The Glory of Shirdi Sai - issue 10-2008 from Saidarbar.

May 7, 2008

THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI

Sixth Year of Publication

Published as Bi-Weekly

Issue 10/ 2008

08-05-2008

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One World One Family

Vasudhaika Kutumbam

Om! Asatoma Sargamaya, Tamasoma Jyotirgamaya,

Mrityorma Amritamgamaya, Om Shantihi, Shantihi,

Shantihi!

(Aum! Lead from wrong path to the right path, from

ignorance to knowledge, from mortality to immortality!

Peace be to All)

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THIS ISSUE CONTAINS:

1. FROM THE SATSANGHS OF SAIBANISA JI

2. SAI'S NEWS FROM TIME MACHINE

3. SAI IN DREAMS

4. QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY

5. SANATANA DHARMA & SHRI SHIRDI SAIBABA

6. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES

7. SAI WITH CHILDREN

8. SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA

9. ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES

10. LETTERS FROM SAI DEVOTEES

11. TELUGU SECTION

12. SAI'S BOOK WORLD

13. EDITORIAL.

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1. . FROM THE SATSANGHS OF SAIBANISA JI

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Compiled by:

Sai Sevak Smt. Rajeswari Kasturi, Saidarbar -

Hyderabad.

Shirdi Sai's Philosophy in the words of Saibanisaji

THINGS MUST BE USED PROPERLY:

One should always remember that nothing in the world

can strictly be called “mine”. What comes to a person

comes to him because of a combination of causes and

conditions; it can be kept by him only temporarily

and, therefore, he must not use it selfishly or for

unworthy purposes.

Once a queen offered a saint five hundred garments,

the saint received them with great satisfaction.

The king, hearing of it, suspected the saint of

dishonesty, so he went to saint and asked what he was

going to do with these five hundred garments.

The saint replied; “Oh King, many of the citizens in

your kingdom are in rags; I am going to distribute the

garments among them.

“What will you do with the old garments of the Poor?”

“We will make bed-covers out of them.”

“What will you do with the old bed covers?”

“We will make pillow-cases.”

“What will you do with the old pillow-cases?”

“We will make floor-covers out of them.”

“What will you do with the old floor covers?”

“We will use them for foot- towels.”

“What will you do with the old foot towels?”

“We will use them for floor-mops.”

“What will you do with the old mops?”

“Your Highness, we will tear them into pieces, mix

them with mud and use the mud to plaster the house

walls.”

Every article entrusted to us must be used with good

care in some useful way, because it is not “ours” but

is only entrusted to us temporarily.

To be continued-------

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2. SAI'S NEWS FROM THE TIME MACHINE:

May 1913: waman Rao Patel (Swami Sharanandji) visited

Shirdi again and this time he stayed for eleven

months.

May 1917: Lokmanya Bala Gangadhar Tilak arrived at

Shridi with Dada Saheb Khaparde for having Baba's

dharshan.

May 1990: Foundation stone was laid for Sai Baba

Bhaktha Niwas Sthan in Shirdi.

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3. SAI IN DREAMS

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These are the dream sequences and messages as received

by SaiBaNiSaji 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.

OCTOBER-1995:

23-10-1995

I prayed Baba to give a message on the occasion of

Diwali festival (The festival of lights). Sai was

standing in front of Dwarakamayi and said- “You came

to me fully engulfed in ignorance and selfishness. I

shall kindle the twin lights of knowledge and wisdom

to ward off the two evils from your self”.

The lighting of lamps is to ward off the darkness

surrounding us from all sides.

31-10-1995

Sai appeared in the form of an unknown person and

said-

On transfer from one place to another, people opt to

go for packers and transporters for shifting their

household items. This is to make their travel more

safe and comfortable. In the same way, come to me so

that I can take you across the ocean of life to the

final goal effortless.

Relatives often recognize individuals by the financial

status and their position in society, which are purely

temporary. Engage in spiritual activities to earn the

God’s grace, which nobody else can afford to touch.

