GOLDEN WORDS OF SRI SAI BABA OF SHIRDI [Part 4 of 4] -concluding part

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GOLDEN WORDS OF SRI SAI BABA OF SHIRDI [Part 4 of 4]

[Compiled from Sri Sai Satcharita]

DEDICATED TO THE ANTARYAMIN SRI SRI SAI GANESH

 

COMPILED BY RAMALINGASWAMY, MUNJA BABA STHAN, SHIRDI, 1983

(THIS BOOK IS PUBLISHED WITH THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OF TIRUMALA

TIRUPATHI DEVASTHANAMS UNDER THEIR SCHEME "AID TO PUBLISH RELIGIOUS

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701. Shama, go out, beyond the wall there is an old man sitting

and he has some sugar candy with him. Beg of him some candy for me

and bring him.

702. Sparrows (Devotees) now nesting (1912) on the Nimbar of the

Mosque once nesting there and eaten away by a snake. But they were

again born as sparrows and nested in the same place.

703. Those who are attached to me heart and soul, will naturally

feel happiness when they hear My stories.

704. The pride and the egoism of my devotees will vanish, the mind

of the hearers will be set at rest and if it has whole hearted and

complete faith, it will be one with Supreme consciousness.

705. The simple remembrance of My name "Sai-Sai" will do away with

sins of speech and hearing

706. There will never be any dearth or scarcity regarding food and

clothes in my devotees' homes.

707. Though I have become a Fakir? Have no house or wife, and

though leaving off all cares, I have stayed at one piece; the

inevitable Maya teases me very often. Though I forget Myself, I

cannot forget Her. She always envelops me. This Maya (illusive power)

of the Lord (Shri Hari) teases even God Brahma and others; then what

to speak of a poor Fakir like me? Those who take refuge in the Lord

will be freed Her clutches with his grace.

708. Those who are fortunate and whose demerits have vanished take

to My worship.

709. The Fakir here is very kind and he will cure the disease and

protect all with love and kindness.

710. The lizard is overjoyed as her sister is coming from

Aurangabad to see her.

711. There is no dearth of persons asking for worldly things, but

as persons interested in spiritual matters are very rare. I think it

a lucky and auspicious moment when persons like you come and press me

for Brahma Gnana.

712. There are two sorts of things viz. the Good and the pleasant.

Both these approaches man for acceptance. He has to think and choose

one of them. The wise man prefers the good to the pleasant but the

unwise, through greed and attachment chooses the pleasant and thereby

cannot gain Brahma Gnana or self-realisation.

713. The path of Brahma Gnana or self-realisation is as hard as to

tread on the edge of a razor.

714. The body is the chariot and the Self is its Master, intellect

is the Charioteer and the mind is the reins, the sense are the horses

and sense objects their paths. He who has no understanding and whose

mind is unrestrained, his senses unmanageable like the vicious horse

of the charioteer, does not reach his destination (get realisation)

but goes through the round of births and deaths; but he who has

understanding and whose mind is restrained, his senses being under

control like the good horse of a charioteer reaches that place,

(i.e.) the state of self-realisation.

715. The man who has understanding as his charioteer (guide) and

is able to rein his mind, reaches the end of the journey, which is

the supreme abode of the all-pervading Vishnu (Lord).

716. The idea that "I am the Body" is a great delusion and

attachment to this idea is the cause of bondage. Leave off this idea

and the attachment therefore, if you want to get the goal of "Self-

Realisation"

717 The knowledge of the Self is subtle and mystic, that no one

could by his own individual effort ever hope to attain it., So, the

help of another person-Teacher, who was Himself got Self realisation

is absolutely necessary.

718. The Self cannot be obtained by the study of Vedas nor by

intellect, nor by much learning and he to whom the Self chooses, by

him it is gained and to him the self reveals its nature.

719. The illusion of attachment, or the love for money is a deep

eddy (whirlpool) of pain, full of crocodiles in the form, of conceit

and jealousy and he who is desire-less can alone cross this whirlpool.

720. The teachings of a Guru are of no use to a man who is full of

egoism and who always thinks about the sense objects.

721. Take pity on me and hear me through, I tell you my own story,

which if you listen carefully will do you good.

