The Glory of Shirdi Sai - Issue 25-2007 from Saidarbar.

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THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI

Fifth Year of Publication

Published as Bi-Weekly

Issue 25/2007

06-12-2007

 

 

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

 

GURUR-SAKSHATH PARAM BRAHMA; THASMAI SREE GURAVE

NAMAHA:

 

 

Sairam. You can watch Live Web casting from Shirdi Sai

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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. LETTERS FROM SAI DEVOTEES

10. TELUGU SECTION

11. SAI'S BOOK WORLD

12. EDITORIAL.

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From RaghuRaman Satulury - Editor

 

Dear Sai devotee,

 

On 25th of December2007, " SAIDARBAR " - Hyderabad

enters tenth year from its inception and " The Glory of

Shirdi Sai " -The e-magazine published from Saidarbar,

enters the Sixth year of it's publication on 1st

January 2008. The overwhelming support and

encouragement received from Sai devotees is the main

driving force for our team members to keep us going.

During the past ten years, membership has touched

thousands thereby rejuvenating our vigor and

commitment to serve better.

 

The continuous overseeing of all the Saidarbar

activities with utmost care and full dedication by

Saibanisa Gopala Rao Ravda ji has immensely helped in

sustaining the image.

 

I shall fail in my duty if I do not record the

excellent services rendered by Sai Sevak

Srinivasa Rao Kasturi in organizing our daily

activities and compilation of all the materials meant

for publication.

 

The support rendered by our sixteen chapters of

Saidarbar overseas is very valuable and are gratefully

acknowledged.

 

We look forward for continued support in the coming

years too.

 

Please give your support and valuable suggestions for

the improvement of the E-magazine on E-mail ID

saidarbar So that we can fulfill our

mission to serve Shirdi Sai devotees and spread HIS

Philosophy across the Globe.

 

Pray Lord Shirdi Sainath to shower HIS blessings on

all.

 

Sai Sevak Raghu Raman Satulury

 

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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

 

A man who chases after fame and wealth and love

affairs is like a child who licks honey from the blade

of a knife. While, he tastes the sweetness of honey,

he has to risk hurting his tongue. He is like a man

who is carrying a torch of flame against a strong

wind; the flame will certainly burn his hands and

face.

 

It would be foolish for a man to put out his eyes for

fear of being tempted by beautiful forms. The mind is

master and so longer is under control, the weaker

desires will be overpowered.

 

Health, happiness to family and peace to everyone

around, comes only when one exercises discipline and

mind control. A man with perfect mind control can find

way to enlightenment. All the wisdom and virtues will

naturally come to him.

 

 

Om Shantih Shantih Shantihi

Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu

 

To be continued…

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2. SAI'S NEWS FROM THE TIME MACHINE:

 

10th December, 1909: Devotees began to offer regular

worship to Baba in the Chavidi, where Baba slept on

alternate days.

 

25th December, 1909: Baba gave darshan in the form of

SriRama to a doctor who was an ardent devotee of Sri

Rama who came with a Mamlatdar to Shiridi.

 

10th December, 1910: Hon'ble Dadasaheb Khaparde of

Amraoti first visited Shirdi.

 

10th December, 1910: Foundation stone of Dixit Wada

was laid with Baba's permission.

 

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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.

 

MAY-1995:

 

27-05-1995

 

I prayed Lord Sainath to educate me on the care to be

taken in leading normal life. Sai presented with a

visual-

 

I was cycling through a road full of potholes. I got

down, walked for a while holding the bicycle and again

started once the path was seen plain. Then I came

across a river. I got into a boat and had a short nap

during the boat ride, situation appeared satisfactory

till then. Suddenly I found water entering into the

boat. I took out my dinner plate and with its help

started pouring the water back into the river, thus

continued journey as guided by the wind direction.

 

Exit roads are there for every difficult situation.

 

28-05-1995

 

I prayed Baba to show me a way to live peacefully in

the company of my family. I was shown with the

visuals-

 

- I was sitting in the midst of my relatives,

encircled by a revolving ring

 

of light. They were all whispering that my Guru

presented it.

