The Glory of Shirdi Sai - Issue 03-2009 from Saidarbar.

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THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI

Seventh Year of Publication

Published as Bi-Weekly

Issue 03/ 2009

29-01-2009

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GURU-DEVO MAHESWARAHA;

 

GURUR-SAKSHATH PARAM BRAHMA;

THASMAI SREE GURAVE NAMAHA:

 

 

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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. IN THE

DAYS OF 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

 

http://saibanisa.blogspot.com/

 

Shirdi Sai's Philosophy in the words of

Saibanisaji

 

Saibanisa's

popular Nine discourses on NavavidhaBhakti in English language -Sai as

Lord Siva, Sai as Lord Rama, Sai as Lord Krishna, Sai's Advice to Gruhasthas,

Sai in Dreams, Sai's Philosophy, Hidden meanings, Sai's Advice on Conduct in

life, Sai on Birth and Rebirth.), are now available. Each discourse is around

30 minutes duration.

 

These

discourses mainly focus on the fact that Sri Sai Satcharita contains the

essence of Ramayan, Bhgavatham, Sivamaha puran, Gurugita and Srimadh

Bhagavadhgita. We request you to listen the above C.D s (ENGLISH

Language) and receive the Blessings of Lord Sainath.

 

Those

who are interested in obtaining the above MP3- Format CD may kindly

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Compiled by:

Sai Sevak Smt. Rajeswari

Kasturi.

 

To be continued…..

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2. SAI'S NEWS FROM THE TIME

MACHINE:

 

January 1912: Dadasaheb Khaparde's youngest son

Balwant was cured of bubonic plague by Baba by taking the disease on Himself.

 

January

3, 1912: Megha fed some Brahmins on completion of his Gayatri Purascharana.

Dadasaheb Khaparde attended it in Sathewada.

 

January

14, 1980: H.H.Radhakrishna Swamiji passed away at Bangalore. (Aged 74 years).

 

January 1991: Size of “Shri Sai Leela Magazine"

enlarged and converted in to a Bi-monthly magazine.

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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 SHIRDI. 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.

 

 

29-04-1996-CDR

Hospitals.

 

I was shifted from CDR, Secunderabad to CDR

Hospitals, Hyderabad. Yesterday night,

Sai appeared in the form of a person clad in pure white attire and said-

 

1. I am the musical exponent to sing for your

pleasure and happiness.

 

2. I am the person to take you to the

destination and assure to be by your side always.

 

Sai

pulls the strings need based.

 

30-04-1996.

 

Today, the Angiogram reports have arrived.

Three of the arteries had 90 % blockages. It was concluded by Dr. Srinivasa Rao

that by pass surgery has to be performed for the correction.

 

MAY-1996

 

01-05-1996

 

I have looked towards Sai’s advice whether I

should undergo Bypass surgery as suggested by the doctors or not. Yesterday

night Sai appeared a gardener and said-

 

There is a big mound of mud in the garden of

your house as a result of which rainwater is not seeping in to the ground. Let

new pipes be laid for water to flow inwards. Give up eating non-vegetarian food

henceforth. I thus got answer for my query.

 

Obstacles

in the path have to be removed.

 

To be

continued…...

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4. QUINTESSENCE

OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY:

(By Late Sri Bharam UmamaheswaraRao)

"Shashi": shashi_31

32.

Significance of Meditation

 

Preliminaries

to Meditation

 

Mediation is the name for a period of

rest provided for the busy and wayward mind. The Vasanas i.e. recollection of

past experiences, influences the thought process, i.e. the mind plays the time

and body acts out the role thru five senses of Karma Indriyas.

Detachment of the mind from the sense objects

as well as the relief from the consequent mental agitation, are essential for

success in meditation.

We must be vigilant, never lose our temper,

avoid pride, and tendency of fault finding of others. A sense of joy is

necessary for concentration and meditation.

 

What is Samadhi Sthiti?

