Guest guest Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 Can anyone tell me why South Africans fast and pray for Sai Baba on a Thursday. What is the significance of Thursday. Love Ashitha Juglal South Africa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 When BABA Swami throw his family attachement at the age of 14 yrs (may be that also a thursday) he said that whoever pray to me on thursday with their full heart of devotion, I will be ther eto their problems / matters and I will look after them. They are mine. So not only south africans but also all the universe started keeping thursday as a sacred day. Even if you have some bajans on that day you are closer to swami. Just offer him some sweet milk as a prasadam. After bajan share with everyone. Thank you Sai Ram Prem Ashitha Juglal wrote: Om Sai Ram Can anyone tell me why South Africans fast and pray for Sai Baba on a Thursday. What is the significance of Thursday. Love Ashitha Juglal South Africa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 Sai Ram "...Thursday, otherwise called Guruvaar (the day of the preceptor, the guide to spiritual Liberation); it also the day on which, centuries ago, the Geetha was taught to Arjuna by Krishna, the day when man got from God the key for his progress from falsehood and delusion into the Light of his own inner reality." (Sathya Sai Baba: SSS, Vol. 8. Chapter 1). Namaste - Reet - Ashitha Juglal saibabanews Wednesday, May 12, 2004 10:05 AM [saibabanews] Significance of Thursday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 In addition to what has already been said by other members, here are some other notes about the significance of Thursday. Thursday (Guruvar) is the traditional Indian "day of the guru", a day auspicious for worship of the Guru. Shirdi Sai Baba (first Incarnation of the Triple Sai Avatar) gave much importance to the Guru tradition and told his devotees that Thursday (Guruvar) was very dear to him. The young Sathya Narayena (Sathya Sai Baba) asked His devotees to worship Him every Thursday as the first instalment of spiritual discipline. The following is an excerpt from "Sathyam Sivam Sundaram", the Life of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba: On the twenty-third of May, 1940, the fourteen year old Sathya rose from bed as usual, but soon afterwards called the members of the household round him and presented them with sugar-candy and flowers taken from "nowhere." At this the neighbors rushed in. He gave each a ball of rice cooked in milk, also flowers and sugar-candy, all manifested by a mere wave of the hand. Sathya seemed to be in such a very jovial state that Venkapa Raju was sent for to see him in this welcome happy mood. Venkapa Raju rushed in and had to squeeze his way through the crowd. The people asked him to wash his feet, hands, and face before approaching the Giver of Boons. This incensed Venkapa Raju. He was not impressed at all, thinking it was a trick and that Sathya was hiding things somewhere and producing them by sleight of hand. At least that was what he confessed to the author many years later. He wished that this confusing chapter in their lives be closed before it developed into a tragedy. So he laughed a bitter laugh and accosted the boy within everyone's hearing, "This is getting too much; it must be stopped." Arming himself with a stick, he moved a step nearer and threatened to beat it out of him. "Are you a God, or a ghost, or a mad- cap? Tell me!" he shouted. Promptly came the answer, the Announcement that had been held back so long, "I am Sai Baba." Further argument became impossible; Venkapa Raju was stunned into silence; the stick fell from his hands. He stood staring at Sathya, trying to grasp the implication of that Announcement, "I am Sai Baba." But Sathya continued, "I belong to Apastamba Sutra, the school of Sage Apastamba and am of the Spiritual Lineage of Bharadwaja; I am Sai Baba; I have come to ward off all your troubles; keep your houses clean and pure." He repeated the two names again and again that afternoon. Brother Seshama went near him and asked, "What do you mean by 'Sai Baba'?" He did not reply, but only said, "Your Venkavadhootha prayed that I be born in your family; so I came." Who was this Venkavadhootha? When Seshama was asked who he was, he told of a tradition in the family that a sage called Venkavadhootha, who was looked upon as a Guru by the people in hundreds of villages around, had been born in the family years ago. The villagers heard the name "Sai Baba" with fear and amazement. When they made inquiries, they came to know that a certain officer who was an ardent worshipper of the Muslim recluse, Sai Baba of Shirdi, had come to Penukonda sometime ago. So they proposed that Sathya be taken to him, for he was reputed to be well-versed in the lore of Sai Baba of Shirdi. He must know what Sathya was suffering from and would suggest a way out. He condescended to see the boy but was in no mood to examine his history. He pronounced it as a clear case of mental derangement and advised them to remove Sathya to an institution. Sathya interposed and said, "Yes, it is mental derangement, but whose? You are but a blind servant. You cannot recognize the very Sai whom you are worshipping!" So saying, He took from "nowhere" hands full of Vibhuti, the Sacred Ash, and scattered it in all directions in the room where they were. The father felt that Sai Baba was speaking through the boy, and asked, "What are we to do with you?" Sathya answered promptly, "Worship Me! When? Every Thursday! Keep your minds and houses pure." Later, on one Thursday, someone challenged Sathya, asking Him, "if you are Sai Baba, show us some proof now!" They asked in the same spirit that the rustics question the priest of the village temple when he dances in ecstasy while apparently possessed. Baba replied, "Yes, I shall." Then everyone came nearer. "Place in My hands those jasmine flowers," He commanded. It was done. With a quick gesture He threw them on the floor and said, "Look." They saw that the flowers had formed while falling the Telugu letters, "S A I B A B A." (-End of quotation-) It is interesting to note that according to the famous prohet Nostradamus who wrote his "Centuries" about 400 years back, a very great leader would be born in South India (land surrounded by three seas). He would have unlimited wisdom and power, and He would be an immortal ruler. With His efforts, India's spiritual message to humanity would spread far and wide. He would observe Thursday as the Holy Day. (Nostradamus, Century 1, Quatrain 50) Sai Ram saibabanews, Ashitha Juglal <ashitha1007> wrote: > OM SAI RAM > > CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHY SOUTH AFRICANS FAST AND PRAY FOR SAI BABA ON A THURSDAY > > WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THURSDAY > > LOVE > ASHITHA JUGLAL > SOUTH AFRICA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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