Guest guest Posted December 3, 2003 Report Share Posted December 3, 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-XXIII/ 2003) 01-12-2003 to 15-12-2003 Please visit our Web site: http://www.saidarbar.org --------------------- Flash: 1. "The Glory of Shirdi Sai" is celebrating its First Birthday on 01-01-2004. 2. "Saidarbar movement" is entering in the sixth year on 25-12-2003. ------------------ 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: 10th December 1909: Devotees began to offer regular worship to Baba in the Chavdi, where Baba slept on alternate days. 25th December 1909: Baba gave darshan in the form of Sri Rama to a doctor who was an ardent devotee of Sri Rama who came with a Mamlatdar to Shiridi. 10th December 1910: Hon'ble Dadasaheb Khaparde of Amraoti first visited Shirdi. 10th December 1910: Foundation stone of Dixit Wada was laid with Baba's permission. ---------------- 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. 36) 5th September 1995: In the divine path there are no witnesses and proofs. Only the feelings and experiences are everlasting. 37) 31st October 1995: Just as you insure property and earnings, in the same way thrive, earn and insure for the grace of "LORD". I shall help in merging "ATMA with PARAMATMA" 38) 2nd November 1995"WAALI" (Vanara King from the epic Ramayana) with the garland of "ARISHADVARGAS" (six evils) has ruined himself. Renounce them and be a garland to "GOD". 39) 14th December 1995: In difficult times carry "SATCHARITA" with you. It will ward of all the evils, grant strength and energy, to surmount them. It will keep you serene. 40) 27th December 1995: Do not take help from the rich and women to avenge your enemy. Keeping aloof and forgetting the enemy is the most ideal punishment. 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 23 January 1992 Letter - 23 ( Chapter - 25) Dear Chakrapani, Hemadri Pant elaborated on how Sri Sai, knowing the future, advised HIS devotees in this chapter. The moment the desire to write, about Baba's Leelas (Divine Plays), arose in the mind of Sri Hemadri Pant immediately BABA responded and made him write this invaluable treatise. Baba did not immediately grant HIS permission to me the moment desire arose in my mind to let you know my experiences with Sri Sai through these letters. I had started writing these letters to you on 06.01.92 whereas Sri Sai gave HIS consent on 22.01.92. I had mentioned this aspect in detail in an earlier letter to you. Once Damu Anna thought of giving a share of profits, from a business venture contemplated by him, to Sri Sai if HE blessed the proposed venture. Sri Sai, knowing the thoughts going through Damu Anna's mind, said - I AM NOT ALL INTERESTED IN THESE WORLDLY MUNDANE MATTERS -. Thinking on these words of Sri Sai, it becomes crystal clear that Sri Sai did not like accepting bribes or share spoils from a speculative venture. So we must always remember that as HIS devotees we must never do things that were not liked or approved by Sri Sai. Recapitulate what Sri Sai said just before attaining Mahasamadhi (act of Spirit departing at will from the body of a Self Realized Soul) - EVEN THOUGH I DO NOT EXIST IN THIS FORM, AFTER MY GOING INTO SAMADHI, MY BONES WILL SPEAK FROM MY SAMADHI AND WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE IN MY PRESENCE. NOT ONLY ME BUT MY SAMADHI ALSO WILL SPEAK AND FULFIL WISHES OF THOSE DEVOTEES WHO SURRENDER ABSOLUTELY TO ME. DO NOT GET AGITATED THAT I AM NO LONGER WITH YOU IN THIS PHYSICAL FORM, MY BONES WILL SPEAK AND LOOK AFTER YOUR WELFARE. REMEMBER ME ONLY AT ALL TIMES. HAVE FULL FAITH IN ME WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART, MIND AND SOUL. ONLY THEN YOU WILL REAP MAXIMUM BENEFITS -. These are the promised words of GOD HIMSELF to HIS Devotees. You are also a devotee of that GOD (Sri Sai). Remember always these words, they will give you Unlimited strength. Go ahead in Life with Courage. In service of Sri Sai, Your Father. Translated from the Telugu original into English by Sri Sai devotee Madhusudan Nori. Secunderabad, 04 July 2000 ------------ 4. SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA "SV.SWAMY" svswamy1 & swamyswarna 12/1/2003 19:48:49 -0000 Sai Ram. Let us now continue with the inspiring story