DWARKAMAI's LEELAS(She is our Mother)

[Dipika]

Deepanshi
Though I was very much fond of Baba, I never experienced presence of Baba before my sister's marriage. My family believes a lot in Baba and on my sister's marriage my dad posted an invitation to Shirdi and invited Baba whole-heartedly. My sis marriage was on Sunday, it was Thursday on which the marriage rituals are going to start, and on that day morning, I was going for some shopping and on the way, I saw a heart shaped locket of smiling Baba, which was so beautiful I cannot explain. I was very happy, as I am very much fond of Baba I kept that locket very securely putting in box and locking it inside. Everyday morning I used to see that locket and again I kept back in the box. After 7days every ritual like Sathyanarayana swami vratham and all completed, on 8th day when I opened my box surprisingly the locket was not there... Nobody knows that I kept that locket in that box and as it was not gold or anything to think that somebody has taken. I was almost crying and I searched everywhere but I did not find it anywhere. For a long time I was thinking how does it happened and why Baba done this to me. And one day through an experience I came to know that Baba came to my sis marriage and he want us to realize that that why he was miraculously disappear... I always feel like Baba is with me and whenever I feel bad or I am in trouble I feel like my Baba holds me and everything settles by itself. Believe in Baba ... He will save us from any problems.. He is our Guru and Divam.....Love you Baba...

http://www.saibaba.org/newsletter12-14.html


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

[Dipika]

 Devotee
I just want to share my experience that had happened couple of days ago.

My right ear was bothering me as if there was some water accumilation there.(but there was nothing there). I used the earbuds but I used it gently . All of a sudden I started hearing a consistent beeping noice -day and night with which I became so restless. It was so constant and annoying and I could not concentrate on anything. I was worried to go to doctors since they might ask me to do xray, scanning etc. I had for two days nonstop. I did not know what to do. I believe in Baba but I want to be honest here, because my belief is sometimes like roller coaster. But then I stood in front of his huge picture that night and prayed honestly that he is the only saver for me and took udi (that I got from temple, I live in Pittsburgh,PA) I spread it through my right ear hoping that it would help me and went to bed. When I woke up next day morning I was completely out of that 'annoying noise' I was so surprised and happy that not only my ear got corrected and for sure I know that Baba is on my side.

With all this I can say only one thing , though we might not feel his presence all the time(some are so blessed that they could) I am sure he is watching us and will rescue us when there is a real need and improve our bakthi towards him. Thanks

 
http://www.saibaba.org/newsletter12-14.html


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

[Dipika]

OMSAIRAM!What (whether good or bad) is ours, is with us, and what is another's is with them.



Guru's tortoise-like loving glance gives us happiness.


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

[Dipika]

One sign of the Perfect Master is to be able to possess all Maha Siddhis or Great Powers. One such power is known as "Kaivalyam", the ability to impart the state of bliss to the chosen. Shri B V Narasimha Swami ji wrote in "Life of Sai Baba, Part IV":

When they reach Atman or Brahman, Yogis are said to have the power of imparting such a state of bliss to persons fit to receive it. G.S. Khaparde was a highly cultured Sanskrit scholar and had evidently read Yoga Sastra. He has referred to certain instances and experiences of his diary in the year 1911-12, while he stayed at Shirdi. Therein he repeatedly mentions that Baba cast yogic glances at certain persons who were immediately filled with a wave of bliss, which overpowered all their other mental activities and kept them immersed in bliss for hours without break.

Baba had the power to completely blackout some lines of thought, e.g., that of returning home from Upasani's mind for eight days after his first visit to Baba. This yogic power, which blacks out completely unwanted thoughts would evidently imply the power to give positive bliss to persons fit to receive it. If a person is comparatively free from sin and vice and could keep his mind sufficiently blank or sufficiently pure even for a while, any ordinary or sufficiently experienced hypnotist with a command could fill his mind with blissful thoughts over a considerable period. Baba's yoga sampoorna state enabled Him to keep several people in such happy state as they themselves have recorded in their experiences.

 http://www.saibaba.org/newsletter12-25.html


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

[Dipika]

OMSAIRAM!"The sandal-wood trees, grow on the Malaya mountains and ward off heat. The clouds, pour their rain-water and thereby, cool and refresh all the people. The flowers, blossom in the spring and, enable us to worship God, therewith. So the stories of Sai Baba come forth, in order to give solace and comfort to the readers. Both, those, who tell; and those who hear the stories of Baba, are blessed and holy, as also the mouths of the former and the ears of the latter - Sri Sai Satcharita"


