Can Anyone Please Clear Up This Doubt of Mine?

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order to be able to worship Santoshi Mata?? This information will help me to

understand why she keeps saying that because of Santoshi Mata Day she can not

do this or that, or take this or that. As I said before I personally am not a

follower or devotee of Santoshi Mata, but I would like to know or should I

better say I would like to learn about all this. I would really appreciate it

if you could clear this doubt of mine. Thank You in advance for all the

information and answers that I hope you can give me. In the Service of our

Beloved Swami, Vidya.

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dvs prasad <dvs_prasad2001

Wed Nov 30, 2005 11:24pm

Can Anyone Please Clear Up This Doubt of Mine?

 

dear sister vidya,

there looks to be some confusion in your letter. the word diaries &

dairies appearing in your letter. however, i strongly feel it should

be diaries [a book to write the engagements] now, i shall answer:

normally whether it is ekadasi or not most of the hindus especially

brahmin commuinity people do not wish to have or touch the articles

made out of leather since, no one knows whether it is a product of

cow or not. most of the old orthodox temples do not allow the

persons having leather products with them ex: leather belts, purses

etc., this is a traditional manner only. but, of late leather

products have become most indispensible. however, some of the

orthodox people still have the same feelings. this has nothting to

do with Sri Sri Santhoshima Vratham.

with reference to dairies, some of the old [aged persons] even do

not take milk or milk products on that particular day earmarked for

Sri Sri Santhoshima. they absolutely live with water if necessary.

with reference to the above Vratham, i have personally observed

several people who eat only fruits but without the taste of sour

[ex: lime, imli etc.,] but honestly, i have never come across in any

book. hence, no argument on this.

hope, your doubt are clarified.

with best regds

dvs prasad

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Ramu gsv <gsv_ramu

Wed Nov 30, 2005 11:32pm

Re: [saibabanews] Can Anyone Please Clear Up This Doubt of

Mine?

Sairam:

It is really foolish of people to stretch things too far in the name

of devotion. God expects just PURE HEART. A sincere word of prayer

said from your heart even for a minute is worth hours and hours of

elaborate pooja.

Some people give more importance to rituals and superstitions

keeping Bhakthi behind. Your friend's case falls in this category.

Anyway do not critisize her nor anyone on their beliefs. Just laugh

away within yourself.

God does not expect these things and these are man or may be woman-

made.

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girija menon <gijjumenon

Thu Dec 1, 2005 0:23am

Re: [saibabanews] Can Anyone Please Clear Up This Doubt of

Mine?

"All Forms are Mine, and All prayers come to Me".......

The Lord is One........Forms are many.

Dear sister,

We must firmly believe that The Lord lives in every heart.People may

vary in their

faiths,customs,traditions or even superstitions.But that shouldnt

alter or shake

your faith in our Lord.Any prayers done to Santoshi Mata,Durga

Mata,Sai Mata

or Ambal,Muniyandi,shiva, Vishnu....you name them......all go to Him

and

Him alone.

People act differently according to their previous vasanas,according

to the family tradition you are born into or their present up

bringing.There are no strict rules

where Devotion is concerned.Love is One.

How you can make the difference is, let them learn from the way you

conduct yourself.Sai is Love and His Love is the same to everyone.

Let them keep their rituals and restrictions till they evolve out of

it.

It is only a matter of time dear sister,before these people learn

that.

Monday to Sunday, it doesnt make any difference which day you pray

to Him,what time you call Him or where you are. But we follow

certain days or timings to keep

ourselves disciplined by following the rules.that is till we come to

a stage [ may not even be this life time ] where every moment we

can dedicate to Him. Then little differences like the ones you

mentioned may not bother us at all.....

Try to ignore but give Sai Love at all times......

Let Our Lord's Grace be with you at all times.....

Let Sai Mother give you the strength and courage.....

With much Love,

JAI SAI RAM

Girija.

[ I truly pray that I would have made some sense somewhere along

this passage...]

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"Hema Daby" <hema

Thu Dec 1, 2005 3:05am

RE: [saibabanews] Can Anyone Please Clear Up This Doubt of

Mine?

Dear Vidya

I can very well understand your feeling on that matter. Do you know

the story of the four blind men who wanted to know how an elephant

looked like? When they did come across one; one fellow grabbed its

trunk, one its leg, one its tusk and one its tail. They all went

back home very happily, satisfied of their little discovery& In fact

none of them knew for sure what an elephant looks like because they

had only touched a part of the whole!! In the path of devotion as

well, each person has his or her own perception of god. We are too

limited in our mind to be able to judge whats right or wrong. On

Fridays may be the lady you mentioned, must be fasting for Santoshi

Ma, its her way of showing respect. But on the other hand you must

have felt a bit offended as she did not accept parsad after Babas

satsang. See, both of you are praying in your own particular way!

The beauty of the situation is that the LORD being merciful will

equally accept the prayer from both of you. So my dear Vidya bless

the person and let her be.

As for the diary, a devotee of Baba should know that using leather

goods is indirectly promoting killing of innocent animals. One

accumulates a lot of bad karma by doing that. Ekadashi or not, the

use of leather should be avoided.

I hope the little that I shared with you just now will be of some

help.

Sai Ram

Hema

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shatrughan lal gupta <om_nirwan1974

Thu Dec 1, 2005 3:49am

Re: [saibabanews] Can Anyone Please Clear Up This Doubt of

Mine?

Dear Vidya ji,in the beginning a devotee must strictly follow the

rules,regulation

& other retuals as prescribed for performimg some specific Puja

(worship) of any god or deity.When a person or devotee reaches to

stage of sadhana where he feels & realises everything being done by

the will of Lord, then i suppose these restrictions have no

meaning.You have to check youself & decide on whom you have faith.If

you are devotee of Sai Baba,then need not to be disturbed with these

little things as you just narrated here.Concentrate on your bhakti

towards loving Sai Baba with full dedication, you will then feel

self-

contended.These are my personal views.

With Sai love,

S.L.Gupta,

1-12-2005

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