Guest guest Posted November 19, 2003 Report Share Posted November 19, 2003 Pranams to all members, I am Saibanisa - GopalaRao Ravada from Saidarbar -Hyderabad. Kindly go through latest issue of "THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI" and receive the Blessings from Baba. In the Service of Lord Sainath and His devotees, Saibanisa - GopalaRao Ravada. - THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI A FORTNIGHTLY E-MAGAZINE (ISSUE-XXII/ 2003) 16-11-2003 to 30-11-2003 Please visit our Web site: http://www.saidarbar.org THIS ISSUE CONTAINS: 1. NEWS FROM TIME MACHINE 2. SAI PHILOSOPHY 3. SAI IN LETTERS 4. SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA 5. QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY 6. JOURNEY THROUGH THE OCEAN OF HEMADRI PANTH 7. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES 8. SAI WITH CHILDREN 9. ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES 10. LETTERS FROM SAI DEVOTEES 11. FROM SAI ORGANISATIONS 12. EDITOR'S DESK ---------------- 1 SAI'S NEWS FROM THE TIME MACHINE: Ashwin/Vadya 13, 1910: Saibaba pushed His arm in to the bright 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. ---------------- 2. SAI PHILOSOPHY: SAI PHILOSOPHY FROM THE DIARY OF SAI.BA.NI.SA. These messages are the outcome and essence of the dream sequences of Saibanisa as given by Lord Sainath, which reflect the Sai Philosophy and his high thinking. They carry a sense of deep meaning and are generally thought provoking, enough to set one?s thinking process. 31) 26-07-1995: Things in the materialistic world tend to induce self- centerdness, while taste of ?Adhyatma? inculcates that every thing around us belongs to God and is his creation. 32) 28th July 1995: Do not sing in praise of rich. Sing your song in praise of "LORD" in front of him. .. 33) 30th August 1995: Keep away from a wealthy man full of ego and a beautiful woman with perverted thoughts. .. 34) 5th September 1995: You only know what I told in the court of Dhulia but what you do not know is that I worked as a priest (Gargamuni). in the House of Lord Krishna. .. 35) 5th September 1995: God created "Atma" the number is fixed which neither increases, nor decreases, when it leaves the physical body it finds another dwelling and enters in to it i.e., a new body or form. The process of creation is endless. .. Translated and presented by RAGHU RAMAN SATULURY --------------------------- 3. SAI IN LETTERS: Madhusudhan Nori, Hyderabad, India nomavi AUM SRI SAIRAM SAI IN LETTERS(Saibanisa's letters to his Son) http://www.saidarbar.org/HTML/ocean_of_mercy/sai3.jpg Translated from the Telugu original into English by Sri Sai Devotee Madhusudan Nori. Secunderabad - 28 February 2000 I request the readers to read first Sri Sai Satcharitra in English by Late Sri Nagesh Vasudev Gunaji, before reading these letters. http://www.geocities.com/seenukv/day-01-thu.htm OM SAI Hyderabad 27 January 1992 Letter - 22 (Chapter -24) Dear Chakrapani, Life is a combination of happiness and misery. A small part of that happiness is provided by laughter through sense of humour. Whenever Sri Sai wanted to convey a new message to HIS devotees, HE used to narrate a parable with reference to an occurrence at that time. HE used sometimes wit and humour in HIS narratives. In this chapter Hemadri Pant describes how Sri Sai humorously conveyed a message on offering food to others before partaking the same oneself. In that episode Sri Sai gave a very good message to HIS devotees - Do you think of or remember ME before eating? Am I not with you always? Before eating anything are you offering the same to ME? -. Think deeply and contemplate on this message, understand it and mentally offer the food and water to Sri Sai before eating or drinking the same. Make your life blessed in this way. Similarly when the Devil (Bad behavioral habits such as Lust, Anger, Greed, Infatuation, Ego /Pride and Jealousy) in you raises its head hissing like a Cobra, before giving in to it, just meditate on Sri Sai for one minute and HE will lead you on to the right path. There may be a difference in the way you worship Sri Sai and the way worship is offered to Sri Sai by another devotee of your group. Your way of worship is yours and the other person's way of