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THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI

 

Sixth Year of Publication

 

Published as Bi-Weekly

 

Issue 15/ 2008

 

17-07-2008

 

 

 

GURUPURNIMA (18-07-2008)

SPECIAL ISSUE

 

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One World One Family.

 

Vasudhaika Kutumbam

 

Om!

Asatoma Sargamaya, Tamasoma Jyotirgamaya, Mrityorma Amritamgamaya, Om Shantihi,

Shantihi,

Shantihi!

 

 

 

(Aum! Lead from wrong path to the right path, from ignorance to knowledge, from

mortality to immortality! Peace be to All)

 

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GURUR-BRAHMA, GURUR-VISHNUHU; GURU-DEVO MAHESWARAHA;

 

GURUR-SAKSHATH PARAM BRAHMA; THASMAI SREE GURAVE

NAMAHA:

 

  

 

Sairam. You can watch Live Web casting from Shirdi Sai

Samadhi Mandir from following Link:

 

 

 

 http://www.shrisaibabasansthan.org/onlinedarshan.asp

 

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THIS ISSUE CONTAINS:

 

1.   

GURU PURNIMA

 

2.    SAI'S NEWS FROM TIME MACHINE

 

3.    SAI IN DREAMS

 

4.    QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY

 

5.    SANATANA DHARMA & 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. GURU PURNIMA

 

 

 

Sairam,

 

 

 

Gurupurnima Greetings to all

 

 

 

THE FULL moon day

in the month of Ashad (July-August) is an extremely auspicious and holy day of

Guru Purnima. On this day, sacred to the memory of the great sage, Bhagavan Sri

Vyasa.

 

  

 

Sri Vyasa has done

unforgettable service to humanity for all times by editing the four Vedas,

writing the eighteen Puranas, the Mahabharata and the Srimad Bhagavata. We can

only repay the deep debt of gratitude we owe him, by constant study of his

works and practice of his teachings imparted for the regeneration of humanity.

 

  

 

In honor of this

divine personage, all spiritual aspirants and devotees perform Vyasa Puja on

this day, and disciples worship their spiritual preceptor.

 

  

 

The Srutis say: “To

that high-souled aspirant, whose devotion to the Lord is great and whose

devotion to his Guru is as great as that to the Lord, the secrets explained

herein become illuminated”. Guru is Brahman, the Absolute, or God Himself.. He

guides and inspires you from the innermost core of your being. He is

everywhere.

 

  

 

Have a new angle of

vision. Behold the entire universe as the form of the Guru. See the guiding

hand, the awakening voice, the illuminating touch of the Guru in every object

in this creation. The whole world will now stand transformed before your

changed vision. The world as Guru will reveal all the precious secrets of life

to you, and bestow wisdom upon you. The supreme Guru, as manifested in visible

nature, will teach you the most valuable lessons of life.

 

  

 

  

 

Become a

personification of receptivity. Empty yourself of your petty ego. All the

treasures locked up in the bosom of Nature will become yours. You will progress

and attain perfection in an amazingly short time.

 

  

 

The moon shines by

reflecting the dazzling light of the sun. It is the full moon on the Purnima

day that reflects in full splendor the glorious light of the sun. It glorifies

the sun.

 

  

 

“The Guru’s form

should be meditated upon; the feet of the Guru should be worshipped; his words

are to be treated as a sacred Mantra; his Grace ensures final liberation”..

 

  

 

Take fresh resolves

on this holy day, to tread the spiritual path in accordance with the precepts

of your Guru.

 

  

 

At night, assemble

again with other devotees, and sing the Names of the Lord and the glories of

your Guru.

 

  

 

The best form of

worship of the Guru is to follow his teachings, to shine as the very embodiment

of his teachings, and to propagate his glory and his message.

 

  

 

Compiled by:

 

Sai Sevak Smt. Rajeswari Kasturi, Saidarbar - Hyderabad.

