THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI
Fourth Year of Publication
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Issue 21 / 2006
12- 10 -2006
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The festival marks the victory
of good over evil. The Sanskrit word Deepavali means array of lights that
stands for victory of brightness over darkness. As the knowledge of Sanskrit
diminished, the name was popularly modified to Diwali.
On the day of Diwali, many wear
new clothes, share sweets and light firecrackers. The Indian business community
usually starts their financial new year on Diwali and new account books are
opened on this day.
Hindus find cause to celebrate
this festival for different reasons:
* As per sacred texts, according to Skandha
Purana, the goddess Shakti observed 21 days of austerity starting from ashtami
of shukla paksha (waxing period of moon) to get half part of the body of Lord
Shiva. This vrata is known as kedhara vrata. Deepavali is the completion day of
this austerity. This is the day Lord Shiva accepted Shakti into the left half
of the form and appeared as Ardhanarishvara. The ardent devotees observe this
21 days vrata by making a kalasha with 21 threads on it and 21 types of
offerings for 35 days. The final day is celebrated as kedhara gauri vrata.
* Diwali also celebrates the return of Lord
Rama, King of Ayodhya, with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana to Ayodhya from
a war in which he killed the demon king Ravana. It is believed that the people
lit oil lamps along the way to light their path in the darkness.
* It commemorates the killing of Narakasura,
an evil demon who created havoc, by Lord Krishna's wife Sathyabhama. This
happened in the Dwapara Yuga during this time of Lord Krishna's avatar. In
another version, the demon was killed by Lord Krishna himself. In
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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& SRI SHIRDI SAIBABA
6. SAIBANISA OFFERS PRANAMS TO …..
7. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES
8. SAI
WITH CHILDREN
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
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Compiled by:
Sai Sevak Smt. Rajeswari Kasturi, Saidarbar
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FAITH & DEDICATION FETCH DIVINE HELP
Man often desires to have a vision of God, forgetting
that while He may not be seen by the human eye. He can certainly be identified
in action – by the manner in which He guides a person unseen, in every one of his
day-to-day activities.
Scriptures
tell us how to discover Him, how to recognize His true nature, His incomparable
traits and how to be one with Him. When there is a firm conviction that the
Supreme Being exists and that with absolute faith, we can pray to Him to guide
us, God is sure to make His presence felt amidst us, sometimes directly and
often, in an indirect manner.
The
fundamental duty on our part to win His grace is that we should discharge all
our obligations, in whatever position we may be stationed, in the firm belief
that we do so at His behest.
Lokah Samastah
Sukhino Bhavantu
To be
continued…
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2. SAI'S NEWS FROM THE TIME MACHINE:
October
15, Tuesday 1918: On Vijaya Dashmi, SaiBaba left His mortal coil at about
October
16, Wednesday 1918: Early morning Baba appeared to Das Ganu at Pandharpur in
dream and said “The Dwarakamai has collapsed and all the oilmen and grocers
have troubled Me a lot. So I am leaving the place. Go
there quickly and cover My body copiously with
flowers".
October
16, Wednesday 1918: Early morning Baba appeared to Laxman Mama in dream and
said," Get up quickly, Bapusaheb Jog thinks that I am dead and he won't come,
so you do My worship and Kakada Arati".
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3. SAI IN DREAMS:
http://www.ettitudemedia.com
These are the dream sequences and messages as received
by SaiBaNiSa Ji From our beloved GURU LORD SAINATH OF SHIRIDI. In Anticipation
that this feature will 1help in one's spiritual growth are hereby compiled from
his personal Diary and presented to SAIBANDHUS.
Translated and presented by RAGHU RAMAN SATULURY.
I was
thinking about family life and that of a saint.
I prayed to Sai to educate me as to how I can live like a saint while
continuing to live in the family environment. He presented me in series of
visuals in essence as-
-To
think about and complete all responsibilities
-Not
to interfere in others.
-To
avoid taste for food.
-Not
to aspire for others wealth.
-Never
to think of other women in life.
-To
pray god for granting peace.
Sainthood
is not open for all except few pre-destined.
OCTOBER-1994:
How
should a Saibandhu conduct himself in society?