worship is that person. Both the methods are correct in their own way, so do not meddle in such issues. It is not enough to go to Sri Sai Temple on Thursdays and participate in the worship by singing the aarati. One must see Sri Sai in each and every living being. One must take HIS name silently every moment. One must diligently follow HIS teachings and try to follow the path tread by HIM. That does not mean that one must renounce one's family and become a Sanyasi (Recluse). You must carry out your responsibilities in life with the aid of Sri Sai through HIS Namasmarana (silent repetitive chanting of Sri Sai's name) and earn HIS Love and Grace. In Service of Sri Sai, Your Father. Translated from the Telugu original into English by Sri Sai Devotee Madhusudan Nori. 13 June 2000, Secunderabad. ------------ 4. SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA "SV.SWAMY" svswamy1 & swamyswarna Tue, 18 Nov 2003 09:32:29 IST Sai Ram. Let us continue with the Spiritual Gems from the ocean of Sai Satcharitra. Shri Hemadpant says - It is said that though God created various sorts of creatures he was not satisfied, for none of them was able to know and appreciate His work. So he had to create a special being - Man, and endow him with a special faculty, viz. Knowledge and when He saw that man was able to appreciate His Leela - marvelous work and intelligence. He was highly pleased and satisfied. (Vide Bhagawat 11-9-28). So really it is good luck to get a human body, and best one, to get an opportunity of having recourse to Sai Baba's Feet and surrendering to Him. This is an echo of what was written in Viveka Chudamani, which is attributed to Sri Adi Shankara. By the way Viveka, means discrimination. And Viveka Chudamani means the Crest Jewel of Discrimination, discrimination of what is Real and what is Unreal. The Reality is that there is only One Supreme Self. The physical bodies, the variety of objects in this world, which appear to be Real are but images projected on a screen by the Self. When the author (Shri Hemadpant) wrote that it is better luck to get birth in a Brahmin family, he had a deeper meaning to convey. He was not referring to the caste, but to the way a person conducts himself. He who has interest in Brahma Jnan is a Brahmin. That is who is interested in spiritual knowledge, that helps one get rid of this birth-death cycle. Surrendering to Sai Baba's feet, that is dissolving the ego into the supreme Self is the best means of realizing Brahma, that is one's true Self. Shri Hemadpant next says - Realizing how precious the human life is, and knowing that Death is certain and may snatch us at any time, we should be ever alert to achieve the object of our life, i.e. self-realization. We should meditate on the Self, day and night. If we fail to do this, we reduce ourselves to the level of beasts. Here, we find the two paths to Self-realization. One has already been described in the earlier paragraph, i.e. total surrender to Guru. Surrendering to Him is a very significant statement. He is not Sai in the physical body, but the Self, manifesting as that body for that period of time. Now the second path described is Self-enquiry, or 'meditate on the Self'. By the constant meditation on the Self, the same realization comes as by surrender to self - namely that the individual ego has no separate existence from the Self and the feeling of separation is an illusion developed by the ego over ages. Shri Hemadpant continues - The most effective and speedy way to gain our object is to approach a worthy Saint or Sage - Sadguru, who has himself attained God-vision. .His movements and simple talks give us 'silent' advice. The 'silent' advice is a reference to Dakshinamurthy, that form of Sri Siva, portrayed as eternal 16-year young Guru, Who clears all doubts of physically much elder Sages like Sanaka, Sanandana etc., not by speaking, but by making them transcend the mind. Since doubts are a part of mind, transcending the mind clears all doubts too. So, they withdraw from the senses and still the mind. In the stillness of the mind, real knowledge shines, just as the image of the Sun is clear when the water is unruffled by breeze. The virtues of forgiveness, calmness, disinterestedness, charity, benevolence, control