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The Glory of Shirdi SaiTRANSCRIPT
Shri Sai accepts with appreciation any small thing, offered with love and
devotion but if the same thing is offered with pride and haughtiness, He
would reject it. He is a Sat Chit Anand and is not worried about the out-
ward formalities. Any offering that is made with a modest and humble
spirit is always greatly appreciated and accepted overflowing with pleas-
ure.
Pray to Him everyday consistently when you can. Prayers offered to the
fullness of your heart finds an echo in the Mind of Shri Sai. They tend to
create waves after waves with divine power bringing in new energy into
our life. It always gives us a new light, a great impulse, a healing of
wounds which nothing else can cure or heal. Prayers are a great remedy,
which purifies our mind and soul.
To offer our prayers to Shri Sai is a privilege to everybody, whether he
be a wealthy person or not. It is the greatest weapon which a human form
has for betterment in his/her life. Prayers are always answered and Lord
Himself is eager to lead his devotees. Make Him the target of your life's
journey and you will reach your goal.
The best way to love our Shri Sai is being humble and to serve him with
pure heart.
***
Bow to Shri Sai ~ Peace be to All
FROM THE SATSANGS OF SAIBANISA JI
The Glory of Shirdi SaiThe Glory of Shirdi Sai
2 1 - A P R I L - 2 0 1 1 Y E A R 2 0 1 1 — I S S U E 0 8
गुरुब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णु: गुरुरे्दवो महेश्वर: |
गुरु: शाऺात परब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः:||
CONTENT
Satsangs of SaiBaNisaji
Time Machine
Shirdi Dairy
Shri Sainath Stavan
Manjari
The Dreams Train
Devotees Corner
Children Section
Spiritual Gems From Sai
Satcharita
Quintessence
JAI SAI RAM
श्रद्धा सबुरी
Ninth Year of Publication - Published as Bi-Weekly
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P A G E 2
See the divine
in the human
being.
~ Baba
SHIRDI DAIRY BY SHRI G.S. KHAPARDE 1910, 12 December Monday, Shirdi.
In the morning after prayer we saw Sayin Maharaj passing out as usual & then sat
talking among ourselves as usual. Mr Dixit appears to have turned a new leaf alto-
gether & spends a good deal of his time in prayer & his temper which was always
mild, appears to have acquired the peculiar sweetness which is entirely due to inter-
nal calm. Rao Bahadur Rajarampant Dixit came soon after from Pulgaon. He said he
had no intention of visiting Shirdi when he left Nagpur, but some how, at Pulgaon,
he made up his mind to the visit very suddenly and made the journey practically on
the spur of the moment. I was very glad to see him. We all went to see Sayin Saheb
later on. I was a bit late & missed a very interesting story told by him. He teaches in
parables.
It was about a man having a very beautiful horse, which, do what he could, would
not go in pair. It was taken all round and given all the usual training to no purpose.
At last a widwan suggested its being taken to the place from which it was originally
brought. This was done & then the horse went all right in the harness and became
very useful. I heard the fag end of the parable. Then he enquired when I was going. I
replied that I would go when he gave me permission of his own accord to go. He re-
plied “you go today after taking your meals,” and later on sent curds by the hand of
Madhava Rao Deshpande, as prasad to me. I had it at meals, & soon after it went to
Sayin Saheb. He confirmed his permission to go as soon as I went. My son did not
feel sure of the permission & so asked expressly & the permission was given in clear
words. The Sayin Maharaj today asked Dakshina of others but nothing of me or my
son. I was very low in funds & he appeared to know it. After saying goodbye to Mr
Nulkar, Mr Dixit, Mr Bapusaheb Jog, Babasaheb Sahasrabuddhe, Madhavarao
Deshpande, Balasaheb Bhate, Wasudeorao & others we left with Patwardhan, Prad-
han, Kaka Mahajani, Mr Tarkhad and Mr Bhide who came today. We caught the
train about 6.30 P.M. at Kopargaon & travelled to Manmad, Mr Bhide getting down
at Yeola. I & my son will soon leave Manmad by the Punjab Mail. Last night I
dreamt that I saw Uzizuddin & another whom I could not recognize.
