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"S.RANJEETH KUMAR" ranjeethkumar2000

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SRI SAI SATCHARITRA

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DEAR DEVOTEES,

OM SAI RAM.

I AM FORWARDING THE SAYINGS AND TEACHINGS OF SHIRIDI SAI BABA FROM 35 CHAPTERS

OF SRI SAI SATCHARTIRA.THOSE OF YOU WHO DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ

THIS HOLY BOOK,PLEASE I HUMBLY REQUEST YOU GO THROUGH THIS PAGE TILL THE END

AND BENEFIT YOURSELF OF THE SAME.TO CONCLUDE WITHOUT SAI'S WILL ONE CANNOT READ

THIS BOOK AND IF AN OPPORTUNITY COMES YOUR WAY ,THEN IT IS DEFINITELY THE DIVINE

BLESSINGS OF BABA.

 

BOW TO SHRI SAI,PEACE BE TO ALL.

 

Regards,

 

Shri Sai Satcharitr

Chapter I

·

SURE TO BE SAVED A PART FROM THE MEANING WHICH THE PEOPLE of SHIRDI PUT on this

INCIDENT OF GRINDING WHEAT, THERE IS, WE THINK, a PHILOSOPHICAL SIGNIFICANCE

TOO. Sai BABA LIVED in SHIRDI FOR ABOUT SIXTY YEARS AND DURING THIS LONG

period, HE DID THE BUSINESS OF GRINDING ALMOST EVERY DAY - NOT, HOWEVER, THE

WHEAT ALONE; BUT THE SINS, THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL AFFLICATIONS AND THE

MISERIES OF HIS INNUMERABLE DEVOTEES. THE TWO STONES OF HIS MILL CONSISTED

OF KARMA AND BHAKTI THE FORMER BEING THE LOWER AND THE latter THE UPPER

one. THE HANDLE, WITH WHICH BABA WORKED THE MILL CONSISTED OF JNANA, IT WAS THE

FIRM CONVICTION OF BABA THAT KNOWLEDGE OR SELF-REALIZATION IS NOT POSSIBLE,

UNLESS THERE IS THE PRIOR ACT OF GRINDING OF ALL OUR IMPULSES, DESIRES, SINS;

AND OF THE THREE GUNAS, VIZ. Sattva, RAJA AND TAMA; AND THE AHAMKARA, WHICH

IS SO SUBTLE AND THEREFORE, SO DIFFICULT TO GET RID OF.

·

"DO NOT BE AFRAID; HOLD FAST TO THE HANDLE OF KNOWLEDGE OF THIS MILL.

·

AS I DO, AND DO NOT WANDER FAR AWAY FROM THE SAME BUT TURN INWARD TO THE CENTER, AND YOU are.

Bow to Shri Sai -- Peace be to all

Chapter II

· The life of the saint is neither logical nor dialectical. It shows us

the true and great path.

· The answer is plain and simple. The life of Sai Baba is as wide and

deep as the infinite ocean; and all can dive deep into the same and take out

precious gems (of knowledge and Bhakti), and distribute them to the aspiring

public. The stories, parables, and teachings of Sai Baba are very wonderful.

They will give peace and happiness to the people, who are afflicted with

sorrows and heavily loaded with miseries of this worldly existence, and also

bestow knowledge and wisdom, both in the worldly and in spiritual domains. If

these teachings of Sai Baba, which are as interesting and instructive as the

Vedic lore, are listened to and meditated upon, the devotees will get, what

they long for, viz., union with Brahman, mastery in eight-fold Yoga, Bliss of

meditation etc. Hearing my stories and teachings will create faith in devotees'

hearts and they will easily get self - realization and Bliss.

· It is by the merit of actions in many past births that such darshan

is got, and if only you see Sai Baba, really all the world becomes or assumes

the form of Sai Baba.

· "Whatever is bound to happen must happen; even great men have failed,

man proposes one way, but God disposes the other (contrary) way. Brush aside

your cleverness; pride or egoism won't help you." it is egoism which breeds

discussion

· What can a GURU do to a man?

· "The guide will take you straight to your destination, avoiding

wolves, tigers and ditches etc. on the way. If there be no guide, there is the

danger of your being lost in the jungles or falling into ditches."

· Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter III

· "If a man utters my name with love, I shall fulfill all his wishes,

increase his devotion. In addition, if he sings earnestly my life and my deeds,

him I shall beset in front and back and on all sides. Those devotees, who are

attached to my heart, soul, and me, will naturally feel happiness, when they

hear these stories. Believe me that if anybody sings My Leelas, I will give him

infinite joy and everlasting contentment. It is My special characteristic to

free any person, who surrenders completely to Me, and who does worship Me

faithfully, and who remembers Me, and meditates on Me constantly. How can they

be conscious of worldly objects and sensations, who utter My name, who worship

Me, who think of My stories and My life and who thus always remember Me? I

shall draw out my devotees from the jaws of Death. If my stories are listened,

all the diseases will be got rid of. So, hear my stories with respect; and

think and meditate on them, assimilate them.

· The simple remembrance of my name as 'Sai, Sai' will do away with

sins of speech and hearing Speech and hearing.

· The description of Baba's pure fame, and the hearing of the same,

with love, will destroy the sins of the devotee and, therefore, this is the

simple Sadhana for attaining salvation.

· "Be wherever you like, do whatever you choose, remember this well

that all what you do is known to me. I am the Inner Ruler of all, seated in

their hearts. I Envelope all creatures, movable, and the immovable in the

world. I am the Controller - the wirepuller of the show of this Universe. I am

the mother - origin of all beings - the Harmony of three Gunas, the propeller

of all senses, the Creator, Preserver and Destroyer. Nothing will harm him, who

turns his attention towards me, but Maya will lash or whip him who forgets me.

All the insects, ants, the visible, movable and immovable world, are My Body or

Form".

· Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter IV

· When spiritual preceptors are not respected but humiliated, when

nobody cares for religious instructions, when every body thinks himself very

learned, when people begin to partake of forbidden foods and intoxicating

drinks, when under the cloak of religion, people indulge in malpractices, when

people belonging to different sects fight amongst themselves, when Brahmins

fail to do Sandhya adoration, and the orthodox their religious practices, when

Yogis neglect their meditation, when people begin to think that wealth,

progeny, wife are their sole concern, and thus turn away from the true path of

salvation, then do Saints appear and try to set matters right by their words

and action.

· Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter V

· BABA always said "Poverty is better than Kingship, far better than

Lordship. The Lord is always brother (befriended) the poor.

· Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter VI

· The word Sadguru brings to mind Sai Baba. He appears to me, as if

standing before me, and applying Udi (scared ashes) to my forehead and placing

his hand of blessing on my head. Wonderful is the power of the touch of Guru's

hand. The subtle-body (consisting of thoughts and desires), which cannot be

burnt by the world dissolving fire, is destroyed by the mere touch of the

Guru's hand, and the sins of many past births are cleaned and washed away. Even

the speech of those, whose heads feel annoyed when they hear religious and Godly

talks, attains calmness.

· If any one prostrates before Sai and surrenders heart and soul to

Him, then unsolicited, all the chief objects of life viz. Dharma

(righteousness), Artha (wealth), Kama (Desire) and Moksha (Deliverance), are

easily and unsolicitedly attained. Four paths, viz., of Karma, Jnana, Yoga and

Bhakti lead us separately to God.

· "There will never be any dearth or scarcity, regarding food and

clothes, in any devotees' homes. It is my special characteristic, that I always

look to, and provide, for the welfare of those devotees, who worship Me

whole-heartedly with their minds ever fixed on Me. Lord Krishna has also said

the same in the Gita.

· Therefore, strive not much for food and clothes. If you want

anything, beg of the Lord, leave worldly honors, try to get Lord's grace and

blessings, and be honored in His Court.

· Bow to Shri Sai Baba - Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter VII

· Saints suffer pains for their devotees. The mind of the saints is

softer than wax, it is soft, in and out, as butter. They love their devotees

without any idea of gain, and regard them as their true relatives.

· Bow it Shri Sai -- Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter VIII

· I n this wonderful universe, God has created billions (84 lacks

according to Hindusastra calculation) of creatures or beings (including Gods,

demigods, insects, beasts and men) inhabiting heaven, hell, earth, ocean, sky

and other intermediate regions.

· With all earnestness and speed, we should strive to attain our end,

i.e., self-realization. Casting aside sloth and laziness, warding off

drowsiness, we should day and night meditate on the Self. If we fail to do

this, we reduce ourselves to the level of beasts.

· Devotees who acted according to Baba's instructions (re: their

departure) which were given by him at the time of taking His leave fared well,

while those who disregarded them suffered many a mishap and accident.

· Bow to Shri Sai-- Peace to be all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter IX

· O ne special peculiarity of Shirdi-pilgrimage was this, that none

could leave Shirdi, without Baba's permission; and if he did, he invited untold

sufferings, but if any one was asked to quit Shirdi, he could stay there no

longer. Baba gave certain suggestions or hints, when Bhaktas went to bid

good-bye and take leave. These suggestions had to be followed. If they were not

followed or were departed from, accidents were sure to befall them.

