THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI
Sixth Year of Publication
Published as Bi-Weekly
Issue 10/ 2008
08-05-2008
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One World One Family
Vasudhaika Kutumbam
Om! Asatoma Sargamaya, Tamasoma Jyotirgamaya, Mrityorma
Amritamgamaya, Om Shantihi, Shantihi, Shantihi!
(Aum! Lead from wrong path to the
right path, from ignorance to knowledge, from mortality to immortality! Peace
be to All)
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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.
Shirdi Sai's Philosophy in the words of Saibanisaji
THINGS
MUST BE USED PROPERLY:
One should always remember that nothing in the world can
strictly be called “mine”. What comes to a person comes to him because of a
combination of causes and conditions; it can be kept by him only temporarily
and, therefore, he must not use it selfishly or for unworthy purposes.
Once a queen offered a saint five hundred garments, the
saint received them with great satisfaction.
The king, hearing of it, suspected the saint of
dishonesty, so he went to saint and asked what he was going to do with these
five hundred garments.
The saint replied; “Oh King, many of the citizens in your
kingdom are in rags; I am going to distribute the garments among them.
“What will you do with the old garments of the Poor?”
“We will make bed-covers out of them.”
“What will you do with the old bed covers?”
“We will make pillow-cases.”
“What will you do with the old pillow-cases?”
“We will make floor-covers out of them.”
“What will you do with the old floor covers?”
“We will use them for foot- towels.”
“What will you do with the old foot towels?”
“We will use them for floor-mops.”
“What will you do with the old mops?”
“Your Highness, we will tear
them into pieces, mix them with mud and use the mud to plaster the house
walls.”
Every article entrusted to us must be used with good care
in some useful way, because it is not “ours” but is only entrusted to us
temporarily.
To be
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2.
SAI'S NEWS FROM THE TIME MACHINE:
May 1913: waman Rao Patel (Swami Sharanandji) visited
Shirdi again and this time he stayed for eleven months.
May 1917: Lokmanya Bala Gangadhar Tilak arrived at Shridi
with Dada Saheb Khaparde for having Baba's dharshan.
May 1990:
Foundation stone was laid for Sai Baba Bhaktha Niwas Sthan in Shirdi.
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3.
SAI IN DREAMS
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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.
OCTOBER-1995:
23-10-1995
I prayed Baba to give a message on the occasion of Diwali
festival (The festival of lights). Sai was standing in front of Dwarakamayi and
said- “You came to me fully engulfed in ignorance and selfishness. I shall
kindle the twin lights of knowledge and wisdom to ward off the two evils from
your self”.
The lighting of lamps is to ward off the darkness surrounding
us from all sides.
31-10-1995
Sai appeared in the form of an unknown person and said-
On transfer from one place to another, people opt to go
for packers and transporters for shifting their household items. This is to
make their travel more safe and comfortable. In the same way, come to me so
that I can take you across the ocean of life to the final goal effortless.
Relatives often recognize individuals by the financial
status and their position in society, which are purely temporary. Engage in
spiritual activities to earn the God’s grace, which nobody else can afford to
touch.
Spread the message across and help for upliftment of the
downtrodden.
Nobody can steal the spiritual treasure.
To be
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4. QUINTESSENCE
OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY:
(By Late Sri
Bharam UmamaheswaraRao)
"Shashi":
shashi_31@yahoo.com
31. Nama Japa
During Nama Sankeertana, we must chant only one Name
which can be easily repeated by all of us. All of us should chant together. We
should not entertain the idea that one can sing well. We must all chant God’s
name with sincerity and devotion. We should not mix many names. Our minds
should be attached to Nama only and then chant it. Then we will get Divine
experiences. We will also develop detachment for our body and senses.
We must participate in Nama Sankeertana with one-pointed
devotion. First of all we must stabilize our mind. If we do Nama Sankeertana
with single minded devotion forgetting everything, then the bad ideas in our
mind get destroyed and we will get spiritual evolution. When we chant, we must
see that our mind is merged in God and drive away worldly affairs from our
mind. With determined attitude, if we chant, our lives will be filled with
Supreme Bliss.
We should not partake in Nama Sankeertana to please
others. How many people take part in Nama Sankeertana is not important. Those
who do Nama Sankeertana with faith and devotion, they only get God’s blessing.
To be continued.
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5. SANATANA DHARMA &SHRI SHIRDI SAIBABA.
