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On 30 August 2013 04:17, <shirdi-sai-baba...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

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    vandu <sairam....@gmail.com> Aug 30 10:07AM +0530  

    jai sai ram......plz visit this site....www.meresai.net.......baba g ki
    kirpa se banayi hai
     
     
    under training

     

    suresh babu <cmsure...@gmail.com> Aug 30 02:12PM +0800  

    OM SRI SAI RAM
    JAI SRI SAI RAM
     
     

     

    vandu <sairam....@gmail.com> Aug 30 10:07AM +0530  

    jai sai ram......plz visit this site....www.meresai.net.......baba g ki
    kirpa se banayi hai
     
     
    under training

     

    Harish Benjwal <harish.be...@gmail.com> Aug 29 07:43AM -0700  

    om sai ram
     
     
    On 27 August 2013 04:12,

     

    vandu <sairam....@gmail.com> Aug 30 10:06AM +0530  

    jai sai ram......plz visit this site....www.meresai.net.......baba g ki
    kirpa se banayi hai

     

    Harish Benjwal <harish.be...@gmail.com> Aug 29 07:42AM -0700  

    om sai ram
     
     
    On 29 August 2013 04:19,

     

    vandu <sairam....@gmail.com> Aug 30 10:04AM +0530  

    jai sai ram......plz visit this site....www.meresai.net.......baba g ki
    kirpa se banayi hai

     

    Harish Benjwal <harish.be...@gmail.com> Aug 29 07:43AM -0700  

    om sai ram
     
     
    On 28 August 2013 04:13,

     

    "Sai.Manisha" <sai.m...@gmail.com> Aug 29 09:19PM +0800  

    *Thursday Message:*
     
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    *
    The last Chapter described how Mr. Cholkar's vow of small offering was
    completed and accepted. In that story, Sai Baba showed that He would accept
    with appreciation any small thing offered with love and devotion, but if
    the same thing was offered with pride and haughtiness, He would reject it.
    Being Himself full of Sat-Chit-Anand (Existence, Knowledge and Bliss) He
    did not care much for more outward formalities but if an offering was made
    in meek and humble spirit, the same was welcome and He accepted it with
    pleasure and avidity. In fact there is no person more liberal and
    benevolent than a Sadguru, like Sai Baba. He cannot be compared to the
    Chintamani jewel (the Philosopher's stone which satisfies desires), the
    Kalpataru (the Celestial Tree which fulfills our desires) or the the
    Kamadhenu (the Celestial Cow which yields what we desire), for they give us
    only what we desire; but the Sadguru gives us the most precious thing that
    is inconceivable and inscrutable (The reality). Now let us hear, how Sai
    Baba disposed of a rich man, who came to Him and implored Him to give him
    Brahma-Jnana.
    These was a rich gentleman (unfortunately his name and whereabouts are not
    mentioned) who was very prosperous in his life. He had amassed a large
    quantity of wealth, houses, field and lands, and had many servants and
    dependents. When Baba's fame reached his ears, he said to a friend of his,
    that he was not in want of anything, and so he would go to Shirdi and ask
    Baba to give him Brahma-Jnana which, if he got, would certainly make him
    more happy. His friend dissuaded him, saying, "it is not easy to know
    Brahman, and especially so for an avaricious man like you, who is always
    engrossed in wealth, wife and children. Who will, in your quest of
    Brahma-Jnana, satisfy you that won't give away even a pice in charity?"
    Not minding his friend's advice, the fellow engaged a return-journey tanga
    and came to Shirdi. He went to the Masjid, saw Sai Baba, fell at His Feet
    and said, "Baba, hearing that You show the Brahman to all who come over
    here without any delay, I have come here all the way from my distant place.
    I am much fatigued by the journey and if I get the Brahman from You, my
    troubles will be well-paid and rewarded." Baba then replied, "Oh, My dear
    friend, do not be anxious, I shall immediately show you the Brahman; all My
    dealings are in cash and never on credit. So many people come to Me, and
    ask for wealth, health, power, honour, position, cure of diseases and other
    temporal matters. Rare is the person, who comes here to Me and asks for
    Brahma-Jnana. There is no dearth of persons asking for wordly things, but
    as persons interested in spiritual matters are very rare, I think it a
    lucky and auspicious moment, when persons like you come and press Me for
    Brahma-Jnana. So I show to you with pleasure, the Brahman with all its
    accompaniments and complications."
    Saying this, Baba started to show him the Brahman. He made him sit there
    and engaged him in some other talk or affair and thus made him forget his
    question for the time being. Then He called a boy and told him to go to one
    Nandu Marwari, and get from him a hand-loan of Rs. five. The boy left and
    returned immediately, saying that Nandu was absent and his house ws locked.
    Then Baba asked him to go to Bala grocer and get from him, the said loan.
    This time also, the boy was unsuccessful. This experiment was repeated
    again twice or thrice, with the same result.
    Sai Baba was, as we know, the living and moving Brahman Incarnate. Then,
    some one may ask - "Why did He want the paltry sum of five rupees, and why
    did He try hard to get it on loan? Really He did not want that sum at all.
    He must have been fully knowing, that Nandu and Bala were absent, and he
    seems to have adopted this procedure as a test for the seeker of Brahman.
    That gentleman had a roll or bundle of currency notes in his pocket, and if
    he was really earnest, he would not have sat quiet and be a mere onlooker,
    when Baba was frantically trying to get a paltry sum of Rs. five. He knew
    that Baba would keep His word and repay the debt, and that the sum wanted
    was insignificant. Still he could not make up his mind and advance the sum.
    Such a man wanted from Baba the greatest thing in the world, viz., the
    Brahma-Jnana! Any other man, who really loved Baba, would have at once
    given Rs. five, instead of being a mere onlooker. It was otherwise with
    this man. He advanced no money nor did he sit silent, but began to be
    impatient, as he was in a haste to return and implored Baba saying- "Oh
    Baba, please show me the Brahman soon." Baba replied - "Oh my dear friend,
    did you not understand all the procedure that I went through, sitting in
    this place, for enabling you to see the Brahman? It is, in short this. For
    seeing Brahman one has to give five things, i.e. surrender five things viz.
    (1) Five Pranas (vital forces), (2) Five senses (five of action and five of
    perception), (3) mind, (4) intellect and (5) ego. This path of Brahma-Jnana
    of self-realization is 'as hard as to tread on the edge of a razor'.
    Sai Baba then gave rather a long discourse on the subject, the purport of
    which is given below
    *Qualifications for Brahma-Jnana or Self-Realization *
    All persons do not see or realize the Brahman in their life-time. Certain
    qualifications are absolutely necessary. (1) Mumuksha or intense desire to
    get free. He, who thinks that he is bound and that he should get free from
    bondage and works earnestly and resolutely to that end;and who does not
    care for any other thinks, is qualified for the spiritual life. (2) Virakti
    or a feeling of disgust with the things of this world and the next. Unless
    a man feels disgusted with the things, emoluments and honors, which his
    action would bring in this world and the next, he has no right to enter
    into the spiritual realm. (3) Antarmukhata (introversion). Our senses have
    been created by God with a tendency to move outward and so, man always
    looks outside himself and not inside. He who wants self-realization and
    immortal life, must turn his gaze inwards, and look to his inner Self. (4)
    Catharsis from (Purging away of) sins. Unless a man has turned away from
    wickedness, and stopped from doing wrong, and has entirely composed himself
    and unless his mind is at rest, he cannot gain self-realization, even by
    means of knowledge. (5) Right Conduct. Unless, a man leads a life of truth,
    penance and insight, a life of celibacy, he cannot get God-realization. (6)
    Preferring Shreyas, (the Good) to Preyas (the Pleasant). There are two
    sorts of things viz., the Good and the Pleasant; the former deals with
    spiritual affairs, and the latter with mundane matters. Both these approach
    man for acceptance. He has to think and choose one of them. The wise man
    prefers the Good to the Pleasant; but the unwise, through greed and
    attachment, chooses the Pleasant. (7) Control of the mind and the senses.
    The body is the chariot and the Self is its master; intellect is the
    charioteer and the mind is the reins; the senses are the horses and
    sense-objects their paths. He who has no understanding and whose mind is
    unrestrained, his senses unmanageable like the vicious horses of a
    charioteer, does not reach his destination (get realization), but goes
    through the round of births and deaths; but he who has understanding and
    whose mind is restrained, his senses being under control, like the good
    horse of a charioteer, reaches that place, i.e., the state of
    self-realization, when he is not born again. The man, who has understanding
    as his charioteer (guide) and is able to rein his mind, reaches the end of
    the journey, which is the supreme abode of the all-pervading, Vishnu
    (lord). (8) Purification of the mind. Unless a man discharges
    satisfactorily and disinterestedly the duties of his station in life, his
    mind will not be purified and, unless his mind is purified, he cannot get
    self-realization. It is only in the purified mind that Viveka
    (discrimination between the Unreal and the Real), and Vairagya
    (Non-attachment to the unreal) crop up and lead on the self-realization.
    Unless egoism is dropped, avarice got rid of, and the mind made desireless
    (pure), self-realization is not possible. The idea that 'I am the body' is
    a great delusion, and attachment to this idea is the cause of bondage.
    Leave off this idea and attachment therefore, if you want to get to the
    Self-realization. (9) The necessity of a Guru. The knowledge of the self is
    so subtle and mystic, that no one could, by his own individual effort ever
    hope to attain it. So the help of another person-Teacher, who has himself
    got self-realization is absolutely necessary. What others cannot give with
    great labour and pains, can be easily gained with the help of such a
    Teacher; for he has walked on the path himself and can easily take the
    disciple, step by step on the ladder of spiritual progress. (10) and lastly
    the Lord's Grace is the most essential thing. When the Lord is pleased with
    any body, He gives him Viveka and Vairagya; and takes him safe beyond the
    ocean of mundane existence, "The Self cannot be gained by the study of
    Vedas, nor by intellect, nor by much learning. He, whom the Self chooses,
    by him It is gained. To him the Self reveals Its nature", says the Katha
    Upanishad.
    After the dissertation was over, Baba turned to the gentleman and said -
    "Well sir, there is in your pocket the Brahma (or Mammon) in the form of
    fifty-times five(Rs.250/-) rupees; please take that out." The gentleman
    took out from his pocket the bundle of currency notes, and to his great
    surprise found, on counting them, that there were 25 notes of 10 rupees
    each, Seeing this ominiscience of Baba, he was moved and fell at Baba's
    Feet and craved for His blessings. Then Baba said to him, "Roll up your
    bundle of Brahma viz. Currency notes. Unless you get rid completely of your
    avarice or greed, your will not get the real Brahma. How can be, whose mind
    is engrossed in wealth, progeny and prosperity, expect to know the Brahma,
    without removing away his attachment for the same? The illusion of
    attachment or the love for money is a deep eddy (whirlpool) of pain full of
    crocodiles in the form of conceit and jealousy. He, who is desireless, can
    alone cross this whirlpool. Greed and Brahma are as poles asunder, they are
    eternally opposed to each other. Where there is greed, there is no room for
    thought or meditation of the Brahma. Then how can a greedy man get
    dispassion and salvation? For a greedy man there is no peace, neither
    contentment, nor certainty (steadiness). If there be even a little trace of
    greed in mind, all the Sadhanas (spiritual endeavors) are of no avail. Even
    the knowledge of a well-read man, who is not free from the desire of the
    fruit or reward of his actions, and who has got no disgust for the same, is
    useless and can't help him in getting self-realization. The teachings of a
    Guru are of no use to a man, who is full of egoism, and who always thinks
    about the sense-objects. Purification of mind is absolutely necessary;
    without it, all our spiritual endeavors are nothing, but useless show and
    pomp. It is, therefore, better for one to take only what he can digest and
    assimilate. My treasury is full, and I can give anyone, what he wants, but
    I have to see whether he is qualified to receive what I give. If you listen
    to Me carefully, you will be certainly benefited. Sitting in this Masjid, I
    never speak any untruth."
    When a guest is invited to a house, all the members of the household and
    other friends and relations that happen to be present, are entertained,
    along with the guest. So all those that were present in the Masjid at this
    time, could partake of the spiritual feast, that was served by Baba for the
    rich gentleman. After getting Baba's blessings, one and all, including the
    gentleman left the place quite happy and contented.
    *Special Characteristic of Baba*
    There are many Saints, who leaving their houses, stay in forest, caves or
    hermitages and remaining in solitude, try to get liberation or salvation
    for themselves. They do not care for other people, and are always
    self-absorbed. Sai Baba was not of such a type. He had no home, no wife, no
    progency, nor any relations, near or distant. Still, He lived in the world
    (society). He begged His bread from four or five houses, always lived at
    the foot of the (Neem) tree, carried on wordly dealings, and taught all the
    people how to act. and behave in this world. Rare are the Sadhus and Saints
    who, after attaining God-vision, strive for the welfare of the people. Sai
    Baba was the foremost of these and, therefore, says Hemadpant.
    "Blessed is the country, blessed is the family, and blessed are the chaste
    parents where This extraordinary, transcendent, precious and pure jewel
    (Sai Baba) was born."
    *Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all *
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    Sairam
    Baba Guide us all,
    At the feet of my Sathguru Sai Baba
    Baba's blessing are every where
    Manisha.Rautela.Bisht
     
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