 

- My kith and kin are living quite far off and

visiting me once in a while,

 

Traveling by air and talking to me on telephone

occasionally.

 

- I was building a house with sweet honey as one of

the ingredients rather

 

Than using only sand and cement for bonding.

 

- I planted good banana trees as barrier wall between

we brothers so that

 

both the families can enjoy the fruit equally.

 

Think good and do good for better results.

 

29-05-1995

 

I prayed Baba to rid me of the mental torture I am

subjected to from my near and dear ones. Sai presented

me with a visual as an unknown person and said-

 

Avarice and jealousy amongst friends and relatives is

as common as a wild growth of vegetation in a clean

pond of water. However man being a social animal,

cannot live alone by himself just as water needed for

survival. Some of the associated troubles have to be

faced for living in the society.

 

Jealousy is a common whether expressed or unexpressed

 

 

To be continued…..

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4. QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY:

(By Late Sri Bharam UmamaheswaraRao)

" Shashi " : shashi_31

 

30. Efficacy of Prayer and Worship

 

We must lead a moderate, simple, dignified, clean and

noble life having faith in God and perform Nitya

Pooja. God’s force is ever peaceful, calm, serene,

blissful, truthful and splendid. If we worship God

daily, we will get peace and delight from Him. The

whole world is a vast kingdom ruled by God’s grace. So

all our actions must be done as an offering to God.

Then our every action shall be inspired and fulfilled

by God’s will. Regular worship to God transforms,

purifies, elevates and glorifies our life and also it

widens our Soul, elevates our mind, purifies our life,

identifies our heart with the hearts of others and

immortalizes us.

 

When we sit in pooja, we must be very careful and see

that our mind is not to be polluted. As long as there

are bad thoughts in us, our mind will not be purified

and we don’t get concentration. If we get sensual

desires destroyed, then only we can get benefit by

performing Pooja. We can also visualize the

Atma-Jyothi, that is already present in us.

 

Devotion leads to perfection as well as occult and

Divine potencies, as well as immortality and fullness

and happiness. Imperfection leads to desire. Bhakti

leads to perfection and stimulates desirelessness.

When one is having Bhakti, one will not have any sense

of want or desire or grief or hatred. He will have no

selfish attachments and worldly desires. We will have

exuberant joy and peace and Self-Realization. Spirit

of renunciation and Self control is the essence of

Bhakti. He should do his duties in a sprit of

detachment and without a thirst for the fruit of his

actions. Devotion is the opposite of desire.

 

To be continued…..

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5. SANATANA DHARMA & SHRI SHIRDI SAIBABA.

 

Life after life I cast those who are malicious,

hateful, cruel, and degraded into the wombs of those

with similar demonic natures. Birth after birth they

find themselves with demonic tendencies. Degraded in

this way, Arjuna, they fail to reach me and fall lower

still.

 

There are three gates to this self-destructive hell:

lust, anger, and greed. Renounce these three. Those

who escape from these three gates of darkness, Arjuna,

seek what is best and attain life's supreme goal.

Others disregard the teachings of the scriptures.

Driven by selfish desire, they miss the goal of life,

miss even happiness and success.

 

-Bhagavad Gita 16:19-23

 

 

Free from desire, He neither praises the peaceful

Nor blames the wicked.

 

The same in joy and sorrow, He is always happy.

 

He sees there is nothing to do.

 

-Ashtavakra Gita 18:82

 

 

NEWS

Diwali Celebrated in Northern Ireland

www.hinducounciluk.org

IRELAND, November 16, 2007: ArtsEkta Ltd, Northern

Ireland's only Ethnic Arts organization, recently

celebrated Diwali in the City of Lisburn. The event

was hugely successful and was attended by members of

the local community as well as Indian, Chinese and the

Zimbabwean community (for photos click URL above). A

showcase of traditional, classical dance and music was

on display as well as European and African

performances. The event was attended by the Minister

for Culture Arts and Leisure Mr. Edwin Poots MLA as

well as the Mayor of Lisburn, Councillor James

Tinsley. Arts Ekta have also held Diwali celebrations

in three different locations across the country

involving and engaging with a cross section of all

communities. The largest of these celebrations will

take place at the University of Ulster on 18th

November and will end with a huge outdoor fireworks

display. Arts, Ekta’s work has been well received and

recognized by members of the Northern Ireland

Assembly.