Mission of the Saints -Shri Sai Satcharitra Chapter IV
Lord Krishna says in Bhagvadgita (Chapter IV, 7-8) that
"Whenever there is a decay of Dharma (righteousness) and an ascendancy of
unrighteousness, I manifest Myself; and for the
protection of the virtuous, the destruction of the vicious and for the
establishment of righteousness, I manifest Myself in age after age".
Namadeva
Enlightenment Put To Test
One day Panduranga asked
Namadeva, "Are you always aware of the fact that this entire world is
filled with me?"
"I look upon all life in
the same light," answered Namadeva.
We have already seen how when a
dog snatched the bread from his hand and ran away, Namadeva pursued the dog
with a view to feeding it with gee too.
Namadeva told that this
attitude of his was due to the teaching of his Sadguru Visoba.
It was Ekadashi (the eleventh
day) of the month of Kartika. Namadeva was fasting that day. An old Brahmin
came to him begging for food.
"Today, you know, is
Ekadashi, the day of fasting. I should not treat you to any regular meal. I can
get you some fruit if you want," said Namadeva.
"If I don't get a meal, I
will die of starvation. The sin of killing a Brahmin will be on you."
"I know nothing about sin
or merit of good deed," said Namadeva.
"You don't seem to have
the slightest mercy. Yet you show off your philosophical knowledge in empty
words. Do you allow this old man to die of starvation?" demanded the
Brahmin.
"If you die today for want
of food, let me face the same fate," declared Namadeva.
But then the eyes of the
Brahmin started rolling up. The very next moment he was dead.
Namadeva without a second
thought carried the corpse to the bank of river Bheema. He prepared a pyre to
burn the body and laying himself on the pyre beside the Brahmin’s
body, he set fire to the piles of wood. His wife also was making ready to
follow her husband. At this juncture Panduranga showed himself in his glorious
divine form with four hands, saved all of them and showered his blessings on
them.
Namadeva went and lived in the
northern country when all the contemporary saints departed from this world.
Just as he had written many Abhangs (abhangs means a song composed and sung by
the saints in Maharashtra in praise of God's glory) in Marathi, he wrote
Abhangs in Hindi also. To love God with all their heart, to lead a pious life
surrendering everything to him with steadfast devotion is the way of devotees. It
is called the cult of Bhakti. Through- ages South India had built up a
tradition of Bhakti. After Namadeva went and settled in North India, a similar
tradition was set up there also.
This great saint passed away in
1350 A. D. He was then eighty years of age. His whole life was dedicated to
Vitthala. He was a divine light guiding many a pilgrim on the path of devotion.
There are two kinds of Abhangs
in Namadeva's compositions: those, which express the yearning of the devotee
for the vision of God, and those, which express the bliss of fulfillment after
God realization. The total number of all his compositions is said to be 2,375.
The Content and Manner of
Preaching
A saint is also a poet. He
tells us in detail how we should live. He shows to his people the beauty he has
enjoyed. And he shares with them the joy he has experienced.
For example:
(Even as the whole and huge form of the tree lies dormant in a seed, you are
there in every object and form we see.)
(All these forms are the body
of Sri Hari.)
(Wherever I go there is Vithoba
and Vithoba only)
(The crane seems to be
meditating; but it is only to catch fish. So also many in this world look pious
but indulge stealthily in selfish acts. It is nothing but hypocrisy.)
As long as you live in this
world, be thinking always of God. Respect all women as you would respect your
mother. Don't be after money. Consider it as dust. Never crave for sensual
pleasures. Use this body for meditation, prayer and worshipping God. Speech is
man's great fortune. Animals cannot speak. Man has the gift of speech. What
does it profit if the speech is used only for ordinary communication? If it
must be put to good use, chant then the name of God, sing His glory. Chant the
name of Rama. There is no salvation without devotion. How to get this devotion?
The first thing is to have faith in God. Faith and constancy go together. Thus preached Namadeva.
The works of Namadeva written
for the spread of spirituality are also of a high order aesthetically. Namadeva
has a fine way of saying things. To say that God is everywhere, he employs the
image of a bumblebee having already received the fragrance or flowers before
they are carried to the temple. In another song he says that we are placing our
feet on Sopanadeva (the steps of the temple personified as God) when we stand
on temple pavement to offer our salutation to God. In this way he speaks in
images which get imprinted indelibly on our minds.
