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Sai Baba strive for the welfare of the people.
There are many Saints, who leaving their houses, stay in forest, caves or hermitages and remaining in solitude, try to get liberation or salvation for themselves. They do not care for other people, and are always self-absorbed. Sai Baba was not of such a type.He had no home, no wife, no progency, nor any relations, near or distant. Still, He lived in the world (society). He begged His bread from four or five houses, always lived at the foot of the (Neem) tree, carried on wordly dealings, and taught all the people how to act and behave in this world.
Rare are the Sadhus and Saints who, after attaining God-vision, strive for the welfare of the people. Sai Baba was the foremost of these and, therefore, says Hemadpant.
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Property is not permanent
On the 13th February, Baba pointed out, ‘Here is the cow of Dixit Formerly it was a Jalna man’s. Before that it was somebody else’s; and before that it was Mahlsapathy’s. God knows whose it is’.
He was pointing out that property was not anything permanent and not worth striving for.
On the other hand, he pointed out that so far as the absolute needs of the body were concerned, a person who had firm faith (on Baba) had no fear of lacking them.
Baba gave the assurance that none, who had firm faith in God would be left in want. Baba also gave the assurance that He was powerful and his orders were supreme.
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Baba promoted faith in Gods
Sai Baba sent Appa Kulkarni to go and worship at a Siva temple, before appearing to answer the charges framed against him by the Deputy Collector in a departmental enquiry.
Similarly he sent Shama to worship the Goddess Vani on a hill; and Megha to worship Khandoba and all the other Gods.
Baba blamed Nana Chandorkar for avoiding darsan of Datta BCS 104 , 144-8
Baba promoted faith in Gods – BCS 167-174
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Sai Baba’s Declaration
Turning to Shama (Madhavrao Deshpande) Sai Baba said.
“If a man utters My name with love, I shall fulfill all his wishes, increase his devotion.And if he sings earnestly My life and My deeds, him I shall beset in front and back and on all sides.
Those devotees, who are attached to Me, heart and soul, will naturally feel happiness, when they hear these stories.
Believe Me that if anybody sings My Leelas, I will give him infinite joy and everlasting contentment.
It is My special characteristic to free any person, who surrenders completely to Me, and who does worship Me faithfully, and who remembers Me, and meditates on Me constantly.
How can they be conscious of worldly objects and sensations, who utter My name, who worship Me, who think of My stories and My life and who thus always remember Me?
If My stories are listened to, all the diseases will be got rid of. So, hear My stories with respect; and think and meditate on them, assimilate them. This is the way of happiness and contentment.
The pride and egoism of My devotees will vanish, the mind of the hearers will be set at rest; and if it has wholehearted and complete faith, it will be one with Supreme Consciousness.
The simple remembrance of My name as ‘Sai, Sai’ will do away with sins of speech and hearing”.
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Baba’s personality
Baba had no particular marga , as the yoga marga , etc. But If any person came to grief in his yoga marga , he could give him relief.
His liberality and generosity were remarkable . Daily he would get something in three figures; one hundred to three hundreds. He scattered the whole thing away.
Bhajan parties and fakirs were liberally supplied when they came up, and they were always coming up .
His self – control and equanimity were equally remarkable. He had no particular preference for one dish over another, though some people thought he liked mangoes or sira or even country beans. His disregard of his own health was patent .
He was accessible at all hours of the day and night to people. He himself said , ‘ My durbar is always open at all hours ‘ .
All his actions were open and above board. There was nothing done in secrecy. He had nothing shameful to conceal and no fear from scrutiny.
His most marked feature was perfect calm and total freedom from care and anxiety.
He had no interests to serve or protect, no institutions to support, no acquisitions to safeguard, and no private property to feel anxious about.
With a very large daily income, he left only Rs . 16 at the moment of his passing away from his body.
He was perfectly just and impartial. He was not obsequious to the rich and highly placed nor supercilious and contemptuous to the lowly .
Revenue Commissioners and Collectors and lower officials in large number poured in; also ragamuffins in the street, paupers and beggars adnauseam . He treated them all with perfect equality.
Baba’s personality was far greater than that of any other saint that this devotee had seen .
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Harmonization
Sai Bhaktas Says At daily Noon Arati
In essence or basic principle, there is no difference what ever between Hindu and Islam. You took birth in human body to point out and establish this. You look with affection on both Hindus and Muslims. This Sai who pervades all, is the soul of all shows.