· Whosoever devoutly offers to me a leaf, a flower, or a fruit or

water, of that pure-hearted man, I accept that pious offering."

· " The dog which you saw before meals and to which you gave the piece

of bread is, one with me, so also other creatures (cats, pigs, flies, cows

etc.) Is one with me? I am roaming in their forms. He, who sees me in all these

creatures, is my beloved. So abandon the sense of duality and distinction, and

serve me.

· " S

ee God in all beings"

· Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter X

· Remember Him (Sai Baba) always with love, for He was engrossed in

doing good to all, and always abided in His Self. To remember Him only is to

solve the riddle of life and death. This is the best and easiest of Sadhanas,

as it involves no expenditure.

· Guru is the only God. If we believe in Sad-guru's holy feet, he can

change our fortune for the better. If we serve Him nicely, we get rid of our

Samsar. We need not study any philosophy like the Nyaya and the Mimansa. If we

make Him our Helmsman, we can easily cross over the sea of all our pains and

sorrows. As we trust the helmsman in crossing rivers and seas, so we have to

trust our Sadguru in getting over the ocean of worldly existence.

· Baba had all the eight Siddhis (powers) at His command. He never

practiced nor craved for them. They came to Him naturally, as a result of His

perfection.

· N one knew or knows the parents and exact birth-date of Sai Baba; but

His stay in Shirdi can approximately determine it. Baba first came to Shirdi,

when he was a young lad of sixteen and stayed there for three years.

· He reappeared in the Nizam state near Aurangabad, and again came to

Shirdi with the marriage-party of Chand Patil, when He was twenty years old.

Since then, He stayed in Shirdi continuously for a period of sixty years, after

which Baba took His Maha-Samadhi in the year 1918. From this we can say that the

year of Baba's birth is approximately 1838 A.D.

· Join hands and bring both the communities together, act sanely and

thus you will gain your object of national unity. It is not good to dispute and

argue. So don't argue, don't emulate others.

· Yoga, sacrifice, penance, and knowledge are the means to attain God.

· "If any one does any evil unto you, to do not retaliate. If you can

do anything, do some good unto other."

· If anybody went to take His darshana, he, without being asked, would

give every detail of his past, present and future life. He saw Divinity in all

beings. Friends and foes were alike to Him. Disinterested and equal-balanced,

He obliged the evildoers. He was the same in prosperity and adversity. No

doubt, ever touched Him. Though He possessed the human body, He was not in the

least attached to His body or house. Though He looked embodied, He was really

disembodied, i.e., free in this every life.

· "Slave of slaves I am your debtor, I am satisfied at your darshan. It

is a great favor that I saw your feet. I am an insect in your excreta. I

consider myself blessed thereby". What humility is this?

· Though Sai Baba acted outwardly like an ordinary man, His actions

showed extraordinary intelligence and skill. Whatever He did, was done for the

good of His devotees. He never prescribed any asan, regulation of breathing or

any rites to His Bhaktas, nor did He blow any mantra into their ears. He told

them to leave off all cleverness and always remember "SaiSai". "If you did

that," He said, "all your shackles would be removed and you would be free".

· The function of the mind is to think; it cannot remain for a minute

without thinking.

· With God's grace everything is smooth and easy.

· The importance of the company of Saints is very great. It removes our

body-consciousness and egoism, destroys completely the chain of our birth and

death, cuts asunder all the knots of the heart, and takes us to God, Who is

pure Consciousness. It certainly increases our non-attachment to sense-objects,

and makes us quite indifferent to pleasures and pains, and leads us on the

spiritual path. If you have no other Sadhana, such as uttering God's name,

worship or devotion etc., but if you take refuge in them (Saints)

whole-heartedly, they will carry you off safety across the ocean of worldly

existence.

· Bow to Shri Sai -- Peace be to all

· `Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter XI

· Some say that Sai was a Bhagwad-bhakta (devotee of the Lord); others

say He was a Maha-Bhagwat (a great devotee), but to us He is God Incarnate. He

was extremely forgiving, never irritable, straight, soft, tolerant and content

beyond comparison.

· Lord Krishna has said that 'the Saint is my soul, my living image, I

am He or He is my pure form (Being).' This in-describable Shakti or Power of

God, known as Pure Existence, Knowledge and Bliss, incarnated in the form of

Sai in Shirdi. The Shruti (Taitiriya Upanishad) describes Brahman.

