Sri Sai Amrit Vani

Sri Sai Amrit Vani
9th Nov 2006

Jai Sai Ram
Yet another usual week and Thursday
with usual Leelas of Baba. As the devotee this week
were more and so more Bhog had to be arranged
afterwards.

Following devotees, participated in
absencia in the recitation of Sri Sai Amrit Vani by
reciting Sri Sai Amrit Vani at their places. The list
is sorted as per their email id’s. However Mrs. Gupta
prayed for all the devotees. We include only those
devotees in the list, who themselves recite or read
Sri Sai Amrit Vani at their places. The names of the
devotees “for prayer”, are prayed for, but not
included in the list. Kindly mention clearly, against
each devotee’s name that he/she will recite or read or
listen to Sri Sai Amrit Vani, or only for prayers, If
no mention of it is made then it will be presumed
that the names are only for prayer and will not be
included in the list. Please also give the name of
the place.

This Thursday the 9th Nov , we were able
to see the following Leelas of Baba.

1. Udi started oozing from Wednesday the 8th Nov.
from all the photos of Baba on the walls and in the
mandir room. It also started oozing from the Statue
of Baba from the same time. The words OM, Ram and
Shyam appeared on the main photo in the mandir and the
big photo on the wall.
2. There was a lot of Water from the Charans this week
also. This water was collected in the Thali. The
taste of water was similar to gulab jal and
Kewara-Kesar. After Sai Amrit Vani, this water was
given to the devotees. Many devotees brought small
bottles with them and took this holy water home also.
Water was taken out many times and every time thali
was again filled up.
3. Lap of Mrs. Gupta was filled with lots of Udi
during the prayers. Udi also appeared other devotees
also.
4. The presence of Baba during the Sai Amrit Vani was
very strong and many devotees felt it during the
recitation of Sai Amrit Vani in different ways.
5. Sri Sai Amrit Vani was not very soothing this time
as some new devotees were going fast or slow and were
not in tune with the cassette.The rythem was not ok.
6. On Thursday as soon as Bhog was offered, it was
duly accepted by Baba and after the Sri Sai Amrit
Vani we noticed that the box, which was placed
before HIM was with partly eaten pieces and only
partly remained pieces and some engraved pieces of
items were there in the box, Baba like Samosa very
much. Samosa, Ladoo Basen and Ladoo Boondi were eaten
in big portion. A figure of face was formed on burfee.
Part of Bhog was on the lips of many photos and
statue of Baba. Part pieces of the remains in the box
were given to the devotees who offered that item of
bhog to Baba.
7. All the boxes of Bhog which were kept on the table
were blessed with lots of Udi . Udi was collected on
the papers by the devotees.
8. The Charnamrit, the water in which Baba took the
bath in the morning was also sweet as if some honey
has been mixed into it.
9. Sai Satcharitra, brought by a devotee from
California, placed by Mrs. Gupta before Baba, was
blessed with Udi on it.
10. Some papers, kept in the mandir room by Mrs. Gupta
of devotees, were blessed with lots of Udi.

Jai Sai Ram

Sri Sai Amrit Vani started at 11:04
AM. Noon Aartee started at 12:00 Hrs. followed by
brief Meditation and the prayer, Prayan of one
Chapter from Sai Satcharitra. Prayers and thanks were
offered by Mrs. Gupta to Baba. Finally distribution of
Prasad, Udi and the water from the Charans.

Next Sri Sai Amrit Vani on 16th Nov , again
will be held in Sidhartha Extension, New Delhi.
Devotees interested in attending it in person may
contact on phone nos. 26346942, 9810714688 or
9312494767 only after 11 AM (IST) on any day except
Thursdays and no calls on Thursdays PLEASE. They
should NOT bring any bhog with them and be in time.
Kids are also not allowed in the hall.

Following listed devotees participated in
the recitation of Sri Sai Amrit Vani ( in absentia)
and have either recited or read or listened Sri Sai
Amrit Vani at their places. Other devotees were also
prayed for but their names have not been listed here.

Sri Sai Amrit Vani is now available in Tamil
script also besides in Devnagri, English and Telgu, in
the file section of the yahoogroup. Links of Audio MP3
files are given in the link section of the home page
of ‘ mysaibaba20’ yahoogroup. To go to home page of
yahoogroup key in or click
http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mysaibaba2 0 .

This activity of Sri Sai Amrit Vani will be
in addition to any other pooja or sewa or prayer that
you are doing.

Jai Sai Ram.

