THE NECTAR IN Sai Sat Charitra

[saikrupakaro]

Eleven Assurances of Sai Baba

Whoever puts his feet on Shirdi soil, his sufferings would come to an end.

The wretched and miserable would rise into plenty of joy and happiness, as soon as they climb the steps of my Mosque.

I shall be ever active and vigorous even after leaving this earthly body.

My tomb shall bless and speak the needs of my devotees.

I shall be active and vigorous even from my tomb.

My mortal remains would speak from my tomb.

I am Ever living to help and guide all, who come to me, who surrender to me and who seek refuge in me.

If you look at me I look at you.

If you cast your burden on me, I shall surely bear it.

If you seek my advice and help, it shall be given to you at once.

There shall be no want in the house of my devotees.

Sai Anamika

[saikrupakaro]

:-*Dear Sai Bhagat,

when you see this Messge " Close your eyes and see SAI BABA  , breath inhale saying BABA BE WITH ME ALWAYS " open your eyes.

Thanks baba is happy with you.

  :-*Bolo shri Sat Guru Sainath maharaj ki JAI

Sai Anamika

[Kavitaparna]

OM SRI SAI RAM


 "You fellows, now have a look and decide finally whether
 I am a Moslem or a Hindu."

"This is my Seemollanghan (crossing the border)."
Baba did not cool down till night 11-00.


JAI SAI RAM

[Kavitaparna]

OM SRI SAI RAM

The Omniscience of Baba

"Oh Laxmi, Iam very hungry."

Off she went saying - "Baba, wait a bit, I return immediately with bread."

She did return with bread and vegetables and placed the same before Baba.

He took it up and gave it to a dog.

Laxmibai then asked - "What is this, Baba, I ran in haste, prepared bread with my own hands for You and You threw it to a dog without eating a morsel of it; You gave me trouble unnecessarily."

Baba replied - "Why do you grieve for nothing? The appeasement of the dog's hunger is the same as Mine. The dog has got a soul; the creatures may be different, but the hunger of all is the same, though some speak and others are dumb. Know for certain, that he who feeds the hungry, really serves Me with food. Regard this as an exiomatic Truth."

This is an ordinary incident but Baba thereby propounded a great spiritual truth and showed its practical application in daily life without hurting anybody's feelings.

From this time onward Laxmibai began to offer Him daily bread and milk with love and devotion. Baba accepted and ate it appreciatingly.

He took a part of this and sent the remainder with Laxmibai to Radha-Krishna-Mai who always relished and ate Baba's remnant prasad.

JAI SRI SAI RAM

[Kavitaparna]

OM SRI SAI RAM


"He who loves Me most, always sees Me.

The whole world is desolate to him without Me, he tells no stories but Mine.

He ceaselessly meditates upon Me and always chants My name.

I feel indebted to him who surrenders himself completely to Me and ever remembers Me.

I shall repay his debt by giving him salvation (self-realization).

I am dependent on him who thinks and hungers after Me and who does not eat anything without first offering it to Me.

He who thus comes to Me, becomes one with Me, just as a river gets to the sea and becomes merged (one) with it.

So leaving out pride and egoism and with no trace of them, you should surrender yourself to Me Who am seated in your heart."


JAI SRI SAI RAM

[subhasrini]

Sri Saibaba and Fasting

Sri Saibaba has given us the middle path to follow on the path of emancipation.

He did not advocate the over indulgence in either the senses or in asceticism.

Let us see what Sri Saibaba had said about fasting on Thursdays or any other holy days.

 M.W. Pradhan, a devotee of Sri Saibaba had organized the birthday party of his son in Shama’s house

at Shirdi and invited all devotees of Sri Saibaba to lunch.

That day happened to be a Thursday.

Bala Bhate apologized to Pradhan that he was unable to eat on that day as he had a wow to fast on

Thursdays and went to the Masjid. As Baba saw Bhate he asked,

“Have you gone to Pradhan’s party  and had your food?”

Bhate: “Baba, today is a Thursday”.

Baba: “So what?”Bhate: “I do not eat on Thursdays. It is my wow”.

Baba: “To please whom have you made this wow”?

Bhate: “I have made this  wow in your name for your grace”.

Baba: “I am telling you this myself.

 Leave off this fasting and go have your food with Pradhan”.

From the above it is clear that Baba didn’t agree to do fasting to please him on Thursdays.

 Now, let us see what Sri Saibaba said about fasting on holy days such as Ekadasi, Maha Sivaratri and such

days.Tatya Kote Patil was one of the closest and most intimate devotees of Sri Saibaba. He had the great

goodfortune of sleeping along with Baba in the Masjid for fourteen years. Those who had seen the love and

intimacy between Baba and Tatya Kote Patil felt that Baba loved Tatya more than his life even.