· He, the slave of His devotees, always stood by them, and responded to

them, whenever they called upon Him, and that He always longed for their love.

· This is our Sai, an Incarnation of God. He will bless any man who

will prostrate and surrender himself to Him. He, who will read the stories of

this Chapter daily with faith and devotion, will soon be free from all

calamities; not only this, but always attached and devoted to Sai, he will get

very soon God-vision: all his desires will be fulfilled and being ultimately

desire less, he will attain the Supreme. Amen! .

· Bow to Shri Sai -- Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter XII

· The mission of the Saints is quite different. To them the good and

the wicked are the same. First they feel for the evildoers and set them on the

right path.

· Foes and friends, kings and paupers, were the same to Him.

· He spent His stock of merits and was ever alert to help them. But the

devotees could never approach Him, unless He meant to receive them. If their

turn did not come, Baba did not remember them, and His Leelas could not reach

their ears. Then, how could they think of seeing Him?

· There are many such persons, whose desire for Baba's darshan was not

thus satisfied. If these persons, believing in Him, listen to His Leelas, their

quest for milk (darshan) will be, to a great extent, satisfied by the

butter-milk (Leelas).

· If some persons went there by sheer luck and took Baba's darshan,

were they able to stay there longer? No. Nobody could go there of his own

accord, and nobody could stay there long even if he so wished. They could stay

there, so long as Baba permitted them to stay, and had to leave the place when

asked to do so by Baba; so everything depended of Baba's will. We should have

firm faith in our Guru and nowhere else.

· Bow to Shri Sai -- Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter XIII

· Lord Shri Krishna has said to Uddhava in the Bhagwat that the Saints

are His living forms.

· "Those who are fortunate and whose demerits have vanished; take to my

worship. If you always say 'Sai, Sai' I shall take you over the seven seas;

believe in these words, and you will be certainly benefited. I do not need any

paraphernalia of worship - either eight-fold or sixteen-fold. I rest there

where there is full devotion".

· It is a well-known fact that, when our circumstances are well off, we

do not remember God, but when calamities and adversities overtake us; we are

reminded of Him.

· However, oppressed and troubled one may be as soon as he steps into

the Masjid, he is on the pathway to happiness.

· Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitritra

· Chapter XIV

· His object may be that people should live happily in this world, but

they should be ever cautious and gain the object of their life, viz.

self-realization. We get human body as a result of merits in past births and it

is worthwhile that with its aid, we should attain devotion and liberation in

this life. So we should never be lazy, but always be on the alert to gain our

end and aim of life.

· If you daily hear the Leelas (stories) of Sai, you will always see

Him. Day and night you will remember Him in your mind, when you assimilate Sai

in this way, your mind will lose its fickleness and if you go on in this

manner, it will finally be merged in pure Consciousness.

· Give with faith and magnanimity.

· Baba extracted Dakshina from them; but there was this peculiarity,

as Baba said, that He had to give back hundred times more of what He received.

· In short, Baba's main object in taking Dakshina, from His devotees

was to teach them the lessons of Renunciation and Purification.

· "Baba never got angry with those from whom He asked Dakshina, and

who did not give it. If any Dakshina was sent, through some friend, who forgot

to hand over the same to Baba, He reminded him somehow of it and made him pay

it.

· If they stood these two tests well, i.e. if they showed that they

were free from attachment for woman and wealth, their progress in spirituality

was rapid and assured by Baba's grace and blessings.

· Charity given in a holy place and to a holy personage conduces to the

donors' welfare to a great degree. What is more holy than Shirdi and its

Presiding Deity -- Sai Baba?

· Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter XV

"If you spread your palms with devotion before Me, I am immediately with you,

day and night. Though, I am here bodily, still I know what you do; beyond the

seven seas. Go wherever you will, over the wide world, I am with you. My abode

is in your heart and I am within you. Always worship Me, 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."

· Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapters XVI & XVII

· He would accept with appreciation any small thing offered with love

and devotion, but if the same thing were offered with pride and haughtiness, He

would reject it.

· In fact there is no person more liberal and benevolent than a

Sadguru, like Sai Baba.

· Sadguru gives us the most precious thing that is inconceivable and

inscrutable (The reality).

· For seeing Brahman one has to give five things, i.e. surrender five

things viz. (1) Five Pranas (vital forces), (2) Five senses (five of action and

five of perception), (3) mind, (4) intellect and (5) ego. This path of

Brahma-Jnana of self-realization is 'as hard as to tread on the edge of a

razor'

· The illusion of attachment or the love for money is a deep eddy

(whirlpool) of pain full of crocodiles in the form of conceit and jealousy. He,

who is desire less, can alone cross this whirlpool. Greed and Brahma are as

poles asunder; they are eternally opposed to each other. Where there is greed,

there is no room for thought or meditation of the Brahma.