Baba said – “Having realized that a mighty
individual is forcing you on the wrong side, it would be wiser to keep away
from such people rather than falling prey to the wrong path. Being deceitful to
others is much more sinner than living in deceit”.
Established
norms and guidelines are meant for observance.
Sai, please tell me about spiritual matters.
Baba said-
We
set out on the spiritual path to know about the supreme God. Possibly, we may
come across with smaller achievements; feel elated and deviate from the very
purpose of entering into this arena. Thus we fall down, never to recover again.
It is therefore essential to surrender ourselves to the Guru’s care and
guidance, shedding the inner ego. Then only progress can be made.
Remember
that on the spiritual path, relatives and friends do not like to accompany us.
It is only a sadhguru who can do that.
Spiritualism
is not everybody’s cake.
Yesterday, I was recollecting about my enmity
with one of a close relative of ours. According to Sai philosophy, one should
get rid of it in this life itself, so that it does not get carried over
further. How to do that?
Sai
presented me with the following visual-
I
come out of a jail after undergoing a sentence for the mistakes committed. Even
though I have completed the imprisonment, my mind was not literally free from
the vengeance. I decide to buy a weapon with the money I earned during my stay
in the prison and kill the enemy. I disclosed this intention of mine to my
wife. She advised me not to resort to such extreme step as I would be retracing
back to the jail again and it would be wiser to pardon and loosen the hard
stand in view of the age and other health conditions. I realized that carrying
forward with this aptitude will be meaningless and that I should rather put an
end to this now itself.
Vengeance
leads to mindless decisions.
To be
continued…..
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4. QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S
PHILOSOPHY:
(By Late Sri Bharam UmamaheswaraRao)
"Shashi": shashi_31@yahoo.com
25. Importance of Swadharma
Baba
further said:
“He
who utilizes his wealth in self-less attitude to perform his Swadharma, he will
get rid of all his sins and attain Divine-knowledge. He will not get drown in
sins. So he, who acquires property through Swadharma, has to utilize that in
doing Swadharma only. So you must do Swadharma – Yagna.”
“Yevam
Pravartitam chakram nanuvartayati ehayah
Agayu
rindriya ramomoghun Partha sagivathi” (B.G III / 16)
The
Swadharma –Yagna is very perfect. Out of ignorance if we do not perform our
Swadharma and get immersed in worldly pleasures, our life becomes a waste.
Always every one of us should keep his mind in doing Swadharma. At the time
when we acquire this body, know that then itself some bounded duties also get
attached to the body and come along with it. After acquiring this body, if we
neglect our bounden duties, we are considered worthless. So we must control our
senses, leave the selfish-action and do Swadharm. If we perform Swadharma with
selfless attitude, we will attain Brahmi –shithi in the family life itself.
The
main location for Kama and Krodha is indriyas. The desire for action starts
from indriyas. So if we cannot control our indriyas, we can not perform
Swadharma well. When we do not throw out our desires, from Anthakarna, we get
destroyed completely. If actions are done Swadharm, with its help, we will get
salvation if actions are done, without selfish attitude (Kartriwa –
Abhimannam), we will proceed further and further towards our goal. If we
perform self-less actions, we will attain truthfulness and good character and
our Buddhi becomes pure and steady. Then only the true path of salvation will
be known. Our mind will get rid of tribulations and become steady and peaceful.
We will attain sweetness in our life. Then we can see the true nature in all
things. In that state, we will know the state of our body and world and get
merged in Universe.
If we
perform our Swadharma activities well, the evil effect can not touch us. We
will get rid of bodily ailments, we will get immersed
in Divine contemplation and become pure.
To be
continued…..
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5. SANATANA DHARMA & SRI
SHIRDI SAIBABA
AKHILANDAKOTI , BRAHMANDA NAAYAKA, RAAJAADHI RAAJA,
YOGIRAJA, PARABRAHMA SREE SATCHITANANDA ,SAMARDHASADGURU, SAINATH
MAHARAAJ KI JAI”
NEWS FROM ABORD
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The birth of goddess
Lakshmi is related to an ancient story. Durvasa
the short-tempered sage once presented Indra, the king of the
gods, with a garland of flowers which would never wilt. Indra gave this garland
to his elephant, Airavata. Sage Durvasa saw the elephant trampling the divine
garland and, short-tempered as he was, cursed Indra, for he had shown
disrespect to the sage. The sage cursed Indra that he and all the gods would
lose their power because it had made them so proud and vain. Due to the curse,
the demons vanquished the gods out of the heavens.