 

Texas Students Celebrate Diwali

studentorgs.utexas.edu

 

AUSTIN, TEXAS, November 14, 2007: The students in the

University of Texas chapter of the Hindu Students

Council celebrated Diwali this year with a bang. On

November 9, students gathered at the base of the

University of Texas tower to participate in a Lakshmi

Pooja, sing bhajans and watch a fireworks show. Diwali

is put on by the Hindu Students Council every year and

is always a success, but organizers were impressed

with the large turnout this year. Over 500 students of

all faiths turned out to express support of the

university Hindu community. The event started at 5:30

PM with a Rangoli contest and a Diya Decorating

contest. At 6:30 PM, Acharyaji Soneraro from the Arya

Samaj of Greater Houston began the Lakshmi Havan puja.

The Acharya, at the request of the Hindu Students

Council, explained the complex puja in English to the

polyglot participants and included them in the havan

rituals. Following the puja, participants listened to

bhajans and then performed aarti to the images of the

Ashta Lakshmi. All participants were given a chance to

perform the Aarti and to partake in the Prasad. At

9:00 PM, a spectacular fireworks show commenced over

the tower.

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6. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES:

 

rgcjp

Nov 11, 2007 9:39 AM

 

Experiences of Devotees reading Satcharitra, Baba’s

stories

 

I started Sai Satcharitra on Thursday. And today is

the 7th day. This morning as I was reading Satcharitra

at work for sometime, a thought crossed my mind that I

should have Baba’s picture in my office cube. Since I

had 2 photo frames at home, I thought I would get the

smaller one and put it on my desk. But, the smaller

frame also seemed too big for me as I didn't want to

display my religious inclinations at work. I wanted

something smaller and compact, which I did not have

with me. After lunch when I came back to work, I

thought I would read the book for a while. And when I

opened the book. a small pocket size picture of Sai

Baba fell out of the book onto my desk. I am not sure

who put it there or where it came from, but it

presented itself at the right moment.

 

I dint see the picture in the book even though I was

reading it for the past

6 days. I was surprised and excited at the same time

as to how this happened. As I was thinking about it

this morning itself. For me it is nothing less than a

miracle. Even now, if I think about that incident I

really feel elated and pleased that Baba is with me

all the time to protect me and save me from trouble!

Samartha Sadguru. Shri Sainath Maharaj ki jai!

Kiran

 

(SHARING WITH LOVE)

RAM.CHUGANI

Kobe , Japan

rgcjp

 

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7. SAI WITH CHILDREN:

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Smt. Madhu Gopal Ravada, Saidarbar, Hyderabad.

Hello Children! I am Madhu aunty. Do you know Baba use

to play with children and used to tell stories to

them? I felt children visiting Saidarbar should be

entertained with good stories. Now I want to tell the

stories what heard in my child hood.

 

The story of the Monkey and the crocodile

 

Once upon a time there lived a monkey named Red-face

on a tree by the side of the sea. The tree was an

apple tree and the fruits it bore were sweet as

nectar. Once a crocodile named Ugly-Mug swam ashore

and Red-face threw apples at him and asked him to

taste them. Ugly-Mug started coming everyday ashore

and eat the fruits thrown by Red-face and soon they

became good friends. Ugly-Mug used to take some fruits

to his home to his wife.

..

His wife was a greedy lady and asked him as to where

he got the nectar filled apples. Ugly-Mug told about

his friend the monkey. The lady was greedy and pleaded

with her husband that she would like to eat the

monkey's heart, as a person who gave such tasty fruits

must have a heart filled with nectar. Ugly-Mug was

angered and did not agree to deceive his friend. But

she then insisted on not eating anything till he

brought her his friend's heart. Out of desperation,

Ugly-mug started making plans for killing his friend.

..

He came back to Red-face and entreated him with an

invitation to his house for supper stating that his

wife would be thrilled to have him home and also that

she was very anxious to meet such a nice friend. Poor

Red-face believed the story but was asking his friend

as to how he could cross the sea to reach the house of

the crocodile on the other side. Ugly-mug then offered

to carry him on his back and the monkey agreed.

