Guest guest Posted April 19, 2004 Report Share Posted April 19, 2004 THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI Published Bi-Weekly Issue 8/2004 15-04-2004 Please visit our Web site: http://www.saidarbar.org ---------= -------------------------- THIS ISSUE CONTAINS: 1. VISWASAIDARBAR 2. SAI?S NEWS FROM TIME MACHINE 3. SAI PHILOSOPHY 4. WHAT IS SAIDARBAR? 5. SAI IN LETTERS 6. CORRESPONDENCE COURSE ON BHAGAVAD -GITA 7. SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA 8. QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY 9. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES 10. SAI WITH CHILDREN 11. ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES 12. LETTERS FROM SAI DEVOTEES 13. FROM SAI ORGANISATIONS 14. EDITOR'S DESK ---------------- 1.VISWASAI DARBAR: would you like to join? Visit http://www.saidarbar.org/viswasaidarbar.htm For further details contact saidarbar - 2. SAI'S NEWS FROM THE TIME MACHINE: April 1954: Abdul Baba passed away at the age of 83 years. April 1973: The combined issue of Saileela in English and Hindi started. Sri Rama Navami 1911: Shri.Bhishma and Shri.Kaka Mahajani started celebrating Sri Rama Navami festival in Shirdi. Construction of Dixitwada was completed. Dixit wada was declared open for public. Sri Rama navami 1913: Balbuva sattar performed Rama Navami samkirthan and Baba rewarded him with Rs.150/- Sri Rama navami 1914: Dasguna Maharaj was ordered to perform Rama Navami Kirtan at Shirdi every year. Sri Rama navami 1951: A spacious Assembly hall was constructed in Butywada (in front of Baba?s samadhi). ---- 3. SAI PHILOSOPHY: SAI PHILOSOPHY FROM THE DIARY OF SAI.BA.NI.SA. These messages are the outcome and essence of the dream sequences of Saibanisa as given by Lord Sainath, which reflect the Sai Philosophy and his high thinking. They carry a sense of deep meaning and are generally thought provoking, enough to set one?s thinking process. Translated and presented by RAGHU RAMAN SATULURY 76) 19th November, 1996: Men engrossed in worldly pleasures appear happy and contented to all others. When surrounded with difficulties they are the weakest. On the other hand men with spiritual bent of mind put up a brave front under all odds. 77) 20th November, 1996: Giving birth to children and bringing them up, looking after them treating them as your only pre occupation does not automatically entitle you to the divine grace. You are only discharging your responsibilities like any other creature, as it?s natural obligation. 78) 22nd November 1996: The journey through life requires money. Earn to the extent required and lead a disciplined life. 79) 27th November 1996: For people desirous of travel on the path of spiritualism do not offer any thing more than advice. Never attempt to travel with them. 80) 28th November 1996: On the occasion of your "BIRTHDAY" read a holy book and seek blessings from God and elders. ---------= ---- 4. WHAT IS SAIDARBAR? For answer please browse: http://www.saidarbar.org/saidarbar1.htm ---------= --------- 5. SAI IN LETTERS: Madhusudhan Nori, Hyderabad, India nomavi SAI IN LETTERS (Saibanisa's letters to his Son) http://www.saidarbar.org/HTML/ocean_of_mercy/sai3.jpg Translated from the Telugu original into English by Sri Sai Devotee Madhusudan Nori. Secunderabad - 28 February 2000 I request the readers to read first Sri Sai Satcharitra in English by Late Sri Nagesh Vasudev Gunaji, before reading these letters. http://www.geocities.com/seenukv/day-01-thu.htm OM SAI Hyderabad 06 February 1992 Letter - 32 (Chapter - 34) Dear Chakrapani, Sri Hemadri Pant continued to describe the Mahima (supernatural power) of Udi (sacred ash) in this chapter also. Sri Sai Satcharitra is a treasure house for Leelas (divine occurrences) of Sri Sai before HE attained Maha Samadhi (an act of merging the spirit with the eternal spirit GOD). Sai devotees are witness to Sri Sai Leelas performed after the year 1918 i.e. from the time Sri Sai ceased to exist in HIS human form. Cultivate faith in words of Sri Sai quoted in this chapter. His words are - Those who step into Dwarakamayi in full faith, will never suffer from any disease or ailment in this life-. Prior to 1989 I suffered many a time with severe pain in my joints. I did not suffer any more from these joint pains after 1990 to this date. I attribute this improvement in my health to my visit to