Guest guest Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI Third Year of Publication Published as Bi-Weekly Issue 19 / 2005 15-09-2005 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. SAI IN DREAMS 5. QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY 6. SANATANA DHARMA & SRI SHIRDI SAIBABA 7. SAIBANISA OFFERS PRANAMS TO ….. 8. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES 9. SAI WITH CHILDREN 10. ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES 11. LETTERS FROM SAI DEVOTEES 12. TELUGU SECTION 13. FROM SAI ORGANISATIONS 14. SAI'S BOOK WORLD 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 80. If you want to be happy, do not indulge in too much praise or abuse, involve in controversial talks or hurting other's feelings. 81. You should not give unwanted advises to any one. 82. A person will be known as a gentle man in the society who will stickup to his duties and never indulge in unnecessary activities. 83. You should respect the law of the land you live. 84. Faith in family traditions, friendship with good persons and eating simple food will alone give you happiness. 85. A realized person is one who will see Atma in him and the Atma in any living being as same. 86. You should know that nobody will accompany you in your last journey (death); only good deeds will accompany you. 87. In the society where justice is over ruled by injustice and good is dominated by bad, such society can be called a dead society. 88. An educated who following bad path, a rich person who behaves like a miser and a strong person who avoids to protect the weak person, are burden to the Society. 89. Past time can never be retrieved again. If you have not done any good in the past, realize and try to do some thing good now from this moment onwards. To be Continued… ----- 2. SAI'S NEWS FROM THE TIME MACHINE: Bhadrapada 1910: H.H Gajanan Maaraj of Shegaon left his mortal coil. At the same time Shirdi Sai Baba grieved profusely and said " Hallo! My Gajanan is gone " . Bhadrapada 1922: Mahalsapathi passed away on 11-09-1922 ------ 3. FOOT STEPS OF THE HOLY FEET –12 EXPERIENCES OF SAI.BA.NI.SA WITH SHIRDI SAI The importance of ' feeding the hungry ' is well emphasized in the 38th chapter of Sai Satcharitra. Sai actively participated in preparing and serving food to the needy. He always stressed upon people to offer food to the starved coming in any form of life during the lunch hour. It was customary on the part of his devotees to invite Sai for community lunch / dinners. Sai graced the occasion in some form or other as narrated in the 40th chapter, where in he visited B.V.Dev's house in the form of a saint along with his two disciples. Similar incidents have taken place in my life too and I intend to place them before all devotees. It dates back to the year 1991.On completion of my house construction, I decided to offer food to all workers involved in the construction activities with a sense of gratitude and appreciation for all the good work done. I whole heartedly invited Sainath to grace the occasion. I was anticipating a minimum of 10 people and vouched to take food only after I offer it to at least 10 people against the 15 invited. 17 - 10 - 1991 was the date as I recall and to strange coincidence, it happened to be ' VIJAYA DASIMI DAY ' i.e. Dussera festival. After they finished taking food I took the head count and found that only nine of the fifteen expected turned up. My wife was pestering me also to have my lunch. I stood firm on my decision and advised my wife to go ahead with her lunch. After waiting up to 3' O clock, she commenced to have her lunch, abusing me for my adamancy. My mind was pre- occupied with mixed feelings and series of questions - firstly, will Sai ever turn up? Or else has he already come and I failed to recognize him? How should I go about? It was already 4' O clock and finally I decided abide as Sai advises. Since he cannot come in a physical form to speak to me, the media I opted was for a book which I happened to purchase a day before and was a newly arrived edition of a book titled " SAI BABA OF SHIRIDI - A UNIQUE SAINT " BY M.V. KAMATH. This book hither to lying unpacked should therefore indicate to me whether I should have food or not. So I closed my eyes after praying and opened the page 134 - 135. I was struck dumb fold when page - 135 gave me a clear message of Sai addressed to his devotees in Dwarakamayi - " You want me to eat more! Go now and have your meal " . My mind was still not free from the thought as to form in which Sai came to my house, when my attention was drawn to a giant sized ant feasting in, on the sweets kept in front of his photograph. I sincerely thanked Sai and prostrated before him. I shared the newfound joy with my wife and had my food at 4: 45 in the evening. BOW TO SAI - PEACE TO ALL To be Continued… -------------------------------- 4. 