THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI
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Issue 24 / 2006
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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. SPIRITUAL
GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA
9. SAI WITH CHILDREN
10. ARTICLES
FROM SAI DEVOTEES
11. LETTERS
FROM SAI DEVOTEES
12. TELUGU
SECTION
13. SAI'S BOOK
WORLD
14. EDITORIAL.
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1. FROM THE SATSANGHS OF SAIBANISA
JI
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Compiled by:
Sai Sevak Smt. Rajeswari Kasturi, Saidarbar
–
From
the Spiritual Diary of Saibanisaji (dated 11.11.2006)
SAI in the Dreams of Saibanisa
After my retirement from Government service, I felt that
I must undertake pilgrimage for obtaining Mukti (Salvation). I was visiting one
after another places pilgrimage.
In this process, I
reached a small village and there I met an old man who advised me to stay in
the guest house where he works. I spent the night in the guest house and
started further journey in the morning hours. That old man came to me and taken
me to his room and he has shown Lord Dattatreya’s photo and presented me the
old padukas of Sri Dattatreya after polishing them.
I kept those padukas on my lap and offered my pranams to
Lord Dattatreya. That old man asked me to look carefully the padukas. I found
that the paduka of right foot backside resembled a cordless telephone with NINE
numbers only and he advised that you can press any one number and can talk
directly to God. After that that old man disappeared and I got up from my
sleep.
I realized that the old man was none other than our
Sadguru – The lord Sainath of Shirdi and guest house was Dwarakmai and nine
numbers of cordless phone is symbolizing for Navavidha Bakti and pressing any
one number is enough to obtaining the Mukti (Salvation).
Let us all follow the one of the Navavidha Bakti’s to
attain salvation.
Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu.
To be
continued…
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2. SAI'S NEWS FROM THE TIME MACHINE:
Ashwin/Vadya
13, 1910: SaiBaba pushed His arm in to the brightly
burning Dhuni
to save a blacksmith's child. Bhagoji Shinde's service of
massaging the
arm with ghee and bandaging it continued till Baba's Maha
Samadhi.
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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.
I
prayed Sai to remove my ignorance. Sai presented me with the following visuals.
1. It is the responsibility of parents to
bring up their children in a proper manner and equally so is the responsibility
of children to take good care of their parents in old age.
2. An individual may get rid of the
vrunanubandha (indebtedness) by helping others and it can be termed as a
fortunate situation. But to think that they should remember forever for the
services rendered is ignorance.
3. Offering food to the needy is an
opportune event. One has to be luckier to perform such noble tasks. One should
fully utilize such rare occasions. Ultimately it is the charity and good deeds
that accompany when one leaves the World.
Service
to the fellow beings also happens due to the divine grace.
Yesterday,
Sai’s message was-
As
long as the desire for money lasts, the desire for other woman continues
because the desire for woman is like the apparent watermark on a currency
note. As a first step, get rid of the
greed for money.
Wealth
is the root cause for all the evils on the earth.
Yesterday
night’s, message from Sai induced more of spiritual thoughts in me. Life starts
on a happy note with the seeding of a flower plant, its healthy growth in a
fertile land due to copious supply of rainwater. Beautiful flowers are also
blossomed. Few of them, due to the accumulated fortune find their place at the
lotus feet of the Lord while some of them get crushed under the feet of
passersby end up drying. Only the ones to find place at the feet of the Lord
are showered with the divine grace. So also is the human life as some may make
way to God with their good deeds and some are carried away by the wind.
God
given life has to be nurtured properly with a purpose.
Yesterday
night, I asked Sai to tell me more about the soul in the spiritual domain. Baba said-
Atma
(soul) is formless and so also God. In other words, Atma is God. It is
therefore difficult to pray on formless Atma. That’s the reason why one often
imagines God in a form most liked by him and resorts to prayers, which is the
best available option. When Hanuman ripped open his chest, Lord Sri Rama was
found in his heart. Atma, when it leaves the physical body, has super natural
powers like ability to walk across the waters and flying in the air etc. Of course holding the hand of the GURU. Neither water
adheres to the Atma nor the Atma gets drowned in the
water. The Atma then reaches the top of a mountain, looking downwards towards
the place from where it came, leaving all the people behind. The
Guru, then orders to enter the outer void space, thus giving atma a chance to
reach the God, the ultimate goal. A step taken back or looking down from
there will lead to entanglement in another cycle of birth and death.
I have fully understood the role of guru in
the whole of the life cycle.
Guru
is the transcendental link between the two Worlds.
