“Baba’s Charters and Sayings”

As Lord Sree Krishna manifests Himself in the Bhagavad Gita, so does Baba in the “Sri Sai Baba’s Charters and Sayings”- which was compiled by Sri B.V. Narasimha Swami Ji, India. This Book was published by All India Sai Samaj, Mylapore, Chennai-600004, INDIA

“Self-realisation is the aim of Mysticism; but the ‘means to the end’ must be suited to the needs of the individual.

Baba in the flesh was the embodiment of the Supreme Spirit, lighting the Sadhakas’ path by His every word and action, to his devotees.

The ‘Charters and Sayings’ were compiled by Narasimha Swami. They originate from Shirdi Sai Baba’s Word and Action. This compilation will serve as a manifestation of that Supreme Spirit in words.

As Lord Sree Krishna manifests Himself in the Bhagavad Gita, so does Baba in the ‘Charters and Sayings’.

It would transport persons, like my humble self who had the privilege of being at Baba’s feet when HE was in the body, back into the old times. It revive fond memories of the blissful moments spent with the Master.

At one stage says Baba “I am your servant’s servant”; next “I am a servant of Allah”; and yet again “I am HE.” Intellect fails here; but the spirit beyond the intellect and mind is manifest.

In the body, Baba was the insignificant human being. He was between it and the supreme Shiva as “Jeeva,” a wheel in the great machine. Transcending these, He stood as Shiva Himself.

The miracles referred to in the book may cause a sceptic to stare. Devotees in tune with the Infinite Baba see them as events in evolution. These events are mysterious to the mere man. However, they are explicable in the light of Faith and Love.

The onward march of Science may someday co-ordinate these phases in the frame of the Intellect.

The ‘Charters and Sayings’ are useful as precepts both in the world spiritual and the world material”

We cannot be too grateful to Nara Simha Swamiji for the labour of love. It has crystallized this phase of Baba’s divine personality in the ‘Charters and Sayings’. May the book serve to create and foster Faith and Devotion in all corners of the country (World)”.

– By Mr. Justice M. B. Rege, B.A., L.B., High Court ex-Judge, Indore, India, in his Foreword Note

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SAI BABA’s LIFE AND TEACHINGS

Contents and Para Numbers

SAI BABA’s MAGNA CARTA>

Para 1 to 112

Pathway to Heaven ( Moksha Marga)>

Para 113 to 130

REACHING GOD and REQUIREMENTS>

Para 131 to 140

Daily Practices (SADHANAS )>

Para 141- 202

BABA’s MORAL TEACHINGS AND CORRECTIONS>

Para 203 to 327

BABA’s POWERS>

Para 338 to 506

BABA’S Love of Devotees>

Para 507 to 580

BABA’s NATURE>

Para 581 to 643