The defeated gods
then went to seek refuge to the Creator Lord Brahma who asked
them to churn the ocean of milk, to obtain the nectar of immortality. The gods
then went to Lord Vishnu, to seek his assistance. Lord Vishnu took the Avatar Kurma (Tortoise) and
supported the Manthara Parvata (mountain) as a churning rod, while the king of
the serpents, Vasuki,
became the churning rope. The gods and the demons (under the leadership of the
pious and wise King Bali Chakravarti) both helped each other in
churning the ocean of milk.
Amongst the host of
divine gifts which appeared from the ocean, goddess Lakshmi appeared and then
chose Shri Vishnu as her consort, as only He had the power to control Maya (illusion).
Because of this, Lakshmi is also called the daughter of the sea; since the moon
also appeared from the ocean during the churning, the moon is called her
brother.
. She is the goddess
of whom we ask for happiness in family, friends, marriage, children, food and
wealth, beauty and health. Hence she is a very popular goddess who is
worshipped by every Hindu. As she is the goddess of prosperity, she is also
called as Dharidranashini (destroyer of poverty) and Dharidradvamshini (one who
opposes poverty).
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Second
Leela - Last Thursday, my colleague Mr. Venkat was preparing his
dinner (Parata
with Omlette) at home (family is on visit to
first paratha
and preparing second one. While he was preparing, he suddenly
heard the voice
“Please offer me also". He was so surprised and said to
BABA
I already ate half of this how can I offer? Again he heard It's
ok
offer me after
you finished.
He
finished his dinner and took shower and offered Milk with sugar to BABA.
After
10 mints he drank as prasadam. He told me that in his entire life he
never tasted
that kind of milk.
He
came to work on Friday and told me all this. He sit's next to my
cubicle. My
side I have BABA picture. While he narrating his experiences,
You
will not believe... strong Vibhuthi smell started coming... After 10
mins strong
Sandal smell is coming from picture. We both were surprised.
Remenant
of that smell was there till I left the work.
That
night I called him again to remind him to offer BABA prasadam. After a
While
he called me back and said for first ten bites, it is not his usual
eating habits.
He felt that somebody in him. What can I
say it's all" BABA
BABA .... "
Regards,
Satish
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8. SAI WITH
CHILDREN:
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Smt. Madhu Gopal Ravada, Saidarbar,
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 two 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.
THE CUNNING
CRANE:
An old Crane lived
near a large lake in a forest. As he had grown slow, he could hardly catch any
fish and so remained hungry most of the time. One day he hit upon an idea and
decided to act accordingly. He stood near the edge of the lake and started
weeping. After sometime, a huge Crab came near and looked up. "Why are you
weeping Crane?" asked the crab.
"Oh! I am so sorry to hear the news of the
fishermen. I heard that they have huge nets and will catch all the fish in this
lake and that is why I am crying out of pity. I have stopped eating fish and am
very worried about their future." The Crab went scurrying back and
informed the fishes about his conversation with the Crane. The fishes decided
that the Crane was their well wisher and came to him for proper advice. The
Queen Fish asked, "Dear Crane! Is it true that the fishermen are coming to
capture us?" "Yes my child" answered the crane. “I am very
worried about your future that is why I can't stop weeping."
"What do you suggest as a solution Dear Crane?
"The best way out would be to get out of this pond
and escape to the one a little far away." "But how can we do it? We
can not walk on land!"
"I knew you would say this and I have the answer. I
will pick each one of you and carry you on my back." "Then do start
off now, before it's too late." Cried the Queen Fish.
So the Crane started carrying each of them. He would go a little distance and
eat them behind a huge rock and then rush back. After this had gone on for a
few days, the Crab cried, "You have been carrying the fishes only, over
the days. It is my turn to go now." Crane agreed and thought, "It
would be a change of taste. I am getting bored with eating fish all the
time." So carrying the Crab on his back he walked away. As they reached
the rock, the Crab saw the remains of fishes all around and he understood the
treachery in a flash. Instantly he clamped hared on the throat of Crane until
he could hardly breathe. "This is the reward for your betrayal and you
shall pay with your life" saying this he clamped harder until Crane choked
to death."
