Orangeblossom

Drawings to Copy and Color

We keep these Drawings as Originals, copy them and then color the Copies with crayon, pastel,
felt pen, glitter glue, water color, etc. We invite you to do likewise. Finished pictures we
especially like we laminate.

May 12, 1989

Copyright   ©   1993   Mary Graham
All Rights Reserved

Adwaitha Hermitage
16045  SE  2nd  Street,
Bellevue,  WA  98008-4605


C O N T E N T S


1/13 Mother Feeds the Birds
At the restaurant, they feed all the birds every day with left-over bread and biscuits.  Geese,
ducks, gulls, black-birds and crows come in plenty.

2/14 Playful Elephants
Hail! to the Lord in the Elephant Form, Remover of Obstacles in the Path of Devotees.

3/15 Many Brothers and Sisters
One God, One World, One Race, One Cast, One Language (of the heart), One Religion (of
Love).

4/16 Mrs. Duck at Coulon Park
Mrs. Duck and her brand new ducklings, the warm breeze, the purple sunsets at 10:30 at night,
the pink sunrise at 4:00 in the morning.

5/17 Brother Henry and Sister Lucy
The helpless baby crows, Brother Henry and Sister Lucy, at home in their room, waiting to try
their wings, waiting to grow up.

6/18 Good Dog Charles
Our next-door neighbor was a great dane named Charles.  He had a rabbit, who lived with him,
named Harvey.

7/19 Jambavantha
At the Zoo is Mr. Kodiak Bear.  He is such a splendid fellow that we all think of him as
Jambavantha, Ruler of the Bears, who served Lord Rama.

8/20 St. Francis and Friends
A family portrait of St. Francis and his Friends, Devotees of God.  Saints of all religions are
devoted to the same God.

9/21 St. Francis Greets Brother Wolf
St. Francis greets Brother Wolf and asks him to stop bothering villagers.  Brother Wolf feels
love surging from St. Francis and agrees to his request.

10/22 The Robbers Repent
St. Francis Gives His Coat to the Robbers.  Or, St. Francis Gives the Coat to His Robbers.  Or,
St. Francis Gives the Coat to the Robbers.

11/23 St. Francis Greets Sister Death
When Yama (Death) was coming for him, St. Francis saw only Rama (God).

12/24 Queen St. Elizabeth of Hungary Feeds the Poor
Queen St. Elizabeth of Hungary felt compassion and love for all people, rich and poor, educated
and uneducated, sick and well, loved and unloved.

13/25 Hussain Sees the World as the Mosque
Hussain's father was an official of the Mosque and also a Sage.  He taught Hussain to see the
whole world as the Mosque.

14/26 Lt. General T. J. Jackson, C.S.A.
The counter-attack of General Lee's II Corps, General T. J. (Stonewall) Jackson, Commanding,
that day at Fredericksburg, Virginia, was devastating.  General Jackson was the embodiment of a
warrior's resignation and faithfulness to battle.  He won a Hero's Heaven.

15/27 The Old Man Receives Darshan
The moment was so intense, so filled with light, a photographer began shooting pictures to
capture the surging grandeur.

16/28 The Dance of Meera
Queen Meera was delirious with devotion towards Lord Krishna.  She spent her life hearing His
Music and dancing with it.

17/29 Radha's Bangles
The right arm of Radha rose above the water to bless him, bangles scintillating in the sun.
Uddalaka flew out of the mortal coil into her Lap.

18/30 Sarva Dharma Symbol
In 1972, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Who is all that God is, drew the Sarva Dharma Symbol
on the back of an envelope.

19/31 The Watchful Monarch
Maruthi likes to draw Baba as Narasimha, God in the form of a Lion.  Baba has a thick mane of
hair and often a curl of the lip resembling a snarl.

20/32 Rasaleela
When He was a Child, the milkmaids (Gopis) of Brindavan were so devoted to Lord Krishna
that He conferred on them the Bliss of dancing with Him.

21/33 Four Faces of the Avathar
			Lord Siva
			Sathya Sai Baba
			Ramachandra
			Krishna

22/34 Three Faces of the Avathar
			Shirdi Sai Baba
			Sathya Sai Baba
			Prema Sai Baba

23/35 The Feet
			Adoration of the Feet
			can cause great heat
			because it's Absolutely sweet!
			For the Divine you meet,
			right there in the Feet.

24/36 Shirdi Sai
Here is a picture of Shirdi Sai (as a Bear) sitting by His Dhuni (Fire) on a cold winter's night.
He liked His chillim (pipe) and Brick to be always with Him.

25/37 Narasimha
!   L I O N   !                          Baba

26/38 The Cookie Man
Whom do you see?  Narasimha?  Shirdi Sai?  Siva?  Is it Radha?  Don't you just get that quick
Look, that long Glimpse behind the Sita Veil?

27/39 Baba and Adiseesha
I see Seesha!  I see Aretha!  I see Rama Blue, don't you?  Can't you see Lord Krishna, too?
What about the Great Manu?

28/40 Baba and Child
Saranaagathi Baba.  Saranaagathi Child.  Saranaagathi is acceptance of all as He.

29/41 The Water Vessel
OH! water vessel, chaste and pure, what did you do, how did you secure, the touch of His Hand,
the caress of His Lips, the chance to hold the water clear?

30/42 Gita
Gita is Baba's pet elephant.  When Baba traveled, Gita cried.  So a picture of Baba was put in her
stall, and now Gita is always happy.

31/43 Let the Mind Sing
This is the first prayer Baba taught devotees that day, years ago, when He cast off the school
books and announced that He is Shirdi Sai Baba.

32/44 Birthday Celebration
			O Swami, seated on the swing,
			how beautiful Your Face.
			The flowers rest around Your Neck,
			so full of Love and Grace.

33/45 Baba's Swing
			O Bliss of worlds, O worlds of Bliss,
			Eternal Cosmic Child.
			What words can limn Your Holiness,
			what songs Your Nature mild?

34/46 Premaswaroopa
			The priests are chanting Ramanam,
			their minds in ecstasy.
			The strings are pulling all our hearts,
			full grateful just to be.

35/47 Mr. Lemon
			Brother Francis Minor  Little Juniper
			Brother Bonaventure  Dante  Love Divine
			Christ dwells lovingly inside the Heart
			that melts in lowly Splendour.

36/48 The Emperor
Swami in the Great Chair at Poornachandra.