of the Fakir. We saw in the previous article that Sai was so liberal of mind and heart that He was not minding cats and dogs from eating food from the same pot as He. Blessed indeed is the life of such a Noble Person. Indeed. But such behavior will be considered 'mad' by so called 'normal' society. People in Shirdi took Him in the beginning for a mad Fakir. He was known in the village by this name. And of course He did not bother. How could one, who lived on alms by begging a few crumbs of bread, be revered and respected? But, this Fakir was very liberal of heart and hand, disinterested and charitable. Though, He looked fickle and restless from outside, He was firm and steady inside. His way was inscrutable. For ordinary people. Whose senses were covered by the veil of Maya. Still, even in that small village, there were a few kind and blessed people, who recognized and regarded Him as a Great Soul. One such instance was given by Hemadpant. These souls recognised Him since they too were advanced and took birth to play their part in that wonderful drama, just like Vasudeva and Devaki, Nanda and Yasoda took birth to play their parts when Krishna decided to take birth in Brindavan. And King Dasaratha, Kausalya, Vasishtha and Viswamitra etc. took birth when Rama took birth in Ayodhya. Sai Ram. Bayajabai's Brilliant Service Sai Ram. Shri Hemadpant describes in detail how Bayajabai, a great soul, took care of Sai, when His fame was still not wide spread and when people were not coming to Him for miracles and worshipping Him. She could see through the external appearances and had a soul-to-soul communication with Him. Baba also responded to that soul-level communication of love. Bayajabai's son Tatya also was another great soul, who believed in Sai. It is apparent that these soul-mates of Sai were with Him for many generations. Sai made references to some such long-lasting relationships elsewhere in Satcharitra. Sai Ram. It is interesting to note that when Ramana went to Arunachala and when He was still not famous, a few simple souls took care of His physical body. And another great soul, Seshadri Swamy. To see the greatness in another requires greatness, greatness arising out of humility, in us. After some years, Baba left going into the woods and began to live in the village and take His food in the Dwarakamai. Thenceforward, Bayajabai's troubles of roaming in the jungles ended. Sai Ram. Dormitory of Trio Ever blessed are the saints, in whose heart Lord Vasudeo dwells, and fortunate, indeed are the devotees, who get the benefit of the company of such saints. Tatya Kote and Bhagat Mhalsapati, equally shared the company of Sai Baba. It is significant to note that Mhalsapti was the first to greet Sai with that name when the Fakir landed in Shirdi along with the marriage party of Chand Patil. And Tatya, along with his mother, Bayajabai, was among the few, who worshipped Sai as a holy man and fed His body. It is appropriate that Sai too took a special interest in the spiritual development of these two and so He chose a very special method, of sleeping with them in the Dwarakamai. If any of them showed sings of sleep, others would wake him up. But we don't read an instance of Sai sleeping and Tatya or Bhagat waking Sai. He was always awake, especially spiritually. The physical waking up was just a symbolism of the spiritual awakening. Sai Ram. In this way, for a period of 14 years, Tatya, leaving his parents at home, slept in the Dwarakamai on account of his love for Baba. A real growing up period indeed. Which stood him in good stead for the rest of his life. Khushalchand of Rahata Baba loved every one, but showed specially a little extra love to some people, who were His spiritual companions from many lives. Ganpat Kote Patil and Chandrabhanseth Marwadi of Rahata, and his nephew Khushalchand were among such privileged few, who received Baba's love openly. Shri Hemadpant introduces the all-pervading knowledge of Sai by giving a small incident as a footnote, which is dealt in more detail in a later chaper. And also paved the way for the stories of the next chapter, where Baba gave clear indications to His devotees about when to leave or when not to leave. Sai Ram. Baba did not depend on the physical sight or the