The Glory of Shirdi Sai - issue 11-2008 from Saidarbar

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THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI

Sixth Year of Publication

Published as Bi-Weekly

Issue 11/ 2008

22-05-2008

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One World One Family

Vasudhaika Kutumbam

 

Om! Asatoma Sargamaya, Tamasoma Jyotirgamaya,

Mrityorma Amritamgamaya, Om Shantihi, Shantihi,

Shantihi!

(Aum! Lead from wrong path to the right path, from

ignorance to knowledge, from mortality to immortality!

Peace be to All)

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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. SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA

9. ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES

10. LETTERS FROM SAI DEVOTEES

11. TELUGU SECTION

12. SAI'S BOOK WORLD

13. 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.

 

Shirdi Sai's Philosophy in the words of Saibanisaji

 

HUSBAND & WIFE SHOULD HAVE THE SAME FAITH

 

Sai Satcharitra Chapter VI- AmirShakkar Chandanostav

 

There was another procession in Shirdi i.e.,

Chandanostav (Sandal procession) was originated with

one Mr. Amir Shakkar Dalal. This work was managed by

Mr. Amir Shakkar for the first three years, and then

afterwards by his wife.

 

The relation of husband and wife was not designed

merely for their convenience. It has a deeper

significance than the mere association of two physical

bodies in one house. Husband and wife should take

advantage of the intimacies of their association to

help each other in training their minds in the holy

teaching.

 

An old couple, an ideal couple as they were called,

once came to Saint and said, Lord, we were married

after we had been acquainted in childhood and there

has never been a cloud in our happiness. Please tell

us if we can remarry in next life.

 

The saint gave them this wise answer: if you both

have exactly same faith, if you both received the

teaching in exactly the same way, if you perform

charity in the same way and if you have same wisdom,

then you will have same mind in the next birth..

 

To be continued-------

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2. SAI'S NEWS FROM THE TIME MACHINE:

 

Chaitra 1878: H.H. Akkalkot Swami left the mortal

coils at Akkalkot in Sholapur Distict.

 

Chaitra 1908: Sri Kashiram Shimpi, a blessed devotee

of Baba passed away.

 

Chaitra 1922: Hemadripanth (Sri. Anna Saheb Dhabolkar)

commenced writing Sai Satcharitra Marathi Script.

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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

SHIRDI. 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.

 

NOVEMBER-1995:

 

13-11-1995

 

I prayed Baba to help me in forgetting the bitter past

and also those involved in it. Sai surprised me by

appearing in the form of my child hood friend. In fact

I forgot him as it was nearly forty years past and I

felt it as a good omen.

 

Sai said- To forget the past, one has to live away

from the place, persons and engage in diverting the

mind from the related events. Time only will heal the

wounds of the heart. No point in spoiling the future

because of the past. Friendships from the past are

like bees clinging to the dustbin. One should distance

from such friends, lest they might drag others too.

 

Brooding over the past leads nowhere.

 

14-11-1995

 

Yesterday, Sai appeared in the dream and said-

 

I had two sons and to each of them, I gave a glass of

milk. One of them straight away prepared Tea and had

it. The second one boiled the milk, prepared curd,

churned it and made butter out of it. He went further,

made Ghee out of the butter and enjoyed the essence of

the milk. One had the essence raw where as the second

one understood the essence practically and enjoyed the

taste.

 

Everything in this universe has a utility to be

exploited rightly.

 

18-11-1995

 

Yesterday, I aspired for someone else’s money. I

realized the mistake and prayed Baba to get me rid of

this habit and show me a way out. Baba appeared in the

form of a Gardner and said-

 

To live on one’s own earnings is like plucking the

tamrind fruit after climbing the tree, preserving the

produce and consuming it as and when needed. To aspire

for others wealth is like climbing a simachintakaya

(Botanical Name – PITHEPOLOBIUM – DULCE) tree and

getting hurt due to the thorny tree branches, pluck

the colorful fruit and invite throat problems. Do not

aspire for others wealth and invite problems to the

mind and body also.

 

Wealth begotten by wrongful means will prove

disastrous.