Shirdi, stepping into Dwarakamayi and surrendering myself at Sri Sai's feet in 1990. Note Sri Sai's words quoted in the episode of Dr. Pillai in this chapter. His words are - Tell him to be fearless. Why should he suffer for 10 births? I can mitigate all sins of his past lives in 10 days-. In my opinion an ordinary human being can never utter such words to generate courage in a hopeless situation. The supreme GOD incarnated as Sri Sai in a human form and only HE could forgive sins of devotees, mitigate consequences of such sins and bring relief. This way HE ensured that devotees developed unflinching faith in the supreme GOD. Sri Sai's words uttered in HIS human form showcase HIS divinity and humility. Note these words - I am not God, I am not Lord, I am only HIS obedient servant-. Many Mahatmas (great souls), Yogis (God realized souls) and God's incarnations have taken birth on this earth in this Kali Yuga (age of Kali). But none of them spoke as Sri Sai had spoken. None of them can be compared to Sri Sai. Sri Sai had cured many people, suffering from various diseases and given up as hopeless cases by the Doctors of the day. In some cases Sri Sai transferred the ailments from the patients to himself and liberated them from their suffering. HE always uttered, while curing the ailments of patients - Allah Malik Hai, Allah achcha karega (God is the Master, HE will cure)-. Has any recluse, mendicant or Yogi of the present day uttered such words. Just think about it. Fill your thoughts fully with Sri Sai; HE will take good care of you. In service of Sri Sai, Your father ------ 6.JOIN CORRESPONDENCE COURSE ON BHAGAVAD -GITA: http://www.gita-society.com/lessons/saigita.htm ------------------------------- 7. SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA: "SV.SWAMY" svswamy1 & swamyswarna 4/14/2004 12:28:31 -0000 Sai Ram. Let us continue with the Spiritual Gems from Chapter 10 of Sai Satcaritra. Sai Baba as SadGuru ?There are Gurus and Gurus. There are many so-called Gurus, who go about from house to house with cymbals and veena in their hands, and make a show of their spirituality. They blow mantras into the ears of their disciples and extract money from them. They profess to teach piety and religion to their disciples, but are themselves impious and irreligious.? While Shri Hemadpant seems to be criticizing this type of Gurus, let us remember what he wrote inspired by Sri Sai in a later chapter. When a devotee broke the coconut and thus the trust put in him by Sri Vasudevananda Saraswati Swamy (Tembye Swamy), and when the devotee fell at Sai?s feet and asked for forgiveness, Sai told the devotee, one great Spiritual Secret. It is worth quoting here. "Now you need not worry yourself any more about the matter. It was on account of my wish that the coconut was entrusted to you, and ultimately broken on the way; why should you take the responsibility of the actions on you? Do not entertain the sense of doership in doing good, as well as for bad deeds; be entirely prideless and egoless in all things and thus your spiritual progress will be rapid." Sai Ram. What a beautiful and uplifting instruction! And if you recall one of the early chapters where the episode of pseudo Guru Jawahar Ali was described, it is clear that even a pseudo Guru is better than no Guru! By following the false Guru also obediently, the ego of the disciple is slowly but steadily dissolved. The disciple is supposed to look at the Guru as Parabrahma and not look at Him as a human being. Only by this total surrender, will the ego get dissolved. And once ego gets dissolved, the false Guru also realizes the errors in his own perceptions and the Disciple becomes the Guru! Like it happened to Jawahar Ali. The contact with a Sadguru never, never goes waste. ?Sai Baba never thought of making the least show of His worth (piety). Body-consciousness, He had none, but He had great love for the disciples. There are two kinds of Gurus (1) 'Niyat' (appointed or fixed) and (2) 'Aniyat' unappointed or general, but he, who fixes us in our Nature (Self) and carries us beyond the ocean of worldly existence, is the SadGuru. Sai Baba was such a SadGuru.? Sai Ram. The word, Guru has several meanings. One of them is large, heavy. A large, heavy object attracts a smaller object by gravitational force and pulls it towards itself. Similarly the Guru attracts the disciple and