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Shirdi Sai Speaks - Teachings for March

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_D7WJge6Rb1A/S4pxGru2ItI/AAAAAAAAIzI/ThFT-BIhWi8/s1600-h/sai+babaji+349.jpg"target=_blank><img alt="Shirdi Sai Speaks - Teachings for March" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443287459263029970" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_D7WJge6Rb1A/S4pxGru2ItI/AAAAAAAAIzI/ThFT-BIhWi8/s400/sai+babaji+349.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 306px; height: 400px;" /></a> With Sai Baba's immense grace and blessings, i will be presenting teachings from Shirdi Sai Speaks in this post. At the end of the post is download link of all pictures at one go. Picture are zipped in folder. After downloading the folder, 'right click' it and select 'Extract to 03March' to unzip all the pictures. <style type="text/css">.nobrtable br { display: none }</style> <div style="text-align:center;"><div class="nobrtable"><table border="1"> <tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>TEACHING FOR THE DAY</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Masjidmayee is the mother of devotees, she will save you in calamities.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Do not be a slave to your desires. Control them by 'Naamjapa".</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Birth and death are manisfestations of God's Leela. You cannot separate the two.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Do not fear. I am Myself there and guarding you and your family.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>If you worship Him wholeheartedly and chant His name ceaselessly, you will experience his Leelas.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Do not worry. Always be full of joy to the end of your life.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Let devotion be your constant pre-occupation leaving no room for anything elese.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Do not persecute (harass) and tease the poor.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Let things happen as they will. Our good lifes only in meditating on Him.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>Cats, pigs, flies, cows, etc., are one with Me. He who sees Me in all these creatures is My beloved.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>Even a well-read person who is not free from the desire of the fruit of his actions, is useless and cannot get self-realisation.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Everything is Mine.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Eat very little. Do not sleep much. Have dhyan on what is read and think only of Him</td> </tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>De not be enslaved by materialism.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>Even Parameshwar, the Great God who has created the world, cannot alter birth or death.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>Know that I like only those who see Me in all the living beings.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>Fakiri is the real Badshahi (Lordship) as it is everlasting.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>Foes and friends, kings and paupers are the same to Me.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>For the sake of My devotees, I am ever ready to help them.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>Mukti is impossible to persons addicted to lust.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21</td> <td>For a greedy man, there is neither peace or contentment.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>22</td> <td>Go, wherever you wish, over the wide world. I am with you.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>23</td> <td>Greed and Brahma are poles apart; they are eternally opposed to each other.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>24</td> <td>God's method of work is extraordinary and invaluable. He will show us the way and satisfy our desires.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>25</td> <td>God lives in all beings and creatures. They all obey His command.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>26</td> <td>Give Me one and receive tenfold.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>27</td> <td>Read the Pothi every day and while reading it, understand with love and devotion.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>28</td> <td>Donate only with love and devotion.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>29</td> <td>God runs to His devotees to help them in times of danger.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>30</td> <td>God has created this beautiful world, and it is our duty to appreaciate its beauty.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>31</td> <td>God is great. He is the Supreme Master.</td> </tr> </table></div></div><blockquote>Shirdi Sai Speaks - March Month Pictures <a href="http://www.4shared.com/file/162462596/12dc0f57/03Mar.html"target="_blank"><img alt="Click Here to Download" border="0" src="http://i29.tinypic.com/30uvk85.jpg" /></a></blockquote> <a href="http://s451.photobucket.com/albums/qq235/hetalpatil/?action=view&current=myfavsai.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq235/hetalpatil/myfavsai.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/" target="_blank">© Shirdi Sai Baba Life Teachings and Stories </a>

Shirdi Sai Speaks - Teachings for March

With Sai Baba's immense grace and blessings, i will be presenting teachings from Shirdi Sai Speaks in this post. At the end of the post...

