108 Salutations To Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba (21-30)

August 29, 2007

108 SALUTATIONS TO BHAGAVAN SRI SATHYA SAI BABA21. SALUTATIONS TO CORRECTING GOD : SRI SATHYA SAI BABA"Baba

is not content merely by instilling faith in His devotees through

miracles; He is a hard task master who will be satisfied with nothing

less than cent per cent integrity and a sincere striving for the

spiritual discipline. This explains why, of the very large number of

men and women who are drawn to Him by the stories of His miracles and

who get their first impressions of His Divinity confirmed by many

subsequent miracles, fall away from Him, unable to cope up with the

demands He makes, in character reform. Baba, who has come to illumine

the paths of saints and spiritual seekers, has never minced matters,

when it comes to correcting the faults of those around Him; in fact His

grace is so over powering that it disregards the obstacles of age,

scholarship, or length of association; He blesses everyone with His

correction and evaluation."(Sathya Sai Speaks Part I, pg 68, 69)Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the 'Correcting' God.22. SALUTATIONS TO COSMIC GOD : SRI SATHYA SAI BABA"Baba

is ever conscious that He is the cosmic principle that has transformed

itself into human form. He is the goal, the guide and the guardian whom

every being seeks. He gives expression to this truth in His discourses

and writings."(Sathya Sai Speaks Part IV, pg 99)Truly, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the 'Cosmic' God.23. SALUTATIONS TO DANCING GOD : SRI SATHYA SAI BABA"As

a young boy, Baba appeared on stage on a number of occassions and the

audiences applauded His acting, singing and above all, His dance. For,

there was a rhythm in His feet, a sense of time and tune, they had

seldom seen; a litheness and a loveliness which made them feel 'He

never touched the earth, He belonged to some ethereal region!' "(Sathya Sai Speaks Part I, pg 19)"Baba

once said 'I am the Dance Master; I am Nataraja, the Lord of Dance. You

are all My pupils. I alone know the agony of teaching you, each step of

the Dance.' "(Sathya Sai Speaks Part IV, pg 173)Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the 'Dancing' God.24. SALUTATIONS TO DEMONSTRATING GOD :SRI SATHYA SAI BABA"A

retired police officer quite accidentally came by two photograph

portraits of Baba and had them framed and kept in his shrine. He and

his wife were inspired and came to Prashanti Nilayam the next day; they

were called in and blessed by Baba and when they left, Baba patted him

on the shoulder and said, 'I shall come there,' How? When? .... he

could not ask. Baba demonstrated to him His arrival and presence by

showering vibhuti (Holy Ash) from His portraits. That was fulfillment

enough. And, to demonstrate that He was all the manifestations of God

known and unknown, it (Holy Ash) fell in continuous showers from the

portraits of all manifestations, Rama, Shiva, Krishna and Christ."(Sathya Sai Speaks Part II, pg 182)Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the 'Demonstrating' God.25. SALUTATIONS TO DESIRELESS GOD : SRI SATHYA SAI BABA"Baba

explained the mystery of Avatharhood in a simple way when He said on

His birthday festival, 1971 : 'Everyone of you is an Avatar. You are

the Divine, encased like me in a human flesh and bone! Only, you are

unaware of it! You have come into this prison of incarnation through

the errors of many lives. But I have put on this mortal body of My own

free will. You are bound to the body with the ropes of three Gunas. I

am Free, untouched by them, for the Gunas are buy My playthings. I am

not bound by them, I use them to bind you. You are moved this way and

that way by desire. I have no desire except the one to make you

desireless.' "(Sathya Sai Speaks Part III, pg 309)Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the 'Desireless' God.26. SALUTATIONS TO DESTROYER GOD : SRI SATHYA SAI BABA"Arnold

Schulman belittled the Sai phenomenon, in spite of a tour of India that

included a visit to White Field, Brindavan, and a few minutes with

Baba. That experience was enough for him to conclude - and be happy in

the discovery - that mystics in India were clever exploiters, and their

disciples ordinary 'psychopathic compulsives'. Baba has said, 'Those

who stay or stray away, I shall beckon back.' Schulman was mysteriously

'possessed' by an idea - to write a book on Baba - which he tried his

best to explain away, circumvent, rationalize and deny; still it would

not leave him alone. He told himself that it was insane, impracticable

and impossible, but it refused to loosen its hold on him, persisting on

its emphasis. Three months later, when he was able to secure an

interview, Baba told him, 'I asked you to write the book not because I

wanted your book. The book is a publicity. I don't need publicity. I

wanted you, you, you!' And He sent him back to America, wiser and

happier, the veil of supercilious ignorance regarding mystics and their

disciples removed (or rather destroyed) from his now clear vision."(Sathya Sai Speaks Part IV, pg 90)Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the 'Destroyer' God.27. SALUTATIONS TO DISCIPLINED GOD : SRI SATHYA SAI BABA"Once,

