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THE GLORY OF
SHIRDI SAI
Third Year of Publication
Published as Bi-Weekly
Issue 22 / 2005
27-10-2005
Please visit our Web site: http://www.saidarbar.org
DIWALI SPECIAL ISSUE
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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. SAI IN DREAMS
5. QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY
6. SANATANA DHARMA& SRI SHIRDI SAIBABA
7. SAIBANISA OFFERS PRANAMS TO …..
8. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES
9. SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA
10. SAI WITH CHILDREN
11. ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES
12. LETTERS FROM SAI DEVOTEES
13. TELUGU SECTION
14. FROM SAI ORGANISATIONS
15. SAI'S BOOK WORLD
16. EDITORIAL.
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Saibanisaji & Saidarbar
team wishes the readers of THE
GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI A HAPPY DIWALI—01-11-2005
Ashwin/Vadya 13, 1910: (Naraka
Chaturdasi day- the day
before Diwali) Sai Baba pushed His arm in to the
brightly burning Dhuni to save a blacksmith's
child.
Killing of Narakasura: Narakasura
ruled the
Bhudevi, acquired immense power from a blessing given
by Lord Brahma after a severe penance. Under his rule,
the villagers suffered a lot of hardship as the demon
tortured the people and kidnapped the women to be
imprisoned in his palace with his invincible might.
Unable to bear the tyranny of the demon, the celestial
beings pleaded with Lord Krishna to save them from his
torture. But Naraka had a boon that he would face
death only at the hands of his mother Bhudevi. So,
of Bhudevi, to be his charioteer in the battle with
Naraka.
When
arrow of Naraka, Sathyabhama
takes the bow and aims
the arrow at Naraka, killing him instantly. Later
Lord
Krishna reminds her of the boon she had sought as
Bhudevi. The Narakasura Vadh by Sathyabhama could also
be taken to interpret that parents should not hesitate
to punish their children when they step in to the
wrong path.
The message of Naraka Chaturdashi
Parva is that the
good of the society should always prevail over one's
own personal bonds. It is interesting to note that
Bhudevi, mother of the slain demon Naraka, declared
that his death should not be a day of mourning but an
occasion to celebrate and rejoice. It is said Lord
Krishna had an oil bath to rid himself off the blood
spattered on his body when Naraka was killed.
The tradition is followed and people offer prayers on
the previous day of the Diwali to the vessel in which
water is being heated for having bath. Hindus light
fireworks, which are regarded as the effigies of
Narakasura who was killed on this day.
Rajeswari Kasturi, Saidarbar –
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1. FOUNDATION STONES FOR THE SPIRITUAL LIFE:
From the Satsanghs of Saibanisaji
http://www.angelfire.com/celeb2/saidarbar/pages/S3500055.htm
Rajeswari Kasturi, Saidarbar –
100. If a person is slave to desires, he will become
slave to all. A person, who overcomes the desire,
will be spiritual and everybody will respect him.
101. The person who has not caused any pain to
creature or human being will never think of pain in
the hell as he has not given pain to anyone.
102. Helping undeserving people and protecting the
poisonous creatures, will definitely cause harm to
you.
103. Being truthful is thousand times better than
performing rituals in the name of God.
104. It is advisable to carry out the works which are
under your control rather than under other's control.
105. Anger is the root cause for all destructions in
the life. So try to control it.
106. The Deer will be attracted towards sound.
The Elephant will be attracted towards its
sexual desires.
The insects will be attracted towards the
flame.
The Butterfly will be attracted towards the
sweet smell of the flower.
The Fish will be attracted towards the taste
of bite and inviting troubles in their lives.
Can anybody imagine the problems of human beings who
are having all the above qualities?
107. There is no meaning for a donation if it lingers
in your mind all the time.
108. If a human being is living in this world only for
eating, then there is no difference between human
being and animal.
109. It is advisable to live in this world with your
own efforts even it is for a shorter life rather than
living at the mercy of others for a longer life.
To be Continued…
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2. SAI'S NEWS FROM THE TIME MACHINE:
October 16, Wednesday1918: Baba's Body was taken in
procession through the Shirdi village and then
interred in Butty Wada with due formalities.
gathered and funeral rites were performed by Balasaheb
Bhate with Annadhanam to
poor in Shirdi.
worship of SaiBaba's Samadhi, comprising of 15
members
with Bapusahed Butty as the
Chairman.
queer devotee of Baba breathed his last.
Saibaba was installed behind Baba's Samadhi at the
hands of Swami Sai Sharnandji.
(Aged 82 years).
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3. FOOT STEPS OF THE HOLY FEET –15
EXPERIENCES OF SAI.BA.NI.SA WITH SHIRDI SAI
Let us recapture the incident that happened to Shri
Appa Sahib Kulkarni in the
year 1917 as highlighted in
the 33rd chapter of Sai Satcharitra. His wife
narrates
to him as to how she has donated Re.1/- to a fakir in
the name of BABA. Shri. Kulakarni
was not happy with
his wife's doings and he desired to part with Rs.10/-
if he were to come across the fakir again. Indeed he
could succeed in locating the fakir and unknowingly he
parted with the amount as desired by him This fact
establishes well that SAI knows all the thoughts
reeling in our minds and hearts from time to time and
accordingly organizes the events to take place, to
build up one's faith gradually.
