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Sai Vichaar www.saibaba.org Thursday , April 17, 2008 :: Volume 10, Issue 49 (In its tenth year of publication.) Sai Vichaar is a Weekly newsletter distributed every Thursday and is devoted to the life, philosophy and teachings of Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi. Feel free

to forward this newsletter to your interested associates in its original form. IN THIS ISSUE: FEATURE OF THE WEEK CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE DEVOTEES SAY PRAYER CLUB EXPERIENCE OF DEVOTEES QUOTATION OF THE WEEK QUESTION OF THE WEEK SAI ACTIVITIES FROM THE EDITORS KEYBOARD FEATURE OF THE WEEK: Shri Ramnavami message On one occasion, Shri Shirdi Sai Baba advised one of His devotees working as a Magistrate,

to maintain 'probity' in personal and professional life. The word 'probity' means a high standard of moral behaviour or adherence to the highest principles and ideals or in short, uprightness. People from all walks of life, such as government servants like magistrates, revenue officials, tehsildars, mamlatdars, police officials to lawyers, artists, pilgrims, used to flock around Baba at Shirdi, seeking His divine blessings, help and guidance, both mundane and spiritual. Baba helped everyone as and when required, without any considerations of religion, caste, creed, temporal status or varied social differentiation. Of all the advice that Shri Sainath Maharaj rendered, the most important and common advice was to maintain uprightness and honesty in all aspects of life religious, social, professional or personal. By asking the Magistrate to exhibit moral conduct in his profession, Baba gave the message that demonstrating the quality of righteousness in only

one sphere of life, is not conducive to spiritual growth of an individual. It has to be practiced or adhered to in every sphere of life. In our ordinary life, we come across many people, who demonstrate their quality of piety by donating lots of money to the temples, but shirk away in providing any such help to their poor domestic servant, even if he or she may be in dire stress due to any number of reasons such as the sickness of his or her child. There are others who spend lots of money and time on the rearing of their pet dogs, but do not think twice before hurling abuses and even beat up urchins begging on the street. Such examples are too numerous to be described within the limited space of this article. Such people show contradiction between their thought, intent and action, where they display virtuosity selectively, sometimes simply for their personal gains. Thus, the quality of uprightness, probity and honesty are applied as utilitarian principles.

One need not be surprised at such examples, because to be successful in the worldly life, most people take recourse to such a formula. However, such an approach is not conducive for those desirous of their inner evolution. The formula that Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi prescribed, was upholding the qualities of tolerance, compassion, uprightness, sacrifice and non-attachment to be practiced resolutely in every station of life be it professional, personal, religious or social. FEATURE OF THE WEEK: Shri Ramnavami message (continued.....) Those who followed Baba's teaching in letter and spirit gained spiritual progress much faster than those who did not follow. Shri Sai Satcharitra cites stories of many such evolved souls during Baba's lifetime, such as, Megha, who maintained his simplicity till his demise, Bala Saheb Bhate and Kaka Saheb Dixit who renounced worldly life entirely on the bidding of Baba, while Mahalsapati maintained his

non-attachment to materialism. These exalted and noble souls, and many others, who never faltered in sustaining their qualities under the guidance of the Master of Shirdi, have been praised in Shri Sat Charitra and elsewhere. Therefore, it behoves the true Sai devotees to consciously try to evolve the best qualities in them, in all the activities they undertake. No doubt, this is not at all easy to achieve, but steadfast love, devotion and unwavering faith towards Baba will gradually bring out the best qualities in them. May Shri Sai bless us all, to be able to follow the path of righteousness and uprightness. A message from Shri C B Satpathy. CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE: Sadguru Only the Competent! Das Ganu sought Baba for an explanation of a highly complicated metaphysical work, the Upanishad. Saibaba blessed him and said, "You need not be anxious, there

is no difficulty about the matter, the maid servant of Kaka (Kakasaheb Dixit) will solve your doubts at Vile Parle, on your way home." Those who were present around thought that Baba was joking, but not Das Ganu. He knew fully well that seemingly meaningless utterances of Sadguru Sainath Maharaj are nothing but utter truths and the most competent authority for any explanation is only Sadguru and none else. Faith in Saibaba grows as the saadhana intensifies, taking the seeker to different levels of perception. It can be said that such faith in most cases is just a relative measure of one's standing with his/her Sadguru. However, as Guru ji noted, the highest stage of spirituality there can only be one truth one definition and one experience about it. Guruji C.B. Satpathy ji wrote, "Many devotees are heard saying that they have 'faith in Baba', 'full faith in Baba' or are 'surrendered'. Would one ask them as to why and how they got this faith for Baba, the