rational, logical, intellectual part of the mind. Since He was One with all, He knew what was going on everywhere. He gave many examples of such Oneness, which people took to be some special mystical powers. We shall take up these examples of His omniscience in the next chapter, in the next issue of 'Glory of Shirdi Sai' . Sai Ram. -------------------------- A small note about holistic health In the previous issues of Glory of Shirdi Sai, an information item about holistic health was given where a email address , saiheals was mentioned. Sai devotees may kindly note that, that address has been inoperative for some time. Devotees are requested to write at svswamy1 or swamyswarna. Sai Ram. Sai devotees may kindly note that while information is freely shared with them regarding various health systems and medicines etc., the same is never a substitute to qualified medical attention. And in the end, all healing takes place only by Sai's grace. Sai Ram. Yours truly, SV Swamy ------------------------------- 5. QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY: (By Late Sri Bharam UmamaheswaraRao) "Shashi": shashi_31 8. Pearls of Wisdom - the Moral Teachings of Baba given to the Humanity. Sri Sai Baba is personification of Love. Due to good and bad deeds of our previous lives, we are born as human beings. But we are still under the evil influences of ignorance, immersed in the ocean of impure life and are knocked down. To lift us from impure life, Sri Sai Baba gave these moral Teachings in His messages given to the writer while the later was in meditation and asked him to spread these Gospels throughout the country. The following are the pearls of His sayings: 1. Don?t enslave yourself to ?DEHA BUDDHI?. Beware of the ill effects of the senses. Do not inherit and do not lead sinful lives with egoism and enslavement to the sense of taste etc. Shed selfishness and have faith in Supreme Philosophy. If you don?t want your lives to be useless, shun the objects of Indriyas. 2. However you nourish your body, you cannot save it from your ?DHARMA?. You will repent at the end if you work to care for comforts. Know that the grasp of philosophy of ?TEJA-TATWAM? is the supreme goal of life. 3. Whatever work is to be done, do it with firm mind for a firm result. As long as your mind does not find peace, your feeling for the Self does not stabilize and hence whatever work you attempt will be useless. 4. All the efforts of the strong and the weak are possible only in this world. Papa and Punya, the results of bad and good actions, pertain to these mundane affairs and are not related to any other state. All the illusions, you see in this world is due to the result of Sankalp, you make and all differences are due to your mental attachment of detachment and your seeing the illusion due to your partial perception. In reality, Non-Duality is the basic fact and pervades the whole Universe. Therefore, all of you make efforts to see the equality underlying al the superficial differences. 5. Do not try to pull down others. This is an obstacle to your Sadhana Shakti. You will lose your innate power, if you criticize others. Therefore, the distinction and disparities among you are due to the different levels of illumination in yourselves. You must know this fact. 6. Merge your heart with your inner self. If you seek revelations of DIVINE TRUTHS, you should control your senses and only then will be possible. Therefore, fix firmly in your mind the Teachings of Mine. 7. Know this world is false and transient. Worldly pleasures are momentary and transitory. Whatever the minimum is needed for your body, do that much and do no get attached to it more. Make this your aim. 8. Do not think that your ideas only are good and try to rub them on others head. Let nobody think that he is greater than others. Know whatever you do, is done by me only and not otherwise. 9. Learn to be charitable. Charity done in a holy place will ensure your welfare. Charity done with pride and ego is useless. 10. Indriyas always visualize the external world only. If you want to have Self-Realization keep your mind away from bad acts and make it one pointed without wavering. Till you attain purity of your mind, you will not get Self-Realization. All of you are caught in bondage. To get released from this, by full faith and then you will reach the ultimate goal. As long as desire and greed are present, you cannot attain God-hood. Out of egoism, if you do not get rid of sense desires or if your mind is not pure, all philosophical sayings become useless. 