108 Salutations To Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba (71-80)

September 3, 2007

108 SALUTATIONS TO BHAGAVAN SRI SATHYA SAI

BABA71. SALUTATIONS TO LIBERATING GOD :

SRI SATHYA SAI

BABA"Baba

says, "You are imprisoned in your ego. Though you should try to

liberate yourselves from this bondage quickly and safely, most of you

do not seek from Me the key to this liberation. You ask Me for trash

and tinsel, petty little cures and gains. Very few desire to get from

Me the thing I have come to give - Liberation itself."(Sathya Sai Speaks Part IV, pg 80)Baba told Charles Penn, "To all I give My light and love, and help each forward towards liberation."(Sathya Sai Speaks Part III, pg 21)Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the 'Liberating' God.72. SALUTATIONS TO LIFE SAVING GOD :SRI SATHYA SAI BABABaba

once saved a great yogi from a watery grave. "'The yogi was seated on a

rock by the side of the river, lost in 'dhyana' (meditation). The

current, meanwhile, was fast eating into the mud underneath the rock

and, the rock tilted over, throwing him into the flood.' 'It was all

like a dream for him at first,' said Baba. Later, when he found that he

was being carried away by the river water, he began to pray to the

Lord. Baba heard his call; He slowly led the floating 'corpse' to the

bank, a few miles above 'Sivananda Nagar' where there was a homestead

available to give hime warmth and comfort!""He was saved after

a thirty mile float! He was no devotee of Baba, nor had he ever seen Him. All the same his life was saved."(Sathya Sai Speaks Part I, pg 113, 114)Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the 'Life Saving' God.73. SALUTATIONS TO LOTUS FEET GOD : SRI SATHYA

SAI BABAHere

is an account of how the ocean had washed and worshiped the Lotus Feet

of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. "In the evening when the sky had

turned into a carnival of pink and purple, and the clouds had decorated

themselves with golden fringes, Baba proceeded to the sea shore and

with His devotees around Him, played with the waves of the seas that

mingle there at 'Kanya Kumari'! Each succeeding wave seemed to be more

eager than previous ones to touch His Lotus Feet, and to offer Him it's

own special homage. Suddenly, as if aware of the yearning of the seas,

Baba stood facing the waters and said to those beside Him, 'See! The

ocean is welcoming Me, with a garland.'""At the very moment,

one could discern a stately wave a few yards away, advancing

majestically towards the shore and soon, it swept Baba's feet and

receded. Imagine the wonder and amazement of everyone when they have

found, round Baba's Lotus Feet a bewitching pearl garland, swaying and

swinging with every surge of the waters around them! One hundred and

eight translucent pearls, each a priceless gem, strung on a thread of

gold! Oh! How charming Baba looked!"(Sathya Sai Speaks Part I, pg 191, 192)Truly, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the 'Lotus Feet' God.74. SALUTATIONS TO LOVING GOD : SRI SATHYA SAI BABA"In the Yoga Journal from

Holland, Sharon Warren writes, "The following morning, when I went to

attend Bhajans, I happened to have an aisle seat. Baba strolled to the

women's side that day, and as He passed, He stopped beside me. He then

gestured with His hand with that special majesty which always mean a

Divine materialization, and then there was the sacred ash pouring from

His finger tips and into my palms. He said, 'Vibhuthi... eat.' It was

like a dream. My heart was so full of love and devotion and gratitude

that it just overflowed. I felt I could not hold anymore. I was aware

that He knew my need, and that was so comforting. I have been blessed

to experience love throughout my life from many different

relationships, but nothing could compare with the purity of the love I

experienced with this transpired. It transcended any human relationship

I had ever known.'"(Sathya Sai Speaks Part IV, pg 77)Baba

said, "My acts are evidences of Divine Sakthi (power), signs and

signals of Divinity. I am granting thing out of Prema (love); My Prema

(love) will never diminish; I have no desire of any kind. I talk of

love, I guide along the path of love, I am Love."(Sathya Sai Speaks Part III, pg 140)Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the 'Loving' God.75. SALUTATIONS TO MANIFESTED GOD : SRI SATHYA SAI BABABaba

called together the devotees who were to accompany Him to 'Badri' and

reminded them of the rare privilege that they had won, "You have the

good luck of proceeding with the 'Manifested Form' to the un-manifested

form, whereas usually, people pray to the un-manifested form, immanent

in the idol, to manifest itself before their eye, so that they might

win the fruit of their 'Sadhana'. He declared."(Sathya Sai Speaks Part I, pg 221)Baba manifests wherever His name is remembered or sung with devotion.Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the 'Manifested' God.76. SALUTATIONS TO MANY-FACETED GOD : SRI SATHYA SAI BABA"Another

