MYSTERY OF MYSTERIES AND SUPER SAINT - SADGURU SAI NATH

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The illusion that surrounds us in nature called phenomenal universe and the

three gunas: tamas, rajas and satwa that create tendencies in ourselves,

impel us to act. Our actions are good or bad according to our tendencies

and we are compelled to be reborn to undergo the results of our actions.

While in the act of expiating for our past Karma (actions), we are led by

our tendencies to commit more Karma, which entangle us in future rebirth.

We are in this way caught up in a whirlpool of Karma and rebirth, from which

there seems to be no way to come out.

 

Whatever good Karma we may have done leads us to a guide. One such guide

is God, has a grand plan and that plan is helping individual souls march

step by step to Perfection. This marching forward is called evolution.

What a Sadguru does is to cooperate with God in working out His grand plan.

He is a Messenger of God, and his mission is to lead humanity back to its

source.

 

It is essential to understand that while the Sadguru shows the path, it is

entirely up to everyone to work for one's evolution. Just as faith of the

patient in the doctor, and the patient's cooperation with the doctor in

following his directions are necessary for recovery, so the faith of the

aspirant in his Sadguru and his scrupulously carrying out his

Sadguru's instructions are necessary to progress in spiritual life. The

Sadguru knows two important points in his devotee. First, the tendency or

sanskara of the devotee and second, the stage of evolution attained by the

devotee. Accordingly he prescribes sadhanas suitable to a particular

devotee. Samartha Sadguru, Sai Baba bade Abdulla Bhai clean the streets in

Shirdi and fetch water, he asks Das Ganu Maharaj to do Harikatha. He asks

other devotees to go to Siva Mandir, or read the Pothi (scriptures like

Bhagawata or the Gita), other to recite Vishnu Sahasranama, others to go to

other shrines, to join satsangha or to meditate. The Sadhanas (spiritual

practices) prescribed by Sri Sai Baba varied from one individual to another

according to their tendencies and development of the individual concerned.

 

 

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