With regard to points 61,62 from The Glory of Shirdi Sai.

[Guest guest]

Dear Sri Divakarji,

SaiRam! We agree with you that everybody should do the

good karma to approach God. Lord Saibaba advocated the

same and HE never told His devotees to run away from

responsibilities connected with relatives (refer the

story of Thatya Saheb Nulkar - the Pandaripur Sub

judge and the story of Bapaji - The brother of Syama -

Madhavarao Deshpande).

 

61. You should know that the relationships with the

relatives and friendship with friends are like passing

clouds in the sky and like floating logs in the river.

They some times meet and some times they disperse. A

wise person will not bother for the good and bad

happenings with friends and relatives.

 

62. You should know that a wise person will neither

get excited for the praises nor depressed for the

criticism and he maintains equilibrium.

 

The points 61,62 are not advocating to run away from

your responsibilities (towards your relatives and

friends). Infact after performing your duties, if

they(your relatives and friends) discard you, then you

should not feel bad and take it sportively.

With best regards,

Saidarbar team.

For "The Glory of Shirdi Sai".

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--- Divakara Tanjore <div_tan wrote:

 

> Dear GopalRao,

>

> The points 61, 62, ... Say that we should run away

> from responsibilities, So if a loved one is in

> trouble

> abandon him and keep singing praises to lord Sai

> Baba.

>

> I dont think Sai Baba likes it, The best approach to

> god is through Good Karma, to take up the

> responsibility and not escape from your

> responsibility

> and sing songs of praise.

>

> You should be able to look up to God in the eye and

> say that I did my best to do my responsibility.

>

> Regards,

> Divakar.

>

> --- gopalarao ravada <saibanisa wrote:

>

> > THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI

> > Third Year of Publication

> > Published as Bi-Weekly

> > Issue 17 / 2005

> > 18-08-2005

> > Please visit our Web site:

> http://www.saidarbar.org

> >

> > ---------

> > THIS ISSUE CONTAINS

> >

> > 1. FOUNDATION STONES FOR THE SPIRITUAL LIFE

> > 2. SAI'S NEWS FROM TIME MACHINE

> > 3. FOOT STEPS OF HOLY FEET

> > 4. SAIBANISA OFFERS PRANAMS TO …..

> > 5. SAI IN DREAMS

> > 6. QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY

> > 7. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES

> > 8. SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA

> > 9. SAI WITH CHILDREN

> > 10.ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES

> > 11.LETTERS FROM SAI DEVOTEES

> > 12.TELUGU SECTION

> > 13.SANATANA DHARMA&SRI SHIRDI SAIBABA

> > 14.SANATANA DHARMA – NEWS FROM ABROAD

> > 15.SAI'S BOOK WORLD

> > 16.FROM SAI ORGANISATIONS

> > 17.EDITORIAL.

> > --

> > 1. FOUNDATION STONES FOR THE SPIRITUAL LIFE:

> > Rajeswari Kasturi, Saidarbar – Hyderabad.

> > From the Satsanghs of Saibanisaji

> >

>

http://www.angelfire.com/celeb2/saidarbar/pages/S3500055.htm

> >

> >

> > 61. You should know that the relationships with

> the

> > relatives and

> > friendship with friends are like passing clouds in

> > the sky and like

> > floating logs in the river. They some times meet

> and

> > some times they

> > disperse. A wise person will not bother for the

> good

> > and bad happenings

> > with friends and relatives.

> >

> > 62. You should know that a wise person will

> neither

> > get excited for

> > the

> > praises nor depressed for the criticism and he

> > maintains equilibrium.

> >

> > 63. If you are interested to enter the Spiritual

> > life, give least

> > importance for the money, fear not the death and

> > lastly the attachment

> > towards kith and kin.

> >

> > 64. The way the day and night follows one after

> one,

> > similarly in human

> > life sorrows and happiness will follow one after

> > one. When you know

> > this

> > phenomenon, why do you entertain fear in the life?

> >

> > 65. The way you accept the medicines from the

> herbs

> > available in the

> > forest to cure your illness, sometimes you should

> > also be prepared to

> > accept the help from the persons who are unknown

> to

> > you thinking that

> > they are God sent one.

> >

> > 66. You should know that your wisdom is your

> money,

> > your greediness is

> > your enemy, your character is your beauty and your

> > happiness is your

> > health.

> >

> > 67. The food you offer to your guest will be

> > digested with in no time

> > but the food you have offered with affection and

> > love will be in his

> > memories for his life long. So always offer the

> food

> > with love and

> > affection.

> >

> > 68. You should know that half your life will go in

> > the sleeping,

> > remaining half will go in your child hood, youth

> and

> > old age. Try to

> > utilize your youth for constructive work in the

> life

> > so that you will

> > not repent in the life.

> >

> > To be Continued…

> > -----

> > 2. SAI'S NEWS FROM THE TIME MACHINE:

> >

> > Shravan 1912: Gurusthan Padukas were installed

> under

> > the neem tree in

> > Shirdi.

> >

> > Shravan 1914: H.H.Shri.Vasudevananda Saraswathi

> > (Tembe Swami) left for

> > His heavenly abode at Gardueshwar on the banks of

> > river Narmada in

> > Gujarat at the age of 80 years.

> >

> > Shravan 1941: Shri.Narayana Maharaj of Kedgaon

> left

> > the mortal coils at

> > the age of 56 years at Bangalore.

> > ------

> > 3. FOOT STEPS OF THE HOLY FEET –10

> > From http://www.saidarbar.org

> > EXPERIENCES OF SAI.BA.NI.SA WITH SHIRDI SAI

> >

> > Let me request and focus your attention to 40th

> > chapter of Sai Sat

> > charitra where in Sai during the year 1917 has

> > promised to Hemadri

> > panth in his dream that he would visit their house

> > on ' HOLI ' the

> > festival of colors for having lunch . This promise

> > he fulfilled and

> > arrived in the form a photograph just before their

> > lunch time. Similar

> > experience which I have undergone is narrated

> under

> > this experience to

> > show that Sai is continuing to extend his humble

> > grace even now, as he

> > was doing to his devotees in the past while alive.

> >

> > It was during the month of March 1996, on a Sunday

> > morning hours, Sai

> > appeared in the form of my establishment's Chief

> > Executive and

> > conveyed that he would come to my house for lunch.

> > This message I have

> > duly passed on to my wife as she has to prepare

> > extra food for the

> > guest to come. My wife although a Sai devotee was

> > doubtful about the

> > possibility of my chief's visit as we do not have

> > family contacts with

> > him. However from her side she went ahead with her

> > preparations. My

> > consciousness was firm that some one uninvited

> would

> > definitely come

> > by lunch time.

> >

> > It was past one' o clock and none turned up and my

> > wife unable to

> > withstand hunger commenced her lunch at two' o

> > clock. By now I was

> > turning a bit shaky, but my belief was still firm

> > that he would come

> > in some form or other. My mind was oscillating

> like

> > a simple pendulum

> > between her nagging on one side and my belief on

> the

> > other side. In

> > state of helplessness I too commenced my lunch

>

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