of mind and body, egolessness etc. are observed by the disciples as they are being practiced in such pure and holy company. This enlightens their minds and lifts them up spiritually. Sai Baba was such a Sage or Sad-Guru. Though He acted as a Fakir (mendicant), He was always engrossed in the Self. He always loved all beings in whom He saw God or Divinity. By pleasures He was not elated. He was not depressed by misfortunes. Shri Hemadpant describes the signs of a true Jnani. Since the Jnani is free from the shackles of the ego, He is not affected by external events such as pleasures or misfortunes. He, whose glance would turn a beggar into a king, used to beg His food from door to door in Shirdi, and let us now see how He did it. He had a very special purpose in begging His food in that small village. He used that simple act of begging to teach many devotees, valuable spiritual lessons. Blessed are the people of Shirdi, in front of whose houses, Baba stood as a beggar and called out, "Oh Lassie, give Me a piece of bread" and spread out His hand to receive the same. Baba was showing the signs of a true Brahmachari, that is one who moves in and with Brahma. What is done now-a-days as a small ritual at the time of the Upanayana Samskara, that is the Ceremony which gives the Yagnopavita, sacred thread to the brahmachari, and which is considered as a necessary 'ritual' preceding marriage, has a very deep spiritual meaning. A true Brahma Jnani has no sense of mine or thine, so no ego problem in begging food for preserving the body so that it can do its duty. Baba's tongue knew no taste, as He had acquired control over it. Taste, external beauty, and similar sensations, that is signals received by the five sensory organs have no doubt a place in the ordinary day-to-day affairs. But for a Brahma Jnani, who has transcended the mind, taste has no significance. So, all food was mixed up and eaten. Dogs, cats and crows freely ate from it and Baba never drove them away. The woman who swept the floor of the Dwarakamayi took some 10 or 12 pieces of bread to her house, and nobody prevented her from doing so. How could, He, who even in dreams never warded off dogs and cats by harsh words and signs, refuse food to poor helpless people? Blessed indeed is the life of such a noble person! Sai Ram. Again by His conduct, He showed that He is one with all animate and inanimate, sentient and insentient beings. Doing good acts consciously is different from doing it automatically as True Real Nature. that is why Shri Hemadpant says there, even in dreams never warded off a very significant statement! In dreams, the hidden side of the mind comes to the forefront. So all negative emotions which might have been suppressed in conscious state come up, since the control of the mind is relaxed in sleep and in dreams. So, Sai did not have a harsh word for anyone else even in dream. Since Sai is one with everyone and there is no one else. Once that state is realized by the individual ego, it no longer exists separately and is no longer troubled by Maya, Illusion, and sense of separation. - Sai Ram -SV Swamy ------------------------------- 5. QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY: (By Late Sri Bharam UmamaheswaraRao) "Shashi": shashi_31 7. The Path of Knowledge Preached by Sri Sai Baba to His devotees. Baba's advice to His devotees to follow the following fundamental principles in their lives: ?Peace is a Sacred virtue. It is the embodiment of the self. It is an ornament to man. The heart of the selfless one is its abode. Losing this holy ornament peace, which is eternal and everlasting, you will fall prey to agitation and unrest?. ?The Universe is created, sustained and dissolved by the Trigunas. These Trigunas are the life breath of this illusionary world, and activate the workings of the Universe, influenced by the Trigunas, you are losing the Divine Jewel of Peace?. ?You should strive not to come under the spell of evil company. Give up evil company, wish for noble company, do meritorious deeds day and night; think of the eternal?. ?Evil Company results in evil feelings, wrecks your human quality and devalues your life. Its is this loss of virtue which leaves you as a man in form, but not as a man in action. Evil