Children: Love ye one another By H. H. Sri Radhakrishna Swamiji

[Guest guest]

Children: Love ye one another

By H. H. Sri Radhakrishna

Swamiji

(H. H. Sri Radhakrishna

Swamiji was the chief guest at the gathering of

Contributors to SAI LEELA magazine held on the 28th and 29th January 1979, held

at Shirdi. Dr. S. D. Parchure,

an ardent devotee of Swamiji was then the Executive

Editor of Sai Leela

magazine and has recorded Swamiji's speech for

posterity. We are presenting this inspiring speech to our readers on the eve of

Swamiji's Tenth Aradhana -

EDITOR)

 

I thank the Shirdi Samsthan for having given me an opportunity to partake in

this illustrious gathering of the contri­butors to SAI LEELA magazine. It is

indeed a great day for me to meet all sincere devotees on this holy soil of Shirdi.

 

Lord Krishna gave an assurance in the

'Bhagavad-Gita' that He will be taking 'avatar' whenever there is some danger

to religion. We find that Lord Krishna is fulfilling his promise by appearing

on this earth in the form of saints. Sai Baba is such

an 'avatar' which has tried for the uplift of all who came into his contact.

The life of Sai Baba is like the fragrant 'agarbathi' which burns away all the time and which

ultimately disappears, but when it is burning it continues to give over

fragrance all the time. Sai Baba's greatness as a

'Guru' is beyond our expression.

 

Sai Baba fulfilled the desires of everyone. We call him as our

father, mother, friend and we offer all our learning and wealth to him.

Sometimes a doubt arises in our mind as to how Sai

Baba can act as a mother. I will give you an example.

 

One

lady got a child and she wanted that her child should be fed on her milk, but

to her dismay her breasts were dry. She tried all remedies but they were not of

any avail. The lady conceived again and when she was in her 8th month of preg­nancy

she came to me along with her husband, and requested me to pray to Sai Baba to give milk to her second child. I assured her

that this time she will get milk in the breasts after her deli­very, by the

grace of Sai Baba. I gave her Udhi

and asked her to pray to Sai Baba with full devotion.

The lady went away and in course of time gave birth to a child. Her husband

came to me saying that her breasts were dry totally and that he was afraid that

his second child also may not get mother's milk. I asked the husband to go and

pray to Sai Baba after giving him Udhi

and directing him to apply it to the lady's breasts. After the gentleman had

gone I prayed to Sai Baba to fulfill the wishes of

the lady and lo, on the third day, this mother could feed her baby as the

breasts were full of milk. This is one example wherein Sai

Baba acted as a mother, because this is one thing which only a mother can

really understand.

 

Missing Boy Returns

Once, a gentleman came to me and informed that

his son had run away and his whereabouts were not known for 2-3 days. I told

him to pray to Sai Baba and by His grace, his son

would return. On the fifth day he got a telegram from Calcutta that his son was safe and he would reach Madras in a day or two. After the boy returned to Madras, he was brought to me by his father. When I enquired with the boy

about the reason for his running away, he told me that his parents were angry

with him and therefore he ran away from the house. The boy said that when he

was at Calcutta, Sai Baba appeared in his dream and

told him to go to the station. There he met a person who enquired about him and

gave a telegram to Madras and arranged to send the boy back to Madras. On further enquiries with the boy, he said that Sai Baba was seen by him with the tin-pot in his hand as he

was proceeding to beg for alms.

 

Here again, we find the motherly behavior of Sai Baba. His ways are unique and inimitable. When we come

to Shirdi, we forget all our differences and become

one. If our entire nation brings into practice the teachings of Sai Baba, national unity is not a far off possibility.

 

The desires of various people are fulfilled in

various ways by Sai Baba. Somebody needing money for

his daughter's mar­riage is given money while those needing service get the

service by the grace of Sai Baba.

 

In order to meet Sai

Baba, you have to enter Dwarakamayi after crossing

three steps. What are these three steps you have to cross in order to be

successful in life? Out of the six enemies of man, lust, anger and greed are

the foremost, which you have to conquer before you are blessed by Sai Baba. The three 'Gunas' - Satva, Rajas, and Tamas are also

indicated by these three steps and the 'prakriti' and

'purush' are attached to each other by the Gunas.

 

I see the image of Sai

Baba on the face of everyone sitting here. Sai Baba

has assured us that as soon as we call Him, He would rush to our help. So keep

faith in Him and invoke His favor. He never fails His devotees.

 

I wish happiness to everybody. Any sort of

sorrow let nobody suffer from.

 

(Source Sai Padananda Jan 1990)