Offering To Baba-Experience By Harini.

Dear All ,
Happy Thursday and Happy Baba's day to all ,
Here is an experience shared by Sai devotee Harini with me few days back ,this experience reflects Baba's Omnipresence and how Baba takes care of small small wishes of His Bhakta. Jai Sai Ram .

Dear Manisha,
Yesterday I had a wonderful anubhav(Experience). Yesterday we went to Bhairav Sai temple in Madipakkam. I took the address from your website . Before going to the temple, we stopped the car near a flower vendor and asked her the route. She told us the route to the temple. We bought flowers from her. I asked her to give 1 muzham "Samandhi " flower. She put that in the cover and adding to that she put few rose petals . I thought why she is keeping this. She gave me 1 (samandhi) flower yellow in color but I saw another (samandhi )flower which was looking good and was white in color. I thought of buying that but before I could ask that the lady packed the bag and gave to us . So we got the flowers cover and went to the temple.

There some archana for Shirdi Sainath was going on and a group of around 20 people were reading the Namavali. (Un)luckily the flowers (loose rose petals ) which he was keeping for archana was over. The same minute we landed there and gave our cover of flower which we had brought. Immediately pujari , continued doing his archana with the petals from our cover and completed the archana. He put the petals in Baba’s foot (Thiruvadi). What to say !!!We were very happy on seeing this and I thought how Baba takes care of things .This was a very beautiful experience and touched my heart .This did not end here .
Then we came home. Daily in our house one lady keeps flowers for our Baba murthi in a bag on the gate. Once we reached home, the flower were already kept and when I opened the bag , I was totally taken aback because this flower was of white color (samandhi) flower which I wanted to buy from the flower vendor but did not get to buy as she had already packed the flowers.

Normally our flower vendor who brings flower to our home used to keep yellow colour (samandhi )flower and past few days she was keeping Jasmine flower. All of a sudden how she kept that white colored flower is beyond my reasoning .All I can say that Baba is Antaryami and taking care of our small small wishes.

So , 2 anubhavas on the same day.. . Baba… how he keeps his Bhaktas happy. This is really a true example.

Regards
Harini. T

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Sai Baba's Love-Experience By Kiranmayi.

Dear all,
Wish you a very Happy Baba's day,
Leela's of Baba are innumerable and HIS love to HIS bhakta is endless .Sometime HE come to save lives of HIS devotees and sometimes HE shows HIS great love by fulfilling the wishes of the devotee who has full faith on HIM .Here are two Sai leela shared by Sai devotee KiranMayi which show both these shades. Jai Sai Ram .

Sai Leela -1

Sai Ram Manishaji,

I am a regular visitor of your website. I really appreciate your work and Sai Seva. I will be blessed if I have an opportunity to lend a hand. Thanks for this wonderful website.

Blessed are the people who trust Sai and recourse to his feet. I am indeed blessed to be from a family totally devoted to Sai Deva. I do not have the count as to how many times he has made us feel of his presence. I wish I could go on and on.

I regularly visited Baba’s temple from childhood along with my mother. When I got married and came to USA , I really missed that. But again, Baba’s greatness is unfathomable. Sai temple was inaugurated that year close to where I live in Sunnyvale ,CA. Baba’s prathima in this temple is beautiful. I always have tears in my eyes when I see Baba’s prathima. I forget all my desires and worries looking at him.

I want to relate one Leela that happened with me at this temple. It was my strong desire to offer robes to Baba in this temple. I asked my mother to get them from India when she was visiting me. I gave her all the measurements and also specified “parrot green” color robes. Due to some reasons, she was unable to get the robes.

I was a little disappointed but then thought everything is Baba’s wish. I could not go to the temple for several days after this as we bought a house and moved from there and also I was blessed with a baby boy. (Both due to Baba’s blessings, will relate this later). I took my infant son to the temple to seek Baba’s blessings. My husband and mother were also there along with me.

We had a very good darshan and were preparing to leave when a gentleman approached my husband and asked his help to change Baba’s robes. My husband thought that I would like to have this opportunity and told that gentleman that I would help. I was thrilled when I came to know. Normally that temple has many volunteers and they never ask anyone else to help them. I got onto the dais near Baba’s prathima and was preparing to put new robes. Imagine my surprise when the gentleman brought out “parrot green” robes to be put on Baba. He gave me the robes and I put the robes on Baba.

As I was about to get down, he again approached me saying, please place you infant in Baba’s lap. I was surprised and did as he said. I put my infant son, 2 months old on Baba’s lap. My son had the golden opportunity to sleep on Baba’s lap. I saw my son playing in Baba’s arms. I was so happy and tears of joy were flowing from my eyes. When I finally came down, that gentleman again approached me and said, “Baba looks very happy today. I see happiness in his eyes. Before you came, it looked as he was waiting for someone, but now he seems very happy.” He also gave us the shawl which was removed from Baba’s prathima along with some vibhuti and Prasad from India .

I had a wish of offering robes to Baba and he made me do it in this manner. He fulfilled my desire and more. I have no words to describe my happiness. I just pray to Baba to bless me like this throughout my life.

