Guest guest Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 There is a neem-peepul (Ficus-religiosa) pair of trees grown together in Lendibaugh. When Baba visited Lendi, in the early days, one of the twin plants was very weak. Every day Baba twisted it vigorously in all directions and almost wrestled with it. Soon it grew strong. Today the tree is seen bent in nine ways and it is a thrill to remember that it was all his work. Once when people complained of scarcity of water in Shirdi, Baba pointed out a plot of ground and asked them to sink a well there and assured them that water would be struck. Saguna Meru Naik, Kaka Dixit, Booty and others helped in the work of digging it. Water was struck. It is also interesting and enlightening to study Baba’s actions when his devotees tried to increase the number of amenities for him. He was setting an example of a perfect fakir thereby. Summer is very hot in Shirdi. So to give comfort to Baba in that season, devotees watered the frontyard of the mosque through pipes to make it cool. But Baba added fuel to fire and sat close to it. Similarly in winter, a thick cloth was put over the frontyard to protect him from cold and mist. When the workers who erected it bowed to him at night before taking leave of him Baba said in a humourous tone, “All of you should protect me well”, and added, “how can you protect me? I ’ll protect all of you!” Source: http://www.saibharadwaja.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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