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
always says: “Don’t try to follow others dharmas. Swadharma is far superior than Para-Dharma. For your improvement Swadharma will be
very helpful. If you imitate other’s Dharmas, you will get entangled in
difficult situations. Without getting your mind in worldly affairs, always be
in contemplation of God and get His mercy. If you are performing your duties
properly, you will get rid of your sins and will proceed well step by step towards
the goal of life.
Swadharma
will lead you to the true state and mould your character in the right
direction. Due to this, your intelligence will sharpen and get steadiness. Then
only the way of Satya-marga will become visible clearly. Your mind gets peace
and will not waver for worldly pleasures. You will get deathless state of life.
Then you will be able to clearly understand the true nature of all affairs. You
can understand your bodily state and the state of world. If you are performing
your ordained duties as Swadharma, your activities will never bring black mark
on you. You will get rid of worldly difficulties and become pure in Divine
contemplation.
To be
continued…..
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5. SANATANA DHARMA & SRI
SHIRDI SAIBABA
108 Names of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba
The
37.
38.
39.
40.
Om Jagatah pitre Namah.
41.
Om Bhaktaanaam maatri dhatri pitaamahaaya Namah.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
Om,
to Him who causes obliteration of doubts, heart feebleness, sins, karman( of
present and past lives) and the traces (thereof), prostration !
50.
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
Om Durdharsha kshobhyaaya Namah.
58.
59.
Om Trilokeshu avighaatha-gataye Namah.
60.
61.
62.
63.
64.
Om Bahu ruupa vishva muurtaye Namah.
65.
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67.
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72.
Om Asahaaya sahaayaaya Namah.
To be continued…..
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6. SAIBANISA OFFERS PRANAMS TO “LORD DATTATREYA”
SRI DATTATREYA JAYANTI on
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Dattatreya was born to Sage Atri and his wife Anasuya.
Atri's wife, Anasuya, was once tested by the Trinity (Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva)
themselves, when they wished to test her loyalty and devotion to her husband.
The three changed form and arrived at her ashram while Atri was away. She
welcomed them in traditional manner and offered food, at which they came up
with a strange request: that they would partake of her hospitality only if she
removed all her clothes and served them. Anasuya knew through her spiritual
powers that the gods were testing her, so she acquiesced. She sprinkled some
water on the Trinity, which turned them into toddlers and thus she, as a mother, could reveal her natural form to these
infants and feed them!
When Sage Atri returned, he saw the three great gods, the
Trinity, lying in the cradle as toddlers! When he heard from Anasuya what had
transpired, he could only laugh. The divine consorts by now feared that their
husbands would forever be reduced to babies, and so they pleaded with Anasuya
to transform the toddlers into their original form.
Anasuya washed her husband's feet with water, and
sprinkled the water, thus sanctified, on the three babies who attained their
original form. Pleased with her devotion to her husband and happy at her
ingenuity, the Trinity granted her a boon. It was at this point that she asked
that the three be born to her as her real babies! And they were: Brahma as
Chandra (Moon), Vishnu as Dattatreya, and Shiva as Durvasa.
Thus, Dattatreya was born to such an important sage, who
lived with his wife in an ashram near Sucheendram, near Kanyakumari, at the
southern tip of
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7. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES:
From the Files of Saidarbar - 1998
Ayush
Mehra,
Jay
Sai Ram
I
want to share my experience of Baba's Grace with all the Sai Devotees. I came
to the
I have started believing that Baba pulls his
devotees from far away under many pretexts. I bow to Shri Baba Maharaj for His
bountifulness that He has showered by saving my life and giving me new birth. I
could not understand Baba initially and thought bad about Him, but later I
really realized the greatness of Baba’s Wisdom that how intelligently He
brought me to US for my Surgery and in this wake I came to Know of Baba's love
for His devotees. It is true that we really lack faith and patience to see Him.
However, one who has both will definitely experience in daily lives.
I
prostate before Shri Sai Ram and asks the other disciples to believe that whatever
He does is only for our benefit and Baba's love is much more grater than we can
ever think of. I continue to pray Baba to increase my devotion and reverence
and tread me on a moral path with strength and courage.
JAY Sai Ram.
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8. SPIRITUAL
GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA
"Swamy"
swamymain@yahoo.com
Sai
Ram. Let us now take up the story of Anantrao Patankar, who was drawn to
Shirdi and was given a very valuable spiritual lesson by Sai.
