Guest guest Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 Sai Vichaar www.saibaba.org Thursday , June 07, 2007 :: Volume 10, Issue 4 (In its nineth year of publication.) Sai Vichaar is a Weekly newsletter distributed every Thursday and is devoted to the life, philosophy and teachings of Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi. Feel free to forward this newsletter to your interested associates in its original form. IN THIS ISSUE: FEATURE OF THE WEEK CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE DEVOTEES SAY PRAYER CLUB EXPERIENCE OF DEVOTEES QUOTATION OF THE WEEK QUESTION OF THE WEEK SAI ACTIVITIES FROM THE EDITORS KEYBOARD FEATURE OF THE WEEK: Das Ganu's first step on Spiritual Path Baba had indicated that Das Ganu should quit his job and dedicate himself to Lord's service. However, Das Ganu was in denial of this command. He refused to quit his job as a Police Constable on more than one occasion. Once, when Das Ganu was the second in command at the station, the station officer left him in-charge. And Das Ganu in a lordly way wanted to enjoy his time, and went home leaving a constable in charge of the station. Just at that time, a village munsif had sent up a thoti with a fine collected from some persons against whom a warrant had been sent for collection. That money, Rs. 32/- was left by the thoti with the constable there in charge, without any person to witness. The constable told the thoti that the Station Officer was on leave, and asked him to leave and that the receipt would be sent to the village in due course. So, the poor thoti went away, and the constable swallowed up the money. Ganpat Rao (Das Ganu) knew nothing of it. However, the authorities finding that Rs. 32/- had not been collected, concluded that it was Ganpat Rao's mischief. Ganpat Rao was asked for an explanation. He said he know nothing. But there was no escape the fact that money had been sent that day, and was paid at the station as the thoti testified. Then Ganpat Rao, finding that there was not only no chance of his getting the Sub Inspector's job but a good chance of getting into the jail, solemnly swore to Baba that this time he would positively quit service. He went further and mentioned his willingness to resign to the enquiry officer who, thereupon, made him pay up Rs. 32/- and then discharged him. Thus Baba succeeded in making Ganpat Rao quit his service, a service, which would prevent Ganpat Rao from becoming the high spiritual personage that he was subsequently to develop into. Baba used to call him 'Ganu'. When Ganpat Rao came and said, 'I have now left my service; I and my wife have to stand in the streets, as we have no property or income.' Baba said, ' Ganu, I shall provide for you and your family'. (Compare Sri Krishna's promise " Yoga Kshemam Vahamai sham " BG (9) (22). Baba then asked him to go on with his Brahminical duties, puranic studies, and kirtans at which he was excellent. Ganpat Rao was never in want of food or clothing, and has even become a landlord that yielded him sufficient support. In 1919 his wife died issueless, leaving him without any encumbrances. Das Ganu had a fine metallic voice and he was a very able performer of kirtans. He would hold an audience of 2000 people spell bound in rapt attention listening to him for six or eight hours, and as he never asked for even one pie and made no collections, his kirtans were popular, and in all his kirtans, he would place Baba's picture next to him and even though his katha was about Tukaram or Namdev or Jnanadev, yet he would always refer to Sai Baba as the living Saint or Sat purusha i.e., as the present Great Saint, whom it would be a great blessing for people to have darsan of, as the very darsan would purify and benefit the visitor. FEATURE OF THE WEEK: continued....... As soon as his kirtans ended, people started in numbers to go to Shirdi and see Sai Baba. These numbers included high officials of good and great positions, as also the poor. Thus he has been the means of sending some tens of thousands of people to Baba. Baba developed his nature and purified it by making him spend his time whenever he went to Shirdi in reading Vishnu Sahasranama. Das Ganu Maharaj's purification and development are marked in various ways and Baba's favor to him on the spiritual side is so vast and varied that it is impossible to sketch them out in detail. CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE: Speech " I shall consider you blessed when you will renounce all attachments, conquer lust and palate and getting rid of all impediments, serve God wholeheartedly and resort to the begging bowl " . The above is the reply given by Sai Baba to Bapusaheb Jog who asked him why even after serving Baba for so many