accelerates the spiritual development. And finally both meet. The Disciple realizes that he too is of the same divine nature as the Guru. Tat Tvam Asi is classified as a Mahavakya, great sentence in Upanishats. Thou art that! What! That which is beyond all description, that which is the Truth. Guru also means One who dispels the darkness. The Spiritual Darkness. By making the disciple realize that all his egoistic concepts are false. The only truth is that all concepts are false. The only concept that is true is that. ?His greatness is undescribable. If anybody went to take His darshan, he, without being asked, would give every detail of his past, present and future life.? Sai Ram. He did that, not to show His greatness, but to show His ability to merge Himself, identify Himself with any and every being, sentient and insentient. ?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.? He was fully liberated. From the confinements of body, mind and ego. To Him, there was no other. Since He was free, He also was in a position to guide other Sadhakas to reach the same stage of freedom. ?Blessed are the people of Shirdi, who worshipped Sai as their God. While eating, drinking, working in their backyards and fields and doing various household works, they always remembered Sai and sang His glory. Fortunate devotee may undertake the task of collecting and publishing these folk songs, either in the Sai Leela magazine or separately in a book-form. Sai Ram. If He wills it. Nothing happens without His will. Baba's Humility Lord or Bhagwan is said to have six qualities, viz. (1) Fame, (2) Wealth, (3) Non-attachment, (4) Knowledge, (5) Grandeur, and (6) Generosity. Baba had all these in Him. He incarnated in flesh for the sake of the Bhaktas. Wonderful was His grace and kindness! He drew the devotees to Him, or how else one could have known Him!? Sai Ram. As mentioned above, Sai was a Sadguru and Guru draws the disciples to Him. We can?t reach Baba physically or mentally unless we had some Poorva Janma Punyam and anubandham (relationwhip) with Him. Baba Himself confirmed this in another chapter when He described how He pulls his devotees or disciples to him like a sparrow with a thread tied to its legs. And knowing His true nature? how is it possible unless He wills it? Namameeswaram Sadgurum Sainatham? For the sake of His Bhaktas Baba spoke such words, as the Goddness of Speech dare not utter. Here is a specimen. Baba spoke very humbly as follows:- "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? If anybody would think that by publishing this, any disrespect is shown to Sai, we beg His pardon and to atone for this we sing and chant Baba's name. Sai Ram. Baba was demonstrating the Abheda Bhava or mirroring here. He puts Himself in His devotee?s position and says things, which a devotee is expected to say. Thus showing his utter egolessness. And His oneness with all beings, including ourselves and the insects in side our intestines. Yours truly, SV Swamy To be continued? ---------= - 8.QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY: (By Late Sri Bharam UmamaheswaraRao) "Shashi": shashi_31 41. Baba advised Nana Saheb - If anyone begs of you anything, if that be in your hand and if you can grant the request or get it granted, do so. Do not say ?NO?. If you have nothing to give, don?t mock or ridicule or get angry with him. If you do not like to part with what you have, do not say falsely that you have nothing. Decline to give it in polite terms and say circumstances are causing you inconvenience. Do not shout or drive them away. Whatever creature that comes to eat, let that not disturb your mind. By this you get the merit of feeding lakhs of guests. 42. Baba said to R.S. Dev- What you sow, you reap. What you give, you get. 43. Moving with the good is good. Dussanga is evil and must be avoided. 44. Restrain yourself from forbidden food and drink. Avoid needless disputes. Avoid falsehood. Have restrain of speech. 45. Enjoyment of marital pleasures is permissible. But be not enslaved by it. Mukti is impossible for persons addicted to lust. Lust ruins mental balance and strength or firmness. It affects the learned also. 46. Desires must be controlled. You must master them and not be their slave. 47. One?s lust for others wealth will take you down to the lowest level. 48. Baba said to G.G. Narke - whoever is destined to be struck will be struck. 