Guest guest Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 - "SAISEVAK" <webmaster <saidar Cc: <saidarbar Wednesday, January, 2004 6:50 PM The Glory of Shirdi Sai - Issue 2/2004 > THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI > A FORTNIGHTLY E-MAGAZINE > Issue 2/2004 > 16-01-2004 to 31-01-2004 > Please visit our Web site: http://www.saidarbar.org > -------------------------- > " WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY PONGAL " > Flash: > 1. "The Glory of Shirdi Sai" is celebrated its First Birthday on 01-01- > 2004. > 2. "Saidarbar movement" is entered in the sixth year on 25-12-2003. > --- > THIS ISSUE CONTAINS: > > 1. NEWS FROM TIME MACHINE > 2. SAI PHILOSOPHY > 3. WHAT IS SAIDARBAR? > 4. SAI IN LETTERS > 5. SAIBANISA'S THOUGHTS ON GRUHASTHASRAMA > 6. CORRESPONDENCE COURSE ON BHAGAVAD -GITA > 7. SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA > 8. QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY > 9. JOURNEY THROUGH THE OCEAN OF HEMADRI PANTH > 10. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES > 11. SAI WITH CHILDREN > 12. ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES > 13. LETTERS FROM SAI DEVOTEES > 14. FROM SAI ORGANISATIONS > 15. EDITOR'S DESK > ---------------- > > 1 SAI'S NEWS FROM THE TIME MACHINE: > January 1919: Nana Saheb Nimonkar (Shankarrao Raghunath Deshpande an > elderly cousin of Shama) passed away at Pune. > January 20, 1941: Damu Anna (Damodar Savalaram Rasane) of Ahmednagar > passed away (aged 89 years). > January 1, 1946: Sri B.V.Deo passed away ( Composer of Chapter 53rd > of Shri Sai Satcharitra in Marathi language). > January 14, 1980: H.H.Radhakrishna Swamiji passed away at Bangalore. > (Aged 74 years) > January 1991: Size of " Shri Sai Leela Magazine" enlarged and converted > in to a Bi-monthly magazine. > > ---------------- > 2. SAI PHILOSOPHY: > SAI PHILOSOPHY FROM THE DIARY OF SAI.BA.NI.SA. > These messages are the outcome and essence of the dream sequences of > Saibanisa as given by Lord Sainath, which reflect the Sai Philosophy > and his high thinking. They carry a sense of deep meaning and are > generally thought provoking, enough to set one's thinking process. > 46) 30th January 1996: Let "TIME" be your only binding force. Complete > all your responsibilities in time . Be cautious not to get entangled > into personal lives and affections of those benefitted in that process. > > 47) 5th February 1996: You may display your riches to the society. But > never exhibit in public the "GRACE of LORD". It is unpardonable. > > 48) 5th February 1996: Do not fall prey to those who claim to gift you > with "SADHGATHI" (Attainment of Lord). It is to be obtained only by > self efforts. "GRACE OF LORD" can only grant it. > > 49) 6th January 1993: Just as a prematurely delivered baby has no > option to re-enter the mother's womb, once born it is imperative to > complete all the assigned duties and responsibilities. It is also > impossible to make every one to live for hundred years. > > 50) 8th April 1996: Man can fly an aircraft safely so long as there is > sufficient fuel in it for landing. Clinging to power and position till > the last moment in one's life is like flying the aircraft keeping no > fuel for landing. > > Translated and presented by RAGHU RAMAN SATULURY > --------------------------- > 3. WHAT IS SAIDARBAR? > For answer please browse: http://www.saidarbar.org/saidarbar1.htm > -------------- > 4. SAI IN LETTERS: > > Madhusudhan Nori, Hyderabad, India > nomavi > > AUM SRI SAIRAM > SAI IN LETTERS(Saibanisa's letters to his Son) > http://www.saidarbar.org/HTML/ocean_of_mercy/sai3.jpg > Translated from the Telugu original into English by Sri Sai Devotee > Madhusudan Nori. > Secunderabad - 28 February 2000 > > I request the readers to read first Sri Sai Satcharitra in English by > Late Sri Nagesh Vasudev Gunaji, before reading these letters. > http://www.geocities.com/seenukv/day-01-thu.htm > OM SAI > Hyderabad > 31 January 1992 > Letter - 26 (Chapter 28) > Dear Chakrapani, > I will elaborate on Chapter 28 to you in this letter. I will explain > how Sri Sai used to call HIS devotees to Shirdi and make them come > there. If one examines the way Sri Lala Lakhamichand and a female > devotee from Burhanpore were made to come to Shirdi, as narrated by Sri > Hemadri Pant in this chapter, one will be greatly astonished. Sri Sai > gave a vision of HIMSELF in a dream to people, who were not aware of > HIM, and made them travel to Shirdi. What lesson must be learned by us > from these incidents? Think. Even if you are not a devotee of Sri Sai, > HE will appear in your dream in the present birth, if there was a > relationship with HIM in your previous births, and that HE will make > you come to Shirdi. > > One can say that THIS IS HIS SPECIALITY and GREATNESS. Sri Hemadri Pant > reveals in this chapter Sri Sai's views thus - BABA did not approve of > anyone taking a loan for either celebrating a festival or going on a > pilgrimage. This is very important for ordinary families like ours. One > should not perform worship rituals, giving donations and undertaking > noble tasks by taking loans. I kept away some percentage of my earnings > for these tasks, and thus undertook them from such amount specifically > kept aside for that purpose. If you follow this principle then you will > not have to face unpleasant situations. Sri Sai compared HIS ardent > devotees with sparrows. HE used to say that HE made HIS devotees to > come to Shirdi as if HE had tied a string to sparrow's feet and pulled > it towards HIMSELF. Megha was foremost amongst ardent devotees of Sri > Sai. Sri Hemadri Pant writes in detail about Megha in this chapter. I > did not have an opportunity to see Megha, as I was not born in his > lifetime, nevertheless reading about Megha gives rise to a doubt in my > mind whether I too can ever become as an ardent devotee of Sri Sai as > Megha was or not? A true devotee of Sri Sai wishes for only one thing > and that wish is to take the last breath of one's life at the feet of > Sri Sai and merge into the five elements through HIS hands. Megha was > lucky to have that wish fulfilled. We must also try to get THAT WISH > fulfilled. > In Service of Sri Sai, > Your father. > Translated from the Telugu original