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Prayer Club:DevoteeBaba Koti namaskarams to your lotus feet. Our grandson was diagnosed with brain problems andthe doctors are saying he may not live a long life.
Baba he is less than one year old. Please savehim from this illness.
We do not have anybody other than you to save his life.AnuSaiBaba, Please Bless us always. We are facing difficult situation in our life.
Both my husbandand I are passing through a bad phase now. Only with Your Blessings, we will be able toovercome the situation.DevoteeI pray to you to help my sons to complete their education successfully. Also, pray to you to helpme secure a very good job to help my sons.RohiniOm Sai Ram, please make everything all right BABA. Please make everything all right as soon aspossible. Please be with us and bless us.AmeetPlease Sai, help me get out of this tensions and worries of career. Stabilize my career life so that Ican finally fulfill my commitments.KunasundariMy Revered SAI I earnestly pray For Brother Venkatesan & family that they may be relievedfrom their agony.
His last words kill the three of us in the pictorial story collage really made myheart heavy. I am certain that you will protect them. All he needs is courage & confidence to faceall oddsRavindraDear Baba, please help us to get over the current problem. You know how desperate we are andwe do not know what to do except pray to you to forgive our sins.RamaMy husband is very disturbed and is looking for a job desperately.He has been in his currentcompany for very long but has not seen any progress in his career. Please help him get apromotion with pay hike or help him find a good job which suites him. Devotees Say:. SridharThank you Baba for helping me to finish the MBA program.
Hopefully you will bless us with thegreen cards soon. RajneeshOm Sai Ram, Baba Thank you so much to listen and answer to all of my Prayers. On Thursday, Ireceived the Two most Important and wonderful news of my life. With your blessing, my GreenCard application is approved on Thursday and on the same day, I was selected for another projectin same company where I am working right now. I truly believe that both of this news was notpossible without your blessings. About 3 weeks back I was told that my project will going to beend in August and since then I was keep praying in front of Baba to help me find another projectin same city and get my Green Card approved before end of July month Visa bulletin.
On theday, we received an email that our Green Card is approved, as per my promise I leave earlyfrom work and visit Shirdi Temple in (Illinois). Once again Baba Thank you so very much foreverything. Please shower your blessings on us and all of your devotees.
Devotees Experience:. Sai DevoteeSai Devotees, I want to share my experience of Baba blessings in my life. We planned to byhouse in NJ and we started looking for houses. One day we got call from realtor that one goodhouse on sale. He forced us to see the house on same day.
My husband and I went see the house.The house is really good and because of lot of competition, we signed the contract immediately.I left every thing to Baba because he will give the things, which gives the good results. Weapplied the loan to bank and we were waiting for appraisal report. Finally, appraisal came low.Bank told they do not give loan more than appraisal price. My realtor told that would try theappraisal one more time. However, seller is in hurry and he gave only 4 days time line to get thecommitment. We requested new lender to do the process quickly.
He did appraisal again and thevalue came low again. I thought Baba is doing all these things to do some good. Seller wants tocancel the contract. I left everything to Baba and sent mail to attorney cancel the contract. AgainBaba did miracle and seller agreed to reduce the price.
Again, we started the process to buy thehouse. My seller fixed the closing date and we started running towards the date. On closing day,our lender called, loan was not cleared, and they have some doubt about our status.
I prayedBaba sincerely to solve the issue and understand the loan processor about our status. With Babagrace, they understand the documentation and we closed the house. We faced so many hurdles,but are always with us and gave strength to face them.
He did miracles and he blessed us withour dream house. As per my Promise, I am leaving Nonveg on Thursdays for my entire life. KK SinghDear All, I have been suffering a lot for last 20 years and developed faith in God slowly. I joineda Satasang in my town around 6 years ago. I was a compulsive drinker for all seven days aweek until some one in my home town in India told me that I must quit drinks and non veg onThursdays as the results to my efforts are only limited due to this.
I was told that it is a day ofGuru. I prayed Hanuman Ji as my Guru until this Saturday 24 July 2010, when I was havingdinner with a friend and they said that it is the day for Sain Baba. I could realize that Sai hadentered in my life so long ago. Just three months ago from today, some one from my Satsangadvised me to read Sai SatCharitra as it has miraculous effects. I read it in two months and whencompleted, approached appropriate people in my organization to help me saving the life of mydaughter by placing me in any medically advanced country.However, it is not done completely, but to cut the storey short, I got some great hope and havebelief in Baba that every thing would go all right.
In last one month only, there are three Sai SatCharitra in my family with different people and I have planned a trip with 18 other family andfriends' family members to visit Shirdi. Thankfully, the day we would be there is a Thursdayonly. This is my first experience to visit this site and enrolled my self and my wifeas recipient of mails and my first letter as Article subscriber. If acceptable, I would share mysome of the pains as well in future. I wish all Sai Baba followers a great life and pray to Sai tobless us all as he is so Merciful and loving! Please welcome me and my family as a new memberin your life full of Sai's stories and blessings. ManishaI would like to share with all the devotees of Saibaba his miracle for which I am forever thankfulto him.
I was very keen to settle down in UK.I tried on student visa, workpermit visa and othercountries visa also since long time but I believe Baba always gives me excellent things in my life.During my last year visit to Shirdi, I prayed to Baba to do needful for my one wish- to settle inabroad. I thought in Shirdi temple in front of Saibaba, I should bring my passport that time UKimmigration wants master degree and my friends told me that UK government would not changerule so I was hopeless. But I have strong 'Shardha' trust on Baba that he will change rule inshort time. It was Baba’s grace that the UK immigration rule changes for education from masterto bachelor degree. My husband and I applied on 5 May 2010 and within 10days, we got visa.Thank you Saibaba. I request to all Sai devotee that whatever you ask in Shirdi temple, pleasealways keep 'Shardha' and “Saburi' and surrender on Saibaba.
He will do best for you. Anothermiracle that my younger sister got married on 9th July on blessing of Saibaba only because wehave searched partner for her since 7 years.
Sai Activites:Sri Shirdi Sai Temple of Chicago and Suburbs, Hampshire, Illinois, USA:Sri Shirdi Sai temple is open daily from 7:00 a.m to 9:00 p.m.(Summer hours). Daily program includes Kakad Arathi at 7 a.m. Followed by Abhisek. Madhayana Arathi at 12 noon, Dhoop Arathi at 6 p.m. And Shej Arathi at 9 p.m. Archana, Homams, Sahasranama and sponsored poojas continue in between the Arathis.
To request a pooja for yourselves, your friends and family, please call. Devotees can request water (Abhishek Jal) from the Holy bathing of Baba by sending us an email or by phone. Temple is located 25 minutes drive west of Schaumburg on intersection of IL Route 47 and Plank Road in Hampshire, IL.
For more information please call 847-931-4058 or send email to maildrop@saibaba.org.Sri Saibaba Mandir, Minneapolis, MN:Sri Saibaba Mandir is located in Minneapolis, MN at 1835 Polk St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418. The mandir is open 7 days a week in the evenings from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm and during morning hours from 9 am to 12:30 pm, everyday.
Satsangs are conducted every Sunday mornings, 9 am to 12:30 pm. Please call 612-789-7729 for more information on mandir activities, events and other information.Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas:Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of DFW Metroplex is located at 2109 West Parker (Parker Plaza), Suite 212, Plano, TX 75023. For temple hours and activities please call the temple office at 469-467-3388.Shirdi Sai Temple of New England, Boston Area:Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of New England is now operational. It is located at 1827 Bridge St # 8, Dracut, MA 01824. The temple is open four days from Thursday to Sunday.
For temple hours and activities please visit their website.Shirdi Sai Center in Bay Area, CA:Shirdi Sai Center is located 1221 California Cicle, Milpitas CA 95035. For more information please call 408-705-7904 or 408-564-6704 or email: saibandhu at yahoo dot comShirdi Saibaba temple, Los Angeles, CA:Devotees in Los Angeles area are informed about Sri Shirdi Saibaba temple in Los Angeles area. The temple is located at - 144 South 4th Street, Montebello, CA 90640. For more information please call Krishna Samantula at 949-679-9938.Saibaba Temple, Columbus, Ohio:Devotees in Columbus and surrounding Ohio locations area are informed about Sri Shirdi Saibaba temple in Metro Columbus area. The temple is located in a leasing space at 6599 Dublin Center Drive, Dublin, OH 43017. Please attend daily Aaratis and Thursday bhajans. For more information please call 614-799-8411.Shirdi Sai bhajans every Thursday at Maitland, Florida:Devotees are invited to participate in Sai study and bhajans on Thursdays between 7-8 pm at Meditation Gallery, 219 E Horatio Ave, Maitland, FL 32715.
For more details please contact Bonnie at 407-830-1276.Sri Shirdi Sai Temple of Austin, TX:Sri Shirdi Sai Temple of Austin, Texas is now open at 2509 W. New Hope Drive, Cedar Park, TX 78613. Daily 4 aarthis are performed to Sai Baba.
As part of service to needy, a weekly sandwich seva is also conducted.Shirdi Sai Mandir, Dulles, VA:Shirdi Sai Mandir is located at 43671 Trade Center Place #166 Dulles, VA 20166. The mandir is open through the week in the evenings from 6pm to 9 pm. Sri Satyanarayan pooja will be conducted every full moon day.
Please call (703) 661-4724 for more information on activities, events and other information.Shirdi Sai Mandir, Toronto:The Mandir is located at Unit 7 & 8 2721 Markham Road Toronto ON M1X 1L5 Canada. Fallout 4 overgrown mods. Daily services offered to Baba include abhishek and all aartis. For Mandir hours and activities, please call 647-444-4724.Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Sansthan, Canada -Toronto:Devotees in Toronto, are invited to join in Sai Namavali, Satcharita reading, Bhajans, Aarti and Prasad every Thursday from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. At GUR MANDIR 207 Queen's Plate Dr. Etobicoke - Hwy27 South of Finch for more info call (416) 294 4804.Sai Mandir, Baldwin New York:Devotees in New York and surrounding locations are informed about Sri Sai Mandir in Baldwin NY. The temple is located at 1889 Grand Avenue, Baldwin, NY 11510. Please attend daily Aaratis and Thursday Panchamruta Abhishekam and bhajans.
For more information please call at 516-867-8008.Shirdi Saibaba Temple, Iselin/Edison New Jersey:Devotees in New Jersey and surrounding locations are informed about Sri Shirdi Saibaba temple in Iselin NJ. The temple is located at 465 Lincoln Highway (Route 27) Iselin, NJ 08830.
Please attend daily Aaratis and Thursday Panchamruta Abhishekam and bhajans. For more information please call at 732-283-1800.Shirdi Saibaba Temple, Flushing New York:This temple is located near the famous Ganesh Temple, Flushing, New york. All the day-to-day rituals at the temple are being conducted in a manner similar to that in Shirdi. The temple is located at 46-16 Robinson Street Flushing,NY,USA 11355. For more information please call 718-321-9243.Sri Sai Amruta Narayana Sarveswaraalaym, Richmond, VA:The temple is open from 5.15 am to 9.00 pm, everyday (no lunch break etc).
We have all 4 aarthis every day and Baba's paalki seva on every Thursday after Dhoop Aarthi. Further information can be obtained by calling the temple at 804-708-0867.Shirdi Sai Jalaram Mandir, Houston TX:This temple was inaugurated on August 28th 2009 with idols of both the saints Shri Sant Jalaram and Shri Shirdi Sai Baba. The temple is open for darshan and arathis all day. It is located in Sugarland and more information can be obtained by calling 281-433-4706.Shirdi Sai Baba Temple Detroit, MI:Sri Shirdi Sai Baba temple, Livonia welcomes everyone to visit the temple and get Baba's blessings. The temple is open for darshan and arathis. For more information please call 248-471-6474.Shri Sai Spiritual Center, Middletown CT:Sri Sai Spiritual Center welcomes everyone to visit the temple and get Baba's blessings. The center is open for darshan and arathis at 749 Saybrook Rd, Unit A101, (Next door to Udipi Restaurant) Middletown, CT, 06457.
For more information please call 860-347-5878.Shirdi Sai Baba Centre Perth Australia:Sri Shirdi Sai arrived in Perth, Australia on this year's Ram Navami to the joy of deovtees in and around Perth, For details on services or directions contact by email at maildrop(at)saibaba.org. Weekly Question:. Q. Out of devotees of Sri Saibaba depicted in Sri Saibaba literature who do you like most and why?A. By VandanaThe only character in the Sai satcharita for whom Sai Baba is like a GURU, FRIEND, PHILOSOPHER is SHYAMA.And this is the character I like the most. Even Shyamaji reacts like a close friend to Baba and every time they fight like kids for small things.
This shows how much Baba likes his devotees and his love towards his devotees just cannot be explained in words to be publishes here. Only when we surrender to him we can experience his true love. Q.
Out of devotees of Sri Saibaba depicted in Sri Saibaba literature who do you like most and why?A. By KirtiOut of devotees of Sri Saibaba depicted in Sri Saibaba literature I like Shama the most. Shama had heart of a child.
Whatever he thought he spoke without considering the circumstances he was in. With Baba, he behaved like a child just like a child would act in presence of his/her mother.
I like this innocence in Shama. For Shama Baba and Dwarkamayi was everything, he did not feel the need of visiting Saptshringi Devi, his family deity, just because Baba was his whole world. I like this unconditional devotion and faith Shama had in Baba. Sai Vichaar Vol 13, Issue 13 Feature: Sri Sai's attitude towards reading and self-enquirySaibaba appears to have understood that the literary forms are only a focus for the underlyingtruths that are not nearly so susceptible to ethnic and religious pigeonholes. Author KevinShepard writes in his book “Gurus-Rediscovered”-At one time, pupils at Shirdi were in the habit of approaching Saibaba with books that each foundinspiring. The objective was to obtain his blessings in their studies. On one of these occasions,a visitor came empty handed.
The others expected the adept to rebuke this man, but insteadSaibaba gave him an expansive smile and told him that he was wise - since wisdom could not beassimilated even by reading many pages of the scriptures. True wisdom was concealed in one'sown atman. Even in respect of understanding meditation, one must first understand the meditator.The human psychology is a mass of contradictions and conflicts he stressed - how then can aman assimilate anything from outside? The impressions of such a confused and un-integratedpsychology would inevitably be unreliable. 'We have only to see the Self and the rest becomesrevealed,' he is reported to have said on another occasion. But it is apparent that he consideredthis to be a rare event. Hence he repeatedly urged some of his pupils, probably the more attentiveones, to: Think always about this question - Who am I?This stress on vichar (self-enquiry) did not mean any neglect of the teacher, as is sometimesthought by persons intent upon self-remembering.
The essential emphasis in Saibaba's verbalinjunctions was the need for rapport with the teacher. The living potency of his baraka (blessing)was the proof here, something stronger than scriptures or dogmas. Pupils found that stray remarksof his caused an impact out of all proportion to a pedantic analysis of his words. One sentencefrom Saibaba was enough to acutely affect someone's life for days, weeks, or even months andyears on end.
His words might sting or they might heal; none could predict what would come.His words might be in the form of an instruction, something which had to be carried out nomater what if the pupil wished to continue further. This might well involve the elimination ofan undesirable personal trait or the elimination of a new and more desirable one - although thiswould not be explicit in the order given. It might be something, which appeared to have noconnection at all with the 'spiritual life' as normally understood. It is this concrete applicationto life events which distinguishes the real teacher, something quite apart from standard religio-mystical attitudes.Contributed Article: Sai Baba of Shirdi as A Sufi Saint (Continued) RepentanceRepentance is described as the awakening of the soul from the slumber of heedlessness,so that the sinner becomes aware of his evil ways and feels contrition for past disobedience.He is not truly penitent, however, unless (1) he at once abandons the sin or sins of which heis conscious, and (2) firmly resolves that he will never return to these sins in the future. It heshould fail to keep his vow, he must again turn to God, whose mercy is infinite. A certain well-known Sufi repented seventy times and fell back into sin seventy times before he made lastingrepentance.Sufi TeacherIf the ‘seeker’ follows the general rule, he will take a director (Sheykh, Pir, Murshid), i.e. Aholy man of ripe experience and profound knowledge, whose least word is absolute law tohis disciples.
A 'seeker' who attempts to traverse the ‘Path’ without assistance receives littlesympathy. He is likened to a tree that for want of the gardener's care brings forth 'none or bitterfruit.'
Removing the NafsThe Sufi teachers gradually built up a system of asceticism and moral culture, which is foundedon the fact that there is in man an element of evil - the lower or appetitive soul. This evil self,the seat of passion and lust, is called nafs. It constitutes the great obstacle to the attainment ofunion with God.
Mortification of the nafs is the chief work of devotion, and leads, directly orindirectly, to the contemplative life. All the Sufi teachers are agreed that no disciple who neglectsthis duty will ever learn the rudiments of Sufism. The principle of mortification is that the nafsshould be weaned from those things to which it is accustomed, that it should be encouraged toresist its passions, that its pride should be broken, and that it should be brought through sufferingand tribulation to recognize the vileness of its original nature and the impurity of its actions. Theoutward methods of mortification include fasting, silence, and solitude.However, the higher ethical discipline which completes the Path is self-mortification.
Self-mortification, as advanced Sufis understand it, is a moral transmutation of the inner man. Thelower self can and should be purged of its attributes, which are wholly evil.
These attributes -ignorance, pride, envy, uncharitableness, etc. – are extinguished, and replaced by the oppositequalities, when the will is surrendered to God and when the mind is concentrated on Him.Therefore the Sufi concept of 'dying to self' is really 'living in God'.‘Dhikr’ or Recollection The term dhikr-’recollection’ – signifies 'mentioning,' 'remembering,' orsimply’ thinking of'. The Sufis made a practice of repeating the name of God or some religiousformula, e.g. “Glory to Allah” (subhan Allah), accompanying the mechanical intonation with anintense concentration of every faculty upon the single word or phrase; and they attach great valueto this irregular litany, which enables them to enjoy uninterrupted communion with God.Recollection may be either spoken or silent, but it is best, that tongue and mind should co-operate. A Sufi gives us a gist of the matter;'The first stage of dhikr is to forget self,and the last stage is the effacement ofthe worshipper in the act of worship,without consciousness of worship, andsuch absorption in the object of worshipas precludes return to the subjectthereof.'
Hindu Perspective – Guru-BhaktiHere is what Swami Chidananda says about Guru-bhakti: God is an unknown entity. We havenot seen God. We have not touched, nor tasted, nor smelt Him.
We have only heard about Him.We can only infer Him. We can only imagine Him. But then, if we are able to see in a humanindividual manifestations of holiness, of sanctity, of purity, of sublimity, of nobility, of goodness,of loftiness of conduct, character, nature, sentiment, thought, feeling and action, if we seesomething out of the ordinary something extraordinary, something special, a manifestation ofthose qualities that we have been taught to associate only with God then we say: “If such a humanbeing can exist, God must exist.
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Otherwise, from whence do these qualities come which we donot normally see in anyone?” When we see this divinity, this holiness, this sanctity, we begin torealize:“Yes, God I have not seen, butgodliness I have seen. All the qualitiesattributed to God by the scriptures, bysaints and sages, in all religiouscontexts those I see in an unusualmeasure, in an extraordinary measure,in this being. Because I have seen thisbeing and this being is known to me, Iam assured that God is. I know theremust be a God.”(To be continued)(Contributed by Shri Shirdi Saisansthan, Singapore (www.saisansthan.com).