New Series:::::::::::::::Devotees Experiences M.B.Rege PART 1

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Dear Devotees,

Starting from today,Inshallah (as I have a bad

internet connection ),I shall try to send interesting

anecdotes and excerpts from the book DEVOTEES'

EXPERIENCES OF SRI SAI BABA by Shri

H.H.Narasimhaswamiji. If you have not read it

already,you read SSS regularly and are wondering why

you need to read this book, the answer is simple. This

book presents Sai Baba's life from an intimate point

of view.It will endear Sai Baba to us in no time. And

H.H.Narasimhaswamiji is undoubtedly the best

biographer of Sai till date. Please read these

excerpts from the book and see how Sai helps His

devotees day in and day out and how He carries their

burdens for them.

 

 

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CHINNA KISTNA RAJASAHEB BAHADUR REGE, B.A., LL.B

It was probably in 1912 that I went up to Shirdi

on some festive occassion (Guru Poornima?) I saw the

devotees at Manmad having each a grand basket with

flower garlands etc. I was much pained to note that I

had forgotten to take a flower garland when I was

going to my Guru, who was everything to me. We all

went to Shirdi and at the mosque, I found-Baba was

under a great weight of flower garlands and it pained

me again that I had not a garland to give him. Baba

lifted up a bundle of the garlands with his hand and

said "All these are yours". How kind of Baba! What

love was his to me! all forgiving, all forgetting

love.

 

 

 

It was probably in 1915 Ramanavami, when intending to

go to Shirdi, I went into the Indore cloth bazar to

fix upon a present - worthy of being presented to

Baba. I found a fine lace embroidered muslin of the

Dacca type, produced at Chander. It was some 5 feet

square with embroidered body and 8 or 9 inches of lace

border all round. It was very nice and worth the 85

rupees I paid for it. It could be folded into 6" x 6"

x 1" packet. I took it with me to Shirdi and kept it

inside my shirt. Devotees usually go and present Baba

with cloth in order that the same may be returned to

them with Baba's blessings; and the same is returned

to them. In my case, I had made up my mind that if

Baba cared for my love (which knew no difference

between him and me) he should not return the same to

me but should retain It and wear it. When each devotee

went and presented his cloth, it would be openly

bestowed and placed on Baba and then at the end, the

attendants would call out, "Whose is this" and return

it. In order to avoid the return, I had taken my tiny

packet and when I bowed to Baba, I slyly shoved the

packet under his mattress (gadi). When all clothes

were taken and returned, none noticed what was beneath

the gadi. Baba the got up and said "Clear off all that

lies on the gadi and dust it". When the mattress was

removed, there was the muslin packet. Baba picked it

up and said "Hallo, What is this? Muslin!" and spread

it out and said "I am not going to return this. This

is mine". He then put it round his body and said to me

"Don't I look nice in this?" I was immensely happy as

his loving heart had fulfilled my request for the

acceptance and retention of the present - as an index

of the fact that I was not different from him - that /

and he were one. I was not different from him. I and

he were really one.

 

 

 

I had gone to Shirdi and was staving as usual at

Radhakrishna Ayi's. In the afternoon, when Baba was

alone, he sent some one to fetch me and after

dismissing the messenger from his presence, he was

very kind to me, made me sit close to him, embraced

me, and said The key of my treasury is now placed in

your hands. Ask anything you want e.g., Rs.5 or Rs.

100 a month-or what you like and I will give it to

you". I felt at once that this was a temptation-and

declined to ask for anything. Sai Baba knew what was

necessary, good or useful for me and it was for him to

decide and give or withhold. It was not for me to ask.

Seeing my disinclination to ask, he held me by the

chin and coaxed me into asking him for something. Then

I asked, "Is it agreed Baba, that you will grant

anything I ask for ?Yes" was his answer. Then

Baba," I replied, "I want this. In this and in any

future birth that may befall on me you should never

part from me. You should always be with me." And he

patted me joyously and said, "Yes I shall be with you,

inside you, and outside you, whatever you may be or

do." I was supremely happy. I feel that he is always

with me. At times, he visibly shows his form to

reassure me or guide me.

 

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