fact that sets us wondering regarding Baba, is the many-facetedness of

His personality. One sees in Him a paragon upon which each one models

himself. The manager of a mighty manufacturing concern sees in Him an

ideal organizer and manager. A doctor sees in Him the perfect master of

diagnostic and medical skill. An engineer or architect finds in Him the

master who humbles their pride with a blue pencil and fills their heads

with ideas and designs, anyone of which can make a fortune for them

through its beauty and practicability. A musician finds in Baba the

primal source of melody and harmony."As the 'Gita' says, "The

Divine is the best, the mightiest, the most charming, the wisest, the

highest and the most intricate being; an incarnation of the Divine

bears this stamp on its personality."(Sathya Sai Speaks Part III, pg 314, 315)Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the 'Many-Faceted' God.77. SALUTATIONS TO MARVELOUS GOD : SRI SATHYA SAI BABA"One

evening, Baba casually went up to a half opened window of His room, and

seeing an electric table lamp that was on the sill, He got an idea

whose exact nature no one present knew. They only say Him wave His

hand, and when they rushed near to see what was emanating, He showed

them His palm, where rested a color film portrait of Himself!

Evidently, He willed for something transparent to paste on that lamp

shade. He held it up to the light and some around Him remarked that the

background of the picture could have been a little more prominent; some

said that the hair was a little awry; one collected enough courage to

remark that the face was not freshly shaven! But, He silenced all such

comments by declaring, "My dear fellows, you just see, it is My photo,

just as I am now, with this dress, this background, this half opened

window, this door, this door curtain, this switch." And as we watched,

the wonder grew! Yes! It was as if in the millionth of a second,

someone had come with a camera, focused and snapped, and taken a color

film photograph, and developed it and washed it and dried it and

delivered into the hands of Baba! That hand is indeed Marvelous,

Divine!"(Sathya Sai Speaks Part I, pg 135)Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the 'Marvelous' God.78. SALUTATIONS TO MIRACLE GOD : SRI SATHYA SAI BABA"Once

the Devotees at Madras made elaborate preparations for Sri Krishna's

birthday. Baba came and sat on a special seat near the shrine,

temporarily erected at one end of the hall, during the worship; then,

just before 'Arathi' (waving flame), He got up, and everyone rose with

Him. He lifted both His hands well above His head and the expectant

throng of Devotees was watching His hands, for they had not seen Him in

that pose, during any festival before. It appeared rather strange; out

before they could even wonder, He held in His hands, a huge glass bowl

shimmering in the electric light, beautifully designed, with a bird

spreading its wings executed at both ends. The bowl seemed rather

heavy, and Baba placed it on the platform where the shrine was.

'Special Prasadam from Brindavan,' He announced! There were in that

bowl forty-three different varieties sweets!"(Sathya Sai Speaks Part I, pg 128)Wow! What a miracle!Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the 'Miracle' God.79. SALUTATIONS TO MOTHER CHOOSING GOD : SRI SATHYA SAI BABADuring

an interview given to a newspaper editor, Baba said, "I resolved upon

My birth. I 'decided' who should be My mother. Mere humans can choose

only who is to be wife or husband; the mother was chosen by the Sai in

the Rama incarnation and in the Krishna incarnation. Then too, the task

for which the birth was decided upon was - conferring Love on all, and

through that Love, foster Righteous Living."(Sathya Sai Speaks Part III, pg 140) From this it is evident that only God can choose His mother.Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the 'Mother Choosing' God.80. SALUTATIONS TO MOTHER OF MOTHERS' GOD : SRI SATHYA SAI BABA"Swami

Karunyananda is the founder president of a service organization that

has set up a home for the destitute and the disabled. One morning, an

unknown sympathizer brought a young woman with a two year old daughter

to 'Ashram' and swami got her admitted into hospital and took the child

to the hostel entrusting it's care to the women inmates. Her condition

improved rapidly for she was due to give birth to a child within a

week. There was a portrait of Baba hung on the wall of the hospital in

which He appears more like a mother. One evening, those in charge of

the clinic went to see a movie, and when they returned, they found that

the woman had already given birth to a son. The baby was washed and

wrapped in white towels and kept in a cradle. The mother had received

due attention. They were filled with surprise and on asking her who had

taken care of her, she replied, pointing to Baba's picture, 'She had

taken care of me at the critical moment. She has gone to attend to

another patient and will be back soon.' That is the measure of

Bhagavan's motherly Love."(Sathya Sai Speaks Part III, pg 215, 216)Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the 'Mother of Mothers' God.(From : Sai Veda, The Word of God by Ramadas Gollapudi) Visit : Sai Messages : http://saimessages.blogspot.com/ Sai Divine Inspirations : http://saidivineinspirations.blogspot.com/

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