Spread the message across and help for upliftment of

the downtrodden.

Nobody can steal the spiritual treasure.

To be continued-------

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4. QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY:

(By Late Sri Bharam UmamaheswaraRao)

" Shashi " : shashi_31

31. Nama Japa

During Nama Sankeertana, we must chant only one Name

which can be easily repeated by all of us. All of us

should chant together. We should not entertain the

idea that one can sing well. We must all chant God’s

name with sincerity and devotion. We should not mix

many names. Our minds should be attached to Nama only

and then chant it. Then we will get Divine

experiences. We will also develop detachment for our

body and senses.

We must participate in Nama Sankeertana with

one-pointed devotion. First of all we must stabilize

our mind. If we do Nama Sankeertana with single minded

devotion forgetting everything, then the bad ideas in

our mind get destroyed and we will get spiritual

evolution. When we chant, we must see that our mind is

merged in God and drive away worldly affairs from our

mind. With determined attitude, if we chant, our lives

will be filled with Supreme Bliss.

We should not partake in Nama Sankeertana to please

others. How many people take part in Nama Sankeertana

is not important. Those who do Nama Sankeertana with

faith and devotion, they only get God’s blessing.

To be continued.

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5. SANATANA DHARMA & SHRI SHIRDI SAIBABA.

Mission of the Saints -Shri Sai Satcharitra Chapter IV

Lord Krishna says in Bhagvadgita (Chapter IV, 7-8)

that " Whenever there is a decay of Dharma

(righteousness) and an ascendancy of unrighteousness,

I manifest Myself; and for the protection of the

virtuous, the destruction of the vicious and for the

establishment of righteousness, I manifest Myself in

age after age " .

Namadeva

Enlightenment Put To Test

One day Panduranga asked Namadeva, " Are you always

aware of the fact that this entire world is filled

with me? "

" I look upon all life in the same light, " answered

Namadeva.

We have already seen how when a dog snatched the bread

from his hand and ran away, Namadeva pursued the dog

with a view to feeding it with gee too.

Namadeva told that this attitude of his was due to the

teaching of his Sadguru Visoba.

It was Ekadashi (the eleventh day) of the month of

Kartika. Namadeva was fasting that day. An old Brahmin

came to him begging for food.

" Today, you know, is Ekadashi, the day of fasting. I

should not treat you to any regular meal. I can get

you some fruit if you want, " said Namadeva.

" If I don't get a meal, I will die of starvation. The

sin of killing a Brahmin will be on you. "

" I know nothing about sin or merit of good deed, " said

Namadeva.

" You don't seem to have the slightest mercy. Yet you

show off your philosophical knowledge in empty words.

Do you allow this old man to die of starvation? "

demanded the Brahmin.

" If you die today for want of food, let me face the

same fate, " declared Namadeva.

But then the eyes of the Brahmin started rolling up.

The very next moment he was dead.

Namadeva without a second thought carried the corpse

to the bank of river Bheema. He prepared a pyre to

burn the body and laying himself on the pyre beside

the Brahmin’s body, he set fire to the piles of wood.

His wife also was making ready to follow her husband.

At this juncture Panduranga showed himself in his

glorious divine form with four hands, saved all of

them and showered his blessings on them.

Namadeva went and lived in the northern country when

all the contemporary saints departed from this world.

Just as he had written many Abhangs (abhangs means a

song composed and sung by the saints in Maharashtra in

praise of God's glory) in Marathi, he wrote Abhangs in

Hindi also. To love God with all their heart, to lead

a pious life surrendering everything to him with

steadfast devotion is the way of devotees. It is

called the cult of Bhakti. Through- ages South India

had built up a tradition of Bhakti. After Namadeva

went and settled in North India, a similar tradition

was set up there also.

This great saint passed away in 1350 A. D. He was then

eighty years of age. His whole life was dedicated to

Vitthala. He was a divine light guiding many a pilgrim

on the path of devotion.

There are two kinds of Abhangs in Namadeva's

compositions: those, which express the yearning of the

devotee for the vision of God, and those, which

express the bliss of fulfillment after God

realization. The total number of all his compositions

is said to be 2,375.