722. To get the knowledge (realisation) of the Self, Dhyana

(Meditation) is necessary.

723. The mother tortoise is on one bank of the river and her young

ones are on the other side. She gives neither milk nor warmth to

them. Her mere glance gives them nutrition. The young ones do nothing

but remember (meditate) upon their mother. The tortoise glance is, to

the young ones, a downpour of nectar, the only source of sustenance

and happiness. Similar is the relation between the Guru and the

disciples.

724. The sense of differentiation, as I and thou, is the barrier

that keeps away the disciple from his master and unless that is

destroyed the state of union or at-one-ment is not possible.

725. The path of this place is not so easy as the teachings of the

Kanarese saint Appa or even as the buffalo-ride in the Nhane Ghat.

726. There are nine types of Bhakti (viz) (1) Shrava-nam (Hearing)

(2) Kirtan (Praying); (3) Smarana (Remembering); (4) Padasevan

(Resorting to the feet); (5) Archana (Worship); (6. Namaskara

(Bowing); (7) Dasya (service); (8) Sakyatva (friendship); (9)

Atmanivedan (Surrender) (of the Self). If anyone of these is

faithfully followed, Lord Hari will be pleased and manifest Himself

in the home of the devotee.

727. The world is all depended on Him, and no one is independent.

So we should pity and love creatures, leave off adventurous fights

and killings and be patient.

728. The Lord (God) is the Protector of all.

729. This fellow (Annasaheb) has got the bad habit of eating

alone. To day is a bazaar day and he came chewing grams. I know his

habit and these grams are a proof of it. What wonder is there in the

matter?

730. The shet (Damu Anna) has gone mad; write to him in reply that

nothing is wanted in his house, let him be content with the half-loaf

(bread) be has now and let him not bother himself about lakhs.

731. These four fruits are for Damu Anna. Let them be there.

732. The food is really extraordinary. In former birth, this lady

was a merchant's fat cow yielding much milk. Then she disappeared and

took birth in a gardener's family, then in Kshatriya family and

married a merchant. Then she was born in a Brahmin family.

733. This was a true devotee of mine.

734. Tell your son to believe in me, to through aside horoscopes

and predictions of astrologers and palmists and go on with his

studies. Let him appear for the examination with a calm mind, he is

sure to pass this year. Ask him to trust in me and not gat

disappointed.

735. The value of that rupee for exceeds 25 rupees. Shama, take

this rupee, let us have it in our store, keep this in your shrine and

worship it

736. The Lord runs and helps him who remembers and meditates on

him with love and devotion.

737. Where (in my Guru's school) I forgot my parents, all my

attachment was snapped and I was liberated easily.

738. There are other schools where you see an altogether different

spectacle.

739. The disciple go there (to the school of other type of Guru)

to seek knowledge and spend their money, time and labour, but

ultimately they have to repeat.

740. The Guru (the other type of Guru) makes a show of his

sacredness and Holiness, but he is not tender at heart:

741. The Guru (the other type of Guru) there boasts of His secret

knowledge and his straight forwardness.

742. The Guru (my Guru) alone knows how the topsy-turvy

suspension "with head down and feet up" can give happiness.

743. The employer was very much pleased with me. Three other boys

worked before me. The first got Rs 5G/-the second Rs. 100/- and the

third Rs. ISO/- and I was given twice the whole of this amount viz.

Rs. 600/-.

744. The skill of my Fakir, the Leela of my Bhagawan, aptitude of

my Sircar is quite unique.

745. Take a little rest and stop at Jamner on your way home and

give the Udi and Arati to Nanasaheb,

746. This is no Masjid, but Dwarawati.

747. Those who resort to this Masjid shall never suffer anything

in this life and to the end of time; be now carefree.

748. Tell him to be fearless.

749. The true remedy is, that the result of our past actions has

to be suffered and got over.

750. Take off that bandage or else you will die-Now a crow will

come and peck you and then you will recover.

751 There was a fickle-minded gentleman. He has health and wealth

and was free from both physical and mental afflictions, but he took

on him needless anxieties and wandered hither and thither, thus

losing his peace of mind.