 

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2. SAI'S NEWS FROM THE TIME MACHINE:

 

 

 

July 1941: All India Sai

Samaj formed by H.H Narsima Swamiji at Madras.

 

 

 

July 1953: Waman Rao Patil renounced the World and

adopted Sanyas Ashram with a new name Shri Sai Sharana nanda.

 

 

 

July 1976: Shri. Mota Maharaj, a great Saint of

Gujarat left his mortal coils at the age of 78 years.

 

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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.

 

 

 

JANUARY-1996

 

 

 

11-01-1996

 

 

 

Yesterday, I prayed

Baba to tell me the reason why one should light lamps with Ghee made out of Cow

milk and break coconuts in worshiping the God.

 

 

 

Sai appeared in the

form a Brahmin and said-

 

 

 

On the spiritual

plane, Cow milk is considered sacred. After undergoing a series of intermediate

physical change of states, -milk, curds, butter, and the final stage of Ghee is

obtained. The final stage comes after a series of hot and cold working.

 

 

 

So also the

ultimate divine grace comes after going through and observing certain set norms

like Sadhana.

 

 

 

In the spiritual

field, Cow milk is like the starting point is equivalent to our Samardha

Sadhguru Sainath. One should slowly heat up with sadhana i.e. try and try till

success is achieved (for the divine grace). Later transform into Curds. Then

churn it with the tool called Jnana. Making butter out of it is drawing

attention of the Lord. On heating the butter, outcomes the Ghee that is other

form of the God. Lighting the lamps with such Ghee as the fuel is to remove the

darkness of ignorance from the mind. One can undoubtedly find Parabramah in

such a state. Obviously the beginning is with Samardha Sadhguru-Sainath.

 

 

 

In the

materialistic world, life can be compared to a coconut tree. Every by-product

from the tree is useful to mankind in some form or other and so should be our

life. Surrender your heart and soul to the Lotus feet of the lord. Let it not

be limited to performing only the rituals. Try knowing God- the creator and the

purpose. When thieves ransack the house, complaint is lodged with the police,

but when your heart is attacked, blindfolded by love and affections, ponder

where to go?

 

 

 

The divine grace

comes only after going through stages and there is no shortcut.

 

 

 

13-01-1996

 

 

 

Yesterday, Sai

appeared in the form of a tribal and presented the following messages:

 

 

 

“Of all the lives,

to be born as a human being is topmost. To attain salvation, a background

detail of your birth is not important. Traverse in the path shown by me and you

will certainly reach the goal. But all that should happen within the tenets of

Swadharma (own dharma), which is like sweet water from a well and all others

are like chasing a mirage and tiring one’s self.

 

 

 

Nothing in this

world is greater than Swadharma.

 

 

 

18-01-1996.

 

 

 

Yesterday, a lady

appeared in the dream and was singing a popular Telugu song which in essence

meant:

 

 

 

“I shall behold you

lord in my eyes, behold you in my heart like a God confined to the temple and

finally want to merge in you. I do not know since how long this association is

continuing to exist, but seems will last forever”.

 

 

 

Later I happily

slept and Sai appeared as a flower merchant. And advised –Let the flowers of

Vishnu Sahasranamas (Flowers made out of camphor) adorn your life and present

it to the Lord as a garland and engage in spreading the fragrance to the fellow

devotees. Towards the end, even if camphor sublimes, the thread is retained

with the Lord.

 

 

 

Vishnu Sahasranamas

(thousand names) should be uttered daily for drawing the divine strength.

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 a) What are the benefits we get by doing

Meditation?

 

 

 

Meditation is not only for spiritual life, but it also

purifies the mind. As the mind becomes steady, the breath is retained for short

periods in ‘Kumbaka’, which strengthens the nerves, improves blood circulation

and digestion and increases one’s alertness. Those who meditate everyday find

that all the ailments are overcome. Thru meditation the mind spontaneously

becomes quite and stable and the movement of the breath becomes more relaxed.

When we find peace within, a new excitement breaks forth in our life.