years, his mind was not calm and composed and why he failed in his efforts for self- realization. Sai Baba always laid stress on controlling pleasures of the sense, especially those of sexual passion and tongue. In our scriptures, great stress is laid on " non-violence " which means not to hurt anybody physically, mentally, or by speech. Sai Baba had realized that of all the above, harsh and scornful words hurt a person much more than physical or mental violence. Such cutting words are more easily forgotten and cannot be withdrawn. Consequently, they cause everlasting ill feeling. Sai Baba, therefore, not only advised his devotees, " Not to speak cuttingly to anyone so as to hurt him. He said, " Let anybody speak hundreds of things against you, do not resent by giving a bitter reply. If you always tolerate such things, you will certainly be happy " , and to make sure that they did follow his advice, he also said, " He who carps and cavils at others, pierces me in the heart and injures me but that suffers and endures, please me the most " . (Contributed by From Shri Sai Baba's Teachings and Philosophy by Lt. Col. M.B. Nimbalkar) DEVOTEES SAY: Hema As I have promised to write in my experience I am hereby writing one of Baba's most recent miracles. I am basically from the accounts background and was struggling to find a job in my line after we migrated to Australia two years ago. So I took up admin job, then after a struggle for more than 20 months, with the beautiful miracle of Baba I have taken up a job in accounts just recently. It is very difficult to jump into the role right away without local experience. But at every stage in the process Baba cleared the way. As promised I am writing to Sai Vichaar. Baba lives in every devotee's house apart from their hearts. He can be seen and felt everywhere. He has performed innumerable miracles and made us part of his people. Thanks Baba. Shruti I would like to thank Baba for helping me get my driver's license when I wanted it the most. I was so frustrated about not being able to drive. But I gave my test last week and passed. The best part is that the DPS was in the same complex as Saibaba's temple. I took His blessings before giving the test. Thank you Baba! Dipti I was much tensed as I was looking for a new job, but nothing concrete was working out. I had lost hopes and was very worried, I couldn't sleep the whole night. I told Baba all my problems and prayed for His guidance and support. And He did a miracle! The very next day, I got interview calls and job confirmation. Hima Sai Baba please guide us. After the contribution to prayers section within 10 days our last stage for green card became current and our medical exams also went smoothly without any problem. Sai koti pranamams to You. Please see that this processing goes smoothly. Please bless our son, our parents, sister and us. Shailendranath I have read Sai Satcharita and Baba is helping me to solve many problems. I want to share my recent experience. I had applied for renewal of my Passport. It was taking a lot of time. Whenever I opened the file I used to get reply that your police verification has not reached us. I was worried why renewal of passport is taking so much time. One day I prayed Baba in the evening to help me to get my passport early. In afternoon I had opened my file and the status was same. When I opened my file in the evening after praying to Baba I was surprised to see that my status of application had changed and I was informed that my passport had been a number and in line for further processing, and it will be dispatched on a particular date. With Baba's grace I got the passport within a week. After getting the passport once again I prayed Sai to send to some foreign country. Fifteen days after that my employer called me and asked me if I am willing to go to Bangkok as an examiner. Though the stay was for 5 days, Baba had fulfilled my desire. I went to Bangkok and have come back. Baba I am posting my experience and pray that You be with me always, and help me in solving all my problems. Lakshmi Thank You for blessing my three months old daughter. In her first two months she had suffered from constipation for 5 or 6 days. I prayed to Sai Baba to solve the problem, and if He solved the problem I will share my experience in Sai Vichaar. With Sai Baba's grace the above problem solved immediately and she is now completely in good condition. Gopi Krishna This is in reply to Pran's comment in the last week's Sai Vichaar. I simply quote the Divine Message of Sri Swami Sivananda: " Trials Test You " . If you are calm, when you are insulted and censured for nothing, when you are kept waiting for a long time, when you are stung by a scorpion, when you are attacked by