752. The donor gives (i.e.) sows his seeds, only to reap a rich

harvest in future.

753. The best wav to receive is to give.

754. The giving of Dakshina advances vairagya (non-attachment) and

thereby Bhakti and Gnana.

755. The Masjidmayi (the presiding deity of the Masjid) call for

the debt, the donor pays it and becomes free.

756. Then why did be call me at all.

757. Tell him that he thought that the Sanyasi came to ask for

subscription money; did I not remove his doubt in this respect and

did I not say that I would come with two others, and did not the trio

come in time and take their meals?

758. There is nobody here, you are the only thief, so gray haired

and old, you came here for stealing.

759. Then when are you going to understand the pothi?

760. They were uterine brothers, loving each other at first, but

later on, they became enemies.

761. The elder brother was an idle fellow while the younger one

was an active chap and earned a lot of money.

762. The former became greedy and jealous and wanted to kill his

brother and take away his money.

763. They forget their fraternal relations and began to quarrel

with each other.

764. The elder brother resorted to many devices to kill his

younger brother, but all his attempt failed.

765. Thus they became deadly enemies and finally on one occasion

the elder

brother gave a deadly blow with a big stick on the latter's head

while the latter struck the former with an axe, with the result they

both fell dead on the spot.

766. There was a footpath and a cart track sheltered by shady

trees.

767. The breeze was also blowing gently.

768. Then he smoked and handed over the pipe to me and said that

he would go in person and see for himself.

769. There was an ancient holy place sanctified by a temple of

Mahadev about 4 or 5 miles from my place.

770. The temple was old and dilapidated.

771. The residents of the place collected funds for its repairs.

772. The people went to him and said that unless he lent his

helping hand and tried, his best, the work would not be complete.

773. They requested him to work out the scheme and again collected

subscriptions and sent the amount to him.

774. The miser felt disconcerted and decided to cheat even God in

this item.

775. The wife agreed to this.

776. The field or land was not his own, it belonged to one poor

women named Dubaki who mortgaged it to him for Rs 200/-.

777. The land was sterile, uncultivated and worth nothing and

yielded nothing even in best seasons.

778. Thus ended this transaction and the land was given in the

possession of the poor priest who was pleased with the endowment.

779. There was a terrific storm and heavy downpour of rain,

lightning struck the house of the miser, when he and his wife both

dead.

780. The woman Dubaki (the mortgager) was born as a male in the

family of the Gurav of the temple and was named Chenbassappa.

781. The priest was a friend of Mine, he often came to me, chatted

and smoked with me,

782. Then there came a poor boy named Veera-badrappa of their

caste wandering and begging his bread to the priest house.

783. Then he came to me for consultation.

784. Then that night Gowri had a vision. Mahadev appeared in her

dream and

said, "The whole money is yours, do not give anything to anybody.

Spend some amount for the temple purposes in consultation with

Cheabasappa and if you want to use it for some other purpose consult

Baba in the Masjid (Myself).

785. The latter (Chenbasappa) was timid, be caught my feet and

sought my refuge.

786. Then after sometime Veerabadrappa died and was born as a frog.

787. This fellow blames me and charges me with killing his son.

788. These feet are old and Holly, you are carefree now, place

entire faith in you and me will soon get your object.

789. The one Namaskar offered with love and humility is enough.

790. Take the coconut, put it in your wife's oti (Upper fold of

her sari) and go away at ease without the least anxiety.

791. The mind will get steady and calm slowly and gradually.

792. The eyes may do their work, why should you feel shy and

tottering?

793. To day many of My Durbar people are coming.

794. These are my Durbar people to whom I referred before.

795. This is my Shimollangam (Crossing the border).

796. The appeasement of the dog's hunger is the same as mine.

797. The dog has got a soul the creatures may be different but

hunger of all is the same, though some speak and others are dumb.

798. The whole world desolate to him without me, he tells no

stories but mine.

799. The times are degenerating.

800. They (Padukas) are nice. Keep them in Pooja.

801. Take this coin home. Keep it in your Pooja along with the

images you worship.

802. This brick is my Guru's gift, my life companion.

803. There was a struggle between two parties.

804. That was the contention between them.

805. Then I quietly moved up and carried it away.

806. They found their wealth was gone and began to mourn and

lament.

807. The pot is mine. I am the Pot's.

808 The good and the wicked alike come here. Why draw

their frailties and foibles to public notice by depicting them.

809. The wise one do not grieve for death, the fools do.

810. The body is made up of earth. See, really they are the

same.

811. To you, my word looks like chamatkars, because you do

not know the future.

812. Tell him not to have any anxiety. He will be acquitted in

the appeal.

813. They wanted to take down my children from the train. I asked

the commander to let them come to me.

814. This cunning man spice a rat under me.

815. That man is not yet ready to deliver your goods.

816. This peda is from Pandharapur and it has been specially

brought for me.

817. These three days I have been nothing with amusement that you

are each time giving your own Dakshina, hiding in your pocket the

rupee delivered to you by the lady, will you give it ?

818. The trouble (Asthama) breathing hard, Allah has given me. It

will pass away in 2 or 4 days.

819. This is a person, who has had integrity and purity in his

previous births.

820. There are thousands of persons. I do not send for them. You

and I are intimate for four Janmas. You do not know it. But I do. Be

coming to me when time permits.

821. This man has left a box (spiritual wealth) with us and now

wants it back. It is not proper to refuse.

822. The tiger's debt to you (to a performer whose tiger died)

incurred in a former birth is now cleared.

823. This is prepared with great devotion. Let her thus garland my

photo every week in your house.

824. Tell that man Chinthamani Rao, that, if he marries again, he

will have one son and one daughter.

825. Take this packet of udi and give it to a man who will meet

you in the train and ask you just a span of space to sit.

826. Take it (Summon from a Magistrate's court) and throw it into

the fire.

827. The world is funny. All are my subjects. I look upon all with

equal eye. But some turn, thieves. What can I do for them ? People at

the death's door plot against the life of others. These offend and

hurt me much.

828. There is rinanubandah, mutual obligations between us. Our

families have been interlocked by mutual obligations for centuries;

say of a thousand years, so there is no difference between you and me.

829. There is no other superior here (to you except me) Take food

and go in the afternoon.

830. The worldly man is forcibly drawn to it, as he believes it to

be true happiness.

831. This joy and this sorrow is due to opinion, which is mere

illusion and is ruinous.

832. The "Shadripus" is Lust, Anger, Covetousness, Delusion, Pride

and Jealously) are all-delusive.

833. They make the unreal appear as real.

834. The wise should be cheerful and contented with their lot in

life as it is the result of Deha Prarabadha.

835. Towards, Saints, be humble. Respect them.

836. The world perishes no doubt, but while it lasts, wealth is a

real necessity, as bile is for health.

837. This samsara is not mine, but God's. Think thus all the

time you are awake.

838. The world is my abode.

839. The world is mutable, evanescent.

840. This Deha Prarabdha is the result of the Karma done by you in

former births.

841. This body was therefore born.

842. The Jiva takes birth in body to work out former Karma.

843. Tell the boys that no photo should be taken.

844. That Fakir is kind to all.

845. This stack alone will be burnt.

846. Take these people up (They were given accommodation upstairs).

847. That man has Rs. 2-8-0, borrow it from him.

848. This is not given you for keeping.

849. Take a Tonga and go to Rahata and bring Kushalchand.

850. Take back the rest of the Candy.

851. This sister is my sister for 7 Janmas. Wherever I go, she

seeks me out.

852. The Masjid Collapsed, all the oilmen and the grocers of

Shirdi teased me a lot, so I leave the place.

853. Unless a man feels disgusted with the things, emoluments and

honors which his actions would bring in this world and the next, he

has no right to enter the spiritual realm.

854. Unless a man turned away from wickedness and stopped from

doing wrong and has entirely composed himself and unless his mind is

at rest he cannot gain self realisation even by means of knowledge.

855. Unless a man leads a life of truth, penance and insight, a

life of celibacy, he cannot get God-realisation.

856. Unless a man discharges satisfactorily and disinterestedly,

the duties of his station in life, his mind will not be purified.