Lesson: "Never listen to an adversary's advice
without verifying facts for your self."
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9. ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES:
Sai ka laadla saikalaadla@yahoo.com
Belief
I don't believe in Sri Sai Baba. Why do I need to believe
in something I feel so strong about? When you feel angry, you don't say:
"I believe I'm angry.'' When you are in love, you don't say: "I
believe I'm in love.'' You know you are in love, because the feeling is so
strong, that you can hardly think of anything else than the person you love.
So, in that sense, I don't believe in Sri Sai Baba,
because there is no need to believe. I can feel the presence of Sri Sai Baba. .
And why do we even
have go to certain places to meet Sri Sai Baba when He is everywhere? Well, do
you think there are some places not good enough for Him to be in? We keep
asking Him something but that is like saying we know better than Him what's
good for us.
What we are actually saying is that whatsoever is there already
is not enough. It's like saying, "Oh Sai, something is wrong with your
creation, so improve it!'' So where is the trust in Him?
For me trust or prayer is not asking things from Him. It
is thankfulness and gratitude for what is already there. Now I'm not going to
tell you a beautiful story how I found Sri Sai Baba since there is no way to
find something which has always been here and everywhere.
The only thing I can talk about
are the moments when I feel closer to Him. These glimpses of Sri Sai Baba
happen as a sudden feeling of unlimited love. It's a love of such an intensity
that it feels like I am going to burst into a thousand pieces if I don't get to
hug somebody at that very moment.
Sometimes, these moments come when I get closer to pure
nature, when I lie down on grass and feel the earth with my whole body. When I
breathe deep and realize how tender it is to breathe the air and how amazing it
is that it happens without our doing anything about it.
Sai Ka Laadla
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10. LETTERS FROM SAIDEVOTEES:
On
Jai Sai
ram
It seems getting a mail
from SAI DARBAR is like getting blessings from BABA it self. Thanks a lot
for issue.
Dr. Susheel
Sharma.
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There
is no doubt that this is the one of the best site form the Baba's devotees I appreciate
your efforts.
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SaiRam!
http://www.saidarbar.org is very nice, your
efforts in distributing the CDs is highly appreciable.
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Shantha shanmugam shas_prof@yahoo.com
On
Thank
you for sending “The Glory of Shirdi Sai” issue-20. Your service in the form of
E-magazine is just amazing.
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Sanju vij vsvg_ss@yahoo.co.in
On
Jai Sai ram,
My
life is full of Sai experiences, I want to share here one of them. On 28.9.2006
I was reading Sai Sachchitra I pray to Sai to come in my home today as I am
waiting for Sai to come. When I woke up in the next morning and went to puja room what I have
seen, you all can’t believe the joy at
was lightening which I was enlightened last evening i.e. 28.9.2006 the day
prayed to Sai to come , I put little ghee in it so that it would enlightened
for 2-3 hours . Its miracle, how Sai makes jyoti enlightened whole night with
just small amount of ghee. I always thank saiji for all this doing to me and
rising my faith in HIM day by day. Saiji I always pray to You
to make this whole world saimya.
I
thank once again for the website http://www.saidarbar.org which is
doing a lot in a rising faith in God in this kalyuga. Times are going bad we
have to change ourself make ourself totally of God and nothing else.
SaiRam!
No leaf turns without his consent and knowledge
Sab Ka Malik EK
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Vikas sharma vikas_sharma256@yahoo.com
On
Sairam
These type of
effort brings to close Baba's bhagat's. I shall appreciate your work. Please stay in
touch and send E-magazine “The Glory of Shirdi Sai” regularly.
Vikas
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11. TELUGU
SECTION:
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Industrial Area,
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Email info@sterlingpublishers.com
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13. EDITORIAL.
“DIWALI
GREETINGS”-
Saidarbar
team conveys the best wishes for a Happy Deepawali to all the Saibandhus and
may the festival of lights bring all time joy to the Sai fraternity.
Things
impressed me from this Magazine:
“The
fundamental duty on our part to win His grace is that we should discharge all
our obligations, in whatever position we may be stationed, in the firm belief
that we do so at His behest”.
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