I wish to submit that I also underwent a similar
experience and intend to share with my fellow
devotees. I got married on the day of festival of
colors i.e. Holy in the year 1970 in
of the deity 'SRI KANYAKA PARAMESHWARI ' located in
Secunderabad. lt has become
a routine practice for me
to visit the temple with all my family members on the
day of our wedding anniversary every year. It was the
year 1991 and as usual we reached the temple. An old
man resembling Sai approached me for dakshina and I
gave him a Re.1/- and went inside the temple for the
rituals. The priest was busy in reciting manthras and
my mind was pre- occupied with thought that, it being
day of importance in my life I should have offered
Rs.10/- as dakshina to the old man.
We completed the prayer and were leisurely sitting on
a bench chit chatting about our past events and
milestones. A Sikh sanyasi stood before us and
introduced himself as a servant in a GURUDWARA of
Nanded and desired some financial assistance. I
recalled my thoughts a little while ago and happily
parted with Rupees ten as desired. I for the moment
felt that Sai himself has accepted the dakshina as
was
evident from the typical smile he has thrown on me
while leaving. The smile resembled the one I regularly
see on the huge photograph of SAI adorned in my house.
BOW TO SAI - PEACE TO ALL
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4. SAI IN DREAMS:
http://www.ebeacon.indiainabook.com/
These are the dream sequences and messages as received
by SAIBANISA From our beloved GURU LORD SAINATH OF
SHIRIDI. In Anticipation that this Feature will help
in one's spiritual growth are hereby compiled from
his personal Diary and presented to SAIBANDHUS.
Translated and presented by RAGHU RAMAN SATULURY.
19-01-1994
Today's dream acted as an eye opener for me. I was
encountered with a staunch opponent in my official
life. Sai appeared in his form and invited me to his
house. My inner consciousness was not allowing me to
accept the invitation. Sai appeared in his stature and
I could not say no and I decided to go. I follow him
and had to pass through a large mango orchard full of
green mangoes to reach his house. The height of the
trees was low and it was difficult exercise to go
through, without getting hit by the mangoes on the
face and head. My endurance was fully put to test. I
had no option but to reach the main door by crawling
all along, which I did. The officer said "You have
come to this stage without aspiring the fruit, now
shun the hatred once for all and enter the house". My
face turned unpleasant. I got up from the sleep.
"I decided to shun the hatred for my fellow beings".
Love for the fellow beings is the prime requirement as
love begets love.
22-01-1994
Yesterday I was sick. I prayed Lord Sainath to keep
me
away from the sickness. Sai said "it is common to fall
sick for the physical body and equally true is to
undergo mental agony at times. Keep cool; eat simple
food and some times even the sour fruit from Jambolona
tree. Never hurt anybody's feelings and injure them.
"What so ever you do to others will happen to you
invariably".
You will be repaid in the same coin.
23-01-1994
Today I prayed Sai to advice me as to how I should
increase spiritual power"?
Your spiritual awakening will be on rise when you come
across –
- And differentiate between an ideal person committed
to one woman and a womanizer.
- Overcome the hatred developed on coming across an
old man on the verge of dying but still unable to
overcome the weakness for woman except pitying.
- On learning to appreciate the greatness of
individuals based on
- On realizing that life is not just eating, sleeping,
having sex and realizing that it is something beyond
that.
Search for something special and the inner urge to
know the purpose is a step towards spiritualism.
To be continued…..
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5. QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY:
(By Late Sri Bharam UmamaheswaraRao)
"Shashi": shashi_31@yahoo.com
10. Uniqueness of Sri Sai Baba and his Teachings
Baba says- `that God is in the heart and soul of every
religion. The universe is His form'. Hence Baba
advocated all humanity should live like one family. He
expected goodwill and tolerance prevails between all
as human beings.
More than any specific teaching, the mere influence of
Sai Baba's presence led to goodwill and tolerance. It
is said that for revitalizing the practice of Dharma,
that Holy men of Supreme intelligence and wisdom are
born, from time to time.
Buddha and Mahaveera are a few examples. The advent
of
such renowned personalities has helped in destroying
many meaningless old practices that were vogue till
then.
A man who has realized his true-self has to realize
his essential Oneness with God.
It is worshipping God, invoked in any form.
We must all know that whatever form we worship, we
worship only God. The way we approach God may be
different. Sri Sai Baba says: `The planets may be
many, but the Universe is one; countries may be many,
but the world is one. Every worship is received by God
whatever be the name or the form of worship.
God is only one, whatever name you pray.
To be continued…..
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6. SANATANA DHARMA & SRI SHIRDI SAIBABA
Saibanisa-Gopalarao Ravada—Saidarbar Hyderabad –India
SRI MAHA BHAGAVATHAM—SRI SHIRDI SAI SATCHARITA
17) Sri Krishna was going with all his followers
through dense forests. They were caught in the fire
that engulfed all of them. Sri Krishna saved all of
them by swallowing the surrounding fire and flames.
On one particular day in Dwarakamayi, the fire was
raising high in Dhuni, scaring away the devotees
seated there in. Baba understood the situation and
brought the fire under his control with his satka
(wand) passing the necessary instructions looking in
the directions.
18) King Indra was angered with Yadhavas
and subjected
them to the nature's fury by creating heavy rains,
high velocity winds etc. The Yadhavas promptly sought
Lord Krishna's intervention to save them.
