HOW EACH ONE OF US KNEW SAIBABA.... PLS SHARE

[sai70]

Jaisairam,

I want to tell you how i became a sai devotee.When I was in my +2 ,once my neighbours aunty said that we have a charity show in which shirdi baba's movie is playing and they took me with them .I was so happy to see baba his miracles in the movie and gave me lot of happiness which i cannot express,but this was not the first time i have seen him.My grandmother used to wear baba,s locket along with her mangalsuthr.Yet she  was not his devotee ,but she was worshipping goddess durga and we too the same.I remember her telling me that during her childhood they used to have bhajans of baba and one of her brother's name is also 'SAI BABA'.

The actual involment into baba's devothin was when I was in graduation where my own aunt gave us baba's photo and small parayan book.That time we were actually in big crises ,but baba really helped us  a lot.To my surprise there was  BIG  SAI'S temple adjacent to my college where i used to visit him when ever i had time before college and especially on thursdays afternoons during lunch time.I remember baba statue was small but really powerfull. I really miss that temple now. After that Baba was everything to me .I believe that he is form of all 33 crore gods in the universe.

Another coincidence was my other granny[my dads mom] used to pray to BABA and PANDURANGA on thursdays. That could also be the reason that BABA pulled me towards him. I believe strongly that he is my MOTHER ,FATHER , FRIEND ,GURU AND everthing to me.

Iam not so good at english ,but i think my friends can understand this .


JAISAIRAM JAISAIRAM JAISAIRAM  JAISAIRAM JAISAIRAM

[keerthisai]

DEar SAI70 ji

OM SAI RAM

HAPPY NEW YEAR, Thanks for your contribution, Hope you enjoy being in this SAI FAMILY.

THANK YOU BABA for this wonderful family

THANKS & RGDS
KEERTHI

JAI SAI RAM

[preetisai]

Dear Keerthiji,
this a wonderful topic,baba is there for everyone and he loves all!
I don't exactly remember how i started believing baba but yes i do remember that when i was in school,i was a shy,timid girl who never really believed in any god though my family is quite religious....so i just followed all religious rituals of the family.
Few of my classmates were very naughty and thy would get into troubles(get punished by the pricipal)very often.
I was kind of friendly with them,they were not really bad at heart,thts what i felt.Nw,at a number of occasions..circumstances would be such that i would feel that being their friend,i would surely get into trouble with them as they all did but believe me- i never did.Everytime i prayed to baba and he would come to my resque!Believe me,school ,college everywhere baba was with me....always helping me.Thn,baba got me a job which i never expected to get as i had no experience and only senior experieced people were givn that post but by babas grace i got selected,i still dont know how?,then in my office my seniors were like father figures to me.One of my collegues was so helpful to me that im sure he was sent by sai for me.
Then,baba gave me my HUSBAND,exactly the kind ,i had imagined.....touchwood!
I had never seen baba and i challenged him one day that baba-if you are there and the one im worshipping then prove it,how do i know that you are the same one,im praying to???Come to me,i want to see you.....its a challenge and if you fail,my devotion for you will also go away.I saw baba in dream,he came in the same white dress and the same white scarf on the head,and clearly said-"dekh le mujhe,sar se pao tak,tune muhje kaha tha na ki baba aao,poori tasaalli kar le ki mein wohi hoon na tera baba,jise tu manti hai???Jab tak tu nahi kahegi,mein nhi jaunga....acche se dekh le mujhe, ki mein wahi hoon, mujhe tu baar baar bua rhi thi,mein pareshan ho rha tha" i said baba aap ko dekh liya,man gayi,then he said kutch chahiye????i said-no baba,aapko dekh liya,bas.(im getting goose bums telling this)
Then again when i was pregnant,he came in my dream and gave me-mitha halwa.I promised him that baba i will come with my baby and family for your dharshan in sirdi.Nw,i could not plan and it was getting delayed.....he again appeared in my dream and said-tune aana nhi hai,mujhe bhool gayi....I got up and prayed baba,i want to come,please mere husband ko bolo na,he does not believe you......to my surprise soon my husband arranged a trip to sirdi with my inlaws and my parents as well,together!All these incidents have made my faith for baba grow stronger.Its been three years since i have seen him in my dream,talking with me,i miss him a lot but i know he will come soon(Nahi to mein phir jhagada karoongi na unse)i know he has so many bhakts and he is very busy........so with this thought i bow to him and wish he blesses all!!
Sairam to all........miss you baba....agar aapko woh heavy heavy malayein pareshan karein to chupke se raat mein unhein utar dena...i know sabki shraddha hai....but yeh sai baba ko bhi to chubti hongi...just imagine us wearing those garlands everyday!And that heavy singing aloud everyday(sorry if i hurt anyones feeling,really sorry)
Omsainath.
Preeti.