SS:
He replied, “I too do not know all that Baba says and means but at His
inspiration I say what I come to know. The mare is God's grace and the nine
balls excreted are the nine forms or types of Bhakti, viz., 1) Shravan,
hearing; 2) Kirtan, praying (or praising and chanting); 3) Smaran
(remembering); 4) Padasevan (resorting to the feet); 5) Archan (worship); 6)
Vandan (doing Namaskar, bowing); 7) Dasya (service); 8) Sakhyam (friendship);
9) Atmanivedan (surrender of the self). These are the nine types of Bhakti. If
any of these is faithfully followed, Lord Hari will be pleased and manifest
Himself in the home of the devotee. All the Sadhanas, viz. Japa (vocal worship
or chanting of a mantra), Tapa (penance), Yoga practice and studying the
scriptures and expounding them are quite useless, unless they are accompanied
by Bhakti, i.e. Devotion. Knowledge of the Vedas or fame as a great Dnyani
(Jnani) and mere formal Bhajan (Worship) are of no avail. What is wanted is
full devotion. Consider yourself as the merchant or seeker of the truth, and be
anxious and eager like him to collect or cultivate the nine types of devotion.
Then, you will attain stability and peace of mind."
Next
day when Patankar went to Baba for salutation, he was asked whether he
colelcted the 'nine balls of stool.' Then he said that he being a poor fellow,
should first be graced by Baba and he would be enabled to collect them. Then
Baba blessed and comforted him, saying that he would attain peace and welfare.
After hearing this, Patankar became overjoyed happy.
SVS:
Sai Ram. These types of Bhakti are like the steps to Mukti. Because of past
merits, one comes into contact with God or His messengers like Saints and at
the right time a Guru instructs him. Intellect and emotion are two parts of the
mind and peace of mind will elude a man till they are properly integrated.
Bhakti enables one to unite with the Higher Self (God). Atma nivedan means
offering of one's self, i.e. Lower self or ego. And till one feels one with the
One, sakhya or dasya etc. (some form of relationship) are needed. What Dada Kelkar
meant by Yoga practice is the physical practice of Asanas, Breath control etc.,
which certainly gives good health and even some Siddhis (mystical powers) but
doesn't by itself, assure the grace of God. Bhakti, on the other hand, even
without the other Sadhanas of Japa and Tapa, takes one closer to the Higher
Self and gives one liberation from the shackles of ego. Mukti (liberation) from
the cycles of birth and death follows the sublimation or dissolution of ego.
Bhakti thus leads to Jnana, knowledge of one's real nature. Jnana too leads to
Bhakti but sometimes, the ego gets puffed up by pride of knowledge. External
show of pomp as a great bhakta is also of no avail since God sees through the
show.
Thus
Baba gave a good lesson in sincerity and Sraddha to Anantrao Patankar through
Dada Kelkar. We too got the benefit like the merchant and Anantrao. Sai Ram.
Note
to readers: There is a small change in format. The Sai Satcharita text is fully
included and the insights provided to me are given under a separate paragraph.
To differentiate between the two, the following notation is used:
SS
means Sai Satcharita and SVS refers to me. Sai Ram.
S.V.Swamy
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9. SAI WITH
CHILDREN:
http://www.saidarbar.org/HTML/portraits/7.jpg
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 story of the foolish lion and the
clever rabbit
Once
upon a time there lived a ferocious lion in the forest. It was a greedy lion
and started killing animals in the forest indiscriminately. Seeing this, the
animals gathered and decided to approach the lion with the offer of one animal
of each species volunteering itself to be eaten by the lion everyday. So every
day it was the turn of one of the animals and in the end came the rabbits'
turn. The rabbits chose an old rabbit among them. The rabbit was wise and old.
It took its own sweet time to go to the Lion. The Lion was getting impatient on
not seeing any animal come by and swore to kill all animals the next day.
.
The
rabbit then strode along to the Lion by sunset. The Lion was angry at him. But
the wise rabbit was calm and slowly told the Lion that it was not his fault. He
told the Lion that a group of rabbits were coming to him for the day when on
the way, an angry Lion attacked them all and ate all rabbits but himself. Somehow
he escaped to reach safely, the rabbit said. He said that the other Lion was
challenging the supremacy of his Lordship the Lion. The Lion was naturally very
enraged and asked to be taken to the location of the other Lion.
.
The
wise rabbit agreed and led the Lion towards a deep well filled with water. Then
he showed the Lion his reflection in the water of the well. The Lion was
furious and started growling and naturally its image in the water, the other
Lion, was also equally angry. Then the Lion jumped into the water at the other
Lion to attack it, and so lost its life in the well. Thus the wise rabbit saved
the forest and its inhabitants from the proud Lion.
MORAL:
Wit is superior to brute force.
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10. ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES:
Sai ka laadla saikalaadla@yahoo.com
Salutation To You Oh Sai My Saviour And Hope
Aum Sai Sri Sai Jaya Jaya Sai
Oh Sai Salutations to you Oh
Lord of Lords. You are the ancient, the Purusha and
the Prakrit born of Purusha.