11. God is a subtle being. You must try to become as subtle as possible. The more subtle you become, the better, because by this way, you come very near God. So try to become subtle. 12. Quick progress towards your goal is possible when you destroy your own creation around you and then God comes. If you want to lead a life of perfection, you must always abjure falsehood and speak truth only. Cultivate a liberal outlook. 13. Thoughts create the atmosphere. 14. Try to develop awareness and try to be alert to what is happening. Then sensitivity will develop. To be continued? ---------------- 6. JOURNEY THROUGH THE OCEAN OF HEMADRI PANTH: QUIZ leela dhar : leedharart Quiz for Issue 23 chapter36 to 38 Chapter XXXVI 1) Where were the two gentlemen from a) Mumbai b) Thane c) Ahmednagar d) Goa 2) The first man paid Rs.15 as dakshina and the second one offered _____ a) Rs.30 b) Rs.35 c) Rs.50 d) Rs.100 3) The amount stolen from the man's house was Rs. a) 50,000 b) 40,000 c) 35,000 d) 30,000 4) Whom did Baba order to arrange for feeding the two guests? a) Kaka b) Nana c) Shama d) Mhalasapathi 5) The name of the merchant who gave a large sum of money to Mhalasapathi is a) Hansraj b) Narayan c) Shet Damu Anna d) Tarkhad 6) Who's intercession did the captain allow the second guest into the steamer a) Sailor b) Peon c) Steward d) Owner 7) Who's wife had no issue for 27 years a) Sakharam Aurangabadkar b) Shama c) Kaka d) Nana 8) Shama asked the lady to be ready with ______ and ________ a) Faith and Patience b) Fruits and Dakshina c) Coconut and joss sticks d) Coconut and Dakshina 9) Baba said the lady will have an issue in a) 9 b) 11 c) 12 d) 10 10) With the money donated by Mr.Aurangabadkar a shed was built for a) Babas palaki d) Guests c) Shyama Karna d) Shama Chapter XXXVII 1) Since which date devotees started offering regular worship to Baba at Chavdi a) 10th December 1909 b) 12th December 1909 c) 10th December 1908 d) 14th January 1907 2) Who asked Baba to get ready for the procession to Chavdi a) Hemadpant b) Tatya Patil c) Shama d) Nana 3) Baba was called as ______ by Tatya a) Uncle b) Bhuvva c) Chacha d) Mama 4) _______ held the left hand and _______ the right hand and ______ held the chatra over Babas head a) Tatya, Mhalasapathi, and Bapusaheb Jog b) Mhalasapathi, Bapusaheb Jog and Tatya c) Bapu Saheb Jog, Mhalasapathi and Tatya d) Mhalasapathi, Bapusaheb Jog and Kaka 5) Who used to throw gulal, flower on Baba on and off a) Tatya b) Bapusaheb c) Kakasaheb d) Shama 6) Who used to make the asan for Baba a) Bapu Saheb b) Kaka c) Tatya d) Shama 7) Who used to prepare the Chillim for Baba a) Shama b) Tatya c) Nana saheb nimonkar d) Mhalasapathi 8) Who used to offer the Arati at the end? a) Tatya b) Shama c) Mhalasapathi d) Bapu Saheb Jog Chapter XXXVIII 1) Different Sadhanas are prescribed by our scriptures for different ages, they are a) Japa I) Kali yuga b) Jnana ii) Dwapra yuga c) Yajna iii) Treta yuga d) Dana iv) Krita yuga 2) Of all the Charities______ is the best a) Money b) Food c) Clothes d) Cow 3) Baba used to prepare and distribute himself a) Mitta Chaval, pulav, and rice soup b) Biriyani, dal chawal and sweets c) Sweets, curd rice and roti d) Birayani, dal chawal and roti 4) Baba used to get the food consecrated by a) Fakir b) Tatya c) Moulvi d) Nana 5) Baba used to send the food to a) Nana and Tatya b) Shama and Nana c) Mhalasapathi and Shama d) Mhalasapathi and Tatya 6) Baba asked _____ on an Ekadasi Day to get mutton a) Mhalasapthi b) Dada Kelkar c) Tatya c) Shama 7) The Handi business went on till _______- a) 1910 b) 1918 c) 1920 d) 1909 8) Nana Saheb used to worship _______ at Kopergaon before going to Shirdi a) Khandoba b) Vishnu c) Krishna d) Datta 9) Who asked to serve the food daily to all the devotees a) Shama and Kaka b) Nanasaheb and Shama c) Tatya and Mhalasapathi d) Nana and Tatya Answers Chapter XXXVI 1) d 2) b 3) d 4) c 5) a 6) b 7) a 8) c 9)c 10) c Chapter XXXVII 1) a 2) b 3) d 4) a 5) c 6) c 7) a 8) d Chapter XXXVII 1) a-iv, b-iii,c-ii,d-I 2) b 3) a 4) c 5) d 6) b 7) a 8) d ------ 7. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES: 11/22/2003 19:25:01 -0500 inquiry Namaste, I am writing this from Toronto, Canada. I was introduced to Sai just two years back and since then he has been there for me in so many instances and I would like to narrate one of them here. I just delivered a baby girl 5 months back and my husband and I was thinking about the names for our newborn in the hospital. We had gone over hundreds of names and we did not like any of them. I just thought in my mind I wish there was a way Sai would tell me which name is appropriate for my daughter. Just then the name Erica came to my mind and I mentioned that to my husband. He liked it immediately and then by chance he noticed my slipper in the hospital room and said see Erica is on the slipper. The brand name of the slipper was 'Erica' and I knew immediately Sai had showed in this way the correct name for my daughter. I washed the slipper and have kept it as a moment of that moment. Om Sai Ram Theja Birur -------- 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. THE HUNTER: There lived a famous hunter near the forest of Vindhya Range. He was a very sharp marksman and was reputed to be able to shoot down flying pigeons but had a passion for hunting deer. As he reached the densest part of the forest, he came across a huge wild boar. He was sure that it would not go away from that place so he decided to get a deer first. After killing one with his bow and arrow, he slung the carcass across his shoulder and went back in search of the boar. It was still guzzling on the fallen berries when the hunter shot an arrow at the animal from some distance. Wild boars are very ferocious animals and even after the arrow had pierced deep into its throat it turned and charged at the hunter. It was the biggest of all boars in the forest and as it struck the hunter low down with its tusks, the sheer force of the impact broke the hunter's back and sent him flying into the berry tree. The boar gored him again as he fell and then collapsed struggling in the last throes of life. The fierce encounter disturbed a python snake living in a hole under the tree. As it came out to see the cause for all the disturbance, it got trampled under the thrashing feet of the dying boar. So now there was the deer, the hunter, the wild boar and the snake all dead and lying around the base of the berry tree. A jackal passed that way. By a queer quirk of fate, it had been hungry since the last three days and had survived by eating two small rodents it had managed to kill a week back and bury nearby. As he saw the four carcasses strewn around, he went dizzy with delight but the strains of an empty stomach and a hot after noon made him faint. After coming around he started planning his feast and thinking about the cycle of life and the games it played. Hunger had been his companion ever since he had grown up to adulthood and he could hardly remember a week where he had eaten heartily all seven days. And now here was a stock of food that would feed him for a month but how to go about it was the question in his mind. When some one is very much in need of something and gets too much of it, it becomes difficult for him to manage this excess. This was the doldrum faced by the jackal at that moment. He sat confused and in deep thought under the tree. In the end he reached the conclusion that - " For the 1st week, I will eat the hunter and then after finishing him, I will start on the deer, then the boar and ultimately the snake. Today, for starters, I will eat the bow string, after all it is also made of leather". The greedy jackal had decided and bit the end of the bow string, drawn the taut. The moment the bow string snapped, the taut bow jumped and pierced the stomach of the jackal and he lay dead, the fifth corpse under the tree. A mynah bird sitting on the branch, had been witness to the series of events turning five living beings into dead meat. She burst out laughing surprising the tree. The tree asked, "Why do you laugh dear Mynah? Don't you have any sympathy for the these dead creatures?" The Mynah answered, "Dear tree! I have all sympathy for these dead ones but there is a lesson also to be learnt by