into English by Sri Sai devotee > Madhusudan Nori. > Secunderabad - 26 September 2000. > ------------ > 5. SAIBANISA'S THOUGHTS ON GRUHASTHASRAMA : > http://www.saidarbar.org/discourses/2b.jpg > > Sri Shirdi Saibaba practiced celibacy through out his life. BABA > advocated his devotees to follow the traditions of family life in order > to achieve social harmony. This alone will help in building a healthy > society and usher alround happiness in one's life. Baba wanted his > devotees to fulfill their moral and social obligations called for in > the materialistic World and then to work towards the ultimate i.e. > reaching the God. Incidentally a major portion of Baba's devotees are > from those who follow 'Gruhasthasrama' without any hindrance. Saibanisa > Gopala Rao Ravada has read a number of Books and literature on this > particular topic by different authors and desires to put his ideas > before you all. Hence an attempt is made to high light his observations > on this subject, aptly titled as ' Saibanisa's thoughts on > Gruhasthasrama'. We earnestly hope that our readership will appreciate > and encourage our efforts. > Raghu Raman Satulury > 6.It is father's responsibility to make a son ready for independent > living by the time he reaches the age of Twenty. > 7.A teen - aged daughter should be groomed, educated and married off to > a worthy partner. > 8.A man should cerate a conducive atmosphere for the growth of a happy > family and create a mark for himself with good conduct. > 9.Never forget to offer food to those who visit your home during dining > hours- may be sick, elderly or destitute. > 10. Offer food to the hungry, water to the thirsty and a place for the > tired to rest. > > To be continued. > ------ > > 6. JOIN CORRESPONDENCE COURSE ON BHAGAVAD -GITA: > http://www.gita-society.com/lessons/saigita.htm > > ------------------------------- > 7. SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA > "SV.SWAMY" svswamy1 & swamyswarna > 1/13/2004 17:34:41 -0000 > > > Sai Ram. The last issue of Glory of Shirdi Sai was supposed to contain > the continuation of the article Spiritual Gems from Sai Satcharitra. If > readers remember correctly, we were just beginning to explore the > Spiritual Gems from the Well called Chapter 9, just as a driller drills > for Oil and Natural Gas. The readers have obviously a right to know the > reasons for the interruption. So, here I offer the reason again with > prayers at the Lotus Feet of our Beloved Master. > > My mother-in-law, a great devotee of Sai, passed away on 30th of > December and I had to go out of town to attend the cremation of her > mortal remains. She was mainly responsible for inculcating the Sai > Bhakti in her daughters including my wife. And Sai used this connection > to pull me to His feet in 1998. She was also a great devotee of another > great Sai Bhakta Mataji Krishna Priya, whose Darshan I had at the time > of my marriage in 1978. Mataji attained the Lotus Feet of Sai some > years later. Needless to say, my devotion to God in general and to Sri > Venkateswara Swamy in particular, after whom I was named, and the grace > of my Guruji His Holiness the Shankaracharya of Hampi, helped me to > reach Sai's abode - Spiritual Abode, which is the real Shirdi, fairly > quickly. Needless to say, a lot of work has to be still done on my ego > for purification, but there is no need for fear once we are under his > protection. Sooner than later, He will create conditions favorable for > our spiritual purification and thus pull us near to Him. The only > requirement is to hold firmly Two Paise, Sraddha and Saburi. The > following article is a tribute to a great Sai devotee. Sai Ram. > > We shall now continue with the Spiritual Gems from Chapter 9. We saw > how Baba begged His food though He was having vast powers at His > command. The reasons for this were also given. Shri Hemadpant gives > nice arguments in support of mendicancy. He tells us about the five > sins that accrue to any person engaged in processing of food. He also > mentions that these sins have to be atoned by performance of five > yagnas or offerings daily. The last and most important of these five > yagnas is the Atithi Yagna. Baba, by His begging, taught us the > importance of Atithi Yagna, offering to Uninvited Guests, especially > those who come at mid-day the normal time for taking food. Atithi > literally means without tithi, the lunar day. What it means is that > feeding Atithi is to be done without inquiring into the day, time, the > person's merits etc. God Himself is supposed to come in some form, not > even necessarily human as we shall shortly see, and partake the food > offered by us and bless us. Eating food that is not offered to God is > considered a great sin in many households. So, in addition to offering > of Naivedya to Idols and Portraits of Gods in our houses, we should > offer food to Atithis and also to Fire God. We should in any case, > leave a small portion of the food aside and then consume the rest. The > portion, which is left, is discarded along with the leaf. It was a > custom to invariably eat in banana and other biodegradable plant leaves > not stainless steel or silver plates. The vegetable leaf and the left > over food was food to dogs and other animals outside. The need to > share, to protect and preserve the environment was greatly stressed in > our Shastras and Culture, without learned scientific tomes being > written. Sai Ram. > > Shri Hemadpant goes on to describe how Baba accepted offerings of > devotees. We will continue with this wonderfully filling - spiritually > that is - feast in the coming weeks. Sai Ram. > Yours truly, > SV Swamy > ------------------------------- > > 8. QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY: > (By Late Sri Bharam UmamaheswaraRao) > "Shashi": shashi_31 > > 8. Pearls of Wisdom - the Moral Teachings of Baba given to the Humanity. > > 26. If you have lost any article of yours, don't grieve. God has given > it, for good, to someone else needing it badly. Think always like this. > > 27. Saying one thing and doing quite the opposite, denying in practice > what you assert as percept is the sin of all sins. > > 28. If you follow Satya, Dharma, Shanti, Prema and Ahimsa, your life > will become fragrant and enhances your spiritualism. > > 29. In all your worldly activities, you should be careful not to wind > up the cannon of your good nature. Make it a point, that you should not > play with false prompting of your ego, but you must respect the > dictates of your conscience. You must always watch your steps. > > 30. If there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the > character; if there is beauty in character, there will be harmony in > the home; if there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the > nation; and when there is order in the nations, there will be peace in > the world. > > 31. Peace of mind comes from within but not from outside. Peace is no > state of agitation and it is an emotional equipoise. It is an > unperturbed state of the inner-Self. > > 32. If you want to get peace, cross out the "I"; give up the 'want' and > you will be left with peace. Then you will become Zero, in the material > sense and emerge as hero, in the Spiritual sense. > > 33. Peace of mind comes from within. Contentment is a mental condition. > Do not feed the roots of attachment to worldly comforts, more than > absolutely necessary. They lead you to downfall. > > 34. Hate, greed, and envy degrade your nature. Love alone can > counteract. When you are an embodiment of love, all the above will be > banished. > > 35. The value of TRUTH reflects fearlessness, courage, detachment and > humility. The value of 'GOOD CONDUCT' reflects Duty, Discipline, Self- > Control. The value of PEACE reflects contentment, equanimity. The value > of LOVE reflects kindness, forgiveness and a person who practices > NONVIOLENCE gains 'FELLOW-FEELING'. So you all cultivate TRUTH, GOOD- > CONDUCT, PEACE, LOVE and NONVIOLENCE towards all beings. > > To be continued. > -------------------------- > 9. JOURNEY THROUGH THE OCEAN OF HEMADRI PANTH: QUIZ > leela dhar : leedharart > Quiz for Issue 2/2004 > Chapter 39 and50 > > 1) Baba interpreted a Sanskrit verse from > a) Bhaghavat Gita b) Bhaghavatam c) Purnas d) Upanishad > 2) Who had the first hand version on the subject of Babas knowledge? > a) Nana saheb b) B.V.Narasimha Swami c) B.V.Deo d) Hemadpant > 3) Who was proud of his knowledge of Gita and Vedanta? > a) Hemadpant b ) Shama c) Kaka d) Nana > 4) We must make complete _______ to our guru > a) Sarvaswa Sharangati b) Seva c) Shastanga Namaskar d) Pari Prashna > > 5) Destroying ignorance is _______ > a) Seva b) ego c) Jnana d) Light > 6) The Sad Guru is Nirgun and > a) Anand b) Sat c) Deva d) Satchitananda > 7) The Sad Guru has taken a human form to ________ man kind and raise > the world > a) Elevate b) Eradicate c) Deliver d) Punish > 8) The meaning of "Pranipata" is > a) Namaskar b) Surrender d) Deliver d) Punish > 9) Baba _______ arranged the circumstances and surroundings and the > people were surprised at the slow but sure result > a) Cunningly b) Skillyfully c) Wantedly d) Delibrately > 10) Bapu Saheb Booty got a vision while he was sleeping in > a) His house b) Masjid c) Chavadi d) Dixits Wada > > 11) Baba ordered to build a _______ in Booty's vision > a) Wada b) Samadi Mandir c) Temple d) Choultry > 12) Bapu Saheb Booty drew the drew the plan with the help of ______- > a) Shama b) Kaka c) Nana d) Mhalasapathi > 13) Baba also on his way to _______ suggested certain improvements > a) Lendi b) Chavadi c) Masjid d) Neem Gaon > 14) The idea of having an image of Murlidhar in the Wada stuck to > a) Bapusaheb Job b) Shama c) Booty d) Mhalasapathi > 15) About _____ of Rupees was spend on construction of the Samadhi > Mandir > a) Ten Thousand b) One Lakh c) Ten Lakhs d) One crore > 16) Who became the Muralidhar? > a) Booty b) Krishana c) Megha d) Sai > Answers of 39 and 50 > > 1) a 2) c 3) d 4) a 5) c 6) d 7) a 8) b 9) a 10) d 11) a 12) a 13) a > 14) b 15) b 16) d > ------ > 10. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES: > 1/10/2004 03:14:05 -0700 > sathya_1611 > Every minute of my life I experience a miracle of baba in some way or > the other. What can one say about this karunyamoorthy. I am going > through a troubled phase in my personal life and I find baba talking to > me through his messages and people and at every step saying that what I > wish for will be mine. > > To me as it is to millions of my fellow sai devotees, Sai Satcharita is > a Bible. Through my insecurities and doubts I have developed a habit of > searching for messages in the book. Everyday morning, I wake up and > take the book and ask for an assurance and sure enough one saying or > the other comes up that conveys his love and assurance that my wish > will be fulfilled. Of course me in my insolence keep asking for > assurance repeatedly whenever I feel depressed and Baba in his ever > loving and motherly care continues to provide me answers and assurance. > > Words fail to do justice to this epitome of love and who am I, a spec > in this universe to try to talk about this mahan. Baba, through all my > impatience and restlessness, I just fall at your feet and ask for your > ever loving glance to be on me. > ------------------------- > 1/5/2004 07:23:55 +0000 > shanker_veeturi > Veetury Venkata Rama Sastry, > D.No. 5-39, Vigneswaranagar, > Indrapalem, > Kakinada - 533006. > SAI LEELA NO. 1 > I am by name Veetury Venkata Rama Sastry, Ex-Railway Employee of South > Eastern Railway from 1955 - 1994. Soon after my retirement I decided to > stay at Kakinada, Indrapalem. At the time of my retirement I served SC > Railway, at GRC (Garden Reach, The Zonal Head Quarters of SE Railway, > Where GM with all his chief officers remain with their officers). As > per the standing rule I booked my entire house hold materials from > Broomstick to Double Cot Bed in the railway covered wagon from Howrah > to SLO(Samalkot). So, I said good by to GRC with my wife and portable > luggage only and reached Kakinada safely on the very next day. From the > next day onwards upto one month I suffered like anything for want of > Household materials which are daily useful and which were already in > the booked wagon. Daily I used to contact Visakhapatnam and GRC also > but my trails have been proved in vain. One day I went to DRM > (Divisional Railway Manager) at Visakhapatnam and talked over phone > with my friends at GRC about the position