 

Samadhi is not a state of unconsciousness. The

correct meaning of Samadhi is the state in which the intellect has achieved

equanimity. If we maintain an equal mind whether we are in pleasure or pain is

Samadhi. That is the real fruit of Samadhi. The motto of meditation is:

 

i)

When we are silent, we talk best;

ii)

When our eyes are closed, we see the best;

iii)

When our ears are shut, we hear the best;

iv)

When our mind is at rest, we think the best.

 

To be

continued………..

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5. IN THE DAYS OF SHRI SHIRDI SAIBABA

 

 

BABA

cured T.B of Mrs. Malan Bai – Daughter of Shri D.R.Joshi Devgaonkar

 

Mrs..

Malanbai, daughter of Shri D.R. Joshi Devogaonkar has suffered from T.B. After

all medicines having failed, she insisted on her being taken to Shirdi. When

brought to Shirdi, Baba asked her to lie down on a blanket and take nothing,

but water.

 

She

carefully followed these instructions but after a week or so, she died on one

early morning. Baba was then in Chawadi and for the first time in Shirdi History;

Baba did not leave Chawadi though it was past 8 A.M. The daughter’s parents, with heavy hearts were

preparing for the funeral when Malanbai appeared to breathe, opened her eyes

and looked round about as if much frightened. Then she said, “A black person

had been carrying me away, very much frightened, I cried out to Baba for help.

Baba took His Satka and gave him good cuddling snatched me a way and carried me

to Chawadiâ€. She gave a correct description of Chawadi. Just at this time, Baba

left His Chawadi bed bawling out striking His satka against the ground and came

shouting to Dixit wada where the girl had put up; seeing Malanbai restored to

life, there was joy al round.

 

Is it not the greatest of all the

supernatural powers of Baba (Giving life to the dead)?

 

Baba converted Shri Venkata Rao

 

Shri

VenkatRao of Mulki, South

Kanara was in receipt of one

Baba’s photo in the year 1916. His son-in-law was serving as an advocated in

the High court. All on a sudden he disappeared from the house and news also

came to the effect that he was dead. Shri VenkataRao searched him but in vain.

He made a through search in all the places familiar to him. A friend of him

told him that he should first go to Shirdi and take darshan of Shri SaiBaba..

But Baba’s photo and udi were available at Bombay during X-mas time. He completely surrendered to

Baba’s photo. At this particular time, his daughter at Mulki felt a Divine

change in her person. This was written by her to her father about his worship

in any of the place of the Divinity. He replied that at that time, he had

surrendered completely to Shri Sai Baba’s photo. From this time, he used to

pray Baba when ever he was in calamity and got over the same by the grace of

Baba.

 

After

some days, he fell unconscious; he has been to Baba with two others, by his

side. He overlooked the obstruction of two persons and went through and

messaged the legs of Baba. Afterwards all the three disappeared.

 

In

1918, when he had gone to Shirdi he met Baba along with the same two persons by

his side whom he met in his unconscious state. The main feature of this is that

son of Shri K.VenkataRao, who is criticizer of Divinity began to worship Baba

after this incident.

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6. DEVOTEES

EXPERIENCES:

 

Dear Saibandhus,

 

I would like to narrate to you

the experience when I was first blessed with the love of Sai Baba. After a lot

of struggle, I got a job in Shaw Wallace and Company. It was a fantastic job

with lots of perks and other benefits. I was thrilled as this was my first job

and that too in such a big company. But when I received my appointment letter,

to my utter dismay I found that I was posted to Gauhati. Being a resident of Calcutta, I

could not move out at that time as my father was suffering from cancer and

being the only child I had to stay by his side.

 

We had a Mandir of Baba in our

locality. In the evening that day out of sheer depression, I went to the Mandir

and told Baba about my unpleasant situation. The next day I went to the company

to tell that I was not ready for the job but I was astonished to find a revised

appointment letter posting me back to Calcutta. I

could not believe this, but this was a reality.

 

Later I heard that the General

Manager was so impressed with my interview that he wanted me to work with him

in Calcutta,

otherwise he threatened to resign. This was the first incident I had with Baba

and I continued to receive His blessings till now.

