Thursday, May 11, 2006

Satsang 'Sri Sai Baba of Shirdi -A God!' by Bapatla Hanumanth Rao Garu

Once Dikshit said: "Baba! I am in a sordid, and helpless
state to extend any assistance to my brother". At that time
Baba said: "I am in a position to help him". Baba as a saint
appeared at Bandra and said to Dikshit's brother: "I am
in a position to help you". Baba's all pervasiveness is
manifest in several such instances

We should not be influenced by the magic spell of trickster
and magicians. Some perform certain tricks by their worship
of evil forces and attain satanical powers. We cannot call
them God or God's Incarnations. The readers may well note
that the amazing miracles that Sri Sainath exhibited, are all
for the sake of helpin His children and devotees who are in
distress. They are not done for the sake of living, fame,
wealth or achieving any other material benefits. They are
done without an iota of selfishness. Baba never looked at
the wonderful super natural powers, endowed to Him by
the grace of His Guru, for nearly 40 years. He chided
people like Kusha Bhav, who cheated the people by
producing sweet fruits etc. He got their bracelets removed
and there by deprived them of their super natural powers.

There is no distinction between religions before Baba. He
never taught any one to change their religion. Baba sent
one of his devotees, Appakulkarni, to go to the place
Nivas and worship Lord Siva. Shyama, a devotee, was
asked to serve Vani:- Megha was ordained to worship
Khandoba (the incarnation of Siva). Sai chided Nana Saheb
Chandorkar for not offering his worship to Lord Dattatreya
during his journey to Shirdi. Baba's aim was to exhibit
equality to all irrespective of their way of devotion. A
devotee of Sai is the one seeking and drinking the divine
nectar at the lotus feet of the Supreme Guru.

Lord Sri Krishna says in Bhagavadgita thus: (9-11-13)

'Fools indulge in insulting Me without knowing My all
pervasive nature in this creation when I assume the form
of a human being.
Oh, Arjuna! All Noble souls seek Me in the entire
universe, worship Me in then minds, and keep themselves
aloof from all the worldly cares and anxieties".
(Gita 9-11,13)

The sixteenth chapter of Bhagavadgita deals with all
those who are blessed by God and are m possession
of divine wealth and those possessed by evil powers.
All people in the universe are divided into two categories:
Fools and noble men. An illiterate person cannot be
considered as a fool. Similarly, an educated person
cannot be construed as a wise person. The noble and
wise have steadfast devotion towards the Almighty
with a philosophical and spiritual outlook. The people,
devoid of such qualities, are diametrically opposed to
all good things in life and have only ill will towards
others. One can obtain the genuine wealth of education
and spiritualness with the grace of God only. Knowing
the truth about God and Godly Saints is the real
education, which enables them to attain God.
There is no other alternative way to realize Him.

To be contd....
(Source : http://www.saileelas.org/book/agod.htm

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