God is the mother who has given
birth to us. He is the air we breathe in. He is the water. He is the offspring
inside an egg, the fawn also is He.
Namadeva uses stories of
beautiful metaphors.
We have heard of many stories
about Namadeva as told by devotees. All these stories show his steadfast
devotion, his humility, his broad and impartial outlook in treating all people
as equals, without making any distinction of high or low caste or class.
It is the personality and many
good qualities of Namadeva that are important.
We have also known how Namadeva
had completely submitted himself to Vitthala and how he lived only for Him. The
most important point here is that his devotion had helped him to develop a
broad outlook. Persons born in different castes worked in harmony like brothers
and sisters in the service of God. They realized that the children of God
should not have feelings of superiority or inferiority. And they actually lived
up to this principle. Namadeva declared that all devotees of God are equal. He
practiced what he preached. So there was no need for anyone to give up Hindu
religion. To realize that there is an element of divinity in every man and to
live accordingly is the proper course. Namadeva in this was a model for others
to follow. He was so great as to see divinity even in such lowly creatures as
an ordinary dog.
Now, is it not desirable to
know at least one example of the intimate style used in his Abhangs? A great
Kannada poet, Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre, has translated into Kannada an
abhang of Namadeva beginning with the line and it reads like this:
I
came to your door, O, Vitthala,
Having heard that you are redeemer of sins.
As you don't wish to be one, my good sire, I walk back.
When I beg for alms you don't give even a bit have leftover - so virtuous
Who is that wise man who called you Lord of Lakshmi,
the goddess of wealth?
You say, 'I shall give him who gives' Aha, what utmost generosity!
Now I turn away from your door, as you are a born goldsmith.
Who is there to care for others.
Let that be, Nama says, 'Adieu! I go'
May this love of mine for thy Holy feet
Be like water for my parched heart.
Author - Simpi Linganna
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NEWS
Trinidad’s Vice
President Addressed Hanuman Conference
Source: http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2008/4/27#1.shtml
TRINIDAD, April 27, 2008: (by Paras Ramoutar) Suriname’s
Vice-President, Ramdien Sardjoe has spoken of the clashes in the world society.
He told the closing session of the Global Lord Hanuman Hindu Conference at the
Dattatreya Yoga Centre on Saturday that the entire world is encountering
clashes and a great crisis because of the lack of understanding and lack of
confidence. “Lord Hanumanji’s life is presenting a great message to live on
this earth in harmony, in cooperation and with love, peace and understanding,”
Sardjoe told the overflowing assembly of devotees from T&T, India, Canada,
USA, England and Holland.
Sardjoe said Lord Hanumanji is an ideal example for
building a bridge to unity, oneness, for synthesis and for togetherness of all
types of races, creeds, countries, cultures and communities. “This is because
of the uniqueness of our Vedic Hindu Culture, as they work with unity in
diversity and diversity in unity and unity in oneness. Thus, we can make a
multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-religious society, just as the rainbow
brings together the beauty of many different colors,” he said. Sardjoe said
that throughout the Hindu religious text, the Ramayana, one observes that
whenever a vexing problem arose requiring diplomacy,
Valmiki (the author) lauds Hanumanji as a confluence of integrity, valour,
intelligence, strength, patience and wisdom.
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Tirupati Temple Conducts Crash Course
for Priests
TIRUPATI, INDIA, March 19, 2008: In a novel initiative,
the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has launched a crash course for temple
priests to help them hone their skills in performing the temple rituals. The
five-day training program is being executed by TTDs Sri Venkateswara Employees
Training Academy (SVETA), in a bold attempt to make the priests ward off the
modern-day professional hazards such as stress. Besides, it teaches the priests
how to keep themselves physically fit and inculcate a sense of social
responsibility in their work. The intensive training includes the corporate
style thought-provoking lectures and Power Point presentation on personality
development, maintaining mental and physical peace and adopting healthy
lifestyles by a team of experts comprising physicians and personality
development trainers.
Another salient feature of the course is that the senior
Agama pundits requisitioned from outside, stay with the trainees for five days,
giving them an opportunity to discuss matters related to temple rituals and
clear their doubts. Under a program launched in June 2007, 300 priests from
various districts were trained in 14 batches, including 13 in Vaikhanasa Agama
and the one in Pancharatra system of temple worship. Plans were afoot for
covering the priests from the other southern states, he explained.
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6.
DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES:
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 3:39 AM
SaiRam all,
I would like to share my experience - how Baba helped me.
One day I went to a shop on my scooter to collect an emergency lamp that I gave
it for repairing. Shop owner being my friend I spent some time talking with
him. In the meantime I got a call from home to start immediately, as I was
getting late for dinner. In a hurry I returned home by walk and totally forgot
about my scooter that I parked in front of the shop unlocked.
Next day morning I was surprised to see my scooter missing from the parking
area at home. Then I could recollect that I parked it in front of the shop
previous night. A rude shock early morning!
I was sure that the scooter will not be there as I did not lock it. Then I
immediately prayed Sai Baba to help me, as that is the only vehicle I own. I
rushed to the spot --Wonder of Wonders--My scooter was still in front of the
shop throughout the night - unlocked. In these days when locked vehicles are
stolen - Sainath heard my prayer and ensured my scooter was untouched –
Thank you Baba, Thank You once again. YOU ARE REALLY
GREAT DEVA.
Rajkumar
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Sun, April 6, 2008 12:24 pm
JAI SAINATH
Hi I would like to share my experience
with you guys. I live in UK but couple of months ago strongly I started to
believe in Sai Baba. I started reading Sai Satcharita and finished it within a week.
I had no idea that I would get any benefit of reading but the night I finished
reading the last chapter of Sai Satcharita, I said to myself whether I would
ever be able to feel Baba's presence and would ever be able to know if He is
with me. I went sleep and then the next day, my dad told me to go to the
shopping place and I went with him (my dad have never liked going to that place
and he has always refused) and I was surprise to see a Sai Baba idol in a shop.
I got really emotional and my wish of feeling Baba's presence and seeing Him
came true in a form of seeing Baba's idol or portrait and I brought that idol to
my house. Therefore I have full faith that if you read Sai Satcharita, your
wishes come true. For a girl like me who have never heard of Sai baba previously.
I just started believing him and got that benefit of it. It is therefore true what
He said in the Sai Satcharita, that He draws His devotees even from across
seven seas. May Sainath shower His love on all of us. God
Bless. Jai Sainath.
Simran
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Tue, April 8, 2008 4:27 am
Dear Sai Bandhus,
I would like to share my
experience with you all about Sai baba's grace, it is Sai Blessing because of
which I got my first job which was much needed at that time when required and
through that time I am continuously reading Sai aarti as my morning Prayer and
again it is because of Sai grace I got my first increment within the same job
which I got through baba's blessing. Oh! Sai please accept my Pranam to Your Holy
feet.
OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI
Parag Maheshwari
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7. 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. Now I want to tell the stories what heard in my
child hood.
THE
MISCHIEVOUS MONKEY:
Seth Jamuna Das was a very rich man and owned large
tracts of farm and forestland. He was very fond of nature and decided to have a
house near the forest. He selected the best masons and carpenters for this
mansion and put RamLakhan in charge of them. The work was going on at
break-neck speed.
The masons competed with each other to complete their job
at the earliest, whilst the carpenters too got into the act, felling the
largest trees and splicing them for the doors and windows.
One day the carpenters were splicing a huge log when the
lunch bell rang. Before going for their lunch, Ram Lakhan ensured that a steel
plate was inserted at the spot where the splicing had reached to keep the
cleavage apart for inserting their saw. This was necessary, as without this
plate, the two shafts would spring together tightly.
A group of monkeys from the nearby jungle appeared on the
scene. The workers being away, they were up to their mischief without
hindrance. The bigger ones were trying to show their strength by jumping around
and scattering the piles of wood whilst the younger ones ran around and pulled
each other's tails.
A huge male decided that to show his strength, he should
pull out the plate wedged between the two unfinished splices. Thus he sat on
the log with his tail hanging between the two shafts and exerted all his might
in removing the plate.
It was a very difficult job but after huffing and puffing
for a long while, he managed to remove the wedge. As soon as he removed it, the
two splices sprang together locking his tail between them like a clamp. It
screeched loudly and howled with pain, but there was no way out. He ultimately
bled to death.
Lesson: "Never
act in haste without understanding the job at hand".
Bye children
meet you in the next issue
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8. SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA
Wed, Apr 30,
2008 at 10:01 AM
Shri Sai Satcharitra
Chapter XXVIII
Sparrows Drawn To Shirdi
Sai Ram. Let us continue with the purifying and
uplifting story of Lala Lakhamichand. Sai Ram.
