Children's Stories (Chapter 12 & 13)

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Hetal Patil,

Sai Ram, I am new to this group. Chapter 13 has really moved me. I

understood why Sai Baba was kind to two goats, but did Sai give

message about what should be done when people become rivals with

Jealousy ?.

Sai Ram

JaiSriSai

 

, Hetal Patil <hetal_patil wrote:

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> Chapter 12

> Sai Baba had a unique method of testing His devotees regarding their

greed for money. To some He directly asked for dakshina, to some He

asked to narrate some incident and teachings from sacred books, to

some He used to come in form of some animal, or a beggar. Here is such

an incident.

> Shri Kaka Saheb Dixit, one of the Baba's devotees was returning from

his office one evening, when one healthy looking beggar stood before

him and asked for Bhiksha (alms). After seeing him, Shri Kaka Saheb

thought for a while and then gave him some coins. After taking the

coins, the beggar smiled and left immediately. Shri Dixit kept on

staring at him till he became invisible.

> After some days, Shri Dixit went to Shirdi and he went to meet Baba

in the Masjid and inquired about the incident. Baba replied in the

affirmative saying that it was indeed Him who had come to Kaka Saheb

as a beggar asking for Bhiksha, This made Kaka Saheb very happy.

> Baba said, " If you want to give something to someone, then give it

to him happily, but don't misbehave or insult anybody. "

> " I am omnipresent. " After listening to this, Dixit remembered the

lecture delivered by Lord Krishna in the Shrimadbhagwat and his belief

was strengthened in Baba

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> Bow to Sri Sai †" Peace be to all.

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> Chapter - 13

> Sai Baba equally loved human beings and animals. He had every detail

of His devotees, regarding their past births and karmas. This only

shows that Sai Baba was Present, is Present and will be Present for

His devotees. He has no beginning and no end. Animals were dear to

Him, let’s see how.

> Once Baba was returning from Lendi Bagh, he saw a herd of goats. Out

of the herd, He liked two goats a lot. Baba patted them lovingly and

purchased them for Rs. 32. His devotees were quite surprised at this

behaviour as a goat in those days did not cost more than three or four

rupees. They thought Baba had been cheated, as the two goats should

not have costed more than eight rupees.

> They started taunting Baba but He remained calm and quiet. When

Shama and Tatya questioned Him regarding this Baba replied, " I am

neither married nor do I possess a house for which I have to save

money/' After saying this he fetched for 4 sers (a unit of measurement

in old times) of Dal (pulses) from the market and fed them. After

feeding them, Baba returned them to their master and told Tatya and

Shama the story of the previous birth of the goats. " Oh! Shama and

Tatya you must be thinking that I have been robbed in this bargain.

But it is not so and you must first listen to their story. In the

previous birth, both of them were human beings and fortunately I knew

them.

> They used to sit besides me. They were real brothers and used to

love each other a lot but later on they became sworn enemies. The

elder brother was very lazy, but the younger one was very hard

working. He was doing well in his work and earned a lot of money,

which made the elder brother jealous of the younger one. He decided to

kill his younger brother and rob him of his wealth. They forgot their

blood relationship and began to quarrel with each other. The elder

brother made many attempts to murder his younger brother but failed in

all of them. On one such attempt, the elder brother hit his younger

brother on the head with a stick. In return the younger brother, too,

hit the elder brother on the head with an axe and both of them died on

the spot. According to their karmas they were reborn as goats. The

moment I saw them, I was reminded of their previous birth and I took

pity on them. Thus, I decided to serve and feed them and tried to give

them some happiness. This is the

> reason that I have spent some money on them, which, according to

you, was a waste. You did not like this transaction. Therefore, I

returned these goats to the shepherd' Truly, Baba's love was great. By

doing so He showed his love for all His creatures whether man or animal.

> Bow to Sri Sai-Peace be to all

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