The Glory of Shirdi Sai - Issue 03-2008 from Saidarbar.

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THE GLORY OF SHIRDI SAI

Sixth Year of Publication

Published as Bi-Weekly

Issue 03/ 2008

31-01-2008

 

The Glory of Shirdi Sai enters Sixth year from 01-01-2008.

 

 

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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 Samadhi Mandir

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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 ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES

9. LETTERS FROM SAI DEVOTEES

10. TELUGU SECTION

11. SAI'S BOOK WORLD

12. EDITORIAL.

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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

 

 

 

When moon sets, people say

that the moon has disappeared; and when the moon rises, they say that the moon

has appeared. In fact, the moon shines continuously in the sky. Our Sai is

exactly like moon. He neither appears nor disappears; He only seems to do so

out of love for the people so that He may teach them.

 

People call one phase of the

moon a full moon, they call another phase a crescent moon; in reality, the moon

is always perfectly round, neither waxing nor waning. Sai is precisely like the

moon. In the eyes of men, Sai may seem to change in appearance, but, in truth,

Sai does not change.

 

The moon appears every where,

over a crowded city, a sleepy village, a mountain, or a river. It is seen in

the depths of pond, in a jug of water, in a drop of dew hanging on a leaf. If a

man walks hundreds of miles the moon goes with him. Sai is like a moon in

following people of this world in all their changing circumstances, manifesting

various appearances; but in Essence He does not undergo any change.

 

To be continued

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2. SAI'S NEWS FROM THE TIME MACHINE:

 

January 1, 1946: Sri B.V.Deo passed away (Composer of Chapter 53rd of Shri

Sai Satcharitra in Marathi language).

 

January 3, 1912: Megha fed some Brahmins on completion of his Gayatri

Purascharana. Dadasaheb Khaparde attended it in Sathewada.

 

January 19, 1912: Megha died in Shirdi at about 04:00 hrs. Baba lamented loudly and followed the funeral

procession for some distance. Baba showered flowers on Megha's body.

 

January 20, 1912: Bapusaheb Jog started performing Baba's Pooja and

Arati after Megha's death. He continued this till Baba's Maha Samadhi.

 

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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.

 

JULY-1995:

 

12-07-1995

 

Yesterday’s prayer to Sai was

to give me a message on spiritualism. Baba appeared in the form of my

Schoolteacher and said-

 

-Read forever my Satcharita,

tell my stories to others and lead a pious Life.

 

-Reward given to your teacher

shall reach me.

 

-I disapprove saints in not

doing any work and engaging themselves in preaching ideals. I would rather

appreciate a labourer who is indirectly educating that work is worship.

 

Spread the message to

practice before preaching others.

 

24-07-1995

 

I prayed Baba to tell me some

thing about spiritualism. Baba has shown me with a visual-

 

Some people enter a garden

and engage in plucking flowers, but the plant does not understand why and for

what purpose the flowers would be used.

 

A tree or plant grown with

divine grace for a definite mission will give flowers like Sai to the people.

When its flowers are plucked, God continuously monitors to keep a watch whether

HIS purpose is met or not.

 

Saints are the messengers of

God with a definite mission and purpose.

 

26-07-1995

 

Before retiring to bed, I

prayed Baba to give me lessons on how to advance on the spiritual path while

leading a commoner’s life. Sai has shown a visual-

 

In normal life, practice to

offer food to others before you commence to eat, otherwise the thought of

me and mine (self), will eclipse the mind.

 

Spiritualism should be tasted

first so that sense of belonging vanishes and one realizes that everything is

only God’s creation and doing. It should be digested first before imparting to

others around.

 

Spiritualism should be

absorbed first before imparting to others.

 

 

To be

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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

 

Baba’s Aarti at Shirdi and

Pooja, on ordinary days, were started in 1909, but for sometime, there was no

celebration of Guru-Poornima, by special worship of Baba, on that day. Baba

Himself sent for Dada Kelkar on Guru Poornima day and said –“Do you know that

to-day is Guru Poornima? Bring your materials for worship and do your Guru

Poojaâ€.

Then Guru

pooja was started from 1909 and it is continuing even after Baba’s Samadhi.

Baba

was being worshipped by a number of Hindus with flowers etc. Mahalsapathi

applied sandal paste to Baba’s neck. One day Mahalsapathi had a vision of Baba

with sandal paste on Baba’s forehead. Thereafter Mahalsapathi was regularly

applying sandal wood paste on Baba’s forehead.

Initially,

individual worship was first neither systematic nor organized. But K. G.

