Sai Baba and Guru by Jugal Kishor Puri

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Sai Baba and Guru

Selfless service of Guru is an essential gradient to attain

Iparanirttia. Sai Baba never gives upadesh as is ordinarily understood

or He never utters mantra in the ear of any devotee.

 

Surrender and Faith - Those who surrender to Sadguru Lord are not weak

characters. They are on the contrary like a lion. In order to surrender

at the feet of Sadguru, one has to get rid of his own false sense of

egoism. Situation of self-surrender leads to losing one's own identity

with a view to merging the same with the Sadguru. Draupadi raised her

hands in the sense of total surrender and sought the help of Lord Shri

Krishna, who extended the same to an unlimited length. Dushhasan was

tired of putting off the saree and failed to undress her ultimately and

hence he gave up.

 

Once Sai Baba told Radhabai Deshmukh " I am a beggar. Look here my

Guru (Venkusa) was a great saint. He was highly merciful and he begged

from me two pice. What he wanted was not metallic coin. He did

not care even for gold but he only wanted Nishtha and Saburi i.e.

faith and courageous patience. I gave these to him at once and he

was pleased. He never blew any mantra into my ear. Make

the guru the sole object of thoughts and aims to attain paramartha,

the supreme goal. " The Lady (Radhabai Deshmukh) bowed and accepted

the advice of Sai Baba.

 

Remember Him (Sai Baba) always with love, for he was engrossed in doing

good to all and always abided in his self. All other Gods are illusory.

Guru is the only God. If we believe in Sadguru, he can change our

fortune for the better. If we serve him nicely, we can get rid of

Samsar. If we make him out helmsman, we can easily cross over the sea of

all pains and sorrows.

 

Sai Baba says, " I look always to and provide for the welfare of the

devotees, who worship me wholeheartedly with their mind ever fixed on

me " . Lord Krishna has also said the, the same in Gita Let us all follow

the above advice of Shri Sai Baba and attain moksha.

Jugal Kishor Puri

Chandigarh

 

(Source Sai Leela Magazine Aug 1980)