11 Holy Sayings - Whoever puts his feet on Shirdi Soil, his sufferings would come to an end.

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" Whoever puts his feet on Shirdi Soil, his sufferings would come to an

end " .

 

What is Shirdi? According to many, it is only the name of a village or

town. It is true. But it is not completely true. Shirdi is more than a

mere place. It is something different from an ordinary place. Some other

people are of the opinion that it is hut, a pilgrim center, where Sri

Sai Baba lived. If we know about Shirdi, then we can change our opinion.

 

The Guru of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba did Tapas in the caves. The place where

he did penance is pure and pious. Therefore it deserves to be protected

and well maintained. It is the order of the master to look after that

place.

 

Eating neem leaves only, Sai Baba stayed in Samadhi for 12 years in that

sacred place. Days and nights, in the scorching sun and biting cold, and

in heavy showers, Sai Baba did ceaseless tapas in that place as a child.

 

Throughout the night, he lit the lamps in the mosque, using only water

as oil in that sacred place. Vedic wisdom and the Upanishadic knowledge

were made simple and tasty like a banana and distributed to the common

folk as well in that holy place by Sri Sai Baba. It is a place which is

purified and made pious by his preaching.

 

It is a place to which many a devotee is drawn for the Darshan of Baba

in various divine forms. Shirdi is a place which is clearest to the

heart of Baba.

 

The five elements and the tempestuous nature were tamed and kept at hay

by the Baba at Shirdi. Cyclones and storms were skillfully and easily

prevented by the Baba in that place. It is the place where God has

descended in a human form.

 

Divine powers and extraordinary miracles were freely exhibited for the

benefit of the common people by the great master Sai Baba in that place.

It is a place which is electrified by the divine energy of Sadguru Sri

Sai Baba.

 

The name 'Allah Malik' was repeatedly and incessantly chanted by Baba to

show to the world what is Parabrahman. Shirdi is like a mirror of the

cosmos in which divinity in its entirety is displayed by the Jagad Guru

Sri Sai Baba.

 

Shirdi is a place of inexhaustible energy. It is a temple of all Gods

and spirituality. Lighting the lamp of knowledge, Baba dispelled all

darkness of ignorance. In the fires of wisdom, he burnt to ashes all

ignorance. The sacred ash of detachment and dispassion and the divine

light of knowledge and wisdom were given by him freely, with his hands

to all the devotees at Shirdi. By his very look and touch, he removed

all pain and suffering from everybody's mind at Shirdi.

 

The magnetic needle points always to the north. It never falters and

shows always the goal. Baba is like the magnet. He shows us the goal and

paves the way to attain it. He is an exemplary guide, taking us by his

hand to the pinnacles of perfection.

 

Sai Baba is the very bedrock, nerve center and the very life spirit of

Sri Shirdi. Baba has chosen Shirdi as a center of cosmic energy and from

there, he spread the light of wisdom to the entire universe, as Sri Rama

has chosen Ayodhya for his birthplace, Sri Krishna has selected

Brindavan for his sport, Siva sits on Mount Kailash and Lord

Venkateshwara has selected the seven hills for his abode. Parabrahman,

while descending to the earth chooses a human a form for manifestation

and a habitat for his dwelling place. That becomes God's central seat of

welfare activities. Shirdi is that spiritual center of loving

benedictions a Ayodhya is that of Sri Rama.

(to be contd..)

(Source Eleven Holy Sayings of Shirdi Sai Baba by Pujya Shri Ananda Sai

Swamy)