T H E G L O R Y O F S H I R D I S A I
SAI’S NEWS FROM TIME MACHINE Mahlsapathi was probably the first to introduce himself to Shri Baba; he was so
much impressed with conversation he had with Baba that he thereafter saw Him daily
and introduced Baba to his other friends Kashinath tailor and Appa Jogle, saying that
a Fakir Sai Baba has made a sudden appearance in the outskirts of the village near
the debris of village wall, that He is far above the common average man, a pure and
holy man worth paying respects; from that time onward He came to be known as Sai
Baba. This trio-of Mhalasapati, Kashinath and Jogle-daily visited him and paid their
respects to Him and supplied whatever little requirements He had. The news that one
Sai Baba had manifested Him-self near the nimb tree at the outskitrts of the village,
reached the ears of the late Appa Patil Kote and one day he with his wife went to
Baba to pay respects. It is said that when Baba saw them coming He left His seat, got
up and cordially welcomed Appa and told his wife that she had been veritably His
sister. The lady his wife, Bayjabai on seeing Baba was so much impressed that she
decided never to take her food without first feeding Baba.
SHRI SAI NATH STAVAN MANJARI
P A G E 3 Y E A R 2 0 1 1 — I S S U E 0 8
(A Humble Tribute of praise by Dasganu Maharaj)
(Translated from the marathi by Smt.Zarine Taraporevala and edited by Dr. Smt.Indira Kher, Ex.Executive Editor,
Shri Sai Leela Magazine)
A HUMBLE TRIBUTE OF PRAISE TO SHRI SAINATH
To save the sinners,
You came to Shirdi;
Pouring water into earthen lamps,
You made them burn, ….99
The wooden plank of absurdly small measures
You turned into your bed, truly;
Thereby displaying to the devotees
Your amazing yogic powers ! …100
The barrenness of many women
You have completely dispelled ;
The diseases of many
You have cured with the " Udi " ! …101
To ward off worldly difficulties
Is not impossible for you.
The weight of an ant,
Does the elephant consider as a burden? …102
So be it, GURURAYA,
Have mercy on the humble one.
I surrender at your feet,
Do not turn me away. …103
You are the king of kings,
You are richer than KUBER himself,
You are the Heater par excellence.
No one is superior to you ! …104
for the worship of other deities.
The ritual is as prescribed.
But, for your worship,
There is nothing worthy of you ! …105
Will be continued......
P A G E 4
Do not kick
against the
pricks of life.
~Baba
T H E G L O R Y O F S H I R D I S A I
DEVOTEES EXPERIENCE
DEVOTEES CORNER
Sai Ram To All
This happened in January 2008, when I was on a visit to Pune. I landed in
Pune airport around 12 noon. As I had the official work only the next day, I
wanted to make a trip to Shirdi and be back in Pune. I realized that I forgot to
carry my Debit Card and all I had was about Rs.500 and a credit card. I had a
nice darshan of BABA at Shirdi and returned to Pune around midnight. I was
searching for a decent hotel to stay for the night. All I had was Rs.200 in
cash and credit card and my return flight ticket to Chennai. I was desperately
searching for a budget hotel where credit card is accepted. Suddenly an
autowallah approached me and said he can accommodate me in a decent ho-
tel with credit card acceptance. He took me to the hotel about 20 minutes
drive from the bus station. I checked into the hotel using the credit card. I
never use credit card to withdraw cash from the ATM. So withdrawing cash
from ATM was ruled out. The next morning I got ready to go the place of
work, about one hour from the place where I was staying. All I had was
Rs.100/- with me. I went down and checked with the hotel guy about the
auto fare to that place. I was told that autowallahs charge Rs.200/- to reach
the place. I came back to my room and prayed to BABA to help. I took out
the SAI SATCHARITA from my bag and I opened randomly by closing my
eyes. Lo! To my surprise, I found Rs.100/- in that page. My joy knew no
bounds and reached the place after paying Rs.200/-. I returned to the airport
in a cab arranged by the staff of the company. This miracle is an ample ex-
ample, that once again BABA protects his devotees at all times.
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THE DREAMS TRAIN
(Dreams Of Saibanisa after Undergoing Bypass Surgery on 17-5-1996)
Compiled by Saibandhu Raghu Raman Satulury
12-02-1997:
Sai appeared as a fakir and said:
Having bid good-bye to the past, opt for a peaceful life by adopting Sraddha
and Saburi for reaching the destined goal.
Reaching goal is of greater importance.