The Content and Manner of Preaching

A saint is also a poet. He tells us in detail how we

should live. He shows to his people the beauty he has

enjoyed. And he shares with them the joy he has

experienced.

For example:

(Even as the whole and huge form of the tree lies

dormant in a seed, you are there in every object and

form we see.)

(All these forms are the body of Sri Hari.)

(Wherever I go there is Vithoba and Vithoba only)

(The crane seems to be meditating; but it is only to

catch fish. So also many in this world look pious but

indulge stealthily in selfish acts. It is nothing but

hypocrisy.)

As long as you live in this world, be thinking always

of God. Respect all women as you would respect your

mother. Don't be after money. Consider it as dust.

Never crave for sensual pleasures. Use this body for

meditation, prayer and worshipping God. Speech is

man's great fortune. Animals cannot speak. Man has the

gift of speech. What does it profit if the speech is

used only for ordinary communication? If it must be

put to good use, chant then the name of God, sing His

glory. Chant the name of Rama. There is no salvation

without devotion. How to get this devotion? The first

thing is to have faith in God. Faith and constancy go

together. Thus preached Namadeva.

The works of Namadeva written for the spread of

spirituality are also of a high order aesthetically.

Namadeva has a fine way of saying things. To say that

God is everywhere, he employs the image of a bumblebee

having already received the fragrance or flowers

before they are carried to the temple. In another song

he says that we are placing our feet on Sopanadeva

(the steps of the temple personified as God) when we

stand on temple pavement to offer our salutation to

God. In this way he speaks in images which get

imprinted indelibly on our minds.

God is the mother who has given birth to us. He is the

air we breathe in. He is the water. He is the

offspring inside an egg, the fawn also is He.

Namadeva uses stories of beautiful metaphors.

We have heard of many stories about Namadeva as told

by devotees. All these stories show his steadfast

devotion, his humility, his broad and impartial

outlook in treating all people as equals, without

making any distinction of high or low caste or class.

It is the personality and many good qualities of

Namadeva that are important.

We have also known how Namadeva had completely

submitted himself to Vitthala and how he lived only

for Him. The most important point here is that his

devotion had helped him to develop a broad outlook.

Persons born in different castes worked in harmony

like brothers and sisters in the service of God. They

realized that the children of God should not have

feelings of superiority or inferiority. And they

actually lived up to this principle. Namadeva declared

that all devotees of God are equal. He practiced what

he preached. So there was no need for anyone to give

up Hindu religion. To realize that there is an element

of divinity in every man and to live accordingly is

the proper course. Namadeva in this was a model for

others to follow. He was so great as to see divinity

even in such lowly creatures as an ordinary dog.

Now, is it not desirable to know at least one example

of the intimate style used in his Abhangs? A great

Kannada poet, Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre, has

translated into Kannada an abhang of Namadeva

beginning with the line and it reads like this:

I came to your door, O, Vitthala,

Having heard that you are redeemer of sins.

As you don't wish to be one, my good sire, I walk

back.

When I beg for alms you don't give even a bit have

leftover - so virtuous

Who is that wise man who called you Lord of Lakshmi,

the goddess of wealth?

You say, 'I shall give him who gives' Aha, what utmost

generosity!

Now I turn away from your door, as you are a born

goldsmith.

Who is there to care for others.

Let that be, Nama says, 'Adieu! I go'

May this love of mine for thy Holy feet

Be like water for my parched heart.

Author - Simpi Linganna

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NEWS

Trinidad’s Vice President Addressed Hanuman Conference

Source:

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TRINIDAD, April 27, 2008: (by Paras Ramoutar)

Suriname’s Vice-President, Ramdien Sardjoe has spoken

of the clashes in the world society. He told the

closing session of the Global Lord Hanuman Hindu

Conference at the Dattatreya Yoga Centre on Saturday

that the entire world is encountering clashes and a

great crisis because of the lack of understanding and

lack of confidence. “Lord Hanumanji’s life is

presenting a great message to live on this earth in

harmony, in cooperation and with love, peace and

understanding,” Sardjoe told the overflowing assembly

of devotees from T & T, India, Canada, USA, England and

Holland.