49. Baba said to K.K Garde, sub-judge, Nagpur- the gifts given with an impure mind serve no purpose. 50. Baba advised R.B. Purandhare - You must always adhere to truth and fulfill all the promises you make. Have faith and patience. Then I will always be with you, wherever you are and at all times. To be continued? -------------------------- 9. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES: Sangeetha Rao, USA I am now settled in the US, I have a 6 month old son who was admitted in the hospital when he was 3 weeks old, he suffers from reflux, which means that his milk would not get digested properly in fact he would throw up almost everything. We could not lay him flat on his back and had to burp him for half an hour after every feed. I was very worried and had to find him a babysitter since I had to go back to work in 2 months. My parents and I are staunch believers of Baba and have experienced many miracles, we prayed to Baba to help us find someone who will take care of our baby, We called all the people we knew finally we got a call from an aunt she knew of a lady who had a daycare at home, we went to visit this lady and what did we see, a life size picture of Sai Baba as soon as we walked into her house. WHAT A MIRACLE. We had tears rolling down our eyes we could not believe this miracle. I did not ask her any questions just had faith seeing Baba. On the first day when I went to drop my son I saw that his crib was under Baba's picture. If this is not a miracle what is. Firstly we are so far away from home, then we find someone who truly believes in Baba to take care of our baby. She sings bhajans for him everyday. Baba thank you for being there for me and my son. Shri Sachidanand Sai Nath Maharaj Ki Jai. -------------- Surya Prasad Bahrain Dear SAI Brothers and Sisters I want to share one of the latest miracles of Shri Sai Baba which happened today. I had to take my son for a medical appointment at the hospital at 10am.Yesterday we all had been to Durga Poojaa celebrations and returned quite late and because of that we all got up late. But after lot of calculations in my mind I decided to do Sai pooja including Kakad arti knowing well that I will not be able to reach the hospital in time which is 15 miles from the place where I stay and that too when I dont have a car and had to depend on local transport like local buses/local trains. All brothers and sisters who are living in the Western world would very well agree that the importance of punctuality of time is something which is very well followed. I did all the requisite pooja and took the bus at 9:45am. I reached the hospital at 10:15am and to my utter surprise instead of me feeling sorry for the delay from my end the attending nurse at the reception was sorry for me as that day because of some reason the doctors in particular to the section where I was supposed to get my son checked, were all late by an hour. DO YOU ALL THINK IT AS A COMMOM OR RARE PHENEMENON? This simple happening suggests that Sai Baba will never let you down one has just to find Him and trust Him fom the inner core AND for that the inner core has to be clear. Jai Sai Ram ----- 10. SAI WITH CHILDREN: http://www.saidarbar.org/HTML/portraits/7.jpg Smt. MadhuGopal Ravada, Saidarbar, Hyderabad. Hello Children! I am Madhu aunty. Do you know Baba use to play with children and used to tell stories to them? I felt children visiting Saidarbar should be entertained with good stories. I have told you 24 stories during the year 2003. Baba told before He took His Maha Samadhi that He is Muralidhar and would like to play in Booty Wada (Samadhi Mandir) with His devotees. So I started Krishna Leelas with effect from the first issue of New Year 2004. Study well and learn good manners. Tell your parents to read the Glory of Shirdi Sai - Fortnightly E-magazine and narrate Krishna Leelas from this magazine. KRISHNA AND BALARAM: Vasudev had another son through his second wife Rohini. As he feared that she was in danger he had left her in Nand?s care. Nand took great care of both Krishna and Balaram and they were growing under his loving care. It was Vasudev?s wish that the Guru of the Yadavas sage Garga be called to perform the naming ceremony of the boys. The ceremony took place secretly in a cowshed as Nand had fear from Kansa. Garga rishi came under and performed