Guest guest Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI Third Year of Publication Published as Bi-Weekly Issue 14 / 2005 07-07-2005 Please visit our Web site: http://www.saidarbar.org --------- THIS ISSUE CONTAINS: 1 FOUNDATION STONES FOR THE SPIRITUAL LIFE 2. SAI'S NEWS FROM TIME MACHINE 3. FOOT STEPS OF HOLY FEET 4. SAIBANISA OFFERS PRANAMS TO ….. 5. SAI IN DREAMS 6. QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY 7. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES 8. SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA 9. SAI WITH CHILDREN 10. ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES 11. LETTERS FROM SAI DEVOTEES 12. TELUGU SECTION 13. SAI'S BOOK WORLD 14. FROM SAI ORGANISATIONS 15. EDITORIAL. -- 1. FOUNDATION STONES FOR THE SPIRITUAL LIFE: Rajeswari Kasturi, Saidarbar – Hyderabad. From the Satsanghs of Saibanisaji http://www.angelfire.com/celeb2/saidarbar/pages/S3500055.htm 41. The good words spoken will attract good friends, relatives and fortunes. The bad words uttered will create enmity and lead you to suffocation. So it is always better to keep tongue under control. 42. You should be mentally prepared to listen and accept the good words from the children, follow the good deeds of your enemy even. 43. The physically handicapped, ugly looking persons, uneducated persons and poor people are all the creation of God. So do not neglect them if possible try to extend your love and moral support to them. 44. If you walk along with the antisocial elements, the society will feel you are also a member of that group, so try to keep away from them. 45. The blessings you receive from your parents and teacher are equal to the blessings from God. 46. Beware of the persons who talk sweet in front of you and talk bad behind you. Such persons are even more dangerous than the poisonous snakes. 47. If you are maintaining good health, get good education, good friendship and exercise control over senses, you are richer than richest. 48. Broad mind comes to the fore ,the day you render moral support to the person who has committed sins and repented over his mistakes and now leading in a right way. 49. The fire burns the physical body whereas the fire called jealousy will burn the life itself. 50. The beauty what you look through your eyes may by ugly to others, so try to look the real beauty with inner eyes. To be Continued…….. ----- 2. SAI'S NEWS FROM THE TIME MACHINE: July -1914- Kashinath Upasani after a stay of three years and nineteen days left Shirdi and proceeded towards Nagpur, Kharagpur and further. July -1926- Kaka Saheb Dikshit passed away at the age of 62 years while traveling in a Local train in Bombay while talking to Hemadpant. July -1929 - Hemadpant (Anna Saheb Dhabolkar), the author of Sri Sai Satcharitra Passed away at Bandra- Bombay at the age of 72 years. July -1938- Dada Saheb Khaparde passed away at Amroati at the age of 84 years 3. FOOT STEPS OF THE HOLY FEET – 7 EXPERIENCES OF SAI.BA.NI.SA WITH SHIRDI SAI Sai responds to the distress calls of his devotees instantaneously is a well known fact to all of us. Balram Mankar after undergoing his penance at Maschindragarh was on his way back to home. He reached Pune Railway Station and wanted to board the train bound for Dadar in Bombay. The serpentine queue at the ticketing counter and mob around made him more nervous. He has almost decided it as impossible to travel. He thought of Sai and appealed to him to see that he tides over the crisis. Not long after Sai appeared before him as a villager and placed a ticket for Dadar in his palm saying that he has a ticket for Dadar and he is not in a position to undertake journey due to exigencies. The stranger disappeared into crowd before Mankar could realize as to what has happened. This is as narrated in Sai Satcharitra - 31st chapter. I have come across a similar situation and like to humbly share my experience with all my fellow Sai devotees. It was during the year 1991 I was waiting at Rajahmundry Railway Station after attending to a mela at the holy river `GODHAVARI'. These festivals are held once in 12 years in almost all sacred rivers in our country (INDIA). My relatives wanted me to handover a suitcase to their known