[keerthisai]

DEar PREETI SAI ji

OM SAI RAM

Thanks for your contribution, Hope you enjoy being in this SAI FAMILY.

THANK YOU BABA for this wonderful SAI ONLINE family

THANKS & RGDS
KEERTHI

JAI SAI RAM

[jaya.visu]

Hi,

Exactly I didn’t remember how Saibaba came into my life. But up to 10th class I was praying Lord Shiva. In 10th class summer holidays one of my friend came to me and she has given to me baba’s small picture. I think i.e. the first incident. Just I kept it in my pooja’s room. Immediately I got one dream, that one of my brother friend given to me very big baba’s picture. I woke up and I felt very happy.

 After that for intermediate I joined tuitions. While going on from my home to tuition by cycle there was a temple under construction. I was thinking which temple it is; just I entered in to the temple. I.e. our baba’s temple. Baba was very small there, temple was big but it was under construction. In those days I don’t know anything about baba’s harathulu and all. Just I prayed god. Like that every day I am going to temple and going to tuitions. This was my daily routine.

 In that way I am going to temple every day, but I was not at all more than 5 min, b’coz mine was early morning tuition. If I will spend more time in temple surely I will miss the class. Some days passed .one day that temple priest called me and told do abhishke for sai (him self only given to milk to me). Just I pored the milk on sai and ruined to tuition. This also happen for some days. Whenever I was entering into baba’s temple the priest calling me and told do abhishake. I felt little bit happy and feeling getting late to my tuition why priest is calling me every day. But somehow I felt happy. This also happened some more days. One day already I was started at home lately. But I don’t like to cross my baba’s temple without seeing him. So what I thought anyway today I am late so priest already finished abishake and all. So he won’t call me for abhishake. So just go into temple and see baba. Like this I was thinking and stopped my bicycle before temple and I entered into temple. Priest finished all the abhishake and dressed up our baba also. So I felt happy seeing abba, and I was about turning back again that temple priest called me back
He asked me my name, and my family members names and he was doing some puja before baba with “kukuma” (Chandnam,) and also he called me and do that puja for baba, at that time I got angry  “ I can’t say “no I have to go to class”, just I was murmuring u r calling me daily I am getting late u know that…if I will miss the class who will give to me nodes and all like I was thinking in my heart and did puja with kukuma to baba. That day I felt something like daily he is calling and telling all these things and also I decided in temple itself “tomorrow onwards I don’t want to do puja, if priest call me also I don’t want to do” just I decided like that and I ruined to tuition, I thought I was late 45 min. when I entered in to my class, that day my Sir didn’t came. Just all my friends were talking something. No class that day. Then I felt bad, I did not do puja with whole heart. Any way tomorrow I will do. That day, I felt like baba’s know this one early. But I don’t know. Unnecessarily I got angry on the temple priest.  I felt bad for my thoughts.

Then again next day I started at my home early, I stopped at temple (now some more devotional feeling) and I entered into temple, the temple priest doing abhishke but he didn’t even call me. I was waiting for his call. But he didn’t call me for abhishake or for puja also. Simply himself only finished. Just I prayed and went back.

Next day also same routine. I was Surprised…
At that time I came to know he is powerful and I felt very bad………. I missed good chance.

After that so many times early morning I went to temple, but no use I didn’t get chance at all. But I became devotee of saibaba.

Now that temple is very big at my hometown.  I didn’t write my exams well in intermediate. But I got first class. I joined Degree college i.e. Sri sai baba national degree college which is next to that temple only.

I went to that temple so many times……….


So I am telling to every devotee………..Plz baba knows our heart fully…our thoughts…each and every thing he is only one knows…

“ I am sorry, if any grammatical mistakes in my English please ignore it. I am not able to express sia leelas. I am not that much great.

 In my lifetime he showed his leeas so many times… but I am not able to how to express all these things…



jaisairam,

Jayasree.

[SS91]

SaiRam jayashree ji

Happy Sankranti.

Thanks for sharing how u know Baba Sai.

I really enjoyed reading the same.Sai bless you.

Jaisairam.

[krisam76]

Dear SAI brothers and Sisters,
                                                     thanks for this Forum where people can read how BABA pulled his "sparrows" which increase our faith.

SAI fame is spreading by leaps and bounds everyday. This can be vouched by the growing number of SAI temples/centres/websites all over the world.