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

[Dipika]

Saibaba's language was truly mystic for he talked back and forth between the Absolute mode and the mode of surrendered servant or even bond slave of the Lord. In the former mode, He made such statements as: "I am formless and everywhere" and, "I look equally on all. Not a leaf moves except my grace". In the latter mode of surrendered instrument of God, he declares:" Without God's permission nothing can be made by me", and "Baba is but phaladata (giver of the fruit or dispenser of the result). However, his message is clear both on fear and hope that if one becomes God's or Saibaba's devotee the one will be under his protective wing and need no fear. If then the devotee has patience, his hopes will be realized and in due course, he will indeed be raised spiritually. This blessing is not to be confused with worldly benefits such as material prosperity, fame, power or even health, although these may in fact occur as by-products. The promise is for the achievement of the Sufi goal of mystical union with God, or the realization that one was never in truth separation from God.

Among many quotations in this vein of protection and guidance, Saibaba said: "if you make me the sole object of your thoughts and aims, you will gain paramartha - the supreme goal. Some visitors came to see Saibaba at first merely out of curiosity to see a miracle-worker, and then gradually they started coming to listen to what Saibaba was teaching. Nana Chandorkar, for example, began listening to Saibaba this way, and eventually gained complete confidence that Saibaba did indeed demonstrate the qualities of divinity. Others however, such as Dasganu, although he had great respect for the Saint and had been shown many phenomenal miracles, could never quite come to terms with admitting Saibaba's divinity (when Baba was in flesh and blood).

(Source: "Saibaba and the Sufi Tariqat' in "Unravelling The Enigma - Shirdi Saibaba in the Light of Sufism" by Marianne Warren) 

http://www.saibaba.org/newsletter12-29.html


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

[Dipika]

OMSAIRAM!What is yours remains with you and what ever is others' remains with them" -Shri Sai Baba



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

[Dipika]

OMSAIRAM! Prayers that were "unanswered" were a part of a much bigger plan. It will be known that, what happened is in our best interests. It will also be known that prayers and answers are not some type of habitual covenant between Sai and the self, but a part of a grander revelation. "Seek my treasure. My coffers are open", said Sai. The best miracles are the ones that are unseen.


Sai Vichaar


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

[Dipika]

"Even if one were to give in charity the whole earth encircled by the seas it would not equal the merit of repeating the Name. By the power of the Name one will know what cannot be known, One will see what cannot be seen, One will speak what cannot be spoken, One will meet what cannot be met. Tuka says, Incalculable is the gain that comes from repeating the Name of God". - Sant Tukaram




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

[Dipika]

Acharya E Bharadwaja eloquently describes one aspect of God in his great work, "Sai Baba the Master" as follows: "Everything is God's creation, and God's own. Yet He possesses nothing and covets nothing. On the other hand He lavishes all that is His on His creatures, though only a few can receive what he gives. Others have eyes but do not see; they have ears but do not hear; they have understanding yet do not consider. The greatness of a saint or prophet depends on how near he is to this aspect of God. And such God-men arise amidst us only to tell us to be perfect "even as the Father in heaven is perfect".

(Source: Sai Vichaar)


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

[Dipika]

Bikkubai - 2nd December, 1936


My parental home is Ahmadnagar. I knew Radhakrishnamai as a friend at Nagar. She had a photo of Baba and she told me about him there. She was worshipping him with Arathi etc. She told, me she wanted to go to him. Her paternal grandfather was a lawyer there. Baba Saheb Ganesh was his name. She resided with him. I was wedded to one at Sangamner and he died and from there in my 14th year I came here, as Radhakrishna Ayi, my friend was here serving Sai Baba (1908).

Gangagiri Baba of Vanjargaon was performing a huge Nama-Saptha under the tamarind trees (near the Wada). There was a huge gathering every day and among many pilgrim groups that came, one was from Sangamner and when that returned to Sangamner, it brought from my friend R Ayi a photo of Baba, a lot of Burfi Prasad and an invitation to me to go over to Shirdi and settle there. I accepted the invitation and came here without jewels and property. I then went and saw Baba. He told me to live with R Ayi and be busy serving. About the end of 1916 i.e., 1 or 2 months after R. Ayi died, I had gone to Nagar draw my pension as the widow of a man that died in the war at rupees 6 per month (which I still draw). On my way back, at Kopergaon, near the banks of the Godavari, I was reminded of the fate of R. Ayi, who was burnt there. My mind was all in turmoil. I had brought over my garland to Shirdi for Baba. When I went to place it on Baba, he said, "I don't want this garland of mental uneasiness " He did not receive it. H.S. Dixit requested him to take it as I had brought it from Ahmadnagar for him with such great trouble. I then went near Baba lifting up the garland with both hands. Then I neared Baba, the garland somehow snapped into 3 parts; one was left in each hand and one fell on the floor. How it got severed like that I could not discover. Baba was simply saying, "I don't want it."