857 Unless his mind is purified, he cannot get self-realisation.

858. Unless egoism is dropped, avarice got rid of and the mind

made desireless (pure), Self-realisation is not possible.

859. Unless you get rid completely of your avarice or greed, you

will not get the real Brahma.

860. Unless there is some relationship or connection nobody goes

anywhere.

861. Unless he wills it, no one meet us on the way.

862. Unless God wills it, nobody can do any harm to others.

863. Unless you have given it before you do not get it now.

864. Unruly buffaloes are controlled by tying a log to their neck

as a clog to their movements Viveka (i.e.) (Prudence and

discrimination) must be tied to one's mind when sex attracts.

865. Virakthi or feeling of disgust with the things of this world

and the next is a path for Brahma-Gnana.

866. Veerabhadrappa scolded his wife (Gouri) and she came to me at

noon and requested me not to mind the words of others and not discard

her as she was my daughter.

867. Veerabhadrappa got wild and angry and threatened to kill

Chenbasappa cutting him to pieces.

868. Vasudeva Kaka was (in his past Janma) a Rajput named Jai

Singh Whose daughter turned out bad and became the mistress of a

Barwar.

869. What did you bring for me? Did not the mother (Mrs. Tarkhad)

give some sweet meat to you for me at the time of your starting?

870. Why do you brag and fancy yourself great and pose yourself as

an old Hazi ?

871. Woman and wealth are the two main obstacles in the way of

our "Paramartha (Spiritual life).

872. Worship me always, who is seated in your heart as well as in

the hearts of all beings.

873. Well, bridegroom', where are you going dressed so beautifully

like this ? "For making a kirtan was the reply", Why do you want all

these paraphernilia-Coat-Uparani and pheta etc. doff all that before

me. Why wear them on the body.

874. What others cannot give with great labour and pains, can be

easily gained

with the help of such a teacher for he has walked himself on the path

and can easily take the disciple, step by step on the ladder of

spiritual progress.

875. When the Lord is pleased with any body, he gives him Viveka

and Vairagya and takes him safe beyond the ocean of mundane existence.

876. Well Sir. There is in your pocket the Brahma (or Mammon) in

the form of fifty times five 250 rupees, please take that out.

877. Where there is greed there is no room for thought or

meditation of the Brahma.

878. When I looked at my Guru, he seemed as if he was in deep

meditation and then we both filled with bliss.

879. Without my Guru, I felt restless.

880. Wonderful is the story. How were you blessed? I would like to

know every thing in detail from you, so tell me all about it.

881. What Appa told you were all right, but these spiritual things

have to be practiced and lived.

882, What is wanted is loving devotion.

883. What does this Nana Say? He foretells death to you. Well, you

need not be afraid. Tell him boldly "Let us see how death kills".

884. What are you thinking of. Go on strike. Stop. How Cruel you

are' Being a Brahmin, you are killing a goat ?

885. What does he write and what does he plan? It seems that he

wants to catch at the sky and that he is not content with what god

has given him.

886. What sort of Ratnadasi vou are; you ought to be indifferent

to all things.

887. What worth is your book (Vishnusahasranama) Shama had no

concern with it.

888. Where was the necessity of the Darshan by taking a loan from

a Marwari? Is the heart's desire now satisfied?.

889. What more do you want?

890. What do you say, I am old? Just run a race with me and see.

891. Why should it be returned to him? We should keep it

ourselves. If he gives Rs. 25/- for it, it will be returned.

892. Wealth and prosperity are transient and the body is subject

to decay anddeath.

893. While meditating on my Guru, my mind and intellect were

stunned and had thus to keep quiet and bow to him in silence.

894. Where is the necessity of fasting?

895. When I was a youngster (In previous Janma), I was in search

of bread and I went to Beedgaum.

896. What about me? Body (earth) will mix with earth, breath with

air. This time won't come again. I go somewhere, sit some where, the

hard Maya troubles me much, still I feel anxiety for my men.

897. We come here (in this world) alone and we have to go out

alone.'

898. Why should he suffer, for ten births? - In ten days he can

work out the sufferings and consequence of his past Karma.

899. While I am here to give him temporal and spiritual welfare,

why should he pray for death.