the ceremony. He said that the elder one be called Balaram because of his strength, handsomeness and virtues. The younger one shall be known as Krishna meaning the dark one. He also has several other names as per his forms, which he will take. Garga rishi then blessed both of them and left. Soon both Balaram and Krishna were crawling on the floor. Their pranks both delighted and exhausted Yashoda. Once she left Krishna sleeping on a cot. She only left the place for a few moments but meanwhile Krishna started flailing his arms and legs and in the process upturned a cart full of butter and ghee, which lay near the cot. The butter fell on the ground and also on his body. He was all smeared with butter and ghee. Hearing the loud clutter Yashoda rushed to the place only to find little Krishna licking butter from the broken pot. Yashoda could hardly stop her laughter. Of the two brothers Krishna was more mischievous. He could always find new ways to amuse himself. Balaram always remained with him so that he could help him and also keep an eye on Krishna. They together used to go in the cowshed and pull tails of calves. They would steal butter from the pots of gopis who would come to meet Yashoda. When Krishan was able to walk he became more naughty. He would toddle around the whole house and even reach the houses of neighbours. He would break their earthen pots and eat their butter and other eatables. Krishna and other cowherds would then spray all the butter and ghee around and give it monkeys and dogs. Whenever the gopis caught him he would rush to Yashoda and hide his face in her lap. When the gopis came to complain to Yashoda he would innocently deny all charges and promise to the gopis never to do any mischief again. And the gopis used to forgive him by hugging and kissing him. But within moments he was back with his mischief. One day Balaram and other children came running to Yashoda and complained that Krishna had eaten handfuls of mud, Yashoda rushed outside and started asking Krishna if he had eaten mud. Krishna innocently shook his head. Then Yashoda asked him to open his mouth. When Krishna opened his mouth Yashoda could not believe her eyes as she saw the entire universe in his mouth. The complete solar system complete with sun, planets and satellites was there. She at once realized that she stood before Lord Vishnu who is the creator of this universe. She prayed with folded hands and said that she felt blessed with this divine vision. Then Lord Vishnu erased this scene with her Maya from the memory of Yashoda. She was once again busy with his naughty son. She picked him up and went inside the house. To be continued. --------------------------- 11. ARTICLES FROM SAIDEVOTEES: himachandra Bollineni hima_chandra Tuesday, April 06, 2004 3:11:06 AM Pujya Sri Acharya Ekkirala Bharadwaja Masterji: Master Ekkirala Bharadwaja was born in 1938 to Sri Ekkirala Ananthacharya and Venkata Lakshmi in the small township of Bapatla in Andhra Pradesh. His father was highly learned in the ancient Hindu Scriptures ? the Vedas and the Shastras. One of his nephew passed away. ?The initial heartbreak had left and, in its wake, several fundamental questions arose in me: ?Is there a Supreme Spirit? What is its nature? How can we contact it? What is life? What is death? Is there a soul? Why hasn?t man found a way out of death? What is time?? and such others. The search went on unanswered?? In 1959, Acharyaji completed his post-graduation in English Literature. He began working as a Lecturer in English and appeared for the rigorous Indian Administrative Services exam in 1961. The following year, he was declared selected and sent an appointment letter. Much in the vein of prince Siddhartha who gave up a life of power and wealth and later became known as Lord Buddha, Acharyaji also turned down the offer. Masterji became ?converted? after a profound spiritual experience at the Samadhi Mandir of Sri Sai Baba of Shirdi (9th February 1963, Shirdi is in Maharashtra, India). When Pujya Masterji was working as an English Lecturer in Vidyanagar (Neloore Dist., A.P., India), a student started criticizing Masterjji for adoring a human being like Sai Baba. A discussion ensued which went on for days and drew large numbers of students to participate in it. Out of these a small group took shape and decided to have weekly Satsang (devotional or