 

 

 

By doing mediation we will find peace in ourselves.

Search for the objects of the five senses ceases in meditation. When Shakti

opens her hidden store house, we will get higher meditation. When that happens

our true beauty will be revealed. Then we will come to know the Divine Lights.

Our worldly desires will be fulfilled. Our treasured beauty will be attained.

We will see the world as full of brilliance. We will get deep sleep. The sound

will make us taste a Divine Elixir. Then we will have no more suffering, no

more feelings of ‘I’ and ‘Mine’. Where there is beauty, sound and taste, there

is always the Fragrance. When Divine scent inside us reveals itself, the entire

world becomes perfumed and the same fragrance spreads throughout our house.

 

Heaviness and numbness leave our body and every limb

is super charged with vitality. We feel Divine Love pulsating inside for our

children and relations. When our inner “Kundalini Shakti” unfolds, her love

will flow all thru our body, thru all 72,000 naadis. Her rapture will spread

thru every particle of our blood and as a result we will experience bliss in

every pore.

 

 

 

As the result, the light that was lost will return to

our eyes, our lips will become red, our dried up face will become aglow with

love, and we will experience happiness in everything. Wives will become

Goddesses to their husband and husbands become Gods to their wives. Houses will

become temples. We will ourselves become God.

 

 

 

To be continued…...

 

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5.  SANATANA DHARMA & SHRI SHIRDI SAIBABA.

 

 

 

May the light of

wisdom illumine us.  May we become united

with the Lord. Let us contemplate five categories: The world and luminous

worlds in the sky, Education, progeny, and speech.

 

Taittiriya

Upanishad

 

 

 

Meditation is

superior to severe asceticism and the path of knowledge. It is also superior to

selfless service.

 

Bhagavad Gita 6:46

 

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NEWS

 

India’s Temples Go Green

 

 

 

Source: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1820844,00.html

 

 

 

TIRUPATI, INDIA, July 7, 2008: The Tirumala temple, in the south Indian city of

Tirupati, is one of Hinduism’s

holiest shrines. Over 5,000 pilgrims a day visit this city of seven hills,

filling Tirumala’s coffers with donations and making it India’s richest temple.

But since

2002, Tirumala has also been generating revenue from a less likely source:

carbon credits. For decades, the temple’s community kitchen has fed nearly

15,000 people, cooking 30,000 meals a day. Five years ago, Tirumala adopted

solar cooking technology, allowing it to dramatically cut down on the amount of

diesel fuel it uses. The temple now sells the emission reduction credits it

earns to a Swiss green-technology investor, Good Energies Inc.

 

 

 

Like Tirumala,

dozens of holy places across India are moving quietly towards

green energy. Muni Seva Ashram, in Gujarat, which combines spiritual

practice with social activism, is working to make its premises entirely green

by using solar, wind and biogas energy. A residential school for 400 students

is already running exclusively on green energy. Starting this year, the ashram

will also sell three million carbon credits. A similar movement is afoot at the

revered Sai Baba Temple in Shirdi, Maharashtra. “Our aim is to avoid

pollution in every way,” says Raghunath Aher, the temple’s chief engineer. “A

holy place should be pure and completely in harmony with nature.”

 

It’s not surprising

that religious groups are in the vanguard of India’s green movement: India is

the birthplace of

Hinduism and three other of the world’s largest religions — Buddhism, Jainism

and Sikhism, all of which revere nature and preach conservation. Indeed, with

99% of Indians professing to one faith or another, the country’s green movement

might not have a prayer without them.

 

 

 

Two Ancient Temples

Discovered in Maharashtra

 

 

 

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1148722

 

 

 

 

 

THANE, INDIA, February 3, 2008: Two ancient temples, one of them a Shiva temple

and the other not yet identified, have been found by the villagers at Gunj,

Maharashtra.