diseases, when you do not get your food, when you suffer a loss of bereavement, you have attained self-control fifty per cent, God sends trials and tribulations to test your strength of will. Be serene and tranquil always. This message I have received when I have been seriously thinking on the comments of Pran, but, I am now absulutely convinced that He proved me right. That is all. Roshan Truly Sai Baba works miracles. I had not seen my sons for over two years. I prayed to Sai and wished that He would help me to visit them and also that Sai would help my sons with their exams and other issues. Sai miraculously made it possible to meet with my sons and also helped them a lot with their exams and other issues. Thankyou Sai for helping me and making my trip absolutely trouble free. Please Sai you know our issues better than we do. Help our family with Your blessings and generosity. May Your blessings always be with us. Udit Kumar If faith and patience do not seem to work, it means we are yet to clear the exam set by our beloved Sai. Our preparation has been weak, that is why, the test appears tough. Now, what we require is Faith and Patience, with all the Capitals that one can gather. PRAYER CLUB: Lakshmi Sai Baba please help me with the answer, my husband and I are going through tough times, applying for divorce, please help me in making proper decision. I have always believed in You, you have taken me through bad times protecting me all the time. I hope you will be there for me in making the correct decision. Please bless me. Sankari My husband has a 'Thallium Stress' test for his heart this coming Thursday (Your day). Please make sure that the test results should be OK and completely fine and there were no problems in the heart in the past and will not have any problems also in the future. Prabhatkumar I have not treated you as God till date that's why probably I am not getting a suitable job till date. Baba, this word for me means grand father and my grand father always fulfill all my wishes, so Baba its my request to You to fulfill all my request so that I can get a excellent job and can get all the happiness of my both sister marriage. Saikiran Help me fulfilling my wish of going back to India with my husband and son with good job and pay is equal to what he is getting here. Nataraj Please bless my husband; he is expecting an offer which will prove good in his career. This has been prolonging for a very long time with no solution. There is always a barrier and don't know who is creating it. Please give him this move; he has worked very hard for it. Kunal Baba I pray to You to give me and my wife a sweet healthy baby. I also request You for her a normal and pleasant delivery. Baba, You know that I have problems in job and not getting enough to support my family well. Baba please help me in finding a very good job so that I can earn more money for my family. Savithri Please Baba change my husband's attitude and make him happy. Sai ram if you feel I am wrong please open my eyes. Chitkala Baba, kindly bless my sister and brother in law with a healthy baby and brings lots of joy and happiness in their life. Sai Please give our parents good health and please Baba make us worthy of having your child. You know what happened but please Baba at least this 3rd time please give us healthy pregnancy and healthy baby. Mahua Dear Sainath I humbly prostrate before you to please see that my brother gets married. He has gone through lot of troubles in the past. Please bless him Baba, this will also give my parents some peace. Seetha My humble namaskarams to you, Sai Baba. Please grant peace of mind to my father. Please guide my brothers and sisters-in-law through a peaceful, harmonious and happy life. Shamita Sainath please solve our problem, our big amount is blocked and the payment has not yet materialize. It has now been almost two years. Vidya Baba my brother is in acute financial crisis. He is very innocent. His innocence has been misutilised by a person and absconded. All the people from whom the money was bought for a deal at abroad are behind my brother. More over his health is also not good. He is suffering from stone in kidney and Hepatitis C. Now he has recovered from Hepatitis C by Your grace. Baba please help him in coming out of all the legal actions initiated and will be initiated against him in the court of law. Baba, let that money which he has to get from the 3rd party come soon. Sometimes he thinks of committing suicide along with his family of four, so that he can come out of this problem. Please make him Runa Mukta and bless him with good health and peace of mind. Once this is over, I will bring him to Shirdi and do Sai Sathyanarayana Pooja. He is also a Your devotee. Please