Prayers written by Sai Baba

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Your Daily Prayers as written by HIM.

 

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Prayers written by Sai Baba

 

WILL YOU, O LORD, LET GO THE HOLD?

 

Prayer written by Baba and given to Kasturi, New Year's Day, 1959

 

Will you, my Lord, let go the hold?

You will not, you will not,

You will not let go,

However bad I be.

 

Will you my Lord, let me waste my years?

You will not, you will not,

You will not let me waste,

However dull I be.

 

Will you my Lord, let me run to ruin?

You will not, you will not,

You will not let me run,

However wayward I be.

 

Will you my Lord let me escape Your eye?

You will not, you will not,

You will not let me escape,

However wanton I be.

 

You cannot but rush to rescue Your own,

You cannot delay for weighing pro and con;

You cannot stay unconcerned when we weep;

You cannot but respond to the prayers of the poor.

 

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I FIRMLY BELIEVE

 

Prayer written by Baba and given to Kasturi, New year's Day, 1960

 

I firmly believe there is none kinder than You,

to shower Grace on me.

Tell me, is this not the reason why

I am at your Lotus Feet?

I firmly believe You will respond quick

when I do pray and plead.

Tell me, is this the reason why

I am crying aloud for you?

I firmly believe You are ever beside me

to guide my steps aright.

Tell me, is this not the reason why

I am Yours thro' day and night.

I firmly believe You can never say 'No'

Whatever I ask from You.

Tell me, is this the reason why

I long for a glance from You?

 

What have you designed for me this time?

Why this dire delay to offer boons?

However long you make me wait and wail

I will not leave, I'll be standing still

Until your loving eyes do turn on me.

 

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DEAR FATHER MINE

 

Prayer written by Baba and given to Kasturi, 23rd November, 1962

 

Hoping You'll guide me-

this day or the day after-

I await your call from day to day.

Hoping You'll give darshan

but afraid you may not,

I'm all alert from hour to hour.

 

Hoping You'll come to me straight

This very instant

I'm watching and praying ever anon.

Hoping You'll smile at me

at last, though not at first,

I'm longingly gazing with thirsty eyes.

 

I shall stand and stay, in deep distress

Until my day of bliss does dawn

I am Yours, Your own, though exiled far.

Dear Father mine! Do heal Your child.

 

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MORNING PRAYER

 

Oh Lord, I am born from the womb of sleep.

I am determined to carry out all tasks this day

as offering to Thee ever present before my mind's eye.

Make my words, thoughts and deeds sacred and pure;

let me not inflict pain on anyone;

let no one inflict pain on me;

direct me, guide me this day.

 

Sri Sathya Sai Baba, SSS, 2 p. 71

 

EVENING PRAYER

 

Oh Lord,

the tasks of this day, whose burden

I placed on you, are over.

It was you, who made me walk,

talk, think and act.

I therefore place on Thy Lotus Feet,

all my words, thoughts and deeds.

My task is done. Receive me.

I am coming back to you.

 

Sri Sathya Sai Baba, SSS, 2 p. 71

 

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O Lord, take my Love

 

This is a prayer written by Sai Baba for some devotees.

 

O Lord, take my love, and let it flow in fullness of devotion to Thee;

O Lord, take my hands, and let them work incessantly for Thee;

O Lord, take my soul, and let it be merged in One with Thee;

O Lord, take my mind and thoughts, and let them be in tune with Thee;

O Lord, take my everything, and let me be an instrument to work for Thee.

 

- Sri Sathya Sai Baba