 

To be continued-------

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4. QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY:

(By Late Sri Bharam UmamaheswaraRao)

 

" Shashi " : shashi_31

 

31. Nama Japa

 

Baba says: I will not get satisfied with prasadams you

offer. Your sincerity and devotion are important to

Me.

 

While doing Nama Sankeertana, keep our mind steady and

we must do it with concentration. We must avoid

contact of our mind with sensory objects like sound,

touch, taste and smell. We must deeply immerse in Nama

Sankeertana. Otherwise no useful purpose will be

served. By Nama Sankeertana, we can go from finite to

infinite, from untruth to truth, from death to

deathless state. Then only we can attain the benefit

of Nama Sankeertana.

 

To those who are doing Nama Sankeertana with pure

heart, steady devotion and with doubtless mind, and

without aspiring for momentary benefit and do it

selflessly, God Himself will take care of such

persons.

 

Nama Japa purifies the mind for bringing one’s

vagaries under control and purging it of all its evil

propensities and concentrating on God.

 

If we chant Baba’s name with devotion, it tears of the

Jiva and Supreme Bliss is immediately realized. Those

who chant Baba’s name at all times, get Divine

Samskara. Whoever chants His name at the time of death

will get His Roopam. Those who worship Him throughout

their lives with His image in them will get salvation,

irrespective of the way they die. Baba’s Nama Japa

fulfils all our desires. If we chant His name with

concentration and steady mind without aspiring for any

fruits, our sorrows will be wiped out. Baba will be

satisfied, if we chant His Name even for a while with

pure heart and sincerity. If we want to attain His

state, we have to strive hard to realize spiritual

discipline more vigorously. If we are not contended

with our present austerities, we will never be lead to

perfection. If we resort to Baba’s Nama Japa, we will

be able to tread the right path in the right

direction. We will not be puffed up with a sense

of-“Am I not a devotee of Sai Baba?” That sort of

egoism will not help us.

 

To be continued.

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5. SANATANA DHARMA & SHRI SHIRDI SAIBABA.

 

As long as one has a body, one cannot renounce action

altogether. True renunciation is giving up all desire

for personal reward. Those who are attached to

personal reward will reap the consequences of their

actions: some pleasant, some mixed. But those who

renounce every desire for personal reward go beyond

the reach of karma.

 

-Bhagavad Gita 18:11-12

 

If you detach yourself from identification with the

body and remain relaxed in and as Consciousness, you

will, this very moment, be happy, at peace, free from

bondage.

 

-Ashtavakra Gita

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NEWS

 

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NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 7 2008: (HPI note: This

pilgrimage is for the rugged foot route directly from

India to Kailash.) The annual Kailash Mansarovar Yatra

will commence as scheduled on June one, the External

Affairs Ministry announced in New Delhi today.

Preparations have begun for the 26-day pilgrimage with

the nod from the Chinese government, External Affairs

Ministry spokesman told reporters.

 

As many as 960 pilgrims were selected for the annual

pilgrimage through a computerized draw on 25th April.

They were chosen through a gender-balanced random

selection process, the pilgrimage, which involves

circumambulation of Mount Kailash and Mansarovar in

the Tibet Autonomous Region, is extremely arduous and

involves trekking under arduous conditions at

altitudes up to 19,500 feet.

 

Retirement Homes for Temple Elephants

Source: http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14666174

 

KERALA, INDIA, May 8, 2008: Garlanded with gold and

carrying a Hindu deity on his back, Babu the elephant,

like many others in the country, is the centre point

of religious ceremonies that are conducted across the

Indian state of Kerala. After 45 years of life and

hard work, the large animal is fast approaching

retirement and, like many of the 650 working elephants

in the state, there have always been fears for his

future. Help is at hand, however, for India’s first

retirement home for elderly elephants opens next

month. Located inside a tranquil forest at Kottur,

outside Trivandrum, the hard working elephants can

spend their twilight years in dignity. The home will

consist of 1,000 acres of woodland where each of the

elephants can roam freely, as well as having its own

personal pen.