Company is like a venomous worm, which instantaneously preys on the noble virtues of man and kills them in the end?. ?The words of evil sound sweet; but the mind is saturated with poison. The evil man is the very opposite of the true man. He who so ever observes the harmony of thought, word and deed is a real man. You must cultivate Divine feelings and lead a life of exemplary excellence?. ?It is not mere association with evil persons that constitute evil company. The cultivation of evil qualities is also evil company?. ?If you want to shine in full splendor, you totally exterminate ego, envy, falsehood etc. You must completely drive them away without leaving any trace.? ?You must develop self-respect, self-confidence and self-support. You are all lacking these qualities. Develop them. The person who makes self-sacrifice can acquire self-satisfaction. If you cultivate al these, then only, you will enjoy freedom and justice. This love is the basis of Universal Brotherhood. By cultivating this love, the Divinity in you will shine.? ?You will realize that yourself and God are one if you persistently practice the faith that ?I am God?. Mere lip service yields no results. You must practice the unity of thought, word and deed. You will develop spiritually. Listen to spiritual teachings with one-pointed attention. What you heard, you must remember and act upon them. The tongue should utter the Divine name, the ear must rejoice form, the heart should be filled with love for God. Strive sincerely to practice this.? ?Don?t waste food. Food is God. Your body is made of food. Eat as much as it is necessary to eat. But do not throw away food by taking too much of it. By wasting food, you will be wasting Divine Energy.? ?Don?t waste money. God is wealth. Since God is wealth, misuse of money is evil. Practice charity by gifting away money, food, clothes etc., instead of misusing them in extravagance. Misuse of money is sin and evil?. ?Time wasted is a life wasted, spend the time by using sanctifying words. Wasting time is wasting God-given life?. ?Don?t waste energy. You are all wasting energy by indulging in bad thoughts, bad looks, hearing bad things and doing bad actions?. ?If you try to practice all these, a time will come, when your mind will be extinguished and you will achieve merger with the Divine?. ?If you are afflicted by evil thoughts at the time of eating, these evil thoughts affect the food you take, and consequently affects your mind. Mind is born of the food you take. That is why you must take satwic food. The gross part of the food you take will be converted to excreta, the remaining part of the food makes your muscles strong, the subtle part of the food becomes the mind. Similarly, the gross part of the water you takes becomes urine; subtle part of it becomes blood and the remaining part becomes the Prana?. ?If you attain any power, you need not feel overconfident about your prosperity. You should constantly remember that whatever you enjoyed was due to the grace of God only, and also due to the good acts you have done earlier and for having upheld the rules of Law of Righteousness only. It is clear that once the fruits of a person?s pious acts get exhausted, the consequences of his sins will have their effect and he has no other alternative but to face them. The benefits of good acts yield good results. Virtue only will win over vice and those who contravene the rules will suffer?. To be continued? -------------------------- 6. JOURNEY THROUGH THE OCEAN OF HEMADRI PANTH: QUIZ leela dhar : leedharart Fri, 24 Oct 2003 17:52:02 +0100 (BST) Quiz for Issue 22 Chapter XXXIV 1) The Doctors nephew was suffering from a) T.B b) Leprosy c) Fever d)Stomach ache 2) "Still you disbelieve me" was being heard by the _________ a) Dr.Pillar b) Doctor of Malegaon c) Shama d) Abdul 3) Baba called Dr.Pillay a) Beta b) Bhakta c) Bhau d) Bhai Saheb 4) Who told Baba the request of Dr.Pillay? a) Kaka Saheb Dixit b) Nanasaheb c) Dr. of Nasik d) Abdul 5) What was the name of the crow, which pecked Dr.Pillay? a) Kaka Saheb Dixit b) Nana c) Shama d) Abdul 6) Who's sister-in-law was suffering from Bubonic Plague a) Shama b) Dr.Pillay c) Bapaji c) Kaka Saheb Dixit 7) The Iranian gentleman got the udi from _____- and applied to his