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Dharbar Members
Mahlsapathy-Bhagat, who first called Fakir as “Sai”, had very close contact with Sai Baba Nealy 50 year; Already achieved the high water mark of ‘purity, virtue, Tapas and wisdom’. Baba made him the Guardian of his body for three day in 1886 and told him “I am going to Allah” in order to re-enter a grihasta royal body by parakaya pravesa. He reached the Supreme end in 11.9.1922, died with “Ram” on his lips.
Narayan Govind Chandorkar-Nana, was Deputy Collector. He was at Jamner along with his pregnant daughter, whose pregnancy was troublesome and risky, with long pain. Baba himself commissioned one Ramkir to go to Nana’s home first, in order to handover a packet of udhi what stopped cry once applied on Nana Daughter Minatai; and paper containing Arati for the Puja. She had easy delivery. He was the first and foremost of Baba’s apostles whose labour was the basis of the speed of Sai faith for many decades.
Das Ganu Maharaj-Ganu. When left his Police Constable service, Baba said, ‘Ganu, I shall provide for you and your family’. From the day of the loss of service, he was never in want of food or for clothing and has even become the owner of some plants yielding sufficient support. He would hold an audience of 2000 people spell bound in rapt attention listening to him for 6-8 hours and he never asked for even one pie and made no collections. He would always refer to Sai Baba as the living Great Saint whom it would be a great blessing for people to have the darshan of, as a very darshan purified and benefit the visitor. People started in numbers to go to shirdi and See Sai Baba. Does he had been the means of sending some ten of thousands of people to Baba. The Sai Arti includes several of the bits included by Ganu, which have sent deep into the hearts of the devotees and has caught the fancy of lakhs of people in Sai Baba Bhajan.
H.S. Dixit (kaka) was a leading solicitor with highly lucrative practice and had made his name in notable Trails; And achieving many honours in social and political matters also. Kaka had the opportunity and power to serve Sai Baba and Sansthan for 14 years at great self-sacrifice. H S Dixit with his remarkable legal ability, his worldy wisdom, and great Bhakti, drew up a Scheme and presented it with the signature of number of influential devotees; And got it sanctioned by the District Court in 1922 and that governs Shirdi Sai Sansthan and Baba’s tomb and other affairs. Thus laid the foundation for the success of the present position.
Anna Saheb Dabolkar-Hemadpant. Was a Government Servant, became First Class Resident Magistrate. Served as Honorary Secretary of Sansthan after Dixit and ‘Sai Lila’ Editor. His monumental work- Author of “Sai Sat Charitra”.
When Hamadpant wanted Baba’s permission to write out a complete study of Baba’s lilas, Baba was mooved and blessed; and said “Let him make a collection of stories and experiences, keeping notes and memos. I will help him. He is only outward instrument. He should get rid of his ego; when his ego is completely annihilated, and there is no trace left of it, I myself enter into him and shall myself right my life. Hearing my stories and teachings will create faith in devotees’ hearts, and they will easily get self-realisation and Bliss”.
Sri Upasani Baba was widely regarded as a wonderful Saint with vast and miraculuous powers that could help individuals and even Nations; and that was why the great Mahatma Gandhiji, with a view to secure National welfare, approached him about 1927.
Upasani’s fame drew lakhs people to him, and Sai Baba, as guru, was introduced to Lakh of people of the cause and a source of Upasani’s greatness and powers. “If the chela is so great, how much greater must be the Guru”, people said.
G. S. Khaparde, Advocate of Amraoti, was a notable figure in Indian politics and the law courts of Madhya Pradesh and as legislative council Member. Devotees have to be grateful to him, for maintaining his famous Diary (for Historical value, Source book for research purposes) for nearly four months of his contact with Baba and making them available for Sai literature.
Baba did not give Mantra upadesa except few: One is Mrs.Khaparde that go on saying “Raja Ram Raja Ram“
Bayyaji Bai
Radha Krishna Mai
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2 Institution
Woman and wealth are the two main obstacles in the way of our Pramartha (spiritual life); and Baba and provided in Shirdi two institutions, viz., Dakshina and Radha- Krishna-Mai. Whenever they came to Him, He demanded Dakshina from them, and asked them to go to the ‘SCHOOL’ (Radha-Krishna-Mai’s house). If they stood these two tests well, i.e. if they showed that they were free from attachment for woman and wealth, their progress in spirituality was rapid and assured by Baba’s grace and blessings.
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