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THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI

 

Sixth Year of Publication

 

Published as Bi-Weekly

 

Issue 15/ 2008

 

17-07-2008

 

 

 

GURUPURNIMA (18-07-2008) SPECIAL ISSUE

 

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

 

GURUR-SAKSHATH PARAM BRAHMA; THASMAI SREE GURAVE NAMAHA:

 

 

 

Sairam. You can watch Live Web casting from Shirdi Sai Samadhi Mandir

from following Link:

 

 

 

http://www.shrisaibabasansthan.org/onlinedarshan.asp

 

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THIS ISSUE CONTAINS:

 

1. GURU

PURNIMA

 

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. GURU PURNIMA

 

 

 

Sairam,

 

 

 

Gurupurnima Greetings to all

 

 

 

THE FULL moon day in the

month of Ashad (July-August) is an extremely auspicious and holy day of Guru

Purnima. On this day, sacred to the memory of the great sage, Bhagavan Sri

Vyasa.

 

 

 

Sri Vyasa has done

unforgettable service to humanity for all times by editing the four Vedas,

writing the eighteen Puranas, the Mahabharata and the Srimad Bhagavata. We can

only repay the deep debt of gratitude we owe him, by constant study of his

works and practice of his teachings imparted for the regeneration of humanity.

 

 

 

In honor of this divine

personage, all spiritual aspirants and devotees perform Vyasa Puja on this day,

and disciples worship their spiritual preceptor.

 

 

 

The Srutis say: “To that

high-souled aspirant, whose devotion to the Lord is great and whose devotion to

his Guru is as great as that to the Lord, the secrets explained herein become

illuminated”. Guru is Brahman, the Absolute, or God Himself. He guides and

inspires you from the innermost core of your being. He is everywhere.

 

 

 

Have a new angle of vision.

Behold the entire universe as the form of the Guru. See the guiding hand, the

awakening voice, the illuminating touch of the Guru in every object in this

creation. The whole world will now stand transformed before your changed

vision. The world as Guru will reveal all the precious secrets of life to you,

and bestow wisdom upon you. The supreme Guru, as manifested in visible nature,

will teach you the most valuable lessons of life.

 

 

 

 

 

Become a personification of

receptivity. Empty yourself of your petty ego. All the treasures locked up in

the bosom of Nature will become yours. You will progress and attain perfection

in an amazingly short

 

time.

 

 

 

The moon shines by reflecting

the dazzling light of the sun. It is the full moon on the Purnima day that

reflects in full splendor the glorious light of the sun. It glorifies the sun.

 

 

 

“The Guru’s form should be

meditated upon; the feet of the Guru should be worshipped; his words are to be

treated as a sacred Mantra; his Grace ensures final liberation”.

 

 

 

Take fresh resolves on this

holy day, to tread the spiritual path in accordance with the precepts of your

Guru.

 

 

 

At night, assemble again with

other devotees, and sing the Names of the Lord and the glories of your Guru.

 

 

 

The best form of worship of

the Guru is to follow his teachings, to shine as the very embodiment of his

teachings, and to propagate his glory and his message.

 

 

 

Compiled by:

 

Sai Sevak Smt. Rajeswari Kasturi, Saidarbar - Hyderabad.

 

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2. SAI'S NEWS FROM THE TIME MACHINE:

 

 

 

July 1941: All India Sai Samaj formed

by H.H Narsima Swamiji at Madras.

 

 

 

July 1953: Waman Rao Patil renounced the World and adopted Sanyas Ashram

with a new name Shri Sai Sharana nanda.

 

 

 

July 1976: Shri. Mota Maharaj, a great Saint of Gujarat left his mortal

coils at the age of 78 years.

 

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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.

 

 

 

JANUARY-1996

 

 

 

11-01-1996

 

 

 

Yesterday, I prayed Baba to

tell me the reason why one should light lamps with Ghee made out of Cow milk

and break coconuts in worshiping the God.