Lord Krishna lifted the The Govardhana
giri and
protected them by directing the
yadhavas to take shelter under the lifted mountain
On a fine evening Shiridi was targeted by cyclonic
weather. People of Shiridi turned to Sainath to save
them from the impeding danger. Sri Sainath came out
of
Dwarakamayi and passed commands to the nature to calm
down. Soon it was seen that rains and the fury weather
receded.
SANATANA DHARMA –NEWS FROM ABROAD:
Diwali in Mauritius
Diwali is celebrated with great enthusiasm at
Mauritius as this country have great Indian crowd. The
Diwali celebrations at Mauritius are as good as in
India. The festival of lights- Diwali is celebrated
in
October/November. Diwali marks the victory of Rama
over Ravana and also commemorates Krishna's
destruction of the demon Narakasuran. Earthen oil
lamps are placed in front of every home turning the
island into a fairyland of flickering lights.
Mauritius is a beautiful landmass full of picturesque
landscapes and enchanting spots. Mauritius accounts a
63% of Indian majority of which 80% follow Hinduism.
Hence, celebration of almost all the Hindu festivals
in this island is a common phenomenon. In Mauritius,
Diwali celebration is an age-old tradition. Beautiful
rows of twinkling candles and lamps of all sorts are
lit all over the island to celebrate the return of the
hero of the Ramayana, Rama, from his 14 years of
exile.
Besides celebrating the victory of good over evil and
light over darkness, the little flickering lights also
symbolize the beginning of summer. After the morning
prayers, Hindus share sweets prepared specially for
the occasion with family members, neighbors and
friends.
Diwali in Japan
Japan, the land of the rising sun also celebrates
Diwali (Deepawali) as the
day, which awards happiness,
progress, prosperity and longevity in life. The
festival here is celebrated in a unique way that is
not common in India. Here the people go out into the
orchards and gardens and hang lanterns and paper made
hanging structures on the branches of trees.
Dance and music continues throughout the night.
Putting on new clothes and going for boating and broom
cleaning of the house are also some of the other
related activities of the Diwali festival. The places
of worship are decorated with beautiful wallpapers to
bring in the festive mood and the auspicious beliefs
related to the festival.
Diwali in Trinidad and Tobago
The Diwali celebration has a unique flavor here in
the Caribbean island nation.
The festival day is regarded as a national holiday.
Diwali, otherwise known as the Festival of Lights, is
one of the most anticipated events in Trinidad. The
day is marked by prayers, feasts and the lighting of
thousands of diyas (small clay pots filled with oil
in
which a wick is immersed and lit) all over the
country.
In the Hindu community, there are two stories of the
origin of Diwali, and in the weeks leading up to the
festival they are acted out in full costume in
open-air theaters in villages all over Trinidad.
Employees and even government ministers dress in East
Indian garb and variety shows featuring aspects of
Indian and Hindu culture are staged.
The climax of Diwali however, is the lighting of diyas
after sundown - a delightful experience that should
never be missed. In yards, open spaces, staircases,
roundabouts and porches, diya s are lit by the
thousands. They are usually placed on bamboo stalks
bent into fantastic shapes and designs. In villages
where there is a strong Hindu presence it is common to
see whole streets decorated in this manner.
If visiting Trinidad during Diwali, it helps to have
a
vehicle to travel to many of the areas where the
glittering displays can be seen. In some villages, one
may have to join the throngs of people walking through
the streets in order to get a first-hand view of the
lights and to receive sweets which are handed out.
Diwali in South Africa
South Africa is located at the southern tip of the
continent of Africa. It had the largest immigrant
Indian community in the world. The immigrant Indians
account of almost one million in the country. But most
of them are concentrated in the eastern regions of
Natal and Transvaal of the country.
Due to the majority of the Hindu population, a number
of Hindu festivals are celebrated here. The Festival
of Diwali holds an important place in the festival
calendar of the region. The Diwali celebrations are
more or less same to that of India. Most of the Hindus
here are from Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Tamilnadu
and
continue to follow their regional variations of
Hinduism.
Dipavali Celebrations for Toronto, Canada
Press Release
TORONTO, CANADA, October 20, 2005: The south Asian
community is joining together and hosting the very
first Divali Nagar in
Toronto, Canada. This is in
celebration of Divali which will be celebrated
worldwide on Tuesday, November 1. This Divali Nagar
(city of Divali, which is a large exhibition area)
will showcase Hindu Parampara (Hindu traditions) with
displays and exhibits of Hinduism. This will be a two
day event held on October 28 and 29 at the Toronto
Congress Center and will feature performers from
Punjab, India, South and Central India and the very
popular Indar Kanhai from
the Caribbean. "This event
is meant to showcase Hinduism and provide a place for
Hindus and non-Hindus to appreciate the rich and
powerful culture of Hinduism," said Nirvan Balkissoon
President of the Divali Nagar
Committee.
For more information email to cct@rogers.com
Hindus Celebrate Depavali in Trafalgar Square
news.webindia123.com
LONDON, ENGLAND, October 17, 2005: London's famous
Trafalgar Square was transformed over the weekend to
enable all Hindus based in the British capital to
celebrate the "Festival of Lights," Deepavali.