Ashok Gupta
mysaibaba20@ yahoogroups. com
akg_vg@bol.net. in
veena_gupta_ 2000@yahoo. com

Satsang Quiz on Chapter V

(Devotees are requested to go through Sai Satcharitra
before attempting to solve the quiz)

CHAPTER V

31) Who helped in constructing the railing round the
padukas
a) Dr.Kothare b) G.K.Dixit c) Bhai Krishna d) Shama

32) Baba changed His mode of dressing and living after
a) being defeated in the fight by Mohiddin Tamboli
b) the instructions of His Guru c) being criticised by the
citizens of Shirdi d) getting dispassion with life

33) Apart from Mohiddin Tamboli _______ was also
found of wrestling
a) Bhai Krishnaji Alibagkar b) Sai Baba c) Upasani Maharaj
d) Gangagir

34) At Nimgaon Baba used to go to the house of
a) Mahalasapthi b) Nanasaheb Chandorkar c) Balasaheb
Dengle d) Shama

35) Nanasaheb Chandorkar and _______ were the two devotees
who came from Ahmednagar
a) Laxman Kacheswar Jakhadi b) G.K.Dixit c) B.V.Dev
d)Keshav Chidamber

Satsang SHRI SAINATH-STAVAN MANJARI

To make the oceans sweet
Truly you have the powers.
Therefore, this supplication of Dasganu,
Please concede. …143

Whatever be my shortcomings,
They are all yours !
You are the foremost among the spiritual masters,
So do not stint while giving. ...144

Now, why should I speak more ?
You are my only refuge.
The child held in the mother's arms,
Is naturally with out fear. ...145

So be it. This hymn of praise,
Whosoever read with love,
Their desires
Fulfil , O Lord. …146

Your blessing for this hymn
I entreat.
May the difficulties of he who receites this sincerely.
Be warded off within a Year. ...147

Satsang Thought for the day

An emperor was coming out of his palace for his morning
walk when he met a beggar. He asked the beggar, "What
do you want?"
The beggar laughed and said, "You are asking me as though
you can fulfill my desire!"
The king was offended. He said, "Of course I can fulfill your
desire. What is it? Just tell me."
And the beggar said, "Think twice before you promise
anything." The beggar was no ordinary beggar, he was the
emporer's past life master. He had promised in that life,
"I will come and try to wake you in your next life. This life
you have missed but I will come again." But the king had
forgotten completely -- who remembers past lives? So he
insisted, "I will fulfill anything you ask. I am a very
powerful emperor, what can you possibly desire that I
can not give to you?"
The beggar said, "It is a very simple desire. You see this
begging bowl? Can you fill it with something?"
The emperor said, "Of course!" He called one of his viziers
and told him, "Fill this mans begging bowl with money." The
vizier went and got some money and poured it into the bowl,
and it disappeared. And he poured more and more, and the
moment he would pour it, it would disappear. And the begging
bowl remained always empty.
The whole palace gathered. By and by the rumor went through
out the whole capital, and a huge crowd gathered. The prestige
of the emperor was at stake. He said to his viziers, "If the
whole kingdom is lost, I am ready to lose it, but I cannot be
defeated by this beggar."
Diamonds and pearls and emeralds, his treasuries were
becoming empty. The begging bowl seemed to be bottomless.
Everything that was put into it --
everything! -- immediately disappeared, went out of existence.
Finally it was the evening, and the people were standing there
in utter silence. The king dropped at the feet of the beggar and
admitted his defeat. he said, "Just tell me one thing. You are
victorious - but before you leave, just fulfill my curiosity. What
is the begging bowl made of?" The beggar laughed and said,
"It is made up of the human mind. There is no secret. It is
simple made up of human desire."
This understanding transforms life. Go into one desire -- what
is the mechanism of it? First there is a great excitement, great
thrill, adventure. you feel a great kick. Something is going to
happen, you are on the verge of it. And then you have the car,
you have the yacht, you have the house, you have the woman,
and suddenly all is meaningless again. What happens? Your
mind has dematerialized it. The car is standing in the drive, but
there is no excitement anymore. The excitement was only in
getting it. You became so drunk with the desire that you forgot
your inner nothingness. Now the desire is fulfilled, the car in
the drive, the woman in your bed, the money in your bank
account - again excitement disappears. Again the emptiness
is there, ready to eat you up. Again you have to create another
desire to escape this yawning abyss.
That's how one moves from one desire to another desire. That's
how one remains a beggar. Your whole life proves it again and
again -- every desire frustrates. And when the goal is achieved,
you will need another desire. The day you understand that
desire as such is going to fail comes the turning point in your
life. The other journey is inwards. move inwards, come back
home.

