Guest guest Posted February 21, 2008 Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 OM SAI RAM! Invocation of Divine Blessings in Etobicoke! Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Sansthan, Canada, (Toronto) cordially invite Devotees to attend - participate - Receive Baba's Grace and be Immersed in Divine Bliss on the AUSPICIOUS day of THURSDAY 6:30PM at the GUR MANDIR IN ETOBICOKE GUR MANDIR 207 Queen's Plate Drive., Etobicoke (South of Steeles on the East side of Highway 27 on Queen's Plate) Invocation of Baba's Divine Blessings Ceremony will be conducted with Sacred Ashtotra Namavali to the accompaniment of, Bhajans, Satcharita Paraayan, Naivedaya Offerings Dhoop Aarti and Mahaprasaad (Preeti Bhoj) Naivedaya Offerings: Devotees are welcome to bring a dish for Naivedaya Offerings as inspired by Baba. Baba's Advice to Dabolkar "My method is quite unique. Remember this. To get ATMAJNANA, DHYANA is needed. This ATMA-ANUSHTANA pacifies and carries the mind into SAMADHI. So give up all desires and dwell in your mind upon GOD in all. If the mind is thus concentrated the goal is achieved. For DHYANA meditate on me either as in form or as formless, mere ANANDHA. If such formless contemplation is hard, then think of my form, just as you see it here. Think of it night and day. With such meditation, the mind dissolves into unity. That is, it attains LAYA. The difference between the subject and the object, (me and you) and the act of contemplation will be lost. The quest becomes the goal. The guru's glance becomes food and nectar for the pupil". Then Baba gave sugar candy prasad to Dabolkar and said: “If you keep my advice to mind, it will be sweet as sugar candy". Baba then recommended the dyana or the Sravana of this episode followed by NANA NIDHI DHYASA, SMARANA and DHYANA, of which will lead to realisation of ANANDHA NA. That which is seen is the manifestation of AMMAN through MAYA and will dissolve again 5 BRAHMAN. The crown of JNANA is the realisation of the one ATMAN from which everything is issued and into which everything ultimately merges. Baba's Advice to Nana Nanabhai Chandorkar found that though he waited for Athithies" (guests) for a few minutes after daily VAISWADEVA, none ever turned up. He ended to ask Baba if the Vedic instruction to wait guests before food was worthless and impracticable. When he went to Baba for this query, Baba, even before Nana would ask him, spoke thus: "Nana, the SASTRAS are neither in fault nor are the MANTRAS wrong. But you have not caught their true import. You get into your head a worthless interpretation and then stand waiting for guests. They will not turn up. The term "ATHITHI" does not denote man alone. ATHITHI is whatever creature is hungry and comes on to you, at that time, whether human, insect, bird or beast, seeking food. The real ATHITHI that you get, you do not regard as such. These creatures seek food and come to you. Nana, give up this wrong interpretation. At "KAKABAU" home take plenty of boiled rice outside the house and leave it there. Do not shout or call for any and do not drive any away. Whatever the creature that comes to eat, let not that disturb your mind. You get thus the merit of feeding lakhs of guests." (Source 26th Convention of Sai Devotees Meet) "May His Infinite Consciusness And Grace Shine Upon All Humble Efforts To Pay Homage To His Resplendent Life and Teachings" www.shirdisainath.org Post your EXPERIENCES WITH BABA IN THE GUEST BOOK ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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