On
Sunday, crowds gathered at Trafalgar Square to watch
dancers perform and visited stalls set up to give out
information on the festival. During Deepavali,
houses,
shops and public places are decorated with lights,
including mustard oil filled earthen lamps called
diyas. The diyas are placed
in rows in windows, doors
and outside buildings to decorate them. The lamps are
lit to help the Hindu Goddess of Wealth, Lakshmi, to
find her way into homes of people. The festival also
celebrates the return from 14 years of self-imposed
exile of King Rama, his wife Sita
and brother Lakshman
to Ayodhya. The festival, which usually lasts for
five
days, celebrates the victory of good over evil, light
over darkness, and knowledge over ignorance. In
Britain, as in India, the festival is a time for
spring-cleaning the home and for wearing new clothes
and most importantly, decorating buildings with fancy
lights. The date of Deepavali is set by the Hindu
calendar and so it varies in the Western calendar. It
usually falls in October or November. Business people
regard it as a favorable day to start a new accounting
year because of the festival's association with the
Goddess of wealth. Deepavali is also used to
celebrate
a successful harvest. The name of the festival means
"row of lights."
Minnesota Temple Nears Completion
www.startribune.com
MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES, October 12, 2005: A
42,000-square-foot Hindu temple is under construction
on 20 acres of former farmland in Maple Grove at a
cost of over US$8 million. The traditional-styled
temple, built on Vaastu Shastra
guidelines will serve
Minnesota's Hindu community of nearly 20,000 people.
At present, Minnesota Hindus have a temple in former
Methodist church in Northeast Minneapolis and the
Geeta Ashram, located in Brooklyn Park.
The new temple is a gift to the next generation, said
temple organizers.
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Florida Hindus Celebrate Navaratri
www.orlandosentinel.com
CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, October 9, 2005: Hundreds of
local Hindus with roots from all corners of India and
across the world have been coming together at the
Hindu Temple of Greater Orlando to celebrate the
female side of divinity in a 10-day community festival
of color, folk music, song, dance and worship. The
annual fall festival, which began Tuesday, honors
different feminine deities representing facets of the
one supreme God for their triumph of good over evil.
The festival continues through Wednesday. The first
nine days of the event, marked by worship, dance and
devotional song, are called Navaratri, which means
"nine nights." It commemorates the nine-day battle and
ultimate victory of the Goddess Durga over the demon
Mahishasura. The 10th and final night, called Dassera,
is devoted to worship.
Compiled by SaiSevak SrinivasaRao
Kasturi
Saidarbar – Hyderabad.
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7. SAIBANISA OFFERS PRANAMS TO SAGE "AGASTYA
In SanatanaDharma, Agastya
is a legendary Sage or
Rishi
The Vindhya Mountains that separate north and south
India from each other once showed a tendency to grow
so high as to obstruct the usual trajectory of the
sun. This was accompanied by increasing vanity on the
part of that mountain range, which demanded that
Surya, the sun-God, should circum-ambulate the
Vindhyas in the same way as he does Mount Meru. The
need arose to subdue, by guile, the Vindhyas, and
Agastya was chosen to do that.
Agastya journeyed from north to south, and on the way
encountered the now impassible Vindhya Mountains. He
asked the mountain range to facilitate his passage
across to the south. In reverence for so eminent a
sage as Agastya, the Vindhya
Mountains bent low enough
to enable the sage and his family to cross over and
enter south India. The Vindhya Range also promised
not
to increase in height until Agastya and his family
returned to the north. Agastya settled permanently in
the south, and the Vindhya Range, true to its word,
never grew further. Thus, Agastya accomplished by
guile something that would have been impossible to
accomplish by force.
Agastya was a great devotee of Lord Shiva. As with
all
other Hindus, it was necessary for Agastya to marry
and sire a son, in order to fulfill his duties to the
Manus. Once he resolved upon doing this, Agastya
pursued an unusual course of action: by his yogic
powers, he created a female infant who possessed all
the special qualities of character and personality
that would be appropriate in the wife of a renunciate.
At this time, the noble and virtuous king of Vidarbha
(an area in south-central India, just south of the
Vindhya Mountains), was childless and was undergoing
penances and prayers for the gift of a child. Agastya
arranged for the child he had created to be born the
daughter of that noble king of Vidarbha. The child
was
named "Lopamudra" by her parents. Upon her
coming of
age, Agastya approached the king and sought the hand
of his daughter. The king was initially chagrined to
hear such a suggestion from a renunciate, but found
that his daughter, who had early exhibited
extraordinary standards of mind and character, was
insistent that he should accept the proposal. She was
utterly intent upon exchanging the palace of her
father the king for the forest-hermitage of Agastya.
Lopamudra and Agastya were
duly married and lived a
life of extraordinary felicity.
One story about Agastya goes that once the demons had
taken refuge in the ocean and it was difficult for the
gods to vanquish them, so they went to Sage Agastya
for help. Then, after hearing the gods, the sage drank
the entire ocean water and withheld it within him
until the demons were destroyed.
The Lalitha sahasranama,
which describes the 1000
names of the mother Goddess (Known commonly as Gowri,
Parvati or Durga), was
first revealed to the world
when Hayagriva, a manifestation of Vishnu, taught the
same to Agastya. Agastya is
said to have composed the
Aditya Hridayam, a hymn to Surya, and taught the same
to Rama just before the war between Rama and Ravana.
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8. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES:
kandalameerra@yahoo.ca
10/22/2005 18:02:19 -0600
I want to share two wonderful experiences of my mother
as requested by her. Last year once we had a very bad
ice rain and my mother slipped and fell very badly on
the road as she was going out. It was the last day of
the Dhanur Masam and I was
reading my "Tirupavai" I
suddenly got a call from someone saying "your mom fell
down".
