THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI
Fifth Year of Publication
Published as Bi-Weekly
Issue 08/2007
12-04-2007
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GURUR-BRAHMA, GURUR-VISHNUH; GURU-DEVO
MAHESWARAHA;
GURUR-SAKSHATH PARAM BRAHMA; THASMAI
SREE GURAVE NAMAHA:
Sairam. You can watch
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THIS
ISSUE CONTAINS:
1. FROM THE SATSANGHS OF SAIBANISA JI
2. SAI'S NEWS FROM TIME MACHINE
3. SAI IN DREAMS
4. QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY
5. SANATANA DHARMA &SHRI
SHIRDI SAIBABA
6. DEVOTEES
EXPERIENCES
7. SAI WITH CHILDREN
8. SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM
SAI SATCHARITRA
9. ARTICLES FROM SAI
DEVOTEES
10. LETTERS FROM SAI
DEVOTEES
11. TELUGU
SECTION
12. SAI'S BOOK WORLD
13. EDITORIAL.
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1. FROM THE SATSANGHS OF SAIBANISA JI
http://www.angelfire.com/celeb2/saidarbar/pages/S3500055.htm
Compiled by:
Sai Sevak Smt. Rajeswari
Kasturi, Saidarbar – Hyderabad.
How
to develop dispassion - Quotations from “Gnaneshwari.”
Baba used to ask His
devotees to read Gnaneshwari.
Surely none can remain actionless even for a moment.
Every one is helplessly driven to action by nature-born
qualities (gunas)
Desisting from action you can not even maintain your body.
Let not the wise man unsettle the mind of the ignorant attached
to action, but let him get them to perform all their duties, duly performing
them himself.
(For) ordinary men fellow whatever a great man does. They go by
the standards he set up.
The Great persons attained perfection only through performance
of duties (without attachment). Looking even to the welfare of the society, you
should work.
There is nothing, in the three worlds for me to do, nor is there
anything worth attaining, unattained by me. Still I work.
Your duty is only to be engaged in action but never to be
concerned with results. Let not the fruit of action be
your aim. Let you also be not drawn to inaction.
For those that move above the three ‘gunas’, what is obligation?
And what taboo?
He who is free from the notion of
doership and whose reason is not tainted, though he kills these people, he does
not kill nor is he bound (by sin).
Om Shantih Shantih Shantihi
Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu
To be continued…
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2. SAI'S NEWS FROM THE
TIME MACHINE:
April 1886: Baba performed Yoga kriya samadhi for 72 hours.
April 1904: Rao Bahadhur.H.V.Sathe first arrived at Shirdi.
April 1912: Baba announces the first arrival of Dhurundhara
brothers from Bombay in advance.
April1914: Baba appeared in the dream of B.V.Deo and explained
as to how to go about reading Gnaneshwari.
April 1918: Baba paid RS 25/- to person named Vaze and made him
to perform Satyanarayan pooja.
April1923: First issue of Sri Sai Leela published.
April 1940: Shama (Madhav Rao Deshpande passed away at Shirdi at
the age of 80 yrs.
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3. SAI IN DREAMS:
http://www.ettitudemedia.com
These are the dream sequences and messages as received by SaiBaNiSaji 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.
FEBRUARY-1995:
05-02-1995
I was pained to note that many authors are writing distorted
comments on Sai Satcharita and at times even twisting the actual facts. I
prayed Baba to let me know HIS opinion on this aspect. Sri Sai appeared in the
form of an unknown person holding a new timepiece in his hand and said-
“The life of this time piece dates back to the year 1918. No
doubt people have changed the external features and its housing. Feel happy and
be contended that they have not changed the machine, its working and the
rhythmic beat”.
Any one individual cannot change the basic underlying
philosophy.
07-02-1995
I was happy that one of my colleagues was earning good. However,
I was mentally disturbed as my mind was not free from the inherent jealousy. So
I prayed Baba to rid me of this menace. Sai has shown me with the following
visuals and removed the feelings of inner jealousy-
I have stolen the daily earnings of a blind couple and was
caught by the people around. I was beaten up badly and manhandled by the crowd.
I got up with a sudden shriek and decided once for all to refine my thinking
process.
The location was our erstwhile house in Kakainada way back in
the year 1965. I was feeling jealous on my neighborhood. A fakir arrived at my
house and said “Jealousy is like leprosy, it is not contagious, but will
subject you to lot of agony and suffering. Work to remove it from the mind”.
Ward off jealousy and hatred.
08-02-1995
I prayed Sai to advise me as to how I should treat a guest on
the spiritual plane. Sai has shown me with the visual-
Extend hospitality to a guest, lest he might develop hatred and
wait for an opportunity to hit back at an appropriate time. Only
people whom we owe something in the past step into our house with a reason.