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: 20-12-1993. I desired for a spiritual message from Sai before going to bed. He gave three guidelines to be followed. 1. Extend medical assistance to a suffering person. 2. Fed the Hungry. 3. Be courteous even to an enemy. 4. Annadhaanam is the supreme charity and there is no substitute for it. Think as to how you can be a useful part. Dared: 21-12-1993. Yesterday I was thinking about my enemies before going to bed. I saw Sai dressed in white, coming out of a temple after having his food. He turned towards me and spoke to me – " I do not want you to blame any body. If you do not like some body, at the best avoid him. Every one is bound to reap the rewards for his doings either good or bad and no one else can make others responsible for their deeds " . I was suitably advised not to blame any one from their back Think for doing something better rather than wasting time on thinking about enemies. Dated: 31-12-1993. I pleaded Sai to tell me few good words for the coming year. He has given the following messages: Eat limited food in parties and take care of your health. Tell about my Philosophy too only those who are interested to know and there should not be any discrimination. Sai devotees should visit Shiridi and enhance their faith. Extend love towards humanity with out any barriers. Perform Vastradhaan on the day of Gurupoornima. Do your duty well. To be continued….. ---- 5. QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY: (By Late Sri Bharam UmamaheswaraRao) " Shashi " : shashi_31 10. Uniqueness of Sri Sai Baba and his Teachings If we read these basic texts, they will surely bestow the four PURUSHARTHAS i.e., Dharma, Artha, Kama & Moksha. All religions declare God as SARVAGNA. Sacred books are there to guide one and all towards good moral and conduct in society. All are equally children of God, the universal father. Sri Sai Baba has propagated equality of all human beings irrespective of their social, religious and economic backgrounds. He stressed the pure adhyatmic sampradaya. He has neither praised nor condemned any one. His preaching were all about the Supreme Power ruling the universe. He has not referred to Dwaita or the Adwaita or Visistadwaita. Baba has instructed His devotees and all others that they should view all religions with the same respect. He also said that one's own religion is best suited for each and everyone. By proper understanding, realization comes that all religions are one in their ultimate goal of elevating towards God while advocating to do good always to be useful to society at large. To be continued….. -------------- 6. SANATANA DHARMA & SRI SHIRDI SAIBABA Saibanisa-Gopalarao Ravada—Saidarbar Hyderabad –India SRI MAHA BHAGAVATHAM—SRI SHIRDI SAI SATCHARITA 8) King Rushbha after the gaining knowledge and wisdom, opted to Pass on the kingdom to his eldest son king Bharath and renounce the wordly Pleasures for seeking God. All the eight 'Astasiddhis' found place in him automatically. Sri Sai being a Yogiraj, a perfectionist and Parabrahmah himself, was empowered with the Astasiddhis. Some of the incidents like entry in the house of Megha with unlocking, going to remotely located Tharkad's house, demonstrating his physical presence in Maschindragarh to Balram Mankar, prediction of the arrival Dhurandhara brothers to Shiridi in advance and sleeping on the wooden plank suspended nearest to the ceiling etc. were all but the manifestations of the Astasidhis. 9) King Chitraketh was not blessed with a male child in spite of having several wives. Saint Angirasa makes him successfully to Perform Puthra - kamesti yagna (a ritual undertaken for appeasement Of Gods and was finally blessed with a male issue. Sri Sainath gifted similar blessings to a number of his devotees: Rathanji Shapurjiwadia, Dhamu Annakasar by the power of Amra Leela, and Gopala Rao Gundu. 