persons staying in Secunderabad. Next day morning at 07.00 A.M I arrived at Secunderabad Railway Station with my personal luggage and the suitcase to be delivered. I took the help of a porter to come out of station premises. I was stopped at the exit gate by the ticket Inspector. He suspected the luggage to weigh more than the permissible limit off 30 kgs. The total luggage weighed 39 Kgs including personal baggage. A penalty of Rs.115/- was ordered to be paid. I was not having more than Rs.20/- in my pocket. All my pleadings and prayers to the Ticket Inspector have gone unheeded. Apart from this passers by were looking towards me suspiciously. I underwent the embarrassing ordeal for nearly half an hour standing aside mute, helplessly. Then I sincerely prayed upon Sai to pull me out of this mess and stood silently as a spectator, watching things and happenings around. After a lapse of some time I noticed the Officer in charge above these Ticket Inspectors walking towards me. He offered me a glass of cool water from the nearby Refrigerator. " I know this suit case does not belong to you, it is of your relatives " . For a moment I was struck speechless. He called for a porter and ordered to see that the luggage is properly placed into a private carrier and also help me out. He advised the Inspector near the Exit gate not to harass me and coolly walked away. Who else could it be other than Sai to appear in the form of Officer-In-Charge and save me? I whole heartedly saluted Sai with folded hands. BOW TO SAI - PEACE BE TO ALL To be Continued…. -------- 4. SAIBANISA OFFERS PRANAMS TO SAINT " TUKARAM " . (1608 - 1649) Tukaram was born in the Indian region of Maharashtra. When Tukaram was thirteen, his father grew ill and he had to take on the responsibility of supporting his family. Soon after, both parents died. Hardships continued to follow Tukaram. His first wife died from starvation during a famine, and his second wife had no respect for Tukaram's devotion to God. Contrary to the traditional Hindu model of receiving spiritual initiation from a guru, Tukaram was initiated in a dream by Lord Hari (Krishna/Vishnu). When Tukaram sensed his end was approaching, he walked into the Indrayani river. It is said that his shawl and musical instruments returned to shore, but his body was never found. Devotees feel he was taken bodily to heaven. During Tukaram's relatively short life, he was constantly singing devotional hymns called abhangs, composing over 5,000. Many of his songs are autobiographical. To be Continued…. ------------------------------- 5. SAI IN DREAMS: These are the dream sequences and messages as received by SAIBANISA from our beloved GURU LORD SAINATH OF SHIRIDI. In Anticipation that this feature will help in one's spiritual growth are hereby compiled from his personal Diary and presented to SAIBANDHUS. Translated and presented by RAGHU RAMAN SATULURY. Dated: 26-08-1993. Sai in the form of a stranger appeared in the dream and told: 1. You may be rich but lead a simple life. 2. All family members must unite at least once in a day for a collective prayer session. 3. Have limited food. Have no desire for other women and have wealth just enough for a comfortable living. 4. Learn to sleep on the floor. 5. Do not aspire for other's wealth. 6. Stay away from vengeance and anger and have a limited circle with like-minded people. 7. Do not consume liquors. 8. Have unfailing faith in your Guru and follow guide lines set by him. 9. Never waste money. 10 Live as a model to others. Sai's advice on how to be happy: Dated: 04-09-1993. It was an occasion to perform Pooja in my house. I approached a friend of mine to get me all the material required for the associated rituals. He has not turned up by the expected hour and I was tense as muhurtham (set auspicious time) was fast approaching. Sai advised me to perform Pooja with a purified heart instead of worrying for some thing that has not arrived. Trust and belief should be placed only in God. Man's life is like that of a Cobra's one. If you want to reach me, then you have to shed all the sins like a snake sheds it's skin periodically. Get rid of the entire underlying ego and then only a channel can be established between you and