Role of Sadguru

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Role of Sadguru

 

Once upon a time, a teacher by name of Paramanandam lived in a small

village. He was a married person with a wife and children. He had ten

students under him. These students were very naive and used to behave

in foolish way. Most of the time, they used to misinterpret the

teacher's words and they used to create confusing situations. The

teacher knew their defects and always tried to help them. Days were

passing on like this. One day, a difficult, problematic situation had

cropped up. The problem was that the ten students had to cross a

river to go to the other side. The teacher told them all the

precautions to cross the river safely. The ten students, by holding

hands together, crossed the river and went to the other side. Then

suddenly, they got a doubt that someone in them was missing. So, they

wanted to count each other. They selected a person among themselves

to do the counting. The person who did the counting (he did not

include himself in the counting) counted only nine people. This

created tension in them. Another one was selected to do the counting;

he also repeated the same mistake as the first one did. He also

reconfirmed that only nine people were left. Now, it became clear for

them that one among them was drowned in the river. They felt very

sad. They started crying loudly for the lost one. A passenger going

by listened to their cries. He went near and asked them about their

problem. They explained to him the situation. This passenger was an

intelligent person. He understood their foolishness completely. He

asked the ten students to stand in a line. He started counting them

one by one until he counted the tenth person. The students felt very

happy and thanked the passenger.

 

In this story, even though there is a tenth person, because of

ignorance, the presence of that person could not be appreciated.

Then, the teacher who came as a passenger, (teachings of the teacher)

showed them that the tenth person was present. The ignorance is two-

fold. It makes us not to appreciate the real and also makes us to

misinterpret the real. A Guru is essential for us to bring us out of

the darkness of ignorance. The Guru makes us to experience the 'Real'

in a clear way. The Grace of our Sri Sai who is a perfect master and

a mother that knows the real needs of her children blesses all of us

 

Baba is every where just feel him and keep on saying ‘Om Sai Ram’ to whom so

ever you meet.

 

OM SAI SRI SAI JAI JAI SAI!!! Let us pray at the lotus feet of Bhagwan Baba who

is the incarnation of all gods and protector of all, to show mercy on us, and

increase our devotion towards him

 

Let us pray Shri Sai to give us the intellect and wisdom to make tomorrow's

world a happier place to stay by following his principle of " Shraddha " and

" Saburi

 

Jai Sai Ram

Swamy Mahadevan

Bow to Shri Sai-Peace be to all

Baba Bless you ever!!!