10) Prahladha informs his father king Hiranyakashayap about nine Forms of devotion 1.Hearing, 2.Praying, 3.Remembering, 4.Resorting to Feet, 5.Worshiping, 6.Bowing in reverence, 7.Doing Service, 8.Associating in Friendship and 9.self Surrender. Sri Sai inquires from Patankar whether he could collect the nine nodules of the mare. Sri.Dada Kelkar explains what actually Baba meant. Here the mare is considered as manifestation of God and the nine nodules symbolize the navavidha bhakti (nine forms of expressing one's devotion towards God). The nine coins given by Baba to Lakshmibai Shinde also indicate the same preaching. ------------------------------ SANATANA DHARMA – NEWS FROM ABROAD: http://www.indo.com/indonesia/news84.html Ramayana presented in open-air theatre YOGYAKARTA (indo.com): Travelers to Yogyakarta, Central Java, should not miss the Ramayana Grand Ballet Performance in a moonlit open-air theatre. The two-hour epic performance is presented at least three times a week in the peaceful evening atmosphere around the spectacular Prambanan Temple. Prambanan temple is Indonesia's biggest and most beautiful temple, situated some 17 kilometers east of Yogyakarta - about 20 minutes drive from the city. Its parapets are adorned with bas-reliefs depicting the famous Ramayana story. The performance in the open-air theatre certainly provides an unforgettable experience. The carefully lit temple provides a spectacular backdrop against which the drama unfolds, with a canopy of stars above. The Ramayana Ballet Performance involves hundreds of artists, dancers and musicians. They perform the famous classic story of Ramayana, accompanied by gamelan musical orchestra. --- http://www.indo.com/indonesia/news73.html Goddess of Knowledge comes to Earth. DENPASAR (indo.com): Blessings will be given at every family compound, clan temple, school temple and many other places of worship in order to celebrate Saraswati Day. The day is devoted to Sang Hyang Aji Saraswati, the Goddess of Knowledge and Arts, and reminds us of the value of our holy scriptures and the disciplines of science and art. The day is a holiday on the island, and the night before is characterized by Mekekawin - the singing of ancient Balinese songs, written on ancient lontar parchment. Saraswati comes twice a year. According to the Balinese lunar month, the celebration falls on Watugunung, the last week of the Balinese calendar. All Balinese Hindu people welcome the descent of the God of Knowledge by conducting a series of ceremonies, starting early in the morning. ------------------ Residents of Houston Celebrate Janmashtami www.hindusofhouston.org HOUSTON, TEXAS, August 27, 2005: Over Five thousand and odd like minded friends attended the 16th Annual Community-Wide Janmashtami Celebration at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on Saturday, August 27, 2005. Attendees, celebrating the birthday of Lord Krishna, enjoyed the colorful booths, watched a well-organized cultural program with music and dance, participated in the Raas Garba dance wishing it would not end, honored Akhil Chopra, and, in general, had a great time. Jay Aiyer perhaps echoed the sentiments of many attendees, saying " The celebration was wonderful and it is proof that our cultural traditions are thriving in Houston. Maha Ganapati Temple Performs Lakshaarchana www.mahaganapatitemple.com EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA, September 4, 2005: The Board of Trustees cordially invites you to participate in the Lakshaarchana at the Maha Ganapati Temple in Edmonton, Alberta. As part of the Lakshaarchana (one hundred thousand archana), five priests will be chanting 1,000 names of Lord Ganesha on each day for twenty days from November 16, 2005 to December 5, 2005. The end of Lakshaarchana is celebrated on December 6, 2005. The Lakshaarchana is conducted for world peace, global welfare, and prosperity and long life among the people. It brings more vibration to the temple and blessings to the devotees. The Lakshaarchana is usually conducted in Ganesha Temples during the Vinayagar Viratham (fasting), which is celebrated for 21 days starting on the day after the full moon in the month of Karthigai (November). The Lakshaarchana is conducted for the first time at the Maha Ganapati Temple since the inauguration of the new temple in July 2000. ----------------------------- Ministers and VIPs Celebrate Krishna's