Student's talk...Sri Siddarth Bhatt (The Study of Sathya Sai) ***By Ryuko Hira***

[Guest guest]

working as a pilot in the Indian Airlines, had a very good experience. He was

given the job of taking the flight from Delhi to Srinagar and back to Delhi.

He took the flight from Delhi to Srinager very smoothly but while coming back,

he was informed that the sky was cloudy in Delhi...So he stayed a day in

Srinagar and started the next day. While coming back, the plane started

shaking. All the passengers were afraid and they immediately approached the

pilot. The pilot came to know from the rader that the plane has been caught up

in the belt of clouds. Bhagavan had materialized a ring for this devotee and

had told him, "Whenever you

are in trouble, remember Me. "So he looked at the ring and said "Swami, I am

leaving it all to you. To his utter surprise, he saw clouds making way for

him, an arched door opened and a green light showed him the way through the

clouds. Sometime later he saw Delhi airport just underneath. After that, he

landed safely and all the lives of the devotees were saved. This shows how

Bhagavan protects His devotees when they completely surrender to Him. One

should always remember our Lord Sai for He alone can help us to cross this

ocean of Samsara. Self surrender is indeed very important. Bhagavan says,

"Love all and serve all." ...The

principle of Saranthahgati or surrender is "Serve whom you love and love whom

you serve." For this principle of Ssrangathi, today is a curtain between man

and god. On account of this curtain today, man is in a state of doubt and

confusion and feels himself unable to surrender to God. What is this

curtain?...This curtain is nothing but illusion-... Maya. What is the meaning

of illusion?...Illusion refers to that doest not exist. Imaging that which

does not exist, but to exist is itself Maya...Nothing is permanent in this

world except Truth, that is God, the only one without a second one. The world

which is made up of so many things cannot be true, so it does not really exist

at all. At this juncture, I would like to narrate one story. Once there was a

devotee of Lord Narayana who was a great scholar. Once he displayed his

scholarship in front of King. The Kind was very pleased and gifted him a silken

robe on sandy bank and sat for his meditation and japa. Because of the forceful

wind the silken robe was blown away. When he got up from his meditation, he

saw that his robe was not there and his eyes fell upon a washer man who was

washing a robe which was similar to his...So he went to the washer man and

asked for his robe. The man replied, that he was from the kingdom and the robe

was of king. They were both arguing and at last stage came when the washer

man lifted his hand to slap the scholar...The scholar at that time shouted "Oh

Lord Narayana, save me." Lord Narayana from Vaikunta, got up from His throne

took few steps towards the Earth, and immediately returned back and resumed His

seat. After watching this strange behavior, His consort, Lakshmi, asked Him

what the reason of His behavior was. .. At that point Lord Narayana said,

"When My devotee called Me to save him, I thought of saving him, but he lost

temper and started giving return blows to the washer man, so I came back and

resumed My seat.". This shows that as long as man

thinks he can defend himself, God will not come for his rescue. So we should

completely surrender to our Lord. Jai Sai Ram (Sharing with Sai Love)

Ram.ChuganiRam ChuganiKobe, Japanrgcjp

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