Invitation for Shri Ramnavami Festival 2010 by Shri Sai Baba Sansthan, Shirdi

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D7WJge6Rb1A/S30mLNcrWkI/AAAAAAAAIwo/hrNNOk60JPs/s1600-h/sai+babaji+347.jpg"target=_blank><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439545898963786306" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D7WJge6Rb1A/S30mLNcrWkI/AAAAAAAAIwo/hrNNOk60JPs/s400/sai+babaji+347.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 307px;" /></a> Shri Ramnavami (Birth Anniversary of Lord Rama) festival fall on March 24, 2010 this year. During the life time of Sai Baba this festival was celebrated with all rituals by Hindus and Muslims. The same continues today also and thus below is the official invitation of Shri Sai Baba Sansthan, Shirdi for this year celebrations. <hr> Dear Sai Devotees, Members of the Board of Management, Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust, Shirdi cordially invite you to join them in celebrating "Shri Ramnavami Festival" from Tuesday 23rd March to Thursday 25th March, 2010 at Shirdi. With the blessings of Sai Baba. Yours Sincerely: Kishore More (Executive Officer) Shankarrao Kolhe (Vice Chairman) Jayant Sasane (Chairman) For and behalf of Shree Saibaba Sansthan Trust, Shirdi - 423 109 (Maharashtra) - India <div style="text-align: center;"> Programmes Schedule Opening Day : Tuesday 23-3-2010 Chaitra Sh. 7 Shake 1932 </div> <style type="text/css">.nobrtable br { display: none }</style><div class="nobrtable"><table style="text-align: left; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" border="1"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#faf8cc">TIME </td> <td bgcolor="#faf8cc">EVENT</td> </tr><tr> <td>4:30 am</td> <td><a href="http://shirdisaibababhajan.blogspot.com/2009/07/shirdi-sai-baba-kakad-aarti-in-hindi.html"target=_blank>Kakad Arti</a> of Shri Sai Baba</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5:00 am</td> <td>Procession of Portrait of Shri Saibaba and Pothi</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5:15 am</td> <td>Akhand (Continuous) Parayan of <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2009/11/all-about-sacred-text-shri-sai.html"target=_blank>Shri Sai Satcharitra</a> in Dwarkamai</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5:30 am</td> <td>Holy Bath of Shri Sai Baba and Darshan</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12:30 pm</td> <td><a href="http://shirdisaibababhajan.blogspot.com/2009/07/shirdi-sai-baba-madhyayan-arti-in-hindi.html"target=_blank>Mid Day Arti</a> and Tirth Prasad</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4:00 - 6:00 pm</td> <td>Kirtan</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6:45 pm</td> <td><a href="http://shirdisaibababhajan.blogspot.com/2009/07/shirdi-sai-baba-dhoop-arti-in-hindi.html"target=_blank>Dhoop Arti</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>9:15 pm</td> <td>Palanquin Procession of Shri Sai Baba through the village</td> </tr> <tr> <td>11:00 pm</td> <td>Shej Arti (On return of <a href="http://experienceswithshirdisaibaba.blogspot.com/2009/01/chavadi-procession-fuller-account-with.html"target=_blank>Palanquin Procession</a>)</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Note : Dwarkamai Mandir will remain open for Parayan throughout the night. Main Day : Wednesday 24-03-2010 Chaitra Sh. 8/9 Shake 1932 </div> <style type="text/css">.nobrtable br { display: none }</style> <div class="nobrtable"><table border="1"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FAF8CC">TIME </td> <td bgcolor="#FAF8CC">EVENT</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4:30 am</td> <td><a href="http://shirdisaibababhajan.blogspot.com/2009/07/shirdi-sai-baba-kakad-aarti-in-hindi.html"target=_blank>Kakad Arti</a> of Shri Sai Baba</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5:00 am</td> <td>Akhand Parayan of <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2009/11/all-about-sacred-text-shri-sai.html"target=_blank>Shri Sai Satcharitra</a> Samaapti (Conclusion) </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Procession of Portrait of Shri Sai Baba and Pothi</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5:30 am</td> <td>Kawadi Procession (Holy Water Carriers)</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Holy Bath of Shri Sai Baba and Darshan</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10:00 - 12:00 Noon</td> <td>Shri Ram-Janma (Birth of Shri Ram) Kirtan</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12.30 pm</td> <td><a href="http://shirdisaibababhajan.blogspot.com/2009/07/shirdi-sai-baba-madhyayan-arti-in-hindi.html"target=_blank>Mid Day Arti</a> and Tirth Prasad</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4:00 pm</td> <td>Procession of Nishanas (Sacred Flags)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5:00 pm</td> <td>Chariot Procession through the village and <a href="http://shirdisaibababhajan.blogspot.com/2009/07/shirdi-sai-baba-dhoop-arti-in-hindi.html"target=_blank>Dhoop Arti</a> (on return of chariot procession)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10:00 pm - 5:00 am</td> <td>Artist Programmes</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div style="text-align: center;">Note : Samadhi Mandir will remain open for Parayan throughout the night Concluding Day : Thursday 25-03-2010 Chaitra Sh. 10 shake 1932</div> <style type="text/css">.nobrtable br { display: none }</style> <div class="nobrtable"><table border="1"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FAF8CC">TIME </td> <td bgcolor="#FAF8CC">EVENT</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5:05 am</td> <td>Holy Bath of Shri Saibaba and Darshan</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6:45 am</td> <td>Rudrabhishek in Gurusthan Mandir</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10:30 am</td> <td>Gopalkala Kirtan and Dahihandi Programme</td> </tr> <tr> <td>12:15 pm</td> <td><a href="http://shirdisaibababhajan.blogspot.com/2009/07/shirdi-sai-baba-madhyayan-arti-in-hindi.html"target=_blank>Mid Day Arti</a> and Tirth Prasad</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6:45 pm</td> <td><a href="http://shirdisaibababhajan.blogspot.com/2009/07/shirdi-sai-baba-dhoop-arti-in-hindi.html"target=_blank>Dhoop Arti</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>9:15 pm</td> <td><a href="http://experienceswithshirdisaibaba.blogspot.com/2009/01/chavadi-procession-fuller-account-with.html"target=_blank>Thursday's Procession</a>)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10:30 pm</td> <td>Shej Arti</td> </tr> </table></div> PROGRAMMES BY INVITED ARTISTS: Tuesday 23-03-2010 from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm and 9:30 pm to 10:30 pm by invited artists. Wednesday 24-03-2010 from 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm by invited artists. Thursday 25-03-2010 from 7:30 pm to 10.00 pm by invited artists . Venue : Sainagar Maidan, Shirdi Devotee Please Note: 1. Sai Devotees desiring to participate in the Akhanad Parayan may enroll their names at the Temple stage, in Samadhi Mandir on 22-03-2010 between 2:00 pm to 5.30 pm. Participants will be selected by draw lots at 7:00 pm on the same day. 2. Artists desiring to present their programmes on 24-03-2010 may contact Sansthan Gawal in front of Security office, near announce room in advance. 3. During the festival period Saisatyavrat (Satyanarayan) and Abhishek Pooja will be performed as usual. 4. On all three days of festival Auction sale as Prasad of Sacred clothes, Articles etc offered to Shri Sai Baba will be as usual. 5. The Board of Management reserves the right of making alterations in the programme as may be deemed to be necessary. Source : <a href="http://www.shrisaibabasansthan.org/Main_Hindi/festival/Ramnavami_Utsav2010/index.htm">http://www.shrisaibabasansthan.org/Main_Hindi/festival/Ramnavami_Utsav2010/index.htm</a> <a href="http://experienceswithshirdisaibaba.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">© Shirdi Sai Baba Life Teachings and Stories </a>