900. Why care for the fever and bubos?

901. Wealth should be the means to work out Dharma.

902. Who can speak of Advaita while remaining in Dwaita?

903. Write to him a pleasing reply that three of us (Trio)

yourself, the third and myself will go and attend it.

904. While reading, you make haste, Read i,t before me in my

presence.

905. When I go to sleep, I often ask. Mahalsapathi to sit by my

side, place his hand on my heart and-watch the "Chanting of the

Lord's name" there and if he finds toe sleepy, wake me up. He can't

do even this.

906. When I feel his hand heavy as a stone on my heart and cry

out "Oh bhagat", he moves and opens his eyes.

907 What (whether good, or bad) 13 ours, is with us and

what is another's is with him.

908. We have to reap now the fruit of what we sow (do) in our past

life and there is no use in crying out.

909. With my consent, Gouri was given in marriage to him. ^

910. While I was thus talking, both Veerabhadrappa and Chenbasappa

came there quarrelling.

911. Why does this fellow come to the Masjid and Cry?

912. Why take Darshan of one who flies a flag over his Masjid?

913. When the front door was open, why go by the back one?

914. When the heart is pure, there is no difficulty what so ever.

915. Why should one afraid of anyone if there is no evil thought

in us.

916. Why do you take the doership of actions on you?

917. We are acquainted with each other for the last sixty

generations.

918. Why do you grieve for nothing?

919. Why do you say "God-God"? God is in my pocket.

920. Who so ever burns incense at this, my Guru's Tomb under Gode

Neem after cleaning it with cow dung at sunset on Thursdays and

Fridays, will obtain this bliss of God.

921. What! "You have come here so far to your Guru?" and are you

now descending to Hell ? what excellent course!

922. What is to be done? Each gets what each chooses.

923. We should be honest, upright and virtuous.

924. We must distinguish right from wrong.

925. We must each attend to his own duty.

926. We have nothing to do with the spirits. Am I not inside of

all them? Bhutas etc., do nothing (no harm} to us.

927. When you come next, come two of you.

928. Will you sit idle (merely) eating your food? Have Saburi

(Patience and courage).

929. What you sow, you reap. What you give, you get.

930. Why are you fearing? Those who are gone are gone. Be

contended with those who survive. Fear not, Am I not near you? What

then?

931. Why should you be sorry? (For the death of your father). In

five months he will come back.

932. What I say happens.

933 Where will your money go? Sit quiet at home. It will come.

934. What? Have you got puffed up? Where was there any male

progeny in your destiny? I tore this body (pointing to Sai's body)

and gave you one.

935. Wait, you will not listen to me while things are thus (Smooth

running).

936. When you undertake anything, carry it out thoroughly, or do

not undertake it.

937. What liars some people are! They set apart Rs. 2 in their

pockets to be pay to the Fakir. Why then pay only Re. l now? If money

is required for the traveling expenses, is there not plenty of money

in the other pocket?

938. Whom has he helped? It is his own daughter-in-law.

939. Why talk humbak? You have Rs. 25 left still with you and the

money you have written for will arrive presently,

940. What is to be done? If a child passes stools upon your leg,

do we cut off the leg? Or the child? we have to put up with it.

941. When you were ill, I came to Dhulia. Do you remember?

942. What is the matter? What is it that had happened? Your land

is there. Where is the necessity to go there and see it?

943. Who so ever is destined to be struck will struck? Who so ever

is to die will die. Who so ever is to be caressed will be caressed.

944. Who is whose? Who gives? Who receives? None will give timely

help. If you need 1000 rupees 2000 rupees (worth of ornaments),

receive if from me.

945. What is all these? What the devil have I to do with all

that?

946. What I have spoken, I have spoken everything I have got, has

been given.

947. Whenever any idea of joy or sorrow arises in your mind

resists it; do not give room to it. It is pure delusion.

948. What is the use of irritation at Samsara?

949. Without suffering the results of Prarabdha Karma, you cannot

get rid of the body.

950. What fun will it be (to me) to stand by and see whole of this

(Sai Baba) body burning on a funeral pyre of cow dung cake fuel?

951. What of that, he is my brother.

952. Wait half an hour, I have to go and beg.

953. Wait one hour (So saying Baba passed on to the Masjid).

954. What for have you come?

955. What have you brought? Grapes

956. Why should any fear when I am here?

957. Yoga, sacrifice, penance, knowledge are the means to attain

God. If you do not succeed in this by any means, vain in your birth.

958. You are really my mother and I am your child.

959. You should not speak cuttingly to anyone so-as to hurt you to

the quick.

960. You should always engage yourself in good thoughts and

actions, should do your duties and surrender yourself heart and soul

to me.

961. You need not be afraid of anything.

962. You should leave off Hath-Yoga Practices, sit quiet and wait

(Saburi.

963. You need not be anxious, there is no difficulty about the

matter, the maidservant of Kaka (Kakasaheb Dixit) will solve your

doubts at Vile Parle on your way home.

964. Yoga practices and studying the scriptures and expounding

them are quite useless unless they are accompanied by Bhakti

(Devotion).

965. You will be buying at five seers and selling at seven seers a

rupee. So this business was also given up.

966. You will hear My bones speaking and discussing your welfare.

967. You must enjoy the fruit-good or bad of your past actions; if

the enjoyment be incomplete, suicide won't help you.

968. You have to take another birth and suffer again, so instead

of killing yourself, why not suffer for sometime and finish up your

past deeds and be done with it once for all.

969. You are now quarreling with the boy Shama for a mere book

(Vishnu-Sahasranama). Go, and take your seat, book can be had in

plenty for money, but not men, think well and be considerate.

970. You must suffer the consequences of your actions.

971. Your store of past merits is considerable, so you have come

here.

972. You thought that I was in Shirdi, with a body composed of the

five elements and three and half cubits in length and not outside it.

973. You see mysterious in the path. Though I do nothing, they

hold me responsible for the actions, which take place on account of

Adrishta (destiny).

974. You had no mind to pay, so you were not asked, but if you

want to pay now, you may.

975. You do away, destroy the Teli's wall (sense of difference)

between us, so that we can see and meet each other face to face.

976. You are so long in My Company and how do you behave like this?

 

977. You stole away My rags without My knowledge.

978. You fellows, now have a look and decide finally whether I am

a Muslim or Hindu?

979. You go and take meal, Arati will wait for you.

980. You have been feeding Me so well these years.

981. You mad fellows, you get out, you want to persecute and kill

it.

982. You should not stay even one second at a place where anybody

talks ill of a Saint.

983. Your servant's servant I am. I am your debtor; I am purified

by your Darshan. It is great grace on your part to have given Me the

sight of your feet. I am a worm in your excreta (This shows Baba's

humility).

984. You have not given garlic Chatni and bread! And why you have

come here?

985 Yes. when I came, you threw burning fuel at Me.

986. You will get insult there.

987. Your number is 114. It will appear in the pass list.

988. You tack back this Rs. 5 Keep it carefully. It will be stolen,

989. Your brother will recover from his insanity.

990. You are mistaken; you need not come to Me for these! These

are not in My power (birth of child and death of relatives).

991. You regard events as proof My miracle working power and you

turn your reverence on to Me, I in turn, turn your reverence to God

and see that you are really benefited.

992 Your father-in-law, Buti, will build a temple and you will be

in charge of it.

993. Your wife has a tumor in the neck causing intense suffering.

994. Yes. You go. Read Jnaneshwari and you will find an order on

your table that you are transferred to Bijapur on promotion.

995. Yes. You may go via Chitale. But why do you withhold a poor

Brahmin's two annas.

996. Your Father's money has dropped into the sea. Send him money.

997. You are a Khatri in your past life, and your present wife and

son were of the weaver (Sali) caste in their past life.

998. You think you will live if you are away from Shirdi and that

you would die if you stay at Shirdi. That is not so.

999. You are My child, when strangers are in the company, we keep

the children off.

1000. Yes. Yes. Everything has been given, what he be, good or bad,

he is Mine.

1001. You will have fever. It will last only 8 days. Do not be

worried over it.

