Dogma and Sai Grace

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Dogma and Sai Grace

By Dr. G. R. Vijayakumari

What is Life?

A young married couple once had a sickly and feeble son who died

one hour after birth. They put this inscription on his grave; " He was

born........ Cried........ And died " .

This is what we do in the brief span of life allotted to us. We

are born; cry and die, and none of this can be avoided, for we depend on God.

 

No Matter how great the trials that come into our lives, no matter

what the problems are, we should remember that Shirdi Sai Baba is guarding us. We

should not be surprised to encounter such things in the spiritual path. We

should face them boldly, confident in the knowledge that Sai Grace is with us.

 

If we become absolutely pure, we can transform an enemy into a

friend, by which we elevate ourselves as well as the other party. In such

cases, we must love them with all our heart and treat them with kindness and

live with them in all patience, understanding that they are so behaving with us

out of ignorance. Instead of condemning them, we should feel compassionate for

them. Very recently, Lord Sainath focused this fact

into light in his own inimitable manner. One fine morning in September '83 T.A.

Ram Nathen of Sarangabad {West Bengal) received a packet of 'udhi'

prasad unsolicited from a devotee visiting the shrine of Hazrat

Tajuddin Baba at Nagpur. Sai devotees are aware that Hazrat Tajuddin Baba (1861-1925)

considered Shirdi Sai Baba as his 'Elder Brother' and infact,

admonished Shri Booty (a gem in Sai durbar) by saying

" Why have you come here? Your Guru is anxiously waiting for you at

Shirdi " .

 

Ram Nathenji thanked our Heavenly

Father, Sai Baba, for this flow of Sai grace from Hazrat

Tajuddin Baba. He shared this grace with his brothers

and sisters in the 'Sai-fold' of the postal 'Sai Satsang'

catalyzed by him. He wrote to each one of them enclosing a bit of Hazrat Tajuddin Baba's udhi to use for Sai-advantage.

 

R. Radhakrishnanji of Hubli (Karnataka) too received this Tajuddin

prasad from Ramnathen and reverentially placed it in

his home-shrine of Lord Sainath. Very soon, Lord Sainath brought forth on him a miracle.

 

Muppayanavar is working as a broker in the Marketing Society

at Dharwar (Karnataka). He has been worshipping Lord Sainath for the last twelve years. He is also a regular

r of 'Sri Sai Leela' magazine. He lives in a locality predominantly

inhabited by Muslim-brothers.

 

Since they belong to the iconoclastic religion,

Sai'-Bro. Muppayanavar's neighbour

Muslim-Bros., did not tolerate idol worship. In

September 1983, a few masked Muslim-Bros.,

gate-crashed into Muppayanavar's House, assaulted

him, and tried to snatch the Sai-Photo from him. But it was not to be so they

turned round and threatened to kill him if he continued with idol-worship.

Naturally he was shaken and developed a fear-complex. He did not wish to file

F.I.R. but only prayed to Shirdi Sai for protection. " Faith accomplishes

everything; doubt destroys everything " , said Paramahansa

Yogananda truly. Shirdi Sai responded to Muppayanavar's prayer. He, a " Sai leela " r,

came across an article on noble R. Radhakrishnanji,

noted down his address from it rushed post-haste to his house 15kms, away.

 

It was 2nd October 1983, Sri Radhakrishnanji

had just performed the ceremony of his forefathers, as it was a 'Mahalaya Amavasya' day and was

chitchatting with his children in the front verandah. Sri Muppayanavar

rushed to him with tears gushing out of his eyes and narrated him his tale of

woes. He was obsessed with the fear that the Muslim-brothers in his

neighborhood might liquidate him any moment.

 

Sai-Bro. Radhakrishnanji gave him a

patient hearing. He is a gem among Sai-devotees. He immediately rushed into his

home-shrine of Sai Baba and prayed to Him for relief. He took a pinch of Hazrat Tajuddin Baba's udhi and gave it to Muppayanavarji

with the advice: " Love your Muslim-brothers with all your heart and treat

them with kindness and live with them in all patience, understanding that they

are so behaving with you out of ignorance. Individually, we have to bear up

with everything however unpleasant, that comes to us from anyone opposed to us

and take it that Lord Sainath sends these troubles to

raise us beyond the pairs of opposites, so that we can remain calm and

unaffected in all situations. This attitude changes in a mysterious way the

heart of the person who is opposed to us " .

 

With this advice, Radhakrishnanji asked Muppayanavarji to keep udhi

always with him and mentally pray to Baba for relief. He also told him an

anecdote from Hazrat Tajuddin

Baba's life :- " Once at the time of communal

riots, a Muslim devotee complained to Hazrat Tajuddin Baba - 'Hindus are killing Muslims. Please save

them'. The saint said - 'shut up, none can kill a true Muslim'. The aulia meant that those who have real faith in God would be

saved and that all others are only Muslims and Hindus in name. They serve petty

politics and not God " .

 

It was Lord Sainath consoling Sri Muppayanavar through Sri R. Radhakrishnan. He returned to Dharwar and three days later, i.e. on the

5th October 1983, the

same Muslim brothers who had beaten him two weeks ago re-entered his house. On

this occasion, Sri Muppayanavar was bold enough as he

had Hazrat Tajuddin Baba's udhi with him. The Muslim brothers apologized profusely for

their misconduct and requested him to punish them in any manner he chose. Pious

by nature, Sri Muppayanavar pardoned them and hugged

each one of them with love and compassion.

 

My creed - To love justice, to long for the right, to love mercy,

to pity the suffering to assist the weak, to forget wrongs and remember

benefits, to love the truth, to be sincere, to utter honest words, to love

liberty, to wage relentless war against slavery in all its funs, to love wife

and child and friend, to make a happy home, to love the beautiful in art, in

nature, to cultivate the mind, to be familiar with the mighty thoughts that

genius has expressed, the noble deeds of all the world; to cultivate courage

and cheerfulness, to make others happy, to fill the life with the splendor of

generous acts, the warmth of loving words; to discard error, to destroy

prejudice, to receive new truths with gladness, to cultivate hope, to see the

calm beyond the storm, the dawn beyond the night, to do the best that can be

done and then be resigned.

 

This is the religion of reason, the creed of science. This

satisfies the brain and heart.

-

Rovert G. Ingersoll

(Source

Sai Padananda Magazine Special)