us". If the hunter had been satisfied with the deer and not been greedy for the boar, he would be living. If the jackal had not been greedy and made plans for the whole month, he would have been satisfied with the deer only and remained alive. LESSON: 'Excessive greed kills the greedy.' So greed should not become an important part of your character. ------------------- 9. ARTICLES FROM SAIDEVOTEES: Arun Reddy" : arunreddy_n Mon, 17 Nov 2003 02:11:30 +0000 (GMT) BABA ATTAINING SAMADHI (leaving His gross body) It was 15th of October of the year 1918, on Tuesday at about 2.35 in the afternoon that the Supreme Master, Sai Baba of Shirdi breathed His last. His self-allotted labour of love in His gross body was perhaps finished. The last words that He uttered were that He should be taken to an adjoining 'wada' (building) as He did not feel well in the Dwarakamayi. As the Master shed His gross body all men and women plunged into agonizing grief. Baba had given indication of the approach of His 'Mahasamadhi' (shedding His mortal body) in as early as 1916 on the same day, that is the day of Dussehra (a festival in India marking the victory of Good over evil). Surprisingly, the 15th October 1918, The departure of Baba on such a day was symbolic of His universal approach to human problems cutting across all religions, nationalities, castes, social differentiation and all such manmade barriers. After Baba passed away there was a dispute about how and where Baba's mortal remains should be interred. At the end, all disputes and controversies were sorted out and all devotees decided to inter the body of the Master in ?Buti Wada?, as desired by the Master Himself. The physical body of the gracious Guru, the Supreme Master, was laid to rest in the central hall with due formalities, sanctity and honour, but His Eternal Spirit rises from the tomb to proclaim to His followers again and again the indisputable evidence of His resurrection and life. The Supreme Master had often promised and assured that His tomb would speak and move with those who made Him their sole refuge. His final rest is in Samadhi Temple, which is open to all caste, creed and religion as a Gateway to God. The sound of eternity emerged from Baba?s heart every limb, every bone and every pore of His body. Arun Reddy Nukala ------------------- 10. LETTERS FROM SAIDEVOTEES: 11/19/2003 00:38:10 -0700 ambarbarbora I GET TREMENDOUS PEACE OF MIND,COURAGE, INSPIRATION ETC BY VISINTING BABA'S SITES. LOKA SAMASTA SUKHINU BHAVANTU A.Barbora --------- 11/28/2003 23:58:10 -0600 "Kiran Buddi" : kbuddi Om Sri Sairam, Bowing to the lotus feet of Shri Saibaba, I sincerely congratulate the staff of Saidarbar and its founder Shri GopalaRao Ravada - SAIBANISA uncle for their dedication and service rendered to all 'SAI' devotees who are spread across the globe. I have been reading regularly the "GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI" since past couple of months and it has helped immensely towards my evolution into the world of spiritualism. I have been reading many other books and e-magazines but every one of them is unique with a divine purpose. I pray to Baba for his support and blessings to 'Saidarbar movement' and "Glory of Shirdi Sai" for many coming years to enlighten souls like me to the world of spiritualism. Once again congratulations to the staff of Saidarbar!! Humble Pranams, A Sai devotee from Minnesota, USA Kiran ------------------------- 11/28/2003 18:37:32 -0800 "K.Varadarajan" kvaradarajank Our Beloved Sri Saibanisa, Pranams to The One with whome SriSainath Maharaja has already given His Merciful Grace and shown His divya Swaroop. You are available with us and that's the Greatest joy in us! There's no word thro' which we can express our happiness on seeing your valuable mail, yes, it's heartening to see your mail in our computer naming us as Sai Bhandus! We take it for granted that SriSaiNath, Himself is calling us to speak about His magazine!!! Every week we are waiting for the Magazine to dip ourselves in the articles therein and mind us on Sai wholeheartedly till we complete them entirely! Your kind words/ advice to walk on the path of Sai for receiving His Grace and to gradually detach from the mundane existence... The dreams, the experiences of the