1002. Your present condition has been brought by yourself.

1003. You have done well in coming.

1004. Your object will be quickly attained.

1005. You may do it (Satyanarayana puja).

1006. You had better go now.

1007. You introduce him to Me! I have known him for 30 generations.

1008. You have not recognised Me, I have recognised you thoroughly,

 

I have been intently thinking for many a year. Now where have you to

go or come? If you are unable to do anything, keep quiet. I shall

personally accompany you, get a ticket, put you in the train and see

that you reach your destination.

 

SAT-CHIT-ANAND

OM SHRI SAINATHAYA NAMAHA

 

PREFIX (By the Author)

Now, we have read this book thoroughly and found how the "Leelas" of

Shri Sai Baba were! And also where Reality exists Further, a question

may arise in our minds as to know the previous history of Shri Sai

Baba. In this aspect, we are all unfortunate, for none knew His

birth, His birthplace and parents etc. He first appeared before the

villagers of Shirdi in 1854 when He was a boy of sixteen under a Neem

tree (now called Baba's Gurusthan). He then disappeared and after

three years, He again reappeared with Chand Patil s marriage party

and thereon lived at Shirdi till He left His mortal Coil on 15-10-

1918 in His own sayings in items 79 and 80 it will be clearly known

to us that He was not born to a human being on earth No doubt He is

God incarnate came in human body to lead us all in the righteous path

to attain the goal of our life.

 

Thus, Shri Sai Baba lived at Shirdi in mortal body for more than 60

years benefiting His devotees as was read already. Even though, Baba

took His Maha Samadhi on 15-10-1918, He is still playing His 'Leelas"

in His own way to satisfy the needs of His devotees as was assured by

Himself in items 59, 566 and 966 of this book. Though He has no body

now, He lives there and every where and effecting the welfare of His

devotees even now as He was doing before when He was embodied. Saints

like Sai Baba never die, though they look like men, they are in

Reality God Themselves. Was He living because He had the body and was

He died because He left it ? No, Shri Sai Baba is ever alive for He

transcends both life and death. He who loved Him once whole-heartedly

gets response from Him at any time at any place. Ha is always by our

side and will take any form and appear before the devout Bhakta and

satisfy him.

 

Shri Sai Baba was very fond of remembering God's name,' and fond of

oil lights being burnt throughout the day and night and He was very

much fond of Anna Dana to the poor. Even today, we may see the Handi

used by Shri Sai Baba placed in the show room of Baba's Samadhi

Mandir at Shirdi in which Baba Himself prepared food without

anybody's help and distributed to all the poor and helpless people to

their heart's content. Hence, the devotees should also follow the

principles of Shri Sai Baba by surrendering completely to Him and

thereby the Chief objects of their life (viz) Dharma (Righteousness),

Artha (wealth) Kama (Desire) and Moksha (Deliverance) are easily

attained. Apart from these, the devotees may also utilise this book

to solve their problems in distress by thinking a number of an item

of Baba's sayings in this book and take it as His direction to their

problems.

 

The author kindly requests the readers to have their whole hearted Co-

operation to this work and begs forgiveness from those who find any

sort of shortcomings or error when reading or otherwise, The author

has to interpolate that the credit of writing this book is due to

him, but due to the integration of Shri Sivanesan Swamy, a staunch

Sai devotee Sevak of 'Shri Sai Baba's Chavadi, Shirdi since 1953 who

has induced, inspired and insisted him to write and publish this book

and to Sant Janardhanswamy of Ellora who has kindly consented and

offered His foreword to this book and also to the Printers Sri Laxmi

Ganapathy Binding Works, Kovvur, West Godavari District (Andhra

Pradesh) who have sincerely, promptly and honestly Co-operated with

the author in printing this book. At length, we may finish the

reading of this book now, with an aim to read again and again by

surrendering ourselves completely to the LOTUS FEET of the Sadguru

Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi with the following prayer and gain His

blessings.

 

"Let Sai cult and Sai Leelas spread every where;

Let differences disappear;

Let us see the Unity in the diversity;

Let us see Him in everything and everywhere;

Let Him live in us and guide us;

Let us develop ourselves so".

SHRI SATCHIDANADA SAMARTHA SADGURU SAINATH MAHARAJ KI JAI

 

CONCLUDED

With Sai love from Sai brothers – `'