February 2010

Sai Bhajans in Markham,Toronto by Rana Gill

Mr. Rana Gill performed SaiBhajans in various cities ifCanada during January2010. As per his words “I hadheard much about Shirdi SaiBaba temple in a place calledMarkham situated in Torontocity. It was my desire to go tothat temple and this desirewas disclosed openly to allmy four Sai brothers who

had recently entered my life.As per my earnest wish, wewent to Shirdi Sai Babatemple in Markham afterretiring from our programmefrom Mata Vaishno Devitemple. It was an experienceof all sorts. The weather wastoo bad with snow fall andtemperature reaching inminus. But I felt very cozy assoon as I entered the temple.More than that, a particularaura was experienced andeven more I felt the samesmell which touches uswhen we enter SamadhiMandir in Shirdi. It wasevening time and arti wasgoing on. The idol of Sai Babaresembled exactly with thatof Shirdi. It has been morethan four years that I havebeen to Shirdi in spite ofdesire of my heart of hearts,but I felt that I reached Shirdiin fraction of seconds when Ientered this divine temple.Not minding the rush

gathered for arti, I steppedforward towards Sai Babawith an unknown powerp u l l i n gme. I feltas SaiBaba issaying, “Iw a swaiting foryou sincelong. Doyou notwant Meto listeny o uhere?” Ianswered, “I wish thesame, but I don’t knowanybody here, how can Ising without knowinganyone here?” Such feeling,rather conversationbetween Sai Baba and

devotion and love, Mr. RanaGill sang bhajans inMarkham, Toronto. Devotee

audience enjoyed in allmeans. Everyone presentthere felt presence of SaiBaba and were fullysubmerged in devotion.On January 10th, 2010 vastSai bhajan sandhya was heldat Durga Maa Temple. Theprogram was sponsered byMr. and Mrs. Vijay Jaswal. Bhajans were sung by MrRana Gill with full Orchestra,and Baba is accepting MrRana’s Seva by singing hisbhajans. I as a reporter ofShri Sai Sumiran Times wasamazed by listening tobajans especially when youare outside India. Mr. Ranatold that he has released oneCD “Sai Tere HazaroonNaam” and currently he isworking on his secondCD. Atleast 400 people werepresent and they enjoyed Saibhajans. Many people weredancing during Palki. Mr.Vijay had arranged acontinuous Bhandra. Program ended with Baba’sAarti at 9 p.m. Mr. Rana Gill extended histhanks to his companions Mr.Gaurav, Mr. Sudhir, Mr. Rajan,Mr. Vishal and Sai sisterShammi Chopra for givingthem this great chance.

-Anil Chadha, USA

Sai Baba Helped MeSai Baba Helped MeSai Baba Helped MeSai Baba Helped MeWin The MedalWin The MedalWin The Medal

I am studying in class III inColonel's Academy in Mhow(M.P.), I play Chess verywell so I was selected in myschool team for Chess tour-nament where I repre-sented my school. I wasvery nervaous &I was very wor-ried whether Iwould win ornot. I prayed toSai Baba to helpme win thetounament. Justthinking andpraying I fell offto sleep. Baba came in mydream Baba was wearingorange colour chola & or-ange patka Baba told methat don't worry my child youwill surely win and Baba

gave me blessings by put-ting his hand over my head. Iwas very excited when I wokeup. When I went for tourna-ment I took Baba's photo withme. I had gone to Kothari Col-lage, Indore to play the tour-

nament. Iplayed veryconf ident lyand withBaba's bless-ings I wonB r o n z emedal andour schoolcame 1st. I

felt very good when I wasgiven medal in our Schoolassembly. I thank to Babawho blessed me & I couldplay well and win the medal. -Ritwik Marwaha, Mhow

Shirdi Sai Worship Centre,Singapore celeberates

2nd Anniversary

On 5th February 2010 2nd Anniversary of Shirdi Sai Wor-ship Centre, Singapore shall be celeberated. Various pro-grams have been organised on this occasion. All are welcome to grace this opportunity and get bless-ings from our Sadguru Shri Saibaba.