of my railway wagon. They > satisfied me that it was on the track and reach SLO with in a day or > two. > But on the pukka Information received from my closest officer that it > was detained in the middle of the station in SC Railway very near to > Nagpur due to the bridge collapsed for heavy rains and the work is in > progress. I felt very much sorry for my bad luck. From the then moment > itself I started praying god Shiridi Sai like any thing because the > household materials in that railway wagon costs not less than 50 to 60 > thousand rupees. I started bhajans on Sai, reading Sai Satcharitra, > attending Sai's Temple, daily especially, with household prasadham to > distribute to all devotees on Thursday. I finally decided that my > booked railway wagon might have been theft as it was on the track from > one station to another station where security is not available. So I > lost all my hopes and prayed Sai to consider the poor Baktha with his > kind grace. One day it has come to my notice that my booked railway > wagon was at Vizag Yard. Immediately I ran up to Vizag Railway Yard and > requested the yardmaster like any thing to send the booked to SLO as > early as possible. I came back to my hometown and requested the > railway officials concerned to intimate as a when it comes to SLO. Two > days past, but no information received. > One I went personally, Samalkot Railway Station and requested the > Stationmaster to refer his logbook. He referred it and said sorrowfully > that it was gone through to Rajahmundry by mistake. I immediately ran > up to Rajahmundry and requested the YardMaster there. He assured me > that my booked wagon would be at SLO by tomorrow morning. Accordingly > my booked wagon has come to SLO Station. Immediately I Booked a truck > and went to SLO Railway yard, opened my wagon and to my great > astonishment, any body may believe it or not that even the mirror of > the Dressing table was not spoiled or broken either in the loose > shunting and quick shunting. Generally happens to goods train. All the > inside materials were safeguarded in such a position, the position I > loaded at Howrah. My joy on opening the wagon was knew no bounds. What > is all this? This is all nothing but a result of my strong belief, > faith and favor shown on Lord Sai. > ----- > 1/08/2004 07:16:01 -0700 > thanasb > Aum sai Sri sai jai jai sai > It was a great to hear sai talking to us in the dream. Recently, I had > stomach pain, and I prayed to say to take away the pain, after 3 days, > I had a dream that someone come to me and told to read Visnu Sahasran, > then in the morning I remember that person should be Baba, because in > Satcharita Baba has mentioned to Shama, to read Visnu sahasran. I feel > very joy and happy, that I can feel that Baba is with me all the time. > Bow to Shri Sai and peace to all > Sairam > Servant of Baba > Sis Thana > --------- > 12/31/2003 17:14:59 -0600 > "Sai Devotee": devotee > A Sai Devotee Experience. This incident happened in the first week of > November 2003. I was moving from Florida to Chicago. Since it is a 15- > hour drive, I have decided to sleep over at my friend's place in > Alexander City (in Alabama), and start in the next day morning again. > It is a 4-hour drive from the place I started. I started around 7 PM on > the Friday evening. I was on US-27N, which is a rural high way with a > speed limit of 55 MPH. There were some long stretches of construction > zones and some single lane zones along this high way. These zones > caused considerable delay. So I started speeding upto 75 MPH whenever I > don't see traffic before me. > > I was close to Columbus, AL. Here the highway is passing through the > small hills and valleys. Because of these ups and downs, I was reaching > 80 MPH some times, when I am driving down the hill. Suddenly, I saw a > Highway Patrol Car far away coming behind me, with lights turned on. I > slowed down and when the Patrol car came behind me, I pulled on to the > side and stopped. I waited for the Officer and started cursing my bad > luck. Two weeks back I lost my job. Around 2 or 3 months before, I got > 2 tickets on a single day. > > While I was thinking like this, the Officer approached my car. Then He > identified Himself and informed me that I was going at 75 MPH in a 55- > MPH speed zone. Then He asked me why I was in so much hurry? I gave > some stupid reason, which I can not believe even myself. Then He asked > for my driving license. I pulled out the purse from my pocket and found > my driving license in one of leaves of the credit card sized see > through booklet (common in wallets, used to keep the credit cards). The > opposite leaf to the driving license has a card (calendar) with Baba > photo. I > gave the driving license to the Officer and then looked at the Baba > photo and closed my eyes and remembered Baba in my mind, while the > Officer verified my license. Then I heard the Officer saying, "Please, > slow down for Me, Sir". I opened my eyes and looked at the Officer, who > handed over my driving license. I said, "Yes". Then He went back to his > car and left the scene. I was completely surprised. It is rarely > possible, to see a case where any speeding (over 20 MPH) driver got > only an advice instead of a ticket from an Officer. > > That night, during the rest of my drive, I was thinking about this > incident. And I was thinking about it for the last two months (nearly). > Here are some thoughts that passed through my mind and few changes that > I am trying to implement in my driving style as well as in my life > style. > > The advice that I got from the Officer is probably the most common > advice given to any driver, who was stopped for speeding, by any > Officer. But I heard it from the Officer at the exact moment of me > remembering Baba. So I strongly believe that it is Baba's Message to me. > Considering the road conditions, poor visibility and no to mention my > past driving history, this Sai Leela and His Message probably saved me > from an impending accident. During that night and next day, I tried to > maintain my speed around the speed limits. And these days, I am trying > to maintain it with in speed limits, most of the time. > > By this Leela, Baba also showed me that He is always