The Glory of Shirdi Sai - Issue 04 - 2007 from Saidarbar.

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THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI

Fifth Year of Publication

Published as Bi-Weekly

Issue 04/2007

15-02-2007

 

MAHA SIVARATRI SPECIAL ISSUE

 

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GURUR-BRAHMA, GURUR-VISHNUH; GURU-DEVO MAHESWARAHA;

 

GURUR-SAKSHATH PARAM BRAHMA; THASMAI SREE GURAVE NAMAHA:

 

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THIS ISSUE CONTAINS:

 

1. FROM THE SATSANGHS OF SAIBANISA JI

2. SAI'S NEWS FROM TIME MACHINE

3. SAI IN DREAMS

4. QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY

5. SANATANA DHARMA &SHRI SHIRDI SAIBABA

6. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES

7. SAI WITH CHILDREN

8. ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES

9. LETTERS FROM SAI DEVOTEES

10. TELUGU SECTION

11. SAI'S BOOK WORLD

12. EDITORIAL.

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1. FROM THE SATSANGHS OF SAIBANISA JI

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Compiled by:

Sai Sevak Smt. Rajeswari Kasturi, Saidarbar – Hyderabad.

 

DETACHMENT

 

Devotion is better than knowledge and desire less action is better

than devotion

We can reap the wished for harvest of our aim through prayer with

perfect concentration. But the moot point is that normally we cannot

marshal such powers of concentration to produce the required result

because of the limitations of the kind of life we are used to in the

modern world.

 

But there is a way out. We can worship God in an almost equally

efficacious way which is by trying to adopt His qualities in our own

character and conduct. Imitation is indirect worship. The Absolute is

omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, infinite in dimensions and

eternal in longevity. These are all breath taking attributes for us to

cultivate and remain fantasies of a wish land to remodel our character

on their basis.

 

There is, however, a quality of the Absolute, which can and also

should, be practiced by ordinary mortals like us, if we aim at

salvation. Though the Paramatma (almighty).is the sole motive force

behind all the activity of the universe, He always remains in the

background as a most disinterested spectator of the whole drama. His

mere presence animates the universe into activity but He does not at

all take any active part in it.

 

That is not an inimitable trait in Him and we can acquire it as a part

of our nature and adopt it in our daily movements in the world. For

that we should look at everything we come across in our lives

dispassionately and do any work for its own sake, as a matter of duty

but not wishing for the fruit of that effort. Just as a number of the

audience is not personally affected by the fortunes or misfortunes of

the characters on the stage, so too a spectator like attitude towards

any work we execute, does not involve us in the clutches of Karma.

 

If we do so we reach God through another path, an alternative to

prayer with full concentration. All our sacred scriptures too assert

in unequivocal terms that detachment creates no Karma and that,

therefore, there will be no rebirth.

 

Om Shantih Shantih Shantihi

Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu

To be continued…

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2. SAI'S NEWS FROM THE TIME MACHINE:

 

February 22, 1914: A Sadhak of Yoga (Swami Ram Baba) visited Shirdi

and seeing Baba eating Roti with onion got suspicious and

disappointed. However Baba proved His power of Omniscience by reading

his mind and the Sadhak returned highly satisfied and blessed

 

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3. SAI IN DREAMS:

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These are the dream sequences and messages as received by SaiBaNiSaji

>From our beloved GURU LORD SAINATH OF SHIRIDI. In Anticipation that

this feature will help in one's spiritual growth are hereby compiled

from his personal Diary and presented to SAIBANDHUS.

 

Translated and presented by RAGHU RAMAN SATULURY.

 

26-12-1994

 

Yesterday's prayer was to request Sai to extend a helping hand always

towards me. Sai appeared in the form of a fruit vendor and said-

 

"You do good bargain and give me the correct price. Why should I

deceive you."? With this Sai conveyed that once we give HIM the coins

of Shraddha and Saburi, the fruits received would be certainly

matching the devotion.

 

Place the trust and do the best, for rest to follow.

 

28-12-1994

 

I prayed Lord Sai to grant me with the mindset to read Sai Satcharita

as a matter of routine. The visual invoked a big surprise for me-

 

I was standing in front of the sea watching the horizon and desired to

run towards the sea till my last breath. Then an unknown person came

and said that this piece of camphor will give you the desired power to

run till the end. Keep it on your head and start running. But

remember, the day the camphor totally sublimes into air; the run will

come to an end. What a wonderful way to grant permission.

 

Good decisions are always encouraged.

 

To be continued…..