daughter a) Dr.Pillay b) Shama c) Kakasaheb d) Nana Saheb 8) Who gave udi to the old man of Harda? a) Dixit b) Nana c) Shama d) Inamadar 9) Who advised the woman of Kayastha Prabhu caste to be taken to Baba for delivery? a) Nana b) Dr.Pillay c) Sri Rama Maruthi d) Kakasaheb Chapter XXXV 1) What were the conditions of the friend of Kaka Mahajani to go to Shirdi? a) Baba should not ask for faith and patience b) He should not be forced to bow and/or pay dakshina c) He will not bow and will not take udi d) He will pay dakshina and pray to Baba 2) Baba asked dakshina twice from a) Kaka Mahajani b) Kakas friend c) Thakkar Dharmasey Jethabhai d) Balaji Patil 3) Kaka was the manager of a _______ in Bombay a) Hotel b) Cinema house c) Hospital d) Firm of Solicitors 4) What did Kaka buy as presentation to Baba a) Dry fruits b) Kaju c) Raisins d) Guava 5) What kind of grapes did Mr.Thakkar get? a) With seeds b) Without seeds d) Black grapes d) Green grapes 6) What was the second test of Tarkkar to Baba? a) Distribution of grapes to Kaka last b) Kaka should accompany him back to Bombay c) Distribution to start with Kaka d) Sour grapes to be converted into sweet 7) Mr Thakkar paid Rs._____ as Dakshina to Baba a) Rs.10 b) Rs.12 c) Rs.11 d) Rs.15 8) The Kayastha Prabhu Gentleman of Bombay was suffering from a) TB b) Insomania c) Leprosy d) Stomach ache 9) Who swept the passage and streets of Shridi a) Kaka b) Shama c) Tatya d) Balaji Patil Newaskar 10) What was offered to the serpent? a) Eggs b) Prayers c) Milk d) Udi Answers Chapter 34 1) a 2) b 3) c 4) a 5) d 6) a 7) c 8) d 9) c Chapter 35 1) b 2) a 3) d 4) c 5) b 6) c 7) d 8) b 9) d 10 ) c ------ 7. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES: Sujata Subramanian: vijilakshmi Wed, 29 Oct 2003 19:45:54 IST Dear Saibandhu, Humble pranams at the Lotus Feet of Sadguru Sri Shirdi Sai Baba.I am writing this letter after some gap. I want to share an experience with you and take your advice on this. On Vijayadasami day (5.10.2003) I did the usual parayan of Sai Sat Charitra and I had planned to visit the Shirdi Sai temple at Saipuram, Injambakkam, Chennai. But unforeseen circumstances cropped up and I was unable to visit the temple as planned. I was very disappointed and then I surrendered to Baba's will thinking it is his wish. At night at about 8:30 p.m. one of my mother's friends visited our place with the articles of haldi-kumkum (beetel leaves, beetelnuts, fruit and coconut) as per the custom in Tamilnadu. But the biggest miracle is she also gifted a small murti of Shirdi Sai Baba to my mother saying that she has just returned from Shirdi and this murti is from there. I was overjoyed and understood that this is Baba's blessing to me and my family. This compensated for my mental agitation of not being able to visit the Baba temple on Dassera day. I would be very happy if you could publish this letter under devotee's experiences in the Sai darbar magazine under the name " Vijayalakshmi Swaminathan" -------- 8. SAI WITH CHILDREN: http://www.saidarbar.org/HTML/portraits/7.jpg Smt. MadhuGopal Ravada, Saidarbar, Hyderabad. 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. So I have taken this responsibility. Tell your parents to read the Glory of Shirdi Sai - Fortnightly E-magazine and narrate you the stories from this magazine. RAMLAL AND THE GOAT: Ram Lal, lived in the village of Udatu. He was famous for his capacity to eat. To show off before the villagers, he would eat the dinner of ten persons in one sitting. As he grew old, his health began to fail. He started suffering from vomiting and loose motions. The Vaidji advised him to reduce the food to one bowl of khichdi and a glass of milk per day. For a few days he tried khichidi and cow milk as he had a cow, but to no avail. Vaidji refused to give him further medicine until he arranged to have goat milk. Left with no alternative he began to pay for the milk. After a month, he calculated and found that he had paid one third of the price of a goat for a month's supply of milk. He decided to save his expense by buying a goat himself. He went to the weekly market and bought one. As he came walking back to the village, he was followed by three cheats. They planned to deceive Ram Lal and get the goat. Running