Birthday in UK's Newest Hindu temple www.hinducounciluk.org LONDON, ENGLAND, September 6, 2005: Immigration Minister, Tony McNulty MP, was among several dignitaries invited to celebrate the religious festival of Krishna Janmasthami on September 4 at the impressive Shri Venkateswara Balaji Temple in Birmingham. The temple is developing into one of Europe's largest temples. The celebrations were organized by Dr. Narayan Rao of UK and other members. --------------------------- Compiled by SaiSevak SrinivasaRao Kasturi Saidarbar – Hyderabad. ------------------ 7. SAIBANISA OFFERS PRANAMS TO " RAMANA MAHARSHI " Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi (December 30, 1879 - April 14, 1950) was a great mystic of the Advaita Vedanta stream and is regarded by some as one of the greatest saints of the 20th century. He lived in the sacred Tiruvannamalai hill near Chennai. The core of his teachings was the practice of atma-vichara (self-enquiry) Ramana Maharshi continued to practice the method of inquiry into the nature of the self best expressed by the question " who am I? " He recommended renunciation of enjoyment of physical and mental pleasures as a means of entering into a state where the oneness of the self and cosmos could be perceived. He also felt that a person who is not attached to the results of his actions can live in the world like an actor that plays his or her part but is immune to emotional disturbance, because he realizes he is only play-acting on the stage of life. Ramana Maharshi was able to demonstrate his own non-attachment when thieves broke into the ashram and he counseled the disciples and visitors to let them have anything they wanted. He remained calm during the incident even when struck by one of the thieves. He also displayed no loss of equanimity at the death of his mother, who had come to live at the ashram after selling the family home. RamanaMaharshi developed cancer and when his devotees voiced concern about losing him, he responded with the statement " I am not going anywhere, where shall I go? I shall be there where I am always. " He took mahasamadhi in April, 1950, sitting in lotus position. The final word that passed from his lips was the sacred syllable OM. ----------------- 8. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES: " Neetu Kumar " : neetu.k Mon, 5 Sep 2005 15:26:28 +0530 " LIFE SAVING MIRACLE As SAI devotees all of us are aware and must have read in Sai Satcharitra how BabaJi takes the problems of His bhaktas on His Body I have an Experience to narrate to you which reinforces this belief. Baba has said in His 11 assurances " Tyaag shareer chala jaaunga Bhakt hetu daura aaunga " The summer break of our Children was almost getting over and we had been planning for a long time, with in the family, to visit Amritsar and get a Darshan of Golden temple. We were confused whether we should go by train or by own car so we put two chits and BabaJi told us to go by train. But somehow we were so adamant on carrying on with the trip by road by our own car that we made the mistake of going against Baba's wishes. We reached Amritsar and on our way back met with a major accident wherein we had a head on collision with a Tata Innova on a narrow bridge. The accident was so ghastly but we all are still alive thanks to Baba's Kripa on His Bhakts. There was a statue of Baba in our Car which took the impact of the accident and was " Khandit " (totally Shattered). Baba took the pain on to Himself even though we had made the mistake of not Complying with His wishes. This incident reminds me of a similar incident which is mentioned in Sai Satcharitra also that once Baba has told Tatya to not to go to Kopargaon but He didn't listen and carried on with his trip and met with a small accident where Baba saved him. Such is the Love of Baba for His Devotees, " Just like a Mother Protects Her Children from all Perils " so it is our duty to abide to Baba's wishes. " May Sai guide us all Baba ki neetu: ----------------------------- murali_krishnamurthy2003 8/18/2005 08:51:09 -0600 Om Sai Ram. My name is Murali Krishnamurthy. Born and raised in Chennai (Madras). I am a software engineer, an entrepreneur running an IT company, living in Laurel, Maryland, USA. I am married and blessed with a son, Shri. Vishnu. My wife's name is Smt. Sharmila. My parents live in Chennai, India. My wife and her family are from