Never turn a visitor back without any attention.
To be continued…..
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4. QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S
PHILOSOPHY:
(By Late Sri Bharam UmamaheswaraRao)
"Shashi": shashi_31@yahoo.com
28. What is Jnana &
Ajnana (Nescience)
What is Ajnana?
The qualities of Ajnana are:
Hankering after fame and seeking honor and repute, indulging in
vanity by publishing about one’s virtuous deeds; resorting to tall talk
concerning one’s education; physique, knowledge; narrating one’s actions, vain
glorious deeds; expecting that others should follow him; hurting others by
one’s uncharitable conversations; actions, at variance with professed
intentions; strutting with vanity that he is more learned than his Guru;
unsteady and always ruffled, whilst engaged in action; crooked motives to earn
money through unfair means;
Unhesitant in committing sinful acts; mind ever filled with
skepticism; lack of restraint in the heart; renouncing one’s Swadharma
(ordained duty); conducting oneself violating all moral binding; brooding
continuously on sense pleasures; adorning oneself with evil habits; obsession
with the physical body; unable to bear the sight of the well being and
prosperity of others; lack of foresight regarding the future births; seeking
things which are unworthy of acceptance; touching things which are untouchable;
going to forbidden places; eating and drinking those forbidden things;
associating oneself with such whose association is forbidden; being involved
with that where involvement is forbidden; uttering forbidden words; taking
delight in the household pleasures, being miserly in virtuous deeds.
If one is intent upon eradicating such qualities of Ajnana, one
must acquire the good qualities of Jnana.
To be continued…..
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5. SANATANA DHARMA &SHRI
SHIRDI SAIBABA
When a man realizes He is neither the doer nor the enjoyer, the
ripples of his mind are stilled.
-Ashtavakra Gita 18:51
Said the sage Sanatkumara to Narada:
"Where one realizes the indivisible unity of life, sees
nothing else, hears nothing else,
Knows nothing else that is the Infinite. Where one sees separateness, hears separateness,
knows separateness that is the finite. The Infinite is beyond death, but the
finite cannot escape death."
Chandogya Upanishad
But truly great souls seek my divine nature. They worship me
with a one-pointed mind, having realized that I am the eternal source of all.
Constantly striving, they make firm their resolve and worship me without
wavering. Full of devotion, they sing my divine glory.
-Bhagavad Gita 9:13-14
NEWS
KUALA LUMPER, MALAYSIA, March 25, 2007: A century-old Hindu temple in Malaysia has
probably become the first shrine in the world to get an international quality
service certification. The Sri Sundararaja Perumal Temple in Klang, just
outside Kuala Lumpur, got the ISO 9001:2000 certification in November for its
quality in religious, cultural and social services, according to Malaysian news
agency Bernama. The Geneva-based International Organization for Standardization
certifies companies and service providers worldwide for quality upon achieving
certain benchmarks. Malaysia's Works Minister S. Samy Vellu will officiate the certification award ceremony Wednesday.
According to the temple president S. Anandakrishnan, for the past three years
the temple administration worked hard to get the certification by streamlining
and standardizing the day-to-day working of the temple.
The Sundararaja temple, known as the "Thirupati of Southeast Asia,"
was built more than 100 years ago. "Other temples are not bound to follow
our standard operating procedure but we wanted to set a benchmark so that
people will know we provide quality services in religious faith," said
Anandakrishnan. "Standard guidelines will be put into place for matters
like booking of the wedding hall and do's and don'ts for priests while
conducting prayers," he said.
media.www.dailytexanonline.com
AUSTIN, TEXAS, March 5, 2007: An array of colors covered
students' faces, clothes and the grass of the South Mall in celebration of the
Hindu festival of colors, Holi, sponsored by the Hindu Students Council Sunday.
The national day of Holi, which was officially Saturday, celebrates the coming
of spring, said Anupama Alturu, event organizer and a business honors sophomore.
The festival included games, contests, music and students running around
throwing rung, or colored powder, at each other. Students were covered from
head to toe in the powder, one of the festival's traditions. The festival is
also usually accompanied with music that includes a dhol, an Indian drum. The
festival comes from Hindu tradition. The colors come from Hindu deities Radha
and Krishna, and the spreading of colors represents equality and harmony
between people. The day is celebrated with a bonfire on the day of a full moon
and involves throwing the colored powder, which is usually combined with water,
Alturu said. "In India, this is how they would celebrate it, and we just
try to recreate it here," said Neha Verma, chapter coordinator of the council
and marketing senior. The council raises money for the festival from their
annual cultural show that showcases classical Indian art and Indian performing
arts, including dance and music.
