The last time He played His Flute

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The other day, I was chatting with an old student of Sai school. She narrated to

me what Swami narrated to the students once about the last scene in Radha's

life.

 

Initially Swami told everyone that Radha's Madhura Bhakti is unprecedented and

no body can ever match her love for Krishna. (This Sai student who was

narrating it to me, added a comment..."See, Swami is greatly declaring that

no-one can match Radha's Love for Him. I will show that my love for Him

can....I will show Him... " I felt so much of kutti kutti Sai-joy hearing that

comment. Actually these funny words, she told in Telugu are: "Edho pedha

goppagaa chepthunnaaru Swami Radha gurinchi..." ....it was just blissful to see

the child-like jealousy in her words...the cute jealousy she was feeling towards

Radha as Radha was getting all the praise from Sai Krishna...lol...)

 

OK, lets back to Swami's narration (I am reproducing her words to the best of my

ability. There might be some differences from the actual version told by Swami.

If someone finds any mistakes in this, please do correct me. Sai Krishna!

Please help!) :

 

Narration starts:

 

"Radha was hated and abandoned by her family members. For she spent all the time

in Krishna's thought. All her world, her words and deeds were filled with

Krishna's Love and nothing else. Since she is spending all her time in

Krishna's thoughts, people left her. But when she finally became sick, and was

approching her death, her family members came to her help. They asked her if

she had any wishes. She asked them to carry her to the banks of Yamuna.

Ofcourse, it is the place where her life had the sweetest memories, her Divine

meetings with her Krishna. The moments of bliss, when she forgot her body, mind

and ego watching the Divinely playful pranks for Krishna!"

 

(Sandesh: Swami cautioned that Krishna never played with the Gopikas once He was

young. All the Leelas with Gopikas were only during His childhood, and they can

never be mis-understood to be filled with lust or any other impure feelings.

Krishna's life was as exemplary as that of Rama. How can He ever set a wrong

example when the very purpose for which He came was to convey His Message

through His Life? His Leelas, His plays always teach only about the permanant

joy and never temporal joy. His acts are always redeeming and lifting people

above their bodies and minds and never making them slaves to their senses.

Swami also told that Gopikas always used to maintain distance from Krishna and

used to display utmost obedience when He was around.)

 

Swami's narration continues:

 

"Radha's relatives agreed for her last plea and took her to the banks of Yamuna

and left her there. Radha was physically totally weak but got up on her feet

somehow and chanting Krishna's Name, she started walking towards the tree where

she used to meet Krishna. As soon as she reached the tree, she could not stand

anymore. When she was about to fall down, Krishna's appeared there and caught

her! Infact Krishna promised to Radha that He would be with her during the last

moments of her sojourn on earth. He fulfilled His words by coming there!

 

Radha's heart filled with in-explicable joy seeing her most beloved Krishna! Her

eyes started flowing and amidst the Divine bliss, she asked, "Krishna! Would you

play the flute for me once?" Krishna immediately fulfilled her wish, He started

playing the Divine music, the redeeming music that sustains the entire

universe. Radha, while listening to Krishna's flute music...in that Divine

ecstasy, left her mortal body.

 

Krishna was shocked with Radha's departure from the world. In the agony, He

threw the flute into the Yamuna river! He never ever touched a flute again in

His life after Radha left the world! That was the measure of the Love He

reciprocated for His devotees. If Radha's life is Krishna, Krishna's life is

Radha too!"

 

End of Swami's narration.

 

There are two sweet things about this narration Leela of Swami. First thing: by

the end of narration, both Swami and students were weeping in the Divine

emotion caused by this love story. Second thing: while Swami was narrating this

incident, Swami unknowingly went into first person! Instead of saying, "Radha

asked Krishna to play the flute and He immediately took His flute...", Swami

said, "Radha asked Me to play the Flute and I immediately took My flute..."

What a sweet revelation of His identity! We love you, Sai Krishna! We are Your

Gopikas and Gopabaalaas...please please please accept us!

 

Along with this narration, I would like to share one jewel, I missed somehow.

