Thyaga (sacrifice), Sahana (Tolerance), Sahanubhuti (compassion) and Ananda (bliss). A woman is the combination of all these 7 faculties. A woman is the main cause for the peace, prosperity, advancement, progress, welfare, reputation, respect either at home or at the individual level through her progeny all over the country."

- Discourse on April 19, 1998

Σιψλ was started in Houston as a means to bring together  Sai Ladies to help support each other in both material and spiritual endeavors.

Σ stands for Summation or the unity of all women. The color of Sigma is Green which symbolizes Unity.

ι stands for the "in"ner Divinity. The lower case I for iota is used to denote the divinity of the individual is but a small spark of the Divine. The color of iota is Gold which symbolizes Divinity.

ψ stands for Sai, The Universal Absolute. The color of Psy is Orange which symbolizes the Divine Energy.   

λ stands for Universal Love. The color of Lamda is Pink which symbolizes Divine love.

Women’s wing had a monthly meeting on Saturday May 3rd

Topic: Faith and Devotion

Given below is the short summary of our Monthly study circle.

During the meeting we spoke on how to have unwavering faith towards Swami when troubles strike us.  

We touched on how Devotion can be Pure Love- For this we had several Swami’s quotes to ponder on, talked about how Faith is the foundation, how devotion leads to Fruitfulness, and how love and service are interconnected.

At the end, Swami teaches us that faith and devotion are interconnected and essential for spiritual progress and experiencing the Divine. 

We closed the meeting by watching a beautiful video on how to master the unshakeable faith towards Swami.

We are now reading Chapter 17 of Volume 3 of

“Sathyam Shivam Sundaram” by Prof N Kasturi

See National Chapter for link to online book.

Let Us Know!  No Experience needed!  Only a willingness to learn and work as part of a team to help make center activities become amazing!

This is a *national initiative* to read all 4 volumes of
Satyam Shivam Sundaram (by Prof Kasturi)
by Swami's 100th birthday in 2025.

It will be divided as such:

 Spring 2024 - Vol 1

    Fall 2024 - Vol 2

     Spring 2025 - Vol 3

     Fall 2025 - Vol 4

We will be starting Chapter 13 of Volume 3.

Click the image below to access the electronic copy of the book

The idea to improve our community’s overall health literacy was inspired by SSE students. Many of their health questions had been unanswered due to a lack of openness in the community. Thus, Ask Akka was born. Through this platform, the hope is to create sisterhood in this community and to encourage everyone to live their healthiest, most empowered lives.

Feel free to email any women's health related questions to: ask.akka01@gmail.com

Look out for monthly episodes, starting in January 2024!