Invitation for Shri Ramnavami Festival 2010 by Shri Sai Baba Sansthan, Shirdi

Shri Ramnavami (Birth Anniversary of Lord Rama) festival fall on March 24, 2010 this year. During the life time of Sai Baba this festival w...

I Am An Astrologer - Shirdi Sai Baba

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_D7WJge6Rb1A/Snuv_GFwqvI/AAAAAAAAHfw/3DYcD7ICfqg/s1600-h/sai+baba+ji+15.jpg"target=_blank><img alt="© Download Shirdi Sai Baba Bhajans Mp3 Artis" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367076879443471090" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_D7WJge6Rb1A/Snuv_GFwqvI/AAAAAAAAHfw/3DYcD7ICfqg/s400/sai+baba+ji+15.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 372px;" /></a> <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2010/02/cup-of-tea-arranged-for-nanasaheb-by.html"target=_blank>Nanasaheb Chandorkar</a>, one of the pet devotees of Sai Baba was imparted abstruse teachings of life in various simple and practical dealings in his life by his very own Guru - Sai Baba. But sometimes, even if Sadguru is with us to guide in each and every step, we, being too much possessed and surrounded by our own intellect, forget to traverse the ways shown by Him. Two such incidents are narrated in this post. <ul><li> Importance of charity has been depicted in almost all religions and Baba, Who did not belong to any particular sect or cult, reminded His devotees of this virtue as the foremost one. Nevertheless His devotees were constantly advised to give away charity without expectation of any reciprocation and it must be free from any feeling of showing gratefulness to the acceptor. But this is not put into practice by us as required. Baba, giving advice to Nanasaheb in this respect once said, "Nana, if anybody comes to you and asks anything, let alone alms, satisfy that person's demand as per your capacity. Do not say 'No'. If you are not inclined to give, answer him humbly describing your incapacity, but do not be angry with the person or laugh at him. If you have anything with you and do not wish to give, do not give but don't lie that the thing is not with you. Deny him with due respects and bear this in mind forever". Then time came when this advice was to be put into practice and Nanasaheb did not act as advised. Let's see how. Nanasaheb had once promised to donate Rs. 300 to <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2008/12/shirdi-sai-baba-dattatreya-incarnate.html"target=_blank>Datta</a> Temple in Kopergaon. But he could not do so because of some reasons and thus decided to go straight to Shirdi instead of halting at the temple and having darshan there. He chose a weird and thorny way on his friend's advice. As a result thorns pricked them all over their bodies and they had much difficulty to reach their destination. On reaching Baba welcomed with a <a href="http://www.saiterehazaaronnaam.com/2010/01/lesson-in-dream-by-shirdi-sai-baba.html"target=_blank>distinct behaviour</a> by not talking to Nanasaheb. This troubled Nanasaheb and he broke his silence and the following conversation took place: Nana : Baba, why are You not talking with me? Baba : Nana, when a person promises Me to follow My advices and instructions and thenafter forgets it, what's the meaning of talking with such a person? Nana : Baba, I remember all Your teachings. Baba : Gentleman, why did you resort to another way to escape from "Sarkar" (<a href="http://www.shirdisaibababhajan.org/2009/11/shri-datt-bavani-in-gujarati.html"target=_blank>Lord Datta</a>)? Because Sadhu (priest) will ask you for Rs.300 as promised by you? Is this the way to remember and acting on My teachings? If you did not have money or could not arrange for it, you could have disclosed it to him. Sadhu was not inclined to eat you up for not giving money. But it not correct way to drop the idea of darshan of God in order to escape from your promise to a saint. Have not thorns pricked you and your intelligent friend? So how can I talk with such personalities? Baba told Nanasaheb to shed away ego and anger while giving away charity. Baba : Nana, when anybody comes for alms to you, give only that much which your pocket allows. If that person is not satisfied and <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2008/05/shirdi-sai-baba-appears-as-beggar.html"target=_blank>asks for more</a>, deny him humbly and but never get angry. </li></ul> <ul><li> Happy and sad days alternatively come in our lives. We are very much attached to our family members and are always worried about their welfare and well-being. Thus it is painful when any of our family member dies. Nanasaheb also had to face such a situation. Baba has always said to His devotees, "Everyone comes and take away what they desire and wish, but no one even asks for the treasure which I wish to give". Baba saved life of <a href="http://onlinesaibababooks.blogspot.com/2009/01/shri-sai-satcharitra-chapter-33.html"target=_blank>Mainatai</a> (Nanasaheb's daughter) by sending <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2008/08/sai-udi-prasad-available-to-sai.html"target=_blank>Udi</a> at her delivery time, but the baby died after few months. Even before birth of the baby, Mainatai's husband died. So she became widow at a very tender age and that too childless. This was a reason of worry of Nanasaheb and his family. When he went to Shirdi, Nanasaheb sat quietly in Dwarkamai. At other times, Nanasaheb and Baba used to talk with no pause and persons present in Dwarkamai drink that nectar to their heart's content, but that day it was otherwise with Them. When Baba could no longer tolerate the silence, He directly started talking with Nanasaheb not minding his silence. He added and said, if you have come for baby and son-in-law to Me, then your coming here is useless. Birth and death, all these depend on previous births deeds. Even Almighty God's powers are limited in this case and they cannot bring about any change in this phenomenon. Is is possible to ask sun or moon to arise two yards away from their original position? This is not possible and if done, all balance of nature will get disturbed. Nana : Baba, If it is so, then why do You promise someone saying "A son will be born to you" and exactly a baby boy takes birth and to some you say, "You will get job" and person gets job as said by You. Is it not Your miracle? Baba : "Nana, no i do not do any miracles. Astrologers, with their calculations, predict about happenings of next two-three days and some predictions turn out to be true. I am capable of peeping in future more than them. This is the reason that whatever I say, happens. My art is similar to that of an astrologer. But you people do not understand this. You take them as miracles, because you do not know the future. So ultimately credit of all happenings goes to Me, you all bow to Me and consider them as miracles done by Me. I offer your pranams to Father God and see to it that you are benefited. </li></ul> <a href="http://s451.photobucket.com/albums/qq235/hetalpatil/?action=view&current=myfavsai.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq235/hetalpatil/myfavsai.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/" target="_blank">© Shirdi Sai Baba Life Teachings and Stories </a>

I Am An Astrologer - Shirdi Sai Baba

Nanasaheb Chandorkar , one of the pet devotees of Sai Baba was imparted abstruse teachings of life in various simple and practical dealing...