These words of Swami, I don't know how I missed, but from the moment I read

them, they are ringing in my head day-and-night. After I read these words, I

feel it is a new world. I feel I like I found a new definition of Love.

 

The incident which I got to know because of some unknown great merit I have done is as follows:

 

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Once in Prasanthi Nilayam, a lady got up from the last row and spoke loudly,

"Swami! I need your Grace." The lady repeated these words a number of times.

Suddenly, the Lord stopped, turned towards her and said, " Grace, grace. Do you

really know the meaning of Grace?"

 

The lady replied, "Swami, it means your compassion, your blessings."

 

Baba said, "No, it means much more than that. If you really want My Grace you

should prepare yourself to face every type of calamity. You will lose all your

wealth and happiness and still instead of crying and repenting you will have to

completely merge yourself in meditating upon Me and utter My name in your heart.

Your near and dear ones will turn against you. People will implicate you in

conspiracies with which you have nothing to do. They will find faults with you

where you are totally innocent. Under all such circumstances, you will have to

simply think of Me and Me alone and suffer everything silently.

 

Come on, are you prepared to face all these things?"

 

The lady was stunned. She could not utter a word and sat down quietly.

 

(Source: Sai Baba and Nara Narayan Gufa Ashram, Part II. ed. B.P. Misra, Bombay,

Prasanthi Printers 1990, p.31)

 

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Sandesh:

 

Swami, Your every word comes to us like a Geetha.

 

May my body suffer with the most painful and dreadful cancer,

But let every cell in it be filled with the Name of "Sai"

I know that alone can sustain this body for a thousand years and more.

 

May I be thrown into utter poverty and hopelessness,

But grant me the wealth of Love for you,

I know that alone can give me all the joy I have ever dreamt of.

 

May the entire world find fault with me, abandon me, hate me,

But just let me know, that You love me,

I will live all my life happily, I shall never complain.

 

What is the use of this life without experiencing Your Love?

Can all the wealth in the world bring the joy One smile of Yours brings?

Is there any equal to the feeling I feel, when You reciprocate Your Love for me?

 

I may not be a great singer or a writer,

But grant me the ability to see you in everyone.

I may not be charming and beautiful, intelligent and shrewd,

But grant me the ability to the feel you both in the cold of the winter and the warmth of spring.

 

It is not the people's antipathy towards me that pains me,

It is Your indifference towards me that pains.

It is not a life sailing smoothly that I desire,

It is a life whose day and night are filled with only one thought - the thought

of You and Only You.

 

Let me Love you please. Let me love You please. Nothing else I ask of You. Nothing else.

 

Love, love...Love for Sai....when would you fill me? When? ........................

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Dearest Sai Sandesh ...

 

I just wanted to thank you for this piece .. It came at a timely moment for me

..... I truly LOVED it ...

 

a loving friend recommended to me recently to reread through some of Sai's own

teachings ... and about Hislop ..

 

Though this piece is not Hislop's works .. It is Swami's own words of Radha and Krishna ....

 

I guess what I am saying ... Thanks .. this really touched my heart and gave me direction ..

 

May Swami bless you always

Melody

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Jai Sai Ram,

Thank you for sharing such a wonderful narration

about Krishna-Radha love. Brought tears in my eyes.

Thanks again,

May Baba bless us all.

Meera

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Sai Ram Brother

 

I have heard

this story previously as well but this time it touched my heart too deeply when

I heard that Swami cried while He was

narrating. That shows Swami’s love towards His devotees

(Radha).

bold">Can our love ever beat His love towards us ????

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And the one

about “Swami’s grace”. Very true lots of people are dead

scared of this. Once, a

person told that they believe in Swami but don’t want to go much into it simply

due to the fact that they have heard “Swami will give them many tests and

calamities in life!”

color:navy"> In my last

trip to Parthi, a lady was saying “everybody comes to Swami to get rid of

their problems, but after coming into the fold of Swami only I have many

problems.” This shows the

difference between today’s devotees and Radha.

bold">Radha / Meera lost everything in their life but secured Krishna’s

love eternally. But nowadays ??????

color:blue;font-weight:bold">And that’s why Swami I have only a handful of

my real devotees!!!!