Bhishma, a good songster, drew up the ritual, for Sai Baba’s worship, and he brought a set of Aratis i.e. ritualistic verses for use by

individuals at Shirdi and these were sent by Baba to Nana Saheb Chandorkar and

were approved by Him. They were largely in use and tended to develop the

worship of Baba on the customary lines of worship in well known temples.

To be continued.

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5. SANATANA DHARMA & SHRI SHIRDI SAIBABA.

 

Those who see all creatures

in themselves

And themselves in all

creatures know no fear.

 

How can the multiplicity of

life

Delude the one who sees its

unity?

 

-Isha Upanishad

 

 

Like bubbles in the sea, All

the worlds arise in you.

 

Know you are the Self. Know

you are one. Let yourself dissolve.

 

You see the world. But like

the snake in the rope, It is not really there.

 

You are pure. Let yourself

dissolve.

 

-Ashtavakra Gita 5:2-3

 

 

NEWS

 

Lanka Unveils "Trail

of Ramayana" Tour Package

 

http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/002200801172042.htm

 

 

NEW

DELHI, INDIA, January 17, 2008: With an eye on its "primary source

market", Sri Lanka Tourism officials have identified 50 sites associated

with the Hindu epic Ramayana to attract more pilgrim travellers from India to the island nation.

 

"Following the Trail of

Ramayana" is a Touristic circuit based on research findings that link the

sites to Lord Ram, Sita and the demon king Ravana, SLT director-general S.

Kalaiselvam told reporters on Thursday while unveiling the ambitious thematic

program. "Currently we are taking steps to develop and restore all sites

to facilitate foreign and local visitors the opportunity to witness and

experience the sacredness of these sites," he said.

 

The programme includes places

like Seethaeliya, Ram Bodha, Ussangoda and Roomassala and special temples in

areas where Ravana is believed to have held Sita captive. Kalaiselvam said the

"Ramayana epic is a very special feature in the bond that we have with India and we are trying to offer opportunity to our friends

here to visit Sri Lanka to explore, absorb and enjoy the various places of

significance present in the epic".

 

Ayyappa Temple Opens for Makara Vilakku Festival

 

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SABARIMALA, INDIA, December 31, 2007: The Lord Ayyappa temple was opened for the

Makaravilakku festival on Sunday evening, marking the second phase of the

two-month-long pilgrimage season to the hill shrine. Makara Jyothi, the most

auspicious occasion of the festival when pilgrims sight a divine light at

Ponnambalamedu, the distant hills opposite the temple, falls on January 14.

 

Devaswom Minister G. Sudhakaran

held a review meeting with concerned officials at Pampa to evaluate the facilities being extended to Ayyappa

devotees with tens of millions of them expected to throng the temple in the

coming 15 days and create an action plan.

 

Hinduism Today Launches

YouTube Channel With Festival Video

 

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KAUAI, HAWAII, January 2, 2008: Hinduism Today Magazine is proud to announce its

presence on YouTube. Visit Hinduism Today's YouTube channel

 

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6. DEVOTEES EXPERIENCES:

kchirag

Wed, January 16,

2008 9:31 pm

 

Om Sai Ram, Shri Sai Sai Sai.

 

My name is Chirag and I would

really love to share my experience of our Sai Baba and His miracles in my life

that has happened recently. To start off I was not a Bhakt of Sai Baba before

but my friend told me to start praying to him with complete faith and devotion.

I was having problems with my wife for about 4 months. She stopped talking to

me coz of some misunderstanding and things like that, I tried a lot to clear

things out and get things back to normal but she just would not listen to me or

would want to talk to me. I was totally lost and devastated in life coz I never

had expected this. Then my friend asked me to start praying to Sai Baba with

complete faith and devotion which I started and also started reading the Sai

Sat Charitra and started learning so much from Sai Baba and his leelas that I

changed many things in my life and started following my Sai Baba’s words. I had

heard that one who reads Sai Sat Charitra (all 50 Chapters) in one week’s time;

the devotee’s wishes are fulfilled by Sai Baba. Along with this I also started

Sai Baba’s Sai Vrat, and also this vrat has got miraculous effects if it

is done with complete faith and devotion and completed the vrat on the 9th

Thursday with due formalities according to the vrat book, your wishes are for

sure to be answered by Sai Baba.

 

Friends, I did everything

possible for Sai Baba and to get my wish fulfilled and solve my problems with

my wife and get back things like before smooth and normal. After I completed my

vrat with due formalities, Sai Baba answered my prayers and my wife called me

and we cleared everything out and things are fine now between us.

 

Trust Sai Baba totally and

with full heart he will answer your prayers for sure. But like we all know we

need complete faith and patience and devotion towards him.

 

Friends, when I started

reading the Sai Sat Charitra. I really started feeling so good and happy from

inside that before I had stopped going out with friends or to enjoy and all.