Sai Baba's Anger V/S Invisible Cruel Powers

<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zg6WVhyPIBc/SlXFp2XXn5I/AAAAAAAAAU8/vU0ZbsgVnok/s1600-h/pani+se+tune+baba+deep+jalaye+he.jpg"target=_blank><img alt="Sai Baba's Anger V/S Invisible Cruel Powers" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356404654585913234" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Zg6WVhyPIBc/SlXFp2XXn5I/AAAAAAAAAU8/vU0ZbsgVnok/s400/pani+se+tune+baba+deep+jalaye+he.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a> Has not this title confused you and left you thinking for a while. Well, to be honest, this was an instant precise moral of the topic which i am going to cover in this post. Instances has been referred in <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2009/11/all-about-sacred-text-shri-sai.html"target=_blank>Shri Sai Satcharitra</a> when Sai Baba was seen red in anger and devotees being frightened by such behaviour. But there is some peculiarity about Baba's anger. <blockquote>Lord Shri Rama has been named as 'Jeet-Krodh' meaning 'The One Who has controlled Anger'. Shri Rama seemed as live embers when He was angry at the time of war and Ravan was in front of Him. As and when Ravan got defeated in the war, Shri Rama used to calm and said to His warriors, "You all return to your dwellings. Come back tomorrow for war".</blockquote> Thus Lord Rama has been rightly named thus and it is clear that Lord Rama was capable of getting angry as circumstances needed and cooled down as the requirement ended. Similarly Baba was seen being angry all of a sudden, which puzzled His devotees most of the time. This was one of the reasons that many people of Shirdi considered Him as a Mad Fakir. At one time, when <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2009/02/sanyaas-is-not-for-you-narke-sai-baba.html"target=_blank>Prof. G. Narke</a> saw Baba in anger and abusing others, concluded mentally that Baba is mad. Thenafter when Narke went and bowed to Baba, Baba said, "Narke, I am not a Mad man". By this incident it is clear that Baba, even in the state of anger, was fully aware of feelings and thoughts arising in His devotees' mind. Even in such a state, Baba ended His devotees' pains and sorrows. Thus He can also be called 'Jeet-Krodh'. Saints' acts are beyond intellect and logical thinking. They perform extraordinary acts which surprises and confuses a normal person possessing a restricted vision. Thus such extraordinary acts of Saints become miracles for common man and they are normal course of dealings for saints. Our Baba is also of same kind and it was difficult to understand His words and acts. One instance can be seen here: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_D7WJge6Rb1A/S2-v2V_PSpI/AAAAAAAAIvU/HwXmC8zGv9A/s1600-h/Shama-Madhavrao+Despande.jpg"target=_blank><img alt="Sai Baba's Anger V/S Invisible Cruel Powers" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435756623409662610" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_D7WJge6Rb1A/S2-v2V_PSpI/AAAAAAAAIvU/HwXmC8zGv9A/s400/Shama-Madhavrao+Despande.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 350px;" /></a> Once Shama was bitten by a poisonous snake. His little finger of the hand was stung and the poison began to spread into the body. The pain was also severe and Shama thought that he would pass off soon. His friends wanted to take him to the God Vithoba, where such cases were often sent, but Shama ran to the Masjid -- to His Vithoba (Sai Baba). When Sai Baba saw him, He began to scold and abuse. He got enraged and said - "Oh vile Bhaturdya (Priest) do not climb up. Beware if you do so" and then roared - "Go, Get away, Come down." Seeing Sai Baba thus red with wrath, Shama was greatly puzzled and disappointed. He thought that the Masjid was his home and Sai Baba his sole Refuge, but if he was driven away like this, where should he go? He lost all hope of life and kept silent. After a time Sai Baba became normal and calm when Shama went up and sat near. Then Sai Baba said to him - "Don't be afraid, don't care a jot, the Merciful Fakir will save you, go and sit quiet at home, don't go out, believe in Me and remain fearless and have no anxiety". Then he was sent home. Immediately afterwards, Sai Baba sent Tatya Patil and Kakasaheb Dixit to him with