me. Place your trust in God and remove `Aham'. Dated: 08-09-1993. It was the festive day of Maha Shiva Ratri. Lot of crowd was there and I was finding it difficult to gain entrance in to the Temple. I was restless in my mind. Near by there was a temple of Sri Maha Vishnu. The concerned priest was sleeping in the last floor of the temple. As I was determined to perform Pooja, I took the courage to wake him up. For the sake of money, he got up and performed Pooja in a very casual way. I was not at all happy but still gave him some money that did not satisfy him at all. I had no more money left with me. He then snatched away my clothing and there I stood on the Road not knowing what to do. After some time, a stranger came near to me and offered a white cloth to cover myself. He then spontaneously advised me- " why are you wasting time in running after Temples? You, better stay home and perform Pooja with the available resources. God is living in your house as well " . God is universal. To be continued….. ---- 6. QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY: (By Late Sri Bharam UmamaheswaraRao) " Shashi " : shashi_31 16. What is God? Who is God? How are we to see God? e) How should we obtain the vision of God? Of the various means of visualizing God, the most efficacious one is true Love. True Love of God is generated through association of Saints and Holy men and through purity of heart, dispassion, and indifference to the world, intense longing to see God and pining for Him. By constantly repeating the name of the God, we begin to experience a thrilling sensation every moment, absolves us from all sins and then we lose interest in everything except God. Being afflicted by pangs of separation, we begin to shed tears in a ceaseless stream, kick the wealth of the world and run like a mad man after Him. The moment we begin to pine in love for God, and feel like a fish taken out of water, the blissful God manifests Himself in His Divine enrapturing form. True love is the best means of obtaining a vision of God. God will appear in a visible form before one who is prepared to suffer all sorts of persecutions and cheerfully offer his head to the sharp edge of the sword for the sake of Divine name. The God will appear before us if we cry for Him from the bottom of our heart. The Divine name should be repeated at all times and in all conditions. It should never be allowed to slip out of the mind. This is the easiest method to get God's vision. Place an image or a picture of the God in front of you and fix your eyes on the image or picture. Meditate on the form of God in this way and, while doing so firmly believe that God will reveal Himself through the image or the picture. Such meditation practiced in full faith will lead to the Realization of God. Mentally bow to every object of the world that comes before your eyes, believe that God Himself has appeared before you in that form. This practice of seeing the infinite forms of the world as so many manifestations of the God will also lead to see the vision of God. Knowing that all that exists is God, one will begin to look upon every thing with an equal eye. This simple faith, if diligently pursued, will bring him salvation. To sum up, these are some of the methods to develop pure and exclusive love for God and to see God directly: a) Listen to, ponder over, read and recite the sweet, honey- like anecdotes illustrating the qualities, loving nature and greatness of God; b) Associate with those persons who have faith in God and love Him for no earthly gain; c) Repeat and recite loudly God's epithets with love, fixing one's mind upon His Divine nature; d) Obey the Divine Laws and remain cheerful under all circumstances, whether favorable or adverse, taking it as Divine dispensation; e) Strive for the good of all creatures knowing them to be His fragments; f) Be eager to grasp His true nature and to get His vision; g) Pray to God in seclusion in a piteous tone; h) By practicing nonviolence, one becomes free from enmity and is fearless; i) Practicing truthfulness, one attains God who is an embodiment of truth; j) By refraining from unlawful possession of other's properties; k) One earns the confidence of others; l) By controlling one's sexual appetites, one gathers physical and moral stamina; m) By refusing to accumulate possessions, increases the stock of one's wisdom; n) By performing sacrifices and practicing austerity one acquires mastery over one's senses and purifies one's inner-self; o) By practicing self-denial, doing service and carrying out the behests of Holy men; eradicating weaknesses of the mind and control of the senses; Thereby we can obtain the vision of- GOD. To be continued….. -------------- 7. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES: 6/18/2005 19:57:16 +0530 Saidevotee SaiRam! I am a Sai devotee right from my childhood. I had so many experiences in my life I have come across which words cannot explain. I would like to share my recent experience which happened to me by miracle of Sai. I got offer to join in n company, I was in dilemma whether to join this company or not, because if I had to join this company I have leave my previous company, which I really liked. But somehow after lot of thinking I hesitatingly joined new company as full time employment. When I joined this company right from the beginning, I didn't enjoy as I did at my previous company. Work load was heavy and somehow I started to dislike this company right from the start. Everyday going to work was a torture for me, so after sometime 1 or 2 months I decided to leave the company hastily not even listening to my husband who repeatedly said to me that it will be status problem, and one fine day I left the company with no plans for the future job in hand. Situation was so tensed because my husband has filed for H1 extension and I left the company and this company told me they would cancel my H1 in a month's time. My husband cannot file H4 for me because he already filed for his h1 extension. So Speaking of which I will be totally out of status if my previous employer cancels my H1 and I was scared because they won't even keep my H1 status for at least 1 month also as they were furious with me. My husband's health is not good enough and I was literally scared that what will happen to him if I leave the country because of H1 problems and started scolding myself for doing such a thing by leaving the company in haste without even searching for new job in hand even though I knew my situation very well. I started praying Baba and cried a lot to save us and help me get a new job immediately. I started applying for new job only after I left the job daily my applying new jobs and praying Baba daily. Miraculously one company came forward to file my H1 and look for new placement immediately. I joined new company within 5 days after leaving the previous company, and my H1 is filed, approved and everything happened so fast in the span of 5 days after I left the previous job. This wonderful experience has taught me how Baba can help people at times of need and I was always believe him so much and for everything. This experience and so many other experiences in my life can never be forgettable. Thanks SAI for everything and please I will surely pray to you God according to the promises, please help us Baba to cure my husband's health problem and Sister's health problem. I promise you at your lotus feet that I will surely pray to you according to the promised prayer. Please Sai protect us Baba, you are the one whom I believe a lot in you. SAI DEVOTEE ------------------------------- 8. SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA Venkateswaraswamy Swarna " swamysv & swamymain Sat, 2 Jul 2005 23:05:05 -0700 (PDT) Sai Ram. Before taking up the gems from the next chapter of Satcharitra, let us pray together to Sadhguru Sainath to help us to rediscover our true self by liberating us from the shackles of Kama, Krodha and other internal enemies, by diverting our awareness from the sensory pleasures and pains to a contemplation of the Divine. Many times, I feel unworthy of writing this column and keep praying to Him and asking Him why He has chosen this seva for me. Today too, I kept asking Him and He sent a thought into my mind as follows: The best diamond or other gem lies embedded in mud, filth, rocks etc. and is no less valuable by that. Just because you feel unworthy, doesn't mean that your