- “I always think of him who remembers Me.
- I require no conveyance, carriage, cart, nor train nor aeroplane.
- I run and manifest myself to him who lovingly calls me.
Baba in SSSC-Ch 40
Category: Love of Devotees
Ia Love every person & creature
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Quotation 212
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How Baba prepared food and distributed
Let us see how Baba prepared food and distributed it.
Baba required very little food for Himself and what little He wanted, was obtained by begging from a few houses.
But when He took it into His mind to distribute food to all, He made all preparations from beginning to end, Himself.He depended on nobody and troubled none in this matter. First He went to the bazar and bought all the things, corn, flour, spices etc., for cash. He did also the grinding.
In the open courtyard of the Masjid, He arranged a big hearth and after lighting a fire underneath kept a Handi over it with a proper measure of water…Sometimes He cooked ‘Mitthe Chaval’ (sweet rice), and at other times ‘pulava’ with meat. At times in the boiling varan (soup), He let in small balls of thick or flat breads of wheat flour. He pounded the spices on a stone-slab, and put the thin pulverized spices into the cooking-pot. He took all the pains to make the dishes very palatable.
He prepared ‘Ambil’ by boiling jawari-flour in water and mixing it with butter-milk. With the food He distributed this Ambil to all alike.To see whether the food was properly cooked or not, Baba rolled up the sleeve of His Kafni. He put His bare arm in the boiling cauldron without the least fear. He churned (moved) the whole mass from side to side and up and down. There was no mark of burn on His arm, nor fear on His face.
When the cooking was over, Baba got the pots in the Majid, and had them duly consecrated by the moulvi.First He sent part of the food as prasad to Mhalasapati and Tatya Patil. Then, He served the remaining contents with His own hand to all the poor and helpless people. They ate to their hearts’ content.
Really blessed and fortunate must be those people who got food prepared by Baba and served by Him.
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People benefited immensely by having Baba’s Darshan.
- Some became vibrantly hale and hearty;
- wicked souls were transformed into paragons of virtue.
- Leprosy was miraculously cured in certain instances,
- countless hearts had their deepest desires fulfilled,
- without any medicine being into their eyes, some blind men get back their sight, and
- the lame were blessed with limbs.
- No one can fathom the boundless depth of His extraordinary greatness.
SSSC Ch-7
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During 72 generations that you were with me.
A woman from Sholapur tried for 27 years to have a child, making prayers to various gods in vain. In her final effort, she and her stepson went to Shirdi and stayed for two months, serving Baba.
Whenever she visited the Masjid, it was crowded, and Baba was always surrounded by people. She wanted to express her feelings, but couldn’t find the right moment to pray to Him for a child. In the end, she asked Shama to speak to Baba for her when He was alone.
Shama told her Baba’s Darbar was open, still he would try for her, hoping the Lord would bless her. ‘She should be ready with a coconut and joss sticks when Baba had His meals. She should also come to Him, when he called’.
One day, after dinner, Shama was wiping Baba’s wet hands with cloth, when Baba playfully pinched his cheek. Pretending to be upset, Shama said, “Deva, is it right to pinch me? We don’t want a mischievous God. Are we Your dependents; is this fruit of intimacy?”
Baba replied, “Oh Shama, during 72 generations that you were with me, I never pinched you until now. Now you resent my touch.”
Shama: “We want a God who always love us and give food; we don’t want reward or heaven. Let our faith unto your feet be awake.” Baba: “Yes, I have come for that. I care for you and love you.”
Then Baba sat down, and Shama signaled to a lady who offered a coconut and joss sticks. Baba shook the dry coconut, and the kernel made noise. He said, “Shama, look how it’s rolling, what does it mean?” Shama replied, “The woman hopes to have a child that rolls and grows in her womb. Please bless her.”
Baba questioned, “Will the coconut give her a child? People are foolish to believe such things!” Shama insisted, “Your blessing will bring her children. You are just wrangling and not giving a real blessing.” They continued to discuss.
Baba wanted to break the coconut, but Shama suggested gifting it to the lady instead. Then Baba agreed, saying, “She will have a child in 12 months.” The coconut was split in two. One half was eaten by Baba and Shama. The other half was given to the lady.
Shama alias Madhav looked at the woman and said, “You will be my witness. If you don’t have a child in a year, I will break a coconut on Deva’s head. If I fail, I won’t call myself Madhav anymore.”
A year later, she had a son, taken to Baba at five months. The grateful father, Mr. Aurangabadkar, donated Rs.500, which was spent to build a shed for Baba’s home, “Shyamakarna.”
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Give one and receive tenfold
“If I take one rupee as Dakshina from anybody I have to return it tenfold to him.
I never take anything gratis. I never ask any one indiscriminately.
I only ask and take from him whom the Fakir (My Guru) points out. If any one is indebted formerly to the Fakir money is received from him.
The donor gives, i.e. sows his seeds, only to reap a rich harvest in future.
Wealth should be the means to work out Dharma. If it is used for personal enjoyment, it is wasted.
Unless you have given it before, you do not get it now. So the best way to get is to give.