When I went their, I was so shocked and scared to see
that she could not stand and one 16 year school going
kid was holding her tight and a police came and stood
beside her to call the ambulance .. As I was so scared
I just prayed Baba. The police man said that she
probably has several broken ribs that's why she is
having so much pain that she could not even stand ..I
felt so shattered and so depressed I saw my mom crying
and my father worried ...I prayed Baba that nothing
should happen to her and I would write about the
incident on the internet and took his picture and left
to the hospital.
Then she was taken to the emergency ward, I sat
outside praying for her looking at the saibaba's
picture. After sometime the doctor came and told me
that he had examined her thoroughly and found no
fractures or bruises and she was absolutely fine to go
home and just needed rest and painkillers. After
coming come she felt very relaxed and had told me that
even she had prayed Baba that everything should be all
right and vowed to write the incident on internet.
In an other incident my mom had lost a very valuable
government document and she became so crazy and
helpless day and night she prayed Baba and she even
went to the extent of placing chits in front of Baba
and asked if she would ever find her document. Then
she got a chit which said that "YES". This morning we
went out to buy something and she placed her hand in
the purse and she found some paper and upon opening it
she found that it was the same document which she was
looking for... isn't this a wonderful incident. My
parents have searched the purse about 10 times till
now? How come she found it so easily today? All
because of Saibaba's grace. Sai Nath
Maharaj ki Jai.
Om Sai Sri Sai jaya jaya Sai!!!!
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From the Files of Saidarbar:
Kamala Devi
My name is Kamala Devi. I
believe Sai Baba as
my grandfather who saved my mothers' life. It was in
Feb 1998 when we came to know that my mother had
cervix tumor. The doctors said that it was in advanced
stage. I did not know what to do. On a Thursday, I
went to Saikrupa where every Thursday satsang were
being organized by Mrs. Annapurna Devi
who is a
staunch believer of Sai Maharaj. On that day, as the
satsang was going on, Mrs. Annapurnadevi
stared at me
with tears in her eyes. I felt that Baba was calling
me and went to her to narrate the suffering but
nevertheless Baba is sarvantaryami, without me saying
anything she asked me not to worry and that my mother
be alright within 6 months and that she has to take
Baba thirtham everyday 4 times and just keep faith in
Baba, I felt solace and I went to my mother told her
the great experience with her. My mother strictly
followed the prescription by Baba. To our rejoice in
june1998 we took a CT Scan for her and incredulously
the report came very normal that is there are no
traces of cancer. Hence I feel that Baba has given
gift to us and I am ever indebted to him. It is
ineffable to describe his magnanimity
Why is that the appeal of Shirdi Sai Baba's
charismatic personality is so irresistible to people?
I quote some of the reasons from a Sai devotee, B.
Ramanatha Rao of Madras.
"He is easily pleased. No
hard penance, no unbearable fasts not even difficult
concentration or control of senses. In His words,'You
look to Me and I will look to you.' Can there be
anything simpler than this He left His mortal body
years ago yet even today thousands of devotees
experience His presence. No money is required to
worship Baba. He is pleased with fruits, flowers,
leaves or even water offered with devotion. You do not
even have to travel to Shirdi. He is wherever you
are,
'even beyond the seven seas'. Udi from the dhuni
burning eternally in His Dwarakamaayi is the cheapest
and most infallible medicine for all diseases the cost
is only two paise shradha
and saburi. His Satcharita
contains all the wisdom of the Vedas, Upanishads and
Geeta in the form of simple stories and anecdotes.
Reading them and following the advice therein one can
achieve liberation. Repetition of His name 'Sai' is
short and sweet. Last but not the least, He on
fulfilling your demands in this world, ensures that
you do not get caught up in the dangerous web of this
'sansaar' and takes you step by step to
liberation."
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9. SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA
Swamy" swamymain@yahoo.com
10/8/2005 09:18:46 -0700
Sai Ram. Let us continue with the feast of Brahma Jnan
so lovingly served by Baba through that rich but
miserly gentleman (normally we don't use such good
epithets for a miser but because he was instrumental
in all of us enjoying that glorious spiritual feast,
he indeed deserves nice epithets). Sai Ram.
"After the dissertation was over, Baba turned to the
gentleman and said - "Well sir, there is in your
pocket the Brahma (or Mammon) in the form of
fifty-times five (Rs.250/-) rupees; please take that
out." The gentleman took out from his pocket the
bundle of currency notes and to his great surprise
found, on counting them, that there were 25 notes of
10 rupees each, seeing this omniscience of Baba, he
was moved and fell at Baba's Feet and craved for His
blessings.
Sai Ram. It is indeed the power of Maya that all
people who hear the greatness of Sai and come from far
are surprised to see His omniscience. That seed of
lack of faith is what constitutes the sense of
differentiation, the teli's wall between Baba and us.
Once we understand the true power of Sadhguru (which
is infinite), we will not be surprised at anything
that He does. In this case too, the gentleman was as
usual surprised to see that Baba knew everything about
him including the amount of money in his pocket. Baba
showed these powers to kindle the lamp of faith in the
devotees so that the darkness of their ignorance is
dispelled. Sai Ram.