Jai Sainath!!
Kiranmayi

Sai Leela-2

SaiRam Manishaji,
This Leela of our beloved Sainath took place couple months ago. It will be great if you can post this on your website along with the previous Leela that I sent you.

I was driving back from work as usual. I needed to switch lanes on the freeway. I looked in my mirrors for the on coming cars in the lane I was supposed to merge. I noticed a car which was at a distance. It was safe for me to merge.

As I moving into the lanes, I suddenly slowed down, which never happens as I maintain the speed of 110 km/hr while changing lanes. It was only Saima’s blessing that such a thing happened.

As soon as I was merging, the car in the other lane picked up speed and then braked all of a sudden. As I result I crashed my car into it. Had I not slowed down I would have hit the other car with high speed and could have died. As I hit the car, I felt something, some kind of a cushion around me which prevented me from hitting myself onto the dashboard.

It is my strong belief that this cushion was Baba’s protection as he always said, “I will pull my devotees from jaws of death.” What else could it be?? My car was badly damaged but I escaped without a scratch. Thankfully the person in the other car was also completely unhurt.

It is definitely a kind of miracle that in spite of crashing at that speed, both the cars were minimally damaged and no one was hurt. It was definitely my SaiDeva who saved my life that day. I cannot imagine what would have happened if something happened to me. I have a small baby boy (9 months old). Sai averted what could have been a fatality to something trivial. My car was fixed in a week’s time and was totally covered by insurance. Also our insurance was not hiked up which usually happens if there are accidents.

I cannot thank Sai enough for his love and blessings he has showered on me and my family. I lay this life on mine at his feet.

Jai Sainath.
Kiranmayi.

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Lord Sai Gave Me Promotion-Experience By Ireni.

Dear All ,
I am sharing Sai leela experienced by Sai devotee Ireni as shared in her mail.Sai Baba always preaches that one should not worry about the fruit of one's toil and one should see favourable and unfavourable things with equal eye.One should do his krarma without worrying about its result. This is very easy to follow if we have full faith in Baba and believe that Baba will take care of the outcome.Jai Sai Ram .

Dear Manisha,
I would like to share my experience with all Sai devotees. Kindly upload it in your website whenever you get time.

Recently I gave an organizational exam (review through video conferencing) for my promotion which did not go well. I lost all my confidence of passing since last time also I failed. So I was so tensed. Whenever I think of the results, I would request Sai to handle this situation and would feel better.

Yesterday I came to know that the results were out, but still not published on the office intranet. All those who have freinds at the Head office could know the results by calling, but I was again nervous to call anyone there. I left office in full tension and once I reached home, I took bath and start reading Sai Satcharitra. Here I would like to mention that I had started reading it when I gave the exam and there had been a gap of time in reading due to some problems. Still I had bookmark the chapter which I had finished reading.
Yesterday's chapter was 21st and there I found the word 'promotion' in the chapter. I got the indication and started feeling better, but as soon as I finished reading the chapter from Sai Satcharitra, calls from my colleagues started coming that they have got their promotions and they were asking about me. Again I started to feel tensed and prayed to Sai.

I was hoping I will get the news from someone or the other at least by today morning. But no one called. So I came to my office and in the nearby SAI temple I prayed again saying that "today I will not be happy if I get promotion nor will I be sad if I failed, it's upto You only now. If I will get promotion, only You will be giving it since my performance was not good at all."

When I reached office I saw the intranet and it was not there, then I was so surprised that I didn't feel sad at all. Next moment, I check my mail and there it was with the subject Congratulations. I could not believe it at all. Now my office timing is getting over and here I'm writing to you. I know by the grace of SAI only I got my promotion and it seems today I have found a new me. My faith and patience have strengthened forever. Thanks my Lord SAI. Please be with me always. Please shower your blessings to all your devotees always.

Yours, Ireni.

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B.V Narsimha Swami ji-After Mahasamadhi.

Dear all,

In the last post we read about Swami ji's Mahasamadhi and today's post continues on details of development that took place after Mahasamadhi of Swami ji. .Readers who have missed earlier parts of biography can read by clicking on the links which are given below at the end of post , chapter by chapter.Jai Sai Ram.

CHAPTER-4 PART-X
After Mahasamadhi.

Narasimha Swamiji’s masterpiece is ‘Life of Sai Baba’ in four volumes. The first two volumes were published before his Mahasamadhi and the other two posthumously. This work of over one thousand pages is a comprehensive biography of Sai Baba dealing with all aspects and is indeed a unique treasure for all Sai devotees. It has already gone into several reprints.

Narasimha Swamiji’s cottage is just behind the temple.All the articles sanctified by the touch of Swamiji are preserved there.A marble idol of Narasimha Swamiji has been installed there. Devotees visiting his shrine feel his living presence there.

During Swamiji's time, the main hall of the temple was zinc sheet roofed and in its place, a pucca RCC roofed hall with inverted beams was constructed and this new hall was opened by Justice Sri. M.B. Rege on ‘Guru Poornima’ day in July 1966. On this occasion, the fourth volume of ‘Life of Sai Baba’ was also released along ‘Charters and Sayings’ in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Gujarati, and Malayalam.
The thatched roofed structure temporarily put up to carry on Sai Bab’s pooja during the construction of main hall was converted into a pucca building and a beautiful life size portrait of Radhakrishna brought from Brindavan was installed there.

