Category: Moral teaching

Explore the ethical and moral teachings of Shirdi Sai Baba — principles of right living, integrity, compassion, and righteous conduct that form the foundation of Every devotee’s life.

  • Studying this work will provide

    Studying this work will provide

    Correct knowledge of facts connected with the lives of saints is good for the individual who knows them. It is also beneficial to society. In the long run, it promotes social unity. It encourages ethical, spiritual, and religious study and endeavor.


    Lives of saints provide more than information, for the reader’s brain. They offer sustenance and strength for the heart. They also support the overall advancement of mankind’s temporal and spiritual interests.


    By the study of such lives, basic ignorance and illusions are dispelled. Rajasic and Tamasic qualities such as egotism, pride, and hatred are reduced. Cruelty is suppressed.
    Noble virtues like humility and earnestness grow. Love to all, service of saints, Guru Bhakti, and Jnana are cultivated. These in due course lead to the goal of God-realisation.


    God-realisation is a personal experience and can’t be obtained or explained through the written word.

    Those who understand Hindu thought can realise the importance of a Guru. Absolute faith in a Guru is essential for quickening spiritual growth.
    “All things are possible to him that believeth”. But faith is founded on experience and confidence is increased by tangible proofs. To create such faith, God or a God-man Guru must confer wished for benefits on the disciple or devotee. This act of conferring benefits is the tool God uses.
    The less a devotee cares about his bodily or material comforts, the more perfectly he can carry out God’s will. He executes God’s programme more perfectly.

    This book /Work proves beyond doubt. Sai Baba took responsibility for the maintenance of his disciples and devotees. He looked after their health and prosperity.
    The advent of Sai Baba was for the uplift of mankind. Studying this work will provide readers with incalculable benefits. These benefits are both spiritual and temporal, in this world and beyond.

  • Self-Affirmation from Chapter XXIV of SSSC for Sai Baba devotees

    Self-Affirmation from Chapter XXIV of SSSC for Sai Baba devotees

    1. 💃By worshipping Sai Baba, I attract both worldly and spiritual blessings, and I experience peace and happiness in my life.
    2. 👂I respectfully hear and meditate on Sai Baba’s Leelas (stories) to easily attain Bliss.
    3. 🕉️Before enjoying any object, I first remember Sai Baba.
    4. 🛐Remembering Sai Baba before enjoyment helps me shun vicious habits and improves my character.
    5. 🥴I regard Guru and God as one, knowing that he who sees any difference sees God nowhere .
    6. 🧿I focus my mind on the Sagun Form of Baba before my mental vision, so devotion and salvation will be mine .
    7. 🫂I understand the lesson of not eating alone, but of sharing and remembering God before consuming anything .
    8. 🤞I appreciate the beauty of the world but curb the senses rightly and properly, maintaining control over the body .
    9. 😷I allow others to serve Baba as they choose, as He is capable of gauging the merits and worth of the service rendered to Him.
  • Self-Affirmation from Chapter XXIII of SSSC for Sai Baba devotees

    Self-Affirmation from Chapter XXIII of SSSC for Sai Baba devotees

    1. 🧘I embrace my nature as ‘Pure Consciousness-knowledge-bliss’, recognizing that I am not merely the doer and enjoyer, but beyond miseries, aware of the path to deliverance.
    2. 🧞I am an obedient servant of God, setting an example of proper conduct, as Baba himself did.
    3. 🧅I am able to digest the ‘onion’ (transcend worldly attachment) to gain knowledge .
    4. 🙏I surrendered completely and get the solution to my difficulties, knowing that Sai Baba’s words are efficacious .
    5. 💆I trust the Merciful Fakir will save me; I believe in Him, remain fearless, and have no anxiety .
    6. 🦶I remember Sai Baba’s feet in my heart as the only way to cross the ocean of Maya .
    7. 🧍I strive to possess firm faith, intelligence, and patience, which are necessary for my spiritual goal .
    8. 🕺I adhere to implicit and prompt compliance with the Guru’s orders, recognizing this as my highest dharma .
    9. 🤼I am always ready for further instructions from Baba and Baba appears and lead me on, in my spiritual path to perfection
  • Self-Affirmation from Chapter XXI of SSSC for Sai Baba devotees

