Messsage for the Week.

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Sairam,

 

Happy BABA's day to you all. Let us experience BABA on this day. Tune our minds and thoughts on Him and we are sure to discover His presence around us.

 

We pray for our well being for our needs and to ask God to fulfill our wishes, do we not? We also read Satcharia regularly, that is a good thing but how many of us actually comprehend the essence of BABA's teachings through satcharita and apply those in our everyday life. Not many of us I guess. One of the important things for us as followers of Shirdi Sai BABA is to be conscious of what we ask of Him. Before we ask BABA for His grace let us analyze our actions and see if we were kind to person(s) we interact everyday and who asked for a favour or help were we able to be kind to him/her? When we ask for money, have we put away a very minute percent of money aside to help out the needy? One does not have to be a millionaire philanthrophist to help people a dollar a day or a ruppee a day put aside to help out the poor, or sponsor a child, provide clothing to the poor. I do not encourage giving to the beggers but to provide something for them through capable and registered institutions to help them by providing their essentials. Baba always said, "I give 100 folds of what men give me" in order to be eligible to receive let us first give something to BABA, put money aside to help the poor. Here is the message for the week...

 

 

Post-script

Mr. B. V. Deo of Thana, retired Mamlatdar, and a great devotee of Baba, has

written an article on this subject (Dakshina) in "Shri Sai Leela" magazine,

Vol.VII, P.6-26, in which he says amongst other things, as follows:-

"Baba did not ask Dakshina from all. If some gave Dakshina without being asked,

He sometimes accepted it; and at other times He refused it. He asked it from

certain devotees only. He never demanded it, from those devotees, who thought in

their minds that Baba should ask them for it, and then they should pay it. If

anybody offered it against His wish, He never touched it, and if he kept it

there, He asked him to take it away. He asked for small or big amounts from

devotees, according to their wish, devotion and convenience. He asked it, even

from women and children. He never asked all the rich for it, nor from all the

poor."

"Baba never got angry with those from whom He asked Dakshina, and who did not

give it. If any Dakshina was sent, through some friend, who forgot to hand over

the same to Baba, He reminded him somehow of it and made him pay it. On some

occasons, Baba used to return some sum from the amount tendered as Dakshina, and

ask the donor to guard it or keep it in his shrine for worship. This procedure

benefited the donor or devotee immensely. If anybody offered more than he

originally intended to give, He returned the extra amount. Sometimes, He asked

more Dakshina from some, than what they originally intended to give and, if they

had no money, asked them to get or borrow from others. From some, He demanded

Dakshina three or four times a day."

"Out of the amount collected as Dakshina, Baba spent very little for His own

sake, viz., for buying Chilim (clay pipe) and fuel for His Dhuni (sacred fire),

and all the rest, He distributed as charity in varying proportions to various

persons. All the paraphenalia of the Shirdi Sansthan was brought, by various

rich devotees at the instance and suggestion of Radha-Krishna-Mai. Baba always

used to get wild and scolded those, who brought costly and rich articles. He

said to Mr. Nanasaheb Chandorkar, that all His property consisted of one koupin

(codpiece), one stray piece of cloth, one Kafni and a tumrel (tinpot), and that

all the people troubled Him by bringing all these unnecessary, useless and

costly articles." Chapter 14 SSS

 

BABA bless us and guide. Help us to be always Humble and know that it is your grace that is keeping us going.

 

Humble pranams

 

Sairam

Anitha Kandukuri

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