Then Baba said to him, "Roll up your bundle of Brahma
viz. Currency notes. Unless you get rid completely of
your avarice or greed, your will not get the real
Brahma. How can he, whose mind is engrossed in wealth,
progeny and prosperity, expect to know the Brahma,
without removing away his attachment for the same? The
illusion of attachment or the love for money is a deep
eddy (whirlpool) of pain full of crocodiles in the
form of conceit and jealousy. He, who is desireless,
can alone cross this whirlpool. Greed and Brahma are
as poles asunder, they are eternally opposed to each
other.
S.V.Swamy
Author, Editor, Proof-Reader and Book Reviewer
www.freewebs.com/swamyreviews
To be continued…..
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10. SAI WITH CHILDREN:
http://www.saidarbar.org/HTML/portraits/7.jpg
Smt. Madhu Gopal Ravada, Saidarbar,
Hyderabad.
Hello Children! I am Madhu aunty. Do you know Baba
use
to play with children and used to tell stories to
them? I felt children visiting Saidarbar should be
entertained with good stories. For the last 2 years I
have told you about Lord Krishna's Leelas and Lord
Rama Story. Now I want to tell the stories what heard
in my child hood.
A FRUIT TREE:
A long time ago there was a village where many people
lived. Outside the village there was a large,
magnificent looking tree. It was always laden with
colourful luscious fruits. The travelers were always
tempted to eat these inviting fruits. But whoever
tasted the fruit of the tree fell unconscious after
some time. The village folk knew about these poisonous
fruits. They never went near the tree. But there were
four crooked persons in the village. They had never
done an honest day's work in their lives. When they
saw how the travelers lost their consciousness after
eating these fruits, they thought up a crooked scheme.
That way they would get rich quickly by looting these
unfortunate persons.
They dug up a pit under the massive roots of the tree
and covered it with shrubs so that no one would
discover the pit. They would sit there and wait for
some unfortunate rich traveler to come and lose all
his money to them. The tree proved a boon to them.
Soon they all became rich. The simple village folk
wondered how they got their wealth. Once they used to
live in hovels. Now they had grand houses. They
dressed in costly clothes. When they were asked the
secret of their prosperity they all evaded the
question. Nobody could guess that they had amassed
their wealth from the tree of the poisonous fruits.
One day a large number of merchants passed that way.
When they saw the large tree with its comforting shade
and mouth – watering fruits, they decided to take rest
under the tree. Now, the four hidden crooks were
watching them from their secret hideout under the
tree. Their joy knew no bounds. So many rich merchants
with all their gold and silver and rich merchandise!
They had superb horses too. Now they, instead of their
owners, would ride these magnificent horses. The whole
village would watch them with eyes of wonder. The evil
men waited with eager hearts for the merchants to eat
the fruits and fall unconscious. Soon these merchants
started plucking the fruits. They collected them in a
heap. Now they prepared themselves to enjoy these
wonderful fruits.
Just then another merchant happened to arrive there on
his horse. All the merchants welcomed him and invited
him to share the fruits with them. He looked at the
fruits and then at the tree and finally at them. Then
he asked them with contempt in his voice if they were
all mad. The merchants were stunned. They asked him
why he said so. So he told them that the fruits were
poisonous. How could that be! The merchant had not
tasted them. How could he speak with such authority?
The merchant explained, "My friends, you are all
merchants. You are supposed to be very intelligent and
discerning. Don't you see that the tree is just
outside the village? If these fruits had been edible,
do you think the village children would have left even
one fruit on the tree for you to eat? The fact that
they are still on the tree means there is something
wrong with them. Use your brains, men, and don't touch
these dangerous fruits!"
The merchants were impressed with the logic of his
words. Their eyes were opened. The merchant saved them
from a possible tragedy. They all thanked the man and
invited him to become their leader. Such a leader
would always be a great help to them. Then they all
decided that the tree was dangerous for future
travelers. So they all hacked the tree till it fell on
the ground. The four crooked men, hidden in the pit
under the tree had to run away. They were
broken-hearted. The source of their easy wealth was
destroyed by the wise merchant.
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11. ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES:
"Sankaraiah Dubagunta"
sainama@yahoo.com
HEALING PRAYERS
Prayer may be defined as the solemn request made to
God or Gods or to someone in a position of power. It
can also be said that Prayer is a process of communion
with the invisible God who is a source of all powers.
If done in group it is a congregational or common
prayer. It may be for common good or specific good.
We are concerned with Prayer for Healing. Prayer done
for others is more effective. God will certainly be
pleased with such selfless service.
We know Charaka, a leading authority on medicine has
stated the treatments he mentioned in his book are all
intended only for those whose Faith in God was not
sufficiently powerful to affect a cure. If there was
such a Faith that alone would cure all ailments. He
has further declared "all diseases vanish by the use
of this remedy namely the utterance of names of
Achyutha, Anantha and Govind".
Sri Sai Satcharitra gives several examples to show
how
Baba cured through Udhi and Prayer. I wish our Doctor
of Doctors Sainath Maharaj
would respond to our
Prayers.
OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI!!!
D.Sankaraiah.
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12. LETTERS FROM SAIDEVOTEES:
Date: 10/14/2005 09:15:37 -0600
soonaiji@yahoo.com
SaiRam!
