Guest guest Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 Sairam, Happy Gurvaar. May the grace of guru evelope all of us, and constantly guide and protect us now and always. The way to earn BABA's grace is to think of Him and repeat HIS name. But why is it that when troubles befall us we never think of BABA first but try and solve the problems ourselves? To think of god requires one to train their mind, so come what may we always fall back on BABA, and tell HIM our problems and forget about our worries and sit back to let HIM take care of our issues for us. How can we do this? BABA has given us the simple solution for this He has actually shown us the path to get closer to HIM all it requires is our sincere practice and attention towards HIS teachings. He is BABA's advice to us.. Easiest Path: He never prescribed any asan, regulation of breathing or any rites to His Bhaktas, nor did He blow any mantra into their ears. He told them to leave off all cleverness and always remember "SaiSai". "If you did that" He said, "all your shackles would be removed and you would be free". Sitting between five fires, sacrifices, chantings, eight-fold Yoga are possible for the Brahmins only. They are of no use to the other classes. The function of the mind is to think, it cannot remain for a minute without thinking. If you give it a Sense-object, it will think about it. If you give it to a Guru, it will think about Guru. You have heard most attentively the greatness, grandeur of Sai. This is the natural remembrance, worship and Kirtan of Sai. Hearing the stories of the Saints is not so difficult, as the other Sadhanas mentioned above. They (stories) remove all fear of this Samsar (worldly existence), and take you on to the spiritual path. So listen to these stories, meditate on them, and assimilate them. If this is done, not only the Brahmins, but women and lower clases will get pure and holy. You may do or attend to your worldy duties, but give your mind to Sai and His stories, and then, He is sure to bless you. This is the easiest path, but why do not all take to it? The reason is that without God's grace, we do not get the desire to listen to the stories of Saints. With God's grace everything is smooth and easy. Hearing the stories of the Saints is, in a way, keeping their company. The importance of the company of Saints is very great. It removes our body-consciousness and egoism, destroys completely the chain of our birth and death, cuts asunder all the knots of the heart, and takes us to God, Who is pure Consciousness. It certainly increases our non-attachment to sense-objects, and makes us quite indifferent to pleasures and pains, and leads us on the spiritual path. If you have no other Sadhana, such as uttering God's name, worship or devotion etc., but if you take refuge in them (Saints) whole-heartedly, they will carry you off safety across the ocean of wordly existence. It is for this reason that the Saint manifest themselves in this world. even sacred rivers such as the Ganges, Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri etc., which wash away the sins of the world, desire that the Saints should come to them, for a bath and purify them. Such is the grandeur of the Saints. It is on account of the store of merit in past births that we have attained the feet of Sai Baba." Chapter 10 SSS. BABA, we are ignorant and flaunder at every step in our life. We are weak minded, we place our head at your feet, please guide us and protect us always and help us to constantly think of you always so that we may get closer to you. Bless us and guide us always. Humble pranams Sairam Anitha Kandukuri http://www.angelfire.com/sd/SaidarbarCanberra Find it on Domain.com.au Need a new place to live? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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