Sardjoe said Lord Hanumanji is an ideal example for

building a bridge to unity, oneness, for synthesis and

for togetherness of all types of races, creeds,

countries, cultures and communities. “This is because

of the uniqueness of our Vedic Hindu Culture, as they

work with unity in diversity and diversity in unity

and unity in oneness. Thus, we can make a

multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-religious society,

just as the rainbow brings together the beauty of many

different colors,” he said. Sardjoe said that

throughout the Hindu religious text, the Ramayana, one

observes that whenever a vexing problem arose

requiring diplomacy, Valmiki (the author) lauds

Hanumanji as a confluence of integrity, valour,

intelligence, strength, patience and wisdom.

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Tirupati Temple Conducts Crash Course for Priests

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TIRUPATI, INDIA, March 19, 2008: In a novel

initiative, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD)

has launched a crash course for temple priests to help

them hone their skills in performing the temple

rituals. The five-day training program is being

executed by TTDs Sri Venkateswara Employees Training

Academy (SVETA), in a bold attempt to make the priests

ward off the modern-day professional hazards such as

stress. Besides, it teaches the priests how to keep

themselves physically fit and inculcate a sense of

social responsibility in their work. The intensive

training includes the corporate style

thought-provoking lectures and Power Point

presentation on personality development, maintaining

mental and physical peace and adopting healthy

lifestyles by a team of experts comprising physicians

and personality development trainers.

Another salient feature of the course is that the

senior Agama pundits requisitioned from outside, stay

with the trainees for five days, giving them an

opportunity to discuss matters related to temple

rituals and clear their doubts. Under a program

launched in June 2007, 300 priests from various

districts were trained in 14 batches, including 13 in

Vaikhanasa Agama and the one in Pancharatra system of

temple worship. Plans were afoot for covering the

priests from the other southern states, he explained.

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6. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES:

pamidipatiraj

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 3:39 AM

SaiRam all,

I would like to share my experience - how Baba helped

me. One day I went to a shop on my scooter to collect

an emergency lamp that I gave it for repairing. Shop

owner being my friend I spent some time talking with

him. In the meantime I got a call from home to start

immediately, as I was getting late for dinner. In a

hurry I returned home by walk and totally forgot about

my scooter that I parked in front of the shop

unlocked.

Next day morning I was surprised to see my scooter

missing from the parking area at home. Then I could

recollect that I parked it in front of the shop

previous night. A rude shock early morning!

I was sure that the scooter will not be there as I did

not lock it. Then I immediately prayed Sai Baba to

help me, as that is the only vehicle I own. I rushed

to the spot --Wonder of Wonders--My scooter was still

in front of the shop throughout the night - unlocked.

In these days when locked vehicles are stolen -

Sainath heard my prayer and ensured my scooter was

untouched –

Thank you Baba, Thank You once again. YOU ARE REALLY

GREAT DEVA.

Rajkumar

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Sun, April 6, 2008 12:24 pm

JAI SAINATH

Hi I would like to share my experience with you guys.

I live in UK but couple of months ago strongly I

started to believe in Sai Baba. I started reading Sai

Satcharita and finished it within a week. I had no

idea that I would get any benefit of reading but the

night I finished reading the last chapter of Sai

Satcharita, I said to myself whether I would ever be

able to feel Baba's presence and would ever be able to

know if He is with me. I went sleep and then the next

day, my dad told me to go to the shopping place and I

went with him (my dad have never liked going to that

place and he has always refused) and I was surprise to

see a Sai Baba idol in a shop. I got really emotional

and my wish of feeling Baba's presence and seeing Him

came true in a form of seeing Baba's idol or portrait

and I brought that idol to my house. Therefore I have

full faith that if you read Sai Satcharita, your

wishes come true. For a girl like me who have never

heard of Sai baba previously. I just started believing

him and got that benefit of it. It is therefore true

what He said in the Sai Satcharita, that He draws His

devotees even from across seven seas. May Sainath

shower His love on all of us. God Bless. Jai Sainath.