Keep up the good work
Mahrukh
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"Sridhar Ramaswamy" sridharr24@hotmail.com
10/13/2005 14:49:18 -0500
Sairam:
I would like to invite if anyone be interested in
taking part on Bhajan's at
my place in Chicago, I live closer to Schaumburg, IL.
If few of us regularly
meet on Thursday evening or so with Baba's Blessings,
then we can surely
start a Saidarbar. Or if someone is interested in
hosting in their house,
I would like to attend with my family too.
Thank you,
Sridhar.
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13. TELUGU SECTION:
Please visit:
http://68.88.118.16/telugupages/Misc/ShiridiSai/shirdisai.htm
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FOR STARTING A SAIDARBAR CHAPTER OUT SIDE INDIA:
Please contact: saidarbar@saidarbar.org &
saidarbar@gmail.com
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14. FROM SAI ORGANISATIONS:
Murali Krishnamurthy:
murali_krishnamurthy2003@yahoo.com
10/15/2005 11:36:09 -0700
Inauguration of Saidarbar Laurel, Maryland USA
With Shirdi Sai's blessings
and Uncle Saibanisa's
guidance, the 15th Chapter of Saidarbar Laurel,
Maryland USA was cordially inaugurated on October
13th, 2005 Thursday at the residence of Murali
Krishnamurthy and Sharmila Murali
in Laurel, MD USA.
Around 12 devotees participated. The darbar commenced
with a prayer to Shri Ganesha
rendered by Smt Usha
Devarakonda, the upcoming Telugu playback singer. It
was bliss for all of us to hear her voice that had the
blessings of Ma Saraswathi. Then Bhajans
and Sai Nama
Japa were rendered. After that the first chapter from
Sai Satcharithra was read out to the devotees. Then
arathi was performed playing the shirdi
shej arathi
and the devotees one by one, did arathi to Lord
Sainath.
Uncle Saibanisa addressed all of the devotees from
Hyderabad and he wished us all good luck. We did
prasad and dinner and received the blessings of Lord
Sainath. The dakshina
offerings will be used to fund
an annadana service for an orphanage in India.
Jai Sai Ram.
Murali Krishnamurthy&Sharmila
Murali
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Saidarbar Chennai: saidarbarchennai@yahoo.co.in
For Activities of Saidarbar Chennai
Contact saidarbarchennai@yahoo.co.in
Chennai Saidarbar Team.
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"Ramesh and Anitha"
kandra@iprimus.com.au
Sat, 3 Dec 2005 21:28:35 +1100
Here is a special invitation from all the Sai devotees
of Canberra. Please come and join us in this event
and seek god's blessings and make this event a grand
success.
SHIRIDI SAI PRATHISHTAPANA DIVAS 2005, CANBERRA
ON 3rd December, 2005 (Saturday) AT HTCC – Hindu
Temple and Cultural Centre, 81 Ratcliff Crescent.
Florey, Canberra
Program Schedule
09:00 AM - Kakad Aarti
09:30 AM -
Abhishek and Havan
11:00 AM - Sai Mahima Recital
11:30 AM -
Bhajans by `Bhaj Man Re' Bhajan Mandali
12:30 PM - Madhyan Aarthi
01.00 PM -
Lunch PrasadamPlease visit:
For Further details visit:
http://angelfire.com/sd/SaidarbarCanberra
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Shirdi Sai Baba" technical@saidarbarusa.org
10/25/2005 11:51:58 -0000
Saidarbar Wallingford-PA- USA:
Next Satsang on 29th Saturday, October 2005
Our next Sai darbar and satsangh
will be held on
Saturday the 29th October, 2005.
Programe:
04:30pm - 05:30pm - Balvihar
05:30 pm - Satsangh Prayer starts
For further details please visit:
www.saidarbarusa.org
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"Shanthi Ramakrishnan":
shanthi@sigmacgi.com
10/12/2005 21:58:08 -0700
Sai Darbar Portland OR USA
Sai Darbar activities of (Portland OR USA) for the
month of September 2005
Sai Ram,
We had a wonderful session of our monthly Sai Darbar
on September 17th Saturday. We started the session
with OM, Gayatri and Sai Gayatri
followed by Sai
Ashtothram and sang a Ganesh
Bhajan. Then we read 49,
50 & Epilogue chapters in Sai SatCharitra.
Saidarbar was concluded with Aarti
& prasad. We
completed one round of our reading. We will start our
next round in October 05.
Shanthi
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A.S.Rao, - raoas@zamnet.zm
For Activities of Sai Darbar Kitwe,
Zambia
Please contact: raoas@zamnet.zm
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Anil Zutshi: zutshi_anil_k@sbcglobal.net
For activities of Saidarbar Danbaru-Canitcut-USA
Please contact: zutshi@msn.com,zutshi@magnai.com
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Satish Achanta: vskachanta@hotmail.com
For activities of Saidarbar Woodland Hills-CA-USA-
Please contact: vskachanta@hotmail.com
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Ravi Subramanyam: sai_ravi@hotmail.com
For activities of Saidarbar Livermore-CA-USA
Please contact: sai_ravi@hotmail.com
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Suresh Vaghela: suresh@vaghela.net,suresh@somtek.com
For activities of Saidarbar-London
Please contact: suresh@vaghela.net,suresh@somtek.com
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"Atlanta Sai Temple News" webmaster@templeofpeace.org
North America Shirdi Sai Temple of Atlanta
For more details please contact the Temple
700 James Burgess Road, Suwanee, GA 30024
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"Shirdi Saibaba Prayer
Center": sai@hamaresai.org
For Further details Visit: Web Page:
http://www.hamaresai.org/
Email: hamaresai@yahoo.com
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"Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of DFW" USA:
shirdisaidallas@yahoo.com
Baba Pada Puja & Abhishekam
This event repeats on the first Saturday of every
month.
