"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
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People from different Religious, Geographical, Economic, and Social backgrounds are brought together here. Their prayers are delivered and successfully resolved with the grace of the Indian spiritual SadGuru-God, Shirdi Sai Baba.
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In the cosmic dance of cause and effect, Where actions and consequences intersect, Karma weaves its intricate thread, A tapestry of life, stitch by stitch, it’s spread.
Not a punishment, nor a reward, But a natural law, universally adored, It teaches us to act with care, For every deed reflects, in life’s fair mirror, bare.
So let us sow seeds of kindness and love, And watch as they blossom from below and above, For in the end, it’s not about fate, But the choices we make that create our state.
There is a soiled and tattered currency note with you. No one is prepared to accept it from you.
But when it is tendered to the Reserve Bank, which issued it, it is bound to accept it and issue a new note in return.
Likewise, who is competent to accept one’s bad thoughts, perverse feelings and evil intentions? Only the Almighty can accept them.
God is the Spiritual Reserve Bank that will accept the soiled notes of your mind and give in return good currency (in the form of good thoughts).
Hence, offerings should be made only to those who are competent to receive them. All bad thoughts and feelings should be offered to God so that we may receive, by His grace, good thoughts and feelings in return.
Spirituality, thus, means transforming one’s life into an ideal one by offering one’s bad qualities to the Lord and receiving from Him good qualities in return.
– Divine Discourse by Puttaparti Satya Sai Baba, May 24, 1992
Para Number in the Book-BCS and Baba’s saying on His Own Nature
I am god (Allah) I am Mahalaxmi: I speak the truth-sitting as I do at the Mosque. (I am Vittobha of Pandhari) Baba to NG Chandorkar: Go, I am at Pandhari (I am Ganapathi): Mother, all offerings you made to Ganapathi have reached Me. (I am Dattatreya): Are you puffed-up? Where was male progeny in your destiny? I tore up this body and …..gave you a son. (In answer to the prayer, you offered before Datta at Gangapur) (I am Laxmi Narain): Why go for Ganga elsewhere. Hold your palm at my feet. Here flows Ganga. What matters it, whether in your meditation you see this (Sai) figure or the figure of Laxmi Narayana? (I am Maruti): My father dedicated me to Maruti. I make gestures before his temple, telling him I am his brother.
(I am Krishna): Saibaba (seated in Dwaraka Mayi) to Uddhavesa Bua: “Give me Rs.11 dakshina”. Uddhavesa Bua: I have given my ten Indriyas(5 Sense organs & 5 Action organs) and mind. Baba: No. Who are you to give them? They are mine already. Read Pothi i.e., do Parayana. Uddhavesa Bua: Of what Purana? Baba: Of that in which I have spoken to you, and in which I still speak to you Uddhavesa Bua: Is it Gita? Jnaneswari? Baba: Go and fetch, what Bapu Saheb Jog is reading
Uddhavesa brought XI skanda of Srimad Bhagavatha from Jog. Baba: (slipped his finger into the book suddenly and said) Read this. [It opened at Krishna Uddhava samvada] Daily read this, and then sit at my feet and meditate on it. [N.B: That meditation is the gift of 11 INR, eleventh Skanda to Baba, Sai-Krishna, seated in the heart.]
All that (viz, other Gods) is Allah (to Rohilla)
Devotee: Baba, who are you? whence? Baba (in the absolute mood): I am the Attributeless, Absolute, Nirguna. I have no name, no residence. (Again in the mood of Duality): I got embroiled by Karma, and came to a body. (So) I got a name and abode. Dehi, i.e., the embodied, is my name; and the world is my abode. Brahman is my father and Maya, my mother. As they interlocked, I got this body. The world is evanescent, mutable.
I am Parvardigar (God). I live at Shirdi and everywhere. My age is lakhs of years. My business is to give blessings. All things are mine. I give everything to everyone.
I am in Gangapur, Pandharpur and in all places. I am in every bit of the globe.
All the universe is in me.
Stick to the one whom you worship or revere. God will protect you soon. 65-A. Baba To Shankar Rao Gowhanker : ‘”They had many, giving them trouble. As they were with me, they did not suffer by that trouble. God punished the troublers. See, God rewards the doers of good and punishes evil-doers.
