Chapter 32 :Sri_Sai_Sat_Charitra_Concise(Version)

July 7, 2006

Om Shree Ganeshaya Namah

Om Sai Ram

Chapter 32:::

Importance of Guru

v Once Baba narrated an even, which was an allegory. “He and three others were searching for Truth. A Vanajari (one who resides in forest and sells salts etc.) came and told them not to venture into the forest without proper guide and offered food. The other three persons, pursuing the path of Work, Yoga and Wisdom brushed his advice aside and roamed in the forest searching Truth and lost their ‘lives’. Baba listened to vanajari’s advice and took the food offered by him. At that instant His Guru appeared before Him, tied Him upside down in to a well and went away. When the Guru returned after four hours Baba was in a state of bliss” The moreal of the story is : Guru is some form is a must; one should not reject food offered with Love; Search for God with hunger is no use; the demands of the sense organs should be diverted to the opposite direction from the present one.

v Once when Smt. Gokale came to Shirdi with the intention of fasting, Baba told her to go to Dhadha Kelkar’s house, prepare pooran poli (a sweet dish), serve all and eat herself. Moderate food is essential for mind, health and God realization. Baba used to say: “Should my children fast on shimka (a holy day). I will not consent’.

v Baba once said that when He was a boy, He was a weaver and earned many times more than His colleagues. He added that what God was gave permanent and not what man doled out.

By A.Govindakrishnan

"Gurur Brahma Gurur Vishnu

Gurur Devoh Maheshwar;

Gurur Shakshat Parambramha

Tashmai Shri Gurur Veh Namah"

May the Merciful Sri Sai Baba always shower His grace on us and our families and remove our problems and anxieties by giving us all - strength , goodluck, success and happiness with peace of mind.

Sai bhakt,

Deepa H

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