Mystery of Mysteries and Super Saint - Sadguru Sai Nath

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Baba practised Dakshina (with a secondary meaning) but not in terms of

money. Like for example, He asked for Dakshina from a devotee, Prof. G.C.

Narke, who replied that he did not have even a pie. Baba knew that he did

not have money but at the same time Baba knew that he was reading the book

“Yoga Vasishta”. So, Baba meant to say, “Deriving lessons from the book and

lodging them in the heart, where Baba resides”. Sometimes Baba accepted the

money and after Blessing it, He returned some amount to the devotee, to

guard it or keep it in his shrine of worship. How did Baba utilize the

Dakshina in the form of money Out of the total amount collected, Baba spent

very little for his own sake i.e. for buying Chillim and fuel for his Dhuni

and the rest He distributed as charity to various persons. Here lies His

greatness and concern for the poor people. So, Baba by practising Dana

in his day-to-day life taught the devotees to remain unattached to money,

which is one of the requirements for attaining self-realisation. Our

scriptures say that of all the charities, giving food is the best one. He,

who gives food to the poor and hungry, is the best charitable person. The

Taittiriya Upanishad says, “Food is Brahma, from food all the creatures are

born and having been born, by food they live and having departed into food

again they enter.” So, it is our duty to give food to attain an uninvited

guest, when he comes at our doorstep in the afternoon, particularly if he is

crippled, lame and blind. Baba says that the merit of feeding such a

disabled person is much, more than feeding the able bodied.

 

 

 

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