Tatya in his reminiscences says thus, “I used to fast regularly on Ekadasi, Maha Sivaratri and other such

holy days. Baba’s opinion was that fasting had no usefulness in either the mundane worldly life or the

spiritual life. I would try my best to fast on these holy days but Baba would some how or the other break my

fast and made me eat something. On one Sivaratri I said, ‘Baba, please let me fast at least on this day.

Please don’t make me eat anything.’ Baba said, “Eat man, eat, what Sivaratri are you talking about?”

DadaKelkar who by standing by also told me to do as Baba says and not to disobey him.

I did not raise any further objection to Baba and have never fasted on any day since then.”


 (Source: From “Sai bhakthi Sadhana Rahasyam” by Sri Sarathbabuji)

[tana]

Om Sai Ram~~~


Damu Anna's ~~~

Note :- In this connection the following extract from Damu Anna's statement mentioned above, is worth perusal, (Page 76).

"Once when I sat at His Feet along with many others, I had two questions in my mind and He gave answers to both.

(1) There are so many crowding to Sai Baba. Do they all get benefit from Him?

To this, He replied orally - "Look at the mango tree in blossom. If all the flowers brought fruit, what a splendid crop it would be. But do they? Most fall off (either as flowers or as unripe fruits) by wind etc. Very few remain".

(2) The second question was about myself. If Baba were to pass away, how hopelessly adrift I would be and how am I to fare then? To this Baba answered that He would be with me when and wherever I thought of Him. That promise He had kept up before 1918 and has been keeping up after 1918. He is still with me. He is still guiding me. This was about 1910-11, when brothers separated from me and my sister died, and there was a theft and police enquiry, all of which incidents upset me very much.

When my sister died, my mind was much upset. I did not care for life and enjoyments. When I went to Baba, He pacified me with His Upadesh and made me eat a feast of Pooran Poli at Appa Kulkarni's house and get pasted with sandal.

There was a theft in my house. A thirty year's friend of mine stole my wife's jewel-box, including her auspicious Nathi (nose-ring). I wept before Baba's photo. The next day, the man returned the jewel-box and prayed for pardon.


Jai Sai Ram~~~

[tana]

Om Sai Ram~~~

Om Sai Sri Sai Jai Jai Sai Ram~~~Om Sai Sri Sai Jai Jai Sai Ram~~~Om Sai Sri Sai Jai Jai Sai Ram~~~
Om Sai Sri Sai Jai Jai Sai Ram~~~Om Sai Sri Sai Jai Jai Sai Ram~~~Om Sai Sri Sai Jai Jai Sai Ram~~~
Om Sai Sri Sai Jai Jai Sai Ram~~~Om Sai Sri Sai Jai Jai Sai Ram~~~Om Sai Sri Sai Jai Jai Sai Ram~~~

Sai is not finite or limited. He dwells in all beings, from ants and insects to the God Brahma. He pervades all. Sai was well-versed in the knowledge of the Vedas, as well as in the science of Self-realisation. As He was proficient in both these, He was well-fitted to be the Sad-guru. Any one, though learned, but not able to awaken the disciples and establish them in Self-realisation, does not deserve to be called a Sadguru. Generally the father gives birth to the body, and death invariably follows life; but Sadguru does away with both life and death, and so he is more kind and merciful, than any body.

Sai Baba often said that-let His man (Devotee) be at any distance, a thousand koss away from Him, he will be drawn to Shirdi like a sparrow, with a thread tied to its feet.

Jai Sai Ram~~~

[tana]

Om Sai Ram~~~

The Inscrutable Power of Maya~~~

Baba's words were always short, pithy, deep, full of meaning, effi-cient and well-balanced. He was ever content and never cared for any-thing. He said, "Though I have become a Fakir, have no house or wife, and though leaving off all cares, I have stayed at one place, the inevita-ble Maya teases Me often. Though I forgot Myself I cannot forget Her. She always envelops Me.This Maya (illusive power) of the Lord (Shri Hari) teases God Brahma and others; then what to speak of a poor Fakir like Me? Those who take refuge in the Lord wil be freed from Her clutches with his grace".

In such terms Baba spoke about the power of Maya. Lord Shri Krishna has said to Uddhava in the Bhagwat that the Saints are His liv-ing forms; and see what Baba had said for the welfare of His devotees: "Those who are fortunate and whose demerits have vanished; take to My worship. If you always say 'Sai, Sai' I shall take you over the seven seas; believe in these words, and you will be certainly benefited. I do not need any paraphernalia of worship - either eight-fold or sixteen-fold. I rest there where there is full devotion".