P A G E 5 Y E A R 2 0 1 1 — I S S U E 0 8
Sai Ram
Every small gesture I consider as Baba's miracle and it makes me very happy. This is one small incident,
which happened a year and a half ago. I shifted from home to another place for my engineering course
(which was again Baba's plan, the whole situation I will send as another article later). At home I have a
beautiful picture of Baba. It somehow got left back there. When someone went there, I asked my parents
to send it to me with him or her, but an event turned up because of which they forgot to send (the person
couldn't meet them or something like that turned up). I was very sad but I know that my Baba is always
with me so I cheered up again. Then around 2 weeks later, I went to my cousin's place for Diwali. They
had just been to Shirdi and they came. My uncle said he got a picture of Baba for me from Shirdi, which
he put on Baba's tomb and near Baba's feet. I took the picture and opened it and GUESS WHAT?? It was
the EXACT SAME, and I mean EXACT SAME, to the finest detail it was the exact same poster (picture)
of Baba I have at home. Baba sent it to me. He knows everything and will do everything to keep his
devotees happy. I jumped in joy. Baba is always with all of us. Om Sai ram, please keep blessing, pro-
tecting and taking care of all of us Baba.
- Nirmala
Courtesy: www.saibabaofindia.com
(A RECORD OF THRILLING EXPERIENCES OF (LATE) DR.P.S.RAMASWAMI AN ARDENT DEVOTEE OF SHRI SHIRDI SAI BABA)
BABA'S MIRACLE THROUGH GURUJI-5 " A breath can make them as a breath has made"
- Goldsmith
HOW BABA'S UDHI CURED A REFRACTORY CASE OF
CANCER OF THE THROAT AND CONVERTED
AN AGNOSTIC INTO A DEVOTEE
This concerns a Parsee gentleman named Doongajee, Sessions Judge at Jabalpur in the sixties, who be-
came affilicted with cancer of the throat. This led him to resign the position and go to Bombay to get first
class treatment. His wife, however, coming of pious Maharashtrian stock, had faith in Baba and would
have liked him to do likewise but in vain. However, the best available treatment, including radiation ther-
apy, proved futile. The lady having known about Guruji at Shri Sai Baba Darbar, Jabalpur and some of
the miracle-cures effected by him through Baba's grace, got into touch with him on her own and sought
his help. He replied that he would certainly pray to Baba and do his best on one condition, namely, her
husband, if cured, should be devoted to Baba. This was an anchor held out to a drowning man, and it was
accepted. Guruji then made 21 small packets each containing a big pinch of Udhi and sent them with the
instruction that they were to be taken for 21days first thing in the morning with honey. As was to be ex-
pected, once again, Baba exhibited His 'Chamatkar' and there improvement from day to day Leading to a
cure, and without any need for further prompting Mr Doongajee became an ardent devotee of Baba*.
Glory be to Shri Shirdi Sai - Grace be to all
The Doongajees were seen attending Shri Sai Baba Durbar which was proof enough that the cure had
taken place.
ARTICLES FROM DEVOTEES
P A G E 6
(A RECORD OF THRILLING EXPERIENCES OF (LATE) DR.P.S.RAMASWAMI AN ARDENT DEVOTEE OF
SHRI SHIRDI SAI BABA)
BABA'S MIRACLE THROUGH GURUJI-6
HOW UDHI CURED AN ADVANCED CASE OF CONSUMPTION
Shri B.N. Konar is a clerk in the Bansagar Project Circle office at Rewa. In the Six-
ties he began suffering from consumption which reached an advanced stage. He
began vomitting blood. Being a grand nephew of Guruji (Shri R.N.Konar, who at-
tained samadhi in 1981) of Shri Sai Baba Durbar at Jabalpur, he approached the
latter for redress. As was his wont in such cases, Guruji made 21 doses of Udhi and
sent them to be taken for 21 days first thing in the morning with honey. It was ac-
cordingly done and, stage by stage, the cure was completed. Today B.N.Konar is in
good health, married and blessed with a bonny baby boy.
Glory be to Shri Shirdi Sai - Grace be to all
Note : Guruji used to prescribe Udhi with honey in the morning , as a panacea for
many ills. H.H. Shri Narasimha Swamiji, a great apostle of Baba used it as the only
medicine par excellence. ——————————–—————————————————————-
Om Sai Ram
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T H E G L O R Y O F S H I R D I S A I
Look to me
and I will
look to you.