general reply is that In their difficult times they prayed to Baba and got the required help and, therefore, think that Baba will help them when ever they desire to avoid painful situations or pray for desirable happenings. Some of them are even seen to criticize other devotees for not having as much faith as they have and thereby enjoy a sense of spiritual superiority as if they and not Baba have the right and capacity to pass such value judgments on such matters." A seeker in his pursuit does encounter occasional glimpses of God's magnificence, but that does not completely make him competent to explain the Supreme to everyone. Unless all the samskaras vanish, the seeker cannot be considered as the one that is sought! Even the great souls that lived with Saint God during the golden age had to go through those phases whereas devotees such as Das Ganu had in their capacity to abide by the complete faith in Saibaba. Let us remember and offer our prostrations

to the Sadguru who is the only competent. (Contributed by Sai Vichaar team) DEVOTEES SAY: MadhuriWe have been through a lot in last few months. Peace and happiness were nowhere near to us. With my strong faith, we kept on praying to Baba and our saburi is rewarded. All our tensions were cleared in a giff and we are so happy now. Please keep faith on Baba. All your prayers will be answered. May lord give peace and happiness to all. LaxmiOm Sai Ram! Thank you so much. Today I had doctor appointment and everything went well. Sairam, thank so much for being with me. Baba please help my mother and my brother. Please erase their misunderstandings. SrilathaI had been going through several bad times. In between, my work at office was very disappointing and I visited Baba's

temple on Thursday, got my ID and my finger ring (with Baba's face on it) consecrated by the touch of Baba's feet. From the next day, the work at office started improving and within one week, my position and work were properly recognized at my office. Baba, kindly shower Your grace on us this way all the time. Please draw me to Shirdi atleast once. Bow to Shri Sai. Peace be to all. SitaTwo weeks back I was very worried regarding health of my in-law, but due to Baba's blessing everything is fine. Baba, we need Your blessing. Please bless our family Sai devoteeThank you Baba for helping me go through a smooth delivery and blessing us with a beautiful baby girl. I felt Your presence throughout the time I was at the hospital. I got very scared when my incision opened up due to the infection and You helped me recover from that as well. Please always be with us, bless us and forgive us. ThirupurasundariThank you so much for blessing my son with an internship offer. Please guide him in the right direction and help him come to a correct decision. AnishFrom long back I had severe problem with my health and studies and was not able to do well but one day my brother-in-law told me the greatness of Sai Baba. Soon after as I started praying to Baba my health got better and recovered. Not only that I was blessed with good marks but also got placed in one of the best University in Japan. This all happened with the help of Baba. He is really great .Thank you very much Baba. HemangiWhat should I speak of the experience of Baba's blessing. I had lots of problems few months back. Every Thrusday I used to go to Sai Baba temple and prayed to Baba to guide me in life. One Thrusday an old lady came to me when I was wearing my sandals outside the temple and said to

have "Shraddha and Saburi". I was completely blank and after sometime I started looking for the same lady but could not find her. Later I prayed to Baba and said I will have "Shraddha and Saburi", and things started changing slowly and steadily in my life. Today when I look ahead about my life I don't see any problem. My husband got a promotion too. My financial status has started improving slowly. RadhikaThank You soo much Sainath for making me complete my saptah of Sai Satcharita and answering my prayers. Devotees keep all your problems before Sainath's lotus feet and He will help you sail smoothly. I had prayed to Sainath to send me a good driver as my husband could not travel otherwise or walk too much. I began reading Sai Satcharita and on the last day of completing a person arrived at the door and said he is a driver sent by someone he does not know. We have appointed him. Sai thank you so much. Please bless him and his family.

His wife recently had a by pass surgery done. Koti pranams to you Sainath. PRAYER CLUB: A devoteeBaba, I wish from bottom of my heart. Please take care of my friend's health, she is fighting from cancer and she has two kids. Sai devoteeBaba, please don't take my test. It is hard to tolerate now. You know my problem. Please show me and my husband the way so we could solve our problems. Please help my husband that his new business should run very well. I don't want him to loose his confidence. Baba, please help him and bless him. I am waiting from long time when will You bless him. Baba, today is Thursday and you know my faith for this day. Do some miracle. My daughter should feel better as You know she is sick. Bless my family. I want a peaceful life now. Jai Sai Ram. SurriyaRequest to