I had brought with me along with the garland a watermelon and some milk sweets and I placed the Pedas and the cut fruit before Baba. Baba took them up and distributed them. Then I took a slice and cut off the outer skin and presented part to Baba and asked him to eat it. Dixit also requested him to eat it. Baba then said "This woman was weeping and shedding tears at Godavari and she has brought it with such a troubled heart and so I will not accept it." The fact was that at the riverbank I was weeping and blaming Baba mentally for not having saved Radhakrishna Ayi, i.e., for allowing her to die such a wretched death. Baba knew everything that was in my heart and hence His refusal to accept my present.

Baba at His noonday meal daily gave me a vessel full of food which I took home. On the day of Baba's expiry, I was greatly agitated at His leaving me desolate and I was weeping at about 10 p.m., in my house saying, "Baba I cannot see You again". I came out and outside my front-door I saw a serpent and felt that it was Baba and said "I cannot recognize you in this serpent body, I know only your Sai Baba form." The serpent disappeared.

(Source: DEVOTEES' EXPERIENCES OF SRI SAI BABA - PART-II by H.H.NARASIMHASWAMIJI)

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

[Dipika]

Megha came to Sri Saibaba at the behest of Rao Bahadur Sathe, another eminent devotee of Baba. An orthodox Brahmin, Megha was first reluctant to bow in front of someone who he was told was a Muslim. Upon Sathe's insistence Dada Kelkar, Sathe's father-in-law, introduced him to Baba. Baba roared at the sight of the new visitor, "Kick out the rascal". Why would Baba, the absolute love incarnate react in such a belligerent manner? Only, Baba would know.

Megha, agitated after the unwelcome, went ahead on pilgrimage for over a year, came back to Shirdi, and stayed there permanently until his death. Satcharitha quotes "Sai Baba's help to Megha was not through any oral instruction. He worked upon Megha internally (mentally) with the result that he was considerably changed and benefited". This devout person, looked at Baba as his Shiva, worshipped Baba, as he would worship Shiva, including the rituals performed on Shiva. Baba confirmed Megha's devotion by installing the image of Shiva in the wada where Megha was put up. Megha had the unique habit of worshipping Baba in person in masjid as well as worshipping His portrait in the wada. What a wonderful experience that should have been!

Sri Sai's reaction during Megha's first visit indicates that Sadguru's way of transforming is not always pleasant, like bitter medicine, and sometimes it could be even violent! On the other hand, Megha was only being truthful to his own convictions about orthodoxy and tradition. Yet, once his love and interest in Saibaba was kindled his own will and resolve gave in to the higher power of Sadguru, and Baba became his own personal God. By worshipping Baba as Shiva, Megha continued to stick to his conviction of experiencing Baba as Shiva. Baba allowed Megha to worship him as he chose without "unsettling him in the least", as mentioned in Satcharitha.

One can discern from Megha's life the importance of being truthful to one's own convictions, yet be flexible to be worked upon by Sadguru. The true experience of Sadguru for anyone begins from being truthful about his or her own experiences and convictions. When Megha passed away, Baba was visibly sad, tears rolled down his eyes. Baba lamented that Megha was a true devotee of his and ordered at His own expense the traditional food distribution at Megha's funeral

http://www.saibaba.org/newsletter11-31.html

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

[Dipika]

OMSAIRAM!Tomorrow is my Mom's death Anniversary and BABA has send for me Shawl blessed from His Samadhi and prasad and Udi from Shirdi.

BABA you alone know your Leelas,its tonight 2 am .....