 

Sai Ram

 

Sister

Shivathmika

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SAI RAM!!

beautiful beautiful article on Krishna and Radha!!

thank you so much for sharing this....

 

love

unnikrishnan

Australia

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yes! sometimes we get given what is right and not necessarily what we

want.....but if we can just "surrender" the outcome to swami...with

love....then what we do get in return is immesurable by any counts... Today,

i stand with my head held up high and can declare that I love Baba more than

ever!.......(but i have a very long way to go to even match a drop of Radha's

love for swami). But having said that....with swami's grace, each one of us

will get there...one day! love bakula x shivathmika

<shivathmika (AT) optusnet (DOT) com.au> wrote: Sai Ram Brother I have heard this

story previously as well but this time it touched my heart too deeply when I

heard that Swami cried while He was narrating. That shows Swami’s love towards

His devotees (Radha). Can our love ever beat His love towards us ???? And

the one about “Swami’s grace”. Very true lots of people are dead scared of

this. Once, a person told that they believe in Swami but don’t want to go much

into it simply due to the fact that they have heard “Swami will give them many

tests and calamities in life!” In my last trip to Parthi, a lady was saying

“everybody comes to Swami to get rid of their problems, but after coming into

the fold of Swami only I have many problems.” This shows the difference between

today’s devotees and Radha. Radha / Meera lost everything in their life but

secured Krishna’s love eternally. But nowadays ?????? And that’s why Swami I

have only a handful of my real devotees!!!! Sai Ram Sister Shivathmika

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Opportunity of This Life' to paint the Prasanthi Mandir - we were befriended by

many spiritual masters and intellectuals. Amongst them was one Mr. Sharma - He

always said - "You worship the sun - but if the sun came a little closer to you

- you will be scorched." He would add - "Swami is Surya Devtha - The Lord of Sun

- so don't go so near Him that you (me) are scorched." And then seeing the

quizical look on my face he would add - "but what ever be the case - gold has

to be put in the fire crusible to take out and burn the impurities." Since

1985, I have faced heat of sahara and cool breeze of a lagoon - but, over the

years - I am fully convinced that He is always looking at me and taking care of

everything. Between two nights is a day and between two days is a night. Ups and

downs and repeated downs are all a part of life. As you progress the tests

become more difficult indeed. In the spiritual path of a devotee are many

tests - all are given to see how we react. Crying over pain and bloating over

joy are both wrong 'if' they force us to self-condemnation in sorrow and ego in

joy. Swami is present with (in - out - up - down - allaround) each one of us -

at all times and at all places. That is what we always call as OMNIPRESENT. Feel

that presence and realise that presence permenantly. Sai Ram ~ Be Happy JP

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sai Sandesh <saisandesh > wrote: 1. ..........

while Swami was narrating this incident, Swami unknowingly went into first

person! Instead of saying, "Radha asked Krishna to play the flute and

He immediately took His flute...", Swami said, "Radha asked Me to play the Flute

and I immediately took My flute..." What a sweet revelation of His identity! We

love you, Sai Krishna! We are Your Gopikas and Gopabaalaas...please please

please accept us! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sandesh: 2. It is not the

people's antipathy towards me that pains me, It is Your indifference towards

me that pains. LOVE ALL SERVE ALL E Great (India) & Co. 39

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Parthi, a lady was saying “everybody comes to Swami to get rid of their

problems, but after coming into the fold of Swami only I have many problems.”

Many times i also come across the same that, some persons are fearing that

some devotees of swami are meeting with accidents, sufferings etc. Even some of

them suffering from accidents while they are going to parthi or returning from

parthi. But all its divine leela, no one knows why this are happening.. The

reason may be test or clearing of past karma or divine leela.. whatever it may

be.. but we should't go away from swami by fearing about this sufferings

I want to tell one incident of one great devotee.. Late Dr.Kotagiri.Poorna

chander MBBS. He is from Siricilla, Dist:Karimnagar. He is great devotee of

Bhagwan Sri satya sai baba. He had a good practise. And he adopted one village

name RAGUDU and offered free treatment to the whole village. When ever any

prescription comes from RAGUDU, he offered free treatment. Like that so much of

service he rendered to poor. In 2001 when he is going to parthi with his

family, they met with a severe accident and he and his son died immediately.