I came into "SAI fold " during 1998. That was time when i had completed by B tech and aspiring to go to USA for masters. SAI was unknown to me back then though my grandfather was a sai devotee. Basically I am from chennai and stay in a place called mylapore which has a BABA temple vey close to my house. But back then i was not familiar and used to pas by the temple but not care much for BABA. Then in 1999, when i had to get my visa for coming to USA, the day before the interview i went to SAI temple since it was close by and i thought why not just go for formaility and pray. I did that and went for my interview. ALAS! my visa was rejected and i was very depressed.
I started bad mouthing all gods including BABA for not granting me visa and for spoiling my life . But Deva's ways are unfathomable and i was to realise it was part of bigger plan.

I was actually undergoing 71/2 period of saturn and was getting disaster and failures in all aspect of my career . So with anger i was an "athesit" for a short while

slowly i realised even being "atheist" does not help as i was in crisis and did not have job with all hopes dashed. I was ridiculed by all my ralatives and my parents underwent so much mental tension as their son is unsettled and without any job. I wanted to occuopy the free time with spuiritual acftivities and started reading slokas/doing prayer with more vigor in hope of miracle which will get my visa to US or get me a job in india.everyday i used to spend so much time in meditation, chanting gods name and started being regular visitor to BABA temple near my home.

during my seconfd trip to temple, after darshan i decided to visit SAI bookstore next to temple with hope of buying some photographs.
I suddenly saw a red book decorated with chandan,kumkum and i asked about it. The shopkeeper said it is "satcharitra'" .I asked about the book but he said they are out of stock and sritten to sansthan to ship some more books. I again chided BABA for not allowing me to get hold of his book especially after creating interest.

Suddenly a fair Man aged 30 entered the store and smiled about me and asked about my welfare. I casually explained about my disater with US visa and how I am lost in life.
He said  "no matter what Hold on to BABA and he will overturn your luck. Start reading satcharitra dn BABA will bless you."

somehow his words comforted me . Not only that he pointed to samadhi photo of SAI and said "look how handsome BABA is. he is hearing and watching you now" don't worry.

These words soothed me and i was waiting to grab a copy of satcharitra and told shopkeeper to reserve a copy. The next day, i visited another music  and magazine shop to buy some magazines

and LO!the shopekeeper of that store was reading satcharitra sitting on his desk. Immedietly i asked from where he got and if he has a copy.

he said"you can buy my copy . I have another one"

This was BABA's miracle in blessing me with book when i wanted it.I started reading book and on 7th day in sleep satya sai baba appeared and blessed me raising his hands.I was overjoyed.

Needless to say those were starting point of my faith and BABA made me wait 1 year before granting me Visa again. In that one year he gave so much experiences and increased my faith. Thinking back i realise i was sparrow who had to undergo those experiences. If i had gotten my visa first time itself, I would have come to US but still would not have known BABA so deeply. But when i came in 1999, i was so deep into SAI. Even now troubles do occur but SAI is supporting me and has helped me to finish my masters and also find work in USA.

my next goal is to find ideal wife(SAI devotee) who is gift from Deva .

I also want to return back to India and lead simple life with a decent job and good wife in service of SAI and humanity .I hope BABA will fulfill these wishes.

I request all sai Brothers and sisters to pray for me.

PS: i am also looking for original SSS translated into english word by word(already written by ZARINE and Indira kher). BABA willing that book should be soon in stands .This way BABA will fulfill wants of all aspirants.

OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI

Ambrish

[marioban29]

Om Sai Namo Namah Sri Sai Namo Namah Jai Jai Sai Namo Namah Sadguru Sai Namo Namah

Om Sai Namo Namah Sri Sai Namo Namah Jai Jai Sai Namo Namah Sadguru Sai Namo Namah

[sushmakomandur]

WONDERFULL THREAD,THANKS FOR STARTING.
Om sree sai nathaya namaha.
My journey to baba started at very very young age when i was 7 year old or 8 year old,My Thatha grandpa took me to a telugu movie called"SHIRDI SAI MAHATHYAM",i was such a small kid but somehow i felt i should not move from my chair all through the movie,My grandpa always used to take me to satsang and aarthi's of sathya sai baba and shirdi sai baba,But i totally facinated by baba of shirdi and i sticked to only shirdi sai baba and got into his complete fold in 1998.
I think he was a LIFE SAVER and pulled me from big big troubles all through my college days and slowly and steadily i got into his fold.An devolped SHRADHA AND SABURI in day today life.
After marrige i can say each and every moment given to me is by ONLY BABA.
My husband is Athesit,i tried to explain him right from the first day of marrige about baba and took him to baba temples but he never became a devotee of baba.But for me baba is my oxygen i can't even live without baba's name even for a min.
I pray baba to keep our family here and all starsai devotees a happy family.
We all should concentrate on his LOTUS FEET.
May baba bless us all.
OM SREE SAI NATHAYA NAMAHA.
Sushma.