 

 

 

Sai appeared in the form a

Brahmin and said-

 

 

 

On the spiritual plane, Cow

milk is considered sacred. After undergoing a series of intermediate physical

change of states, -milk, curds, butter, and the final stage of Ghee is

obtained. The final stage comes after a series of hot and cold working.

 

 

 

So also the ultimate divine

grace comes after going through and observing certain set norms like Sadhana.

 

 

 

In the spiritual field, Cow

milk is like the starting point is equivalent to our Samardha Sadhguru Sainath.

One should slowly heat up with sadhana i.e. try and try till success is

achieved (for the divine grace). Later transform into Curds. Then churn it with

the tool called Jnana. Making butter out of it is drawing attention of the

Lord. On heating the butter, outcomes the Ghee that is other form of the God.

Lighting the lamps with such Ghee as the fuel is to remove the darkness of

ignorance from the mind. One can undoubtedly find Parabramah in such a state.

Obviously the beginning is with Samardha Sadhguru-Sainath.

 

 

 

In the materialistic world,

life can be compared to a coconut tree. Every by-product from the tree is

useful to mankind in some form or other and so should be our life. Surrender

your heart and soul to the Lotus feet of the lord. Let it not be limited to

performing only the rituals. Try knowing God- the creator and the purpose. When

thieves ransack the house, complaint is lodged with the police, but when your

heart is attacked, blindfolded by love and affections, ponder where to go?

 

 

 

The divine grace comes only

after going through stages and there is no shortcut.

 

 

 

13-01-1996

 

 

 

Yesterday, Sai appeared in

the form of a tribal and presented the following messages:

 

 

 

“Of all the lives, to be born

as a human being is topmost. To attain salvation, a background detail of your

birth is not important. Traverse in the path shown by me and you will certainly

reach the goal. But all that should happen within the tenets of Swadharma (own

dharma), which is like sweet water from a well and all others are like chasing

a mirage and tiring one’s self.

 

 

 

Nothing in this world is

greater than Swadharma.

 

 

 

18-01-1996.

 

 

 

Yesterday, a lady appeared in

the dream and was singing a popular Telugu song which in essence meant:

 

 

 

“I shall behold you lord in

my eyes, behold you in my heart like a God confined to the temple and finally

want to merge in you. I do not know since how long this association is

continuing to exist, but seems will last forever”.

 

 

 

Later I happily slept and Sai

appeared as a flower merchant. And advised –Let the flowers of Vishnu

Sahasranamas

(Flowers made out of camphor) adorn your life and present it to the Lord as a

garland and engage in spreading the fragrance to the fellow devotees. Towards

the end, even if camphor sublimes, the thread is retained with the Lord.

 

 

 

Vishnu Sahasranamas (thousand

names) should be uttered daily for drawing the divine strength.

 

 

 

To be continued-------

 

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4. QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY:

 

(By Late Sri Bharam UmamaheswaraRao)

 

 

 

‘Shashi’: shashi_31

 

 

 

32. Significance of Meditation

 

 

 

a) What are the benefits we get by doing Meditation?

 

 

 

Meditation is not only for spiritual life, but it also purifies the

mind. As the mind becomes steady, the breath is retained for short periods in

‘Kumbaka’, which strengthens the nerves, improves blood circulation and

digestion and increases one’s alertness. Those who meditate everyday find that

all the ailments are overcome. Thru meditation the mind spontaneously becomes

quite and stable and the movement of the breath becomes more relaxed. When we

find peace within, a new excitement breaks forth in our life.

 

 

 

By doing mediation we will find peace in ourselves. Search for the

objects of the five senses ceases in meditation. When Shakti opens her hidden

store house, we will get higher meditation. When that happens our true beauty

will be revealed. Then we will come to know the Divine Lights. Our worldly

desires will be fulfilled. Our treasured beauty will be attained. We will see

the world as full of brilliance. We will get deep sleep. The sound will make us

taste a Divine Elixir. Then we will have no more suffering, no more feelings of

‘I’ and ‘Mine’. Where there is beauty, sound and taste, there is always the

Fragrance. When Divine scent inside us reveals itself, the entire world becomes

perfumed and the same fragrance spreads throughout our house.

