THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI
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Issue 25 / 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
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DREADFUL EFFECTS OF A VICE
Copious
references are found in the variety of holy texts about the disastrous
consequences of the vices like gambling and the dreadful effects of habitual
drinking. Intoxication results in absent mindedness. Some may take shelter
under the plea that drinks are consumed to forget worries or to spend time or
for enjoyment. In the state of inebriation, even their position in society and
dignity will be forgotten.
Three
verses in the Ramayan containing details of the behavior of men under the
influence of drinks, spelt out by Lord Rama Himself while He was taking rest
before launching the search mission (Sita anevashana), deserve to be propagated
as they are of relevance even in the present days.
In SaiSatchritra – Chapter 19 – Baba
appeared in the dream of a devotee -
“To one addicted to drink, He appeared in his dream, sat
on his chest, pressed it and left him, after he gave a promise not to touch
liquor anymore”.
Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu.
To be
continued…
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2. SAI'S NEWS FROM THE TIME MACHINE:
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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.
Yesterday,
I bowed before Sainath and asked HIM to tell me about the heart. The dream went
like this-
I
began my life journey from a Railway station. By the time I reached the next
station, I got married to a woman. I reached the next station and came across
many friends who tried grabbing my money by inducing me to the luxuries in
life. Then I alighted from the train in the next station where everything is
available for a price. I along with my wife got down there and spent time
together as any other commoner does. Time passed away without our knowledge on
the platform itself. In the meanwhile, our family size increased to four. We
decided to board another train, but my wife prevented me and wanted us to stay
for some more time. The statue of Potti Sriramulu (a freedom fighter and a
bachelor) was piteously laughing at me sarcastically. I got furious and my
sleep got disturbed. What did Sai want to say in this dream?
Later
I realized that journey through life is like a train journey. Our heart takes
the lead role of bridging the gaps with other people. To sustain the contacts
once made, heart pushes us into the endless chain of burning desires. It is
here the help of Guru is needed to come out from the vicious circle of desires.
Samardha Sadhguru alone can pull one out of
the worldly mess.
As
sequel to the yesterday’s dream I continued to know more about the ways the
heart finds to fulfill the materialistic desires.
The mind is always full of unfulfilled wishes
and desires, and mind is restlessly engaged in working to satiate them. Never
let the mind loose the direction while exercising continuous control. The
disciplined mind always travels in the right direction. Invite only good
thoughts in to the mind. Select the best of the good thoughts and make them as
the goals in the life to be achieved. To attain the highest ideals is to
knowing thyself. Never let anger override as the power of reasoning gets lost
and pulls down, one to even greater depths.
A
stable mind thinks healthy with wisdom applied.
NOVEMBER-1994:
Sai-
“How to keep the mind under control”?
The
visual depicted mind as the one that is not bound by any limits and boundaries
is always filled with ever lasting and skyrocketing desires. Every time it has
to be necessarily brought down to the ground state. This realization alone will
help in keeping mind under control.
Let
reality not vanish from the sight every time.
I
prayed Sainath to guide me in keeping the mind away from the evil thoughts. Sai
has shown the following visual-
The
mind is a
Let
there be an outer circle of protection with Sai as center to guard from the
evils.
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:
Sri
SaiBaba further explained: “If you are performing Swadharma, you will get some
beneficial results. Those who are not able to understand the importance of
Swadharma, they criticize as they like. You should not give importance to them.
To those who perform their Swadharma, not only their Ananda will increase, but
also their mental worries will be reduced. To them the attraction
towards worldly activities get reduced and they proceed efficiently in
Atma- Marga. Remember that Divinity is present in every one.”
Observing your mental attitude do your destined duties
selflessly. Practice this.
Lastly,
Baba told about Swadharma thus:
“Do
your duty bound activities, as divine activities and do them with full of
courage. Face the difficulties bravely. You are not different from God –
believe this fully. Why are you getting mentally worried? Why are you wasting
all your energy in securing food? Always think of the Divinity in you. Without
fear loudly express “I am Brahman- Aham Brahmasmi”. I am Para Brahma, I am
present every where in this universe; I am not only in this body”. Know this.
The whole Universe is in you. You are not realizing your greatness. Converting
your Divine power into dutiful action, enjoy it as Divine pleasure with a
delightful heart.
To be
continued…..
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5. SANATANA DHARMA & SRI
SHIRDI SAIBABA
108 Names of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba
The
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Om Shrii dakshinaa-muurtaye Namah.
