THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI - 13

 

Third Year of Publication

Published as Bi-Weekly

Issue 13 / 2005

23-06-2005

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THIS ISSUE CONTAINS:

1   FOUNDATION STONES FOR THE SPIRITUAL LIFE

2.  SAI’S NEWS FROM TIME MACHINE

3.  FOOT STEPS OF HOLY FEET

4.  SAIBANISA OFFERS PRANAMS TO …..

5.  SAI IN DREAMS

6.  QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY

7.   DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES  

8.   SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA

9.   SAI WITH CHILDREN

10.  ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES

11.  LETTERS FROM SAI DEVOTEES

12.  TELUGU SECTION

13.  SAI’S BOOK WORLD

14.  FROM SAI ORGANISATIONS

15.  EDITORIAL.

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1. FOUNDATION STONES FOR THE SPIRITUAL LIFE:

Rajeswari Kasturi, Saidarbar – Hyderabad.

From the Satsanghs of Saibanisaji

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31. At the end of the day, you should summarize your activities and conduct. Question self whether you have behaved like an animal or a human being. You should once for all decide not to repeat the bad again.

 

32. As a human being, in your day to day activities sometime or other, you are bound to get angered, but it should be like a fire to a small piece of paper.

 

33. If you say that he is my man and the other one is my opponent’s man that shows your mean mentality. Shun it.

 

34. When plants and animals are living in nature with the quality of sacrifice, why not human beings?

 

35. You should be away from the persons who are ungrateful in nature, the murderers of children and trouble creators in the society.

 

36. You should not be contended with education, penance and charities alone in society. You should feel contended with your money, your homely food and spouse.

 

37. In the birth and death cycle, there is no guarantee that you will take the birth as a human being again. To be born again as a human being which alone will give a chance to realize God, Always chant the name of God and tread the right path.

 

38. If you want to maintain  a contended life – you must develop an attitude to help others, use the wisdom in your work and do not aspire for ambitions that are beyond reach.

 

39. Unless you avoid unnecessary disputes in the society, aspiring other’s money and women, you can not travel in the spiritual path.

 

40. If you maintain a tree called BAD qualities it will give the fruits such as sorrow, unhappiness and disease. So try to maintain a tree called GOOD qualities which you will give fruits such as pleasure, happiness and good health.

To be Continued……..

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2. SAI'S NEWS FROM THE TIME MACHINE:

June 1991:  All India Sai Samaj celebrated its Golden Jubilee at Mylapore, Madras.

 

Ashada -1908 (Gurupoornima): Prompted by BABA, Dadha Kelkar and others started the "GURU WORSHIP" in Shirdi.

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3. FOOT STEPS OF THE HOLY FEET – 6

EXPERIENCES OF SAI.BA.NI.SA WITH SHIRDI SAI

Let us recall from Shri Sai Satcharitra as to how Sai blessed two students and granted them success in their examinations. Babu Tendulkar believed the predictions by astrologers and got disheartened. He preferred not to write the examinations in Medicine. Similarly Shevade who was also taking Law examinations were equally graced and blessed by Baba to come out successfully in their tasks.

 I would like to humbly submit my similar experiences. It dates back to the month of October 1990 when I was set out to go for a departmental promotion scheduled to be held in Madras (presently the city of Chennai). As a matter of habit, I was nervous. On the dawn of the day I was sitting on the lawns of the Guest House and going through the ritual of reading the Sai Satcharitra. The day's chapter turned out to be 45th one where in Kaka Sahib expresses doubt and Baba answers to Anand Rao in vision "go now, fear not, feel no anxiety, and you will attain your welfare". I could simultaneously hear a cuckoo singing. I took it as a good omen and blessings from Sainath. I faced the interview courageously and could come out successfully with flying colors. Happily I returned back to Hyderabad.

 

Again during the same month of October 1997 I moved out to Bombay for promotion to the next higher grade. I was relatively less qualified compared to all others in the fray. Sai must bless me this time also, otherwise it is simply impossible. After a shower in the morning, I sat down for the normal parayana of Satcharitra. By strange coincidence I was to read the same chapter i.e. 45th one. Repetition of what is sited in the above lines - Kaka Sahib's doubt and Anand Rao's vision - Baba's unfailing words of assurance. Of course this time it was not cuckoo but a pigeon's call. I am once again blessed and I leave it for any body to guess the outcome.

 

Repeat of 1990 in 1997 under identical situations and to be blessed on both the occasions is humanly not possible but for the divine intervention of Sainath. Recapture of these incidents rejuvenate my faith in Shirdi Sai Baba. I am sure every one can undergo his / her own experiences in his fold.

BOW TO SHRI SAI - PEACE BE TO ALL