 

Kaushik Roy Chowdhury,

 

Source:

Saidarbar files:

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7. 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. Now I

want to tell the stories what heard in my child hood.

 

THE PROUD PEACOCK:

 

Once, a proud peacock lived in a forest by the

side of a lake. Every day he would go to the lake. There he would open his

beautiful, colourful feathers and preen them with his beak and beautified

himself. Then he would see his reflection in the lake water and admire his own

beauty. One day, a white crane came to live by the lake. The peacock thought,

“Oh! A new visitor is here to stay. I must go and introduce my self to him.

After all, he must know that a beautiful peacock is his neighbour.†So, the

peacock walked with a pompous gait to the lake side. The crane was busy

catching fish for lunch. The peacock began his daily ritual. He went near the water

and spread out his gorgeous feathers for display. Then he preened them with his

beak, beautified himself and looked into the water. He felt very proud at his

colourful reflection. Then, with pride, he turned his head towards the crane

and addressed him, “Hello, Mr. Crane! So you are my new neighbour. Welcome to

the forest.†“Thank you so much, Mr. Peacock,†the crane said.

 

Then the peacock continued, “Mr. Crane, I was

wondering how you feel with the plain with white feathers. They are so simple

to look at and do not add to your appearance at all.†The Crane smiled at the

peacock. He flew in the air and landed by the peacock’s side. Then the crane

said, “Feathers and wings are given to us so that we can fly. No doubt, your

feathers are very beautiful but, they are of no use because you cannot fly with

them for long. I would rather have simple and useful wings than showy and

useless ones like yours.†At this moment, the peacock got speechless. He went a

way ashamed without a word. After that day, he never preened his feathers to

show off to others.

 

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8. SPIRITUAL

GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA

 

swamymain

Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 12:11 AM

Shri

Sai Satcharitra

 

Chapter XXXII

 

In Quest of Guru and God - Fasting Disapproved.

 

In this Chapter Hemadpant describes two things:- (1) How Baba met His Guru in

the woods, and through him God; and (2) How Baba made one Mrs. Ghokhale, who

had made up her mind to fast for three days, eat Puran-Polis.

 

SSG: Sai Ram. This chapter, like the others before and those to follow is

entertaining and at the same time, instructional. Sai Ram.

 

SSS:

 

Preliminary

 

In the beginning, Hemadpant describes

the samsara (visible world) by the allegory of Ashvattha (Banyan) tree which

has, in the phraseology of the Geeta, roots above and branches below. Its

branches are spread downwards and upwards and are nourished by the gunas

(qualities), and its sprouts are the objects of the senses. Its roots, leading

to actions, are extended downwards to this world of men. Its form cannot be

known in this world, nor its end, its beginning nor its support. Cutting this

Ashvattha tree of strong roots with the sharp weapon of detachment; one should

seek the path beyond, treading which there is no return.

 

SSG: Sai Ram. Though it is compared to a tree, it is more like a veritable

forest. And for a small insect like an ant, the tree and all its roots are like

forest and it is easy to lose one’s way! Sai Ram.

 

SSS: For traversing this path, the help of a good guide (Guru) is absolutely

necessary. However learned a man may be, or however deep his study of Vedas and

Vedangas (sacred literature) may be, he cannot go to his destination safe. If

the guide be there to help him and show him the right way, he would

successfully avoid the pitfalls and the wild beasts on the journey, and

everything will be smooth-sailing.

Baba's experience in this matter, the story which He gave out Himself, is

really wonderful, which, when attended to, will give you faith, devotion and

salvation.

 

SSG: Sai Ram. The wild beasts are all different facets of one’s ego.. Reading of the scriptures has the effect of strengthening of

one’s ego! Then we need a Guru, Who pricks our bubbles of pride and ego and

thus sets us on the right path again. The story given below is wonderful. Sai

Ram.

 

S.V.Swamy

Author, Editor and Book Reviewer

www...freewebs.com/swamyreviews

www.freewebs.com/svswamy

 

To be

continued………..

