GURU CULT OF SAIBABA

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GURU CULT OF SAIBABA

The Guru cult of Baba was unique and extraordinary. It was different from

the traditional manners of teaching and educating disciples. Baba's guru fed

Him with the food of Gnyana, Karma, Bhakti and Yoga through the portals of

faith, loyalty and perseverance. His guru gifted Him with all the merits of

his lifelong penance through his look of grace. He encased Baba's all Karmas

in a brick and indemnified Him from effects of Karma and prarabdha. This

divine love was freely distributed by Baba to his Bhaktas who remembered him

incessantly, sang His name and His glory and meditated on His form.

Baba used to say in clear and unequivocal terms to sadhaka bhaktas: - 'You

practise mantra tantra; japa, tapa; yoga, yaga, Gnyana, Dhyana or do not

follow any such practice. Ultimately you have to come to Me for the

fulfillment of your Sadhana. You can reach the Mukti by dint of firm faith,

and absolute surrender to Me. This faith and dedication is the mother of

grace.

Baba used to add further:- "Bhakti will lead you to Bhavavastha, Dhyana will

elevate you to Sahajavastha, Unattached dutiful karma will raise you to

Naishkamya stage. Yoga will gear you upto casual body. But you cannot

progress any further without My grace. All your efforts will be insufficient

without the help of automatic gears of Guru's grace or God's mercy. The

automatic support of grace will put you on the higher level of unmani,

beyond turiya stage. The divine area lies beyond casual body. Here

chidakasha lifts you upto Mahadakasha or supra casual level. You will enter

the Nirvikalpa only with the motor force of my personal love and grace. The

nada, bindu, kala and the ultimate illumination is not apart from My supreme

self".

The Ritambhara genius roused by the touch of Baba's grace has unfolded His

precious upadehsa to me in rhythmic poetry. Drinking the honey of Baba's

auspicious vedas and unbound mahima my heart is intoxicated with celestial

joy and bliss. Call this 'Divine love' or 'Nityavadhana' (constant awareness

of Atman). It gives me depth of Devotion, equal vision of Dnyana, Dedication

of Karma, and merger of prana and mona which is Yoga. I see with the eye of

Sanjaya and hear the dialogue of Baba and his choicest devotee.

Partake of the feast of knowledge served in the following paras.

 

 

(Adapted from Shri 'Saigeetayan' by author Shri Chokar Ajgaonkar).

CHAKOR AJGAONKAR, M.A.

 

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(Adopted from Sai Sudha Golden Jubliee Issue)