..

In the middle of the sea, Ugly-mug took the crocodile

deep into the ocean to kill the monkey. The monkey was

frightened and asked the crocodile why he was doing

this. Ugly-mug told him that his wife wanted to eat

the monkey's heart filled with nectar. Red-face

immediately asked it to take him back to the tree as

he told him that he had left his other heart which was

full of nectar back at the tree. The foolish crocodile

then swam back to the tree and the terrified monkey

jumped up the tree never to return. Upon being asked

as to why she was not returning, the monkey answered

to the crocodile that he had only one heart and he had

been fooled and scolded his friend for misusing his

friendship.

..

The crocodile was ashamed at what happened and asked

the monkey if he could make any amends. And he was

also scared that his wife would not let him back in

because he had returned without the monkey's heart.

Just then he heard that a huge he-crocodile had

occupied the house of his. The monkey advised him to

fight the he-crocodile and drive him out of his home

and gain his wife's confidence. His advice the

crocodile followed and he was back happy with his

wife.

 

MORAL: Wit is superior to brute force.

 

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8. SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SAI SATCHARITRA

.. " Swamy " swamymain

Sat, November 3, 2007 12:20 pm

 

Sai Ram. Let us continue with the Spiritual Gems from

the chapter 25 of Shri Sai Satcharitra. Sai Ram.

 

SSS: Prayer

 

Hemadpant closes this Chapter with a prayer. " Oh Sai

Sad-guru, the wish fulfilling tree of the Bhaktas, Let

us never forget and lose sight of Your Feet; we have

been troubled with the ins and outs (births and

deaths) in this samsar; now free us from this cycle of

births and deaths. Restrain us from the outgoing of

our senses to their objects and introvert us and bring

us face to face with the Atma (Self). As long as this

outgoing tendency of the senses and the mind is not

checked, there is no prospect of self-realisation.

Neither son, nor wife nor friend will be of any use in

the end. It is only You, Who will give us salvation

and happiness. Destroy completely our tendency for

discussions and other evil matters, let out tongue get

a passion for chanting Your name. Drive out our

thoughts, good or otherwise and make us forget our

bodies and houses, and do away with our egoism. Make

us ever remember Your name and forget all other

things. Remove the restlessness of our mind, and

make it steady and calm. If you just clasp us, the

darkness of night of our ignorance will vanish and we

shall live happily in Your light. That You made us

drink the nectar of Your Leelas and awakened us from

our slumber is due to Your grace and our store of

merits in past births " .

 

SSG: Sai Ram. We also join in the above prayer and bow

to Sai Sadguru. Sai Ram.

 

SSS: Note :- In this connection the following extract

from Damu Anna's statement mentioned above, is worth

perusal, (Page 76).

 

" Once when I sat at His Feet along with many others, I

had two questions in my mind and He gave answers to

both.

 

(1) There are so many crowding to Sai Baba. Do they

all get benefit from Him?

 

To this, He replied orally - " Look at the mango tree

in blossom. If all the flowers brought fruit, what a

splendid crop it would be. But do they? Most fall off

(either as flowers or as unripe fruits) by wind etc.

Very few remain " .

 

SSG: Sai Ram. But even that short interaction with a

Sadguru will not go in waste. They will progress

slowly but steadily in their path in future. Sai Ram.

 

SSS: (2) The second question was about myself. If Baba

were to pass away, how hopelessly a drift I would be

and how am I to fare then? To this Baba answered that

He would be with me when and wherever I thought of

Him. That promise He had kept up before 1918 and has

been keeping it up even after 1918. He is still with

me. He is still guiding me. This was about 1910-11,

when brothers separated from me and my sister died,

and there was a theft and police enquiry, all of which

incidents upset me very much.

 

When my sister died, my mind was much upset. I did not

care for life and enjoyments. When I went to Baba, He

pacified me with His Upadesh and made me eat a feast

of Pooran Poli at Appa Kulkarni's house and get pasted

with sandal.