Andhra Pradesh. It all started through a divine presence I believe, it must be Shri Sai Baba. I was in Albany, New York state for a while during July 2003 before finally settled down in Maryland State in USA. One day in the evening after work, I visited the Albany Hindu temple. It was around 6:00PM. I was very hungry from 4:00PM onwards and by the time I reached the temple it was 6pm. My friend drove me to the temple, since I lived in Maryland with my family with no car in NY. After darshan of all deities and archana for Lord Hanuman (I am a staunch devotee of Lord Ganesha and Lord Hanuman), I was sitting before the deities thinking of my future, my family and the hardships I am going through. The hunger became like a monster and was eating my intestine. I started praying and said ' God, this is your temple. I am starving'. And after 15 minutes we were ready to leave. Then the gurukkal (priest) called me and asked me to take theertham (holy water). I did. Then I turned and began to walk away. Again the gurukkall called me. I was surprised. I was thinking why he needs to call me. Gurukkal called me back and gave me two bananas and said 'Eat, you must be hungry'. I couldn't believe myself. God listened to me. This might be a small incident, but somehow this led me to Bhagvan Sai Baba and made me think that Baba (God) is omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent. Without anybody's interference I started reading more about Sai Baba and once upon a time I was a non-believer myself. One of my friend, who just returned from India, gave me a Photo of Bhagvan Sathya Sai baba and some vibuthi. I am just developing a deep devotion for Baba within myself and one day in the night before going to bed I applied vibuthi on my forehead. Probably early in the morning I had a dream. The dream was: I was carrying a pallaku (palanquin) of Perumal (Lord Srinivasa) around the temple premises like they do in an utsavam (temple festival). Then: " Baba was on his usual darshan rounds. I was there in the darshan line seated. He came near me and looked at me. I got up and he was saying something and turned around. And the next moment I saw Baba coming towards me (as if he lost balance) his back facing me. He bumped on my chest and i was perplexed. I was balancing him. He turned around and looked at me with a grace. Then the next moment I was sitting and feeding yoghurt rice to baba and he tasted it, with grace. Then with his index and middle finger he firmly touched my wrist as if shaking my hands and smiled at me. " That was the end of the dream. Other incidents: 1. I didn't have a photo of Shirdi Baba. I was feeling sad. But for some reason, I went down to the basement of my house and was doing something in my home office. Suddenly I looked down and there was a card kind of thing, upside down. I took it in my hand and it read' Sai Prasad' (in Tamil) with some vibhuti. I turned it around it was Shirdi Baba's photo. I was so happy. I have never seen that photo in my life before and that too in my house in USA. This is one incident. Now that photo adorns the temple in my house. 2. One day I was driving to work in the morning around 7:45am. I was chanting Sai baba's name all the way from home (I do this regularly). All of a sudden in the horizon I saw the sun blazing and I looked straight into the sun, even though it was blinding. To my knowledge I saw an OM symbol (in Sanskrit) within the sun itself. I was blessed on that day. 3. Baba used to show me signs of grace using motor vehicles or stickers carrying god's messages on cars etc. I was lamenting for being successful in business for a while. I was driving with my wife and we stopped in a signal. There was a car in front of us and a there was a sticker on the bumper which read' This is God,' I am not yet done with you'. Who else would show these kind of things, except for our Swami? 4. Giant grocery store trucks, which carry a Big G on its side, are the daily morning darshan of Swami himself in that form. While driving if I pray and ask, that truck will appear from nowhere and assure me of Swami's grace and blessings. It might look awkward, but this is not coincidence. 5. One day morning I was praying and my son came near me and I lifted him up. I showed him the Shirdi Sai photo and asked him who was it. Pat came the reply from him 'OM'. 