Sai Baba and Guru by Jugal Kishor Puri

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Sai Baba and Guru

Selfless service of Guru is an essential gradient to attain Iparanirttia. Sai Baba never gives upadesh

as is ordinarily understood or He never utters mantra in the ear of any

devotee.

 

Surrender and Faith - Those who surrender to Sadguru

Lord are not weak characters. They are on the contrary like a lion. In order to

surrender at the feet of Sadguru, one has to get rid

of his own false sense of egoism. Situation of self-surrender leads to losing

one's own identity with a view to merging the same with the Sadguru.

Draupadi raised her hands in the sense of total

surrender and sought the help of Lord Shri Krishna,

who extended the same to an unlimited length. Dushhasan

was tired of putting off the saree and failed to

undress her ultimately and hence he gave up.

 

Once Sai Baba told Radhabai Deshmukh " I am a beggar. Look here my Guru (Venkusa) was a great saint. He was highly merciful and he begged from me

two pice.

What he wanted was not metallic

coin. He did not

care even for gold but he only

wanted Nishtha and Saburi i.e. faith and courageous

patience. I gave these to him at once and he

was pleased. He never blew

any mantra into

my ear. Make

the guru the sole object of thoughts and aims to

attain paramartha, the supreme goal. " The Lady (Radhabai Deshmukh) bowed

and accepted the advice of Sai

Baba.

 

Remember Him (Sai Baba) always with love, for he

was engrossed in doing good to all and always abided

in his self. All other Gods are illusory. Guru is the only God. If we believe

in Sadguru, he can change our fortune for the better.

If we serve him nicely, we can get rid of Samsar. If

we make him out helmsman, we can easily cross over the sea of all pains and

sorrows.

 

Sai Baba says, " I look always to and provide for the welfare

of the devotees, who worship me wholeheartedly with their mind ever fixed on

me " . Lord Krishna has also said the, the same in Gita

Let us all follow the above advice of Shri Sai Baba

and attain moksha.

Jugal Kishor Puri

Chandigarh

 

(Source Sai Leela Magazine Aug 1980)