-Shridhar Pandit

myself was going on, as Iwas interfered by Sai brotherSudhir ji, I was asked by himwhether he can inquire withmanagement of the templefor a chance to performthere. These were mythoughts 5 seconds ago andnow they were taking shape.We, with full consent of SaiBaba, got appointment fornext day evening at about6:30 PM after evening arti.My happiness wasindescribable in words andexcitement was on peaklevel.” Next day on 3rd

January 2010, with all

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Sai Utsav In Jajpur by Shirdi Sai Sewak MandaliWith blessing from Sai,Shirdi Sai Sewak MandliCharitable Trust, Kantipur,Jajpur have planned toconduct the “Sai MahaYagya and SamvatsharikaUtsav” from 22nd-25thFebruary 2010. The details

Sewan, Bhajan by SaiDinesh & Group; on 24thMahayagyan, High SchoolCompetitions, PrasadSewan, Oddisi Dance byAdruta Team and on 25thPurna Ahuti, PrizeDistributions, Prasad

Baba BlessedMy Daughter

My name is Garima Goyal fromSingapore. I want to share one moremiracle of Sai Baba. Few days back my daughter told methat she is having severe leg pain andshe is not able to walk. First we thoughtthat she is just pretending but as thetime passed the problem increased.She was not willing to go to doctor asshe was scared with doctor. Thewhole day passed and we thought itsjust a muscle pain and will go awayafter some time but the whole nightshe couldn't sleep. She was even notable to turn other side while sleepingand was trying to sleep in one posi-tion only which was very difficult forher. I was so worried whole night, thenit was 4 AM in the morning she cried alot and then I got too worried. Then Ijust remembered Sai Baba and askedBaba to help my daughter. Then after2-3 seconds unconciously I saw SaiBaba came to our room standingthere and touching my daughter's legand then I just woke up. It was such agood experience but I really didn't re-alize what had really happend. Is itreally true? I thought it was just adream. After that we all slept and woke upat around 9 a.m. I was still worriedabout my daughter and I asked mydaughter to come out of bed but shesaid NO (she said it might hurt herwhile walking) but after 5-10 minuteswe asked again and she said YES Iwant to come out of bed and I caneven walk now. I am OK now. Thatmoment relieved my all worries and Ijust say Thanks to Sai Baba. My husband told me that around 5'oclock he saw my daughter turning toother side while sleeping and then Itold him the Sai Baba incident to him. It was really a miracle for us and weare really thankful to Baba. I am reallyblessed by Sai Baba through ShriJagtap Babaji. I pray Baba to remainwith us and always. -Garima Goyal, Singapore

of program are as follows:On 22nd Kalasi Yatra,Mahayagyan Subharambh,Bhajan by Ganeshghat SaiKirthan Mandali, Cuttack &Prasad Sewan; on 23rdMahayagyan, M.E. SchoolCompetitions, Prasad

Sewan, Bhajan by AnilBanwara have beenorganized. All are invited toattend the program andavail Baba’s blessings. -Samal, Bhubneshwar

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Baba's Miraculous Udi I just wanted to share a Udileela which happened lastweek. On 16th January nightwhile having dinner,suddenly my wife’s feetturned to the left while her legwas straight and she was inunbearable pain. Confusedas I was, I was trying tolocate emergencyhospital. Then suddenly Iremembered the Udi, Iprayed to Sai Baba, took Udiand applied it on her feet.

Instantaneously, the feetbecame straight and the painsubsided. What was pleasing themost was the saying inBaba’s calendar for that day.“Apply Udi over the affectedpart and the pain willsubside.” Thank you Baba for thiswonderful Udi whichremoves all materialmiseries and providesspiritual progress-Hariharan Iyer

Having Unwavering FaithIt is a cliché to questionwhether there is anybody likeGod or not! I myself haveasked this question infinitenumber of times, butsomething which I am sureabout today is that there ismy Sai Baba, who keeps aconstant record of who isdoing what, when and howmuch belief my children keepin me when dearthcircumstancescome, do theycurse me,remember me,believe me, orforget me! Sotoday, I withoutjerking believein theexistence ofSai in my life;not because Icurse or forget him, but justbecause I have thatunwavering faith in him nomatter what thecircumstances have opted tooffer me. I used to questionSAI, how many times you aregoing to test my belief in youAnd everytime I wasdisappointed to get no replyfrom him. My expectationswere like: “Sai come and talkto me physically, if you thinkI should believe in you; comepick that phone in front of meif you want to really talk tome, so that I know that youexist and are hearing me!” Inever realized that myexpectations/questions toHim were an answer in itself;that SAI is actually listeningto me; he knows what I amtalking about; he knows thatI am angry from him; heknows I have miserablyfailed in something. And whatmade me say so, are myback to back experienceswith him in different intervalsof my life. Now whether thatexperience is about anappearance when my family

and I met with an horrifyingaccident while on our way toShirdi and surviving withouteven a scratch on our body,making me listen to his songwhen almost in a dearthcondition to meet a deadlineto submit a project, I see myrequired shop open at 11 pm;or making me do gooddeeds no matter howtreacherous the situation is;

or making meTop my batchduring mymanagemen tstudies. I do notquestion hima n y m o r e ,because Istrongly senseHim in myParents andSisters. I see

