Purity, Compassion, Surrender

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Jaya Sri Radhey! Namaste.

 

Here is an excerpt for the Seekers of Beloved God from the site of

Sri Sai Baba of Shirdi at:

 

http://www.shirdisaibabafoundation.org

 

Purity : Baba never approved of austerity for the sake of austerity.

He emphasized the need for inner purification than outer austerities.

No amount of physical and external cleansing would serve any purpose

if the man remained impure in mind and heart.

 

Therefore, Baba cautioned His devotees not to make austerity as an

end itself, least they should indulge in physical mortification. His

spiritual radiance brought about such transformation in the seekers

that they inclined away from the impurities in word, deed or thought.

 

Baba never preached in this regard, He radiated such influence that

absorbed the impure tendencies and prepared the aspirant to keep

himself chaste, pure, simple and upright, so as to be fit to receive

His Grace.

 

Compassion : Baba Himself was the epitome of compassion and love.

It was this `love aspect' of Him that He embodied Himself

to help the suffering lot.

The warmth of His divine compassion touched all the creatures

equally.

 

Baba often told His devotees, `Never turn away anybody from your

door, be it a human being or animal'. At several instances He

identified Himself with any form like dog, horse, cow or even a fly,

to prove His presence in the consciousness of all the creatures.

 

Complete Surrender: Shri Sai reiterated the essentiality of complete

surrender to the `Guru' with his own example when he said

pointing to his physical frame, "This body is my house. I am not

here. My Guru (Master) has taken me away".

 

One who reaches the feet of fully realized spiritual masters, must

surrender his body, mind and soul to the Guru. The spiritual benefit

accruing to an aspirant of the path is in measure in which the

surrender to the Master is done. The more he gives himself the more

he receives. Perfect Master say `Give us all you have, we will

give you all we possess'

 

Infact, the spiritual mentor works harder to help the aspirant to

make a total surrender to himself. At times Baba adopted shock

tactics to weaken or eliminate the ego of the seeker.

 

There was a supreme peerless quality in Baba's personality which

made all those who came in his contact, feel the urge to surrender to

him.

Sai Baba was in the truest sense a Guru incarnate, who naturally

attracted people and they were willing and anxious enough to

surrender to him.

 

He said, `Keep still and I will do the rest'.

The tremendous power of the Guru is working, all that the seeker has

to do is to refrain from obstructing it !

This is only possible if the surrender is complete.

 

 

http://www.shirdisaibabafoundation.org/pcs.htm

 

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Jaya Sri Radhey!