 

There was a theft in my house. A thirty year's friend

of mine stole my wife's jewel-box, including her

auspicious Nathi (nose-ring). I wept before Baba's

photo. The next day, the man returned the jewel-box

and prayed for pardon.

 

SSG: Sai Ram. He always said that He was not limited

by His body and if we keep His assurance given above

that even after His leaving the physical body His tomb

and His bones will be discussing our welfare should be

sufficient for us. There are other incidents where He

showed His freedom from the limitations of space and

time. Sai Ram.

 

Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

 

S.V.Swamy

Author, Editor and Book Reviewer

www.freewebs.com/swamyreviews

www.freewebs.com/svswamy

 

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9. LETTERS FROM SAIDEVOTEES:

 

 

N.R.Venkateswaran

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:20:11 +0530

 

Sairam,

 

I would like to appreciate the way Efficacy of Prayer

and Worship is explained by Shri Shashi.

It’s worth knowing as well the acts of 5 fingers at

the time of prayer. Keep writing/updating good

article like this in The Glory of Shirdi Sai Issue.

Sairam

Venkat.

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the 3d page turning NEW FORMAT

 

saisagar_2030

On Nov 22, 2007 1:50 AM

 

Sai Ram, good Work of 3d magazine. Keep it up.

Sagar ankush mane

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anant_national

On Nov 22, 2007 2:30 AM

Sai Ram,

This is for you Shirdi Sai Baba

Anant Shrotiya

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naidu_nalini

On Nov 22, 2007 2:49 AM

SaiRam,

Thank you for the beautiful composition of bhajans and

literature. I enjoyed it.

NALINA DEVI NAIDU

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ramesh673

On Nov 22, 2007 3:59 AM

 

Sai ram

this is a very good useful site. May sadguru Sai ram

bless you to continue this noble work

Sai ram Sai ram

S Ramesh.

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laxman_ahuja2002

On Nov 21, 2007 1:03 PM

 

Sai Ram,

Very nice zine we love baba very much

Laxman Ahuja

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jelly_nest

On Nov 15, 2007 8:52 PM

Sai Ram,

Last week on 11/8 I was trying to access the latest

issue, but the link was still not updated.

 

Anyhow is heartening to see the latest issue.

 

I have a request. Can all the old 3D issues be

presented in Sai darbar? There is only one link to the

3d format and it automatically takes as to the most

" current " issue.

 

Slave of Sai

 

Response by Saidarbar Team:

 

On Nov 15, 2007 10:37 PM, Info At Ettitudemedia

<info wrote:

Sairam,

Thanks for your comments. Sorry for any inconvenience.

We update the issues on alternate Thursdays, alternate

to the weeks, when Saibanisaji sends the e-mail and

e-Newsletter.

 

Currently we are uploading only the current version of

the 3d Magazine on the site. This is purely a

voluntary service with small donations from few humble

devotees.

 

Thanks for liking and appreciating our efforts.

 

Vijay

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gupta_neraj

On Nov 17, 2007 3:01 AM

OM SAI RAM

It's very important for the devotees who are employed.

They want to read the SAI SAYINGS but don't have the

time in the morning because of office hours. In office

they can open this and read.

Neeraj Gupta

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arvi_bh

On Nov 15, 2007 11:54 PM

Sai baba ki aap per anant kripa hai jo aapko aisa

avsar prabhu ne diya ki aap sai karya mai lage.

Jai Sai Ram

Arvind bhawsar

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rajendraexpress

On Nov 17, 2007 4:29 AM

We will be the good by the help of almight

god........SAIRAM

Rajendra Mohapatra

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Title: Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Ke Sang Mera Jeevan

Author: Prof. S. P. Ruhela

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Title: Sri Shirdi Sai Baba

Author: Prof. S. P. Ruhela

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12. EDITORIAL.

 

Things impressed me from this magazine:

 

The whole world is a vast kingdom ruled by God’s

grace. So all our actions must be done as an offering

to God. Then our every action shall be inspired and

fulfilled by God’s will.

 

Bhakti leads to perfection and stimulates

desirelessness. When one is having Bhakti, one will

not have any sense of want or desire or grief or

hatred. He will have no selfish attachments and

worldly desires.

 

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