ahead through the forest, they waited separately at some distance to each other. As he reached the first cheat, he was surprised to see him laugh out loudly. The cheat clapped his hands and pointed to the goat. "Oh look at the mongrel the man is dragging. It is the same one we shooed out of the village." Ram Lal was very annoyed and cried, "You fool! Can't you see that it is a goat or are you a blind?" the cheat continued to laugh and point as Ram Lal walked ahead. After some time, Ram Lal saw that the goat was tired and could barely walk. Having pity on the animal, he slung it across his shoulders and walked on. The second cheat was waiting further away. He called out to Ram Lal " Are you mad that you carry this sickly dog on you shoulders? It is infected and we turned it out of our village." Ram Lal looked at the cheat with surprise and said, "My dear man! Is there something wrong with the villagers here that they call a goat a dog or are you weak of eye-sight?". The cheat laughed and replied, "It is you who are a fool and cannot differentiate between a goat and a dog. Any way walk on as it is of little concern to me." So Ram Lal walked on. Now the third cheat accosted him. "What are you doing with this dog my dear fellow! Be careful or you my get infected." Ram Lal put down the goat and looked on in awe. He was sure now that there was a dog in front of him and not a goat. He was convinced that he had been cheated and started throwing stones at the goat. The goat ran away towards the market to be caught by the cheats who again sold it to a customer. Thus Ram Lal came back empty handed. LESSON: 'Have confidence in your self or you are likely to be duped by others'. --------------------------- 9. ARTICLES FROM SAIDEVOTEES: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 08:53:15 +0000 (GMT) Arun Reddy: arunreddy_n Sai.Omniscient Spiritual pursuit does not necessarily have to be confined to one particular way or a particular thought. How is it possible to realize the all pervading conscious by a pursuit that confines one to a particular practice or faith? Such a practice may be fruitful as long as one realizes its limitation and yearn to grow beyond the confines of human convenience. God blesses such souls. Ramachander Atmaram also known as Baba Saheb Tarkhad was a staunch member of "Prardhana Samaj", a spiritual community that decries worship of any idols or other forms. Mr. Tarkhad?s wife and son were devotes to Sai Baba and were frequent visitors to Shirdi. Mr. Tarkhad, a broad-minded humanist did not object to his family?s worship of Baba. Once Mrs. Tarkhad and her son wanted to go to Shirdi to have Baba?s darshan. It was decided that during their absence away from home, Mr. Tarkhad would perform the daily prayer of Sainath at home including the worship of Baba?s picture and offering Prasad. The ritual went on without any hitch for the first two days. On the third day, Mr. Tarkhad performed the prayers to Baba?s picture and left to his work forgetting to offer Prasad during the morning ritual. About the same time, Mrs.Tarkhad and her son were in Shirdi at Sai?s abode. Baba called Mrs. Tarkhad nearer and said that He visited their home that morning and that He had to return empty handed, as there was nothing for Him to partake. Sensing something unwanted; Mrs. Tarkhad?s son wrote a letter to his father back home explaining the puzzling parable that Baba narrated the morning. Later that day, Mr. Tarkhad returned home from work, realizing his mistake that morning he chided himself for not keeping his word to his wife and son. He, then, wrote a letter to his wife and son in Shirdi, detailing about the happening that day. Both the letters were delivered to the respective recipients at the same time. Mr.Tarkhad wondered how Baba was able to know about the event that happened several hundreds miles away. This incident brought about a big change in his attitude and he realized the oneness of Sai Baba, whether it is a picture, idol, or without. This incident shattered his personal convictions and broadened his comprehension of God and spirituality. He began to join his wife and son in offering prayers to Baba and eventually became one of the Baba?s well-known devotees. Arun Reddy Nukala --------------------- 10. LETTERS FROM SAIDEVOTEES: himachandra Bollineni: hima_chandra Sat, 08 Nov 2003 04:08:54 IST Respected Sir, Thank you very much for your mail. We are happy to see your wishes for Sri Sai Baba's Idol installation function. I am really happy to say that Saidarbar is doing a great service to Sai devotees around the globe. Thank you once again. OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI. Hima Chandra. 