Simran

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paragmaheshwari81

Tue, April 8, 2008 4:27 am

Dear Sai Bandhus,

I would like to share my experience with you all about

Sai baba's grace, it is Sai Blessing because of which

I got my first job which was much needed at that time

when required and through that time I am continuously

reading Sai aarti as my morning Prayer and again it is

because of Sai grace I got my first increment within

the same job which I got through baba's blessing. Oh!

Sai please accept my Pranam to Your Holy feet.

OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI

Parag Maheshwari

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7. SAI WITH CHILDREN:

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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. Now I want to tell the

stories what heard in my child hood.

THE MISCHIEVOUS MONKEY:

Seth Jamuna Das was a very rich man and owned large

tracts of farm and forestland. He was very fond of

nature and decided to have a house near the forest. He

selected the best masons and carpenters for this

mansion and put RamLakhan in charge of them. The work

was going on at break-neck speed.

The masons competed with each other to complete their

job at the earliest, whilst the carpenters too got

into the act, felling the largest trees and splicing

them for the doors and windows.

One day the carpenters were splicing a huge log when

the lunch bell rang. Before going for their lunch, Ram

Lakhan ensured that a steel plate was inserted at the

spot where the splicing had reached to keep the

cleavage apart for inserting their saw. This was

necessary, as without this plate, the two shafts would

spring together tightly.

A group of monkeys from the nearby jungle appeared on

the scene. The workers being away, they were up to

their mischief without hindrance. The bigger ones were

trying to show their strength by jumping around and

scattering the piles of wood whilst the younger ones

ran around and pulled each other's tails.

A huge male decided that to show his strength, he

should pull out the plate wedged between the two

unfinished splices. Thus he sat on the log with his

tail hanging between the two shafts and exerted all

his might in removing the plate.

It was a very difficult job but after huffing and

puffing for a long while, he managed to remove the

wedge. As soon as he removed it, the two splices

sprang together locking his tail between them like a

clamp. It screeched loudly and howled with pain, but

there was no way out. He ultimately bled to death.

Lesson: " Never act in haste without understanding the

job at hand " .

Bye children meet you in the next issue

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8. SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA

swamymain

Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 10:01 AM

Shri Sai Satcharitra

Chapter XXVIII

Sparrows Drawn To Shirdi

Sai Ram. Let us continue with the purifying and

uplifting story of Lala Lakhamichand. Sai Ram.

Sanza

At noon when Lakshmi chand was sitting for meals he

got some sanza (wheat-pudding) from a devotee as

Prasad. He was pleased to have it. Next day also he

expected it, but got nothing.

SSG: Sai Ram. The ego goes after sensual pleasures

like this only. Some thing good happens and we are

happy. So, we associate happiness with that good

event. We try to recapture that happiness by going

after similar things.

SSS: So, he was anxious to get it again. Then on the

third day at the noon Arati time, Bapusaheb Jog asked

Baba, what naivedya he should bring. Baba told him to

bring sanza. Then the Bhaktas brought two big potfuls

of sanza. Lakhamichand was very hungry and there was

some pain in his back. Then Baba said to him - " It is

good that you are hungry, take sanza and some medicine

for the pain in the back. " He was again wonderstruck

to see that Baba again read his mind and spoke out

what was passing therein. How omniscient was He!

SSG: Sai Ram. Till one experiences the oneness of Guru

with the Universe and thus all other Gurus and Gods,

one is bound to be surprised at the miracles and the

mind-reading skills of Saints. Later, as the devotee

realizes that the Saint is God in human form, all

doubts disappear. It is like a child realizing that

one day it will also grow up and be strong and wise

like its parents. Sai Ram.