MADHUBANI, INDIA, March 29, 2007: Rishiprada, a five-year old
girl from Raima village in Madhubani District, Bihar, has memorized the entire
Bhagavad Gita; she also knows many other Sanskrit verses that she recites with
full clarity of the language. Dr. Awadhesh Prasad Chaudhary, Rishiparada's
great grandfather said she has been fond of learning verses which in turn
prompted him to teach her all the 700 verses of Bhagavad Gita and amazingly,
she did not disappoint him. Her father, Shatrumardan Chaudhary, has suggested
that in view of her unique talent, the Government should come forward to help
for her education.
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6.
DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES:
Sun, April 1, 2007 7:54 pm
Sairam,
Posting a devotee's experience read recently.
Posted by Sai devotee Sun, Apr 1, 15:37
These are some of the miracles of Sai
Baba that I have personally experienced in my life recently and really want to
share with you all.
There was a puja part being held daily
at home, and usually we would finish it by doing Sai aarti at the end of the
part. One night I had a dream in which I saw the Sai Baba moorti which is in
the mandir at home. In the dream that moorti had a big crack in it and I felt
that this was indication that something was wrong with the bhakti being done at
home. When I woke up in the morning, I could not understand the meaning of my dream.
Later on that day, I remembered that we had decided to do aarti the previous night,
but had forgotten to carry it out at home. The dream that I got, was an
indication of this and it was probably Sai Baba's way of reminding us that we had
forgotten to do the bhakti at home in the way that we had planned. I also remembered
similar miracles of Sai that devotees experienced as written in the Sai
Satcharita, in which Sai Baba reminded his devotees when they forgot to worship
Baba in the way that the had wanted. One such incident was described in Chapter
IX, Sai Satcharita, in which Sai Baba reminds Mr. Tarkhad about his worship
ritual through another one of His great miracles.
A few years back I was going through
such a bad period in which sufferings didn’t seem to end and I felt that there
was no hope in my life. During this time, one night I got a dream in which Sai
Baba came and blessed me with happiness. After that dream, things began to be
more hopeful and for a period of at least 56 months or so, I felt happy and
also felt very close to Sai Baba. I felt very much more content and always felt
huge outpour of love for Baba. Although I am again going through an extremely bad
period in which I feel that I am trapped in darkness and cannot see a way out,
I now have more faith in Baba that someday he will help me to see some light.
My faith in Sai increased as a result of this miracle of Sai Baba, and it is only
this faith that is my hope in this period of suffering.
These miracles really increased my faith
and I hope that reading these Sai miracles will strengthen your faith in Baba
also
Sridhar
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7. SAI WITH CHILDREN:
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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. Now I want to tell the
stories what heard in my child hood.
Truth Will be out, Sooner
or Later
Swami Vivekananda
There was a king who had a large number of courtiers. Each one
of these courtiers declared he was ready to sacrifice his life for his master,
and that he was the most sincere being ever born.
In course of time, a Sannyasin (saint) came to the king. The
king told him that there never was a king who had so many sincere courtiers as
he had. The Sannyasin smiled and said he did not believe that.
The king asked the Sannyasin to test it if he liked. So the
Sannyasin declared that he would perform a great yajna (sacrifice) which would
extend the king's reign by a several years. He put a condition that a small
tank should be made into which each one of the courtiers will pour a pitcher of
milk, in the dark of night.
The king smiled and said, 'Is this the test?' He asked his
courtiers to come to him, and told them what was to be done. They all expressed
their joyful assent to the proposal and returned. In the dead of night, they
came and emptied their pitchers into the tank.
In the morning, the tank was found to be full of water, with no
trace of milk. The courtiers were assembled and questioned about the matter.
They admitted that each one of them had thought there would be so many pitchers
of milk so his pouring water instead of milk would not be detected!
Moral: If you try to cheat in a team-work, remember it will be
found out.
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8.
SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA
"Swamy" swamymain@yahoo.com
Tue, March 27, 2007 5:04 am
Sai Ram. We have completed for the time
being the Spiritual Gems from Sri Sai Satcharitra, Chapter 22. Let us now take up
the study of Chapter 23 from that great spiritual ocean and see what spiritual
gems are given to us by Sai's grace. Sai Ram.
Shri Sai Satcharitra (SSS)
Chapter XXIII
Yoga and Onion - Shama Cured of Snake
Bite – Cholera Ordinance Broken Ordeal of Guru-Bhakti.
Preliminary
Really this Jiva (human soul) transcends
the three qualities, viz. Sattwa, Rajas and Tamas, but being deluded by Maya,
he forgets his nature which is 'Existence-knowledge-bliss', and thinks that he
is the doer and enjoyer and thus entangles himself in endless miseries and does
not know the way of deliverance. The only way of deliverance is Loving Devotion
towards the Guru's feet. The great Player or Actor Lord Sai has delighted His
Bhaktas and transformed them into Himself (His nature).