[swaroopa]

Hello Everyone!

One of our friends gave me the photo of sai baba. Even though i had the photo i was doing regular pooja.. Many of my friends were doing sai baba pooja in group every thursday.. and i got interest from there and started searching the pooja procedure.
And at that time i had lot of problem in life.. but once i started the pooja i could feel the difference.

I was blessed by the almighty ! We were trying to have a baby for 3 years.. and atlast we lost our hope and decided to to go to doctor for treatment.. but i never lost hope in saibaba.. i was continuously doing pooja and asking sai baba to bless me.. but before i went to doctor i just want to check and i was pregnant.. it is a miracle for me..

I will keep on thanking him all my lifetime. And i want to share this good news to all the members here. And to the people who sent me 'sai vrata book'.

Don't lose faith in saibaba.. faith moves mountains !

[marioban29]

OM SAIRAM

[marioban29]

OM SAIRAM

[Baba Devotee]

Hmmm...my case is very strange... i have developed love "automatically" for Baba...i haven't heard about Him from anyone...I am 21yrs old right now...I have just finished my engineering...i will be getting married next month...

May be i was a staunch devotee of Baba in my previous birth or something, i am again blessed to seek His feet even in this birth...

I have developed this love for Baba in my 8th std...when i was 12yrs old...He has helped me in numerous ways...i was so deeply in love for Baba that the walls of my room were full with His photos...my parents thought i was crazy...but by witnessing the miracles i have experienced in life, my parents and others got fully convinced that Baba was indeed great...He pulled me out from many disasters...

But after i have come to engineering, i fell into the busy life and forgot Him...ignorant as i was, i have misunderstood Baba for showing indifference to my plight when i faced problems...i didn't realise that i was facing the effects of my own karma and Baba was beside me all the while and giving me enough courage to face all that...

I sincerely apologize to my Baba for grossly misunderstanding Him...I will never repeat that mistake again...

But what surprises me the most is, even when a child shouts, hits and scolds his mother, his mother still loves him and wishes the best for him...even a fanatic's mother helps her child when he is in distress...Baba expresses the same love for His devotees...I have misunderstood Him for quite sometime now...but i have realised again that even admist all the blames i have imposed on Him, He didn't leave my hand...i feel as if i am tenderly embraced by Him...and i am feeling very gulity for that mistake...there is no bigger sin than misunderstanding our Baba...

I love Baba a lot...and i request everyone not to blame Him even when they feel miserable about life...He has no parallel...

Om Sai Ram...

[saivenkat_r]

JAI SAI DEVA

SAI Keerthi Jee,

Thanks for initiated to share our feelings.

When I was 6 years old (1968) My Grandmother was OUR SAI Devotee. She was always close affection with known and unknown person. So, I was praying SAI.  But SAI permitted me to close HIM at 2002.  I saw a dream at Thursday early morning that HE was coming from the SKY and kept HIS hand on my head and blessed.

From the day one my life is coming up including SAI miracle at many times.

[sai daughter]

how sweet topic it is!!!
i m fortunate to share this with sai familiy!!


sai ji came in my life as a magic and still working as magic in my life!!
i m a  sikh!!before marriage i belived in my waheguru veryyyyyyyyyyyyyy much like i see waheguru ji in my sai ji!!
very first time i really bow to sai was with my love raj!!!before marriage i could never expect that i will get married to him as my dad is veryyyyyyyyyyyy religious!!so i never talked to him in 2 years of graduation inspite of stron love for him.v never shared our feeling like other lovers. v never hold our hands and v never sat together in a lonly place telling each other feelings.THE REASON WAS MY BELIEF THAT V CAN NEVER BE ONE!!AFTER 2 YEARS ONE FORTUNATE DAY, I DONT KNOW HOW I GOT READY TO GO WITH RAJ TO SAI MANDIR!!AFTER THAT DAY ITS A REAL MAGIC OF MY LIFE,THAT V GOT MARRIED IN 10 DAYS AFTER THAT DAY!!V DID GRADUATION TOGETHER LAST YEAR.INSPITE OF ALL FAMILY HURDLES !!!WITH BLESSINGS OF MY PARENTS AD SUPPORT OF MY IN LAWS AND NO DOUBT MAGIC OF SAI V GOT ABOVE 60 PERCENT IN GRADUATION!!TODAY ITS ABT 4 N A HALF YEARS OF OUR MARRIAGE !!STILL SAI BABA JI IS AROUND US AND GIVING MAGIC IN EVERY INSTANCE OF OUR LIFE!!SAI JI I LOVE U EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN SARA ESE HI RAHNA APNE BACHON KE SATH!!!