Evil eye

On this occasion, he once witnessed one night the

procession to the chavdi. Baba then suffered much from

cough. He thought that this suffering of Baba might be

due to somebody's evil eye. Next morning when he went

to the Dwarakamayi Baba spoke to Shama as follows - " I

suffered last night from cough; is it due to some evil

eye? I think that somebody's evil eye has worked on me

and so I am suffering " . In this case Baba spoke out

what was passing in Lakshmi chand's mind.

SSG: Sai Ram. Baba took many people's karma on Himself

and suffered at the physical level but never allowed

Himself (Spirit) to suffer. However, Lala Lakshmi

chand was in the early stages of discipleship and was

probably attaching the human attributes to Baba. Like

a fond parent apparently agreeing with the innocent

child, Baba was playing with His Spiritual Child Lala.

Sai Ram.

SSS: On seeing these proofs of Baba's omniscience and

kindness to His Bhaktas, he fell prostrate at Baba's

Feet and said - " I am much pleased with your darshan.

Ever be kind and merciful to me and protect me always.

There is no other God to me in this world except Your

Feet. Let my mind be ever rapt in Your Bhajan and

Feet. Let Your grace protect me from the miseries of

the world and let me ever chant Your name and be

happy " .

SSG: Sai Ram. Baba's playful words worked as mantra

and see how Lala became wise! That is the grace of

Guru. Through a smile, through a kind look, through a

playful pat on back, no, just by His intention, He can

dispel the ignorance and ignite the lamp of bhakti and

jnana in us. Sai Ram.

SSS: After getting Baba' Udi and blessing he returned

home with his friend, much pleased and contented and

singing Baba's glory on the way. He remained a staunch

devotee of Baba afterwards and always sent garlands of

flowers, camphor and Dakshina with any person of his

acquaintance bound for Shirdi.

SSG: Sai Ram. Blessed is Lala who got such a staunch

devotion in one visit. Let us in turn do our namaskar

to this wonderful sparrow drawn to Shirdi, a sparrow

which got the spark of bhakti and jnana in such a

short time, because of his merits in earlier births

and his full faith in Sai. Sai Ram.

We will continue with this chapter in the coming

weeks. Sai Ram.

S.V.Swamy

Author, Editor and Book Reviewer

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To be continued...

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9. ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES:

rgcjp

Ram Chugani

Kobe, Japan

Pleasure and pain depends upon one's attitude

Das Ganu a devotee Shirdi Sai Baba once took to

translating the Ishavasya Upanishad but could not get

to the essence of the Upanishad. He sought the help of

many people to resolve his problem but was still

unable to understand the gist of the work. Hence he

resorted to seek the help of his Guru Sri Sai Baba.

Baba asked him not to worry and that Kaka Mahajan's

maid will clarify his doubt. Every one around were

surprised at Baba's solution and some even thought

that Baba was joking. But Das Ganu showed no signs of

delay in starting for Kaka's house.

During his stay at Kaka's place once he heard a poor

girl who was the sister of Namaya the servant of Kaka

singing a beautiful song while engaged in some

household chores. The song was about a beautiful

crimson sari but she was dressed in rags. Das Ganu

took pity for the girl's plight as she was robed in

rags while singing about a beautiful sari. He arranged

Rao Bhadhur M.V Pradhan to buy her a beautiful

chirdi.. The girl was overjoyed as she danced about

wearing her new chirdi. The next day she was clothed

in her old rags but her cheerful disposition remained

the same as she sang on joyfully.

Das Ganu was then enlightened with the fact that one

has to enjoy what ever is presented to him with the

spirit of equanimity. The events in one's life have to

be accepted with the right spirit that God bestows

them all for one's own benefit. Here in this incident

the girl, the torn dress and the new chirdi, the

donor, the spirit of acceptance while wearing the old

as well as the new clothes are all different aspects

of the same all-pervading power. Thus contentment with

the belief that what ever happens is the ordinance of

God will lead one to free oneself from attachments to

worldly issues. This in turn will help towards

attaining self-realization. Thus Das Ganu was

enlightened with the gist of the Upanishad.

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The Glory of Shirdi Sai - issue 10-2008 from Saidarbar.

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