MYSTERY OF MYSTERIES AND SUPER SAINT - SADGURU SAI NATH

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CHAPTER - XVIII

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF UDI AND

DAKSHINA TO HUMAN LIFE

Lord Shirdi Baba always with his practical demonstration taught we human

beings the ways and means to reach the goal of self- realisation. It was

the practice of Baba to ask for Dakshina from the devotees and then confer

His Blessings by applying UDI on their foreheads at the time of their

departure.

Let us first see the importance of Dakshina, which Baba practised. Baba

used to ask for Dakshina from the people, who went to see Him and seek

His blessings. Of course, He never used to take Dakshina from those

devotees, who were not willing to give with their pure heart. A

question may be asked as to why Baba, a fakir and perfectly

non-attached, ask for Dakshina In the Veda, it is said that pooja of God

is not complete unless a golden coin is offered. So, if a coin was

necessary in the pooja of Gods, why should it not be offered in the pooja of

saints also So, our Hindu shastras has laid down, that when one goes to

see God, saints or Guru, one should not go empty handed. The Brihadaranaya

Upanishad says that Lord Prajapathi advised Gods, men and demons by one

letter “DA”. Gods understood by this letter that they should practise Dama

i.e. self-control; the Men, that they should practise Daya i.e. compassion.

So, men were recommended charity. Lord Prajapathi advised to give charity

with faith, modestly and liberally and with awe and sympathy. So, Lord

Baba practised the precepts of the Upanishad, by asking for charity from

devotees in order to remove their attachment to money, which is a must for

attaining self-realisation. The peculiarity of His charity was that he had

to give back hundred times more of what He received.

There are many instances (see Sai Satcharita) where Baba asked for

dakshina again and again, but in their later life such devotees never

lacked shortage of money and made them to lead a contented life.

 

 

 

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