thoughts are correct. Feeling very good about yourself and feeling very bad about yourself is your ego's nature. Arise and awake to your true self. Do the seva in a spirit of humility. Sai Ram. Let us now take up the spiritual gems from the next chapter. " The last Chapter described how Mr. Cholkar's vow of small offering was completed and accepted. In that story, Sai Baba showed that He would accept with appreciation any small thing offered with love and devotion, but if the same thing was offered with pride and haughtiness, He would reject it. Being Himself full of Sat-Chit-Anand (Existence, Knowledge and Bliss) He did not care much for more outward formalities but if an offering was made in meek and humble spirit, the same was welcome and He accepted it with pleasure and avidity. " Sai Ram. What is accepted is not the material offering but the love and devotion. What is rejected again is not the material offering but the pride and haughtiness. Pride and haughtiness take us away from our Source (Sai). Love and devotion take us to the Source, just as rivers reach the sea. " In fact there is no person more liberal and benevolent than a Sadhguru, like Sai Baba. He cannot be compared to the Chintamani jewel (the Philosopher's stone which satisfies desires), the Kalpataru (the Celestial Tree which fulfills our desires) or the Kamadhenu (the Celestial Cow which yields what we desire), for they give us only what we desire; but the Sadhguru gives us the most precious thing that is inconceivable and inscrutable (The reality). Now let us hear, how Sai Baba disposed of a rich man, who came to Him and implored Him to give him Brahma-Jnana. " Sai Ram. Sadhguru Sai gives us not necessarily what we desire, but definitely what we need. He knows what we need and never fails to give that. Chintamani, fulfills our desires and leads us further along the path of Kama. When finally, we reach the end of the path, we only get pain. Chinta also means mental trouble. So, Chintamani is that false gem, which allures us into problems, unless we are bestowed with the ability to discriminate what is good for us and what is not. The same holds true for Kalpataru and Kamadhenu also. Sainath, on the other hand, gives us what we need at any given point of time, material and spiritual. Sai Ram. S.V.Swamy Author, Editor, Proof-Reader and Book Reviewer www.freewebs.com/swamyreviews To be Continued……. ---------------------- 9. SAI WITH CHILDREN: http://www.saidarbar.org/HTML/portraits/7.jpg Smt. Madhu Gopal 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. Baba told before He took His Maha Samadhi that He is Muralidhar and would like to play in Booty Wada (Samadhi Mandir) with His devotees. So far you have enjoyed Krishna Leelas. Baba has also established his identity with Lord Sri Rama. Now I will take you through our epic Ramayan. Tell your parents to read the Glory of Shirdi Sai – Bi-weekly E-magazine and narrate Ramayan from this magazine. OFFER OF PEACE: Now a large army of monkeys, apes and bears was at Rama's command. The whole army was divided into various divisions under the control and command of Lakshmana, Sugreeva, Hanuman, Angad and Jambuvanta. The whole army marched with war cry renting the air and stopped at the seashore. Vibhishana was seen coming toward them by the monkeys. They informed Rama. Hanuman who was also there at that time told that Vibhishana, the brother of Ravana, was unlike his brother a very good man devoted to God. He was a devotee of Lord Vishnu. " He is our well-wisher. I have met him earlier in Lanka. It was he who directed me to Ashokavatika where Ravana had confined Mother Sita. Let him come and we should hear what he wants to say " Said Hanuman. Vibhishana came, bowed before Rama and started telling how he tried his level best to infuse sense in Ravana and how he was kicked out of the palace by his brother and banished from Lanka. He said, " Now I have come to you seeking protection and shelter. " Rama consoled him and promised that after having killed Ravana he would crown him the king of Lanka. They all saw the vast ocean disappointedly. Now they had a problem how to cross the vast expanse of mighty ocean. Even Rama was baffled by it. Rama requested the ocean