instructions to the effect, that he should eat what he liked, should move in the home, but should never lie down and sleep. Needless to say that these instructions were acted upon and Shama got all-right in a short time. The only thing to be remembered in this connection is this - the words of Sai Baba (or the five syllabled Mantra, viz, `Go, Get away, Come down') were not addressed to Shama - as it apparently looked - but they were a direct order to the snake and its poison not to go up and circulate through Shama's body. Like others well-versed in Mantrashastra, He had not to use any incantation, charged rice or water etc. His words only were most efficacious in saving the life of Shama. Thus Baba by His words saturated with wrath and anger, asked the snake's poison not to affect His pet devotee Shama and saved his life. One more instance suits here: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D7WJge6Rb1A/S2-u93USuII/AAAAAAAAIvM/BB5tg0r8mkc/s1600-h/jun_03.jpg"target=_blank><img alt="Sai Baba's Anger V/S Invisible Cruel Powers" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435755653103794306" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D7WJge6Rb1A/S2-u93USuII/AAAAAAAAIvM/BB5tg0r8mkc/s400/jun_03.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 219px;" /></a> Mr.B.V.Dev who was Mamlatdar of Dahanu (Thana District) wished for a long time to read Jnaneshwari - (the well-known Marathi commentary on the Bhagawad-Gita by Jnaneshwar), along with other scriptures. He could read daily one chapter of the Bhagawad-Gita, and some portion of other books; but when he took Jnaneshwari in hand, some difficulties cropped up and he was precluded from reading it. With this aim in mind, when Mr. Dev went to Shirdi, Baba got angry and charged him for stealing His rages with all sorts of abuses. After cooling down, Baba gave him a direct order to read Jnaneshwari and tackled all the obstructions. Now, apparently, we cannot relate this incident of Baba's anger, His direct order and reading the sacred work. But as said earlier some difficulties cropped up as soon as the book was taken in hand to read. Baba's anger was to those difficulties and invisible cruel powers which were refraining Mr. Dev to satisfy his earnest desire to read. All those invisible cruelties could not withstand Baba's anger and returned back leading Mr.Dev to read the book. A similar incident took place with Mr. Gadge Bua too. He was engaged in the construction and building up a large Dharmashala (lodge) in Nashik. For this purpose, lakhs of rupees were needed and the same was collected through subscriptions. But after sometime, difficulties were faced to collect money. Bua went to Baba with a prayer to end up those difficulties and invisible cruel powers. Baba, as usual, got angry and abused him. Instead of being scared or frightened, Bua started laughing on experiencing Baba's anger. Seeing this, Baba also started laughing with Bua. Then, Gadge Bua returned. Baba had ended all the difficulties and negative powers with His anger and soon the money started pouring again smoothly and the pre-determined task was accomplished. Baba when came to Shirdi as young Fakir and roamed about in forests, was seen abusing and speaking words in anger there. Even sometimes He laughed loudly and gestured in all the four directions in strange ways. Thus, it can be concluded that Baba had the power to destroy the invisible cruel and negative powers from beginning only and this continued even after He was surrounded by His devotees and never neglected His duties assigned to Him and for which He was sent in flesh and body on the earth. <hr> You might also like to read Baba's advice regarding Speech: <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2009/08/shirdi-sai-babas-philosophy-about.html"target=_blank>Shirdi Sai Baba's Philosophy about Speech</a> <hr> <a href="http://s451.photobucket.com/albums/qq235/hetalpatil/?action=view&current=myfavsai.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq235/hetalpatil/myfavsai.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/" target="_blank">© Shirdi Sai Baba Life Teachings and Stories </a>

Sai Baba's Anger V/S Invisible Cruel Powers

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A Cup Of Tea Arranged For Nanasaheb By Shirdi Sai Baba