~ Baba
ARTICLES FROM DEVOTEES
P A G E 7 Y E A R 2 0 1 1 — I S S U E 0 8
RAMANAVAMI IN SHIRDI
In 1897, Gopalrao Gund proposed holding an urs in Shirdi as an expression of his
gratitude to Baba for having been granted the birth of a son after many childless
years. Baba gave his permission for the celebration and fixed the day for Ram-
navami. This was an ingenious touch of Baba's. Urs is a Muslim festival honouring
a Muslim saint (usually one who has passed away); by holding the urs on the day
of a Hindu festival, the two communities were brought closer together in a natural
yet remarkable way. The festival gradually grew in importance and in 1912 some
devotees asked Baba if they could celebrate Ramnavami, since it fell on the same
day (Ramnavami is the anniversary of Lord Rama's birth). Baba agreed and the
festival was held in grand style. From that day, says the Sri Sai Satcharitra, "the urs
was transformed into the Ramnavami festival".
In Shirdi, two locally historic rituals are carried out during this festival: the sack of
wheat that is kept in Dwarkamai is changed and the old one taken to Prasadalaya
to be used there, and secondly, the Dwarkamai flags are replaced. When the urs
was first celebrated, Gopalrao Gund prevailed upon his friend to supply a flag for
the procession. This was Damu Anna Rasne of Ahmednagar who had similarly
been blessed by Sai Baba with sons, having come to Baba for this purpose on the
recommendation of Shama's father-in-law. In addition, Gund asked Nanasaheb Ni-
monkar to supply a second flag with embroidery. This was also done and both
flags (described as "huge" by M. W. Pradhan, who saw them) were taken in pro-
cession through the village and fixed at the two corners of the mosque. Descen-
dants of these two devotees continue this tradition and flags are brought and of-
fered at Baba's samadhi before being taken on a grand procession. The procession
begins - as it did in Baba's time - at the house of the three carpenters who did the
bulk of the repair work on the mosque (Tukaram, Gabaji and Kondaji, the first of
whom personally served Baba for several years). In the evening, the descendants
of Abdul Baba perform a traditional "sandal procession", finishing at Dwarkamai
and applying the sandalwood paste to the nimbar there.
Story for this Week: ― The Story of an Elephant and a
Tortoise‖
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Learn and Children Section
Long long time ago, two brothers, Vibhaasa and Suprateeka used to live. Both of
them used to wake before Sunrise, take bath and do morning prayers and other ritu-
als and then with great discipline perform puja to Parabrahma. However once the
younger brother, Suprateeka asked Vibhaasa to give him his share of the father’s
property. Then Vibhaasa replied “Dear Brother! People with greed only divide
things. We are brothers. We must not have greed. In addition love to wealth leads to
misery. Some evil minded people may interfere between us and increase the conflict
and With that both of us will be destroyed. Hence let us share and live, forget about
division. Elder Brother is equivalent to Father and you are like my Son.
However Suprateeka didnt accept. He said that property must be divided. Seeing
this, Vibhaasa got angry and cursed his younger brother “you dont have respect to
elders. Become a Elephant in Mahaaranyam”. With greater anger Suprateeka cursed
back “In a pushkarini (lake) in the same mahaaranyam you will become a Tortoise”.
Both of them left pious human body and took birth according to their curse.
Elephant used to come near pushkarini (lake) and roar
wildly; the Tortoise used to created huge waves. The
battle used to start. Everyday they used to fight each
other. Also both of them had extremely huge physical
body. So no other animal was able to peacfully live. No
one could use the pushkarini (lake). In that mahaaran-
yam all the animals were being disturbed by these huge
creature’s fights.”
This story was told by Ka-
shyapa maharshi to Garuda
Bhagavaan, when Garuda Bha-
gavaan asked His Pita, Ka-
shyapa maharshi, to give him
some food and then Kashyapa
Maharishi continued “Oh my
Son! If you take these two
T H E G L O R Y O F S H I R D I S A I
creatures as Your food, then all the animals in the mahaaranyam will live happily.
The pushkarini lake will then again become a place to live for many creatures”. Ga-
ruda Bhagavaan then d id
Namaskaaram to His Father and
flew to the Mahaaranyam.
Morals in the story:
The Pitrubhakti (Respect to Father)
and Vinayam (Humbleness) of Ga-
ruda deva are well shown in the
story. Though He was extra-
ordinarily strong, capable, still He
asked His Father to give him some
food! The greatest quality of such great being is Humbleness. However great or
strong you may be, you must be humble and respectful.
Justice is what is concerned to an individual. Righteousness concerns a society.
Hence in order to protect the creatures in the Mahaaranyam, the two trouble causing
animals had to be killed. Hence, the Great sage Kashyapa maharshi, asked his son to
take the elephant and tortoise as His food.
The wise quotes of Vibhaasa must be remembered. Greedy and excessive love to
acquire wealth always lead to difficulties. Try to live happily with what you have.
A family where brothers remain united like Shri Raama and Lakshmana will always
prosper; a family where the brothers fight each other like Vibhaasa and Suprateeka
will be destroyed with their own anger.
P A G E 1 0
No one
wants to
take from
me what I
give
abundantly
~ Baba
T H E G L O R Y O F S H I R D I S A I
SPIRITUAL GEMS FROM SATCHARITA ~ CHAPTER 43&44 Contributed by: [email protected]
Baba's Passing Away
Preparation - Samadhi-Mandir - Breaking of the Brick - 72 Hours'
Samadhi - Jog's Sannyas - Baba's Nectar-like Words.
Chapters 43 and 44 continue the story of Baba's Passing away, and
therefore they are taken together.
Previous Preparation
It is the general practice amongst the Hindus that when a man is about to
die, some good religious scripture is read out to him with the object that
his mind should be withdrawn from worldly things and fixed in matters
spiritual, so that his future progress should be natural and easy. Every-
body knows that when king Parikshit was cursed by the son of a Brah-
min Rishi and was about to die after a week, the great sage Shuka ex-
pounded to him the famous Bhagawat Puran in that week. This practice
is followed even now and Gita, Bhagawat and other sacred books are
read out to dying persons.
Sai Ram.
Satsangatve Nissangatvam, Nissangatve Nirmohatvam, Nirmohatve Nis-
chala Tatvam, Nischala Tatve Jeevanmuktih Bhaja Govindam Bhaja Go-
vindam Govindam Bhaja Mudha Mathe says Sri Adi Sankara also in His
Bhaja Govinda Stotram. The efficacy of Sadhu Satsang and remember-
ing God (God's name) is well known. The idea is to remind the ego that
the body is not permanent and the goal of the birth was to realise one's
true nature and at least in the last few days, hours and final moments the
mind should be fixed on the feet, name and form of the Lord so that the
latent seeds of desires are burnt and liberation from the cycle of births
and deaths is achieved. It is also told clearly in Gita and many other
scriptures that the last thoughts of a man determine his future birth (seed
now sown will grow into a plant in future). That was also the reason that
Baba asked Sanyasi Vijayanand to take up the reading of Ramavijayam
and Srimad Bhagawatam in his last days.
Sai Ram.
Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all
P A G E 1 1
Quintessence from Shri Sai Baba’s Philosophy (By Late Sri Bharam UmamaheswaraRao) ~ Contribution by "Shashank"[email protected], Mrs and Mr Anand
Chapter 36: The Value of Human Birth
God has created crores of living beings in this world. He has created divine beings, men, animals, insects
etc. Some of the living beings live on land and some live in the water and some in the air. Those who do
good acts, they go to heaven, live there some time and later they are driven out of heaven back to the
world of mortals.
‘kshine punye martya lokam visanti’
Those who do bad acts go to hell and reap the fruits of bad actions. Those who have done good and bad
acts equally are born as human beings and they have the opportunity to attain salvation. When they get
rid of the fruits of bad actions, their mind becomes pure and then they can try for salvation. So every
thing depends on the actions performed and purity of the mind.
To all living beings, food, sleep, fear and procreation are common. But human beings possess an extra
qualification i.e. wisdom. With the help of this wisdom, human beings have got such an opportunity to
attain salvation. Because of this, even the person living in the heaven wants to be born as human beings
on this earth.
Man can easily recognize the transient nature of life by observing his own body. However much he pro-
tects his body with food and many other comforts, it deteriorates and finally dies. Death may devour a
person at any moment. So it is necessary to try for one’s own salvation as soon as possible and this
should be the main aim in life.
Will be continued...
T H E G L O R Y O F S H I R D I S A I
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From the Editor‘s Desk
He who would know the Truth should constantly discriminate between the real and the unreal, between oneness and division, between what leads to the Truth and what pushes away from it. When one so discriminates and follows only the way of Knowledge, the path is straight, wide, open and free. But if one were to choose the ways of ignorance, his path becomes crooked, devious, narrow and imprisoning. To increase one’s consciousness is to grow in knowledge; to persist in unconsciousness and sink into it is to wallow in ignorance. One is the royal road to liberation; the other is the way to stay in captivity.
~~Rig Veda 4.2.11
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