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Prayer

Hemadpant closes this Chapter with a prayer. "Oh Sai Sad-guru, the wish

fulfilling tree of the Bhaktas, Let us never forget and lose sight of Your

Feet; we have been troubled with the ins and outs (births and deaths) in this

samsar; now free us from this cycle of births and deaths. Restrain us from the

outgoing of our senses to their objects and introvert us and bring us face to

face with the Atma (Self). As long as this outgoing tendency of the senses and

the mind is not checked, there is no prospect of self-realisation. Neither son,

nor wife nor friend will be of any use in the end. It is only You, Who will give

us salvation and happiness. Destroy completely our tendency for discussions and

other evil matters, let out tongue get a passion for chanting Your name. Drive

out our thoughts, good or otherwise and make us forget our bodies and houses,

and do away with our egoism. Make us ever

remember Your name and forget all other things. Remove the restlessness of our

mind, and make it steady and calm. If you just clasp us, the darkness of night

of our ignorance will vanish and we shall live happily in Your light. That You

made us drink the nectar of Your Leelas and awakened us from our slumber is due

to Your grace and our store of merits in past births".

Note :- In this connection the following extract from Damu Anna's statement

mentioned above, is worth perusal, (Page 76).

"Once when I sat at His Feet along with many others, I had two questions in my

mind and He gave answers to both.

(1) There are so many crowding to Sai Baba. Do they all get benefit from Him?

To this, He replied orally - "Look at the mango tree in blossom. If all the

flowers brought fruit, what a splendid crop it would be. But do they? Most fall

off (either as flowers or as unripe fruits) by wind etc. Very few remain".

(2) The second question was about myself. If Baba were to pass away, how

hopelessly adrift I would be and how am I to fare then? To this Baba answered

that He would be with me when and wherever I thought of Him. That promise He

had kept up before 1918 and has been keeping up after 1918. He is still with

me. He is still guiding me. This was about 1910-11, when brothers separated

from me and my sister died, and there was a theft and police enquiry, all of

which incidents upset me very much.

When my sister died, my mind was much upset. I did not care for life and

enjoyments. When I went to Baba, He pacified me with His Upadesh and made me

eat a feast of Pooran Poli at Appa Kulkarni's house and get pasted with sandal.

There was a theft in my house. A thirty year's friend of mine stole my wife's

jewel-box, including her auspicious Nathi (nose-ring). I wept before Baba's

photo. The next day, the man returned the jewel-box and prayed for pardon.

Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all"Gurur Brahma Gurur VishnuGurur Devoh

Maheshwar;Gurur Shakshat ParambramhaTashmai Shri Gurur Veh Namah"May the

Merciful Sri Sai Baba always shower His grace on us and our families and remove

our problems and anxieties by giving us all - strength , goodluck, success and

happiness with peace of mind.Sai bhakt,Deepa Hdebu7366

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