there, watching > over my welfare (like any other Devotee's). November and December are > slow for the job market. But I have Faith in Baba, that He will show me > a way in the near future. All I need now is the Patience. Mean while > during these two months, I decided to pay a small Dakshina to Baba. And > my Dakshina to Baba is http://saidakshina.org. > > I am reading the "Glory of the Shirdi Sai" E-Magazine (from< > http://www.saidarbar.org) for the last three or four months. It has > several sections, which include Devotee Experiences, Letters from the > Sai Devotees. While going through these sections, I got this idea of > creating a web site, which provides a platform where Sai Devotees > around the world can interact with each other, in a better and > effective way. By registering and logging into this web site, Sai > Devotees can share their experiences; express their views (jewels) on > Shri Sai Satcharitra; post their local events or > global events (like SAI NAMA JAPA) for other devotee awareness. > > I think that the most valuable asset that Baba ever had, is His > Devotees. So I am giving this site to the Sai Devotees. And I hope that > the Sai Devotees will pass over my Dakshina to Sai Himself and make it > a Success. > OM SAI RAM > A Humble Sai Devotee. > ----------- > 11. SAI WITH CHILDREN: > > http://www.saidarbar.org/HTML/portraits/7.jpg > > Smt. MadhuGopal 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. I have told you 24 > stories during the year 2003. Baba told before He took His Maha Samadhi > that He is Muralidhar and would like to play in Booty Wada (Samadhi > Mandir) with His devotees. So I will start Krishna Leelas with effect > from this first issue of New Year 2004. I Wish you all A Happy New year > 2004. Study well and learn good manners. Tell your parents to read the > Glory of Shirdi Sai - Fortnightly E-magazine and narrate Krishna Leelas > from this magazine. > KANSA: > Kansa was the prince of Mathura, which was ruled by King Ugrasena, > his father. King Ugrasena had become old and the real power lay in the > hands of Kansa. But he was very unpopular and the people of Mathura did > not favor him at the same time they also feared him for he was very > cruel and was infamous for his wicked deeds. But he had great love and > affection for his cousin sister Devaki. > Devaki was beautiful. She was very religious and sweet natured. Her > marriage was settled with Vasudev, who belonged to a noble family and > was also a friend of her brother Kansa. Kansa was very happy at this > alliance. After the wedding ceremony was over King Ugrasena gave > farewell to her daughter with tears in his eyes. He also sent hundreds > of maid servants along with her for her personal care and gave her > costly presents and lots of dowry. When they set off out of pleasure > Kansa himself offered to drive the chariot of Vasudev and Devaki and > escort her sister to her in-laws home, as was the custom in those days. > The brother accompanied the bride to her new home so that she may not > feel lonely and sad. > Laughing and joking they moved along with the procession of chariots, > elephants and soldiers on horseback and on foot both. Kansa was an > expert driver of chariot. Suddenly there was a loud thunder in the sky > and a voice heard which said to Kansa, " O fool! Don't rejoice over > your sister's marriage for it is her eighth son who will kill you." > Suddenly there was sadness all around. Kansa stopped the chariot when > the words of divine prophecy fell in his ears. Though he loved Devaki > but being an evil man he feared his death. Now he believed that she and > her son could be dangerous to him. So he caught hold of Devaki by her > hair and declared then and there that he shall kill her at once before > she gives birth to the child who would kill him. As he raised his sword > Vasudev stopped him. He pleaded with Kansa that a helpless woman like > Devaki cannot harm him. And she was innocent because it was not her > fault. Vasudev promised that they would hand over each of their > children to Kansa so that he may kill them to avoid his death. Kansa > thought over it and this suggestion appeared reasonable to him. He > ordered every body to return to Mathura. He believed that Vasudev never > spoke a lie and always kept his word still he was suspicious so he put > both Vasudev and Devaki in a separate place guarded by his soldiers. > Kansa knew it well that he will be pulled up by King Ugrasena for > whatever he had done so he imprisoned his father as well and put him in > prison. He then sat on the throne of Mathura as its new king. > He then put Devaki and Vasudev also in prison close to his palace. The > prison was heavily guarded. Kansa then became powerful day by day and > his wickedness also increased. People in his rule feared him. They > disliked him but dare not open their mouth against him. > Soon Kansa got news that Devaki had given birth to a son. He > immediately rushed to the prison where he meet Vasudev. Vasudev handed > over his first child to Kansa as per his promise. Kansa looked at the > infant and thought that being the first born he should not fear the > child, so he returned the child back to Vasudev. Vasudev was happy and > returned to prison. > Kansa felt happy at the greatness and mercy that he had shown. Just > then the great sage Narad came there and said to Kansa that had been in > the place of Kansa he would have killed the child of Devaki, because > every child of Devaki was a part of Lord Vishnu who was supposed to > kill Kansa. And the supporters of Lord Vishnu had already taken birth > in the Yadava clan. Thus Narada made Kansa suspicious and left > chanting "Narayan, Narayan." > All the goodness in Kansa's heart was gone. He only remembered the > words of Narad, which haunted him. He then went straight to the prison > and snatched the child from Devaki. He then held the baby with his legs > and dashed his head on the ground. The baby was killed on the spot. > Vasudev tried to console Devaki as much as he could. Thus Kansa killed > all the seven sons born to Devaki and Vasudeva. When he heard that > Devaki was pregnant for the eighth time he was very much worried. For > this was the child according to the divine prophecy who would cause his > death. He made security in the prison very tight and increased the > number of guards. Vasudev and Devaki were bound in chains. As days > passed by and the day of her delivery came near, Kansa became more and > more anxious and worried. He himself went to the prison several times > in the day to check all security arrangements. He was also afraid as he > had noticed a rage glow on the face of Devaki. He knew in his heart > that this was the divine child who would kill him one day. > To be continued.. > --------------------------- > 12. ARTICLES FROM SAIDEVOTEES: > > Ramesh Anitha" : kandra > Wed, 31 Dec 2003 00:09:59 +1100 > Second and concluding part > Ritualism Vs Faith > One author puts it this way: > > Life goes like this. We get hit by little pebbles - as a kind of > warning. > > When we ignore the pebbles, we get hit by a brick. Ignore the brick and > we get hit by a boulder. Let us wake up before it is too late and > learn from the failures and correct ourselves before the boulder falls > on us and then we would not be able to get up to set our life right. It > is time for us to open our eyes, mind and body and feel HIS presence in > every aspect of our life, let us progress from rituals and know that HE > is there ever listening to us and is waiting to talk to us. Let us talk > to Him always and understand the purpose of our life before we claim to > be devotees of Baba or believe in Baba. Let us accept that love, faith, > surrender, are mere statements, as we do not follow the teachings; and > pray only to gain our materialistic needs, if they are not met we move > on to the next god in our list. Are we any better than politicians who > change parties based on the needs? > > Let us not use the rope of religion to elevate our position in the > society and present a mere façade of goodness, piety and humbleness and > humility whilst the mind is constantly engaged in ungodly thoughts and > seeks unworthy actions. The only way to show our love towards god would > be to try our best to follow His teachings, helping others, praying for > others, constantly thinking of Him. We do not need to be clean and > practice celibacy to think of God, HE is in us, when our mind and heart > is clean dust covered body has nothing to do to reach god. He will come > running to us without us asking Him for help. Let us not restrict Him > by asking for mundane things instead let us ask Him to enable us to > realize His marvel and See Him in action and ask Him to bless us to > help others. > > God conscious people are handful they are not bound by restrictions, > rituals and physical show of worship. They are at peace, humble and > their love and faith in god far surpasses their rituals, they look at > everything as the play of god and do not wince nor have sense of guilt > when they miss their rituals. Godly people interact with others and > discharge their duties while constantly engaging their mind in naam > smaran of the lord. Their scope of love encompasses people beyond their > household. Such people don't ask god for anything in life, they know > that GOD KNOWS THE BEST and provides accordingly. Let us make this > collective resolution to progress towards godliness and move away from > ritualism. Let us seek His blessings in our transition from ritualism > towards Faith. > Anitha Kandukuri, > Saidarbar Canberra, Australia > -------- > "Sai ka laadla" : saikalaadla > Wed, 24 Dec 2003 10:13:59 -0800 (PST) > Aum Sai Sri Sai Jaya Jaya Sai > May this Thursday (Baba's Day) bring you strength, goodluck, success > and happiness.Lord Sri Shirdi Sai Baba, we thank you for this > opportunity to be together in one another's company. We thank you for > the light you bring to our Sai family. Oh "Sai" Please grant us the > vision to see the highest in one another, and grant us the opportunity > to continue to be there for each other in good times, as well as not-so- > great-times. Oh "Sai" Give us strength and fortitude to ride the tides > of change, and empower us always to be nurturing and loving with one > another. Open our spiritual eyes that we may see one another for who we > truly are... and love one other in the same spirit. > Oh "Sai" May sadness, disappointment and anger be minimal; may > happiness, positive thoughts and good experiences together be > bountiful. May we always cope, and hope, with each other... with grace. > We thank the Divine Sainath for this Love. May all our life be full > with health and well-being? > Bow To Sri Sai - Peace Be To All > May Baba Be Always With You > Sai Ka Laadla > -------------------- > Arun Reddy" : arunreddy_n > The Winner > To return to other stories of Baba, there was a wrestler in Shirdi, by > name Mohiddin Tamboli. Baba and he did not agree on some items, and > both had a fight. In this, Baba was defeated. Thenceforth, Baba changed > His dress and mode of living. He donned Kafni, wore a Langot > (waistband) and covered His head with a piece of cloth. He took a piece > of sackcloth for His seat, sackcloth for His bed, and was content with > wearing torn and worn out rags. He always said, "Poverty is better than > Kingship, far better than Lordship. The Lord is always brother of the > poor" - Sri Sai Satcharitha, Chapter V - The English version by Shri NV > Gunaji). > Baba lost the fight. However, He won the world and beyond. Stories of > lives of saints are uniquely impregnated with interesting events. Some > times the events may sound trivial, but every incident seems to have > its message. Human life is constant struggle and competition. Usually, > the assessment of a person or an event is shaped by the outcome and > such a judgement itself in reality is the ego ratified. Sainath's > contention is perhaps the same. Accomplishing victories of mundane > nature may ratify one's ego, but does not necessarily guarantee the > permanent happiness, a pursuit every human birth longs for. Accepting > God's dispensation and long for, if any, His grace will bring permanent > happiness. True winners are those who accept God's will, surrender > their selves to His cause, accept their roles in His play and strive > for the permanent happiness. > Arun Reddy Nukala > ---------------- > 13. LETTERS FROM SAIDEVOTEES: > karuna jyothi : arunajyothiraj > Wed, 07 Jan 2004 