His wife saved with severe injuries. And after some period after her recovery

again she went to parthi for swami darshan. When she was in Saikulwant hall,

Swami came near to her.. and said Bangaaru.. your husband reached me, he is

with me And He

will be always with me. Don't worry. This is the nature of true devotees. If

she is not true devotee of Swami, then again she might not have gone to parthi

for swami's darshan after that tragedy. Why we should fear and feel when

swami with us.We have to get ready for facing any test or anything.. We can

overcome any great sufferings also with little efforts if swami's grace with

us. Swami's grace is like anasthesia for operation (sufferings). Sairam

Bodla.Ramesh shivathmika <shivathmika (AT) optusnet (DOT) com.au> wrote: Sai Ram

Brother I have heard this story previously as well but this time it touched

my heart too deeply when I heard that Swami cried while He was narrating. That

shows Swami’s love towards His devotees (Radha). Can our love ever beat His

love towards us ???? And the one about “Swami’s grace”. Very true lots of

people are dead scared of this. Once, a person told that they believe in Swami

but don’t want to go much into it simply due to the fact that they have heard

“Swami will give them many tests and calamities in life!” In my last trip to

Parthi, a lady was saying “everybody comes to Swami to get rid of their

problems, but after coming into the fold of Swami only I have many problems.”

This shows the

difference between today’s devotees and Radha. Radha / Meera lost everything in

their life but secured Krishna’s love eternally. But nowadays ?????? And that’s

why Swami I have only a handful of my real devotees!!!! Sai Ram Sister

Shivathmika

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SAIRAM.SAIKRISHNA.nobody can read this without tears

of joy, tears of love enjoying the divine love.

i wish to tell something regarding the murali which i

heard through my parents.

Radha heard that Krishna is leaving Nandhigram to meet

kamsa. she was very sad that she cannot meet Krishna

thereafter and asked Krishna to give her the flute so

that she can see, touch, embarace and do everything

whatever she wants to do with Krishna in Krishna's

memory. On Radha's request Krishna could say only yes.

gave the murali to her, left for mathura for Kamsa

vadh. i wish to know whether Swamy has mentioned about

this anywhere . SAIRAM

 

 

--- Sai Sandesh <saisandesh wrote:

 

> The other day, I was chatting with an old student of

> Sai school. She

> narrated to me what Swami narrated to the students

> once about the last scene

> in Radha's life.

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I am happy that Swami used this piece to convey His message to sister Melody!

God's directions come in unexpected ways!

And ya...as sister Shivatmika nicely pointed out, Swami also cautions us to

secure our seat in the Sai Plane! These days I am contemplating on the very

definition our Lord gave for the word "devotion" : Treating both joy and sorrow

with equal fortitude (remember: His letter to His physical brother Seshamaraju.

:-))

I have been constantly meditating on this truth from past few days and it's

opening a real new world for me :-)....that realization will not lead to

removal of difficulties...but it is getting immune to the difficulties, knowing

that joy and sorrow are as natural and inevitable as day and night in this

world.

And sister Bakula, I whole-heartedly wish that your love form Swami will soon

reach the levels of that of Radha! Swami is all the more attractive to drag you

as closer...:-)

Jatinder Bhai: Let me confess to you...the "indifference" I wrote in the second

part is just poetic....I did not really mean it. I know I cannot ever point a

finger at my Swami for being cold. I know that if at all I am not able to feel

the warmth, the mistake lies completely on my side....lol....

Jai Jai Sweet sweeter sweetest Swami!Bolo Kaliyuga Avtar Bhagavan Sri Sathya Baba ji ki Jai!

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bear.May we remember Him at each and every moment of our lives. May Swami Shower

His Choicest Blessings On You. Sai Ram. Raju