We regard Sai Baba as an incarnation of
God for reasons already stated, but He always said that He was an obedient
servant of God. Though an incarnation He showed the people the way, how to
behave satisfactorily and carry out the duties of their respective stations
(Varnas) in this life. He never emulated others in any way, nor asked others to
have something done for Him. For Him, Who saw the Lord in all movable and
immovable things of this world, humility was the most proper thing. None He disregarded
or disrespected; for He saw Narayan (Lord) in all beings, He never said,
"I am God," but that He was a humble servant and He always remembered
Him and always uttered - "Allah Malik" (God is the sole proprietor or
Owner).
We do not know the various kinds of
Saints, how they behave, what they do and eat etc. We only know that by God's
grace they manifest themselves in this world to liberate the ignorant and bound
souls. If there be any store of merits on our account, we get a desire in
listening to the stories and Leelas of the Saints, otherwise not. Let us now
turn to the main stories of this Chapter.
SSG: Sai Ram. Once a person becomes
totally egoless, he or she becomes One with the One
who pervades all the universe and probably beyond. The sense of separation
caused by Maya disappears and the Disciple becomes one with the Guru. After it
is lit, a lamp becomes One with the lamp that lit it
and both of them can now light other lamps. Thus a Guru chooses a few disciples
and after judging their suitability, gives upadesh to one or more of them and
they in turn spread the knowledge further. This Guru Sishya Parampara is going
on unbroken from time immemorial. Sai is a great Lamp in that lineage and
humility was His hallmark. Let us see how He helped the sadhakas on the
spiritual path. Sai Ram.
We will continue with this chapter in the next
few weeks. Sai Ram.
S.V.Swamy
Author, Editor, Proof-Reader and Book
Reviewer
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9.
ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES:
"sudha
vohra" sudha_vohra@hotmail.com
Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:48:52 +0530
Sai Sai japte japte main ho jaoin diwani
abb to yahi tamanna hai jaoin issi nam se
jani
phool jaoin main tera mera bhulon aapna paraya
na ho mera moh kisi se jhoti samjhon kaya
ho jaoin sai aab to mein jag se begani
abb
to...................................................
aapne hi rang mein rang ley sai utre na
jeevan bhar
sud bud khokar tujhe hi dekhon main jaoin
jis oor
yad tujhe hi karte karte ankh mein bhar
aaye pani
abb
to................................................................
toot jaye sab bandhan mere judh jay sai se
nata
aasa nata jo mera sai janam janam hai
nibhata
toot chuka hai brahm aab sara aab to badli
kahani
abb
to..............................................................
sudha vohra
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On 2 Apr 2007 17:51:35 -0000
Jai sai ram for all sai devotees.
main last 15 years se baba ko manati aa rahi hoin.
baba ne mera har pal sath diya hai.
main life me bahut se uttar chatav dekhe hai.
per himat kabhi nahi hari.jab bhi main problem
me hoti huin.tabi baba ke pas bathe kar ro lati huin.
baba hi sahi rah dikhate hai.
mare baba se hamesha yahi prathna hai ki sansar me
har insan ko hamesha sahi rah dikana un sab ke sar per
apna hath hamesha rakhna.kabhi kisi se koi bhul ho jaye
to use mafe kar dena.
Neelam Sachdeva
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Om Sai Ram
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10. LETTERS
FROM SAIDEVOTEES:
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Om Sai Ram,
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Apr 5, 2007 10:34 PM
Sairam
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of the 07-2007 issue. Some of the words near to the margin of the pages are not
readable.
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Sai RAM.
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Fri, 09 Mar 2007
22:15:54 40500
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Fri, 09 Mar 2007
14:01:30 40500
Om Sai Ram,
Thank you for this online magazine. Whenever I go through it, I feel relaxed, full of love,
devotion and very very close to BABA. I feel as if HE is sitting with me and
making me read all this. It’s a wonderful feeling.
Once again thank you for this magazine. May SAI BABA be with everybody.
Charansparsh at HIS komal feets.
Renu
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12. SAI'S BOOK WORLD:
Title: Sai Grace and Recent Predictions
Author: Prof. P. S. Verma
Diamond Pocket Books X-30
Okhla Industrial Area,
Phase -II
New Delhi-110 020
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Title: The Foot Prints of Shirdi Sai
Author: Chakor Ajgaonkar
Diamond Pocket Books 14
Giri Sameep
Shri Nagar
Thane Maharashtra
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Title: Devotees Experiences of Sri Sai Baba
Author: H.H
Narasimhaswamiji
All India Sai Samaj Akhanda Sainama
Saptaha Samithi.
Volumes 1, 2, 3 & 4
All India Sai Samaj Mylapore- Chennai –
600 004.
OR
B/3/F, 15 Krupa Complex, Anandabagh Hyderabad – 500 047
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