god to make way for their onward march. Finding no response the angry Lakshmana advised Rama to dry up the entire ocean by his divine weapon. Rama was to follow his younger brother's advice when the ocean god appeared before him and told that there was a monkey, Nala, in Sugreeva's army who was blessed with a divine gift that rocks touched by him would float in water. Telling this the ocean god disappeared and construction of a bridge over the ocean started. Shortly, with the labour of the entire army and Nala's divine gift of touch a bridge was built. And the whole army led by Rama crossed the ocean and reached Lanka. Vibhishana told Rama that Ravana's demon spies were out to infiltrate his army so that they could find out preparations and plans made by him. He also informed Rama of the impending danger as Ravana had ordered his warriors to go and destroy and burn up the sleeping and resting army of monkeys, apes and bears. As they were fully prepared to face the coming danger the demons did not succeed in their plan to burn up and eliminate Rama's army. Vibhishana recognized some demon spies in monkey's disguise moving around. The spies were caught and brought before Rama, but the generous Rama released them and said, " Go and tell what you have seen here and also say to Ravana that if he did not return Sita and atone for his evil-deeds he would surely be killed along with his entire clan " . The demon spies led fled for their life. All were ready to mount attack on Lanka. They had reached the gates of the golden city of Lanka. As Rama wanted to avoid a lot of blood-shed; so, before commencing war, he decided to make a final offer of peace of Ravana. He, therefore, chose Angad and sent him as his emissary of peace. Angad reached Ravana put before him Rama's offer of peace and conditions for peace. Ravana felt humiliated at the proposal to return Sita and seek Rama's forgiveness. He became furious and said, " O impertinent monkey! How dare you tell me, the mighty Ravana, what should I do? I have never been afraid of any one. You are scaring me of two ordinary banished princes and their army of monkeys and apes and bears. What to say of human beings, gods and demons alike tremble at the mere mention of my name. Such a mighty Ravana will seek forgiveness! No, never. First, I shall punish and kill you. " Saying thus Ravana rose from his throne and ran to Angad. But before Ravana could lay hold on him, Angad flew out of the court with Ravana's crown and placed it at Rama's feet. " Victory to Rama! " the war cry rented the air. To be Continued…… -------------- 10. ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES: Sankaraiah Dubagunta " sainama SAI NAMA EKAHA AT BASAR. We know there are only two temples of Goddess Saraswathi in India (Kashmir and Basar of Andhra Pradesh) it is one of the famous temples attracting devotees from all over India.Sadhakas from Varanasi (Benaras) come for Sadhana living on Bhiksha. A Sai Devotee who arranged 1008-Ghata Abhishek to the Goddess on 21-3-01 was inspired to have non-stop Sainaam for 24 hours i.e., 19-03-01 to 20-03-01. We feel it's a gift of Samartha Ramdas Swamiji within 24 hours of Sajjanghad programme. It is understood that this was first time that a public function of SaiBaba was conducted at this temple town. The Bhajan Mandali of Datta Venkata Sai Samajam of Kalloor Adilabad Dist participated with more than 70 devotees. We are grateful to Baba and Goddess for giving an opportunity to sing sweet name of Sainath on the banks of river Godavari. Devotees who witnessed have great appreciation for the quality and devotion of the programs. Om Sai Sri Sai Jaya Jaya Sai! D.Sankaraiah. -------------- 11. LETTERS FROM SAIDEVOTEES: " veena gupta " : veena_gupta_2000 Thu, 23 Jun 2005 06:02:11 -0700 (PDT) Jai Sai Ram Can you please include my other email address in your mailing list for sending me the Valuable e- magazine " The Glory of Shirdi Sai " . The address is vg20 Thanks Ashok Kumar Gupta ------------------------- Radhika G g_radhika 6/22/2005 12:22:58 -0700 Sai Ram, I am a regular r of our E-magazine " The Glory of Shirdi Sai " publication. Needless to say. I very much enjoy the journey of experiences along with other Sai