Satsang Quiz on Chapter V

(Devotees are requested to go through Sai Satcharitra
before attempting to solve the quiz)
CHAPTER V

31) Who helped in constructing the railing round the padukas
a) Dr.Kothare b) G.K.Dixit c) Bhai Krishna d) Shama

32) Baba changed His mode of dressing and living after
a) being defeated in the fight by Mohiddin Tamboli b) the
instructions of His Guru c) being criticised by the citizens
of Shirdi d) getting dispassion with life

33) Apart from Mohiddin Tamboli _______ was also found of
wrestling
a) Bhai Krishnaji Alibagkar b) Sai Baba c) Upasani Maharaj
d) Gangagir

34) At Nimgaon Baba used to go to the house of
a) Mahalasapthi b) Nanasaheb Chandorkar c) Balasaheb
Dengle d) Shama

35) Nanasaheb Chandorkar and _______ were the two devotees
who came from Ahmednagar
a) Laxman Kacheswar Jakhadi b) G.K.Dixit c) B.V.Dev
d)Keshav Chidamber

Satsang Chapter 43 & 44 :Sri_Sai_Sat_Charitra_Concise(Version)

Om Shree Ganeshaya Namah
Om Sai Ram


Chapter 43 & 44:::
Baba’s Mahasamadhi (continued)
The news of Baba’s mahasamadhi spread like wild fire.
People assembled in large numbers and cried. Some
rolled uncontrollably in the streets, while others fainted.
Later a disagreement arose between Hindus and Muslems
on the modu operandi of disposing His mortal remains. In
the meantime Baba appreared in the dream of Lakshman
Mama and said :’Jog thinks I am dead. He will not come
to do my Kakad Arathi. You come and do it.’ Mama came
with requisite items for worship and performed the Kakad
Arathi despite protests from Muslem priests. Then on Jog
started performing the arathi regularly.
After 72 hours of debate, there was a sudden change
of heart among Moslems and all joined together, carried
Baba in procession to Buty Wada and laid Him to rest
there. This was a Wednesday. Though such a long time
had passed off the body did not show rigor mortis,
remained supple and the kafni was removed easily.
Some days before the mahasamadhi a boy broke the
brick that Baba was assiduously guarding. When it broke,
He wept like an ignorant man saying ‘What was broken is
not a brick but my fate itself.’ Thirty two years before the
actual mahasamadhi, Baba once told Mahalsapaathi
thus; ‘I am going to Allah. If I do not come back after three
days, bury me and plant a flag in commemoration.’ Saying
so, He became dead. Despite the strong protest by villagers
and the village headman, Mahalsapathi kept vigil His body
for three days and nights, keeping Him on his laps. On the
completion of the third day, Baba woke up as if from sleep!
After the mahasamadhi of Baba, Jog took sanyas. Baba
had told him thus: “At the appropriate time the results of
your good as well as bad karmas would be burnt to ashes.
Only when you renounce all attachments, sexual pleasure,
desire for palate, take to begging bowl and serve God, then
only I will consider you as pure.’
With the Baba’s saying ‘He who bears all tribulations with
equanimity, he pleases Me immensely,’ Hemad Panth
closes this chapter.

Satsang SHRI SAINATH-STAVAN MANJARI

For the amusement of the cowherds,
At Vrindavan, on the banks of the Yamuna,
The lord of the World played "DAHI-KALA"
That too has earned recognition from wise men, …139

Similarly , I am a sinner,
But, I am under your protection;
Will you not redeem me, Oh, GURURAYA
From my sinful state? …140

Worldly or spiritual,
In whatever objects I seek satisfaction,
I have no doubt, O GURURAYA,
That you will grant me these. …141

With your grace,
Control my mind ;
If the oceans are sweetened
There is no fear of their being salty. …142

Satsang Quiz on Chapter V

(Devotees are requested to go through Sai Satcharitra
before attempting to solve the quiz)
CHAPTER V

26) The padukas were made in _______
a) Shirdi b) Rahata c) Bombay(Mumbai) d) Aurangabad
27) Who brought the padukas on his head from
Khandobas Temple to Dwarakamayi
a) G.K.Dixit b) Sagun Meruk Naik
c) Bhai Krishnaji Alibagkar d) Upasani Maharaj
28) Baba blessed the Padukas by _____
a) saying Allah Malik b) touching c) saying Prayers to
His Guru d) doing puja
29) The total expenditure for installing the padukas
came to ___
a) Rs.100 b) Rs.75 c) Rs.200 d) Rs.25
30) One parsi devotee by name _____ sent Rs.25 by
money order. Baba gave this sum for the installation of
the Paduka
a) Pastha Seth b) Mr.Merchant c) Mr.Alibagkar
d) Dr.Kothare