 

 

 

It was during the

visit to nearby Parshuram temple on the hillock the villagers stumbled on these

two abandoned and ruined temples. The villagers claimed that the temple

originally

belonged to Renuka Mata, mother of Lord Parshuram. It is said to have been

raided by Chimaji Appa in 1732. The stones, with beautiful carvings, are

scattered making it difficult for villagers to understand its origins.

 

 

 

The villagers

demanded the construction of a road in order to make the temples accessible and

also asked for their renovation.

 

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6. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES:

 

 

 

N. C. Misra navincmisra

 

Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 8:41

PM

 

 

 

SAI IN MY LIFE

 

 

 

 The following account will show in what a

fantastic and dramatic manner Sai “caught” me. I will have to go back to the

‘Pothi’ given to my wife by my father-in-law. It was an evening in October 1976

when I found myself alone in my house at Rewa. My son and daughter were playing

in front of the house and my wife was busy gossiping with the ladies in the

neighborhood. Just to while away time I picked up Sai Satcharit and started

turning its pages at random. I did not find the book interesting but just got

an idea that this saint performed many miracles. There was a tube light in the

room that was not in use for some months as the tube was fused, both its ends

had turned black. The switch of this light was left ‘on’ for how many days I

know not. With my innate mischief I just said to myself that if Sai Baba can

perform incredible miracles; let him light this fused light in the room. I am

witness

to a miracle that many will not believe, yet it was a miracle that changed my

life. As soon as I said this to myself the tube light lying fused for many

months shone and flooded the room with bright light. My hairs stood on end, I

felt a sort of fear and awe. “I draw my devotee wherever he is”, Baba had said.

This was the most lucky and auspicious day of my life. I was caught by Baba and

I do not have words to thank Him for taking me under His protection. Soon my

wife entered the room and asked me when did I change the fused tube and my

reply was ‘your Baba has lighted it, I have done nothing’. She thought that I

was being sarcastic and that as usual, I was mocking at Baba. She switched off

the light and it never worked again till its fused tube was changed. Isn’t it a

very unusual way of drawing the devotee to his master? G.B. Shaw rightly said

in St. Joan that “A miracle my friend, is an act which creates faith”.

 

 

 

I needed no more proof of Baba’s powers to create

faith in a person who was a die hard sceptic. In a very subtle and silent

manner almost everything began to change. There was more happiness and

understanding in my family. As far as money problem is concerned, I ceased to

be a borrower; instead I became a helper of my needy friends. When one gets the

grace of Sai, there begins a subtle and almost imperceptible change in one’s

life. It is after sometime that one realizes that there has occurred something

which is nothing short of a miracle. What used to be a fantastic dream for me

gradually materialized into a reality. When I ask myself as to who brought this

change in my thinking, in my way of looking at life and in the peace and

contentment that I had never experienced before, the only answer is, it is due

to the ‘nigahe karam’ of Sai.

 

 

 

It was at Rewa that I came to be known as a scholarly

person and a great teacher of English. Myself, an academically mediocre person,

got my  Ph. D. degree and became known in the academic circles as a very

good guide for research scholars. I was acclaimed a great speaker and was

invited to deliver talks on spirituality and literature in the gathering of

scholars. Professors and even Vice Chancellors would listen to my lectures with

admiration. I must mention that it became my habit to remember Sai before doing

anything, be it delivering a lecture, beginning my meals or going out on a

journey. Now this has become my second nature. In short, all my professional

achievements, all that I have materially and spiritually possess is due to

Sai’s ‘nigahe karam’.

 

 

 

To be continued…...

 

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7. SAI WITH CHILDREN:

 

 

 

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

Story of a Little

Mouse

 

 

 

Long, long ago,

once there was an ashram of a great holy Rishi on the bank of the Ganga. He

lived there with his

wife and innumerable disciples. One day the Rishi was saying his prayers on the

Ganga bank when suddenly a small female mouse fell over him. It had, by chance,

slipped from the claws of hawk, which was carrying it. It was a cute -looking

bright-eyed she-mouse. The Rishi took pity on it and changed it into a

beautiful girl-child by the power of his mantras. Then he took the girl to his

ashram and gave her to his wife. He told her “You always wanted a child. Here

is our daughter. Raise her as lovingly as you can " .

