Thapovanam - Benediction

November 9, 2009

BENEDICTION(PHALA SHRUTHI) Parayanam of this holy book

brings the beatific, divine form of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba to the

reader's mind with the abundant grace of Bhagavan. His divine name

dances on his tongue and lips. Baba said once, "The gardener orders

the labourer to dig. The labourer just obeys and digs on. It is for

the gardener to decide how much of the material should go to each

plant. Similarly, My order is that you perform nama smaran and roopa dhyan

(mental repetition of the name and meditation of the form). You go on

with your task; it is My job to see where and how much to allocate the

fruits thereof." Let us concentrate on implementing Baba's command in

earnest. It is for Him to rescue us from the crushing wheels of the

cycle of birth and death.

Swami's supreme

divinity, Swami's boundless compassion and Swami's unfathomable love,

displayed time and again, in incident after incident, overwhelm us with

astonishment, yearning and also supreme happiness. We soon develop a

sense of non-attachment (vairagya bhava) as we realize that

everything lies in the hands of the all-controlling Baba and that we

are merely toys in His divine hands. It frees us from the bonds of

worry that beset our lives. In due course, it leads us to realization

of Self (athma sakshathkar). It is an established fact that the choking mesh of deeds of past lives (karma bandhan) is torn aside if we sing in praise of Bhagavan with full-throated ardour (keerthan), if we incessantly meditate on Swami and if we do unremitting service to Swami and in His name.

Sri Sathya Sai

Bhagavan transcends every other god. Therefore, people professing any

faith and religion, people from any state, country, or land, indeed the

entire humanity, may read this Holy Book. Swami says, "If you

are a Christian, be a good Christian; if a Muslim, be a good Muslim...

I have come not to divert you from your faith but to build up strong

faith in your own religion." Sai Faith is nothing but

harmonisation of all faiths and to stress the interconnection of the

basics of all major religions of the world (sarva matha dharma

sammatham is Sai matham).

Accordingly,

devotional reading of this sacred book strengthens a person's belief in

divinity and faith in his own religion. Thereby, he will be inspired

to adhere to the right path, the path of divinity. After reading about

Sri Sathya Sai's divinity, people from hundreds of countries pray,

"Swami, kindly give us too, the exhilarating experience of witnessing

instances of your divinity." They receive Baba's blessings in ample

measure; they forget themselves as they are showered with Bhagavan's

compassion and love. This is a fascinating process going on every

moment all over the world in this age of Kali Yuga. This is an open secret, a divine secret, known to everyone!

One may master the Vedas and the Upanishads. But to understand bhakthi is no easy task. This Life Story of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is a Veda about the Veda Purusha, the Divine, to whom all Vedas are dedicated. Reading of this Veda makes it all the easier to understand the essentiality of bhakthi,

which is love of God. Whoever reads or listens to the Life Story

morning and evening with unyielding devotion will attain everything

beneficial in life and also will get relieved from the cycle of birth

and deaths quite easily. That being the case, it goes without saying

that worldly problems one faces in life are resolved automatically by

the grace of Bhagavan. There is absolutely no room for doubt that

Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba will shower on His devotees compassion and

love and bless them with earthly happiness and spiritual ananda.

Baba says, "How can I fail to remember one who always remembers Me?" He also said,

"Janma karma cha Me Divyani"[My life and My work are divine.]

Let us read the Sacred Life Story

of Bhagavan again and again; let us remember Him over and over again;

let our devotion invite Bhagavan's favour; let us witness the glorious

spectacle of the entire world suffused with Bhagavan's love. Let us

attain immortality!

Sai Easwarasrayo marthyo Sathya Dharma ParayanahPapa Vyadhi Visuddhathma Yathi Sathya Sanathanam

Jai Sai Ram! Hail the Glory of Lord Sai!

Om Sri Sathya Sai Parabrahmane NamahSanthih, Santhih, Santhih

End of Thapovanam : Sri Sathya Sai Sathcharithra

(From : 'Thapovanam' Sri Sathya Sai Sathcharithra by "Santisri" Jandhyala Venkateswara Sastry) Copyright reserved by Author (1928-2003)"A humble offering of love for Swami's 84th birthday"With Loving Sai Rams

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