Thursday Message:Shri Sai Baba Ashtotra Sada Namavali-Flower-2

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Dear Sai Devotees,

Ashtotram is (praise) offering our prayers to the Divine, through "OM", and the attributes of the Divine.
There are 108 attributes of Sai Baba in ashtotra sada namavali. Each one is an everlasting flower of divine fragrance.

                      108    Flowers of Sai Ashtotram
   Flower -2: “Om Shri Sai Lakshmi Narayanaya Namaha”
Meaning: 
My humble salutation to Sai who is the incarnation of Lord Narayanaya, the consort of Goddess Lakshmi.
Reflections:
Baba is the manifestation of the absolute truth.
He said: “If any men or creature come to you do not discourteously drive them away but receive them well and treat them with due respect. Shri Hari (God) will be certainly pleased, if you give water to the thirsty, bread to the hungry, clothes to the naked and your verandah to strangers for resting.” (Shri Sai Satcharita:Ch XVIII & XIX)
Baba on Vishnu Sahasranamam:
Baba initiated Shama to recite Vishnu Sahasra Namam. Giving him the book He said: “Shama, this book is very valuable and efficacious, so, I present it to you, you read it. Once I suffered intensely and my heart began palpitate and My life was in danger.  At that critical moment I hugged this book to My heart, and then Shama, what a relief it gave me! I thought that, Allah himself came down and saved me. So I give this to you, read it slowly, little by little, read daily one name at least and it will do you good”( (Shri Sai Satcharita:Ch XXVII)
Vithal vision:
One day while Kakasaheb Dixit was in meditation, after his morning bath in his wada at Shirdi, he saw a vision of Vitthal. When he went to see Baba afterwards, Baba asked him, “Did Vitthal Patil come? Did you not see Him? He is very elusive, hold Him fast otherwise, He will give you the slip and run away” ” (Shri Sai Satcharita: Ch XXVII)
I bow to Sainath, who is the form of Om.

  Happy Guruwar to you all!!!