· For a greedy man there is no peace, neither contentment, nor

certainty (steadiness). If there be even a little trace of greed in mind, all

the Sadhanas (spiritual endeavors) are of no avail. Even the knowledge of a

well-read man, who is not free from the desire of the fruit or reward of his

actions, and who has got no disgust for the same, is useless and can't help him

in getting self-realization.

· My treasury is full, and I can give anyone, what he wants, but I have

to see whether he is qualified to receive what I give. If you listen to me

carefully, you will be certainly benefited. Sitting in this Masjid, I never

speak any untruth."

· Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapters XVII & XIX

· Sad-gurus like Sai Baba open our (eyes of the) intellect and show us

the divine beauties of the Self, and fulfill our tender longings of devotion.

· Man does not generally think of God, but when difficulties and

calamities overtake him, he turns to Him and prays for relief. If his evil

actions have come to an end, God arranges his meeting with a Saint, who gives

him proper directions regarding his welfare.

· As a devotee is resolute and determined, so is Baba's immediate

response. Sometimes Baba puts the devotees to severe test; and then gives them

'Upadesh' (instructions).

· This Saburi will ferry you across the sea of this mundane existence.

Saburi is manliness in man, it removes all sins and afflictions, gets rid of

calamities in various ways, and casts aside all fear, and ultimately gives you

success.

· Do not try to get Mantra or Upadesh from anybody. Make me the sole

object of your thoughts and actions; and you will, no doubt, attain Paramartha

(the spiritual goal of life). Look at me whole-heartedly, and I in turn look at

you similarly. Sitting in this Masjid, I speak the truth, nothing but the truth.

No Sadhanas, nor proficiency in the six Shastras, are necessary. Have faith and

confidence in your Guru. Believe fully, that Guru is the sole Actor or Doer.

Blessed is he who knows the greatness of his Guru and thinks him to be Hari,

Hara and Brahma (Trimurti) Incarnate well, this one story. To get the knowledge

(realization) of the Self, Dhyana (meditation) is necessary. If you practice it

continuously, the Vrittis (thoughts) will be pacified. Being quite desire less,

you should meditate on the Lord, Who is in all the creatures, and when the mind

is concentrated, the goal will be achieved.

· Meditate on My Form from top to toe as you see here night and day. As

you go on doing this, your Vrittis will concentrate on one point and the

distinction between the Dhyata (meditator), Dhyana (act of meditation), Dhyeya

(this meditated upon) will be lost and the meditator will be one with the

Consciousness and be merged in the Brahman.

· If any men or creatures come to you, do not discourteously drive them

away, but receive them well and treat them, with due respect. Shri Hari (God)

will be certainly pleased, if you give water to the thirsty, bread to the

hungry, clothes to the naked, and your verandah to strangers for sitting and

resting. If anybody wants any money from you, and you are not inclined to give,

do not give, but do not bark at him, like a dog. Let anybody speak hundreds of

things against you, do not resent by giving any bitter reply. If you always

tolerate such things, you will certainly be happy. Let the world go

topsy-turvy, you remain where you are. Standing or staying in your own place,

look on calmly at the show of all things passing before you. Demolish the wall

of difference that separates you from me.

· You have to surrender yourself completely to Him with love, and

devotion, and they you will see how, He helps you, off and on, in so many

things.

· Scandalmonger has got a way of his own. He removes the dirt (faults)

of others by his tongue; so in a way of obliges the person, whom he reviles and

for this he is to be thanked.

· "After performing many deeds of merit, you are born a man, and if you

act like this, will Shirdi help you in any way?"

· Baba said that He was omnipresent, occupying land, air, country,

world, light and heaven, and that He was not limited.

· If any devotee meditated on Him day and night with complete

self-surrender, he experienced complete union (without any difference) with Him

like sweetness and sugar, waves and sea, eye and its luster.

· He, who wants to get rid of the cycle of births and deaths, should

lead a righteous life, with his mind calm and composed. He should always engage

himself in good actions, should do his duties and surrender himself, heart and

soul to Him.

· To one addicted to drink, He appeared in his dream, sat on his chest,

pressed it and left him, after he gave a promise not to touch liquor anymore.

· Nobody should take the labour of others, in vain. The worker should

be paid, his dues promptly and liberally.

· Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharita

· Chapter XX

· You can visualize and enjoy them. Now bringing Sai before our mental

vision, let us meditate on Him, from His Feet upwards to His face, and

prostrating before Him humbly and reverentially.

· All our feelings of pain and pleasure depend upon the attitude of

our mind.

· A man ought to enjoy whatever God has bestowed on him in the firm

conviction that He besets every thing, from behind and before, and on all sides

and that whatever is bestowed on him by God must be for his good.

· Contentment with one's own lot in the belief that whatever happens,

is ordained by God, and is ultimately good for us.

· Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter XXI

· I t is a general rule, that it is our good luck in the form of

accumulation of merits in past births, which enables us to seek the company of

Saints and profit thereby.

· Mere reading won't do. You have to think and carry out what you read,

otherwise, it is of no use. Mere book-learning, without the grace of the Guru,

and self-realization is of no avail".

· Let a man be far or near, he cannot avoid the all-pervading gaze of

Sai Baba

· Never speak ill of others, nor unnecessarily criticize them.

· Sai Baba's greatness is unfathomable, so are His wonderful Leelas.

His life is also such; for He is Para-Brahman (Lord God) incarnate.

· Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter XXII

· Look at Baba's posture, how fine it is! He is sitting with His legs

folded, the right leg held across the left knee. The fingers of His left hand

are spread on the right-foot. On the right toe are spread His two fingers-the

index and middle ones. By this posture Baba means to say, as it were-if you

want to see My Light, be ego less and most humble and meditate on My toe

through the opening between the two branches-index and middle fingers-and then

you will be able to see My Light. This is the easiest means of attaining

devotion.

· "This is our Dwarakamayi, where you are sitting. She wards off all

dangers and anxieties of the children, who sit on her lap. This Masjidmayi (its

presiding Deity) is very merciful, she is the mother of the simple devotees,

whom she will save in calamities. Once a person sits on her lap, all his

troubles are over. He, who rests in her shade, gets Bliss".

· "We should mean well and do well. Whatever is destined to happen,

will happen".

· "God lives in all beings and creatures, whether they be serpents or

scorpions. He is the Great Wire puller of the world, and all beings, serpents,

scorpions etc., obey His command. Unless He wills it, nobody can do any harm to

others. The world is all -dependent on Him, and no one is independent.

· Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter XXIII

· The only way of deliverance is Loving Devotion towards the Guru's

feet. The great Player or Actor Lord Sai has delighted His Bhaktas and

transformed them into Himself (His nature).

· We regard Sai Baba as an incarnation of God for reasons already

stated, but He always said that He was an obedient servant of God.

· None He disregarded or disrespected; for He saw Narayan (Lord) in

all beings, He never said, "I am God," but that He was a humble servant and He

always remembered Him and always uttered - "Allah Malik" (God is the sole

proprietor or Owner).

· The disciples should have firm faith, backed up by intelligence and

if they and patience to these, their spiritual goal will not be distant.

· Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter XXIV

· Unless, we surrender our ego to the feet of our Sad-guru, we will not

succeed in our undertaking. If we become ego less, then our success is assured.

· By worshipping Sai Baba, we attain both the objects, worldly and

spiritual, and are fixed in our true Nature, and get peace and happiness.

Therefore, those who want to gain their welfare should respectfully hear Sai

Baba's Leelas or stories and meditate on them. If they do this, they will

easily attain the object of their life and get Bliss.

· He has advised us that before the senses, mind and intellect enjoy

their objects, he should first be remembered, and if this were done, it is in a

way an offering to Him. The senses etc. can never remain without their objects,

but if those objects are first offered to the Guru, the attachment for them

will naturally vanish. In this way, all the Vrittis (thoughts) regarding

Desire, Anger, Avarice etc. should first be offered and directed to the Guru

and if this practice were followed, the Lord will help you in eradicating all

the Vrittis. When before enjoyment of the objects, you think that Baba is close

by, the question whether the object is fit to be enjoyed or not will at once

arise. Then the object that is not fit to be enjoyed will be shunned and in

this way our vicious habits or vices will disappear and our character will

improve. Then love for the Guru will grow and pure knowledge will sprout up.

When this knowledge grows, the bondage of body - consciousness (we are the

body) will snap and our intellect will be merged in spirit-consciousness (we

are the spirit). Then we shall get Bliss and contentment. There is no

difference between Guru and God. He, who sees any difference in them, sees God

nowhere. So leaving aside all ideas of difference, we should regard Guru and

God as one, and if we serve our Guru as stated above, Lord (God) will be

certainly pleased and purifying our minds He will give us self-realization. To

put the matter in a nutshell, we should not enjoy any object with our senses

etc. without first remembering our Guru. When the mind is trained in this way,

we will be always reminded of Baba, and our meditation on Baba will grow apace.