6. Most recent experience. July 2005. Since all believed in Shirdi Sai Baba in my family, my wife after she came back from her vacation from India, got a reasonably good portrait of Shirdi Baba sitting on the stone. The portrait picture was lying for along time and I couldn't frame it. One day I went to the photo studio and found a good frame for that picture. Now it adorns our bedroom and he is blessing us. After few days, finishing my morning chores, I went to the bath and prepared to take shower. I opened the shower and water was pouring on my body. I was brushing my neck and suddenly in the back of my neck, something got struck in my hand. I took it out and it was a 1 rupee coin from India. I couldn't believe myself. Of all the places how can I get a 1 rupee coin in USA, even if it is in my house and that too sitting on back of my neck without falling? I don't have any answers for this or what it signifies? It is his Mahima. In my life I wanted to do seva to people in many ways. I have my own IT consulting company, and success is showing up. I need to be successful so that I can utilize my resources and finance to help many people in India. Now I feel I should leave everything to Shirdi Baba and carry on with my life. Hope he showers his love and shows me the right path so that I can be of some use to fellow human beings. Did Sai Baba lead me to himself? There is no doubt about that. Baba has a purpose for everything. He knows everything. Sarvantharayami!! I remember vaguely visiting Shirdi Sai Samaj Mandir, in Mylapore, Madras when I was 7 or 8 years old. I saw the holy dhuni there and did not realize Shirdi Sai will take me into his fold and bless all of us with his mighty grace. I would like to get acquainted with satsangs and devotees around Maryland area. Please touch base with me. Om Sai ram, Murali Krishnamurthy ------------------------------ 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 Ramayan and this is the last part of this version of Valmik Ramayan and wait for the new feature which will be started shortly. Ramayan--A Very Brief Synopsis Retiring King Dasaratha of Ayodha chooses his son Rama as his heir. His wife Kaikeyi asks that he appoint another son Bharata, instead. Kaikeyi pleads that he owes her two favors, and she feels misfortune will come upon her if he doesn't crown Bharata king and banish Rama to the forest for fourteen years. The king reluctantly agrees, so Rama goes with his wife, Sita, and his brother Laksmana, leaving their riches to live a simple life. In the forest the three meet the demoness Surpanakha who falls in love with Rama. Rama refuses her advances and Laksmana wounds her. She flees to her brother Ravana, ruler of the island kingdom of Lanka. After hearing Surpanakha's report of the beauty of Sita, Ravana decides that he must have Sita and changes himself into in wandering holy man to find her in the forest. When Rama and Laksmana are distracted, Ravana carries Sita off to Lanka. Sita mourns in Ravana's garden in Lanka, while Rama and Laksmana enlist the services of Hanuman, the monkey king, to help them find her. Hanuman, able to make himself larger or smaller, starts his search for Sita by taking a giant step to the Island of Lanka. Carrying Rama's ring he finds Sita and identifies himself as Rama's messenger. Sita is delighted, but Hanuman is caught and Ravana sets Hanuman's tail on fire. Hanuman escapes and sets fire to Lanka. Rama, Laksmana, Hanuman, and his monkey army lay siege on Lanka. The monkeys make a bridge to Lanka, and after a long battle with spears, bows and arrows, Rama kills Ravana. Sita, however, is not received by Rama unreservedly; he questions her chastity after having lived in the house of another man. When he asks her to undergo the test by fire; she agrees. Proving her chastity by remaining unscathed by the fire, she rejoins Rama. Later, Rama abandons her to maintain the sanctity of public opinion and she goes to live in the ashram of sage Valmiki and bears twin sons Lava and Kusa, who as young men became reunited with their father, the god-king Rama. -------------- 10. ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES: " Sankaraiah Dubagunta " sainama SRI SAI BABA'S GRACE Dear Readers, We are all aware that Pujya Narasimha Swamiji brought Sai to the door steps of devotees who do not know Marathi through His books in English, articles in newspapers and meetings. May we have always His blessings. Sri Nagesh V Gunaji, author of Sri Sai Satcharitra in English really did yeoman service to English knowing people through that book. Otherwise we would not have known about Sai Baba. Let Us offer our Pranams to him. He himself had written his own experience of Sai Baba to the editor of Sai Sudha (July 1951) as narrated below: " Some of my friends after reading Sri Sai Satcharitra (English) ask me what are my experiences of Sai Baba. I reply them that they are many, but what is the use of recounting them all? Take only one instance. This Sai Satcharitra (English). I'm not a scholar of the English language and I never intended to write this book, but inspite of this, Sai Baba got it done by me--- how I have related in my prefix to that book. I do not want to repeat the same here. Coming to a recent experience on Thursday, 12-4-1951 at 8 pm. I was returning home in Thalakwadi by the congress road with a friend. He crossed the Railway crossing gate in front of Venktesh Vilas Tea club and went towards his home in Thalakwadi east and I started straight to buy some Pedhas in a front sweetmeat shop for offering them as Naivedya to Sai Baba after Arathi as it was a Thursday. After going a few steps I noticed a motor car coming in front of me. To avoid its track I turned to one side (right) but to my great surprise, the motor driver turned his car in the same direction and brought it straight on me and threw me down. I was unconscious for a few seconds and then rose up. The passers by assembled near me and said that --- they thought I was gone and they were wonderstruck to see me rising and standing. I asked the motor driver why he turned his motor car towards me. He replied that he wanted to save some other passengers that were standing in front of his car before and so he gave the turn. Then I went to the sweetmeat shop, brought the pedas, went home and offered the same after waving the Arathi and then went to bed and I had Good sleep that night. Next morning I got my self examined by a doctor who said after examining me thoroughly that there was nothing wrong and everything was alright. It was Sai Baba's grace that saved me from this accident and kept me hearty and hale with no injury of any sort. Bow to Sri Sai Peace be to all!!! N.V.Gunaji " Dear Readers, Baba always say if we serve Him, He will serve us. He further declared He always thinks of His devotees wherever they may be and run to their rescue in times of need. D.Sankaraiah. -------------------------------- 11. LETTERS FROM SAIDEVOTEES: saicompassion 9/09/2005 16:20:36 -0600 Thank you for creating this wonderful site; we need more of these web pages where to get Ananda from, Sai Ram. Daniel Gonzalez Australia - " Neetu Kumar " : neetu.k Mon, 5 Sep 2005 15:26:28 +0530 Jai Sai Ram to all the members of Sai Darbaar. I would first like to give my sincere thanks for sharing beautiful Articles and The Glory of Shirdi Sai with all of us. I really enjoy reading all The contents specially " Sai in Dreams " part. Shri Saibanisaji is really a blessed soul. My humble pranams to all of you. Neetu Kumar --------------------- saisaiuday2003 9/02/2005 05:00:20 -0600 The website http://www.saidarbar.org is very good Uday Shankar Kar - " Bhattathiri " : param 9/9/2005 03:23:14 +0530 SaiRam! Your website is informative and excellent. M.P. Bhattathiri ---------------- Raj venkat babujiiloveu 9/12/2005 12:05:33 -0700 Thanks for giving me the membership in saidarbar. I will tell people How Sai Baba saved me from all my miseries, and preach others to become Sai Baba devotees all over the world. SaiSevak VenkataramanaKumar. ---------------------------- 12. TELUGU SECTION: Please visit: http://68.88.118.16/telugupages/Misc/ShiridiSai/shirdisai.htm -- 13. FROM SAI ORGANISATIONS: FOR STARTING A SAIDARBAR CHAPTER OUT SIDE INDIA: Please contact: saidarbar & saidarbar ------ Saidarbar Chennai: saidarbarchennai For Activities of Saidarbar Chennai Contact saidarbarchennai Chennai Saidarbar Team. " Ramesh and Anitha " kandra For activities of Saidarbar Canberra Please visit: http://angelfire.com/sd/SaidarbarCanberra -------------------------------- Shirdi Sai Baba technical For activities of Saidarbar Wallingford Please contact: technical ---- " Shanthi Ramakrishnan " : shanthi Sai Darbar Portland OR USA For activities Sai Darbar Portland OR USA Please contact: shanthi ------------ A.S.Rao, - raoas For Activities