SAI in them because when Iam low in confidence or losesight of my ambitions; theyencourage me, they makeme feel positive aboutmyself that I can achieve allthat what I want in my life. Isee Sai in them, because Iknow they are his inventionsin my life to make feel better& better about myself,because when I say I do nothave this or that: I will alwaysknow and will say that I havemy lovely Parents andSisters, which in other waymake me say that I am oneof the luckiest people in theworld. Life is a journey, inwhich we neither know thestarting platform or theending; therefore my mind,experiences and family donot allow me to think thatthere is no Sai as having thatunwavering faith in himmakes me feel all the moreimportant in this selfishworld. That I will lead my lifeunder his shadow withoutquestioning him as he is theonly one who can see methrough or see my spine. -Rachit Kapoor, Delhi

Teachings of Shri Sai SatcharitaWe begin this series oflearning from the nectar-liketeachings of Shri SaiSatcharita with salutation to“Lord Krishna – the divineson Vasudeva, the destroyerof Kamsa and Chanoora,the supreme bliss of Devaki,the Teacher of the universe.”It is Lord Krishna Whoreincarnated by assumingthe holy form of Shri ShirdiSai Baba to open the eyesof all who are blinded by thedarkness of ignorance. SaiBaba, Who is both Guru andGovind, came to bestowprosperity and liberation onall. He came to bestow theknowledge of the Self. Hecame to burn up thebondage created byhumankind by accumulatedactions of innumerablebirths. Baba lived in Shirdifor sixty years. During thisperiod, He grinded the wheatalmost every day. Thespiritual significance of thisis that Baba did not grind thewheat only, but the sins, themental and physicalafflictions and the miseries ofHis innumerable devotees.The two stones of His millconsisted of karma andbhakti; the former being thelower and the latter, the upperone. The handle, with whichBaba worked the mill,consisted of dhyan. It wasthe firm conviction of Babathat, knowledge or self-realization is not possible,

unless there is prior act ofgrinding of all our impulses,desires, sins; and of threegunas, viz. Sattva, Rajasand Tamas, and the Ahankar,which is so subtle andtherefore so difficult to get ridof. Thus, it is clear that onewho makes completesurrender to Shri SainathMaharaj, the Universal Guru,he will always be protectedby Baba in allcircumstances. In fact,Baba is showering Hismercy on all this devotees.He is bestowing His graceon all his devotees so thatthey can come out of thedarkness of lust, anger,vanity and covetousness,which are leading

humankind to hell, and turntoward Him. So if we wantto achieve the real purposeof our life, that self-realization, we will have tomake complete surrender tothe lotus feet of the UniversalGuru Shri Sainath Maharajand remain clung to Him withunflinching devotion. Leavingaside all cleverness, wemust endeavour to becomeHis innocent children. Wemust have firm faith that ourBaba is there to save us fromthe mental and physicalafflictions and the miseries.He alone is our true mother,father, brother, friend, theknowledge and wealth. Forus Baba is everything. He isGod of all Gods.

-Tish Malhotra

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Faith And PatienceMy name is N. Sairam andam from Bangalore. Thismiracle took place in themonth of July 2009. Due tomy careless attitude and Iwas not skilled enough to domy job well in my previouscompany, I was asked to quitthe company on 31st May2009. I was not given anynotice period. It wasshocking for me to lose myjob all of a sudden but Icouldn’t do anything. I had tosit at home jobless for morethan a month. I was severelysearching for a job, but myefforts went in vain. I almostlost all hopes of getting a job.My bank balance also wasgetting diminished day byday due to family expensesand everyone in my familyprayed to God for getting mea job at the earliest. In thelast week of June 2009, Iwas called for an interviewby a small private companynear my house. I washopeful of getting that job asI had done the writteninterview very well. AlthoughI had not done very well inthe last technical interview.Also, my fate was not in myfavour to get any job easily. Idid not get any calls fromthis company for more thana week and I thought that Iwas not selected for this job.During this period, my wifeUma (God’s gift to me) toldme that she was praying toShirdi Sai Baba and having‘Vridha’ (fasting with pooja)for 9 continuous weeks onevery Thursdays. She hadfull faith that Baba would getme the job for sure. Initially I did not have faithin Baba or in her pooja as Iwas a staunch devotee of SriRayaru at that time, hence Iinformed her to do the poojaon my behalf and I would

that company and wassurprised to hear from themthat I was selected for the joband I was asked to join theduty on coming Monday.Moreover the salary theyoffered me was more thanwhat I asked for and my joywent boundless again and Ithanked Sai a lot in my heartand came out of the companywith the CTC letter offered bythe HR of that company. Then I immediately went toShirdi Sai temple in that areaand kept the CTC letter at thefeet of Sri Sai Baba and askedfor His blessings. Then I wentto Sri Rayaru temple and gotHis blessings too and all myfamily members were reallyhappy to hear this great newsand we all thanked Baba onceagain. Our faith (me & mywife) in Baba had furthertremendously increased afterthis incident and from thenonwards we became Hisstaunch devotees. Only one thing I want toconvey to all Shirdi SaiDevotees that ‘It is notnecessary to recite anymantras, what Sai wants fromus is only ‘Faith and Patiencein Him’ and nothing else. Justthink of Him and say ‘Sai Sai’in your mind is more thanenough to get showers of Hisblessings. -N.Sairam