devotees at various occasions on how Sai Mharaj leads every one in this world are all the essence with which we are, step by step, getting immersed in Sai World. Please continue to take us to His world and that we are becoming one of the devotees like you! With more and more pranams, kvaradarajan, 11/28/2003 15:04:50 -0800 "MANJUNATHA PRABHU" : manjugita Dear SAI Bandhu,... Pranams, Praying for HIS Guidance and Support to carry on HIS message and Mission of Human Integration and Spiritual Transformation through "SAI DARBAR & THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI". May this movement long live in fulfilling the MISSION of SAI. In Prayers, HIS Child. ------------------------------ 11/28/2003 16:52:23 -0500 "Ravinder Thota" : thota Dear Saibanisa Garu, With the Almighty Blessings of Shirdi Saibaba, we are able to achieve this noble service successfully all this years and pray Lord to continue to shower his choicest blessings on all Sai devotees who had shouldered this task and rendered you moral support in posting this great website preaching of Sai message and practicing to the best extent possible in and far off countries by your personal visit . May Lord Sai give you more strength and courage to participate in Sai Events around the globe and continue this spiritual service to awaken the mind of the masses and show a ray of hope in this materialistic darkness world. that Lord Sai is Omniscient and Omnipresent in the heart of every human soul on the earth Yours Saidata RavinderThota -------------------------------- 11/28/2003 11:27:40 -0800 BTA SAGAR : btasagar Dear Sri GopalaRao garu, Our prayers to Lord Sainath for His Blesings~and for many many years of HIS Divine GUIDANCE to you and your noble endeavours! Regards Ananda Sagar and Yashoda Mohan and Madhuri Sagars ---------------------------- 11/28/2003 18:28:49 +0000 Dhassi NAIDOO : dhassinaidoo With Swami's Blessings for success. Well done! Dhassi S Naidoo - 11/28/2003 09:26:47 EST Mrk21214 Dear Saibanisa, Namaskaram! I am sure that you have now well settled back at Hyderabad. I humbly pray to Shirdi Saimaharaj to bless for continuing success of all seva e magazine and work in Hyderabad- Omsairam Madhavapeddi ramakrishna Phoenix USA. --------- 12/1/2003 01:21:49 -0800 Sai ka laadla : saikalaadla AUM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI Pujya Shri Saibanisaji Congratulations on your one year milestone of clear and objective articles and messages on Lord Shirdi Sai Baba in your outstanding Fortnightly E - Magazine. Today mark the First Anniversary of starting up "The Glory of Shirdi Sai". Wishing you a great success for the future Fortnights, Months and years. Sai Ka Laadla Thanks to everybody who reads, and especially to those who've written In the Magazine. BOW TO SRI SAI - PEACE BE TO ALL MAY BABA BE ALWAYS WITH YOU SAI KA LAADLA --------------------- 11/30/2003 15:06:47 -0800 "VIMLA PRIMLANI" : prmlani2 Dear Brother Gopalji, Sai Ram, Congratualtions to you, on nearly completing 5 years for the Sai Darbar, and 1 yr. for the e-magazine. It's good magazine. Lots of information in it. Our good wishes and Baba's blesing are with you. Please give our love and regards to Bhabiji. Sai Ram - Regards Vimla --------------- 11/30/2003 02:20:46 -0700 "shwetha waghray" : shwethawaghray Good luck! Thanks and Jai Sainath! Shwetha ------------------------------ 11/29/2003 15:51:10 -0500 "Bommireddipally, Sai P" : spb25342 Namaste "Saibanisa" GopalRao Gaaru, Best Wishes to entire Saidarbar team on completing five successful years and on the first anniversary of the E-magazine. It's nothing but BABA's will in choosing able instruments like yourself for propagating his message. We eagerly look forward each week for your email and enjoy immensely reading it. Please keep up the good work. May Sainath's blessings be with you always. Regards, SaiPrasad, Madhu and Daiwik -------- Mon, 1 Dec 2003 16:55:22 +0530 Vikas: vikas_malhotra Sai Ram Uncle, It is really nice to know that "The Glory of Shirdi Sai" will be completing one year on 01/01/04. Moreover, the day happens to be a Thursday. >From the inner core of my heart I would like to congratulate Saidarbar team for this excellent work. Moreover wish you all the best for future work. I would like