01:34:08 IST > Sai Ram.... Namaskar.. > I really like the saidarbar site so much that I do not have words to > describe. I have given the site to many of my friends too. I stay in > Connecticut. I really fall short of time once I go to that Saidarbar > site. I go on reading and browsing every thing about Baba. I believe a > lot, lot in Baba. I too had many miraculous incidents. We have a very > good Saibaba temple in Baldwin, New York. I regularly go to that > temple. Baba's idol is very lively there. May Baba bless us all with > his love > Sai Ram. > Aruna Jyothi. > ------------------- > "Raidu Vadlamani": raiduv > 1/09/2004 08:04:43 +0530 > Dear SaiBanisa garu, > I am receiving your Glory of Shirdi Sai magazine every fortnight. I > cannot describe in words how much knowledge we can acquire while > reading this magazine everytime. I would like to thank all the members > of the Saidarbar and all the devotees who contribute their articles day > in and day out. You all have done such a marvelous job to bring this > magazine to the whole world. This is an accomplishment that you should > be proud of. > Thank you. > Sincerely, > Raidu Vadlamani > ------------------ > Swamy": svswamy1 > 1/13/2004 17:42:10 -0000 > Sai Ram. I was indeed very happy to read the last issue of our beloved > ezine, Glory of Shirdi Sai. Completion of 1 year is a very important > event in the life of any individual or a magazine. It takes great > effort to bring out a magazine every two weeks. So, it is obvious that > only the grace of our Sadguru Sainath Maharaj is responsible for the > uninterrupted publication of Glory of Shirdi Sai for 1 year. The > efforts of Saibanisa and Sai Sevak Sri Kasturi Srinivas are of course > praiseworthy as also the individual authors who have contributed. But > nothing happens without His grace. So, while wishing A Very Happy > Birthday and Many Happy Returns of This Day to Glory, let us pray to > Sai Maharaj, to continue to bestow His grace on the Spiritual Child > Glory and bless Her with a long productive life. Sai Ram. > Yours truly, > SV Swamy > ----------------------- > 14. FROM SAI ORGANISATIONS: > > Visit http://faith.Ocatch.com/index.html for Saidarbar -Chennai -India > activities. > Visit http://www.angelfire.com/sd/SaidarbarCanberra/index.html for > Saidarbar - Canberra - Australia activities. > Visit http://www.viswasaidarbar.com for Saidarbar - London Activities. > Visit http://www.geocities.com/wallingfordsai for Saidarbar - Walling > ford Activities > --------- > Om Sai Ram : shirdibabasaisharan > > Tue, 06 Jan 2004 00:58:33 IST > Inauguration of website for naam jaap "shirdisaisharan.org" > > With the divine grace of Shirdi sai Baba we all as sai brother/sister > and sai family have completed Global Sai Naam Jaap in year 2003 up to > nearly 9 crore and our sankalp to do Naam Jaap till one billion (100 > crore-indian numerals) still remains. With Babas blessing and help of > sai family the Sai naam jaap and Shirdi Sai Utsav'2003 at Orlando was a > grand success. > We have not yet completed the total count and hence we request all the > Sai devotees, across the globe and the member of Saisharan family to > come forward and share their naam jaap count to us and make this a > Babas blessing.For the naam jaap counting and regsitration we have > tried to make automation software where Sai devotees can themself > register and update their naam jaap On the auspicious occasion last > year on 9th Jan Thursday we started the Global SAi naam jaap. This year > on 8th Jan Thursday (exactly after One year), we are going to launch > our website www.shirdisaisharan.org having the automation of naam jaap. > Website is still under construction and we humbly request all and one > to join and also share this to the fellow Sai devotee across the globe, > Sai family members and sai devotees, please feel free to give your > views, suggestions and comments, for the website and automation. May > Baba help us grow as family and guide us towards the path of self- > realization, service to humanity while doing his naam jaap in our day > to day activities. > Our humble pranam and thanks to one and all > servant to Lord Sainath and Saidevotees > Sairam Sri > -------------- > "leela dhar": leedharart > Friday, January 09, 2004 6:59:51 AM > Inauguration of website www.saileelas.org > > Dear Devotees and Readers > Sai Ram > Today with the grace of Baba, a new website has been launched. The > website was declared open by Sri D.Shankariah in the presence of > Saibanisa Ravada Gopal Rao in Saidarbar - Hyderabad. > > Most of the readers world wide do not have access to the articles and > books on Baba which are lying with a few individuals, So an effort is > being made to have a e-library, which will host books, articles and > poems on Baba which are rare and not available commercial and which are > not protected by Copy Right. > > This website is a pure spiritual effort, and we hope that this will > serve as a Research Center for the devotees. This website is a > collective effort, and without Babas blessings and your support this > could not have come out. The name of the website is www.saileelas.org > Please visit the website, and contribute to the spread of Babas > message and ideals. I take this opportunity to request the devotees to > contribute old articles and books on Baba, if they have any, or if any > of their friends or relatives have it, so that other devotees can read > that and enjoy spiritual bliss. > Thanks for the support > With humble pranam > Leeladhar V.V > -------- > 1/1/2004 18:55:47 -0800 > Shirdi Sai Baba : wallingfordsai > Saidarbar: Satsangh held on 1st January, 2004 and Announcement of Next > Satsangh. Sairam: > Dear Sai Bandhus, > > Today, 1st January'2004, Saidarbar and Satsangh were held in Ratna and > Raj's residence. Saibandhus with their children participated in prayer, > bhajans and in study circle. Saibandhu Shri Sundermoorthy gave framed > Sai Pictures to devotees, who were in need of them. This was a real > prasad and blessings for them on this New Year Day from our Lord Shri > Sai. We did a special prayer for Mr. Murali's father on his 65th > Birthday. We are very happy to say that, with the Blessings and Grace > of Shri Sai, Saidarbar is growing very fast with an increase