 

 

 

   

The wife was overjoyed at this. She said, “I will bring her up as a fairy

princess " . After some years the girl grew up into a young woman. She was

very beautiful. Now the Rishi and his wife started thinking about her marriage.

He wanted that his daughter should get the best husband. After some thought he

decided that the Sun would be a suitable husband for her. So he summoned the

sun with his mantra- power. The sun came down to him and asked him why he was

called. The Rishi replied that he wanted to marry his daughter to him.

 

 

 

The Girl was

standing beside her father. Before the sun could say anything, she cried out,

“I will not marry him. He is so fiery. I want a better husband than him " .

 

The Rishi was very

sad at this. However, he asked the Sun, " Is there anybody greater than

you? "   The Sun said, “Yes there is. The cloud is greater than me.

When he comes before me, my brightness gets hidden. "   So the Rishi

called the Cloud. At his call the Cloud came down to him and asked him whey he

had called him. The girl did not let the Rishi speak and spoke out, " No, I

can not marry this dark, shapeless and fearsome cloud. I want a husband greater

even than him. "

 

 

 

So the Rishi asked

the Cloud if there was any one greater than he was. The Cloud replied that the

Wind was more powerful than he was. He could make the cloud run anywhere and

the cloud could not do anything. The Rishi used his mantra -power again and

summoned the wind. The wind came down to him and bowing before him said,

" Why have you called me? " " I want to marry my daughter to

you, " said he.

 

 

 

But the girl

interrupted them in the middle saying that she could not marry the restless

wind who could not stay still for even a moment. She wanted someone greater

than him. So the Rishi once again had to ask the same question to the Wind,

" Who is greater than you? " The wind said, “The Mountain is much

greater than I am. He is tall and powerful. I can not move him nor can I cross

over him. "

 

 

 

At this the Rishi

called the Mountain. The Mountain immediately came to the Rishi. But when the

girl saw him, she expressed her dissatisfaction and said, “He is so big and

shapeless. I want a husband who is greater and better - looking than he

is. " So the Rishi repeated his question to the Mountain, " Who is

greater than you? The Mountain said, “The Mouse is more powerful than I am. No

doubt, I am big and powerful and hard. But the Mouse, despite being small, can

dig a hole through me. "

 

 

 

The Rishi called

the Mouse. He took no time in reaching the place where the Rishi and his

daughter were standing. When the girl saw him, she was overjoyed. She said,

" Father, I want him. " I shall marry him and live for ever with

him. " Her inborn nature had asserted it self. She was naturally drawn to

him.

 

So the Rishi

changed his daughter again into a mouse and married her to the Mouse.

 

 

 

Learn from your

parents the moral of the story - bye children meet in the next issue.

 

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8.  SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA

 

 

 

 

 

swamymain

 

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 3:47 PM

 

 

 

Sai Ram. We will now take up with His blessings,

Chapter 29 of Sri Sai Satcharitra.

 

 

 

Chapter XXIX

 

 

 

This Chapter described other interesting and wonderful

stories of Sai Baba.

 

 

 

SSG: Sai Ram. These stories are like beacons in the

stormy seas of the world. They help the sadhakas reach the shores of liberation

safely. Sai Ram.

 

 

 

(1) Madrasi Bhajani Mela

 

 

 

    It was in the year 1916 that a

Madrasi Bhajani Mela (Party of the Ramadasi Panth) started on a Pilgrimage to

the holy city of Banaras. The Party consisted of a man, his wife, daughter and

sister-in-law.

