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Sai Vichaar for Thursday , March 02, 2006Sai Vichaarwww.saibaba.org

Thursday , March 02, 2006 :: Volume 8, Issue 42 (In its eighth year of

publication.) Sai Vichaar is a Weekly newsletter distributed every Thursday

and is devoted to the life, philosophy and teachings of Shri Sai Baba of

Shirdi. Feel free to forward this newsletter to your interested associates in

its original form.IN THIS ISSUE:FEATURE OF THE WEEKCONTRIBUTED ARTICLEDEVOTEES

SAYPRAYER CLUBEXPERIENCE OF DEVOTEESQUOTATION OF THE WEEKQUESTION OF THE

WEEKSAI ACTIVITIESFROM THE EDITORS KEYBOARDFEATURE OF THE WEEK: The mystique of

Sai's teachingsSri Sai teachings are the beautiful, ever fresh flowers filled

with the divine nectar. The divine fragrance of his teachings quietly draws the

people towards them. The teachings are mystical in the sense that they are with

a divine meaning beyond human understanding. The truth is one and it is

expressed in different ways. (Ekam sat vipra bahudha vadanti). It is a fact

that with one's limited mind and intellect it is difficult to understand the

Guru in totality. No concepts can be built that will truly understand the Guru.

We need the blessings of the Sadguru who gives us the necessary intelligence to

understand his teachings. This could be seen with Sri Hemad pant seeking the

grace of Baba to write the Satcharita. Guru is that infinite energy source that

brings the realization in us to our higher, true nature. The actions of Sri Sai

go by the name Saileela. Leela means the divine play of the Lord.Sri Sai is the

perfect teacher who knows the needs and talents of the students. He gave advice

to every one based on their inner spiritual growth. This can be seen in Sri Sai

satcharita in various occasions. Baba's mode of teaching is simple and yet

profound. In Saisatcharita, one can clearly see the way Baba interacted with

the people on day-to-day basis. He did not teach too intellectually to those

who just want to learn how to get through the day. At the same time, he did not

forsake basic teachings of love, kindness, charity, etc. However, for those

capable of hearing the profound truths of the scriptures, he did not hold back.

He perceived the inner essence of every one as the same. If we read Sri Sai's

life regularly, we will find the teachings come to our mind at appropriate

times. Baba's teachings start to come into our life in our every day

experience. Slowly, we will learn how to apply the teachings on the spot in the

situations we face in our lives. When times are tough, doing parayana or

listening to the teachings of the Guru can help one to stay sane. They connect

us with the universal goodness and energize us with the universal energy. By

understanding the teachings of the teacher, one can always stay in touch with

the essential and true healthy mind present in each one of us.CONTRIBUTED

ARTICLE: Can you help, Sir?Is it necessary to go searching everyone for help

when keeping faith that "Baba will provide" is all that is required? Belittling

unsolicited help or suspecting situations favorable during the hour of need is

perhaps limiting Baba' omniscience because Baba manifests himself in several

ways and in several situations to help the distressed. At the same time,

raising unnecessary outcry over every hurdle big and small is not a hallmark of

a faithful Sai devotee. Let us examine the following incident in the life of

eminent Sai devotee Kakasaheb Dixit, as narrated by Pujya Sri B.V.

Narasimhaswami ji. As for Dixit's own financial position, there was, for a long

time, a period of depression, but there was no positive distress. Contentment

was ingrained in Dixit', and he was always saying to himself, "Tevile Anante,

Tase Rahave", which is the same as "Alla Rakhega Vysa Rahena", "Maula Rakhega

Vysa Rahena". This means, 'We must be content with the lot assigned to us by

God.' So, he was generally contented and retained his mental peace in the midst

of lack of funds and income. However, special occasions arose and his faith in

Baba was tested and confirmed. Some time after Baba passed away, Kaka had to

meet a heavy obligation of Rs. 30,000 to be paid to a Marwadi. The day for

payment was drawing near, and Kaka could not see how to get funds for meeting

this large demand. One night, as he was sleeping, he had a dream, and in his

dream, his creditor was pressing him for payment. In the dream, he assured the

creditor, "Oh, don't you fear. I have my friend Sir Chunnilal, Sir Chimanlal

etc., all of them knights, and they will provide the money". Suddenly, he woke

up and remembering the dream, he bitterly repented his stupid folly in relying

upon 'Sir' this and 'Sir' that who are just persons who will fail to help at

the crucial moment.He felt that the only person on whom he could rely for

getting help was Baba, and cursed his folly in relying upon such useless human

help. He resolved not to think of these 'Sirs' at all, and to rely confidently

and boldly upon Sai Baba alone to furnish him with funds and that too in time.

He sat up in his office room on a chair and was waiting and waiting until the

actual date of payment came. Until the last moment, no money was forthcoming.

