Satsang GOSPEL OF SRI SAI BABA

GOSPEL OF SRI SAI BABA
R. Radhakrishan
"There will never be any dearth or scarcity of food and clothes
in my devotees' home. It is my special characteristic that I
look always to and provide for the welfare of those devotees
whose minds are ever fixed on me.
Lord Krishna has also said the same in the Bhagavad Gita
(Chapter IX Verse 22). Therefore, strive not much for food and
clothes. If you want anything to beg of the Lord, leave worldly
honour, try to get the Lord's grace and blessings and be
honoured in his court. Do not be deluded by wordly honour.
The form of the deity should be firmly fixed in the mind. Let
all the senses and mind be ever devoted to the worship of the
lord. Let there be no attraction for any other thing; fix the mind
in remembering him always so that it will not wander elsewhere
towards body, wealth and home. Then it will be calm, peaceful
and carefree.This is the sign of the mind being well engaged in
good company. If the mind be vagrant, it cannot be called well
merged. (Sai Satcharita, Chapter - VI}.

Now, I will relate the life story of two ardent devotees of Baba
namely, Dasganu Maharaj and Balaram Mankar, who implicitly
obeyed Baba's orders and got all the benefits (both material and
spiritual) from him which bear the testimony to Baba's words
stated above.

Shri Ganapatrao Sahasra Buddhe alias Dasganu Maharaj was
a police constable and an orderly of Baba's ardent and a great
devotee, Shri Nana Saheb Chandorkar Deputy Collector.

Once Dasganu visited Shirdi along with Nana and had darshan
of Baba. Baba (looking to his future bright spiritual prospects),
told him to resign from the constable's post, come to Shirdi
and stay with him. But, Dasganu replied that he would do it
after becoming fouzdar (Sub-Inspector). Although Baba
repeatedly told him to resign, he did not. But, finally Baba
created a grave situation for him - he was to be killed by a
notorious dacoit by name Khana Bhill in Ram Mandir, when
he took the oath as follows: "Baba, I will resign this time if I
am now saved." Wonder of wonders! The dacoit warned him
not to try to catch him nor hand him over to the police and let
him go scot free.