Unfortunately their names are not mentioned. On their way, the party heard that

there lived at Shirdi in Kopergaon Taluka, Ahmednagar District, a great sage

named Sai Baba, who was calm and composed, and who was very liberal and who

distributed money every day to His Bhaktas and to skilful persons, who went and

showed their skill there. A lot of money in the form of Dakshina was collected

daily by Sai Baba and out of this amount, He gave daily one rupee to a three

year old girl Amani, the daughter of a Bhakta Kondaji and Rs. 2 to 5 to some,

Rs. 6 to Jamali, the mother of Amali and Rs. 10 to 20 and even Rs. 50 to other

Bhaktas as He pleased.

 

 

 

SSG: Sai Ram. Baba gave money to various people

depending on their karma and to test them how they used the money so received.

Some were greedy and others took it as His prasad. Sai Ram.

 

 

 

 

 

    SSS: On hearing all this party came

to Shirdi and stayed there. The Mela did very good bhajan and sang very good

songs, but inwardly they craved for money. Three of the party were full of

avarice, but the chief lady or mistress was of a very different nature. She had

a regard and love for Baba. Once it so happened, that when the noon-day Arati

was going on, Baba was much pleased with her faith and devotion, and was

pleased to give her darshan of her Ishta (Beloved Deity). To her Baba appeared

as Sitanath (Rama) while to all the others the usual Sainath. On seeing her

beloved Deity, she was very much moved. Tears began to flow from her eyes and

she clapped her hands in joy. The people began to wonder at her joyful mood;

but were not able to guess its cause. Late in the afternoon she disclosed

everything to her husband. She told him how she saw Shri Rama in Sai Baba. He

thought that she was very simple and devout, and her seeing Rama might be a

hallucination of her mind. He pooh-poohed her, saying that it was not possible,

that she alone should see Rama while they all saw Sai Baba. She did not resent

this remark, as she was fortunate enough to get Ramadarshan now and then, when

her mind was calm and composed and free from avarice.

 

 

 

SSG: Sai Ram. Only a mind free from avarice can be

calm and only a calm mind can reflect the glorious form of God. Sai Baba always

said that He was not confined to His physical body and those who thought of Him

confined to His physical body did not understand His true nature. By appearing

as other Gods and Gurus, Sai was conveying a clear message that He was One with

the Almighty and was actually devoid of any size and shape. Sai Ram.

 

 

 

His Servant,

 

S.V.Swamy

 

Author, Editor and Book Reviewer

 

www.freewebs.com/swamyreviews

 

 

 

To be continued...

 

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9. ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES:

 

 

 

" Sankaraiah

Dubagunta " sainama

 

 

 

 

 

OM SRI SAI SARVAHRUNNILAYAYA

NAMAHA

 

 

 

The seventh Nama in

the 108 Glorious Names of Sai is 'Om Sri Sai Sarvahrunnilayaya Namaha' which

means salution to Pranava Swarupa Sai who dwells in the hearts of all. The 68th

Nama is 'Om Sri Sai Sarvantaryamine Namaha' which means Salutions to Sri Sai

who is all pervasive. Sri Sai Satcharitra gives a number of incidents to show

the above attribute of Sai. Sai Baba Himself declared " I'm the inner ruler

of all and I am seated in their hearts. All the insects, ants, the visible,

movable and immovable world is my Body and Form (Chap 3). A Sarvartaryami Sai

only could push His arm into the ever burning Dhuni of Dwarakamai to save a

blacksmith's child who slipped into the furnace at a far off place.

 

 

 

Once Mrs. Tarkhad,

an intimate devotee of Baba gave a piece of bread to a hungry dog before going

to Dwarakamai for the Noon Harathi. Baba was pleased with this act of the

devotee and said " Mother! You have fed Me sumptuously upto my throat, My

afflicted Pranas have been satisfied. First give bread to the hungry and then

eat yourself. A dog which you saw before meals and to which you gave bread is

one with me so also other creatures (cats, pigs, flies etc.,) I'm roaming in

their

forms. He who sees Me in all creatures is My beloved (Chap 9).On another

occasion Baba called Laxmibai Shinde and said " O Lakshmi! I'm very

hungry”, she immediately ran to her house, prepared bread and vegetable and

brought it to the Dwarakamai. Baba who was very hungry gave it to a dog. When

Laxmibai was unhappy to see that Baba did not eat her bread, Sai said to her

" The appeasement of the dog's hunger is the same as mine. The dog has soul

as mine. The creatures may be different but the hunger of all is the same. He

who feeds the Hungry, really serves Me with food. Regard this as axiomatic

truth”. How wonderfully Baba has taught us, His children to see Him in all

creatures. This great lesson is not to laxmibai alone but to all at all times.