The Sagun Form of Baba will ever be before our eyes and then devotion,

non-attachment and salvation will all be ours. When Baba's Form is thus fixed

before our mental vision, we forget hunger, thirst, and this samsar; the

consciousness of worldly pleasures will disappear and our mind shall attain

peace and happiness.

· The Shruti also emphasizes this lesson, and asks us to offer things

first to God and then enjoy them after he renounces them.

· They should not meddle with anybody but allow him to serve Baba as

they choose; He was capable to gauge the merits and worth of the service

rendered unto Him.

· Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

· Sri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter XXV

· Sai Baba is always full of mercy. What is wanted on our part is

whole-hearted devotion to Him. When a devotee has got firm faith and devotion,

his wishes are soon fulfilled.

· You have this Satcharita, which is a Somakant jewel, from which

nectar in the form of Sai Leelas oozes out for the readers to drink to their

hearts' content.

· Whenever, a devotee had complete and whole-hearted devotion to Sai

Baba, all his calamities and dangers were warded off and his welfare attended

to by Baba.

· Baba's speech established its efficacy or greatness while He was

living in the flesh, but wonder of wonders! It did the same even after His

passing away. Baba said - "Believe Me, though I pass away, my bones in my tomb

will give you hope and confidence. Not only myself but also my tomb would be

speaking, moving and communicating with those who would surrender themselves

whole-heartedly to Me. Do not be anxious that I would be absent from you. You

will hear my bones speaking and discussing your welfare. But remember me

always, believe in me heart and soul and then you will be most benefited.

· Destroy completely our tendency for discussions and other evil

matters, let out tongue get a passion for chanting your name. Drive out our

thoughts, good or otherwise and make us forget our bodies and houses, and do

away with our egoism. Make us ever remember your name and forget all other

things. Remove the restlessness of our mind, and make it steady and calm. If

you just clasp us, the darkness of night of our ignorance will vanish and we

shall live happily in your light. That you made us drink the nectar of Your

Leelas and awakened us from our slumber is due to your grace and our store of

merits in past births".

· He would be with me when and wherever I thought of Him. That promise

He had kept up before 1918 and has been keeping up after 1918. He is still with

me. He is still guiding me.

· Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter XXVI

· "Introvert our mind, turn it inward, give us discrimination between

the Unreal and the Real and non-attachment for all worldly things and thus

enable us to get Self-realization. We surrender our body, soul and ourselves

(body-consciousness and ego). Make our eyes yours, so that we should never feel

pleasure and pain. Control our body and mind as you will and wish. Let our mind

get rest in Your Feet".

· "Come what may, leave not, but stick to your Bolster (support, i.e.

Guru) and ever remain steady, always at-one-meant (in union) with him."

· Like Gods, Saints are always dependent on their devotees who

surrender and worship them with their heart and soul.

· "You must enjoy the fruit - good or bad - of you're past actions; if

the enjoyment be incomplete, suicide won't help you. You have to take another

birth and suffer again; so instead of killing yourself, why not suffer for some

time and finish up your store of the fruit of your past deeds and be done with

it once and for all?"

· Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter XXVII

· The efficacy of God's Name is well known. It saves us from all sins

and bad tendencies, frees us from the cycle of births and deaths. There is no

easier sadhana than this. It is the best purifier of our mind. It requires no

paraphernalia and no restrictions. It is so easy and so effective.

· Books can be had in plenty for money, but not men; think well and be

considerate .

· Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter XXVIII

· Let His man (Devotee) be at any distance, a thousand koss away from

Him, he will be drawn to Shirdi like a sparrow, with a thread tied to its feet.

This Chapter describes the stories of three such sparrows.

· It is always the experience of the Bhaktas that God always helps them

in their search for Sad-guru and other spiritual endeavors.

· Everything we should see with our own eyes; where is the necessity to

question others?

· Baba never liked people to run into debt for taking His darshan, or

celebrating any holiday or making any pilgrimage.

· "I require no door to enter. I have neither form nor any extension; I

always live everywhere. I carry on, as a wirepuller, all the actions of the man

who trusts me and merges in me.

· Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter XXIX

· It is to be noted here that doubts and difficulties surround us just

to move us and confirm our faith. We are tested as it were. If we only hold on

steadily to Baba with full faith and continue our endeavors, our efforts will

be ultimately crowned with success.