Event Location: 2109 W. Parker Road, Plano, Texas
It will be followed by Vishnu Sahasranamam at
11:00am.
Please email your questions, comments or suggestions
about the web site
to: admin@shirdisaidallas.org
http://www.shirdisaidallas.org
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"Om Sai Mandir" saisandesh@omsaimandir.org
Sai Sandesh September Issue can be read online at:
http://www.omsaimandir.org/sai_sandesh_v2_issue9.pdf
Back Issues are available at:
http://www.omsaimandir.org/newsletter1.cfm
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"S Chopra" saileela99@yahoo.com
SHIRDI SAI BABA SANSTHAN OF CANADA
Please contact:
Shirdi Sai Baba Sansthan of
Canada
www.shirdisaicanada.org
(under construction)
saileela99@yahoo.com
Shammi Chopra
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babamandir@babamandir.org
Om Sairam!
Mandir Pathrika is now in
its third Year of
publication. We request all devotees to contribute
articles to Mandir Pathrika.
Articles can be any information on Saibaba, Jalaram
bapa or devotee Experiences, suggestions etc.
Please email your articles to
babamandir@babamandir.org
You can view all previous issues by opening the
following link.
http://www.babamandir.org/mandir/OnlineResources.html
Vijay
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info@dwarakamaishirdi.org
19 Oct 2005 15:10:39 -0000
SHRI SHIRDI SAIBABA TEMPLE, 46-16 ROBINSON ST,
FLUSHING , NY 11355
Sairam!
Inspite of the inclement weather, with Baba\`a
blessings and your good wishes the Dussera
celebrations went off well. We could also put in the
prayer note books written by the devotees under the
dias where Baba will be installed
You may view the pictures taken during the
celebrations by clicking on or copying the following
link
http://www.dwarakamaishirdi.org/site/temple_stages.php
Thank you all for your participation and cooperation
Temple Management
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15. SAI'S BOOK WORLD:
Books in English:
1. The Divine Miracles of Shri Shirdi
SaiBaba – A
record of thrilling Experiences of (late) Dr.
P.S.Ramaswami - Author – V.RamaSai – Price Rs.50/-
Published by:
V.Rama Sai,
722, MIGH – II, KPHB Colony,
P.O: KuKatpally, Hyderabad – 500 072 (A.P.)
2. A Ambrosia in Shirdi -by Sri Saibhakta
VINNY –
Price Rs.75/-
Published by:
Bose
C/o Shirdi SaiBaba Satsang
RadhaKrishna Temple, KBRS Building,
Kamaraj Road, Bangalore – 560 042.
Please Note:
Those desirous of using this facility (Sai's Book
World) to spread the word about their books may send
ONE new copy of the book to Saidarbar, for details
contact:
webmaster@saidarbar.org , saidarbar@saidarbar.org &
saidarbar@hotmail.com
Acknowledgement of receipt of books will be done by
E-mail only.
Book(s) sent to Saidarbar will be retained by
Saidarbar and cannot be returned.
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E- Books from Saidarbar:
1. SAI A BEACON FOR HUMANITY:
You can obtain your copy at
http://www.ebeacon.indiainabook.com/other_books.htm
2. SAI IN DREAMS
You can obtain your copy at
http://www.ebeacon.indiainabook.com/
Contact for further details: Sai Sevak-Vijay Agarwal:
vijishvanya@gmail.com
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SAIDARBAR – HYDERABAD:
http://www.angelfire.com/celeb2/saidarbar/pages/S3500041.htm
We congratulate members of SAIDARBAR- LAUREL, MD-USA
for starting a chapter in the service of Lord Sainath
and HIS devotees
We will be happy to conduct Tele-Satsanghs to cities
out side Hyderabad, India on prior intimation. For
further details please contact
saidarbar@gmail.com
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16. EDITORIAL.
Things impressed me from this Magazine:
Baba says- `that God is in the heart and soul of every
religion. The universe is His form'
It is said that for revitalizing the practice of
Dharma, that Holy men of Supreme intelligence and
wisdom are born, from time to time.
Editor, "The Glory of Shirirdi Sai" wishes
all it's
readers a Very Happy Diwali and prays Lord Sainath
that the festival of Lights may bring in many more
Joys in their lives.
Sai devotees may write about their Sai activities in
their place, essays, articles and poetry on Sai to
"The Glory of Shirdi Sai" – they may
be address their
contributions to E-mail id:
saidarbar@saidarbar.org with a copy
marked to
webmaster@saidarbar.org
We shall put in our best efforts to include them in
the Glory of Shiridi Sai- the bi-weekly E
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Unless the author of the articles instructs, not to
publish his/her E-mail id, we will publish them as a
matter of routine practice.
You can subscribe for THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI for a
friend /relative by
submitting e-mail ID in the main page of
http://www.saidarbar.org
Also read the old issues from:
http://www.saidarbar.org/glory.htm
Editor does not accept responsibility for the views
expressed in the articles published.
This e-magazine is intended for Private circulation
only.
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Rao Kasturi
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