You are the light, which illumines the intellect of the human being. The entire
universe is established in you. It was born out of you and it has no existence
apart from you. After creating it you, at the time of deluge, withdraw in into
yourself. You are the light beyond the sources
of all light.
You stand on the edge of the
sea of darkness, of Tamas which is all that is found
at the end of Pralaya and you bring new life into the
new creation which is born of the old. The cycle is unending and you are the
cause behind the cosmos. It is to have a vision of you that Rishis
spend millions of years absorbed in meditation. You have no birth; no karma to
perform, no names nor any qualities to distinguish you from the others. And yet
out of your Maya you create forms for yourself and these have names and
qualities ascribed to them. The formlessness of you is forgotten by those who
see you take up a form for the sake of the good of the world. You are beyond
the reach of the senses, the mind, the emotions, the
intellect. Still, though you are beyond comprehension there are some who have
realized you by becoming one with you.
You are the seer, the Drastha, for the functioning of the Indriyas,
and
their different individual behavior. You are the cause of everything but
nothing has caused you since you are the Ancient, eternal, everlasting,
without a beginning and so, without an end. There is no limit to you
since you are the Infinite.
You are unaffected by the
gunas and their interplay and, as a result, those who succumb to the Maya caused by the gunas are not able to realize the truth about you. Even as
the glow from the sun and the fire erupt from it, glow for a while and are lost
in the source itself even so, your glory emanates from you. This stream of gunas, this mind, intellect, senses, and the bodies which
enjoy these are all born out of you; and, in the end, are again lost only in
you. They have no separate entity. Famed as you are to the beyond of the gunas, still, you have been known to be the personification
of compassion as far as being like me are concerned, beings who surrender
themselves entirely to you are sure to be cured of their ignorance, their Avidya and will be made to have a vision of the Truth that
is you.
This birth of mine which is
full of Avidya inside as well as outside, this
human’s form and mind is of no use to me. I have no desire to live any more. I
want that moksha which will not be destroyed by the
passage of time. Punya which is acquired is rewarded
by a length of time in heaven. When the punya gets
exhausted man is again thrown back to the world of sin. I want moksha or salvation different from this. I want to be cured
of Avidya. I am a mumukshu
and i salute you who is the
cause of this universe; who pervades everything; and yet, who is apart from all
that you have created; who are the ultimate truth. Yogis see you in their
hearts since their karma's and the results of their karma's have all been burnt in the flame of self knowledge.
The greatness that is you
is hidden from foolish beings like me because our thinking power is clouded by
the sense of ‘I" and "MINE". I surrender myself to that infinite
power, truth, light that is you.
Oh Sai, Lord of Lords
please do not forsake me, cause I am just a small dust in the universe, and I
come to you, and want to merge in you, I do not have any earthly desire and my
only desire is to merge in you.
Thank you oh Sai, My Savior and
only hope. Please do not forsake me, I know your promise but I am a human being
so I once again pray to you not to forsake me.
Bow To
Sri Sai - Peace Be To All
May Baba Be Always With You
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11. LETTERS FROM SAIDEVOTEES:
PEYUSH KUMAR SINGH: peyushks@yahoo.com
On
SaiRam
I am
really grateful to people making this website/ web pages happening, all these man-hours
contributed are donations made to this society for its well being and positive
growth, Sai Baba shall be flourishing you all with his kindness.
My
Regards & Best Wishes To All,
Peyush
Singh
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On
Sai Ram
friends,
Any
devotees in and around
Persatuan
Shirdi Sai Baba, selangor,
No.73,
Jalan Selasih
Tmn
Gembira
41100
Klang,
Thank
you and Sai Ram
Ushalakshmi
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srigeetha ranga
gituranga@gmail.com
On
SaiRam!
Thanks
for adding me to Saidarbar Group. I am glad & honored to be the member of
this Group. I too have some experiences in my life with my most loving SaiRam.
As my
age of Sharing experiences is too young . I will
share my experiences with all the group members when I get some more in the
future.
Srigeetha.
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12. TELUGU
SECTION:
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Shirdi Sai Speaks… (Quotes for the Day)
ISBN: 8120731018
Price: Rs. 250
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New Delhi-110020.
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14. EDITORIAL.
Things
impressed me from Spiritual Gems from Sai Satcharitra:
These
types of Bhakti are like the steps to Mukti. Because of past merits, one comes
into contact with God or His messengers like Saints and at the right time a
Guru instructs him. Intellect and emotion are two parts of the mind and peace
of mind will elude a man till they are properly integrated. Bhakti enables one
to unite with the Higher Self (God).
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