The giving of Dakshina advances Vairagya (Non-attachment) and thereby Bhakti and Jnana. Give one and get tenfold”.
Sai Baba in SSS- Ch31
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Last thought, man has at death-hour, determines his future
The last wish or thought that a man has at the hour of death, determines his future course.
Shri Krishna has said in Gita (VIII-5-6) that “he who remembers Me in his last moments, comes verily to Me, and he who meditates otherwise at that time, goes to what he looks for.”
We cannot be certain that we can entertain a particular good thought at our last moment, for, more often than not, we are more likely to be frightened and terrif ied by death.
Hence constant practice is necessary, for enabling us to fix our mind on any desired good thought at any moment.
All Saints, therefore, recommend us to always remember God and chant His name always, so that we may not be puzzled when the time for departure comes.
The devotees on their part surrender themselves completely to the Saints, fully believing that the all-knowing Saints (Sai Baba) would guide and help them in their last moments.
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Wants to get rid of cycle of births and deaths?
- Baba, as a God incarnated in this divine form,
- “if any devotee
- meditates on Him
- day and night with
- complete self-surrender,
- they will joyfully experience
- profound union (without any difference) with Him,
- like the delight of sweetness and sugar, the harmony of waves and sea, the togetherness of eye and its sight.
- He, who aspires to transcend the cycle of births and deaths,
- should embrace a righteous life,
- with a calm and composed mind.
- Engaging in good actions is essential,
- diligently fulfilling his duties and
- surrendering himself, heart and soul, to Baba.
- With this dedication, he need not fear anything at all.
- Those who place their trust in Him completely, hear and share His Leelas/play, and focus solely on Him, are surely destined to attain the bliss of Self-realization.
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Now, How to visualize Baba
- Let us remember and visualize Shri Sai, now.
- Let us go to Shirdi, and see carefully the programmes, after the noon-Arati. After the Arati ceremony was over, Sai used to
- come out of the Masjid, and
- standing on its edge,
- distribute udi to the devotees with
- very kind and loving looks.
- The Bhaktas also got up with equal fervour,
- clasped His Feet, and
- standing and staring at Him,
- enjoyed the shower of Udi.
- Baba
- passed handfuls of Udi into the palms of the devotees and
- marked their foreheads with Udi with His fingers.
- The love He bore for them in His heart was boundless. Then He addressed the Bhaktas as follows:-
- “Oh Bhau, go to take your lunch;
- you Anna, go to your lodgings;
- you Bapu, enjoy your dishes”.
- In this way He accosted each and every devotee and sent them home.
- Even now, you can enjoy these sights if you bring into play your imagination. You can visualize and enjoy them.
- Now bringing Sai before our mental vision, let us meditate on Him, from His Feet upwards to His face, and prostrating before Him humbly, lovingly and respectfully
Baba in SSSC-Ch20
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Baba’s treasury is full
“My treasury is full, and I can give anyone, what he wants,
but I have to see whether he is qualified to receive My gift.
If you listen to Me carefully, you will be certainly benefited.
While sitting in this Masjid, I never speak any untruth”
Baba in SSSC-Ch 16&17
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Make me the sole object of your thoughts and aims, you will attain Paramartha
“Look here, my Guru was a great saint and highly merciful.
I fatigued myself in trying to serve him and yet he did not utter any mantra in my ear. Instead he first shaved me clean and then begged of me two pice (money).
What he wanted was not metallic coin—he did not care even for gold,but only Nishta and Saburi, i.e. faith and courageous patience. I gave these to him and at once, he was pleased.
Mother, Saburi is courage, do not discard it. It ferries you across to goal. It gives i) overcomes all fears, ii) manliness to men, iii) eradicates sin and dejection and
For 12 years I waited on my Guru, who is peerless and loving.
- How can I describe his love to me?
- When he was Dhyanasta (in love trance),
- I sat and gazed at him; and
- we were both filled with Bliss.
- I cared not to turn my eye upon anything else.
- Night and day, I pored upon his face with an ardour of love that banished hunger and thirst.
- The Guru’s absence, even for a second, made me restless.
- I meditated upon nothing but the Guru and had no goal or object other than the Guru.
- Unceasingly fixed upon him was my mind.
- Wonderful indeed the art of my Guru!
- I wanted nothing but the Guru and
- he wanted nothing but my love.
- Apparently action less,
- he never neglected me,
- but always protected me by his glance.
That Guru—I tell the truth, sitting as I do in this Masjid— never blew any mantra into my ear; nor do I blow any into yours.
- Go thou and do likewise.
- If you make me, the sole object of your thoughts and aims,
- you will attain Paramartha, the supreme goal.
- Look at me with undivided attention;
- so will I look at you.
- This is the only truth my Guru taught me. The four sadhanas and the six sastras are not necessary.
- With entire confidence, trust your Guru. That is enough.”
- The lady bowed, accepted the advice and gave up her satyagraha.
Baba to a Lady, who started Fasting to get mantra from Him, about His Guru.
- How can I describe his love to me?
"I draw to Me, My man from far off or even across the seven Seas to Shirdi, like a sparrow with a string fastened to its feet"-Shirdi Sai Baba, Indian Spiritual Guru-God 