Thanku BABA  



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

[Dipika]

Glory to Yogehswar Datta Digamabar;
Thou art our protector and savior;
Sage Arti and chase Anusuya were mere cause;
Thy incarnation is for welfare of the universe;
Thou are Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva’s incarnation;
Redeemer for those who surrender with devoution;
Thou are God, knowledge, existence and bliss;
Thou are glorious sadguru with majestic arms;
Thy hands hold Zoli like Annapurna’s benevolence;
Holy kammandal in thy hands radiates with peace;
Described as God with Four, six and numerous hands;
Thy powerful shoulder’s might limits to infinite;
Oh God! I’ve taken refuge at thy Holy Feet;
Digambara! Protect me lest better meet my end!
Thou responded to Sahasarjun’s penance;
By granting him protection and peace;
Thou showered him power, wealth and opulence;
Blessed him with liberation and deliverance;
Why don’t you listen to my agonizing prayer?
Thou are my only solace and savior!
Thou accepted Vishnu Sharma’s devotion;
Graced him by taking his food-Shraddhman;
Jambadhaitya demon attacked Gods of heaven;
Thou offered help in a trice with protection;
Thou unfurled illusive power to trap the demon;
Got him killed by Indra to save the heaven;
Thy miraculous deeds are infinite,
Oh! Sharva (Shiva), how can I describe all Your miracles (sharva)
Thou saved Ayu’son and wiped his miseries;
Blessed and granted him a life free of desires!
Sadhyadev, yadu, Prahlad and Parshuram;
Thou initiated them to enlightenment and wisdom;

 Thou grace is immeasurable and endless; Why my calls and prayers are answerless?
Don’t leave me halfway and test my patience;
Oh! God! Don’t deprive me of your benevolence;
Pleased with Ambika’s love and devotion;
Thou granted her a boon and became her son;
Smarthugami! Savior and Protector in kaliyug!
Thou blessed the washer man who was rustic;
Thy mercy cured a brahmi’s stomach pain;
Thy grace made Vallabesh alive after his slain;
Look at me atleast once! Oh! My Lord!
Save me, am ignorant of any other abode!
Thy grace made dry log of wood sprout with leaves;
Don’t be negligent towards me and test my cries!
Old, pious Ganga got rid of her infertility;
Thou blessed her with bliss of maternity;
Thy grace cured Nandi’s white patches;
Thou fulfilled all his wishes and desires;
Thou made sterile buffalo yield tons of milk;
Thy kindness saved him from penurious brink;
Thou accepted lima beans as alms;
Thou gifted a golden pot in his arms;
Thou revived Savitri’s dead husband to life;
Thus wiped widow’s tears and strife;
Thou resurrected Gangadhar’s son with life;
Thy mercy removes sins of previous life;
Haughty madhonmat lost to an illiterate;
Bhakta Trivikrama was save by thy might;
Bhakta tantuk reached Mount.Shrishaila;
Thy feet took him in a trice to Mahadeva;
Thou blessed thy devotees taking eight forms;
Thou have infinite form and no form;
Thou satisfied thy devotees simultaneously;
Blessed devotees cherished Thy vision joyously;
Thou removed yavan king’s painful affliction;
Thou art beyond caste, creed, sect and religion;
Thy miracles are marvelous and countless;
In the incarnation of Ram and Krishna;
Thou revived and saved animate and inanimate;
Blessed were stone, hunter, cattle, woman and bird saved;
Thy name protects even a sinner who sings falsely;
Thy name achieves even a difficult task easily;
Thy name (Shiva) is the only remedy;
Thy name removes all (sarva) (physical and mental) malady;
All evils vanish in a trice on hearing Thy name;
Bliss is attained by only singing thy name;
Ghosts, witches, evil will disappear instantly;
As the hymns of thy name is in air reverberantly;
One who sings Datta Bhavani after lighting incense;
Is assured of protection by the resplendence;
Sincere devotion to thee will bring happiness;
Earthly life and heaven will be filled with bliss;
By chanting Datta Bhavani he will master Siddhi;
Gain prosperity, will overcome sorrow and poverty;
One who sings Datta Bhavani 52 times for 52 weeks;
With true love and devotion on 52 Thursdays;
Can be certain Yama, Lord of Death will not punish;
One who sings daily will get all calamities vanish;
Datta digambar is one God but of many forms;
Thou stir us away from illusive power of storm;
Datta is one God with thousand names;
Datta is the holiest of Holy bright as flame;
Oh! Datta, I bow to Thee time and again;
Vedas are formed from Thy breath;
Learned Shesha is unable to praise Thee fully;
How can an illiterate like me praise Thee?
Prayers to Thee give me peace and happiness;
Souls ignorant about Thee are in darkness;
Datta! Thou are Lord God! Thou art Almighty;
Recite glory to Gurudeva Datta whole heartedly;

~Jai Gurudeva Datta Maharaj~

http://forum.spiritualindia.org/dutt-bavani-meaning-t37068.0.html

Source:Subha's post


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

[saburi1]

Dear dipika

Thanks alot ..iam feeling gud after reading this.

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