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D7WJge6Rb1A/S27Gy3vXawI/AAAAAAAAIu8/6J_zdOpcF00/s1600-h/11.jpg"target=_blank><img alt="A Cup Of Tea Arranged For Nanasaheb By Shirdi Sai Baba" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435500377541143298" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_D7WJge6Rb1A/S27Gy3vXawI/AAAAAAAAIu8/6J_zdOpcF00/s400/11.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 350px;" /></a> Originally named as Narayan Govind Chandorkar, <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2008/05/shirdi-sai-baba-appears-as-beggar.html"target=_blank>Nanasaheb Chandorkar</a>, an ardent and staunch devotee of Sai Baba, needs no special introduction since in <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2009/11/all-about-sacred-text-shri-sai.html"target=_blank>Shri Sai Satcharitra</a> there are many instances wherein his name has been referred. Devotees who were fortunate to be living in Baba's times were indeed incarnations of Almighty, otherwise how could they take birth when Baba was in bodily form on this earth. Stories of such incarnations are really wonderful which contains messages for us from Sai Baba. We are aware of an incident wherein Nanasaheb Chandorkar's thirst was satisfied by Baba Who <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2008/04/sai-baba-in-form-of-wood-cutter.html"target=_blank>appeared to him as a woodcutter</a>. Now another more interesting incident of the same kind is being shared in this post. It is very well known that Nanasaheb was of spiritual intellect and thus any place of worship attracted his attention and earnest desire to go for darshan of any deity was always present in him. He had immense faith in Baba and Baba too reciprocated his faith. As a part of his complete surrender, Nanasaheb never doubted Baba's words. In fact, his immediate actions were to abide by Baba's words bearing full confidence that whatever Baba will do, will be best for him. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_D7WJge6Rb1A/S2z_dXjcbII/AAAAAAAAIus/3korT09PEVU/s1600-h/apr_30.jpg"target=_blank><img alt="A Cup Of Tea Arranged For Nanasaheb By Shirdi Sai Baba" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434999730333314178" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_D7WJge6Rb1A/S2z_dXjcbII/AAAAAAAAIus/3korT09PEVU/s400/apr_30.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 219px;" /></a> Lord Ganesha temple was situated in deep forest of Padmalay and to reach there one had to cross the forest. The temple was about 10 miles from the nearest railway station. Nanasaheb, serving as a Deputy Collector, a very respectable position in those days, had made all arrangements for reaching there. But when he reached the point of starting, he did not get any conveyance to reach the temple because train was late by few hours. On reaching the station in evening with his friends, due to unavailability of any other means of conveyance, he decided to cover the distance of 10 miles by walking. By the time they all reached mid-way, it was already nine at night. As per practice, authorities of the temple leave for their homes at about nine or ten at night. So a wave of worry passed in Nanasaheb's mind whether they will be allowed to enter the temple or not, let alone having darshan. After walking for more one-two miles, i.e. covering total of 6-7 miles of their journey, Nanasaheb was felt hungry. He said to Baba mentally, "Baba, i will not ask more from You, but please take care to provide atleast a cup of tea on completion of this journey, so that my hunger is appeased". Saying these words to Baba, Nanasaheb started walking towards his destination with double speed. At about eleven, they reached near the temple and saw doors of the temple open from a distance and the priest when seeing few men nearing the temple, shouted right from his place, "Is Nana coming"? It was considered to be an insult as a person of such high profile position was being called by his short name. But Nanasaheb was not angry at this, instead he was very happy and replied, "Oh, how did you come to know that Nana is coming?" Priest answered, "I received an aerial message from Sai Baba saying - My Nana who is thirsty, hungry and tired is coming to you. Please serve him with a cup of tea. Come on, tea is ready for you all". Thus Baba takes care of His dear devotees at any time and at any place. <hr> You might also be interested to read these stories related to Shri Nanasaheb Chandorkar: <ul><li><a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2008/04/sai-baba-in-form-of-wood-cutter.html" target="_blank">Sai Baba in the form of Wood Cutter</a></li></ul> <ul><li> <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2008/05/shirdi-sai-baba-appears-as-beggar.html" target="_blank">Shirdi Sai Baba appears as a beggar</a></li></ul> <ul><li> <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2008/05/athithi-devo-bhava-practically-shown-by.html" target="_blank">Athithi Devo Bhava - Practically shown by Shirdi Sai Baba</a></li></ul> <ul><li> <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/2009/05/sai-baba-imparted-practical-teachings.html" target="_blank">Sai Baba imparted Practical Teachings to His Devotees</a></li></ul><hr> <a href="http://s451.photobucket.com/albums/qq235/hetalpatil/?action=view&current=myfavsai.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq235/hetalpatil/myfavsai.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.shirdisaibabastories.org/" target="_blank">© Shirdi Sai Baba Life Teachings and Stories </a>