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Om Shrii venkatesha ramanaaya Namah.
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Om Shrii samartha sadguru Saaii naathaaya Namah.
Shrii
Sadguru Sai Naatha Mahaaraaja kii Jaya!
Hail
Shri Sainath Maharaj, the Supreme Guru
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6. SAIBANISA OFFERS PRANAMS TO “LORD SHIVA” in GOKARNA
Gokarna meaning "Cow's Ear" is a small town situated
in the North Kannada district of the coastal Karnataka
state, India.
Gokarna is about 453 km from Bangalore, 240 km north of Mangalore
and about 59 km from Karwar. Sandwiched between the Gangavali and Agnashini river
mouth it is named for the ear-shaped confluence of two rivers. The town is
known more as a pilgrimage centre than a tourist destination. Locals believe
that Gokarna derives its name from the legend in which Lord Shiva emerged from
the ear of a cow. Gokarna, with its coconut palms, its blue seas and clean
sands, is perfect for an idyllic vacation by the sea.
Gokarna is also an
important centre of Sanskrit learning. Many Hindus perform last rites of a
person here in Gokarna.
The
ancient
Shiva Ratri is
celebrated here with great fanfare. Each year a team builds up two great temple
chariots which is used during the Shiva Ratri
festival. The two great temple chariots lead a procession through the town's
narrow streets, while priests and pilgrims chant hymns in praise of Shiva. More
than a hundred people are needed to pull the chariots with thick ropes while
priests conduct religious ceremonies inside. During the four day Shiva Ratri
festival the small town of
Note: Sri Shirdi Sai
devotees are advised to do Sri Sai Satcharitra Parayana in Gokarna atleast onetime
in lifespan.
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7. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES:
From the files of Saidarbar:
On
Having performed the Maha Kumbabhishekam in all its fullest and
utmost satisfaction we proceeded to the bus terminus to board the bus to
Chennai. Whilst waiting in the queue to collect the reservation tickets, due to
the high commotion and unmanageable crowd at the reservation counter my mother
by oversight left the bag on one of the chair in the waiting hall.
The bag contained Jewels worth 30 sovereigns and cash amount of
Rs.1500/= in all. After lapse of ten minutes having collected the reservation
coupon we boarded the bus which started after a delay of ten minutes. Fifteen
minutes after the bus left Kancheepuram, all of a sudden we realized the bag
was missing and we could recollect that the bag was left behind at the bus
terminus. My mother and my wife were in a confused state of mind about the
missing bag. On coming to know about the loss of the bag, the co-passengers
discouraged us from going back to Kancheepuram to retrieve the bag. But my wife
Mrs. Rani Nagarajan was firm and confident that the bag would certainly be
there.
So we alighted from the bus and proceeded back to Kancheepuram
by an autorickshaw to reach the bus terminus after a period of 15 minutes. By
the grace of our ANTHYARYAMI AND SABKASAMI the bag was lying there safe and
untouched in the very same crowded place having not attracted the eyes of
passers-by. And now shall I tell you my dear SAI bandhus the bag contained
Babas Udhi, Aarthi Song books and locket of Shirdi Sai apart from the things
mentioned earlier. This exhilarating experience reveals the unending and
continuous miracles of Sai Udhi
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8. SPIRITUAL
GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA
Swamy swamymain@yahoo.com
Sai Ram. Let us continue with the Spiritual Gems from
this chapter. Sai Ram. SS refers to Sri Sai Satcharitra and SVS refers to me,
Sai's servant and tool to bring these Spiritual Gems to you. Sai Ram.
SS: The Pandharpur
Pleader
We shall close
this Chapter with short story showing Baba's omniscience and His using it for
correcting people and setting them on the right path. Once a pleader from
Pandharpur came to Shirdi, went to the Dwarakamai, saw Sai Baba, fell at His
Feet and, without being asked, offered some Dakshina, and sat in a corner eager
to hear the talk that was going on.
SVS: Sai Ram. His
eagerness is good and brought him to Shirdi. Sai Ram.