11/11/2003 10:00:24 -0700 komalmadnani2003 This site www.saidarbar.org, has been really blessed by Sai Baba himself, the Saibanisa experiences are great, may Lord Sai bless the same always. komal Madnani -- 11/15/2003 04:51:39 -0000 arun_anu Dear Saisewakji, Jai Sai Ram I want to request you that since I was getting this news letter from you for the last two weeks regularly and was pained not to receive this on this Thursday. So please enroll me on your mailing list for this regularly. It was wonderful to go through this letter and do not want to be left out with Baba's blessings in this way. Thank you for the very good work and hope will be getting this regularly and at the same time to request to send me this week's letter also. Jai Sai Ram Arun and Anu ------------ 11. FROM SAI ORGANISATIONS: Visit http://shirdisaifaith.Ocatch.com/index.html for Saidarbar -Chennai -India activities. Visit http://www.angelfire.com/sd/SaidarbarCanberra/index.html for Saidarbar - Canberra - Australia activities. Visit http://www.viswasaidarbar.com for Saidarbar - London Activities. Visit http://www.geocities.com/wallingfordsai for Saidarbar - Walling ford Activities Shirdi Sai Baba <wallingfordsai Mon, 10 Nov 2003 08:05:28 IST Saidarbar Walling ford - PA Dear Sai Bandhus, Sai Ram.Our next Satsang will be held on 23-Nov-2003 @ 06:00 P.M at Mr. Senthil Kumar's Residence. You may contact us for further detail at wallingfordsai or senthilpkumar or call us at 610.447.1232.All are welcome and please pass on this message to other Sai devotees, who may be interested to participate. You may also visit our website for this information at http://www.geocities.com/wallingfordsai/ ------------------------- SRI SAIBABA TEMPLE, KHURLA,KINGRA, JALANDHAR: Invites all Saidevotees to the Bhajan & Naam Samran Programme at GEETA MATA MANDIR, Model Town, Jalandhar, Punjab from Saturday, 6th December, 2003 - 8 a.m to Sunday, 7th December, 2003 - 12:30 Noon by S/Sri Saxena Bandhu, Vinay Ratta, Tarsem Kapoor, Poonam Khanna and D.Shankaraiah & Group of Hyderabad. For Details contact Phone No: +91-181-2465802, 9815003446 ----------------------------- Shirdi Saibaba Prayer Center": hamaresai, 11 Nov 2003 12:42:14 -0800 (PST) Sai Sandesh Sai Sandesh is a Monthly Newsletter dedicated to the Life and message of Saibaba of Shirdi. Please send your contributions to hamaresai. About Shirdi Saibaba Prayer Center. Shirdi Saibaba Prayer Center, Inc., Twin Cities, MN is registered as a Non-profit corporation in the state of Minnesota. The organization is funded by the voluntary contributions of Sai devotees. The Prayer Center is currently located at 725 NE Lake St. Apt. 139, Hopkins, MN, where regular Sai Satsanghs are conducted and occasions of importance to Saibaba of Shirdi are celebrated. In addition to the Prayer Center activities, the organization is also involved with community service including "Meals on Wheels" and "Adapt a Family" programs. Please visit the Prayer Center and participate in its activities. Please write to hamaresai for more details. --------- 11/10/2003 22:31:07 -0800 Sai Eshwari: saiers_1999 (AT) (DOT) Global Sai Nama Japa Dear Sai Bandhus, Sai Brothers & Sai Sisters, With the Divine Grace of Lord Sainath, It was proposed to offer ONE BILLION (100 crores) flowers in the form of SAINAMA JAPA " OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI " at the lotus feet of Eternal Sainath from January 9th 2003 onwards. We could complete only 9,43,86,604 It has been decided to do the Nama Japa till the target of 100 crores (equivalent to 1billion) is completed. Since as a group we can achieve better rather than individual, we would like the Sai devotees across the globe, from all the group and forum to come forward and voluntarily join in the Nama japa from today or as soon as one comes to know about it. Please do Nama