However, at the last moment, a young man, the son of a rich friend of his, came

asking for his advice. He said that after his father's death, he was managing

his property, and had to find an investment for his money. He said, just then

he had brought with him Rs. 30,000/- and wanted to know from Dixit what would

be best investment. Kaka, after explaining the pros and cons of other

investments, finally told him that he was in urgent need of Rs. 30,000/- and he

would be glad to have it on any reasonable terms, but that it was his duty to

explain to the lender that his practice had gone down, that his income was very

low, though his properties in the shape of bungalows were there, and that it was

his duty to point out the danger and disadvantage of lending to such person. The

young man, however, made up his mind to lend the money to him on account of his

being his father's friend, and thus the creditor of Dixit was paid in

time.(Contributed by Saibaba.org Team)DEVOTEES SAY: KaajalI was visiting the

site and just read the question that do we have to ask Sai my answer would be

no, when we totally surrender then he knows what we want and what we should get

at what time and in which way. We like good kids have to do what he is making us

do. We just have to be like that small child who gives his hands in his parents

hands and is not bothered where he is taken or how he will he reach.SumaSai

thanks for healing my niece's allergies. She should grow into a healthy kid.

Please bless her with good health.RajeshDear devotees, I used to have swelling

near my eyes since last two years and every time it has to be operated. I again

had a swelling near my left eyes about 4-5 months back and I prayed to our Sai

mother to make it all right without operation. Earlier I was not hopeful that

it will go by itself but now I am seeing that it has subsided a lot by itself

and there is no need for any operation. It all due to the mercy of our SAI that

protect us at each step. May Sai be with us all every time.SheelaBaba, thank you

very much for all the blessings you gave us. I prayed you for my husband's job

and you gave it to us, I am very happy for this. Please stay with us and guide

us in our daily lives. I take your name every minute and I also call my son as

Baba all the time.A devoteeSai Baba, I am seen so many miracle of you in my

life, here is the latest one as I promised to post. I am working for a big

company and they have two offices, the office I work is 15 minutes drive from

my house, the other one is a 1 hour drive. Recently the management dismantled

the group I was working on. I was moved to the group in the other building

which is 1 hour drive that also I don't have any experience on the field the

new group working on. I prayed to Baba saying that I will post my experience if

they let me stay here. To my surprise, my boss was trying to keep me here and

sent the other person in my place. Finally it happened and our move date was

set to Wednesday, but the Secretary forgot to put the request for moving the

computers, so they have to move us on Thursday, as I was

hoping.VisaalakshiBaba, thank you for helping me pass my third exam in flying

colors. Though I thought, I had failed in the exam, You showed Your Infinite

Daya and Kripa on me. Please bless and help me to do my final and fourth exam

well and pass that too in first shot.SrinivasThank you very much Baba. Today

with your kind blessings, we were blessed with a beautiful and healthy baby

boy. We are very happy Baba. We named our son Saideep. As promised to Baba

earlier we are posting this news in Sai Vichaar.PRAYER CLUB: BalajiOh Sai

Maharaj, there is no peace in the house; there are differences between my wife

and mother. Please help us and take care of our family. I only pray that let

the peace prevail always in our house. Also in the job I am joining please help

me that I join with out any problem and also in the existing company I get

relieved smoothly.RamanathanI pray to you sincerely, please be with my brother

always and get him back to us. I know how much pain my mother and my family

members will be going through, Please bring him back to us.SujeebavanSaibaba,

please cure my mom who is diagnosed with myeloid leukemia and the treatments

she's been showing no results. So please cure and bless my mom.SwapnaPlease

help baby Ashish with his Bone Marrow. Please help him and his

parents.MayaPlease save my husband from the harassment he is facing at office

and bestow him with what you think is good for him. Please make him also your

bhaktha. Please also shower your blessings on my daughter who is studying for

her board exams.MiniDear Saibaba, my elder son is 6 years old but his mental

state is just as that of a 6 month old. He is unaware of his surroundings and

is unable to talk. Bestow your grace upon him Saibaba and make him see and feel

this world and be like a normal child of his age. I know nothing is beyond your

powers.Sai DevoteeDear Sai, You know what type of problems I am facing. Please

look into this and save me from all my problems. Thanks for getting the pass

results and first class, please guide him to study well for getting marks above

the distinction.

SanjaySai Baba, make my sonu alright, make my wife smile, bless my

family.AmitDear Baba, I hope that this message reaches You as You have always

been by my side. Despite my misgivings You have never left me. I have one

desire that You keep my family well and for my loved one a hope that You will

bless us as one.