Baba was on His way to Baroda. Twenty miles away, when His car drove

alone, Baba heard Bhajan songs from about four thousand people sitting

in an open space adjoining the road. The devotees of 'Ubel' had taken a

vow that they would be engaged in continuous bhajan for twelve hours,

and they prayed that Baba should come amidst them, of His own

un-solicited grace. And, the vow yielded fruit. Baba was pleased at

their exemplary discipline; He alighted from the car, moved among them

and gave vibhuti to a few. He ascended the dais, sat for about twenty

minutes and sang a few bhajans for them to repeat after Him; and then,

He walked back to the car, unhampered by anyone trying to fall at His

feet, and drove away."(Sathya Sai Speaks Part II, pg 241, 242)Baba insists on discipline and those who follow are duly rewarded by Him."Baba

says, 'Discipline is the most essential equipment for man; the

acquisition of discipline should be the primary goal of all endeavor.

Life is rendered worth while and valid, only when it is lived out in

disciplined ways."(Sathya Sai Speaks Part III, pg 290, 291)Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the 'Disciplined' God.28. SALUTATIONS TO DOUBT CLEARING GOD : SRI SATHYA SAI BABA"Seventy-six

years old Swami Abhedananda of Sri Ramana Ashram, wrote to Sri Kasturi

on 23rd December 1961, 'To be frank, I must admit that I have been

hearing of Sri Sathya Sai Baba and about His miracles for a long time.

But hear say does not convey a good opinion about him!' 'Although I

have been living my life in this fashion for over twenty years now, I

still have doubts and defects. May I request you to help me earn his

grace and thus be liberated from these doubts and defects.' He came to

Prashanti Nilayam and was immediately blessed with an interview.""His

letter to Sri Kasturi dated 5th February 1962, gives an account of the

grace Baba conferred on him : 'I must thank you for being instrumental

in exposing me to Baba's grace, which helped clear all my doubts. I was

really astonished to find my old - age infirmities disappear and my

weakened limbs regain strength merely by His touch. His clear

exposition, with analysis and analogies, not only put an end to my long

harbored doubts, but made me see TRUTH face to face in it's sublime

nature.' "(Sathya Sai Speaks Part IV, pg 158)Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the 'Doubt Clearing' God.29. SALUTATIONS TO DREAM DEVISING GOD : SRI SATHYA SAI BABA"Baba

has declared very often that He wills the dream as a means of

communication with the dreamer, in order to grant him courage,

confidence and clarity of thoughts. He said, 'It is not a mere dream as

is generally known. Do not think that these incidents you experienced

in your dream are stretches of your imagination. I was giving answers

thereby to all your doubts.' ""On the command of Bhagavan Baba

in a dream, a devotee once withdrew a petition he had filed in a civil

court. His claim to some property was so strong that he fought his

rival through all the labyrinths of law, in spite of all the tension

involved and the massive sums of money he had to spend. The suit had

possessed him and he was refusing to reconsider. But, Baba appeared in

his dream and ordered him to give up his mislaid attachment.

'Properties are not PROPER-TIES,' said Baba with a strange emphasis."(Sathya Sai Speaks Part IV, pg 84, 85)Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the 'Dream Devising' God.30. SALUTATIONS TO DUTY MINDED GOD : SRI SATHYA SAI BABA"I have My work to do; My devotees are calling me," Baba had declared when He was fourteen years of age.(Sathya Sai Speaks Part IV, pg 70)"Doing

the duty that has fallen to one's lot is the best way to make life

worth while," Baba says. "Authority and influence have to emerge from

the discharge of one's duties. Then only will they be effective. We

must be convinced that rights are deserved only by the discharge of

obligations. But today, the agitation is only for rights; there is no

enthusiasm to earn rights by fulfilling obligations. Everyone must work

with the consciousness that Duty is God and that Work is Worship. If

devotion to duty is developed and all work is done as sincerely and as

correctly as acts of worship, then each one can be happy, and society

will be free from discontent and misery."(Sathya Sai Speaks Part III, pg 286)"Do your Duty with Discipline and Devotion" is Baba's prescription.Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the 'Duty Minded' God.(From : Sai Veda, The Word of God by Ramadas

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