As a result of Narasimha Swamiji’s work princely revenue was received by the Shirdi Samsthan from pilgrims from various parts of the country. The Shirdi Samsthan nominated Narasimha Swamiji as a member of the Executive committee of the Samsthan. Due to his physical inability Narasimha Swamiji, declined this offer and on his behalf deputed Sri Radhakrishna Swamiji and after 1952 Sri P. Gopalaswamy Iyer to represent him on the Executive Committee of Shirdi Samsthan.

In 1964, the All India Sai Samaj had to face litigation on the subject of the temple being brought under the control of the Hindu Religious Endowment Act by the Government of Tamil Nadu. However, due to Swamiji’s grace the High Court of Madras gave a landmark judgment that the All India Sai Samaj did not come under the Hindu Religious Endowment Act.
On 26th January 1966, Narasimha Swamiji’s portrait was placed at the feet of Sai Baba in Shirdi and later displayed in the hall along with pictures of intimate devotees of Sai Baba. Sri Sagun Meru Naik, a contemporary devotee of Sai baba, had great regards for Narasimha Swamiji and as desired by him, Swamiji’s portrait was taken in procession along all the streets of Shirdi before being placed at the holy feet of Sai Baba by Justice Sr. M.B.Rege. He declared that as long as Sai Baba’s name is there, the name of Narasimha Swamiji would also remain linked to that. What a prophetic declaration about a great apostle by a great devotee of a great Master! In January 1980, Sri Radhakrishna Swamiji attained Mahasamadhi and his portrait has been installed in the Samadhi Mandir Hall at Shirdi.

In 1967, as per the wishes of Sri Godavari Mathaji, a portrait of Narasimha Swamiji was displayed at Upasini Baba’s ashram at Sakori. Ramana Ashram at Tiruvannamalai also has displayed since 2001, a portrait of Narasimha swamiji due to an initiative by Swamijis’s devotees at Bangalore.

Swamiji was for ‘Vidya dhan’. In July 1967, Justice Sri M.B.Rege inaugurated Sai Vidyalaya. It started functioning with kindergarten classes and first two standards. Over the years it has further developed into a leading School.
1968 was a memorable year for the All India Sai Samaj. It was 50th year of Sai Baba’s ‘Mahasamadhi’. A ‘Bhagavatha Mela’ was organized and Sri Gopalakrishna Bhagavatar presided over. A soul-stirring ‘Rasa Lila’ programme was conducted for nine days and thus attracted thousands of devotees. On Baba’s Mahasamadhi day ‘Swarnapushpa archana’ was performed with 108 gold lockets. The Samaj premises looked like a veritable paradise and Justice Sri M.B. Rege exclaimed-“Who says baba is only at Shirdi? See the glory of the Master here!”

In 1971, the main hall was decorated all around with colorful pictures portraying the life and lilas of Sai Baba. This was followed by construction of a kitchen for preparation of ‘prasad’ and a dining hall. At this time, Narasimha Swamiji’s cottage was converted into a ‘Dhyana Mandap’.

In 1974, the All India Sai Samaj and the Upasamajams celebrated the birth centenary of Narasimha Swamiji on a grand scale all over the country. A Sai Devotee’s Convention was also held at that time.

In February 1987, a marble idol of Sai Baba was installed at the All India Sai Samaj, ‘Kumbhabhishekam’ was also performed at that time.

In June 1991, the Golden Jubilee of the All India Sai Samaj was celebrated. To commemorate the Golden Jubilee, ENT and Eye blocks were annexed to the Sai Dispensary. Another highlight of this jubilee was a gathering of contributors to various Sai magazines.

During 1998-2000 various books of Narasimha Swamiji, which were out of print, were reprinted.

In June 2002, the Diamond Jubilee of the All India Sai Samaj was celebrated on a grand scale. A Sai Devotees convention was held at that time. A special feature was bringing out all the four volumes of ‘Life of Sai Baba’ as a single attractive book. This popular measure was an instance success and the copies were sold out very fast thus a second edition became necessary.

To be continued....

Chapters Posted:

1. Introduction.
2. Early Life.
3. Childhood in Salem.
4. Public Life.
5. Turning Point.
6. In quest of God.
7. With Ramana Bhagwan.
8. Pandharpur.
9. From 1932-to March 1934.
10. From 1932-to March 1934- part 2.
11. At Sakori .
12. Face to Face With The Master.
13. Early Days Of Sai Prachar.
14. Baba Himself Favours The Movement.
15. Only Aim.
16. Early Days of Mission.
17. Lockets and Calenders.
18. Meeting The Disciple
19. Efficient System For Sai Prachar -Part 1.
20. Efficient System For Sai Prachar -Part 2.
21. Swami ji's Mahasamadhi.
22. Swami Ji's Mahasamadhi -Part 2.
    

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