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9. ARTICLES FROM

SAI DEVOTEES

 

SAI’S

ADVICE TO GRUHASTHAS

 

Sairam,

 

In

the chapter-13 of Sri Sai Satcharita, Baba appeared as a teacher in the dream

of Bhimaji patil suffering from TB, and asked him to recite a poem. Baba

thrashed him with a cane and made him to recite. The meaning of the poem is : A

good housewife while going to others place should feel like stepping on a

snake, She should talk less like a miser, keep her husband happy and in

good humor even if they do not have money. Baba thus made Bhimaji patil to

speak out the virtues of a good house wife. (We can find in the original

Marathi version of Sri Sai Satcharita by Hemadripanth regarding conduct of a

housewife.)

 

In

Sai Satcharita, even husband's responsibilities are conveyed. A man should not

develop too much attachment towards his wife. We can understand this conclusion

from chapter-27 f Sri Sai Satcharita. Kaparde was a bar-at-law, well known

Lawyer from Amraoti and a member of Delhi Bar council. He was a good orator and

a well to do man, but he was deeply in love with his wife. The couple visited

Shirdi to have Baba's darshan; Baba gave permission for Kaparde to leave Shirdi

after four months, whereas Kaparde's wife was permitted to leave Shirdi after

seven months. Later Kaparde's wife died before him. Baba told Kaparde that one

should treat his wife with respect and treat her as a friend while practicing

detachment.

 

When

father is ill, the son is duty bound to look after his father. This we come to

know from chapter-34 of Sri Sai Satcharita. A gentleman from Hardha was 80 yrs

old and was suffering from urinary tract problem. His son instead of leaving

him to his fate approached Sai, took Udhi and mixed up with water gave it to

his father. The stone in the tract disintegrated and was ejected out. In this

way a son worked towards his father's well being.

 

Let

us discuss the responsibility of elders towards their children. Children are

bound to commit mistakes. Elders should pardon them and should not develop

vengeance towards their children. In chapter-35 of Sri Sai Satcharita, we come

across this incident. An elderly person died. To take revenge on his son,

He used to appear daily in the dreams of his son and abuse him. Baba understood

the problem of the son and gave him the Udhi, and asked him to apply on his

forehead before going to sleep. Thus we come to know that elders should bless

their children and not curse them.

 

In

this way Sai Satcharita has underlined the 'Gruhasthasrama dharma' to be

followed. We should all follow them and earn the blessings of Lord Sainath.

 

 

We

can get more information from Saibanisa's discourses on “SAI'S ADVICE TO

GRUHASTHASâ€.

 

Those

who are interested in obtaining the MP3- Format CD may kindly contact: saibanisa

 

In

the Service of Lord Sainath and His devotees,

Sai Sevak SrinivasaRao Kasturi

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10. LETTERS FROM

SAIDEVOTEES:

vasu_tatineni

Friday, 16 January, 2009, 6:16 PM

 

Dear Sir,

SaiRam, I seen your article Sai on birth and re-births. So

it is good inspiration of all devotees. I also listened Datta

Chirathara, thank you.

Srinivas Tatineni

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raveenderin

Fri,

Jan 9, 2009 at 9:44 PM

 

Sai Ram,

Very well made website! Really a good gift for

Baba devotees for the year 2009.

Thank you very much.

Ravi.

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Response by Saidarbar Team:

vijishvanya

Fri,

Jan 9, 2009 at 9:44 PM

Sairam Raveender ji,

 

Thanks for your valuable feedback and encouraging words.

 

Vijay

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tompe

Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 5:31 AM

 

Jai Sai Ram

Janam Saphal Hojayega Sai Sai Bol

Jai Tompe

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13. EDITORIAL.

 

Things impressed me from this

magazine:

 

Mediation

is the name for a period of rest provided for the busy and wayward mind.

 

Detachment of the mind from the sense

objects as well as the relief from the consequent mental agitation, are

essential for success in meditation.

 

Sai devotees may write about their Sai activities in their place, essays,

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