SS: Then Baba turned
His face towards him and said - "How cunning the people are! They fall at
the feet, offer Dakshina, but inwardly give abuses behind the back. Is not this
wonderful?" This cap (remark) fitted the pleader and he had to wear (take)
it. None understood the remark. The pleader grasped it, but kept silent. When
they returned to the Wada, the pleader said to Kakasaheb Dixit - "What
Baba remarked was perfectly right. The dart (remark) was aimed at me; it was a
hint to me that I should not indulge in reviling or scandalizing others
(calling by names). When the subjudge or munsiff of Pandharput (Mr.Noolkar)
came and stayed here for the improvement of his health, a discussion about this
matter was going on in the bar-room at Pandharpur (as it ever happens in many a
bar-room). It was said or discussed there whether the ailments, from which the
sub-judge suffered were, ever likely to be got rid of without medicines, by
merely going after Sai Baba, and whether it
was proper for an educated man, like the sub-judge, to have
recourse to such methods. The sub-judge was taken to task, i.e. he was criticized,
as also Sai Baba. I also took some part in this affair; and now Sai Baba showed
the impropriety of my conduct. This is not a rebuke to me, but a favor, an
advice that I should not indulge in any scandal or slander of others; and not
interfere unnecessarily in others' affairs".
SVS: Sai Ram.
Being a cunning fellow (cunning people are intelligent, but their intelligence
is going in wrong channels, by addressing him indirectly as cunning, Sai
advised him to channelise his intelligence rightly), he got the message
quickly. It was Sai's specialty to make some remarks which only the intended
among the audience understood. Sai Ram.
We heard of Sri
Tatyasaheb Noolkar in the early chapters of Satcharitra. Shri Hemadpant was met
by Sri Noolkar (See Chapter 2) and Shri Hemadpant refers to him as a great Sai
devotee. And it is interesting to note that Shri Noolkar was not initially
willing to go to Shirdi but was pulled there because of his poorva janma bandha
and it is also interesting to note that he stayed in Shirdi without going back
to Pandharput and passed away in Shirdi. Sai remarked that Noolkar went ahead
of us and he won't be reborn, indicating that Shri Noolkar got Mukti,
liberation. Sai Ram. Similarly Baba took pity on this pleader too and pulled
him to Shirdi and gave him a good upadesh. Sai Ram.
SS: Shirdi is
about 100 Koss (Koss=3 miles) distant from Pandharpur; still Baba by His
omniscience knew what transpired there in the bar-room. The intervening places
-- rivers, jungles and mountains - were not a bar to His all-perceiving sight
and He could see or read the hearts of all. There was nothing secret or veiled
from Him. Everything, far or near, was plain and clear to Him as broad as
daylight. Let a man be far or near, he cannot avoid the all-pervading gaze of
Sai Baba. From this incident, the pleader took the lesson that he should never
speak ill of others, nor unnecessarily criticize them. This
his evil tendency was completely got rid of, and he was set on the right
path.
Though the story
refers to a pleader, still it is applicable to all. All should, therefore, take
this lesson to heart and profit thereby.
Sai Baba's
greatness is unfathomable, so are His wonderful Leelas. His life is also such;
for He is Para-Brahman (Lord God) incarnate.
SVS: Sai Ram. Baba
was One with all animate and inanimate objects, the
whole universe and hence had no difficulty to know what is going on anywhere.
And when the devotee is ready, he was pulled to Sai and given the right advice
so that the path becomes easier to him. Sai Ram.
We will take up
the next chapter in the coming weeks. Sai Ram.
Bow to Shri Sai
- Peace be to all
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9. 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 Legend of the Rice
In
the days when the earth was young and all things were better than they now are,
when men and women were stronger and of greater beauty, and the fruit of the
trees was larger and sweeter than that which we now eat, rice, the food of the
people, was of larger grain.
One
grain was all a man could eat; and in those early days, such, too, was the
merit of the people, they never had to toil gathering the rice, for, when ripe,
it fell from the stalks and rolled into the villages, even unto the granaries.
And upon a year when the rice was larger and more plentiful than ever before, a
widow said to her daughter "Our granaries are too small. We will pull them
down and build larger."
When
the old granaries were pulled down and the new one not yet ready for use, the
rice was ripe in the fields. Great haste was made, but the rice came rolling in
where the work was going on, and the widow, angered, struck a grain and cried,
"Could you not wait in the fields until we were ready? You should not
bother us now when you are not wanted."
The rice broke into thousands of pieces and said
"From this time forth, we will wait in the fields until we are
wanted," and from that time the rice has been of small grain, and the
people of the earth must gather it into the granary from the fields.
