Message for the week.

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Sairam,

 

 

BABA bless us all on this Thursday and guide us in our lives. May all our wishes be fulfill and BABA guide us always in the right path.

 

We make our life miserable by thinking by putting our "I" ahead of everything. We nurture "I" and help it grow and take over our thinking and our life, our relations and our spirituality. We let this "I" grow to such heights that it becomes difficult for us to bring it back down to earth. In order for this "I" to win, we go to the level of lying cheating and hurtng people. The reason for all vices is growth of "I". For those who want to succeed in life and spirituality then we have to surrender this "I" at the feet of the lord and He is bound to take care of everything for us. Here is the message for the week...

 

Shri Tembye Swami

We come to the next story, which shows how Saints love aech other with fraternal

affection. Once Shri Vasudevanand Saraswati, known as Shri Tembye Swami

encamped, at Rajamahendri (Andhra Country), on the banks of Godavari. He was a

devout, orthodox, Jnani and Yogi Bhakta of the God Dattatreya. One, Mr.

Pundalikrao, pleader of Nanded (Nizam State) went to see him, with some friends.

While they were talking with him, the names of Shirdi and Sai Baba were casually

mentioned. Hearing Baba's name, the Swami bowed with his hands; and taking a

coconut gave it to Pundalikrao, and said to him, "Offer this to my brother Sai,

with my pranam and request Him not to forget me, but ever love me." He also

added that the Swamis do not generally bow to others, but in this case an

exception had to be made. Mr. Pundalikrao consented to take the fruit and his

message to Baba. The Swami was right in calling Baba a brother, for as he

maintained an Agnihotra (Sacred fire) day and night, in his orthodox fashion;

Baba too kept His Agnihotra, i.e., Dhuni ever burning in the Masjid.

After one month Pundalikrao and others left for Shirdi with the coconut, and

reached Manmad, and as they felt thirsty they went to a rivulet for drinking

water. As water should not be drunk on an empty stomach, they took out some

refreshments, i.e., Chivda (flattened rice mixed with spice). The Chivda tasted

pungent and in order to soften it, some one suggested and broke the coconut and

mixed its scrapings with it. Thusthey made the Chivda mare tasty and palatable.

Unfortunately the fruit broken, turned out to be the same, that was entrusted to

Pundalikrao. As they neared Shirdi, Pundalikrao remembered the trust, i.e., the

coconut and was very sorry to learn that it was broken and utilized. Fearing and

trembling, he came to Shirdi and saw Baba. Baba had already received a wireless

message, regarding the coconut, from the Tembye Swami, ad Himself asked

Pundalikrao first to give the things sent by His brother. He held fast Baba's

Feet, confessed his guilt and negligence, repented and asked for Baba's pardon.

He offered to give another fruit as a substitute, but Baba refused to accept it

saying that the worth of that coconut was by far, many times more, than an

ordinary one and that it could not be replaced by another one. Baba also added-

"Now you need not worry yourself any more about the matter. It was on account of

my wish that the coconut was entrusted to you, and ultimately broken on the way;

why should you take the responsibility of the actions on you? Do not entertain

the sense of doership in doing good, as well as for bad deeds; be entirely

prideless and egoless in all things and thus your spiritual progress will be

rapid." What a beautiful spiritual instruction Baba gave! Chapter 50

 

BABA bless us and guide us always

 

Humble pranams

 

 

Sairam

Anitha Kandukuri

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