spiritual gathering) on Thursdays for Bhajan. Many such groups sprung up at several places and Pujya Acharyaji began to travel extensively to spread the message of Baba. All the devotees came together and decided to set up the Sai Baba Mission (now Sri Master Universal Sai Trust) to propagate Baba?s teachings and furnish the materials for the same. Pujya Masterji entered matrimony with respected Smt. Alivelu MangaThayaru (fondly known to us as Ammagaru) on March 6th 1975. After 1981, Pujya Acharyaji resigned his job and devoted himself full time to intensive research into the lives and teachings of several saints, traveling extensively and personally contacting many of them. He studied in depth seven branches of science and five of the major religions of the world (Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Christianity and Taoism). In 1983 began the fortnightly magazine ?SAI BABA?. By now he was father of a daughter and son. His dynamic life of spiritual ministration continued undisturbed despite a host of domestic troubles. He used his personal funds to educate many young students with no means and for many other social purposes. Great stalwarts such as Paul Reps (Seattle, USA) have also testified as to how reading the life and teachings of Sri Sai Baba of Shirdi have enabled them to understand the God all the better. Pujya Masterji?s life and work cannot be summed up. What distinguishes him? His work was not for himself, not just for those around him but is for all the coming generations. Masterji was a realized soul. Masterji's life sets an example for us. His life showed that Realization neither elevates nor eliminates us from the world, but establishes one in fullness, which is evident in all that he did. To the everlasting grief of his followers, admirers and devotees, the magnificent saga of Pujya Acharyaji?s earthly existence came to an end in 1989. Though he has left his mortal frame, even now He responds to the call of the devotees. It is now nearly fifteen years since our beloved Pujya Acharya Ekkirala Bharadwaja Masterji attained Mahasamadhi (April 12th, 1989); years in which we have often felt his absence in flesh and blood and yet have been immensely assured, of his response whenever called to, of his sure but remote guidance of our lives. Devotees acquainted with Pujya Acharyaji during his lifetime or through his books would know the story of Pujya Acharyaji?s spiritual quest for truth. ?To Blossom Every Moment into a Better Manifestation of Perfection Is the Only Business of Life? -Acharya Ekkirala Bharadwaja ---------------- "N. Sivanandam" essgee 4/2/2004 14:37:05 +0530 SAI NAMAPATHY ? A RELIABLE MEDICINE Baba assured us ?If a man utters My name with love, I shall fulfill all his wishes, increase his devotion? in Sri Sai Satcharitra, Ch.III. Most of Sai devotees are very familiar with the book titled ?Ambrosia in Shirdi? published by Smt.Vinni Chitluri. She had narrated how her mother was cured by Baba, through HH Pujyasri B V Narasimha Swamiji. In 1949 he along with his father and sick mother met HH Pujyasri Narasimha Swamiji at Sri Nagasai Mandir at Coimbatore, Swamiji administered nama japa ?Achuta, Anantha, Govinda? along with Baba?s Udhi to cure her mother. After 21 days of repetition of divine name and drinking Udhi with water, she got complete recovery. Later his father went to Chennai to thank Swamiji for his divine help, Swamiji politely said, ? I have done nothing, it is Baba?s Udhi and grace, that has worked. So thank Him and pray to Him? >From this it is very clear that our real doctor is only Lord Sainath. Lord Dhanvantari, the physician of the three worlds (who expounded the ayurvedic medical science), has himself declared: "By the medicine of the repetition of the names, ?Achyuta, Ananta, Govinda,? all diseases are cured - this is my definite and honest declaration." You can take this medicine or nama-japa (repetition of God's name) yourself, for curing any disease. You can administer this marvellous medicine to other patients also in your house or elsewhere. Sit by the side of the patient and repeat, with sincere devotion and faith, the name of the Lord, like Sai Ram, Hari Om, Sri Ram, Om Namahsivaya, and sing his names also: "Om Sai Sri Sai Jaya Jaya Sai" Pray for his mercy and grace. All maladies and agonies will come to an end. Do the treatment of nama-japa for at