· Baba always encouraged good thoughts, and as he wished intently, Baba

fulfilled the same accordingly .

· Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter XXX

· B ow to the Kind Sai Who is the Abode of Mercy and who is

affectionate towards His devotees. By His mere darshan, He does away with their

fear of this 'bhava' (samsar) and destroys their calamities

· Those who take refuge in His Feet have all their sins destroyed and

their progress is certain.

· Sai knows fully the desire of His devotees and fulfills the same.

Hence they get what they want and are grateful. So we invoke Him and prostrate

ourselves before Him. Forgetting all our faults let Him free us from all

anxieties. He who being overcome with calamities remembers and prays Sai thus,

will get his mind calmed and pacified through His grace.

· Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter XXXI

· Do your duty leaving all attachment with the things of this world and

next. He who does this and surrender himself to the feet of HARI (lord) will

get free from all his troubles and attain bliss. The Lord runs and helps, who

remembers and meditates on him with love and affection .

· Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter XXXII

· "Let us do our prescribed duty and surrender our body, mind and five

pranas (life) to the Guru's feet. Guru is God, all pervading. To get this

conviction, strong unbounded faith is necessary."

· Do not discard offers of food; served dish should not be thrust away.

Offers of bread and food should be regarded as auspicious signs of success."

· B aba never fasted Himself, nor did He allow others to do so. The

mind of the faster is never at ease, then how could he attain his Paramartha

(goal of life)? God is not attained on an empty stomach; first the soul has to

be appeased. If there is no moisture of food in the stomach and nutrition, with

what eyes should we see God, with what tongue should we describe His greatness

and with what ears should we hear the same? In short, when all our organs get

their proper nutrition and are sound, we can practice devotion and other

sadhanas to attain God. Therefore, neither fasting nor overeating is good.

Moderation in diet is really wholesome both to the body and mind.

· My Sircar says "Take, take," but everybody comes to me and says

'Give, give.' Nobody attends carefully to the meaning of what I say. My

Sircar's treasury, (spiritual wealth) is full, it is overflowing. I say, "Dig

out and take away this wealth in cartloads, the blessed son of a true mother

should fill himself with this wealth.

· He who does anything (spiritual endeavor) will reap its fruit and he

who remembers these words of mine will get invaluable happiness."

· Bow to Shri Sai - Peace

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter XXXIII

· Let us bow now before the great saints. Their merciful glances will

destroy mountains of sins and do away with all the evil taints of our

character. Their casual talk gives us good teachings and confers on us

imperishable happiness. Their minds do not know any difference such as 'This is

ours and that is yours.' Such differentiation never arises in their minds. Their

debts (obligations) will never be repaid by us in this birth as well as in

future birth.

· Baba taught by His Udi that all the visible phenomena in the universe

are as transient as the ash.

· No one in this world, be he a son, father or wife, is really ours. We

come here (in this world) alone and we have to go out alone.

· (Udi) taught us discrimination and the latter (Dakshina) taught us

non-attachment. So those who are fortune enough to get Baba's Udi should, after

bath, apply it on the forehead and take some little of it mixed with water in

the mouth as holy Tirth. Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

· Shri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter XXXIV

· "Those who resort to this Masjid shall never suffer anything in this

life and to the end of time.

· Believe in God. This is no Masjid, but Dwarkamai, He who steps here

will soon get health and happiness and his sufferings will come to an end".

· Our Karma is the cause of our happiness and sorrow; therefore put up

with whatever comes to you. Allah, (God) is the sole Dispenser and Protector,

always think of Him.

· Though I do nothing, they hold me responsible for the actions, which

take place on account of Adrista (destiny). I am only their witness. The Lord

is the sole Doer and Inspirer. He is also most merciful. Neither I am God nor

Lord. I am His obedient servant and remember Him often. He, who casts aside his

egoism, thanks Him and he, who trusts Him entirely, will have his shackles

removed and will obtain liberation ". Bow to Shri Sai - Peace

· Sri Sai Satcharitra

· Chapter XXXV

· If I take one rupee as Dakshina from anybody I have to return it

tenfold to him. I never take anything gratis. I never ask any one

indiscriminately. I only ask and take from him whom the Fakir (My Guru) points

out. If any one is indebted formerly to the Fakir money is received from him.

The donor gives, i.e. sows his seeds, only to reap a rich harvest in future.

Give one and receive tenfold".

Bow to Shri Sai - Peace

-- S.Ranjeeth Kumar -- S.Ranjeeth Kumar -- S.Ranjeeth Kumar

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