11 Holy Sayings - Whoever puts his feet on Shirdi Soil, his sufferings would come to an end.

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Shirdi is a

place where great devotees of Maharashtra have tread on. Eknath, Gnaneshwar, Tukaram, Ramdas, Mirabai ant host of devotees visited that place and sang

the glory of God. God loves the place of devotees. So Baba chose Shirdi for his abode.

 

Nasik, Trayambakam, Pandharpur and a

host of pilgrim center are close to Shirdi. River Godavari also is nearby.

Therefore, Baba has chosen Shirdi for his stay on

earth. Blessed are the people o Shirdi. They are able

to get Baba as a resident of their village. I an obscure place, there is now a

diamond - Baba is that bright pearl making Shirdi

powerful. The words of Gangagir Buwa

are cent percent true.

 

Shirdi is the Gurusthan

of Sai Baba. Since he did not want to be away from

his master's place, he continued to stick to the Gurusthan,

worshipping the master, meditating on the master and merging in the master. Sai Baba with all devotion to the master lived in the Gurusthan and the master, like a mother showered his grace

fully on Baba.

 

Sai Baba can't bear

separation from his Guru even for a moment. Therefore, how can he leave Shirdi? Baba says about his Guru, " I restored to My

Guru for 12 years. He brought Me up. There was no

dearth of food and clothing. He was full of love or say, he was love incarnate.

How can I describe it? He loved Me most. Rare is a

Guru like him. When I looked at him, he seemed as if he was in deep meditation

and then, we both were filled with bliss. Night and day, I gazed at him, with

no thought of hunger and thirst. Without him, I felt restless.

 

I thought of him always and kept myself incessantly engaged in his

service. He is my protector. I take refuge at his feet. I offer myself to him

in total self surrender. My mind was always fixed on him. He did not expect

anything from me. He was never indifferent to me. Like a mother, he protected

me. I was always clinging to him. Even if I was a little away from him physically

for a short time, I felt secure on account of his love. By his very look, he

protected me.

 

Have faith in your master. Don't disbelieve him. He will protect

you. He will bless you. He will save you. He will take you to the top. He who

knows the master to be wise, omniscient and omnipotent will certainly attain

the highest. Guru is no other than Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara

in one, Guru's grace is but divine grace "

 

That means Sai Baba carne to Shirdi with his master. He stayed with his Guru. It is only

after the Guru had left the world that Sai Baba came

to the open. He proclaimed publicly, the greatness of his master. Sai Baba's Gurusthan is Shirdi.

 

" Would you like to come with me? I will show you what you

want, but he alone who believes in what I say, will be successful " . This proclamation of the master was implicitly

observed by Sai Baba and he stayed at Shirdi. What the master said and the place which the master

selected were made pure and famous, true and practical, real and great by Sai Baba. What is the greatness of Shirdi? What

is the difference between Shirdi and other places?

 

(to be contd….)

(Source Eleven Holy Sayings of Shirdi Sai Baba by Pujya Shri Ananda

Sai Swamy)