DON'T SMOKE YOUR MIND

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HAVE SMOKE AND DON’T SMOKE YOUR MIND

One day Baba was smoking his chilim and passing it round among those near. One

Mr. Kolambe, a smoker of beedies, was seated at some distance. He felt a desire

to have a puff or two out of the chillim. At once Baba called out to him, "You

boy, come here! Why keep yourself so far? Come near and have a smoke!" Kolambe

joined the group and enjoyed a few puffs.

On a later visit to Shirdi, Baba asked dakshina from everyone except Kolambe.

Kolambe was happy when he thought that Baba was thereby revealing to him that

he had taken note of his having given up his vicious habit of drinking. And

later, when everyone had retired to the wada Kolambe was boasting of his

immunity from Baba’s demands of dakshina. At once Baba sent word to him and

demanded Rs. 2/- as dakshina from him and received it.

Another devotee who had come to Shirdi deposited his balance of Rs. 18/- with

Kolambe in secret so that he might truthfully tell Baba that he had no money if

he should ask for dakshina. Baba turned to him and asked for Rs. 2/- as dakshina

and added, "Take it from this man (i.e., Kolambe) and give it." The man’s device

was obviously found out by Baba! The man then really paid it

(Written by: Pujya Acharya E. Bharadwaja in Sai Baba the Master)

 

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