AdilDear Baba, please help us to get a home loan sanctioned for us. I have been

trying for past three years now. Whenever things trying to come to an end there

is always something or the other crops up and loan does not get sanctioned. Dear

Baba, You can do anything in this world and everything. Please help us. We need

to vacate the house by next month and have no idea where to go and what to do,

please help me.ArunaDear Baba, You know my faith in You then why all this

restlessness in my mind. You are always here for me or else how could I have

survived. Now I am so worried about my brother. Please guide him and give him

sucess and happiness. Bring them both back together soon. Please let him get

married to his fiance soon. I trust You.EXPERIENCE OF DEVOTEES: RohitThe 15th

September, happened to be my birthday, morning 5.30 am, the telephone rings and

when I pick up, a voice tells me "Rohitbhai, your factory has caught fire". The

earth under my feet is shaken. The first words that come out of my mouth, "Baba

please save me, what wrong have I done? Please don't punish me like this. I

shall be ruined. When we reach there, black smoke was coming out from all

ventilators and window gaps of my factory on the first floor; which I could see

from under the building. I just collapse, still chanting Baba, Baba and started

crying profusely, as it was apparent that my garment manufacturing factory,

which I had made with lot of hard work and with blessings of Baba in fifteen

years, was gutted. I opened one shutter of the main entrance and went up. It

was too Smokey and I couldn't stay there for long. The fire brigade van came.

They went up my main entrance but could not understand the source of fire. So

they broke open the other shutter and there a fierce fire was burning in the

middle of the unit on the ground floor. In minutes, the fire brigade took

control of the fire. It most obviously looked to be a fire in my factory on

first floor from all angles; whereas at the end of it all, not even a spark had

reached my premises. It so happened that the fire took in the ground unit and

the smoke found its way through the other entrance of my factory. That day my

entire career or fifteen years in garment manufacturing industry would have

finished, as my entire premises of 4000 sq.ft. Area was fully packed with

festive season's finished and unfinished goods worth much more (4 times more)

than my insurance. I realized the existence of Baba with me!!! It was Him and

only Him, who stood in front of the fire and my factory that morning.A Sai

devoteeI thank you from the core of heart for spreading Sai's teachings

throughout the world by this Newsletter and by Heritage of Shirdi Sai Magazine.

Om Shri Sai Ram. I don't know how to write but still I want to share my

experiences with everyone. I have been a Sai devotee since 2003. I have myself

experienced Sai's grace in a number of ways. My older son does not work and

younger son has some skin problem. I always pray to Baba and asks, why this

happened and please shower grace on both of them. In the early morning of

Thursday I saw Baba standing by side of pool. I touched Baba's feet and He

blessed me. Exactly next Thursday my younger son went for an interview and he

got the Job. Thank you Baba so much. I don't have words to say thanks. These

are the ways of Sai. Have faith in Baba I am sure He will fulfill desires of

everyone. Please Baba show my older son the right direction, so that he will

finish his degree and get a job and set in his life. Please shower grace on

everyone who believes in You.QUOTATION OF THE WEEK: "Let all the senses and

mind be ever devoted to the worship of the Lord, Let there be no attraction for

any other thing; fix the mind in remembering Me always so that it will not

wonder else where, towards body, wealth and home and then it will be calm

peaceful and care free."-Sai BabaQUESTION OF THE WEEK: Q. Comment on what Baba

said - given belowA. by PratyushaQ. Baba said, "I give my people what they want

until they will begin to ask me what I want to give them ". Comment? A. It is

natural for people to ask favors from Baba in the times of difficulties, as you

cannot concentrate on anything spiritual until the hard times have passed by.

Baba once told regarding fasting that we can practice devotion and other

sadhanas to attain God only when the soul has been appeased. In the same way

people have the tendency to ask Baba for favors in the beginning and as Baba

fulfills their wishes they are contended and then start to think about

spirituality and what Baba actually wants to give them to attain salvation from

materialistic things.