to convey something to all Sai bandhu's.... In today's world, we read several books on Management,marketing skills, positive attitude etc.... But prior to being good professionals in respective fields, let us be good HUMAN BEINGS. And believe me, reading the "GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI" would be the best way to do it. Each and every part of this newsletter carries morals and values. It might be the case that you may not be able to read the letter in one go... and there is no rush. We should be reading it in bits and pieces, but the same must be done on daily basis. May BABA bless you all and your families- Vikas Malhotra (Sai Devotee) -- Sun, 30 Nov 2003 08:03:29 -0500 "Navitha vasu" : navithavasu Dearest Uncle, Sairam. Happy to know the contents of Saidarbar. Thanks to all your efforts and other Sai devotees who are helping you in this mission. It is not an easy task and we all know that it's all your sincere devotion to Baba which you are sharing with all of us. Thank you for all the love and blessings that you and Baba shower on us. Love, Navitha Beti. ------------ 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 ------------------------- 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 ----------------- 12/01/2003 13:01:11 +0400 punmans <punmans Shraddha OM SAI RAM Saburi An 'Annual Award' 'Sri Sai Leelavathy Mata Award' under the auspices of Hargobind Trust for outstanding duties of a Nurse on Sat.29th Nov.2003 At Jivraj Mehta Lecture Theatre- K.E.M.Hospital,Mumbai. I can't think anything when this great finale, which took place at the K.M. Hospital, Mumbai on the 29th Nov:; 2003 to honor a unique individual, who had devoted her entire life in redressing not only the physical ailments of others but to bring happiness & smile on the faces of the sick, during performance of her duty, by extending ever smiling and loving & affectionate hand in nursing and nurturing their wounds to heal & to revive the hope in those dejected living creatures to look at the silver lining in their life by igniting the hope in them to live. True healing involves compassion & love for the self and others. This award was unique & first of its kind to a beloved Sister in the history of the Indian sub-continent under the auspices of Hargovind Trust. Nimano fakir-30.11.03 ---- SAIDARBAR - WallingFord Shirdi Sai Baba : wallingfordsai Fri, 28 Nov 2003 07:17:40 IST SaiRam: It was a wonderful Thanksgiving Satsang at Shri. Sundermoorthy Residence. This time there was more members participation in Bhajans and was extended than usual. . Shortly we will be announcing for next 5 satsangs and you may visit our website for more information or email us. Next Satsang on Saturday the 13th Dec, 2003 at Latha and Murali's Residence. Please contact us for further details. Contact Information Email: wallingfordsai http://www.geocities.com/wallingfordsai http://www.saidarbar.org -------------- Subramanian Dattaramprasad" : sdattaramprasad Fri, 28 Nov 2003 02:15:23 -0800 (PST) Sri Guru Datta ! Jai Guru Datta ! Dear Friends 54th Datta Jayanthi Festival of our Dattakuteeram falls on 8/12/2003. Next day (9/12/2003) is Milk Feeding Vaibhava. We take great pleasure to invite you all to the Festival of Lord Datta. (Please checkout 'Dhinamalar' Daily magazine for Temple News) A page has also been uploaded in our site : http://www.geocities.com/dattakuteeram ----------------------------- Shirdi Saibaba Prayer Center": hamaresai Tue, 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 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. ------------------- SAIDARBAR, HYDERABAD IS ENTERING IN THE SIXTH YEAR ON 25-12-2003 Saidarbar - Hyderabad and Saimandir- Sivanagar Colony, Secunderabad are jointly conducting Sri Dattatreya Homam on 08-12-2003 (the festival day of DattaJayanthi), under the guidance of Saibanisa - Gopala Rao Ravadaji. The eminent Vedic Scholar Sri Brahmananda Sarma Garu will be conducting the Datta Homam. For further details contact over E-mail: saidarbar Saibanisaji has returned to Hyderabad 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 A.P.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. Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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