help him. I will also send it to Sai Vichaar. EXPERIENCE OF DEVOTEES: Krishna My current contract assignment where I was getting a decent rate and very close to my home was coming to an end and I started looking out. Although I was getting calls, none of them were materializing due to some reason or the other (rate not being good, location far off, short project duration etc). I was really getting frustrated and was loosing sleep at nights as I had to support my family. I prayed to Baba on why this delay and also to show some positive signs that would give me some good sleep. As in the past, Baba always bailed me out in some way or the other but being a human, my mind was always anxious and restless. Whenever I use to pray to Baba's photo, I always use to hear a voice in me " Still you doubt me? " and I use to be ashamed of myself. Reading the weekly Sai Vichar e-mails use to be the only solace and moral boosting experience. My wife use to tell me that there is something which we are not aware of that is preventing me from getting a new contract. And lo !, on Wednesday, my current client called up and mentioned that they are planning to extend my contract for a long term and are letting me know in advance as I might be looking out. I was so thrilled and thanked Baba for his almightily grace and blessings. Baba has always helped me and my family when most needed. Sometimes I do feel guilty that I keep asking so many things from Baba and he always fulfills it and is so thankful to Baba for his continued grace and blessing. Kavitha I would like to share my experience with everybody. I am a devotee of Sai Baba. This is a nothing but a miracle what Saibaba has done to us. I got married in 2005 and my husband was working in Dubai. After marriage he does not want to go back and I thought he will work here. He worked with his friend's construction company and due to some misunderstanding he left the job. After which he was idly sitting at home without any work but doing part-time BE. I was working in a MNC. I have got a 1-year old kid Vishal and due to health reasons, I quitted my job this month 25th and I was worried and then I thought of Sai Baba only can save us from this situation. We both are jobless. I prayed to Sai Baba that I myself and my husband get a job within the next Thursday I would post this. It's really unbelievable that I got a part time job in the very same MNC which I left. And my husband went for an interview yesterday and got selected. This is nothing but only Sai's leelas. Sai Baba Koti Koti pranaam to your lotus feet. Please guide in every step of the life. Thank you. Sai Ram. Sarasa I entered late into marriage after a long 17 years wait of knowing the person. I asked Sai to show me signs that I should proceed with this after the long interval. Finally I got married and with Sai's blessing conceived immediately. I sailed through my pregnancy with my gynecologist of Sai's blessing. However on my 8th month my placenta gave away and my daughter pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. Miracle of miracles, when my doctor rushed to the spot he said there's a 20 percent chances of survival with a faint heartbeat. He practically did everything from getting me ready for the Caesarian, pushing me through hallway/lifts and calling the OT to be ready for an emergency operation. Finally my daughter arrived as a tiny healthy baby. But there's some complicating where my husband was asked to sign to indicate approval of womb removal due to a lot of blood loss. Again with Sai's blessing that did not happen and my doctor managed to pull through. Today my daughter is a healthy 3 years old. Last year I delivered my second daughter with my doctor sailing through the pregnancy with me for a safe delivery. About 2 months back my doctor collapsed due to stroke. He is a well know and reputable and experienced person who has saved many lives. I prayed to Baba to take care of him and let him recover to his normal self. Now he is over the critical situation and on the path of recovery. Today he is still on medical leave recovering and with Baba's blessing soon will be back to his clinic, I have faith in Baba. I pledged to write to share my experience with other devotees and here it is. My Sai's blessing is always with us. Om Sai Ram. QUOTATION OF THE WEEK: " All things are mine. I give everything to everyone " .