devotees. Sai Ram Radhika Guru ------------------------- 12. TELUGU SECTION: Please visit: http://68.88.118.16/telugupages/Misc/ShiridiSai/shirdisai.htm -- 13. SAI'S BOOK WORLD Book: LIGHT OF WISDOM – SHIRDI SAI BABA. Author's Name: Sai Ananda Publisher: Sri Sai Spiritual centre, 1st Block, Thygarajanagar, Bangalore – 560 028- INDIA. Web: www.ssscsaipadananda.org Telephone: 6766922. Price: Rs.50/- BLURB The present book by `Sai Ananda' completes the trilogy of the author on Baba. Having been a follower of Poojya Narasimha Swamiji, Poojya Saipadananda Radhakrishna Swamiji and Poojya Narasimha Baba, `Sai Ananda has been a silent Sadhak. While his first book focused on the path of Dharma propounded by Baba, the second one highlights the role of Sadguru. The present volume `The light of wisdom – Shirdi Sai Baba' complements the Guru's role as a destroyer of darkness unto light. Hardwork and a lot of patience have gone into the book. To serious students of SAIISM, the present volume along with the two others mentioned above is a must. -------------------- Please Note: Those desirous of using this facility (Sai's Book World) to spread the word about their books may send ONE new copy of the book to Saidarbar, for details contact, webmaster saidarbar saidarbar Acknowledgement of receipt of books will be done by E-mail only. Book(s) sent to Saidarbar will be retained by Saidarbar and cannot be returned. ----------- 14. FROM SAI ORGANISATIONS: 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.saidarbarusa.org for SAIDARBAR - Walling ford Activities -------------------------- Radhika G g_radhika 6/22/2005 12:22:58 -0700 Dear Sai Devotees, Shri Sai Samartha Vidnyan Prabhodini, Mumbai conducts exams based on Shri Sai Satcharitra written by Shri Govind Raghunath Dabholkar alias Hemadpant.This Exam is one of its kind. Every year thousands of devotees take this exam and help themselves in Spiritual progress. For more information write to panchasheelexams The exam will be held on Sunday, August 14 2005 Sai Ram ------ Saidarbar Chennai: saidarbarchennai Thu, 30 Jun 2005 09:35:00 +0100 (BST) Baba opens new branch of Chennai Saidarbar in Ahsok Nagar! Dear Saibandhus, Baba has opened a new branch of Chennai Saidarbar in Ashok Nagar, Chennai on June 25 2005. The program started with Dhup Arati followed by Ashtotra Naamavali, Satcharitha Parayana, A Discussion on Dharma, Bhajans with distribution of mahanaivedya. Around 20 devotees attended the holy event. This month we are having the holy event in the following places 1. Saidarbar Triplicane Branch-- July 9 2005 2. Saidarbar Chennai Headquarters -- July 16 2005 3. Saidarbar Ashok Nagar Branch -- July 23 2005 4. Saidarbar Valasarawalkam Branch -- July 30 2005 For timings, pl. contact Sridharvk : saidarbarchennai Long Live The Ancient & Supreme One! At the feet of Lord Shirdi Sai, Chennai Saidarbar Team. " Ramesh and Anitha " kandra Saidarbar Canberra For Shirdi Sai Bhajans in Canberra please visit: http://angelfire.com/sd/SaidarbarCanberra -------------------------------- Shirdi Sai Baba technical 7/6/2005 02:06:26 -0000 Satsang on Saturday 9th July 2005 Dear Sai Bandhu, Our next Sai darbar and satsang will be held on Saturday the 9th July, 2005. 05:00pm - 05:30pm -– Sai Nama japa 05:30pm - Satsang Prayer For activities of Saidarbar Wallingford Please contact: technical ---- Shanthi Ramakrishnan: shanthi Sai Darbar Portland OR USA For Activities of Sai Darbar Portland Please contact: shanthi -------------------- info 13 Jun 2005 18:37:18 -0000 SHRI SHIRDI SAIBABA TEMPLE, 46-16 ROBINSON ST, FLUSHING, NY 11355 Dear Devotees, as you are aware the temple construction is fast progressing. Under the platform, where Baba will be installed, we propose to embed the note books where devotees have written prayers like: -Om Sai Sri Sai Jaya Jaya Sai OR -Om SaiRam OR -Sri Ramajayam OR -Om NamahShivaya OR -any such prayer on any deity. If you have any such material please hand them in at the temple or mail them so as to reach the temple by July 17th. ----------------------- Atlanta Sai Temple News " webmaster North America Shirdi Sai Temple of Atlanta For more details please contact the Temple 700 James Burgess Road, Suwanee, GA 30024 ----------------------- " Shirdi Saibaba Prayer Center " : sai Thu, 2 Jun 2005 05:11:49 -0700 (PDT) Guru Poornima 2005 - Sai Utsav on July 23rd at BAPS (Swami Narayan) temple With the grace and blessings of Sadguru Saibaba of Shirdi, Shirdi Saibaba Prayer Center will be celebrating Sai Utsav, a day long celebration, on occasion of Guru Poornima on 23rd July at Shri Swaminarayan Mandir [bAPS], Brooklyn Center, MN. Please join the celebrations and receive Sadguru Saibaba's blessings. The program includes Traditional Artis, Sai Abhishek, Ganesh Homam, Sai Satya Vrata, Palki Seva, and Sai Naam jap. For Further details Visit: Web Page: http://www.hamaresai.org/ Email: hamaresai -------------------------------- " Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of DFW " USA: shirdisaidallas 30 Jun 2005 09:56:54 -0000 Baba Pada Puja & Abhishekam Saturday July 2, 2005 10:00 am - 11:00 am This event repeats on the first Saturday of every month. Event Location: 2109 W. Parker Road, Plano, Texas It will be followed by Vishnu Sahasranamam at 11:00am. Please email your questions, comments or suggestions about the web site to: admin http://www.shirdisaidallas.org ---- " Om Sai Mandir " saisandesh Fri, 1 Jul 2005 16:28:12 -0400 Online Edition of SAI SANDESH, July 2005 Issue The online issue of Sai Sandesh is available at: http://www.omsaimandir.org/sai_sandesh_v2_issue7.pdf ---- saibandhu Tuesday, June 21, 2005 2:17:48 AM SHIRDI SAI GURUPOORNIMA CELEBRATIONS IN BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA Shirdi Sai Parivaar invites all to join us for Shirdi Sai GuruPoornima celebrations on July 24th (Sunday) - 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Venue: Presidential Ballroom Sunnyvale Community Center 550 E Remington Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94088 For details please visit www.ShirdiSaiParivaar.org Or send email to saibandhu -------------------- " Saibandhu " saibandhu Thu, 30 Jun 2005 16:15:55 -0000 [sai_Parivaar] Sai Naam Jap on July 16th for 24 hours duration Dear Saibandhus, As part of Guru Poornima celebrations, we would like to invite you along with family for Shirdi Sai Naam Jap for 24hrs duration on Saturday, July 16 (starts with Kakad arati) at the residence of Mili Modi and family. Please RSVP and indicate your time-slot preference by emailing Mili : milimodi2004 -------------------------------- SAIDARBAR – HYDERABAD: http://www.angelfire.com/celeb2/saidarbar/pages/S3500041.htm SAI A BEACON FOR HUMANITY: You can get your copy at http://www.ebeacon.indiainabook.com Sai Sevak-Vijay Agarwal: vijishvanya On behalf of Saidarbar, We are grateful to Saisevak Vijay Agarwal, who has released the Second edition of SAI A BEACON FOR HUMANITY, consisting of Baba's Aaratis in Audio form in the above E-book. We will be happy to conduct Tele-Satsanghs to cities out side Hyderabad and India on prior intimation. For further details please contact saidarbar --------- 15. EDITORIAL. Things impressed me from this Magazine: The physically handicapped, ugly looking persons, uneducated persons and poor people are all the creation of God. So do not neglect them if possible try to extend your love and moral support to them. If you are in good health, get good education, good friendship and exercise control over senses, then you are richer than richest. The fire burns the physical body whereas the fire called jealousy will burn the life itself. All family members must unite at least once in a day for a collective prayer session. Obey the Divine Laws and remain cheerful under all circumstances, whether favorable or adverse, taking it as Divine dispensation; For seeing Brahman one has to surrender five things viz. (1) Five Pranas (vital forces), (2) Five senses (five of action and five of perception), (3) mind, (4) intellect and (5) ego. 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- the bi-weekly 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 by submitting e-mail ID in the main page of http://www.saidarbar.org also read the old issues from: http://www.saidarbar.org/glory.htm, from www.saidakshina.com and from http://www.saidarbarusa.org 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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