Yesterday evening my sisterwent out for a friend’s partyin the evening, saying shewould be back by 9:30 pm.By 10:30 pm, she was notback. But we were notworried since we thought theparty might still be going onand that she’ll at least beback by 11 pm. But till 11:30pm also she was not back.We tried calling on hermobile, but there was noanswer. Not knowing what todo, we just kept waiting. Wecalled her again and againalso, thinking that she mightbe driving and hence maynot be picking up her phone.Hours passed even afterthis, 12:00, 12:30, 1:00 andfinally it was 1:20 am atnight. We were frantic withworry by this time, notknowing what to do. Shewas not answering hermobile also during all thistime. I kept thinking of all thedangers that might befall agirl driving alone so late atnight in her car. Finally, atexactly 1:20 am, I turned indespair to my only refuge, mySai. I prayed to Him sayingthat I was surrendering mysister’s well-being to Himand that it was now Hisresponsibility and I was notgoing to worry about it or tryto call her any more. Sofickle is my faith, that evenafter saying this prayer I wasabout to reach again for my

mobile, but something withinme stopped me on timesaying that havingsurrendered this problem tomy Sai Baba, I should notand need not worry anymoreabout it at all. I felt at peaceimmediately despite thetenseness of the situation.With full faith this time I againinvoked Sai and told Him thatI had complete faith that Hewould bring my sister backhome safely. I was praying toHim to do so immediately,because I was very tired andwanted to go to sleep! Youwill not believe this, but just3-4 minutes after this, I heardsome sound, like that of carwheels. Still I did not pay anyattention to this, thinking thatSai is taking care, I need notlisten to every sound andwonder if it was my sister ornot. And in the next minute,we heard my sister at thedoor. She was back safe andsound, escorted as it wereby my Sai Baba, my God. Ido not have any words at allto express the greatness ofLord Sai Baba, Who heedsall His devotees’ prayers anddemands, at any time of theday or night, without evenbothering if we are worthy ofreceiving His grace or not. Isincerely advise all Saidevotees to surrender to SaiBaba - He will take care ofeverything and fulfill all yourdesires. -Devotee

EXPERIENCE OF DEVOTEES

Two Lizards

participate in it. As per myadvice, she started doingpooja and we completedthe 3rd week pooja on onefine Thursday. The previousday (Wednesday eveningaround 6 pm) of this 3rdweek pooja I was worried alot that whether I would getcall from that company ornot. I had not given anyinterviews in any othercompanies. All my familymembers were alsoworried for my job. That evening I wasbrowsing the net and cameacross a website aboutShirdi Sai Baba where Ifound the experiences ofHis devotees and wonderfulprinciples of Baba. I got sointerested in that articlepublished in that site aboutthe importance of ‘faith’ &‘patience’ one should havein ‘Baba’ and I startedgetting tears in my eyeswhile reading it. After that Ideveloped strong belief inHim and I used to chant ‘JaiSai’ within my heart and gotcompletely surrendered toHim. It was at this verymoment I got a phone callfrom that private companytelling me to cometomorrow for the finalinterview. After hearing thisnews, my joy wasboundless and my tongueimmediately started

Once Baba was sitting inthe Masjid. A devotee sat infront of Him, when a lizardtick-ticked. Out of curiosity,the devotee asked Babawhether this tick-ticking ofthe lizard signified anything;was it a good sign or a badomen? Baba said that the liz-ard was overjoyed as hersister from Aurangabad wascoming to see her. The devo-tee sat silent, as he did notunderstand the meaning ofBaba's words. Immediately, a gentlemanfrom Aurangabad came onhorse-back to see Baba. Hewanted to proceed further,but his horse would not go,as the horse was hungry andwanted grams. He took outa bag from his shoulders tobring grams and dashed it onthe ground to remove dirt. A

lizard came out therefromand in the presence of all,climbed up the wall. Babaasked the questioner devo-tee to mark her well. She atonce went strutting to hersister. Both sisters met eachother after a long time, kissedand embraced each other,whirled round and dancedwith love! Where is Shirdiand where is Aurangabad? How should the man onhorse-back come there fromAurangabad with the lizard?And how should Baba makethe prophesy of the meetingof the two sisters? All this isreally very wonderful andproves the omniscience --the all-knowing nature ofBaba.Bow to Shri Sai - Peace beto all -(Shri Sai Satcharitra)

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