Shirdi Sai Thought!

[Dipika]

Fool that I am, I cannot describe Baba’s miracles. He got almost all the temples in Shirdi repaired. Through Tatya Patil, the temples of Shani, Ganapati, Shankar-Parvati, Village Deity, and Maruti were put in order. His charity was also remarkable. The money He used to collect as Dakshina was freely distributed, Rs.20 to some, Rs.15 or 50, to others everyday. The recipients thought that this was ‘pure’ charity money, and Baba wished that it should be usefully employed.


Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

[Dipika]

The omniscient Baba knowing the future said to him - "If you so loved your mother, why did you take Sannayasa? Fondness or attachment ill becomes an ochre garb. Go and sit quiet at your lodging, wait with patience for a few days. In the Wada there are many robbers, bolt your doors, be very vigilant, the thieves will carry everything. Wealth and prosperity are transient and the body is subject to decay and death. Knowing this, do your duty, leaving all attachment to the things of this world and next. He who does this and surrenders himself to the Feet of Hari (Lord) will get free from all troubles and attain bliss. The Lord runs and helps him who remembers and meditates on Him with love and affection. Your store of past merits is considerable, so you have come here. Now attend to what I say and realise the end of your life. Being desireless, begin from tomorrow the study of Bhagwat. Do three 'saptahas' i.e. three reading during three weeks, conscientiously. The Lord will be pleased with you and destroy your sorrows, your illusions will vanish and you will get peace."


Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

[Dipika]

Go wherever you will,over the wide world,I am with you


Sai baba


Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

[Dipika]

We get human body as a result of merits in past births and it is worth-while that with its aid, we should attain devotion and liberation in this life. So we should never be lazy, but always be on the alert to gain our end and aim of life.

If you daily hear the Leelas (stories) of Sai, you will always see Him. Day and night you will remember Him in your mind, When you assimilate Sai in this way, your mind will lose its fickleness and if you go on in this manner, it will finally be merged in pure Consciousness


Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

[Dipika]

Woman and wealth are the two main obstacles in the way of our Parmartha (spiritual life); and Baba and provided in Shirdi two institutions, viz., Dakshina and Radha-Krishna-Mai. Whenever they came to Him, He demanded Dakshina from them, and asked them to go to the 'SCHOOL' (Radha-Krishna-Mai's house). If they stood these two tests well, i.e. if they showed that they were free from attachment for woman and wealth, their progress in spirituality was rapid and assured by Baba's grace and blessings.


Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

[Dipika]

There was no knowing,when BABA would accept a devotee,that depended on His sweet will


Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

[Dipika]

What did Baba teach or hint by this Udi? Baba taught by His Udi that all the visible phenomena in the universe are as transient as the ash. Our bodies composed of wood or matter of the five elements, will fall down, after all their enjoyments are over, and be reduced to ashes. In order to remind the devotees of the fact that their bodies will be reduced to ashes, Baba distributed Udi to them. Baba also taught by the Udi that the Brahman is the only Reality and the universe is ephemeral and that no one in this world, be he a son, father or wife, is really ours.

 We come here (in this world) alone and we have to go out alone.

 It was found and is even now found out, that the Udi cured many physical and mental maladies, but Baba wanted to din into the devotee's ears the principles of discrimination between the Unreal and the Real, non-attachment for the Unreal, by His Udi and Dakshina. The former (Udi) taught us discrimination and the latter (Dakshina) taught us non-attachment. Unless we have these two things, it is not possible for us to cross over the sea of the mundane existence. So Baba asked for and took Dakshina, and while the devotees took leave, He gave Udi as Prasad, besmeared some of it on the Bhaktas' foreheads and placed His boon-conferring hand on their heads.

 When Baba was in a cheerful mood, He used to sing merrily. One such song was about Udi. The burden of the Udi song was this,"Oh, playful Rama, come, come, and bring with you sacks of Udi." Baba used to sing in very clear and sweet tones.


Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

[Dipika]

All saints are one and show how they work in unison.



Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

[Dipika]

Shayma returned and after saluting Baba said,"Deva, what is this play of Yours? You first raise a storm and make us restless and then calm it down and ease us". Baba replied "You see mysterious is the path of action. Though I do nothing, they hold Me resonsible for the actions which take place on account of Adrista (destiny). I am only their witness. The Lord is the sole Doer and Inspirer. He is also most merciful. Neither I am God nor Lord. I am His obedient servant and remember Him often. He, who casts aside his egoism, thanks Him and he, who trusts Him entirely, will have his shackles removed and will obtain liberation".


Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

[Dipika]

Whether anybody saluted Him or not, or whether anybody gave Him Dakshina or not, it was the same to Him. None He disrespected. He felt no pleasure because He was worshipped and no pain because He was disregarded. He transcended the pairs of opposites, viz. pleasure and pain, etc.



Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

[Dipika]

There is a proverb which says, "If there be my Hari (Lord), He will feed me on my cot." This proverb is only true in respect of food and clothing, but if anyone trusting in this, sits quiet and does nothing in spiritual matters, he will be ruined. One has to exert himself to his utmost for attaining self-realization. The more he endeavours, the better for him.



Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

[Dipika]

It is a well-known fact that the Sadguru first looks to the qualifications of his disciples, and then gives them suitable instructions. Without unsettling their minds in the least, He leads them on towards the goal of self-realization. In this respect, some say that what the Sadguru teaches or instructs, should not be divulged to others. They think that their instructions become useless if they are published. This view is not correct. The Sadguru is like a monsoon cloud. He pours down profusely, widely scattering his nectar-like teachings. These, we should enjoy and assimilate to our heart's content; and then serve others with them without any reserve. This rule should apply not only to what He teaches in our waking state, but also to the visions he gives us in our dreams. To quote an instance: Budhakowshik Rishi composed his celebrated Ram-raksha stotra, which he had seen in his dream.


Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

[Dipika]

Oh Sai Baba, we wave lights before You, the bestower of happiness to the Jivas. ... Sri Sai Satcharitra



Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

[Dipika]

  What (whether good or bad)is ours with us,what with others it's with them.


Sai baba


Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

[Dipika]

Margosa sowing and margosa reaping was Baba’s parable about the law of Karma. If you sow the bitter seed the result must be bitter and of the same sort. Therefore, it is better for man fully to pay the price or penalty of one’s folly, wash off one’s karmic debt and profit in the future from the lesson of the past.

(From Devotees’ Experiences of Sri Sai Baba by His Holiness Narasimhaswami ji) 


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Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM