As Ramachandra Patil and Bala Shimpi feared, Tatya fell seriously ill as the
Vijayadasami of 1918 approached. Baba too fell ill around the same time.
Tatya’s condition worsened day-by-day and turned critical one or two days
before Vijayadasami. He could not even come to the mosque for the darshan of
Sri Saibaba. One day Baba sent word to him to come to the mosque and have
his meal there, but as Tatya could not summon enough strength to even rise
from his bed, some devotees helped him to go to the mosque where Baba fed
him with semolina pudding with his own hands despite his ill health. Tatya
could only swallow a couple of mouthfuls with great difficulty. Baba told
him, “Tatya, I have arranged for two swings (carriages) for us initially.
But I have changed my mind. I alone will go on now presently. Now you may go
home.” Tatya understood the import of Baba’s words and started sobbing. He
said, “Baba, why do you not send me first?” Baba replied, “I am a fakir,
there is no one to cry for me when I go away. But all your people will
grieve if you go.” Tatya heard the tone of finality in Baba’s words and his
sorrow intensified and he started weeping piteously. He said, “Baba, if I
go, it is only my relatives who will grieve. But if you go, you will make
many people of this world orphans. If you live on many people will attain
salvation by your mere darshan. What of me? My life is a burden to me and to
my relatives too.” Baba would not brook any further talk in this vein from
Tatya. He scolded him lovingly, “Alright, no more talk from you. Go home.”
He put udi on Tatya’s forehead and sent him home, watching him with a heavy
heart until he was out of sight.

       The day of Vijayadasami dawned and Baba entered mahasamadhi. Tatya’s
health astonishingly started improving a few hours after Baba’s mahasamadhi
and fully recovered in a couple of days.

       The people believed that Baba had sacrificed his own life to save
Tatya’s. Hemadpant brings this out in the 42nd chapter of Sri Sai
Satcharitra. “It seemed that they both (Baba and Tatya) exchanged a life for
a life and a death for a death. The people believed that Baba had sacrificed
his life for the sake of Tatya. Baba alone knows whether this is true or
not. In this manner Baba had stated Tatya’s name but indicated his own
mahasamadhi.” It was not surprising that the people believed thus seeing
that Baba had loved Tatya more than his own life itself. But this is just a
blind belief on their part and in fact has no foundation. This is because
Baba has clearly stated that he had first arranged for two swings
(carriages), one for himself and the other for Tatya. But he had changed his
mind and sent one swing back and that only he will be going away. He did not
say that he had got only one swing ready for Tatya and that he would be
going in that instead of Tatya. Tatya also only requested Baba to send him
first but not to send him instead of Baba.


to be contd......

(source Saipatham Magazine)

Sri Sai Amrit Vani
1st Feb 2007
                              Devotees may forward this
letter to other Sai devotees.
Jai Sai Ram
                  Every week I narrate the Leelas of
Baba which I see happening at Sidhartha Extension New
Delhi. It is a miracle that nothing happened on 1st
Feb, inspite of being Thursday. In fact my Uncle
expired on 29th Jan and our house was in ‘Sootak’, We
expected this thing and already communicated to the
members of the group that Sri Sai Amrit Vani will not
be held at Sidhartha Extension on this Thursday and
the next Thursday. Such things had happened earlier
also when my cousin expired and also when our grand
daughters were born, there was no Udi, no honey, no
Leela of Baba. So today I will list out what we missed
instead of what happened.
                Very few dovotees attended the
recitation of Sri Sai Amrit Vani, only about 25 or so,
as the message was already given.

              This Thursday the 1st Feb  we missed the
following Leelas of Baba, which usually happen on
Thursdays.

1. No  oozing of Udi from any  photo on the walls or
photo or Statue in the Mandir. No formation of any
word or  figures of OM, Ram and Sham
2. No water from the Charans this week.
3. There was no Pooja done, no Aggarbatti, no diya, No
books. Only recitation of Sri Sai Amrit Vani was done
with the help of Cassette.
4. There was no Udi in the Lap of Mrs. Gupta
5. There was no Bhog offered to Baba.
6. No Documents, photos , Sai Satcharitras were  kept
in the mandir room. In fact no one entered the mandir.
7. No Prayan of Sai Satcharitra was done.

No pooja will be held on next Thursday also.

           Sri Sai Bajan Sandhya has been arranged on
24th Feb in the evening at Sidhartha Extension.

           However following  devotees,  participated
in absencia in the recitation of Sri Sai Amrit Vani.
The list is sorted as per their email id’s. However
Mrs. Gupta prayed for all the devotees.  We include
only those devotees in the list, who themselves recite
or read Sri Sai Amrit Vani at their places. The names
of the devotees “for prayer”,  are prayed for, but not
included in the list. Kindly mention clearly, against
each devotee’s name that he/she will recite or read or
listen to Sri Sai Amrit Vani, or only for prayers, If
no mention is made in the letter, then it will be
presumed that the names are only for prayer and will
not be included in the list.  Please also give the
name of the place.

           Scripts of Sri Sai Amrit Vani are available
in Tamil, Telgu  also, besides in Devnagri (Hindi) and
English, in the file section of the yahoogroup. Links
of Audio MP3 files are given in the link section of
the home page of ‘ mysaibaba20’ yahoogroup. To go to
home page of yahoogroup key in or click
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mysaibaba20 .

           This activity of  Sri Sai Amrit Vani will be
in addition to any other pooja  or sewa or prayer that
you are doing.

          Jai Sai Ram.

Ashok  Gupta
  mysaibaba20@yahoogroups.com
veena_gupta_2000@...



Amita Shunglu, Toronto, Canada
Angshuman Paul and  Antara Paul --  New Jersey.
Anuradha.S and  Ravikrishnan.R Bangalore
Ritesh Arora, Ashu Arora, Ananya Arora, Priya Anand  &
Ashish Anand.New Delhi.
dobby sommer  ca.
EVR Chakravarthy and E.Sai Smitha -- (Mission,TX,USA).
g gabrani, delhi
kapila dewan, delhi
Sunil & Geeta - B'lore
Krishnaveni Gounder- Durban, South Africa.
Somilla Preethepaul - Durban, South Africa.
Prema Mooragan - Durban, South Africa
Siva Mooragan - Durban, South Africa
HANSA TOKERIA - INDORE, M.P.
Jaiwati Singh - USA
Kala and Kumar  --  Austin, TX USA
Kalyani Aggrawal --  New Delhi
Kiran Bansal, New Delhi
Sandhya Bansal, New Delhi
Nisha Gupta, Ontario, Canada
Sajan Kapoor, Gunjan Kapoor from New Delhi.
sunita Taneja -- Singapore
sudesh johar  --  sydney, australia
V.MAHALINGAM -- BANGALORE
Manish Gupta,  Kanchan Gupta,  Jamna Das Gupta and
Nirmala Devi  --  Sharjah (UAE)
Mohan, Geetha, Radhika, Arun  -- Dubai (UAE)
Rajamani Balaji - Chennai
Andrea  Ptuj --  Slovenia, Europe
K N MYTHILI & V T PARTHASARATHY BANGALORE
NRK Murthy , Aruna Jayanti and  Harika Naishadham --
California.
narendra sreeram naidoo(pretoria, south africa)
aveena singh(pretoria, south africa)
yashoda singh(pretoria, south africa)
Bharati Shard -- Delhi
Naresh Shard --  Muleba Tanzania
KAMALANATHAN,  POOVATHY,  ANAND and VIKNESH  --
MALAYSIA
Neelima  --  Peoria, IL.
A.Nirmala Menon (Trivandrum)
Seshadri Vasu A.M. --  Hyderabad
SenthilKumaran Chennai
Gnana Prasanna SenthilKumaran -- Chennai
M.A.Sumathy - Trivandrum
Sadanand - Kuwait
Sampath, Srikantha and Manjesh --  Mississauga,CANADA
RAMANAMMA and  RAMESH  --   BANGALORE
Vaidhyanathan Venkatraman and Mahalakshmi
Vaidhyanathan -- Ashburn VA USA
SHIVA --  MALAYSIA.
Ravi ,   Suguna  and   Shruti  --   pune
S.Sivaprasath - Atlanta
S.Sivakamasundari,  S. Swaminathan and  G.Sivapriya -
Chennai
G.Gopal,  G.Abhiram and  G.Aishwarya - Chennai
R. Swaminathan,  S.Sivagowri  and  S.Shreya - Chennai
tanima bhowmick  --  bangalore.
Venkataraman N. Tinnium --  New Orleans (USA)
Romita Asrani, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA
Vedavalli & sujatha.  Bangalore.
vidya shet - Bangalore
Vijay Nandivada and  Kiranmayee Nandivada   from
melbourne,australia.
Vineetha Yatheesh, Ajman, UAE
Kannan Swaminathan & Jayalakshmi Viswanathan, Kansas
USA
ZAYASANKAR,MANGAMANI,VIVEKANAND AND NARESH --(UK)

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Dear sister Melody, Anita.
Thank you both for sharing your troubles, and story.
May Swamy bless you both.
Get my solidarity and love, together with a prayer for all our
probles to be solved the best way Swamy knows is best for us all.
SAI RAM.
FROM MEXICO CITY.

--- In saibabaofindia@yahoogroups.com, "Melody McClarty"
<blngs2sai@...> wrote:
>
> Sai Ram to all of my dearest Sai sisters and Brothers :)
>
> Sister Anita .. Thank you SO MUCH for posting this story ..
> Swami's grace abounds and my tears cannot stop.
>
> Though I have not written in some time and I have not been
> able to do the Prayer list sadhana which I miss terribly ... I have
a
> Swami story to share.
>
> As all of my wonderful Sai brothers and sisters know .. me and my
family
> have struggled greatly in the two years. Harder than we have ever
had to
> struggle before. To our wonder an amazement .. many Sai brothers and
> sisters whom we have never met in person came to our aide when no
one else
> in our families or even neighbors in our neighborhood or town would
even help us.
>
> My family and I have lived in our little log cabin in New Hampshire
for 17 years.
> For 17 years we have always struggled to do the right thing. To be
on the right side
> of the law. To do right by our neighbors and help anyone in need
even if it merely
> in prayer or a kind thought. Many times some of our neighbors got
into trouble and
> we went to thier aide to defend them from those who were trying to
ruthlessly hurt them.
> Once the woman across the street was suffering terribly due to an
abcessed tooth but had
> no money ( even though many of her friends could have given it to
her ) to go to the dentist and
> my husband and I gave her the money she needed to see a dentist
without ever asking for anything
> in return. In my heart All is Sai's Seva.
>
> I cannot say that I am perfect .. I have many failings and many
times have probably made the wrong choices.
> Anyways .. Swami .. is always with us ... and this article at this
time is proof of it to me.
>
> You see how Swami has saved us ....
>
> Last year my husband lost his job for the first time ever, there
was an illegal leak on a plastics machine
> and it caused his lungs to collapse and he was hospitalized but he
recovered only to be illegally fired because
> they were afraid he would report it ....
>
> But just one week prior to this we had gotten accepted for a second
loan
> to work on our house and even though my husband lost his job .. we
had money to live on while he looked for another
> job ... Swami Saved Us....
>
> Then my husband after 8 months of being unemployed and money was
getting very very tight
> Swami got him a job at what we thought would be a perfect job
working on high tech satellite lens
> the company was set in a pristine area with beautiful views and
things seemed to get better but
> then the companies sole owner turned out to have a drug problem and
was running the company in the
> ground and they couldn't make thier own payrolls, we started
falling behind as our money had run out and
> they did not give my husband the raise that they had promised him
so funds got shorter and shorter and
> our bills got larger and larger ...
>
> But then miracle of miracles .. my sai brothers and sisters from
around the world came to the aide of our little
> family all out of the goodness of thier hearts ... it brought us
hope, joy and solace when we thought we were drowning and lost.
>
> Swami Saved Us ...
>
> During this time we began to suffer at the hands of a woman who was
renting a house next door to us.
> We had offered her our love, care, money and help with her children
only to have her slander us to the school
> and in town and attack my husband with a knife because we brought
her food for her and her children simply
> because we could see that she was very troubled and there was
problems with the kids and we had told her
> that we could no longer watch her children for her as she was out
at all hours and doing drugs while we watched
> her children for her. She terrorized my family for 8 months until I
collapsed in March of last year and went into
> the hospital due to exhaustion and stress and chest pains when we
hardly had any money and we had
> no hospital insurance. As a final straw she lured our dog over unto
her property with the help of her landlord
> and they tried to say our 12 year labrador retriever was attacking
them and they wanted us to be arrested and ticketed
> and fined. When the police Chief came he refused to do so in an act
of kindness to us.
>
> Swami Saved Us ...
>
> Then this summer my husband got a really good job in New York, a
chance to start over but it meant he would
> have to go on ahead of us and that we would be seperated for some
time. It was very hard for us. Being seperated this
> long for the first time in our 22 years of marriage. It has been
very hard on the children and myself. It has been very hard
> on my husband. Just as he was about to leave for New York in August
he was in a terrible accident. He could have been
> killed and miraculously was not. Nor was anyone else involved in
the accident but he was arrested and we were hit with heavy
> fines. But then we found a lawyer who take payments who seemed a
religious man and we were able to get the court issue with
> very little trouble...
>
> Swami Saved Us ...
>
> My husband went to New York and has been there since August. I and
the children have been trying to run the house
> by ourselves. Once winter hit it has been a struggle with the ice,
snow, keeping the coal stove going and so on plus we've
> been trying to clear out the house of things we don't want and pack
so that when we have enough monies we can be
> reunited with my husband in New York and start a new life. The
snows have been light so we in anticipation of having
> a dumpster come starting clearing out the house. We did it as
discreetly as possibly, leaving it behind the house out of
> sight ( we thought ) as we have been clearing and cleaning. Only to
discover last week .. we got a letter from our Town
> selectman. One of our neighbors had gone behind our house and took
pictures while trespassing on our property, reported
> it to the town and was demanding that we be prosecuted for it. Just
as the letter came so did the dumpster that I had already
> prearranged 2 weeks earlier. My husband called the town remaining
calm and told them we had a dumpster and that the trash
> would be gone in a few days as he would come home from New York and
take care of it with me. We found out that many of our
> neighbors had convinced the neighbor who lives right next to us to
report us and when we complied with no contest, swiftly, honestly
> and dharmically the town dropped the prosecution charges but the
neighbors began to rail and howl about every little thing about
> our house, our yard, ect. We and the town selectman and town office
inspectors were shocked by the vehemence of these actions
> taken suddenly stealthily in the middle of January when they know
we are moving and that I am here ALONE with my three children
> while Brian is working in New York. These neighbors are people I
had just sent Christmas cards too. These neighbors are people I have
> babysat for, prayed for, brought cookies and flowers too, offered
to go to the store for them and so much more .. It has truly broken
our hearts
> that they could be this vicious and cruel knowing we are
struggling. Not even offering one word of kindess, solace or concern
for our welfare.
>
> The town Selectman came to see how we did and saw that we did
indeed take care of the problem immediately with no issues or hassles
from us,
> we complied and obeyed completely and immediately and he looked
over our home and emphatically dropped all charges immediately.
>
> You see .. Swami Saved Us.
>
> Then this morning I get this email from sister Anita ... and this
email is exactly what is happening in our lives
> right now ... me and my family are the donkey and all of our
neighbors stand round to see us fall, they want us
> out of the way because one of the other neighbors knows we're
struggling and they want us to lose our land so they
> can buy it cheaply.
>
> So with each Sai Ram .. we step up on the dirt ....
>
> As ever ... Swami Saved Us....
>
> Thank you Sister Anita for this email from Swami .....
>
> Love always to my Sai Brothers and Sisters
> Sister Melody and family
> Happiest of upcoming Shivarathri
> Please I hope that someone in the group takes the prayer requests
to Parthis
> this Shivarathri and I hope that one of my Sai Brothers and Sisters
if they
> going to see Swami in Parthi for Shivarathri to please tell Swami I
love him and
> ask him to bless us and protect us.
>
> May Swami bless and protect one and all always
> Your loving Sai Sister Always
> Sister Melody and Family
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Anita Bacha
> To: srisathyasaidevotees@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 11:29 PM
> Subject: [srisathyasaidevotees] Good Deeds Area Always Rewarded
>
>
>
> AUM SAI RAM
>
>
>
> "Good deeds are always rewarded" says the Lord of Parthi.
>
>
>
> To illustrate these words of Wisdom, Baba tells us a story which I
am delighted to share with you, Premaswarupa.
>
>
>
> Once upon a time, there lived a merchant in a far away village in
India. The man owned a young donkey and as the animal was full of
life and energy, he was put to the toughest tasks. Years after, the
donkey had grown old and a little `gaga' senile. Whilst he was
looking down an empty well, he fell into it. He yelled for help.
>
> "Master! O! Master! Take me out! I have fallen into the well!
>
> The merchant came with his wife and his sons. They were followed by
all the villagers who moved by curiosity, did not want to miss the
event.
>
> The merchant looked down the well and gasped:
>
> " There is no need to pull out the wretched animal; he is too old
to be of any use; the well also is old and has dried up; let us fill
the well with earth so that our children may not, by accident, fall
into it; at the same time, we will bury the old donkey."
>
> "Master, please don't bury me alive! Remember all the work I
performed for you, day and night. I carried bundles and bundles of
provision and luggage, your wife to the market and your children to
the village school on my back" cried the heart-broken donkey.
>
> It was in vain. He could not move the heart of his master.  Well,
ain't it in the nature of some people to forget the seva that we
render to them? Fortunately, God does not forget our good deeds .Good
deeds are always rewarded.
>
> To come back to the story, the merchant, his wife, his sons and all
the villagers got hold of a spade and they started to throw heaps of
earth over the donkey. The donkey wept in silence, but in his heart,
he kept repeating: `Sai Ram! Sai Ram! ' (The name of God). As the
earth fell over the donkey each time, it slipped over his old, weary
back and dropped at his feet; instinctively, each time, he climbed on
the heaps.  He continued to climb until he finally reached the top of
the well and walked away under the flabbergasted eyes of all.  By the
Grace of God, he was saved!
>
>
>
> The morale of the story is God never forgets. Man may forget and
even bury us alive with dirt and filth when we are of no use to them.
God remembers always and the more people try to bury us alive, the
more we climb up in our esteem because God knows the goodness in us.
>
>
>
> At the Lotus Feet of Sai
>
> Anita
>

· Did Sri Saibaba sacrifice his life to save Tatya's life?
       The people believed that Baba had sacrificed his own life to save
Tatya’s. Hemadpant brings this out in the 42nd chapter of Sri Sai
Satcharitra. “It seemed that they both (Baba and Tatya) exchanged a life for
a life and a death for a death. The people believed that Baba had sacrificed
his life for the sake of Tatya. Baba alone knows whether this is true or
not. In this manner Baba had stated Tatya’s name but indicated his own
mahasamadhi.” It was not surprising that the people believed thus seeing
that Baba had loved Tatya more than his own life itself. But this is just a
blind belief on their part and in fact has no foundation. This is because
Baba has clearly stated that he had first arranged for two swings
(carriages), one for himself and the other for Tatya. But he had changed his
mind and sent one swing back and that only he will be going away. He did not
say that he had got only one swing ready for Tatya and that he would be
going in that instead of Tatya. Tatya also only requested Baba to send him
first but not to send him instead of Baba.
       Further; Sri Saibaba is an incarnation of god whose birth, growth and
death is tied with the karma and salvation of many devotees. Baba had saved
many devotees from death and indeed had even brought back alive many who
were dead too. To save Tatya from death was an easy task for him, it was not
necessary for him to sacrifice his own life to save Tatya’s. As Hemadpant
stated, he may have, in his natural cryptic style, indicated his death in
advance and said Tatya’s name instead of his own. The feeling of the people
that he had sacrificed his life to save Tatya mirrors their belief that he
had indeed loved Tatya more than his own life.

Please go through the article from Saipatham July – August 2001 for more
details:

       Sri Ramachandra Kote Patil fell seriously ill in 1916. All types of
medication were tried but were found to be futile. Everyone thought that his
early death was inevitable. He too was resigned to his death and waited with
dread for the day. One night Baba presented him with his divine vision and
said, “Do not fear. I have stopped your death. You will get well soon. I am
only worried about Tatya. He will die in 1918 on Vijayadasami day, but do
not reveal this to anyone, especially Tatya. If you tell him this, it will
only serve to terrorise him before his death.” Amazingly Ramachandra Patil
started to recover his health from the very next day and attained his former
good health in a few days. He was an intimate friend of Tatya and knew that
Baba’s words were unalterable and had to come true. He realised that Tatya
had only two more years left in this world and was engulfed in sorrow. He
could not keep this burning anguish within himself for long and shared the
secret divulged by Baba with his friend Bala Shimpi alone.

to be contd......

(source Saipatham Magazine)

om sai ram
--that is just beautiful!!A cry from our heart!!!
sairam


--- In saibabaofindia@yahoogroups.com, diana "braèiæ"
<dina17012003@...> wrote:
>
> Cry for the Love of Bhagavan  Sri Sathya Sai Baba.
>   Tell Him that your eyes are yearning to see Him, and to have His
Darshan.
>   Cry out to Him that you cannot live without Him.
>    And see the Miracle of all the Miracles to happen.
>
>
>   Amen!
>
>   With love
>   Diana
>
>
>
> ---------------------------------
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Thanks for giving very valuble information.

Further; Sri Saibaba is an incarnation of god whose birth, growth and
death is tied with the karma and salvation of many devotees. Baba had saved
many devotees from death and indeed had even brought back alive many who
were dead too. To save Tatya from death was an easy task for him, it was not
necessary for him to sacrifice his own life to save Tatya’s. As Hemadpant
stated, he may have, in his natural cryptic style, indicated his death in
advance and said Tatya’s name instead of his own. The feeling of the people
that he had sacrificed his life to save Tatya mirrors their belief that he
had indeed loved Tatya more than his own life.
(Source: Saipatham Magazine July-August 2001)

BABA AN EMINENT DISCIPLE

A fakir, Jawahar Ali by name, who was a resident of Ahmednagar, came
to Rahata, along with his disciples. Choosing an open space near the
Veerbhadra temple, the fakir set up his camp there. But the fakir was
really very fortunate. Had it not been so, how could he have had such
a famous and delightful disciple as Sai?

The fakir was very learned. The Quran-e-sharif was at the tips of his
fingers. Many people - some selfish, some spiritual, and some pious
and faithful - became his followers. He began constructing an Idgah.
Some time went by; he was then accused of defiling the temple of
Veerbhadra. Then the construction work of the Idgah came to a halt
and the fakir was driven out of the village. From there he came to
Shirdi and stayed with Baba in the mosque. The Fakir was a sweet
talker. The whole village adored him and people said that he had cast
a spell on Baba too, and charmed him completely. 'You be my disciple'
said he to Baba, and Baba, with his playful disposition, assented.
The fakir was delighted and took Baba out of Shirdi.

With an eminent disciple like Baba, Jawahar Ali became the guru. Then
they both decided to go and live in Rahata.

The guru did not know his disciples marvelous ways; but the disciple
knew the guru's short-comings. But never did the disciple show
disrespect, thereby observing the duties of a good disciple. Whatever
command came form the guru's mouth, proper or improper, was obeyed,
no sooner it was given. Baba even served His master in various ways.
Thus the days passed in service of the Guru. But then it so happened
that though they would come to Shirdi off and on, their main stay was
in Rahata. The loving devotees of Baba in Shirdi did not like Baba
staying away from them in Rahata. They thought that by yogic powers
the Fakir had bound Sai to himself, whereas Baba's plan was
altogether different, it was His way of destroying the ego. The
villagers were greatly agitated in their minds to see Shri Sai so
much in the power of Jawahar Ali and were in serious thought as to
how he could be won back.

As gold and it's lustre, as lamp and it's light, so was the
inseparable state of this guru and disciple. And they both had this
experience of Oneness. So they went in a deputation to bring Baba
back to Shirdi. When they met Baba near the Idgah and told Him the
purpose of their visit, Baba said to them that the Fakir was an
angry, ill-tempered fellow, he would not leave Him and that, they
should better go back to Shirdi without Him before the Fakir
returned. While they were thus talking, the Fakir turned up and was
very angry with them for trying to take away his Disciple. There was
some hot discussion and altercation, and it was finally decided that
both the Fakir and Baba should return to Shirdi. After a few days the
Fakir was brought in the presence of Guru Devidas, who was dispassion
incarnate and a dhayani. He engaged the Fakir in a religious debate
in Shirdi and exploded all his misconceptions. Thus Jawahar Ali was
worsted and fled from Shirdi. He went and stayed in Vaijapur and
returned to Shirdi after many years and prostrated humbly before Shri
Sainath. All his misconceptions about himself being the guru and Sai
his disciple, were dispelled and by repentance he was purified. Baba
also accepted him with respect, as before.

Such were Baba's inscrutable ways! The issues got resolved when the
proper time came. In this case Sainath showed by His conduct and
practice, how one should get rid of egoism and do the duties of a
disciple to attain the highest end, viz., self-realization.

There is no better state than that one should completely surrender to
one's guru, or that one should totally accept the disciple as one's
own. Without this relationship one cannot cross the ocean of worldly
life.

Bow to Shri Sai - Peace Be to All

Source: Heritage Of Shirdi Sai

· When and where the First Ever Saibaba Mandir was constructed?
      The first Saibaba temple was constructed at Bhivpuri in 1916 when Sri
Saibaba was still in his physical body. Bhivpuri Road is a small railway
station  which comes before Karjat on the train route from Mumbai to Pune.
If one gets out at this station and looks right towards the fields, a temple
spire is clearly visible. This is the Sai temple at Bhivpuri. It is a short
walk across the fields to the temple.
This temple was constructed by late Sri Keshav Ramachandra Pradhan.
Please go through the article published in Saipatham magazine January 2001
to find out the story behind the temple construction.

         Sri Saibaba has become a part of the mainstream of Indian spiritual
and temporal life within a short period of attaining mahasamadhi. We can now
see Sai temples not only in the big cities but also in small towns and
villages of India, and more and more temples are being built. In this and
subsequent issues we will investigate the details and stories behind these
temples, built not only in this country but also abroad. The Sai temple
built at Bhivpuri 1916, when Sri Saibaba was still in his physical body.

      Bhivpuri Road is a small railway station which comes before Karjat on
the train route from Mumbai to Pune. If one gets out at this station and
looks right towards the fields, a temple spire is clearly visible. This is
the Sai temple at Bhivpuri. It is a short walk across the fields to the
temple.

         This temple has a very interesting history. The story behind its
construction reveals the astonishing manner in which Baba pulls his devotees
to him. It is unbelievable but nevertheless true that the founder of the
temple, the late Sri Keshav Ramachandra Pradhan, was initially an atheist.

       Sri Pradhan was working for a Parsee gentleman of Mumbai as a pedhi (a
collector of debts owed to his employer). He lived in Bhivpuri and would
commute to Mumbai to work. In the course of his job he would frequently go
to Manmad, Nasik and Kopergaon. Pradhan had a close friend who was a devotee
of Saibaba. He would often go to Shirdi and return after having darshan of
(seeing) Sri Saibaba. Once, Pradhan visited his friend when he was about to
leave for Shirdi. He asked Pradhan to accompany him and to have Baba’s
darshan. Pradhan, who had no belief in God or Godmen, initially refused to
go with him. Finally, however, he gave in to his friend’s persuasion and
agreed to go, but not to set foot inside the mosque where Baba lived. His
friend accepted the compromise and they set out for Shirdi together.
(to be contd...)
(Source Saipatham Magazine)

om sai ram
'a self-audit is called for'
    ---ya!!very true!!need is to turn our vision inside!!self-
discipline ,selfless service are the greatest tools!!!
sai ram


--- In saibabaofindia@yahoogroups.com, "G. Balasubramanian"
<gbsub1@...> wrote:
>
> *SAI RAM Dear Brothers and Sisters,*
> *(continued fromearlier submission)*
> * The Eligibility criteria or the Prescription for  Immortality  as
> declared by Our Scriptures   should  be understood by us  clearly
and
> followed not only in letter but also in spirit if we desire
Immortality and
> if we  do  NOT want to undergo the pangs of Birth and Death again.*
> * Says Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita-----*
> *"Those mortals who know Me as birthless and without beginning,
they will
> not be deluded and they are freed of sins.  He who understands My
immanence
> and My creative power, gets established in Me through unfaltering
devotion:
> of this there is no doubt. The wise people,  by  keeping Me always
in their
> thoughts, their lives surrendered to Me,always speaking of Me and
> enlightening each other about My greatness, remain ever contented
taking
> delight in Me. To such people who are ever devout and steadfastly
> worshipping Me with Love, I confer the power of discrimination(yoga
of
> wisdom) which then leads them to Me. Those who set their hearts on
Me, and
> worship  Me with faultless devotion and faith, the path  of Love
(Bhakti
> Marga) leads sure and swift to Me. Those who, with their senses
subdued and
> mind serene, and striving for the good of all beings,  seek the
> Transcendantal Reality,unmanifested, without name and form,beyond
the reach
> of feeling and thought , they too will surely come to Me. Those for
whom I
> am the  Supreme Goal, who do all work renouncing their ego to Me,
and
> meditate on Me with single-hearted devotion, I will swiftly rescue
them from
> the cycle of birth and death as they merge in Me. Oh Arjuna, stll
thy mind
> in Me and without doubt thou shalt be united with Me. In case  you
lack the
> will for such self-discipline ,  then engage thyself  in selfless
service to
> all around you, for selfless service can lead thee at least to
Me.Those who
> seek Me in Love and faith as life`s Eternal  Goal go Beyond death to
> IMMORTALITY".*
> *Let us try to do some thinking on these teachings of the Lord.
Probably,
> a  self-audit is called for.  The check-list for the audit has been
given
> above  and in the previous submissions.  *
> *(to be continued)*
> *With Loving Sai Rams,*
> *G.Balasubramanian*
> **
>