-Shri Sai Baba QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Q. Why is Thursday important for Sai devotees? A. by Ravin Sri Saibaba said that those who burn incense sticks at Gurusthan in Shirdi on Thursdays and Fridays, will have their desires fulfilled by God's grace. Some interpret this as Baba's placing significance on those two days as important for poojas and prayers. Several religious sects place importance on Thursday as a day of prayer and reverence for one's Sadguru. Scriptures probably have references to Guruvar, the Sadguruvar, as appropriate day of the week for the prayers for Sadguru. How does " Thursday " affect a Sai devotee? Initially, it feels good to do poojas and other activities on Thursdays and have the blissful experience of Sai's grace and His presence in our lives. It can also be observed that slowly these activities assume certain routine and thus transform themselves into listless rituals. Even if not, the Thursday practices result in the happiness and satisfaction of a satsang and the sense of communion with Sadguru and at the same time giving one the permit, if not the freedom, to be away from the thoughts of Saibaba on other days. But the truth is that one is in constant need of Baba's presence in our lives, His grace, and His blessings ever. Sickness doesn't wait for the weekend nor do calamities fall on days of our choosing. One's cognizance of the need for Baba and the dependence on Baba for everything in their lives would loosen the attachment to any time bound practices but long for His company and blessing always. In this context, Thursday becomes yet another day in the sweet presence of Saibaba our only savior, but not just a Holy day of respite from other regular days. For Sai devotees Thursday is a holy day and everyday is a Thursday. SAI ACTIVITIES: Shirdi Sai Temple of Chicago and Suburbs, Illinois, USA Shirdi Sai temple is open daily from 7:00 a.m to 9:00 p.m (Summer hours). Daily program includes Kakad Arathi at 7 a.m. followed by Abhisek. Madhayana Arathi at 12 noon, Dhoop Arathi at 6 p.m. and Shej Arathi at 9 p.m. Archana, Homams, Sahasranama and sponsored poojas continue in between the Arathis. To request a pooja for yourselves, your friends and family, please call. Devotees can request water (Abhishek Jal) from the Holy bathing of Baba by sending us an email or by phone. Temple is located 25 minutes drive west of Schaumburg on intersection of IL Route 47 and Plank Road in Hampshire, IL. For more information please call 847-931-4058 or send email to maildrop. Shri Saibaba Mandir, Minneapolis, Minnesota Saibaba activities in Minneapolis were conducted at Shirdi Saibaba Prayer center since the year 2002. Now, with the grace and blessings of Baba and the support of devotees, a new Saibaba Mandir has begun to function at 1835 Polk St NE, Minneapolis from July 11th 2006. Please visit www.hamaresai.org for all details. Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of DFW Metroplex is located at 2109 West Parker (Parker Plaza), Suite 212, Plano, TX 75023. For temple hours and activities please call the temple office at 469-467-3388 or visit the website www.shirdisaidallas.org. Shirdi Sai Center in Bay Area, CA Shirdi Sai Center is located 897-B East Kifer Rd, Sunnyvale, CA 94086. For more information please call 408-705-7904 or 408-564-6704 or send email to saibandhu. You can also visit our website is www.Shirdisaiparivaar.org. Shirdi Saibaba temple, Los Angeles, CA Devotees in Los Angeles area are informed about Sri Shirdi Saibaba temple in Los Angeles area. The temple is located at - 144 South 4th Street, Montebello, CA 90640. For more information please call Krishna Samantula at 949-679-9938 or visit www.shirdisaila.org. Saibaba Temple, Columbus, Ohio Devotees in Columbus and surrounding Ohio locations area are informed about Sri Shirdi Saibaba temple in Metro Columbus area. The temple is located in a leasing space at 7674 Sawmill Rd, Dublin, OH 43016. Please attend daily Aaratis and Thursday bhajans. For more information please call Panditjee at 614-799-8411 or visit www.saibaba.cc. Shirdi Sai bhajans every Thursday at Maitland, Florida Devotees are invited to participate in Sai study and bhajans on Thursdays between 7-8 pm at Meditation Gallery, 219 E Horatio Ave, Maitland, FL 32715. For more details please contact Bonnie at 407- 830-1276. FROM THE EDITORS KEYBOARD: Those contributing to Sai Vichaar are requested to identify themselves by giving their name. Unless Baba wills nothing can be done and it is symbolic of one's humility not to give too much credence to their writings or expressions. However, in respect to the etiquette of publication, it is only customary to identify the source of writings. Sai Vichaar hopes that devotees would oblige. Sai devotee suggests the Question of the week as follows, Q. How can one be consistent with their devotion to Sri Saibaba? Humbly Yours, The Editor ABOUT THIS EMAIL: This newsletter is not sent unsolicited. This newsletter is e-mailed to you because of at least one of the following reasons: 1. 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