 

 

 

In Chap 15 of Sai

Satcharitra Omnipresent Sai declares " Though I am here bodily still I know

what you do beyond the seven seas. Worship Me always who is seated in your

heart as well as in the hearts of all beings. Blessed and fortunate indeed is

he who knows Me thus " . Baba says that he who knows that He is seated in

all hearts is blessed and fortunate one. We may add here one can conquer lust,

anger, greed, jealously, haterd and egoism (six enemies of man), If one thinks

that every other man's heart is Sai's abode. It is because we cannot hate Sai,

we cannot be jealous of Sai so on and so forth. We have to respect and love

every creature who is a Sai Swarupa.

 

 

 

Let us Pray to all

merciful Sai to give us the eyesight to see Him in all creatures.

 

 

 

OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI!!

 

 

 

Sankaraiah.D

 

 

 

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SAIDARBAR – HYDERABAD

 

 

 

Sairam,

 

 

 

Gurupurnima Greetings to all

 

 

 

Saidarbar – Hyderabad is happy to inform you that

 with the divine Blessings of Baba,  we are releasing TEN Spiritual

Discourses,  rendered by Saibanisa GopalaRao Ravadaji and Sai

Ganaharivillu-Bhakti Gitalu in TELUGU Language   on Lord Sainath in

Two MP3  CDs (Total play time 9 hours and 26 minutes) on  auspicious Gurupurnima

day (18-7-2008).

 

 

 

The main object of taking up this project is:

 

 

 

1. Devotees who canot read and write Telugu but

understand Telugu can easily follow these Discourses, Bhakti gitalu and

complete their Eleven days parayana.

 

 

 

 2. Those Devotees who have no time to go through

Sri Saisatcharita book by sitting at one place can play these CDs even while

travelling and complete their Parayana.

 

 

 

 3. Those Devotees who want to listen Sai Leelas

whenever they find time can also play these CDs; the ultimate aim is to get

blessings of LordSaibaba.

 

 

 

4. Lord Sai told in Saisatcharita Chapter Three "

If My stories are listened to, all the diseases will be got rid of “.  So

we recommend sick persons to listen the above CDs.

 

 

 

Sri Saisatcharita contains essence of Ramayan,

Bhagavatam, Shivamahapuranam, Gurucharitra, Gurugita and Bhagavadgita and the

following Discourses are proof for the same

 

 

 

1)Sivaswaroopamlo Sai   2)

RamayanamloSai   3) BhagavathamloSai

 

 

 

4) Saidattavatharamu    5)

Gruhastuluaku  Sai salahalu      

 

 

 

6) Janma Janmalalo Sai  7) Sai

Sandeshalu    8) Sai

Tatwam              

 

 

 

 

9)Nighuda arthalu    10) Kalalo Sai

 

 

 

Sai Ganaharivillu-Bhakti Gitalu

 

 

 

Those who know Telugu Language and interested in

obtaining the above C.Ds in MP3 Format (Two - CDs) may kindly contact: 

saidarbar

 

 

 

In the Service of Lord Sainath and His devotees,

 

Sai Sevak SrinivasaRao Kasturi

 

For http://www.saidarbar.org

 

 

 

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10. LETTERS FROM SAIDEVOTEES:

 

 

 

shalini.sairam

 

Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:20 am (PDT)

 

 

 

On Shri Sai Nathay

namah,

 

 

 

May Sai bless you

all

 

 

 

I am really touched

to read your experience with Deva, Yes, it is true that HE is everywhere. I can

feel HIS presence. I was feeling dull today but HE loves HIS children so much

that HE made me read your message, to make me feel light and happy.