Sanza
At noon when Lakshmi chand was sitting for meals he got
some sanza (wheat-pudding) from a devotee as Prasad. He was pleased to have it.
Next day also he expected it, but got nothing.
SSG: Sai Ram. The ego goes after sensual pleasures like
this only. Some thing good happens and we are happy. So, we associate happiness
with that good event. We try to recapture that happiness by going after similar
things.
SSS: So, he was anxious to get it again. Then on the
third day at the noon Arati time, Bapusaheb Jog asked Baba, what naivedya he
should bring. Baba told him to bring sanza. Then the Bhaktas brought two big
potfuls of sanza. Lakhamichand was very hungry and there was some pain in his
back. Then Baba said to him - "It is good that you are hungry, take sanza
and some medicine for the pain in the back." He was again wonderstruck to
see that Baba again read his mind and spoke out what was passing therein. How
omniscient was He!
SSG: Sai Ram. Till one experiences the oneness of Guru
with the Universe and thus all other Gurus and Gods, one is bound to be
surprised at the miracles and the mind-reading skills of Saints. Later, as the
devotee realizes that the Saint is God in human form, all doubts disappear. It
is like a child realizing that one day it will also grow up and be strong and
wise like its parents. Sai Ram.
Evil eye
On this occasion, he once witnessed one night the
procession to the chavdi. Baba then suffered much from cough. He thought that
this suffering of Baba might be due to somebody's evil eye. Next morning when
he went to the Dwarakamayi Baba spoke to Shama as follows - "I suffered
last night from cough; is it due to some evil eye? I think that somebody's evil
eye has worked on me and so I am suffering". In this case Baba spoke out
what was passing in Lakshmi chand's mind.
SSG: Sai Ram. Baba took many people's karma on Himself
and suffered at the physical level but never allowed Himself (Spirit) to
suffer. However, Lala Lakshmi chand was in the early stages of discipleship and
was probably attaching the human attributes to Baba. Like a fond parent
apparently agreeing with the innocent child, Baba was playing with His
Spiritual Child Lala. Sai Ram.
SSS: On seeing these proofs of Baba's omniscience and
kindness to His Bhaktas, he fell prostrate at Baba's Feet and said - "I am
much pleased with your darshan. Ever be kind and merciful to me and protect me
always. There is no other God to me in this world except Your Feet. Let my mind
be ever rapt in Your Bhajan and Feet. Let Your grace protect me from the
miseries of the world and let me ever chant Your name
and be happy".
SSG: Sai Ram. Baba's playful words worked as mantra and
see how Lala became wise! That is the grace of Guru. Through a smile, through a
kind look, through a playful pat on back, no, just by His intention, He can
dispel the ignorance and ignite the lamp of bhakti and jnana in us. Sai Ram.
SSS: After getting Baba' Udi and blessing he returned
home with his friend, much pleased and contented and singing Baba's glory on
the way. He remained a staunch devotee of Baba afterwards and always sent
garlands of flowers, camphor and Dakshina with any person of his acquaintance
bound for Shirdi.
SSG: Sai Ram. Blessed is Lala who got such a staunch
devotion in one visit. Let us in turn do our namaskar to this wonderful sparrow
drawn to Shirdi, a sparrow which got the spark of bhakti and jnana in such a
short time, because of his merits in earlier births and his full faith in Sai.
Sai Ram.
We will continue with this chapter in the coming weeks.
Sai Ram.
S.V.Swamy
Author, Editor and Book Reviewer
To be continued...
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9. ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES:
Ram Chugani
Kobe, Japan
Pleasure and pain depends upon one's attitude
Das Ganu a devotee Shirdi Sai Baba once took to
translating the Ishavasya Upanishad but could not get to the essence of the
Upanishad. He sought the help of many people to resolve his problem but was
still unable to understand the gist of the work. Hence he resorted to seek the
help of his Guru Sri Sai Baba. Baba asked him not to worry and that Kaka
Mahajan's maid will clarify his doubt. Every one around were surprised at
Baba's solution and some even thought that Baba was joking. But Das Ganu showed
no signs of delay in starting for Kaka's house.