of Sai Darbar Kitwe, Zambia Please contact: raoas -------------------- Anil Zutshi: zutshi_anil_k For activities of Saidarbar Danbaru-Canitcut-USA Please contact: zutshi,zutshi ------------------- Badri Narsimhan: wallingfordsai For activities Saidarbar Wallingford-PA- USA Please contact: wallingfordsai ------------------ Satish Achanta: vskachanta For activities of Saidarbar Woodland Hills-CA-USA- Please contact: vskachanta ----------------- Ravi Subramanyam: sai_ravi For activities of Saidarbar Livermore-CA-USA Please contact: sai_ravi ---------- Suresh Vaghela: suresh,suresh For activities of Saidarbar-London Please contact: suresh,suresh ------ " 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 For Further details Visit: Web Page: http://www.hamaresai.org/ Email: hamaresai -------------------------------- " Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of DFW " USA: shirdisaidallas Baba Pada Puja & Abhishekam 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 Sai Sandesh September Issue can be read online at: http://www.omsaimandir.org/sai_sandesh_v2_issue8.pdf Back Issues are available at: http://www.omsaimandir.org/newsletter1.cfm ---- saibandhu Mon, 12 Sep 2005 23:36:28 -0000 [sai_Parivaar] Shirdi Sai Baba Bhajans- Invitation- September 15th at the Prayer Hall Dear Shirdi Sai devotees, This week's host for Shirdi Sai Baba Bhajans at the Prayer Hall in Cupertino, CA. We would like to invite you and your family for the Bhajans. When (Thursday): September 15th Time: 7:30 to 8:25 p.m – Sai Namavali and Bhajans 8.25 to 8.30 p.m – Mangalam & Naivedyam 8.30 to 8.50 p.m – Shej Arathi For Satsanghs and details please visit www.ShirdiSaiParivaar.org Or send email to saibandhu --- " S Chopra " saileela99 SHIRDI SAI BABA SANSTHAN OF CANADA Please contact: Shirdi Sai Baba Sansthan of Canada www.shirdisaicanada.org (under construction) saileela99 Shammi Chopra ------------- babamandir Om Sairam! Mandir Pathrika is now in its third Year of publication. We added more information on Mandir in this issue. We request all devotees to contribute articles to Mandir Pathrika. Articles can be any information on Saibaba, Jalaram bapa or devotee Experiences, suggestions etc. Please email your articles to babamandir You can view all previous issues by opening the following link. http://www.babamandir.org/mandir/OnlineResources.html Vijay ------------------- info 12 Sep 2005 15:02:32 -0000 Sai Baba Mahasamadhi Day & Dushera Celebrations SHIRDI SAI BABA MAHASAMADHI DAY & DUSHERA CELEBRATIONS ON THURSDAY, October13th, 2005 Satya Narayana Vritha Katha 4.00PM to 6.00PM Dhoop Arathi 6.00PM to 6.30PM Special Bhajans, Baba Maha Abhishek 6.30PM to 8.30PM Shej Arathi followed by flower offerings to Baba`s Padhuka by devotees. 8.30 PM to 9.00 PM Activities include: Bhajans, Abhishekam, Arathi and Satyanarayana Puja SHRI SHIRDI SAIBABA TEMPLE, 46-16 ROBINSON ST, FLUSHING, NY 11355 ------------------------------- 14. SAI'S BOOK WORLD: From S.K. Kapoor, Honorary Secretary, Sri Sai Bhakta Samaj (Regd.) 17, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110 003. E-mail: ssbsnewdelhi Web: www.saimemorial.com Books in English: 1. PUSHPANJALI - By Mrs. BELA SARMA Book can be obtained from Mrs.Bela Sarma, A-3 /154, Janak Puri, New Delhi -110058 2. GOD WHO WALKED ON EARTH – by Sri Rangaswami Parthasarathy – Price Rs.95/- Publisher: Sterling Publishers private limited, A-59, OKHLA INDUSTRIAL AREA, PHASE – II New Delhi - 110 020. Web: www.sterlingpublishers.com 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. -------- E- Books from Saidarbar: 1. SAI A BEACON FOR HUMANITY: You can obtain your copy at http://www.ebeacon.indiainabook.com/other_books.htm 2. SAI IN DREAMS You can obtain your copy at http://www.ebeacon.indiainabook.com/ Contact for further details: Sai Sevak-Vijay Agarwal: vijishvanya - SAIDARBAR – HYDERABAD: http://www.angelfire.com/celeb2/saidarbar/pages/S3500041.htm 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: Faith in family traditions, friendship with good persons and eating simple food will alone give you happiness Raman Maharshi advocated that a person who is not attached to the results of his actions can live in the world like an actor that plays his or her part 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 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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