But as I kept reading Sai Baba’s Leelas, I learned so much from Him and changed

my thinking towards life and friends and people. I started going out and

started to enjoy again even though things weren’t solved with my wife. But I

had complete faith and trust in my Sai Baba and left everything to him. I have

experienced Baba’s Bliss every time I read his Sai Sat Charitra or pray to him

whenever I feel like. Some of small miracles by Sai Baba for me was that, while

reading Sai Sat Charitra, there are chapters telling about His Udi and its

efficaciousness, in my mind I was asking Sai Baba if I cud also get His Udi

somehow (as I live in Canada, there is no Sai Baba Mandir here). I had just

happened to go to my friend’s place and she had just got back from Mumbai, I

started telling her about Sai Baba and everything I started for Him, here the

best thing happened, she told me that she had been to Shirdi and had got Udi

and she offered me some which I totally and very happily took it from her.

After coming back home, I prayed to Sai Baba and thanked him so much for

getting me the Udi.

 

Trust me friends, I have

become one of the most devout person of Sai Baba and will serve him through out

my life and talk to him whenever I feel like it.

 

I love Sai Baba from bottom

of my heart and will always love him. I have also told my friends about my

experiences with Sai Baba and I am so happy that they have also started to

believe my Sai Baba.

 

I just wanted to share my

experience with all of you and I feel so good and happy that Sai Baba has

accepted me as his devotee.

 

Thank you

Chirag

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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 BLUE JACKAL

 

A hungry jackal came out of

the forest in search of food. He saw a village nearby and decided to do some

scavenging there but as he reached the periphery, he was spotted by a pack of

dogs. The dogs ran to catch it and seeing the danger, the jackal dashed towards

the forest. Suddenly it froze; there was great danger in that direction too as

he saw a pair of wolves bounding towards him.

 

He turned somersault and

again made a dash towards the village. He was face to face with death on both

sides, so he jumped into a small stream and crossed over like lightening. He

ran on in the dark night, stumbling over unknown obstacles until he finally

fell into a huge vat of blue dye.

 

With barely his nostrils

above the liquid to breathe, he hid in the vat the whole night until the dogs,

unable to find him, gave up the chase and went away. Shivering from fright and

damp, he crawled out and lay exhausted near a bonfire to dry and warm. He lay

there until dawn when in the early morning light, he noticed his colour. His

whole body had been coloured a bright blue and he looked exotic, as if from

another world.

 

Being a very clever animal,

he decided to exploit this change and went back to the jungle. He strutted

before the other jackals and with a spiritual look said I had gone to the Temple of 'VanDevi'. She was pleased with my devotion and

blessed me. To distinguish me from your commoners, she turned me blue."

The other jackals looked and listened in awe. They bowed their heads and

pronounced him king. Hailing his majesty and following him in a procession,

they informed the other animals in the forest of this great transformation.

 

All the animals

gathered together and decided that this creature be crowned king of the forest.

Thus in the span of few hours, the jackal became "Master of the

Jungle" with the tiger, bear and others becoming his courtiers and

bodyguard. This elevation brought a sudden change in his attitude too. He started

treating the other jackals with disdain making them very unhappy and miserable.

After a few days of this mal treatment at the hand of one of their own kind,

they planned to take revenge by exposing him.

 

An old one advised

"It is a natural trait in us whenever some of us start howling, all the

others join in this call. We shall do this tonight all of a sudden, when he

sleeps. When he hears us, it will be but natural for him to join in the howl

without thinking. This will reveal his identity to others." They acted

according to plan and at midnight, when the blue jackal slept soundly, they started howling. As the

sound reached a crescendo, the blue jackal woke with a start and without a

second thought joined in the howl, thus exposing him self.

 

The tiger which lay

nearby was very angry at being duped by a mere jackal and made to serve him. He

pounced on him and tore him apart. Thus the jackal paid for this trickery with

his life.

 

Lesson: 'Fraud and Forgery

ends ultimately in penalty.'

Bye children meet you

in the next issue

 

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8. ARTICLES FROM SAI DEVOTEES:

View the Video of Shri Saibanisa Gopala Rao Ravada ji's

discourses in English from the below link

 

http://www.debu7366.blogspot.com/

--

"Sai ka laadla" saikalaadla

The way of Deliverance

Really this Jiva [human

soul] transcends the three qualities, viz., Sattwa, Rajas and Tamas, but being deluded by Maya, he forgets his

nature which is existence-knowledge-bliss,

and thinks that, he is the doer and enjoyer; and thus, entangles himself in endless miseries and does not

know the way of deliverance. The only way

of deliverance is the loving devotion towards the Guru's feet. The great

Player, or Actor, Lord Sai, has delighted His

Bhaktas and transformed them into Himself

[His nature].