least two hours in the morning and evening. You will find the miraculous effect within a short time. When allopathy, homeopathy, chromopathy, naturopathy, ayurvedapathy and all other 'pathies' fail to cure a disease, the divine namapathy alone can save you. Both the doctor and the patient should have perfect faith in the Lord's name, his mercy and grace. There is a mysterious power in the name. There is an inscrutable shakti (power) in God's name! All the divine potencies are hidden in the Lord's name. When you repeat the Lord's name you must evince unflinching devotion from the bottom of your heart devotion to God, without love for any other object. You must drive off all worldly thoughts from your mind. Fill the mind with thoughts of God and God alone. You must struggle. You must exert hard. Remain absorbed in him. Constant repetition of the mantra with faith, devotion, purity and one-pointed mind awakens the dynamic consciousness of the mantra, latent in the mantra, and bestows perfection or psychic power inherent in the mantra on the aspirant - illumination, freedom, peace, eternal bliss and immortality. The repetition of the mantra again and again generates a great spiritual force and momentum and intensifies the spiritual samskaras or impressions. More importantly the divine nama japa will eradicate the disease of birth and death and bestow on you moksha, liberation or immortality. Let us continue our Sai Nama Japa Mantra without an end. Om Sai Sri Sai Jaya Jaya Sai. ------------------------------ 12. LETTERS FROM SAIDEVOTEES: "padma padma padma" padma_kr 4/1/2004 15:00:27 -0000 Dear Saibandhu, NAMASTE. Yes I am very mcuh impressed with your information. I sincerely thank you for enlightening us. I know I have to do more sadhana to get him in my dreams. Thank you very much for sending this magzine. Regards Padma ---------------------------- "harish sarma" hsarma7 Sun, 04 Apr 2004 09:24:16 +0400 Sairam, I think I must consider myself to be associated with Saidarbar and seek the blessings of BABA. I am totally at his feet always and it is only because of him, that I am what I am today, Please keep me posted on all your activities. I will positively meet you when I visit India next. In case you have plans to visit Dubai, please let me know. We are always at His feet and we seek His blessings to make each and every move we make in our lives. SaiRam Harish Sarma --- praveen kumar" : praveenkrsingh Sun, 04 Apr 2004 20:35:09 -0700 SaiRam! I visited www.saidarbar.org today evening, and read few sections there. The sections which touched me most were "Sai Philosphy" and the pictures of Sai Baba in "Sai in Camera". I humbly seek your blessings to offer any service I can do to Sai Darbar. With due regards, Praveen University of Arkansas ------------------------- 13. FROM SAI ORGANISATIONS: Visit http://faith.Ocatch.com/index.html for Saidarbar -Chennai -India activities. Visit http://www.angelfire.com/sd/SaidarbarCanberra/index.html for SAIDARBAR - Canberra - Australia activities. Visit http://www.viswasaidarbar.com for SAIDARBAR - London Activities. Visit http://www.geocities.com/wallingfordsai for SAIDARBAR - Walling ford Activities ---------= --------------- SAIDARBAR CHENNAI: INDIA veeravalli sridhar veerasai 3/31/2004 22:32:23 ?0800 Dear Saibandhu, For this month, we are thinking of having the satsangh on 25th. This would complete one year of Saidarbar Chennai. In last satsangh, the crowd was nearly 75. We invite members of Saidarbar ? Hyderabad to join us for this occasion. Warm Regards, sridharvk --------- Sai Darbar Portland OR USA 4/7/2004 18:49:29 -0700 "Shanthi Ramakrishnan" shanthi Sai Ram We had a wonderful ninth session of our Sai Darbar on March 27th Saturday. We started the session with OM, Gayatri and Sai Gayatri followed by Sai Ashtothram. We sang a Ganseh Bhajan. Then we read 11th and 12th chapters in Sai SatCharitra. Sai Darbar was concluded with Aarti & Mahaprasad. Thank you for your support. Sai Ram. Shanthi -------- SAI DARBAR ?Danbury, CT-USA Anil Kumar Zutshi zutshi Monday, March 29, 2004 8:21:23 PM Sai Ram! We are conducting Sri Shirdi Saibaba Puja & Bajan at SAI DARBAR ?Danbury on May 2nd.May--from 4-6pm. Mr.Saxsena & party have come from India. They are the official singers of Shridi Sansthan & do only SAI bhajan's. We requested them to come to our place and they agreed. Saidevotees in and around Danbury may contact us on zutshi ------------- "Atlanta Sai Temple ?: atlantasai Sat, 3 Apr 2004 20:34:03 -0500 Our tradition of celebrating Sai Vrath on every Second Saturday continues. Please bring your friends and family to witness this pooja and receive His blessings! Atlanta Sai Temple (NASSTA) 700 James Burgess Road, Suwanee, GA 30024 www.templeofpeace.org ------------------------------- "Shirdi Saibaba Prayer Center?: hamaresai Mon, 5 Apr 2004 20:18:16 -0700 (PDT) Shirdi Saibaba Prayer Center Inc. A Non-profit, Non-sectarian, Spiritual Learning Center, 725 NE Lake St, Apt #139, Hopkins, MN Web Page: http://www.hamaresai.org/ Email: hamaresai ------------------------------- saibandhu: saibandhu Monday, April 12, 2004 7:10:48 AM Sai_Parivaar Bay Area, C. A ,U.S.A Shirdi Sai Baba Bhajans- Invitation - April 15thOM SRI SAI RAM Dear Shirdi Sai devotees this week Shirdi Sai Baba Bhajans are at Rajesh & Nivedita's home in Fremont. We would like to invite you and your family for these Bhajans. April 15th Time: 7:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. ---------- "Ranga?: bala218 Mon, 12 Apr 2004 20:18:35 -0700 (PDT) Shirdi Sai Utsav 2004 ? Orlando, F.L.U.S.A Om sri Sairam, Sai Sharan Inc a Non-Profit Organization registered under 501©(3) is conducting Shirdi Sai Utsav on 24th of April 2004 at Casselberry Temple to celebrate the invaluable company of Shirdi Sai Baba in our daily lives and in our quest to realize the eternal truth. We will perform all four arathis along with Sai Naam Jap and Baba's Bhajans on this day. Detailed Agenda will be available upon request. We invite you all to attend this Utsav. VENUE: Casselberry Temple TIME: 8 A.M. to 8 P.M. www.shirdisaisharan.org Sathgurusai2002 ----------- "Shirdi Sai Jalaram Mandir" baba Wed, 07 Apr 2004 19:03:16 ?0500 Sai Baba Temple, Hillcroft ? TX, U.S.A Mandir Activities: Mandir Patrika is now available online at out web site at www.babamandir.org ------- "ramachandra ramprasad" : shirdisaifoundation Mon, 12 Apr 2004 15:33:41 +0100 (BST) All India Sai Devotees Convention during 4 ? 6th September,2004. ? INTERNATIONAL SHIRDI SAI FOUNDATION, BANGALORE ?. Theme: The Glory of Sri Sai Nama The objective of the convention is to Promote and Implement Sai conscious through Sai Nama Smaran. Sai Nama is. Namasmarana is the Supreme Sadhana, Guruji Sai Ramprasad ----------------------- SAIDARBAR - HYDERABAD. We all know that Shirdi Saibaba encouraged His devotees to read Jnaneshwari (Bhagavad-Gita). For the benefit of the Sai devotees, Saidarbar came to an understanding with American Gita Society, Fremont, California, USA, for starting the correspondence course on Sri Bhagavad Gita from January 2004. We request the Sai devotees to browse on http://www.gita-society.com/lessons/saigita.htm get registered for the correspondence course and receive the Blessings from Baba. To Commemorate Shirdi Sai Utsav-2003, Orlando, Florida, USA, members of Saidarbar - Hyderabad released Saibanisa's Discourses in the form of three C.Ds of three hours duration containing, the following discourses. 1.God is Truth - Sai is Truth, My mortal remains shall speak from tomb ? Baba 2. Sai In Bhagavatham 3.Sai in Ramayan Those who would like to obtain these C.Ds can contact Sai Sevak Srinivasa Rao Kasturi on his E-mail id saidarbar and please give your support to Saidarbar - Hyderabad in spreading Sai Philosophy across the Globe 14. FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK: Sai devotees may write about their Sai activities in their place, essays, articles and poetry on Sai to " The Glory of Shirdi Sai" - they may be address their contributions to E-mail id: saidarbar with a copy marked to webmaster We shall put in our best efforts to include them in the Glory of Shiridi Sai- a Fortnightly E -Magazine. Unless the author of the articles instructs, not to publish his/her E-mail id, we will publish them as a matter of routine practice. You can for THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI for a friend /relative and also read the old issues from: http://www.saidarbar.org/glory.htm Editor does not accept responsibility for the views expressed in the articles published. This e-magazine is intended for Private circulation only. Submitted by Sai Sevak: Srinivasa Rao Kasturi For SAIDARBAR-HYDERABAD P.S. 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