 

 

 

Thanks to all of

you, who keeps sending their experiences and feelings towards Sai.  Sai

means the whole world to me and there is nothing beyond Sai Sai Sai Sai Sai

Sai. Please pray for everyone...that they all should have full faith on Sai..

 

 

 

Oh Deva please

arrange a trip for me to Shirdi, I am dying to be there.  

 

 

 

Saiyan oh mere

Saiyan tujhe dekh nain bhar aayinya.

 

 

 

Shirdi Majhe

Pandharpur SaiBaba Ramavar

 

Om Sai Shri Sai Jay Jay Sai

 

 

 

Shalini

 

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You can also read this E- Magazine in 3d page turning NEW FORMAT in web page

 

 

 

http://ettitudemedia.com/loadbook.php?BookName=EMagazineCurrent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11. TELUGU SECTION:

 

 

 

 

 

Please visit:

 

http://www.telugubhakti.com/telugupages/Misc/ShirdiSai/shirdisai.htm

 

 

 

Please visit for Sai Aaratis Audio:

http://www..shrisaibabasansthan.org/main_English/saibaba/saibaba_aarti.asp

 

 

 

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FOR STARTING A SAIDARBAR CHAPTER OUT SIDE INDIA:

 

Please contact: saidarbar

 

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12. SAI'S BOOK WORLD:

 

 

 

Title:  Devotees Experiences of Sri Sai Baba - III

 

Authors: Pujyasri Narasimhaswamiji

 

Akhanda Sainama Saptaha Samithi, B/3/F, 15 Krupa

Complex,

 

Anandabagh, Hyderabad –

500 047

 

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Title: Devotees Experiences of Sri Sai Baba - IV

 

Author: Pujyasri Narasimhaswamiji

 

Akhanda Sainama Saptaha Samithi, B/3/F, 15 Krupa

Complex,

 

Anandabagh, Hyderabad –

500 047

 

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Title: Sri Sai Baba's Charters and Sayings

 

Author: Pujyasri Narasimhaswamiji

 

All India Sai

Samaj, Mylapore, Chennai – 600 004.

 

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about their books may send ONE new copy of the book to Saidarbar, for details

contact: saidarbar

Acknowledgement of receipt of books will be done by E-mail only.

 

Book(s) sent to Saidarbar will be retained by Saidarbar and cannot be returned.

 

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13. EDITORIAL:

 

 

 

Things impressed me from this magazine:

 

 

 

 “The Guru’s form should be meditated upon; the feet of the Guru should

be worshipped; his words are to be treated as a sacred Mantra; his Grace

ensures final liberation”.

 

 

 

The best form of

worship of the Guru is to follow his teachings, to shine as the very embodiment

of his teachings, and to propagate his glory and his message.

 

  

 

Sai devotees may write about their Sai activities in

their place, essays, articles and poetry on Sai to ‘The Glory of Shirdi Sai’

they may be address their contributions to E-mail id:

 

saidarbar 

 

 

 

 

We shall put in our best efforts to include them in the Glory of Shirdi Sai-

the Bi-weekly E -Magazine. Unless the author of the articles instructs, not to

publish his/her E-mail id, we will publish them as a matter of routine

practice.

 

 

 

 

 

You can for THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI for a

friend /relative by submitting E-mail ID in the main page

of     http://www.saidarbar.org

 

 

 

Also read the old issues from:  http://www.saidarbar.org/glory.htm

 

 

 

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request that the person concerned may be notified about receiving the same.

 

 

 

Editor does not accept responsibility for the views expressed in the articles

published.

 

 

 

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in this E-MAIL is about Sri Shirdi Sai Literature and Sanatana Dharma.

 

 

 

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Submitted by:

 

 

 

                       

SAI SEVAK SRINIVASA RAO KASTURI.

 

                  

                         Saidarbar-Hyderabad-India.

 

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