- There are of three kinds of disciples of a Guru:
- (1) First or Best
- (2) Second or Average and
- (3) Third or Ordinary.
- The best kind of disciples are those who
- guess what their Gurus want and
- immediately carry it out and
- serve them
- without waiting for an order from them.
- The average disciples are those who
- carry out the orders of their Masters to a letter,
- without any delay, and
- the third kind of disciples are those, who
- go on postponing the carrying out of their orders and
- making mistakes at every step.
- The disciples should have
- firm faith,
- backed up by intelligence
- and if they add patience to these,
- their spiritual goal will not be distant.
- Control of
- breath (ingoing and outgoing), or
- Hath-Yoga (Balancing Sun and Moon force of Human Body) or
- other difficult practices
- are not at all necessary.
- When
- the disciples get the above mentioned qualities,
- they become ready for further instructions and
- Masters then appear and
- lead them on, in their spiritual path to perfection.
Tag: Discipline and Guidance
How Baba guides and discipline his children
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Classification of disciples
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If any men or creatures come to you, do
- “Unless there is some relationship or connection, nobody goes anywhere.
- If any men or creatures come to you, do not discourteously drive them away,
- but receive them well and treat them, with due respect.
- Shri Hari (God) will be certainly pleased, if you give
- water to the thirsty,
- bread to the hungry,
- clothes to the naked, and
- your verandah (Platform outside to House) to strangers for sitting and resting. “
It is on account of Rinaubandh (former relationship) that we have come together, let us love and serve each other and be happy. He, who attain the supreme goal of life, is immortal and happy”
Baba in SSSC-Ch 18 & 19
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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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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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Would You like to come with me?
“I will show you what you want,
but he alone who believes in what I say,
will be successful”
Baba’s Guru to Baba
SSSC-Ch 32
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How to conquer Jealousy, easily?
Baba guided us ‘How we can conquer Jealousy, one among Six Basic weakness of human’ as below:-
- “Among the six (Viharas) weakness, Jealousy is the easiest to conquer.
- In Jealousy,
- 1. There is no question of (actual) gain or loss, to ourselves
- 2. (Matsara) Jealousy is the inability to endure another’s profit and prosperity.
- 3. If another gets fortune or power, we cannot put up with it, we scandalise him.
- When he meets with loss, we rejoice.
- But is it good? When that man attains prosperity , what loss have we really suffered?
- Now, Do consider, the following points! If One attains good
- 1) let us rejoice (with him) or
- 2) let us consider ourselves also, as lucky or benefited or
- 3) let us attain or strive to attain, equal good.
- Thus, conquer jealousy first.”
BCS -Para 225
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Quotation 323
” What is this sira and who eats it? Do not say of anyone that he is your enemy”.
Baba wanted to point out to Das Ganu (devotee) that he is the soul, which neither eats nor has any other physical function. And that all souls are in essence one and the same, viz., Paramatma.
To one who has realised himself as Paramatma, there can be no enemy at all.
Which means, “The one Vishnu (God) is in you, in me and others; all he endures. Your anger is senseless. See the (same) Atman in every one. “
LoSB-Chapter 3 of Part II, to Das Ganu Maharaj who had said that “that man is my enemy”, when not getting sira/drink
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Quotations 141
“Oh Shama, this book is very valuable and efficacious, so I present it to you, you read it.
- Once I suffered intensely and My heart began to palpitate and My life was in danger.
- At that critical time, I hugged this book to My heart and
- then, Shama, what a relief it gave me!
- I thought that Allah (God) Himself came down and saved Me.
- So I give this to you, read it slowly, little by little.
- Read daily one name at least, and it will do you good.”
Baba to Shama in SSSC Ch-27 about the Book “Vishnu-Sahasra-Nam”
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Proof Reading of Sai Literatures, Opportunity at Shirdi
Public Appeal from Shirdi, Shri Sai Baba Sansthan
Shri Saibaba Sansthan, Shirdi is planning to reprint its Literatures in Marathi, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, Odia, Kannada, Gujarati, Assamese, Punjabi, Sindhi, Urdu, Nepali etc.
For this purpose, Sansthan is inviting Sai Devotees, who have PHD to Form a Committee of 30/40 members.
The work involves i)corrections ii) proof reading of the text and iii) Helping Sansathan to resolve issues/doubt, raised by Sai Devotees, on a regular basis.
Since Sai Seva, there is no compensation for this project.
Thanks SSS Trust, Shirdi PS: please check their official website for latest updates.
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Baba’s standpoint similar to Mahatma Gandhi
That is ‘Live and let live’- and To unite persons, use common joint formula.
Mahtama Gandhi (freedom fighter of India) tried to effect a rapproachment between Hindus and Muslims. He started the formula noted below, where Rahim and Ram are put together. He also made his Hindu and Muslim followers repeat the formula or mantra.
“Raghupati Raghava Rajaram Patita paavana Sitaram,
Iswara Allah Tere nam, Sabko Sanmati De Bhagavan,
Rama Rahim Krishna Karim, Sabko Sanmati de Bhagavan.“
Mahatma Gandhi aimed to familiarise the ears of impartial and co-operatively minded Hindus and Muslims, with a mix of both cultures. This would help both groups to hear each other’s names without losing equanimity.
This would become easier and inspiring by habit for future generations. That was the great object of Mahatma Gandhi’s formula. Baba added to Gandhiji’s plan of work. He secretly worked on the hearts of all.
Baba was perfectly neutral and submitted to the peculiar idiosyncracies of his worshippers in order to avoid offending them. Left to himself Baba would have no mark on his forehead. Baba did not believe at all that there is a separate Siva and a separate Vishnu as Gods. ‘To him, there was only one God. It might be called Siva or Vishnu, Vittal, Rama or Datta. Khuda, Khandoba, Devi, Allah or Hari; might all be names given with equal justification’. “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”.
If each wants to get on in his own way, he should do so. He should choose the way that suits him best. By all means, let him do so. He should not be hindered. This is the only way to unite all sincere worshippers. Sincere bhaktas’ worship of Sai is the same as the worship of God.
That is their feeling and according to correct metaphysics and philosophy, there is no difference between the worship of Sai treated as God and the worship of God under any other name or any other form. Both achieve the same ends.
“In whatever form you surrender to Me, in that form, I respond- BG (4) 11.
LoSB/Part I: Ch-XIV
"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 