all Sai devotees from a mother. My daughter is facing lot of problems with her marriage. Please Sai devotees pray to Sai Baba that her marriage does not break up . Sai Baba please always stay with her and shower Your blessings on my daughter. Both of us have full faith in You as You have always blessed us. RaghavDear Sai, my mother is suffering from severe pain in both knees and has obesity. She is a chronic smoker also. Kindly help her in getting rid of these problems. I will definitely post the article in Sai Vichaar. AkbarPlease give me the opportunity to prove the truth and get back my identity. Therefore the only thing I would do is to place it at Your feet. PrakashBaba, You know I am very pessimistic about my new posting. Baba please give me courage and help me to overcome my anxiety. Please call me to Shirdi after joining the new posting which I

am sure with Your blessing I will like it. RajBaba! you are always with me at every stage of my life guiding me and helping me to get through situations. You know that I need a new project for which I have been waiting for a long time. Baba please bless me, nothing is possible without your grace. Baba help me with a good project and be with me to as always. I am getting miserable Baba. I am putting my head on my feet and praying, please bless me. Om Sai Ram! EXPERIENCE OF DEVOTEES: CynthiaI wish to share our recent experiences and how Baba has helped us. On March 12th, 2008 we experienced a severe storm and the retaining wall, fence and paving at home was damaged. More importantly the water was gushing into the yard and was lapping at the doorstep. All of us cried out to Sai and prayed that as He has stopped the Ganges, He

must please save us from the house being flooded. Baba never fails for He heard our cry and we were saved from flood damage to our home and belongings. Praise to Shri Sai. We thank Baba for the repairs that have been completed. On 13th March, someone who is known to my brother took a hammer and damaged all the glass and some other parts of our car. The insurance company was not prepared to authorize repairs to all the damage, but we held on to Baba and everyday prayed to Him and finally the repairs were authorized and I collected the car today fully repaired. To Baba be all the glory. Fellow brothers and sisters, I was still experiencing anxiety attacks when thinking of all that has to be dealt with and then today I read an email where Baba says that we are all under His protection and I pray Baba to take my fears away. We thank Him for carrying us through all these mishaps and commit all unto His hands and protection. Baba never fails. Om Sai Shree Sai Jai Jai Sai. Please

Sai never leave us nor forsake us for it is unto You that we look from whence cometh our help. Bless and protect and shower Your grace upon all Your children. SrikanthI want to share my experience with Sai devotees. I am worshiping Saibaba for many years. During all this period I have gone through so many experiences with Him and He helped me in so many situations and still He is helping me. Personally I am not a bright person and well behave character, I use to have so many bad habits like smoking, drinking, laziness, blaming others etc. I promised Sai so many times, if You help me from this problem I will stop doing all this bad stuff but I failed so many times to keep up those promises. Even though Saibaba fulfills all my wishes like coming to USA, getting a job and getting married. After coming to USA I stopped drinking and smoking with Baba help. It has been almost 6 years now. But from last 2 years I am going through lots of

problem like immigration and financial problems. I lost all the money whatever I earned here and I end up with a big debt. In thiese two years my life has been changed a lot, I stopped doing all the bad stuff and I am leading my life in a good path. I am very much confident that Baba will take care of all my problems. When you totally give yourself to Baba, He takes care of you. So all my friends just have complete faith on Him. QUOTATION OF THE WEEK: "Be honest in all your dealings".-Shri Sai Baba QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Q. Question of the week is given below...... A. by . Q. For a Sai devotee, is it appropriate to base decisions on practices such as Kundalini or seek the advice of other Gurus?

SAI ACTIVITIES: Shirdi Sai Temple of Chicago and Suburbs, Illinois, USAShirdi Sai temple is open daily from 7:00 a.m to 9:00 p.m.(Summer hours). Daily program includes Kakad Arathi at 7 a.m. followed by Abhisek. Madhayana Arathi at 12 noon, Dhoop Arathi at 6 p.m. and Shej Arathi at 9 p.m. Archana, Homams, Sahasranama and sponsored poojas continue in between the Arathis. To request a pooja for yourselves, your friends and family, please call. Devotees can request water (Abhishek Jal) from the Holy bathing of Baba by sending us an email or by phone. Temple is located 25 minutes drive west of Schaumburg on intersection of IL Route 47 and Plank Road in Hampshire, IL. For more information please call 847-931-4058 or send email to maildrop. Sri Saibaba Mandir, Minneapolis, MNSri Saibaba Mandir is located in Minneapolis, MN at 1835 Polk St

NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418. The mandir is open 7 days a week in the evenings from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm and during morning hours from 9 am to 12:30 pm, everyday. Satsangs are conducted every Sunday mornings, 9 am to 12:30 pm. Please visit the mandir website www.hamaresai.org or call 612-789-7729 for more information on mandir activities, events and other information. Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of Dallas/Fort Worth, TexasSri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of DFW Metroplex is located at 2109 West Parker (Parker Plaza), Suite 212, Plano, TX 75023. For temple hours and activities please call the temple office at 469-467-3388 or visit the website www.shirdisaidallas.org. Shirdi Sai Temple of New England, Boston AreaSri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of New England is now operational. It is located at 1827 Bridge St # 8, Dracut, MA 01824. The temple is open every Thursday from 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm and Saturday's from 4.00

pm to 7.00 pm. For temple hours and activities please visit the website www.nessp.org or send mail to maildrop. Shirdi Sai Center in Bay Area, CAShirdi Sai Center is located 897-B East Kifer Rd, Sunnyvale, CA 94086. For more information please call 408-705-7904 or 408-564-6704 or send email to saibandhu. You can also visit our website is www.Shirdisaiparivaar.org. Shirdi Saibaba temple, Los Angeles, CADevotees in Los Angeles area are informed about Sri Shirdi Saibaba temple in Los Angeles area. The temple is located at - 144 South 4th Street, Montebello, CA 90640. For more information please call Krishna Samantula at 949-679-9938 or visit www.shirdisaila.org. Saibaba Temple, Columbus, OhioDevotees in Columbus and surrounding Ohio locations area are informed about Sri Shirdi Saibaba temple in Metro Columbus area. The temple is located

in a leasing space at 7674 Sawmill Rd, Dublin, OH 43016. Please attend daily Aaratis and Thursday bhajans. For more information please call Panditjee at 614-799-8411 or visit www.saibaba.cc. Shirdi Sai bhajans every Thursday at Maitland, FloridaDevotees are invited to participate in Sai study and bhajans on Thursdays between 7-8 pm at Meditation Gallery, 219 E Horatio Ave, Maitland, FL 32715. For more details please contact Bonnie at 407-830-1276. FROM THE EDITORS KEYBOARD: Sai devotees posting prayer request are requested to state their needs briefly and be specific about their prayer needs. This will help with good use of space and allows more requests to be posted every week. A Sai devotee suggested the "Question of the week" for this week as follows: Q. For a Sai devotee, is it appropriate to base

decisions on practices such as Kundalini or seek the advice of other Gurus? Humbly Yours,The Editor ABOUT THIS EMAIL: This newsletter is not sent unsolicited. This newsletter is e-mailed to you because of at least one of the following reasons:1. You have d through our on-line page,2. You have visited our web site and shown interest in the Sai topics and asked for information, or3. You have been gifted a subscription by a friend or a relative. To Subscribe Sai Vichaar for receipt by Email please visit the URL http://www.saibaba.org/newsletter.html and select the option from the menu. If you are subscribing the newsletter for your friend or a relative, we request that the person concerned may be notified about receiving the newsletter and the willingness to receive the newsletter be confirmed. To Un-Subscribe receipt of Sai Vichaar, please visit the URL http://www.saibaba.org/newsletter.html and select the option from the menu. If you have problems accessing the web page due to network problems, please send an e-mail to support with the words "Un Sai Vichaar" in the subject line. To make a contribution to any of the sections of Sai Vichaar, please visit the URL http://www.saibaba.org/newsletter.html and select the Submit Articles to Sai Vichaar option from the menu. Back copies of HTML version of Sai Vichaar can be accessed by visting the URL http://www.saibaba.org/whatsnew.html. For any questions or more information regarding this e-mail or our web site, please send an e-mail to maildrop and your inquiries will be attended to promptly. Thank you,The webmaster From and Editor: Shirdi Sai Baba Web Site Shirdi Sai Baba Sanstha (A non-profit organization) Mail: 12N950 State Route 47 Hampshire, IL 60140, USA Email maildrop Phone 847-931-4058 Fax 847-931-4066 © Copyright 1998-2006 saibaba.org, Shirdi Sai Baba Sanstha - Sai Vichaar Weekly may only be redistributed in its unedited form. Written permission must be obtained to reprint or cite the information contained within this newsletter. Sai Vichaar is devoted to the philosophy and teachings of Shri Sadguru Sai Baba of Shirdi, and will take every measure to avoid topics or themes contradicting the same. Sai Vichaar team or the Shirdi Sai Baba web site is not responsible for the opinions expressed by individual contributors.

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