I am the Progenitor of God. Mediate on me as pure Ananada Nirakara; but if you cannot do so, meditate on this this Sai Body exactly as it is.
I am not the body or the senses. I am the sakshi-witness of all these. I do nothing. I receive nothing.
Devotee: Baba burn on your hand to be treated. It must pain you so much. Baba: what fun will it be (for me) to stand by and see the whole of this (Sai Baba) body burning on a funeral pyre of cow dung cake fuel?
Para Number in the Book-BCS & Baba’s Sayings on His Mission are
Saints exist to give devotees’ temporal and spiritual benefits. Dr. Pillai need not have ten more births for this. All the pain can be endured in ten days.
I have come to give such good things to the devotees.
My business is to give blessings.
A devotee objected to people going to Baba for temporal benefit e.g., employment, money, children, cure of disease. Baba: ‘Do not do that, My men first come to me on account of that only. They get their heart’s desire fulfilled and comfortably placed in life; they then follow me and progress further. I bring my men to me from long distances under many pleas. I seek them and bring them to me. They do not come (of their own accord). I bring them to me. However distance – even thousands of miles away- my people might be, I draw them to myself, just as we pull birds to us with a string tied to their foot.
This is a Brahmin, a white Brahmin, a pure Brahmin. This Brahmin will lead lakhs of people to the Subhra Marga and take them to the Goal-right up to the end. This is a Brahmin’s masjid.
There are many so-called Gurus, who go about from house to house with cymbals and veena in their hands, and make a show of their spirtituality. They blow mantras into the ears of their disciples and extract money from them. They profess to teach piety and religion to their disciples, but are themselves impious and irreligious.
Sai Baba never thought of making the least show of His worth (piety). Body- consciousness, He had none, but He had great love for the disciples.
There are two kinds of Gurus (1) ‘Niyat’ (appointed or fixed) and (2) ‘Aniyat’ unappointed or general). The latter by their advice develop the good qualities in us, purify our hearts and set us on the path of salvation;
but contact with the former, dispels our quality (sense of difference); and estalishes us in Unity by making us realize “Thou art that”. There are various Gurus imparting to us various kinds of wordly knowledge, but he, who fixes us in our Nature (Self) and carries us beyond the ocean of worldly existence, is the Sadguru. Sai Baba was such a Sadguru.
His greatness is undescribable. If anybody went to take His darshana, he, without being asked, would give every detail of his past, present and future life. He saw Divinity in all beings.
Friends and foes were alike to Him. Disinterested and equal- balanced, He obliged the evil-doers. He was the same in prosperity and adversity, No doubt, ever touched Him.
Though He possessed the human body, He was not in the least attached to His body or house. Though He looked embodied, He was really disembodied, i.e., free in this every life.
Though Sai Baba looked like a man, three cubits and a half in length, still He dwelt in the hearts of all.
Inwardly, he was unattached and indifferent, but outwardly, He longed for public welfare.
Inwardly most disinterested, He looked outwardly full of desires, for the sake of His devotees.
Inwardly an abode of peace, he looked outwardly restless.
Inwardly He had the state of Brahman, outwardly He acted like a devil.
Inwardly He had the state of Brahman, outwardly he acted like a devil.
Inwardly He loved Adwaita (union or monism), outwardly He got entangled with the world.
He always abided and was engrossed in the Self and was well-disposed towards His Bhaktas. He always sat on one Asan and never travelled.
His ‘band’ was a small stick, which He always carried in His hand.
He was calm, being thought-free.
He never cared for wealth and fame and lived on begging. Such a life He led.
He always uttered ‘Allah Malik’ (God the real owner). Entire and unbroken was His love for the Bhaktas.
He was the mine or store-house for self-knowledge and full of Divine Bliss. Such was the Divine Form of Sai Baba, boundless, endless and undifferentiated.
One principle which envelopes the whole universe, (from a stone pillar to Brahma) incarnated in Sai Baba.
The really meritorious and fortunate people got this treasure-trove in their hands,
Sai Baba was neither a house-holder nor Vanaprastha. He was a celibate sannyasi, i.e., sannyasi from boyhood.