Jai Sai Ram~~~

[tana]

Om Sai Ram~~~

Baba's Sircar~~~

Baba gave a story of his boyhood as follows:- "When I was a youngester, I was in search of bread and went to Beedgaum. There I got embroidery work. I worked hard, sparing no pains. The employer was very much pleased with Me. Three other boys worked before Me. The first got Rs. 50/- the second Rs. 100/- and the third Rs. 150/-. And I was given twice the whole of this amount, viz. Rs. 600/-. After seeing my cleverness, the employer loved me, praised me and honoured me with a full dress, a turban for the head and a shell a for the body, etc. I kept this dress intact withoutusing it. I thought that what a man might give does not last long and it is always imperfect. But what My Sircar (God) gives, lasts to the end of time. No other gift from any man can be compared to His. My Sircar says "Take, take," but everybody comes to me and says 'Give, give.' Nobody attends carefully to the meaning of what I say. My Sircar's treasury (spiritual wealth) is full, it is overflowing. I say, "Dig out and take away this wealth in cartloads, the blessed son of a true mother should fill himself with this wealth. The skill of my Fakir, the Leela of my Bhagwan, the aptitude of my Sircar is quite unique. What about Me? Body (earth) will mix with earth, breath with air. This time won't come again. I go somewhere, sit somewhere; the hard Maya troubles Me much, still I feel always anxiety for My men. He who does anything (spiritual endeavour) will reap its fruit and he who remembers these words of Mine will get invaluable happiness."


Jai Sai Ram~~~

[tana]

Om Sai Ram~~~

Udi~~~

It is well-known that Baba took Dakshina from all, and out of the amount thus collected, He spent a lot on charity and purchased fuel with the balance left with Him. This fuel He threw in the Dhuni - the sacred fire, which he kept ever burning. The ash from this fire was called Udi and it was freely distributed to the devotees at the time of their departure from Shirdi.

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.

So much about the spiritual implication of Udi. It had also its material significance. It conferred health, prosperity, freedom from anxiety, and many other worldly gains. So the Udi has helped us to gain both our ends - material as well as spiritual.

Jai Sai Ram~~~

[psmanga]

I was watching satsang yesterday on youtube , found that they were similarites between
Ramayana and Sai satcharitra.. want to share with you all.
1.By order of guru ,Rama happened to kill a women who was beautiful, the moment he killed she turns out to be TATAKI a demon.
similarity in Sai charitra, by order of our guru sai , a brahmin(i dont remember his name) was ready to kill goat though he was brahmin he didnt care for his religion or so.
He took it as guru's order and was about to kill goat. BABA stopped him to do and dropped the idea of killing goat.

[tana]

Om Sai Ram~~~

Parable of Nine Balls of Stool (Nava-vidha Bhakti)~~~

"Once a Soudagar (merchant) came here. Before him a mare passed her stool (nine balls of stool). The merchant, intent on his quest, spread the end of his dhotar and gathered all the nine balls in it, and thus he got concentration (peace) of mind".

Mr. Patankar could not make out the meaning of this story; so he asked Ganesh Damodar, alias Dada Kelkar, "What does Baba mean by this?" He replied - "I too do not know all that Baba says and means, but at His inspiration I say, what I come to know. The mare is God's grace and the nine balls excreted are the nine forms or types of Bhakti, viz., (1) Shravana (Hearing); (2) Kirtana (Praying); (3) Smarana (Remembering); (4) Padasevana (resorting to the feet); (5) Archana (Worship); (6) Namaskara (Bowing); (7) Dasya (Service); ( Sakhyatva (Friendship); (9) Atmanivedana (surrender of the self). These are the nine types of Bhakti. If any of these is faithfully followed, Lord Hari will be pleased, and manifest Himself in the home of the devotee. All the sadhanas, viz. Japa (vocal worship), Tapa (penance), Yoga practice and studying the scriptures and expounding them are quite useless unless they are accompanied by Bhakti, i.e., devotion. Knowledge of the Vedas, or fame as a great Jnani, and mere formal Bhajan (worship) are of no avail. What is wanted is Loving Devotion. Consider yourself as the merchant or seeker after the truth and be anxious and eager like him to collect or cultivate the nine types of devotion. Then you will attain stability and peace of mind".

Next day, when Patankar went to Baba for saluation, he was asked whether he collected the 'nine balls of stool'. Then he said that he, being a poor fellow, should first be graced by Baba, and then they will be easily collected. Then Baba blessed and comforted him, saying that he would attain peace and welfare. After hearing this, Patankar became overjoyed and happy.


Jai Sai Ram~~~