Japa and request other devotees to do and render monthly total to mail id sainamajapa In Service of Sai, Sridhar RangaSwamy, Convenor, GSNJ, Orlando, Florida. -- 'Wholistichealth': "SV.SWAMY" svswamy1 & swamyswarna By Sai's grace, I have been inspired to share my knowledge of wholistic (holistic if you prefer that spelling) health systems with those in need. With that objective, a 'wholistichealth' was started. Similar groups were also started in other servers. While it is clear that only Sai heals, it is also known that He helps directly or indirectly. This is His way of helping indirectly. So, those Sai Devotees who are in need of health-related information, especially in Bach Flowers, Homeopathy, Reiki, Tissue Remedies and most importantly in Spiritual Healing are requested to avail the FREE services by joining our group. A separate email address: saiheals has also been created, to which the devotees can send their emails for further help. Sai Ram. In Sai Seva, S.V.Swamy ------------ saibandhu" <saibandhu Mon, 17 Nov 2003 18:56:00 -0000 Sai_Parivaar] Shirdi Sai Baba Bhajans- Invitation - November 20th OM SRI SAI RAM Dear Shirdi Sai devotees This week Shirdi Sai Baba Bhajans are at Laxmi Patil's house in Sunnyvale. We would like to invite you and your family for these Bhajans. Date : November 20th (Thursday) Time: 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. For details contact on Phone: Res :(408) 720 8167 Cell: (408) 569 2848 Regards Saibandhus -- Saidarbar, Hyderabad: 1.Saibanisaji has returned to Hyderabad on 18-10-2003 after attending Shirdi Sai Utsav -2003 at Orlando, Florida, USA and after giving discourses on Shirdi Sai Philosophy in the States of NewYork, New Jersey, Penselveniya, Canitcut, Minnesota, Texas, Nevada, Oregon, and California. For report please visit: http://www.saidarbar.org/discourse.htm Saibanisa will be participating in 150th Sri Shirdi Saibaba Satcharitra parayana festival being conducted from 21-12-2003 to 31-12-2003 at Shirdi Saibabamandir, Kovvada, Kakinada, and AP.India. This festival is taking place at National level and eminent Sai devotees engaged in spreading Sai philosophy are taking part. For further detail contact over phone: +91-884-2371186 or 2383383. We all know that Shirdi Saibaba encouraged his devotees to read Jnaneshwari (Bhagavad-Gita). On behalf of Saidarbar, Saibanisaji during his Stay in USA has come to an understanding with American Gita Society, Fremont, California, USA, to start the correspondence course on Sri Bhagavad Gita from January 2004. The details of the Correspondence course will be published in the next issue. ------------------------- 12.From the Editor's Desk: Saidarbar team was happy to inform that we are entering in to Sixth Year on 25-12-2003 in the service of Sai devotees, and "The Glory of Shirdi Sai" our Fortnightly E-magazine is celebrating the First Birthday on 01-01-2004. We would like to thank all Sai devotees for their co-operation and support for this success. In this context Sai devotees may give their valuable suggestions and comments for the improvement and better service to Sai Community. Sai devotees may write about their Sai activities in their place, essays, articles and poetry on Sai to " The Glory of Shirdi Sai" - they may be address their contributions to E-mail id: saidarbar with a copy marked to webmaster We shall put in our best efforts to include them in the Glory of Shiridi Sai- a Fortnightly E -Magazine. Unless the author of the articles instructs, not to publish his/her E-mail id, we will publish them as a matter of routine practice. You can for THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI for a friend /relative and also read the old issues from: http://www.saidarbar.org/glory.htm Editor does not accept responsibility for the views expressed in the articles published. This e-magazine is intended for Private circulation only. Submitted by Sai Sevak: Srinivasa Rao Kasturi For SAIDARBAR-HYDERABAD P.S. In case you do not like to receive "The Glory of Shiridi Sai ", kindly reply UNSUBSCRIBE for our necessary action. Protect your identity with Mail AddressGuard http://antispam./whatsnewfree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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