    Self-Affirmation from Chapter XXI of SSSC for Sai Baba devotees

    1. 🗃️My good luck and accumulation of merits in past births enables me to seek the company of Saints .
    2. 💢I understood that Saints, though working in different places, are one and work in unison under the Lord’s authority .
    3. 🧗I realized that the spiritual path is not merely theory; I must think and carry out what I read .
    4. 💒I strive to attain Loving Devotion (Bhakti), as all other sadhanas (Japa, Tapa, Yoga) are useless without it .
    5. 🏤I cultivated the nine types of Bhakti, knowing that the Lord will be pleased and manifest Himself in my home .
    6. 😖I speak never ill of others, nor unnecessarily criticize or interfere in their affairs .
    7. 👁️‍🗨️I trust in Sai Baba’s omniscience, knowing that He sees or reads the hearts of all, even from a distance .
    8. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑I accepted that Sai Baba’s seemingly harsh actions are truly favors and advice intended to set me on the right path
  • Self-Affirmation from Chapter XX of SSSC for Sai Baba devotees

    Self-Affirmation from Chapter XX of SSSC for Sai Baba devotees

    1. 🚦I trust that whatever Sai Baba spoke, must come true; His word is the decree of the Brahma (Almighty) .
    2. 🧠I realized that all our feelings of pain and pleasure depend upon the attitude of our mind only.
    3. 😌I enjoyed whatever God bestows on me, He besets everything and whatever happens is for my good .
    4. 🥁I believed that inactivity is the canker of the soul; I spend my life performing actions in resignation to His will .
    5. 🤹I am content with what I have, so I am not covet another man’s property
    6. 💎I trust Sai Baba’s unique method of teaching, knowing that His purpose is my spiritual elevation .
    7. 🎁I understood that Sai Baba ensures that all spiritual teachings lead to the realization that the Lord pervades everything .
    8. ⚖️I accepted the lesson that all feelings of pain and pleasure depend upon the attitude of my mind .
  • Self-Affirmation from Chapter XVI & XVII of SSSC for Sai Baba devotees

    Self-Affirmation from Chapter XVI & XVII of SSSC for Sai Baba devotees

    1. 🔥The Fire of Freedom

    I seek freedom. I long for freedom. With unwavering resolve, I walk toward freedom.

    2. 🍂Sacred Detachment

    I release the world. I release its rewards. In detachment, I enter the realm of the Spirit.

    3. 🧑‍🦯Journey Within

    I turn inward. I trust my inner Self. In the quiet depths, I discover my immortality.

    4. 🧬Purity and Peace

    I cleanse my actions. I calm my mind. In purity and peace, knowledge awakens within me.

    5. 🚶Truth and Discipline

    I live in truth. I walk in discipline. Through purity and restraint, I move toward God‑realization.

    6. ⚖️Choosing the Good

    I choose Shreyas, the Good. I release Preyas, the merely Pleasant. I walk the path that leads me upward.

    7. 🎯Mastery of Mind and Senses

    My intellect guides. My mind steadies. My senses obey. I journey toward liberation with confidence.

    8. 🛌Purification and Non‑Attachment

    I discharge satisfactorily and disinterestedly my duties, thus purifying my mind. I release ego, desire, and the illusion of the body. I rest in the Real.

    9. 💡Grace of the Guru

    I honor the Guru. I welcome guidance, as no one achieves himself alone. With the Guru’s light, my path becomes clear.

    10. 🌟Divine Grace

    I seek the Lord’s pleasure. Wisdom descends. Detachment blossoms. By Divine Grace, the Self reveals itself to me.

  • Self-Affirmation from Chapter X of SSSC for Sai Baba devotees

    Self-Affirmation from Chapter X of SSSC for Sai Baba devotees

    1. 💞I remember Sai Baba with love, for this is the easiest of Sadhanas, solving the riddle of life and death.
    2. 🚣I easily cross over the sea of all my pains and sorrows, by making Sai Baba my Helmsman.
    3. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑I strive for national unity, knowing that Rama (Hindu God) and Rahim (Muslim God) are one and the same .
    4. 😲I don’t retaliate but will strive to do some good, even if anyone does evil unto me.
    5. 📿I always remember and chant “Sai” “Sai,”; and all my shackles will be removed .
    6. 📖I find strength in the stories of the Saints; they remove all fear of Samsar (worldly existence).
    7. 🌐I attend to my worldly duties but give my mind to Sai and His stories .
  • Self-Affirmation from Chapter IX of SSSC for Sai Baba devotees

    Self-Affirmation from Chapter IX of SSSC for Sai Baba devotees

    1. 🖕I follow Sai Baba’s orders and suggestions at the time of taking leave, knowing that obedience ensures safety and happiness .
    2. 🧑‍🧒I recognize that Sai Baba’s mendicancy teaches householders the sacred duty of atoning for their daily sins, by providing Alms .
    3. 🎭I understand that Sai Baba knows my mind completely, and nothing is veiled from Him .
    4. 🥁I perform my worship with sincere intent, ensuring it is not merely a ‘formal drill’ .
    5. 🧜I abandon the sense of duality and distinction and serve Sai Baba, who is roaming in the forms of all creatures
    6. 🐕I am heartily contented by acting on compassion like giving food to the hungry creature (even dog ), before eating myself .
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  • Tips for daily living. (@35)

    Tips for daily living. (@35)

    Chapter 35 of the “Shri Sai Sat Charitra” provides several important tips and teachings for daily living, conveyed through Sai Baba’s words and actions. These include:

    • Overcoming the sense of differentiation: Sai Baba advised a friend of Kakasaheb Mahajani to “destroy the Teli’s (Adjacent oil store) wall (sense of difference) between us, so that we can see and meet each other face to face”. This highlights the importance of removing perceived distinctions between individuals and fostering a sense of unity in one’s interactions and outlook.
    • Cultivating steady faith and avoiding a fickle mind: To a “fickle-minded gentleman” (referring to Kaka Mahajani’s master, Mr. Thakkar), Baba advised: “Now please keep your faith on any one place (point) you like, why roam like this? Stick quietly to one place”. This emphasizes the need for steadfastness and focus in one’s spiritual or daily pursuits, rather than being swayed by various anxieties or external circumstances.
    • Understanding the spiritual significance of giving (Dakshina): Baba explained that His practice of asking for Dakshina was not for personal gain but to teach devotees about renunciation and purification. He stated that wealth should be used to “work out Dharma” (righteous conduct) and that if it is used only for personal enjoyment, it is wasted. He further taught that “The best way to receive is to give” and that “The giving of Dakshina advances Vairagya (Non-attachment) and thereby Bhakti and Jnana. Give one and receive tenfold“. This provides a profound insight into the spiritual benefits of charity and detachment.
    • Embodying non-attachment and transcending dualities: Baba’s own conduct served as an example; He was “totally non-attached” to worldly praise or disregard, remaining unaffected by “pleasure and pain”. This illustrates the principle of living with detachment, not being excessively elated by positive experiences nor depressed by negative ones.
    • The power and efficacy of Udi with faith: The story of Mrs. Newaskar, who faced a food shortage, demonstrates that when Udi (sacred ashes) is used with intense faith (“As one feels intently, so he realizes accordingly”), difficulties can be overcome, and needs can be met. This suggests that faith in Baba’s grace and His Udi can bring about practical solutions in daily life.
    • Perceiving God in all beings: Balaji Patil’s response to a serpent, which he believed to be Sai Baba, exemplifies the spiritual practice of seeing God or divinity in all creatures. His fearless and devotional approach to the serpent, offering it milk, highlights that recognizing the divine in everything leads to fearlessness and compassion.

    Additionally, while not directly “tips given” by Baba in this chapter, the narrative also shows:

    • The effectiveness of worshipping Baba’s picture with faith and devotion for overcoming personal troubles like insomnia, as seen in the Bandra Insomnia Case.
    • The value of disinterested service and complete surrender to the Guru, as exemplified by Balaji Patil Newaskar, who dedicated his efforts and possessions to Baba.