Q. Comment on what Baba said - given belowA. by BadriQ. Baba said, "I give my

people what they want until they will begin to ask me what I want to give them

". Comment? A. It was beautifully commented by Saibandhu Maddipatla Ramaa

Prasad and Saibandhu Sadashiv Kavthankar, in previous issue of this Sai Vichaar

Newsletter. What He wants to give us, is a permanent bliss. His mere grace and

glance takes care of all our needs and us. A devotee must be able to

discriminate the temporal and permanent needs. All temporal needs will only

satisfy our living in this world, until this body exists. But what needs to be

done in this beautiful lifetime is to recognize and obtain Guru's grace, attain

Self Knowledge and reach the ultimate reality. Getting a Human body is because

of some past good karmas and attaining the Self Knowledge and Realization is

only possible through this body. Realize that after so many births, the soul

attained Human Body and if this opportunity is missed, then who knows, when

would be the next such opportunity will come.SAI ACTIVITIES: Sri Ramanavami

celebrations in Chicago, USASri Ramanavami and Urs festival celebrations are

the first major celebration of the year for Shirdi Sai devotees. The tradition

started in 1910 and continues each year. Shirdi Sai temple, Chicago will be

celebrating the event for three days starting from Thursday April 6th to

Saturday April 8th. The program comprises of Aartis, Maha Abhishek, Homam,

Palki procession, Satcharitra parayan, bhajans and much more. For complete

details please visit http://www.saibaba.us/index.html or call 847-931-4058.Sri

Ramanavami-Urs celebrations, MinnesotaShirdi Saibaba Prayer Center invites all

to Sri Ramanavami-Urs celebrations on April 8, 2006 from 3 pm to 9 pm at Geeta

Ashram, Brooklyn Park, MN. The event includes Sai abhishek, Sai aarathis,

parayan, naam jap and bhajans, palki procession and chandan utsav. Please visit

www.hamaresai.org for more details.Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of Dallas/Fort

Worth, TexasSri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of DFW Metroplex is located at 2109 West

Parker (Parker Plaza), Suite 212, Plano, TX 75023. For temple hours and

activities please call the temple office at 469-467-3388 or visit the website

www.shirdisaidallas.org.

Shirdi Sai Satsang, Bay Area, CaliforniaShirdi Sai Parivaar invites all to join

us for Satsang every Thursday 7:30 pm at Odd Fellows Temple, 20589 Homestead

Road, Cupertino, CA 95014. For details please call 408-564-6704 or send email

to saibandhu or visit www.ShradhaSaburi.org.Sai Satsang, New Jersey,

USAShirdi Sai Dham, Inc regularly conducts Sai bhajans followed by Aarti and

Parsad on every 1st Saturday of each month at Durga Mandir, Kendall Park, New

Jersey from 3 pm to 5 pm (Winter Hours). All are requested to kindly come and

receive Baba's blessings. For more information, please call us at 609-275-1334

or visit www.shirdisaidham.org or email us at shirdisaidham (AT) hotmail (DOT) comShirdi

Sai Satsang, Toronto, CanadaShirdi Saibaba Sansthan invites all to join for

satsangs every Thursday 7:00 pm at Sai Dwarkamai, 147 Winston Castle Dr.

Markham, Ontario, L6C 2N4, phone 416-402-8089 or email: saileela99 .

To request a pooja for yourselves, your friends and family for any occasion at

your residence, please call. Devotees can request udi or Holy water (Abhishek

Jal) from the Holy bathing of Baba by sending us an email or by phone.Shirdi

Sai Mandir, Scarborough, CanadaThe Shirdi Sai Mandir located at 2721 Markham

Road, Scarborough, Ontario, M1X 1L5 (Intersection of Markham and Nashdene) is

open Monday to Friday from 6:30 p.m to 8:30 p.m. and Saturday to Sunday from

10:30 a.m to 8:30 p.m. Dhoop Aarti is at 7:30 p.m. everyday. Bhajans are on

Saturday from 5:00 p.m. onwards. For other temple activities and information

please call 647-444-4724 or send an email to info (AT) theshirdisaimandir (DOT) com.Shirdi

Sai Satsang in Vancouver, BC, CanadaShirdi Sai parivar in Vancouver invites you

for bhajans, every Thursday (6:30pm - 7:30 pm) at 8571, 118A Street, Delta, V4C

6L2. For further details contact Ritu (604)592 4182 or email at

sai_ish (AT) hotmail (DOT) com.Sai Satsang, SingaporeTo all Shirdi Sai Baba devotees in

Singapore, Sai Sansthan, Singapore is organizing Shirdi Sai Baba prayer session

every Saturday between 18:30 hrs to 20:30 hrs at 2nd floor function hall, Sri

Vadapathira Kaliamman temple, (opp. to Sinda), 555, Serangoon Road,

Singapore-218174. We invite you all to participate and seek Baba's blessings.

For further details, please visit www.saisansthan.com.Sai Baba Satsang in

Auckland, New ZealandSai Baba Satsang ( Bhajans, Provochan, Sai Ashotottram and

Shej Arathi ) is held every Thursday from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at MT Roskill War

Memorial Hall, May Road , Mt Roskill, Auckland, NZ. For more detials visit our

website http://www.shirdisaibaba.org.nz or mail to

info (AT) shirdisaibaba (DOT) org.nz.FROM THE EDITORS KEYBOARD: Please refer to Sai

Activities section to know more about Sai activities in various locations

across the world. Sai Vichaar has served as a useful platform for sharing about

your activities with other Sai devotees. Please write to maildrop (AT) saibaba (DOT) org if

you would like to publish about Sai activities in your area.

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the same. The "Question of the week" for the week is,

Q. Baba said, "I give my people what they want until they will begin to ask me

what I want to give them ". Comment?

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