 

Heaviness and numbness leave our body and every limb is super charged

with vitality. We feel Divine Love pulsating inside for our children and

relations. When our inner “Kundalini Shakti” unfolds, her love will flow all

thru our body, thru all 72,000 naadis. Her rapture will spread thru every

particle of our blood and as a result we will experience bliss in every pore.

 

 

 

As the result, the light that was lost will return to our eyes, our lips

will become red, our dried up face will become aglow with love, and we will

experience happiness in everything. Wives will become Goddesses to their husband

and husbands become Gods to their wives. Houses will become temples. We will

ourselves become God.

 

 

 

To be continued…...

 

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5. SANATANA DHARMA & SHRI SHIRDI SAIBABA.

 

 

 

May the light of wisdom

illumine us. May we become united with

the Lord. Let us contemplate five categories: The world and luminous worlds in

the sky, Education, progeny, and speech.

 

Taittiriya Upanishad

 

 

 

Meditation is superior to

severe asceticism and the path of knowledge. It is also superior to selfless

service.

 

Bhagavad Gita 6:46

 

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NEWS

 

India’s Temples Go Green

 

 

 

Source: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1820844,00.html

 

 

 

TIRUPATI, INDIA, July 7, 2008: The Tirumala temple, in the south Indian city of

Tirupati, is one of Hinduism’s holiest shrines. Over 5,000

pilgrims a day visit this city of seven hills, filling Tirumala’s coffers with

donations and making it India’s richest temple. But since 2002, Tirumala has

also

been generating revenue from a less likely source: carbon credits. For decades,

the temple’s community kitchen has fed nearly 15,000 people, cooking 30,000

meals a day. Five years ago, Tirumala adopted solar cooking technology,

allowing it to dramatically cut down on the amount of diesel fuel it uses. The

temple now sells the emission reduction credits it earns to a Swiss

green-technology investor, Good Energies Inc.

 

 

 

Like Tirumala, dozens of holy

places across India are moving quietly towards green energy. Muni Seva Ashram,

in Gujarat, which combines spiritual practice with social activism, is working

to

make its premises entirely green by using solar, wind and biogas energy. A

residential school for 400 students is already running exclusively on green

energy. Starting this year, the ashram will also sell three million carbon

credits. A similar movement is afoot at the revered Sai Baba Temple in Shirdi,

Maharashtra. “Our

aim is to avoid pollution in every way,” says Raghunath Aher, the temple’s

chief engineer. “A holy place should be pure and completely in harmony with

nature.”

 

It’s not surprising that

religious groups are in the vanguard of India’s green movement: India is the

birthplace of Hinduism and three other of the

world’s largest religions — Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, all of which revere

nature and preach conservation. Indeed, with 99% of Indians professing to one

faith or another, the country’s green movement might not have a prayer without

them.

 

 

 

Two Ancient Temples

Discovered in Maharashtra

 

 

 

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1148722

 

 

 

 

 

THANE, INDIA, February 3, 2008: Two ancient temples, one of them a Shiva temple

and

the other not yet identified, have been found by the villagers at Gunj,

Maharashtra.

 

 

 

It was during the visit to

nearby Parshuram temple on the hillock the villagers stumbled on these two

abandoned and ruined temples. The villagers claimed that the temple originally

belonged to Renuka Mata, mother of Lord Parshuram. It is said to have been

raided by Chimaji Appa in 1732. The stones, with beautiful carvings, are

scattered making it difficult for villagers to understand its origins.

 

 

 

The villagers demanded the

construction of a road in order to make the temples accessible and also asked

for their renovation.

 

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