His firm conviction was that the universe was His home, He was the Lord Vasudeo – the Supporter of the universe and the Imperishable Brahman. So He had the full right to have recourse to the begging-bowl.
(2) Now from the standpoint of ‘Pancha-soon’ – five sins and their atonement. We all know that in order to prepare food- stuffs and meals, the householders have to go through five actions or processes, viz. (1) Kandani-Pounding, (2) Peshani-Grinding, (3) Udakumbhi – Washing pots, (4) Marjani – Sweeping and cleaning, (5) Chulli-Lighting hearths.
These processes involve destruction of a lot of small insects and creatures, and thus the householders incur a lot of sin. In order to atone for this sin, our Shastras prescribe six kinds of sacrifices, viz. (1) Brahma- Yajna, (2) vedadhyayan – offerings to Brahman or the study of the Vedas. (3) Pitra- Yajna-offerings to the ancestors, 4)Deva-Yajna – offerings to the Gods, (5) Bhoota- Yajna-offerings to the beings, (6) Manushya-Atithi-Yajna-offerings to men or uninvited guests. If these sacrifices, enjoined by the Shastras are duly performed, the purification of their minds is effected and this helps them to get knowledge and self-realization.
Baba, in going from house to house, reminded the inmates of their sacred duty, and fortunate were the people, who got the lesson at their homes from Baba.
Govind Raghunath Dabolkar, called Anna Saheb Dabolkar, was Mamlatdar and first class resident Magistrate.
His work ‘Sai Satcharitra’ in Marathi Ovi verse extends to a thousand pages. Maharashtra Sai bhaktas treat it as Sai Ramayana or modern Guru Charitra. They give it the respect due to ancient puranas. Even others respect it when they gain access through N.V. Gunjaji’s English adaptation or translations in Telugu, etc.
This work is highly meritorious and has been the instrument for many people becoming Sai bhaktas. The verses are highly sonorous. The stories about Sai Baba collected from various individuals are based on actual experiences. These stories have great charm and are always fresh.
On his first visit to Shirdi and Sai Baba in 1910, went to the mosque. He and his friend Bala Saheb Bhate prostrated before Baba. Baba pointed to Dabolkar and said, ‘What talk was going on there at the wada? And what did this Hemad Pant say (pointing his chin to Dabolkar)?’. Dabolkar’s name was not Hemad Pant at all.
Hemadpant-“I began to think why Sai Baba should call me by the name Hemadpant. This word is a corrupt form of Hemadripant.
This Hemadripant was a wellknown Minister of the kings Mahadev and Ramadev of Devgiri of the Yadav dynasty. He was very learned and good-natured. He authored good works, such as Chaturvarga Chintamani (dealing with spiritual subjects) and Rajprashasti. He invented and started new methods of accounts and was the originator of the Ovi (Marathi Shorthand) script.
But I was quite the opposite, an ignoramus, and have dull, mediocre intellect. I could not understand why the name or title was conferred upon me. However, after thinking seriously about it, I thought that the title was a dart to destroy my ego. This way, I should always remain meek and humble. It was also a compliment paid to me for the cleverness in the discussion#. (# before he started from Wada/Lodge to Sai Temple, he had some hot discussion with Bala Saheb Bhate about”Guru’s essential ” for 30 minutes)”.
Looking to the future history, we think that Baba’s word (calling Mr. Dabholkar by the name Hemadpant) was significant and prophetic, as we find that he looked after the management of Sai Sansthan very intelligently, kept nicely all the accounts and helped greatly in the publications of ‘Sai Lila Masik (Magazine)’ also as the author of such a good work “Shri Sai Satcharita (SSSC)”, which deals with such important and spiritual subjects as Jnana, Bhakti and dispassion, self-surrender and self-realization.
There have been institutions of Saints in this world, from time immemorial.
Various Saints appear (incarnate) themselves in various places to carry out the missions allotted to them, but though they work in different places, they are, as it were, one.
They work in unison under the common authority of the Almighty Lord and know full well what each of them is doing in his place, and supplement his work where necessary.
"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 