in number > of members. We pray to our Lord Shri Sai to always pour His blessings > in this way on us and help us in spreading Shri Sai's Philosophy. > > Saibandhus expressed their opinions and ideas, to improve the satsangh > activities, which will be discussed and considered during next > satsangh. We will have a small meeting during next Sai's Darbar and > make a resolution on it. Our next Satsangh date was announced and will > be held on 17th of January at Saibandhu Murali and Aravinda's > residence. The schedule and agenda will follow earlier next week. > Best Regards, > Bow to Shri Sai and Peace be to all. > http://www.geocities.com/wallingfordsai > ---------- > "Atlanta Sai Temple News" <atlantasai > Sun, 11 Jan 2004 18:38:04 -0800 (PST) > Sun shifts His direction on Pongal day > On the occasion of Makara Sankranthi (Pongal), temple hours are > extended as follows: > January 15, 2004 - Thursday Temple is open: 12 Noon to 9pm > Sai Abhishekam - 4:45pm Sai Sahasranamam - 5:00pm Sai Astottaram - > 5:45pm > Dhoop Aarathi - 6pm Sej Aarathi - 8:30pm > Archanas will be performed as and when requested Atlanta Sai Temple > (NASSTA) > 700 James Burgess Road, Suwanee, GA 30024 www.templeofpeace.org > Contact Rangarao Sunkara on E-mail : sunkararr > ------------- > "saibandhu" ; saibandhu > Mon, 12 Jan 2004 02:01:14 -0000 > OM SRI SAI RAM > Dear Shirdi Sai devotees > This week Shirdi Sai Baba Bhajans are at Ramulal/Jesheena's house in > Santa Clara. We would like to invite you and your family for these > Bhajans on January 15th (Thursday) at: 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. > Regards > Saibandhus > --- > Shirdi Saibaba Prayer Center": hamaresai > Tue, 11 Nov 2003 12:42:14 -0800 (PST) > Sai Sandesh > Sai Sandesh is a Monthly Newsletter dedicated to the Life and message > of Saibaba of Shirdi. Please send your contributions to > hamaresai. > About Shirdi Saibaba Prayer Center. > Shirdi Saibaba Prayer Center, Inc., Twin Cities, MN is registered as a > Non-profit corporation in the state of Minnesota. The organization is > funded by the voluntary contributions of Sai devotees. The Prayer > Center is currently located at 725 NE Lake St. Apt. 139, Hopkins, MN, > where regular Sai Satsanghs are conducted and occasions of importance > to Saibaba of Shirdi are celebrated. In addition to the Prayer Center > activities, the organization is also involved with community service > including "Meals on Wheels" and "Adapt a Family" programs. Please visit > the Prayer Center and participate in its activities. Please write to > hamaresai for more details. > ------ > ---------- > Sri Shirdi Saibaba Mandir: Columbus sssb_temple > Sairam, > Shirdi Saibaba Satsangh in Columbus, OH > Satsangh in Columbus, OH has been taking place for the past few years. > We are grateful to our Lord Sainath who has taken us to the 5th > consecutive year. We always have felt Him among us in our Satsangh > sessions making us feel blissful. Devotees around Columbus, OH area can > visit: http://www.srishirdisaibabamandir.org or email: > sssb_temple for more details on events and join us in serving > Mother Sai. > Thanks and Sairam > ------------------ > SAIDARBAR - HYDERABAD. > > SAIDARBAR, HYDERABAD IS ENTERED IN THE SIXTH YEAR ON 25-12-2003 > > We all know that Shirdi Saibaba encouraged His devotees to read > Jnaneshwari (Bhagavad-Gita). For the benefit of the Sai devotees, > Saidarbar came to an understanding with American Gita Society, Fremont, > California, USA, for starting the correspondence course on Sri Bhagavad > Gita from January 2004. > We request the Sai devotees to browse on http://www.gita- > society.com/lessons/saigita.htm get registered for the correspondence > course and receive the Blessings from Baba. > > To Commemorate Shirdi Sai Utsav-2003, Orlando, Florida, USA, members of > Saidarbar - Hyderabad released Saibanisa's Discourses in the form of > three C.Ds of three hours duration containing, the following > discourses. > 1. God is Truth - Sai is Truth > 2. Sai In Bhagavatham > 3. My mortal remains shall speak from tomb - Baba > 4. Sai in Ramayan > Those who would like to obtain these C.Ds can contact Sai Sevak > Srinivasa Rao Kasturi on his E-mail id saidarbar and > please give your support to Saidarbar - Hyderabad in spreading Sai > Philosophy across the Globe. > ------------------------- > 15. FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK: > > SAIDARBAR TEAM MEMBERS wish each and everyone a very Happy Pongal. We > are happy to inform that we entered the Sixth Year on 25-12-2003 in the > service of Sai devotees."The Glory of Shirdi Sai" our Fortnightly E- > magazine is celebrated it's First Birthday on 01-01-2004. We would like > to thank all Sai devotees for their co-operation and support extended > all these years. > > Smt.Madhu Gopal Ravada W/o Saibanisaji started new article for "Sai > With Children" We hope the parents will narrate Krishna Leelas to their > children. > > Another new feature titled Saibanisa's thoughts on Gruhasthasrama is > also finding it's place in "The Glory of Shirdi Sai" and we hope > readers will be benefited after going through the article. Presentation > of few thoughts at a time will continue for some more time. > > Shirdi Saibaba encouraged his devotees to read Jnaneshwari (Bhagavad- > Gita). We are happy to inform we have started a correspondence course > section and hope Sai community will get benefited. Please feel free to > give your opinions/views on this new service. > > 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 with a copy marked to webmaster > We shall put in our best efforts to include them in the Glory of > Shiridi Sai- a Fortnightly 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 > and also read the old issues from: > http://www.saidarbar.org/glory.htm > > Editor does not accept responsibility for the views expressed in the > articles published. > This e-magazine is intended for Private circulation only. > Submitted by Sai Sevak: Srinivasa Rao Kasturi > For SAIDARBAR-HYDERABAD > > P.S. In case you do not like to receive "The Glory of Shiridi Sai ", > kindly reply UNSUBSCRIBE for our necessary action. > > > > > > -- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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