We regard Shirdi Sri Sai Baba

as an Incarnation Of God for reasons already stated, but He always said that, He was a obedient servant of

God. Though, an Incarnation, He showed

the people the way, how to behave satisfactorily and carry out the duties

of their respective stations [Varnas] in this

life. He never emulated others in any

way, nor asked others to have something, done for Him, Who saw the Lord in all

movable and immovable things of this world,

humility was the most proper thing. None,

He disregarded or disrespected, for He saw Narayan [Lord] in all beings, He never said "I am God; "but that,

He was a humble servant and He always remembered

Him, and always uttered, "Allah Malik" [God is the Sole Proprietor or

Owner.]

We do not know the various

kinds of saints, how they behave, what they do and eat etc. We only know that, by God's grace they manifest

themselves in this world, to liberate the

ignorant and bound souls. If there be any store of merits on our account, we get a desire or interest, in listening to the

stories and Leela's of the saints,

otherwise not.

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9. LETTERS FROM SAIDEVOTEES:

 

nirmalagopal_y

date

Jan

19, 2008 7:06 PM

 

Dear Sir,

 

E- magazine detailed is

praise worthy and very useful to all of us. Thank you very much

 

NirmalaGopal

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valsala.sivadasan

Dec 31, 2007 10:27

AM

 

JAI SAI RAM,

 

Dear all Sai Pariwar,

 

Wishing you & your all Sai

Pariwar members of Shri Saibabjiâ€a very very happy & prosperous new

year 2008".

 

May Babaji's wishes get

to everybody in the coming year 2008.

 

 

With best regards,

Valsala Sivadasan &

Family

New

Delhi.

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ramars_jillella

16 Jan 2008 17:15:47 -0000

 

JAI SAIRAM ..OMSAIRAM

 

All-Saidarbar-Samardha

Sathguruvu almighty Sai devotees all over the world On behalf of my family and myself, I wishing

you all a good, blissful, energetic, happy, prosperous, healthy, spiritually

and devotionally healthy " new year-2008 and happy pongal to one and all.

 

Blissfully yours,

 

Bhanoji Ramars.J.V.

 

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Shirdi Sai E- Magazine in the 3d page turning NEW FORMAT

 

 

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On Jan 3, 2008 8:36 AM

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pankaj_namdev

On Dec 26, 2007 7:54 PM

SaiRam,

 

I am very impressive and I have no word to explain my thought. I am always pray

to SaiRam.

 

Pankaj.

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surya_mprakash

On Dec 27, 2007 10:10 PM,

Sairam, Baba had helped us in

our each and every step. Last week my father in law was very sick about to

reach the death, and doctors had no hope at all. They gave us just 48 hours

time. But just because of Baba know his life is saved and it is almost a week,

he is still with us fit and fine. Thank you Baba for all your support and help

you have given for us. We love you Baba.

Mrs. RekhaPrkash

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laxman_ahuja2002

On Dec 27, 2007 11:50 PM

 

Om Sri Sai Ram, I am very

much happy to see this dairy. Thank you very much to send me such a lovely

dairy.

Laxman.

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kuppuraj10

On Dec 28, 2007 3:42 PM

SaiRam,

I have seen the pages. It has

very nice and heart touching messages. I feel happy to say this. Nice keep it

up.

Kuppuraj

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On Jan 1, 2008 3:18 AM

SaiRam, I am amazed by the

work done in making this website. I shall certainly make donation and please

continue your work.

Anand Iyengar

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11. SAI'S BOOK WORLD: (TAMIL)

 

Title: Shirdi Saibaba

Seermigu Varalaru Pulavar

Author: Nagashanmugam

Chettinadu Pathipagam, Laxmi NivasN2,

Sical Race ViewApts, No. 2 Race

Course Road

Guindy, Chennai 600 032

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Title: Shirdi Sai Baba

Arputhangal Pulavar

Author: Nagashanmugam

Chettinadu Pathipagam,Laxmi NivasN2,

Sical Race View Apts, No. 2 Race CourseRoad

Guindy, Chennai, 600 032

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Title: Shirdi Sai Baba

Namavalikal Pulavar

Author: Nagashanmugam

Chettinadu Pathipagam, Laxmi NivasN2,

Sical Race View Apts , No. 2 Race

Course Road

Guindy, Chennai 600 032

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12. EDITORIAL:

Things impressed me from this

magazine:

 

Those who see all creatures

in themselves

And themselves in all

creatures know no fear. How can the multiplicity of life

Delude the one who sees its

unity?

 

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