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10. ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES:
Sai ka laadla: saikalaadla@yahoo.com
He is The
Father - Only Eternal
Aum Sai Sri Sai Jaya Jaya Sai
The relationship
between Sri Sai Baba and His devotee is expressed in several ways. He is the
mother, He is the father. He is Sadguru and He is God. He can be anything to
anyone, just the way one would like it. However, the difference is that the
relationship is permanent and existed even before it was known or felt. Sri Sai
Baba would often say, I will draw my devotee to me,
just as a bird is drawn with strings attached to its legs. The analogy aptly
refers to the agitated mind of the child that is comforted by the thought of
His safe hands. Let us see the relationship beautifully expressed in the
following phrases:
This relationship
between the Supreme Being and the individual soul [human being] will never be
allowed to be snapped. Unlike the steps taken by a father to groom his son or
daughter and the latter expressing his gratitude, which acts are merely
temporary, the tie between God and His devotees will be unbroken forever. The
essential requirement of the latter is to shed his ego. Saint Appar has said
even as a snake bites a person, ego stings him resulting in aberration in his
behavior. Secondly, as a servant, he should demonstrate how he is always
dependent on the Almighty. Poet Kamban has pointed out how Rama [God in the
form of human being] followed Sage Vishwamitra and how Laxman dutifully
attended on Him. I serve Him to please Him were his words. Likewise a sincere devotee
should declare pleading with God, I want only You and
none else and nothing else'.
The term devotion'
has been described in holy works from different angles. The essence of it, in
simple manner, will be that it represents perfection of humility and ardent
service to God and His messengers and also extinction of ones ego and ill will.
It should not be mistaken with the display of mere emotional rapture. Then,
what will be the definition of a sincere devotee? This too has been stated
clearly, namely that he is one who has clear understanding of his relationship
with the Almighty and that the bond that exists between the two is permanent.
He should hold on to the feet of one God alone without switching his loyalty to
various deities. A devotee will assiduously carry out Divine commands, and will
attend on spiritual guides.
Bow To Sri Sai - Peace Be To All
May Baba Be Always
With You
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"Saraswathi Devi": saras_devi@yahoo.com
Wed,
At the Dvivne feet Of mother Sai!
Paap kiya kya bolo Swami
tere darshan mile na
tujhe dekhe bina ek pal bhi
roye mere naina
sab ko thum ne bulaaya SHIRIDI
aur PARTHI
mujh ko kyun na bulaaya thune
kya mujh mein nahin bhakthi
kithnaa bhi samjhaun Swami
kithnaa bhi samjhaun dilko
ye dil maanenaa
tujhe dekhe bina
ek pal bhi roye mere naina ||paap kiya kya bolo swami||
ithna katin na raho
o
mere SWAMI
darshan dikao mere antharyaami
mein na shabari SWAMI
mein na shabari
jisne kiya tera
saalo intezaar
dil mera pukaare tujhe
yuhin baar baar
dil mera pukaare tujhe
yuhin baar baar SWAMI
||paap kiya kya bolo SWAMI||
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11. LETTERS FROM SAIDEVOTEES:
"Kumbakonam
Venkataraman" venkataramanks7@yahoo.com
Jaya
Jaya Sankara Hara Hara Sankara
Dear friends,
You
would be happy to know that in the interest of easier and wider reach, as
directed by Sri Periyaval of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti peetam, the English monthly
magazine Nitya Kalyan, dedicated to spreading knowledge on Vedic Heritage,
Devotional Literature, True values of life, and Principles of Self Development
has become a free E-magazine from October 2006.
The
magazine will be posted as a file before 20th of every month in
the yahoo group Nitya Kalyan (category: Vedism). Interested persons
may join the group and have the advantage of Nitya Kalyan. Those who
would like the magazine to be sent to them as individual E-mail may
kindly write to K S Venkataraman. E-mail: venkataramanks7@yahoo.com
With
kind regards,
K
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Thu,
JAI
SAI RAM!
I
feel very excited to receive your emails on Sai Magazine “The Glory of Shirdi
Sai”. It is indeed a blessing from BABA to get associated with you all. Regards,
Shobha
Venugopal
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14. EDITORIAL.
Things
impressed me from this magazine:
Some
may take shelter under the plea that drinks are consumed to forget worries or to
spend time or for enjoyment. In the state of inebriation, even their position
in society and dignity will be forgotten.
Always
think of the Divinity in you. Without fear loudly express “I am Brahman- Aham
Brahmasmi”. I am Para Brahma, I am present every where in this universe; I am
not only in this body.
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