During his stay at Kaka's place once he heard a poor girl
who was the sister of Namaya the servant of Kaka singing a beautiful song while
engaged in some household chores. The song was about a beautiful crimson sari
but she was dressed in rags. Das Ganu took pity for the girl's plight as she
was robed in rags while singing about a beautiful sari. He arranged Rao Bhadhur
M.V Pradhan to buy her a beautiful chirdi.. The girl
was overjoyed as she danced about wearing her new chirdi. The next day she was
clothed in her old rags but her cheerful disposition remained the same as she
sang on joyfully.
Das Ganu was then enlightened with the fact that one has
to enjoy what ever is presented to him with the spirit of equanimity. The
events in one's life have to be accepted with the right spirit that God bestows
them all for one's own benefit. Here in this incident the girl, the torn dress
and the new chirdi, the donor, the spirit of acceptance while wearing the old
as well as the new clothes are all different aspects of the same all-pervading
power. Thus contentment with the belief that what ever happens is the ordinance
of God will lead one to free oneself from attachments to worldly issues. This
in turn will help towards attaining self-realization. Thus Das Ganu was
enlightened with the gist of the Upanishad.
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Devotion must not be like the flood of the rainy season
in which all get washed away. Devotion should be like the river that retains
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10.
LETTERS FROM SAIDEVOTEES:
Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 9:12 PM
Dearest Saibandhu Gopal Rao ji!
Jai Sairam! Baba Blessed
me to listen to your (Sai's) C.Ds on Sai's philosophy in TELUGU. I have no
hesitation to say that Baba Sai is behind your project in all respects. Ones pujya Sivanesan Swamiji was telling to
take Baba to the door the door step of devotees several books in simple
language, periodicals, self less sevaks are
required. As now a days electronic means
of communication is very popular Baba must have prompted you to choose this
line. i.e., prachar through CDs.
I feel these invaluable CDs
will be immense use for a student of Saism to understand 'Sai' the inner meaning of his utterances, His
Philosophy and Teaching you have made sincere effort to make the listener
understand in simple words. May Sai Give you many more ideas of this type
One of the 108 Names of Sai is
'Om Sri Sai Siva Rama Krishna Maruthi rupayana maha'. Your CDs 'Sai in Ramayana, Sai in Bhagavatam,
Sai in Siva Swaroopa, Sai Dattavathar' will through light on the above Nama.
CDs on Sai’s Philosophy and inner meanings of
Sai's words are really wonderful-informative and enlighten! Thanks you are very
cautious in declaring that views are your experiences. You have listed practical examples furnishing
details of the persons.
It is well known and universally accepted fact
that Baba communicates with his devotees through 'Dreams' 'Kalalo Sai'(Sai in dreams) give your genuine
experiences.
I understand that you are making efforts to
bring in the CD’S in English for the benefit of non-Telugu speaking Sai
devotees for a wider coverage. I am sure that it will be of immense help to all
the Sai devotees. I wish your mission to spread Saism through out the breadth
and length of the world sitting at home will meet the expected
success. I pray Lord Sainath to bless you with enough energies to continue to do like this till your last breath!
Om Sai Sree Sai Jaya Jaya
Sai
In services of Sai
D.Sankaraiah.
OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI
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Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 6:56 PM
SaiRam,
I want the E-magazine “The Glory of Shirdi Sai” to be
sent to my e-mail ID every week, thank you
Bathri Padmaja
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Response
by Saidarbar Team:
Dear Saibandhu Padmaja Garu,
SaiRam, I am Saisevak SrinivasaRao Kasturi from Saidarbar - Hyderabad. Thank
you very much for your letter and showing interest in our E-magazine. Devotees
like you are backbone of Saidarbar movement. Your E-mail id is added in our
mailing list. You will receive our Bi-weekly E-magazine next issue on wards on
alternate Thursdays only since it will be released once in two
weeks. Please feel free to contact us in Sai related matters.
With best regards,
SaiSevak SrinivasaRao Kasturi
For http://www.saidarbar.org
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You can also read this E-
Magazine in 3d page turning NEW FORMAT in web page
http://ettitudemedia.com/loadbook.php?BookName=EMagazineCurrent
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11.
TELUGU SECTION:
Please visit:
http://www.telugubhakti.com/telugupages/Misc/ShiridiSai/shirdisai.htm
Please
visit for Sai Aaratis Audio: http://www.shrisaibabasansthan.org/main_English/saibaba/saibaba_aarti.asp
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FOR STARTING A SAIDARBAR CHAPTER OUT SIDE INDIA:
Please contact: saidarbar@gmail.com
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12.
SAI'S BOOK WORLD: