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Activities done by Sai Baba

 Contrary to his usual reserve, at night he sometimes went to the takiya, a resting place for Muslim visitors. Here, he sang devotional hymns, among which figured some popular motives attributed to Kabir. He apparently also sang in Persian or Arabic, languages the local people could not understand. He is described tying bells (ghungur) to his ankles and dancing, enraptured in ecstatic joy.

 Sai Baba's abode in the masjid brought him into closer contact with the local people. He would sometimes perform healing acts, collecting herbs and inexpensive drugs from local shops and apply them to the sick. He is    said to have cured snake bite, leprosy by using snake poison, and "rotting eyes" by using nuts for an alkaline aseptic.

 At this time it was reported that the young fakir Sai Baba was attired in a white turban, clean dhoti and a shirt. There are narratives of some interaction with a large wrestler who was defeated by Sai Baba in contest. The wrestler demanded  chennai to shirdi flight package  a return bout and should Sai Baba lose, he would have to change his  clothing and don a kafni (a long robe). It was  said that Sai was in no mood to enter the  arena again, and conceded the fellow the victory he sought, and donned the kafni and kerchief on his head. The wrestler was filled with remorse and pleaded with Baba to resume his former style  of dress and released him from the obligation. But the young Sai Baba stuck to his word.

 At this time the dilapidated mosque became the centre around which Sai Baba's life revolved. Inside, Sai Baba built a dhuni, that is, a sacred wood-fire which he kept perpetually burning. Sai Baba is described as sitting in front of the fire, facing the south, keeping his left hand on a wooden support, a typical aid used  by Indian ascetics. The local villagers reported seeing him sitting in front of the fire for hours. From the dhuni he would draw the sacred ash (udi) which had healing power. Sai Baba no longer used herbs or concoctions for healing requests. Inside the masjid was a large, flat stone on which Sai Baba would sit for hours in his typical posture, his right arm resting on his right thigh or lap, the foot or the ankle on the opposite knee, and the head slightly inclined in an attitude of contemplation or reflection. The left hand lies on the foot or the ankle of the crossed leg.

 Such a posture in Indian iconography represents sovereignty and is the prerogative of gods and rajas alone.

 It was around this time that the tradition of Sai Baba's miraculous powers (siddhi) began to grow. One Nanasahheb who had  no son interceded with Sai Baba for male progeny, and after some time, Nanasaheb got a son. Many other instances of Sai Baba granting offspring to couples is recorded. Baba's touch, words    such as Allah karega (Allah will do this) or that Faqir is good and even his glance were  thought to be powerful chennai to shirdi flight package   enough and produced the desired effect. Due these and other miraculous occurrences, Baba's presence increased significantly, to the point that several people started revering him as a saint possessing special powers.

 A few Hindus began offering him some kind of worship inside the masjid, though it is told that Sai Baba strongly disapproved. The Muslims of the village protested against this practice, for in their eyes it was an obvious sign of impiety and idolatry. One Muslim challenged Sai Baba when sandal paste was being applied to his forehead. Baba had to appease him by pointing out that he had to bend to circumstances. Baba replied, "Jaisa Desh, Aiysa Vesh", meaning, When in Rome, do as Romans do. On other occasions, Baba pointed out that if Hindus wished to please themselves by worshipping him inside a mosque, it was no loss to Islam, but only to Hinduism.

 Baba's fame grew, and the rivalry between the two communities claiming Baba as their own grew. Baba himself maintained an ambiguous profile, unwilling to identify with either of the two religions. When pressed on whether he was a Hindu or a Muslim, Baba would get very angry and abuse people. Baba would often talk about the Hindu gods, sometimes quoting sacred texts from the Bhagavad Gita, or Isa Upanishad; with his Muslim followers, Baba would always talk of Allah and the Koran, often quoting Persian verses. It is said that one of his favourite expressions was Allah rakhega vaisa rahena, meaning, "Let us be content with what we have and submit our will to Allah".

 This it was that many came to Baba from many faiths. In later years, Parsis and even a few Christians would come to Shirdi and visit Sai Baba. All had free access to the masjid: outcasts, lepers, dogs, birds, etcetera. This is one reason why the masjid came to be known as Dwarakamayi, "the many-gated mother". Dwaraka literally means many gated, and mayi means mother. The masjid or Dwarakamayi began to attract more and more people from surrounding villages.

 An early Samadhi

 Some sources give accounts of Sai Baba leaving the body for three days in 1886.  

 In 1886, Baba made an attempt to cross the border line. On a full moon day, Baba suffered from a severe attack of asthma. To get  rid of it, Baba decided to take his prana up high and to go into samadhi. He said to Mhalaspati: "Protect my body for thre days. If I return, it will be all right; if I do not, bury my body in that open land (pointing to it) and fix two flags there as a mark." Saying so, Baba fell  down at about 10 PM. His breathing stopped, as well as his pulse. It seemed as if his prana had left his body. All the ... villagers came there and wanted to hold an inquest and bury the body in the place pointed out by Baba. But Mhalaspati prevented that. With Baba's body in his lap he sat full three days guarding it. After three days had passed, Baba showed signs of life at 3 AM. His breathing commenced, the abdomen began to move. His eyes opened ands stretching his limbs, Baba returnd to consciousness (life) again.

 Increasing visitors and the future

 Sai Baba began to get an increasing number of visitors after 1890. His fame began to spread and his darbars (sessions in the masjid) began to absorb more of his time. Sai Baba made one prediction about what would happen in the village of Shirdi in the future:

 Long before Chandorkar and others arrived, i.e., in the last century, Baba spoke of the future of shirdi. Baba told Bhagat and others who were with him at the chavadi: "In this place (Shirdi) there will be huge storeyed buildings rising. Big fairs will be held, and big men, Subhedars, and others will be coming. My Brahmins will gather and elephants, horses and Shankar Nana (an auspicious leader) will  also come. Guns will be fired. People hearing this began to smile. They thought: "What! All this for some worthless nook of an insignificant hamlet?" But some decades later, every one of Baba's statements came true.

 He advised most of this devotees to lead a normal family life, discouraging "mystical flights" and condemning ascetic excesses. Indeed, very few were the persons whom he encouraged to take to the path of renunciation, i.e., sanyasa.

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Activities done by Sai Baba

 Contrary to his usual reserve, at night he sometimes went to the takiya, a resting place for Muslim visitors. Here, he sang devotional hymns, among which figured some popular motives attributed to Kabir. He apparently also sang in Persian or Arabic, languages the local people could not understand. He is described tying bells (ghungur) to his ankles and dancing, enraptured in ecstatic joy.

 Sai Baba's abode in the masjid brought him into closer contact with the local people. He would sometimes perform healing acts, collecting herbs and inexpensive drugs from local shops and apply them to the sick. He is    said to have cured snake bite, leprosy by using snake poison, and "rotting eyes" by using nuts for an alkaline aseptic.

 At this time it was reported that the young fakir Sai Baba was attired in a white turban, clean dhoti and a shirt. There are narratives of some interaction with a large wrestler who was defeated by Sai Baba in contest. The wrestler demanded  chennai to shirdi flight package  a return bout and should Sai Baba lose, he would have to change his  clothing and don a kafni (a long robe). It was  said that Sai was in no mood to enter the  arena again, and conceded the fellow the victory he sought, and donned the kafni and kerchief on his head. The wrestler was filled with remorse and pleaded with Baba to resume his former style  of dress and released him from the obligation. But the young Sai Baba stuck to his word.

 At this time the dilapidated mosque became the centre around which Sai Baba's life revolved. Inside, Sai Baba built a dhuni, that is, a sacred wood-fire which he kept perpetually burning. Sai Baba is described as sitting in front of the fire, facing the south, keeping his left hand on a wooden support, a typical aid used  by Indian ascetics. The local villagers reported seeing him sitting in front of the fire for hours. From the dhuni he would draw the sacred ash (udi) which had healing power. Sai Baba no longer used herbs or concoctions for healing requests. Inside the masjid was a large, flat stone on which Sai Baba would sit for hours in his typical posture, his right arm resting on his right thigh or lap, the foot or the ankle on the opposite knee, and the head slightly inclined in an attitude of contemplation or reflection. The left hand lies on the foot or the ankle of the crossed leg.

 Such a posture in Indian iconography represents sovereignty and is the prerogative of gods and rajas alone.

 It was around this time that the tradition of Sai Baba's miraculous powers (siddhi) began to grow. One Nanasahheb who had  no son interceded with Sai Baba for male progeny, and after some time, Nanasaheb got a son. Many other instances of Sai Baba granting offspring to couples is recorded. Baba's touch, words    such as Allah karega (Allah will do this) or that Faqir is good and even his glance were  thought to be powerful chennai to shirdi flight package   enough and produced the desired effect. Due these and other miraculous occurrences, Baba's presence increased significantly, to the point that several people started revering him as a saint possessing special powers.

 A few Hindus began offering him some kind of worship inside the masjid, though it is told that Sai Baba strongly disapproved. The Muslims of the village protested against this practice, for in their eyes it was an obvious sign of impiety and idolatry. One Muslim challenged Sai Baba when sandal paste was being applied to his forehead. Baba had to appease him by pointing out that he had to bend to circumstances. Baba replied, "Jaisa Desh, Aiysa Vesh", meaning, When in Rome, do as Romans do. On other occasions, Baba pointed out that if Hindus wished to please themselves by worshipping him inside a mosque, it was no loss to Islam, but only to Hinduism.

 Baba's fame grew, and the rivalry between the two communities claiming Baba as their own grew. Baba himself maintained an ambiguous profile, unwilling to identify with either of the two religions. When pressed on whether he was a Hindu or a Muslim, Baba would get very angry and abuse people. Baba would often talk about the Hindu gods, sometimes quoting sacred texts from the Bhagavad Gita, or Isa Upanishad; with his Muslim followers, Baba would always talk of Allah and the Koran, often quoting Persian verses. It is said that one of his favourite expressions was Allah rakhega vaisa rahena, meaning, "Let us be content with what we have and submit our will to Allah".

 This it was that many came to Baba from many faiths. In later years, Parsis and even a few Christians would come to Shirdi and visit Sai Baba. All had free access to the masjid: outcasts, lepers, dogs, birds, etcetera. This is one reason why the masjid came to be known as Dwarakamayi, "the many-gated mother". Dwaraka literally means many gated, and mayi means mother. The masjid or Dwarakamayi began to attract more and more people from surrounding villages.

 An early Samadhi

 Some sources give accounts of Sai Baba leaving the body for three days in 1886.  

 In 1886, Baba made an attempt to cross the border line. On a full moon day, Baba suffered from a severe attack of asthma. To get  rid of it, Baba decided to take his prana up high and to go into samadhi. He said to Mhalaspati: "Protect my body for thre days. If I return, it will be all right; if I do not, bury my body in that open land (pointing to it) and fix two flags there as a mark." Saying so, Baba fell  down at about 10 PM. His breathing stopped, as well as his pulse. It seemed as if his prana had left his body. All the ... villagers came there and wanted to hold an inquest and bury the body in the place pointed out by Baba. But Mhalaspati prevented that. With Baba's body in his lap he sat full three days guarding it. After three days had passed, Baba showed signs of life at 3 AM. His breathing commenced, the abdomen began to move. His eyes opened ands stretching his limbs, Baba returnd to consciousness (life) again.

 Increasing visitors and the future

 Sai Baba began to get an increasing number of visitors after 1890. His fame began to spread and his darbars (sessions in the masjid) began to absorb more of his time. Sai Baba made one prediction about what would happen in the village of Shirdi in the future:

 Long before Chandorkar and others arrived, i.e., in the last century, Baba spoke of the future of shirdi. Baba told Bhagat and others who were with him at the chavadi: "In this place (Shirdi) there will be huge storeyed buildings rising. Big fairs will be held, and big men, Subhedars, and others will be coming. My Brahmins will gather and elephants, horses and Shankar Nana (an auspicious leader) will  also come. Guns will be fired. People hearing this began to smile. They thought: "What! All this for some worthless nook of an insignificant hamlet?" But some decades later, every one of Baba's statements came true.

 He advised most of this devotees to lead a normal family life, discouraging "mystical flights" and condemning ascetic excesses. Indeed, very few were the persons whom he encouraged to take to the path of renunciation, i.e., sanyasa.

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Activities done by Sai Baba

 Contrary to his usual reserve, at night he sometimes went to the takiya, a resting place for Muslim visitors. Here, he sang devotional hymns, among which figured some popular motives attributed to Kabir. He apparently also sang in Persian or Arabic, languages the local people could not understand. He is described tying bells (ghungur) to his ankles and dancing, enraptured in ecstatic joy.

 Sai Baba's abode in the masjid brought him into closer contact with the local people. He would sometimes perform healing acts, collecting herbs and inexpensive drugs from local shops and apply them to the sick. He is    said to have cured snake bite, leprosy by using snake poison, and "rotting eyes" by using nuts for an alkaline aseptic.

 At this time it was reported that the young fakir Sai Baba was attired in a white turban, clean dhoti and a shirt. There are narratives of some interaction with a large wrestler who was defeated by Sai Baba in contest. The wrestler demanded  chennai to shirdi flight package  a return bout and should Sai Baba lose, he would have to change his  clothing and don a kafni (a long robe). It was  said that Sai was in no mood to enter the  arena again, and conceded the fellow the victory he sought, and donned the kafni and kerchief on his head. The wrestler was filled with remorse and pleaded with Baba to resume his former style  of dress and released him from the obligation. But the young Sai Baba stuck to his word.

 At this time the dilapidated mosque became the centre around which Sai Baba's life revolved. Inside, Sai Baba built a dhuni, that is, a sacred wood-fire which he kept perpetually burning. Sai Baba is described as sitting in front of the fire, facing the south, keeping his left hand on a wooden support, a typical aid used  by Indian ascetics. The local villagers reported seeing him sitting in front of the fire for hours. From the dhuni he would draw the sacred ash (udi) which had healing power. Sai Baba no longer used herbs or concoctions for healing requests. Inside the masjid was a large, flat stone on which Sai Baba would sit for hours in his typical posture, his right arm resting on his right thigh or lap, the foot or the ankle on the opposite knee, and the head slightly inclined in an attitude of contemplation or reflection. The left hand lies on the foot or the ankle of the crossed leg.

 Such a posture in Indian iconography represents sovereignty and is the prerogative of gods and rajas alone.

 It was around this time that the tradition of Sai Baba's miraculous powers (siddhi) began to grow. One Nanasahheb who had  no son interceded with Sai Baba for male progeny, and after some time, Nanasaheb got a son. Many other instances of Sai Baba granting offspring to couples is recorded. Baba's touch, words    such as Allah karega (Allah will do this) or that Faqir is good and even his glance were  thought to be powerful chennai to shirdi flight package   enough and produced the desired effect. Due these and other miraculous occurrences, Baba's presence increased significantly, to the point that several people started revering him as a saint possessing special powers.

 A few Hindus began offering him some kind of worship inside the masjid, though it is told that Sai Baba strongly disapproved. The Muslims of the village protested against this practice, for in their eyes it was an obvious sign of impiety and idolatry. One Muslim challenged Sai Baba when sandal paste was being applied to his forehead. Baba had to appease him by pointing out that he had to bend to circumstances. Baba replied, "Jaisa Desh, Aiysa Vesh", meaning, When in Rome, do as Romans do. On other occasions, Baba pointed out that if Hindus wished to please themselves by worshipping him inside a mosque, it was no loss to Islam, but only to Hinduism.

 Baba's fame grew, and the rivalry between the two communities claiming Baba as their own grew. Baba himself maintained an ambiguous profile, unwilling to identify with either of the two religions. When pressed on whether he was a Hindu or a Muslim, Baba would get very angry and abuse people. Baba would often talk about the Hindu gods, sometimes quoting sacred texts from the Bhagavad Gita, or Isa Upanishad; with his Muslim followers, Baba would always talk of Allah and the Koran, often quoting Persian verses. It is said that one of his favourite expressions was Allah rakhega vaisa rahena, meaning, "Let us be content with what we have and submit our will to Allah".

 This it was that many came to Baba from many faiths. In later years, Parsis and even a few Christians would come to Shirdi and visit Sai Baba. All had free access to the masjid: outcasts, lepers, dogs, birds, etcetera. This is one reason why the masjid came to be known as Dwarakamayi, "the many-gated mother". Dwaraka literally means many gated, and mayi means mother. The masjid or Dwarakamayi began to attract more and more people from surrounding villages.

 An early Samadhi

 Some sources give accounts of Sai Baba leaving the body for three days in 1886.  

 In 1886, Baba made an attempt to cross the border line. On a full moon day, Baba suffered from a severe attack of asthma. To get  rid of it, Baba decided to take his prana up high and to go into samadhi. He said to Mhalaspati: "Protect my body for thre days. If I return, it will be all right; if I do not, bury my body in that open land (pointing to it) and fix two flags there as a mark." Saying so, Baba fell  down at about 10 PM. His breathing stopped, as well as his pulse. It seemed as if his prana had left his body. All the ... villagers came there and wanted to hold an inquest and bury the body in the place pointed out by Baba. But Mhalaspati prevented that. With Baba's body in his lap he sat full three days guarding it. After three days had passed, Baba showed signs of life at 3 AM. His breathing commenced, the abdomen began to move. His eyes opened ands stretching his limbs, Baba returnd to consciousness (life) again.

 Increasing visitors and the future

 Sai Baba began to get an increasing number of visitors after 1890. His fame began to spread and his darbars (sessions in the masjid) began to absorb more of his time. Sai Baba made one prediction about what would happen in the village of Shirdi in the future:

 Long before Chandorkar and others arrived, i.e., in the last century, Baba spoke of the future of shirdi. Baba told Bhagat and others who were with him at the chavadi: "In this place (Shirdi) there will be huge storeyed buildings rising. Big fairs will be held, and big men, Subhedars, and others will be coming. My Brahmins will gather and elephants, horses and Shankar Nana (an auspicious leader) will  also come. Guns will be fired. People hearing this began to smile. They thought: "What! All this for some worthless nook of an insignificant hamlet?" But some decades later, every one of Baba's statements came true.

 He advised most of this devotees to lead a normal family life, discouraging "mystical flights" and condemning ascetic excesses. Indeed, very few were the persons whom he encouraged to take to the path of renunciation, i.e., sanyasa.

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ABOUT SAIBABA

 Long time ago, at the beginning of eighteenth century a young bearded man with sparkling eyes took shelter in a mosque, in Shirdi Village (of Maharshtra State, In India) . Nobody knew from where this stranger had come who hardly spoke a word and stayed there.

 He is the self of all

 He is the Universal Life

 He is the indwelling Cosmic Spirit

 He is the Imminent Immortal Reality

 He is Self-Existent, Self-Luminous Truth

 He is the Static Reality

 He is the moving force behind Creation

 He is the Supreme Guide

 He is the Goal

 He is All - The whole in part - play in umpteen forms

 Gradually the curious villagers started offering food to the man, but he never asked anything from them. Sometimes he    shared his food with the animals. Soon the young fakir, as he was started to be addressed, started expressing his view points with few elderly villagers. His simple language of expresssion and his special power of solving the problems of  poor needy and destitutes soon made this less known fakir, known as Shri Sai Baba. As the days passed, devotees started streaming into Shirdi in ever growing numbers. The village was  fast becoming a centre of pilgrimage. As gifts and presentations flowed in, the pomp and ceremony of Sai worship  chennai to shirdi flight package  were evolving. Everyday Sai Baba would be a pauper having distributed all among the needy and the poor. But Sai Baba's life of a Fakir remained calm, undisturbed, unaltered and therein is the saint's Spiritual glory.

 People also realised that this "Baba" was no ordinary person but a person with extraordinary godly powers. Such powers are not known or present in normal human beings. Baba preached his principle of love and faith in humanity to all his disciples. He always felt anguished over the fact that all those who came to him were more for their own personal problems and not for attaining the ultimate goal of reaching God which he felt could be attained only by true servicing of humanity.

 Sai baba strongly believed in uniformity of religion and he never distinguished anyone on the basis of caste, creed or religion. He always made it a point not to return empty handed those who had come to him  chennai to shirdi flight package   in their hour of need and grief. He performed miracles to alleviate the suffering of poor people. On one occasion he restored the eyes of a blind elderly and in another occasion he lighted a lantern with water when there was no oil to burn it.

 As all good things have to end ultimately "Baba" also left his body on his own will on 15th Oct. 1918, leaving his millions of believers and followers crying. His body was laid in the Samadhi Mandir called "Booty", which he had asked his disciple to built before his death.

 Sai Baba was Unique, in that, he lived his message through the Essence of his Being. His life and relationship   with the common man was his teaching. The lmmense Energy that was manifest in the body of Sai was moving and is still moving in a mysterious way, creating and     recreating itself everywhere, beyond the comprehension of time and space.Yet, he lived with the common folk as a penniless fakir, wearing a torn kafni, sleeping over a mat while resting his head on a brick, begging for his food. He radiated    a mysterious smile and a deep inward look, of a peace that passeth all understanding. He was always and ever  aware of what transpired within the hearts and minds of everyone, whether they be, His devotees or not. This Omnipresent and Omniscient Sri Sai Baba who left his mortal body in 1918, is the living spiritual force that is drawing people from all walks of life, from all parts of the world, into his fold, today.Sri Sai Baba lived, acted and behaved as only a "God descended on Earth" can. He came to serve mankind, to free them from the clutches of fear.

 His most concise message for one and all alike was "Why fear when I am here". To take refuge in Sai, is to enter into ajourney to reach the Divine Oasis of Love and drink deep from the Fountain of Life, the source of all Spiritual Energy.Wherever the devotee is, Baba makes him recognize within himself his highest aspirations and goal and at one stroke, his conduct and the attitude to fellow beings is touched with the awareness of love, understanding, patience and faith. This is the promise that Sri Sai Baba holds out to all who     come to Him. Sri Sai Baba was beyond the limitations of Time and Space and thus caste, creed, position dogmas and doctrines were fundamentally unimportant to him. Nobody really knew his parentage, where he came from or which religion he practised. He claimed no possessions nor accepted any disciples or gave any specific teaching.

 This anonymity lent a strange facet to his interaction with the people who came to him for guidance. To the Hindus he was an orthodox Brahmin, with a sacred fire, enjoining the worship of many gods and the devout study of various Hindu scriptures. He lived in a mosque but always  referred to it as "Dwarkamay!" (Lord Krishna's birth place is Dwaraka). To the Moslems he was a fakir living in a mosque observing the disciplines of Islam, uttering "Allah Malik" (God is the master) guiding Muslim seekers along the lines their own religion. To the Parsis he was the sacred rire worshipper. His life was a living manifestation the Sermon of the Christ and of the Eight-fold path of the Buddha.

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Activities done by Sai Baba

 Contrary to his usual reserve, at night he sometimes went to the takiya, a resting place for Muslim visitors. Here, he sang devotional hymns, among which figured some popular motives attributed to Kabir. He apparently also sang in Persian or Arabic, languages the local people could not understand. He is described tying bells (ghungur) to his ankles and dancing, enraptured in ecstatic joy.

 Sai Baba's abode in the masjid brought him into closer contact with the local people. He would sometimes perform healing acts, collecting herbs and inexpensive drugs from local shops and apply them to the sick. He is    said to have cured snake bite, leprosy by using snake poison, and "rotting eyes" by using nuts for an alkaline aseptic.

 At this time it was reported that the young fakir Sai Baba was attired in a white turban, clean dhoti and a shirt. There are narratives of some interaction with a large wrestler who was defeated by Sai Baba in contest. The wrestler demanded  chennai to shirdi flight package  a return bout and should Sai Baba lose, he would have to change his  clothing and don a kafni (a long robe). It was  said that Sai was in no mood to enter the  arena again, and conceded the fellow the victory he sought, and donned the kafni and kerchief on his head. The wrestler was filled with remorse and pleaded with Baba to resume his former style  of dress and released him from the obligation. But the young Sai Baba stuck to his word.

 At this time the dilapidated mosque became the centre around which Sai Baba's life revolved. Inside, Sai Baba built a dhuni, that is, a sacred wood-fire which he kept perpetually burning. Sai Baba is described as sitting in front of the fire, facing the south, keeping his left hand on a wooden support, a typical aid used  by Indian ascetics. The local villagers reported seeing him sitting in front of the fire for hours. From the dhuni he would draw the sacred ash (udi) which had healing power. Sai Baba no longer used herbs or concoctions for healing requests. Inside the masjid was a large, flat stone on which Sai Baba would sit for hours in his typical posture, his right arm resting on his right thigh or lap, the foot or the ankle on the opposite knee, and the head slightly inclined in an attitude of contemplation or reflection. The left hand lies on the foot or the ankle of the crossed leg.

 Such a posture in Indian iconography represents sovereignty and is the prerogative of gods and rajas alone.

 It was around this time that the tradition of Sai Baba's miraculous powers (siddhi) began to grow. One Nanasahheb who had  no son interceded with Sai Baba for male progeny, and after some time, Nanasaheb got a son. Many other instances of Sai Baba granting offspring to couples is recorded. Baba's touch, words    such as Allah karega (Allah will do this) or that Faqir is good and even his glance were  thought to be powerful chennai to shirdi flight package   enough and produced the desired effect. Due these and other miraculous occurrences, Baba's presence increased significantly, to the point that several people started revering him as a saint possessing special powers.

 A few Hindus began offering him some kind of worship inside the masjid, though it is told that Sai Baba strongly disapproved. The Muslims of the village protested against this practice, for in their eyes it was an obvious sign of impiety and idolatry. One Muslim challenged Sai Baba when sandal paste was being applied to his forehead. Baba had to appease him by pointing out that he had to bend to circumstances. Baba replied, "Jaisa Desh, Aiysa Vesh", meaning, When in Rome, do as Romans do. On other occasions, Baba pointed out that if Hindus wished to please themselves by worshipping him inside a mosque, it was no loss to Islam, but only to Hinduism.

 Baba's fame grew, and the rivalry between the two communities claiming Baba as their own grew. Baba himself maintained an ambiguous profile, unwilling to identify with either of the two religions. When pressed on whether he was a Hindu or a Muslim, Baba would get very angry and abuse people. Baba would often talk about the Hindu gods, sometimes quoting sacred texts from the Bhagavad Gita, or Isa Upanishad; with his Muslim followers, Baba would always talk of Allah and the Koran, often quoting Persian verses. It is said that one of his favourite expressions was Allah rakhega vaisa rahena, meaning, "Let us be content with what we have and submit our will to Allah".

 This it was that many came to Baba from many faiths. In later years, Parsis and even a few Christians would come to Shirdi and visit Sai Baba. All had free access to the masjid: outcasts, lepers, dogs, birds, etcetera. This is one reason why the masjid came to be known as Dwarakamayi, "the many-gated mother". Dwaraka literally means many gated, and mayi means mother. The masjid or Dwarakamayi began to attract more and more people from surrounding villages.

 An early Samadhi

 Some sources give accounts of Sai Baba leaving the body for three days in 1886.  

 In 1886, Baba made an attempt to cross the border line. On a full moon day, Baba suffered from a severe attack of asthma. To get  rid of it, Baba decided to take his prana up high and to go into samadhi. He said to Mhalaspati: "Protect my body for thre days. If I return, it will be all right; if I do not, bury my body in that open land (pointing to it) and fix two flags there as a mark." Saying so, Baba fell  down at about 10 PM. His breathing stopped, as well as his pulse. It seemed as if his prana had left his body. All the ... villagers came there and wanted to hold an inquest and bury the body in the place pointed out by Baba. But Mhalaspati prevented that. With Baba's body in his lap he sat full three days guarding it. After three days had passed, Baba showed signs of life at 3 AM. His breathing commenced, the abdomen began to move. His eyes opened ands stretching his limbs, Baba returnd to consciousness (life) again.

 Increasing visitors and the future

 Sai Baba began to get an increasing number of visitors after 1890. His fame began to spread and his darbars (sessions in the masjid) began to absorb more of his time. Sai Baba made one prediction about what would happen in the village of Shirdi in the future:

 Long before Chandorkar and others arrived, i.e., in the last century, Baba spoke of the future of shirdi. Baba told Bhagat and others who were with him at the chavadi: "In this place (Shirdi) there will be huge storeyed buildings rising. Big fairs will be held, and big men, Subhedars, and others will be coming. My Brahmins will gather and elephants, horses and Shankar Nana (an auspicious leader) will  also come. Guns will be fired. People hearing this began to smile. They thought: "What! All this for some worthless nook of an insignificant hamlet?" But some decades later, every one of Baba's statements came true.

 He advised most of this devotees to lead a normal family life, discouraging "mystical flights" and condemning ascetic excesses. Indeed, very few were the persons whom he encouraged to take to the path of renunciation, i.e., sanyasa.

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ABOUT SAIBABA

Long time ago, at the beginning of eighteenth century a young bearded man with sparkling eyes took shelter in a mosque, in Shirdi Village (of Maharshtra State, In India) . Nobody knew from where this stranger had come who hardly spoke a word and stayed there.

He is the self of all

He is the Universal Life

He is the indwelling Cosmic Spirit

He is the Imminent Immortal Reality

He is Self-Existent, Self-Luminous Truth

He is the Static Reality

He is the moving force behind Creation

He is the Supreme Guide

He is the Goal

He is All - The whole in part - play in umpteen forms

Gradually the curious villagers started offering food to the man, but he never asked anything from them. Sometimes he    shared his food with the animals. Soon the young fakir, as he was started to be addressed, started expressing his view points with few elderly villagers. His simple language of expresssion and his special power of solving the problems of  poor needy and destitutes soon made this less known fakir, known as Shri Sai Baba. As the days passed, devotees started streaming into Shirdi in ever growing numbers. The village was  fast becoming a centre of pilgrimage. As gifts and presentations flowed in, the pomp and ceremony of Sai worship  chennai to shirdi flight package  were evolving. Everyday Sai Baba would be a pauper having distributed all among the needy and the poor. But Sai Baba's life of a Fakir remained calm, undisturbed, unaltered and therein is the saint's Spiritual glory.

People also realised that this "Baba" was no ordinary person but a person with extraordinary godly powers. Such powers are not known or present in normal human beings. Baba preached his principle of love and faith in humanity to all his disciples. He always felt anguished over the fact that all those who came to him were more for their own personal problems and not for attaining the ultimate goal of reaching God which he felt could be attained only by true servicing of humanity.

Sai baba strongly believed in uniformity of religion and he never distinguished anyone on the basis of caste, creed or religion. He always made it a point not to return empty handed those who had come to him  chennai to shirdi flight package   in their hour of need and grief. He performed miracles to alleviate the suffering of poor people. On one occasion he restored the eyes of a blind elderly and in another occasion he lighted a lantern with water when there was no oil to burn it.

As all good things have to end ultimately "Baba" also left his body on his own will on 15th Oct. 1918, leaving his millions of believers and followers crying. His body was laid in the Samadhi Mandir called "Booty", which he had asked his disciple to built before his death.

Sai Baba was Unique, in that, he lived his message through the Essence of his Being. His life and relationship   with the common man was his teaching. The lmmense Energy that was manifest in the body of Sai was moving and is still moving in a mysterious way, creating and     recreating itself everywhere, beyond the comprehension of time and space.Yet, he lived with the common folk as a penniless fakir, wearing a torn kafni, sleeping over a mat while resting his head on a brick, begging for his food. He radiated    a mysterious smile and a deep inward look, of a peace that passeth all understanding. He was always and ever  aware of what transpired within the hearts and minds of everyone, whether they be, His devotees or not. This Omnipresent and Omniscient Sri Sai Baba who left his mortal body in 1918, is the living spiritual force that is drawing people from all walks of life, from all parts of the world, into his fold, today.Sri Sai Baba lived, acted and behaved as only a "God descended on Earth" can. He came to serve mankind, to free them from the clutches of fear.

His most concise message for one and all alike was "Why fear when I am here". To take refuge in Sai, is to enter into ajourney to reach the Divine Oasis of Love and drink deep from the Fountain of Life, the source of all Spiritual Energy.Wherever the devotee is, Baba makes him recognize within himself his highest aspirations and goal and at one stroke, his conduct and the attitude to fellow beings is touched with the awareness of love, understanding, patience and faith. This is the promise that Sri Sai Baba holds out to all who     come to Him. Sri Sai Baba was beyond the limitations of Time and Space and thus caste, creed, position dogmas and doctrines were fundamentally unimportant to him. Nobody really knew his parentage, where he came from or which religion he practised. He claimed no possessions nor accepted any disciples or gave any specific teaching 

This anonymity lent a strange facet to his interaction with the people who came to him for guidance. To the Hindus he was an orthodox Brahmin, with a sacred fire, enjoining the worship of many gods and the devout study of various Hindu scriptures. He lived in a mosque but always  referred to it as "Dwarkamay!" (Lord Krishna's birth place is Dwaraka). To the Moslems he was a fakir living in a mosque observing the disciplines of Islam, uttering "Allah Malik" (God is the master) guiding Muslim seekers along the lines their own religion. To the Parsis he was the sacred rire worshipper. His life was a living manifestation the Sermon of the Christ and of the Eight-fold path of the Buddha.

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History and Mysteries of Shirdi Sai Baba

 The famous Shirdi Sai Baba also presents several mysteries for his biographers. But if we regard his known history alone, his life comes out as highly fascinating enough. His birth year, month and date are not known but his death was on 15th Oct 1918. He was born at Pathri (District Parbhani) under Nizam’s Dominion and moved over to Shirdi as a grown up. Details of almost all his youthful  years till arrival in Shirdi are unknown like the 18 dark and unknown years of Jesus Christ. It seems that  Sai Baba has mentioned that he was a soldier for Rani of Jhansi (1857) and so his year of birth would have been perhaps between 1835 to 1840.

 However, biographer Narasimhaswamiji, Founder-President of All India Sai Samaj, has stated that his parents were Brahmins who handed him over at a tender age to a fakir. What follows merely in outline is said  to be as per Baba's own accounts. The fakir died after five years and the child went to the care  chennai to shirdi flight package   of one  Gopal Rao Deshmukh (called ‘Gurudeva’), a great devotee of Tirupati Balaji. After spending nearly ten years in pious learning from Gurudeva, Sai went westward from native Pathri and arrived in Shirdi. But he did not at once settle down at Shirdi. He went on some wanderings and then returned there.

 His initial years in Shirdi were spent as an ascetic living under a neem (margosa) tree. Later he shifted to a mosque and lived there all his life, for nearly 50 years. He called the mosque “Dwarkamayi” (The place in Dwarka where Krishna was born). This is just one instance of his puzzling identity-dichotomy, whether a Muslim or Hindu. He preached ways to attain god. He spoke of love and brotherhood. Celibacy, truth and austerity marked his life. He wore a single piece kufni, distributed vibhuti and would tell the devotees “Allah Malik” and “Allah bala karenge”. He would do ‘japa’ and ‘dhikr’, the utterance of god’s name. He would do namaz and chant Al-Fatiha . He did not however indulge in or perform any detailed rituals of worship.  

 Sai was how he was referred to after his fakir-like life began in Shirdi, and his real name was not known. He preached from the Hindu texts such as Ramayana, Bhagwat Gita etc and from Kuran. As per the accounts of his contemporaries, he was very familiar with these scriptures. He recommended worship, prayers, patience, faith and love. He preached Hindu-Muslim unity. All his preaching was oral and he did not leave any writings.

 It seems that he would tell the Hindus, "Continue your Rama worship, and worship the stones which your forefathers worshipped". He presented to the Hindu followers, things like lingams, padukas, pictures and coins with Hindu gods etc. To Muslims, he would only advise the following of the tenets of the  Kuran. To those Hindus who thought he was a Muslim, it seems he would say, "I am a Muslim, don't come to me". Several Hindu devotees regarded him as a Satguru Samartha. A Guru is an ordinary teacher, a Satguru tries to show the pathway to god and a Satguru Samartha is a guru with siddhi attainments leading you to god. It is said that Baba told the Hindus who came to him as followers, "I am a brahmin. Give me dakshina. This place where I am sitting is not a mosque; it is a brahmin's mosque. It is Dwaraka Mayee".

 He himself is said to have come out of a three day Samadhi (death) in 1886. He was a clairvoyant. It seems that the elements like fire, air and water obeyed his orders. He could order storms to cease and cold breeze to blow, to save people or comfort them. He blessed childless couples and they  had children. He is credited with being physically present at more than one place. He could  chennai to shirdi flight package  cure the   incurably sick. He could restore the eyesight to the blind. He could light lamps with just water. Many of those who witnessed the miracles or benefitted from them, have left accounts of them. His miracles were meant to help the distressed and not to demonstrate his divine nature. All these entailed his being regarded as a living god by some of his close admirers/disciples.

 At the age of nearly 80, Sai Baba passed away at 3 pm on 15th Oct 1918. His body lays interred in what is called a Samadhi Mandir now. There are huge bundles of writings about Sai Baba from those who lived during his times or subsequently.

 There are nearly 2000 Sai Temples around the world. The Shirdi Sai Sansthan is perhaps the richest temple-sansthan in India after Tirupati.

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Early years

 According to the book Sai Satcharita, Sai Baba arrived at the village of Shirdi in the Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra, British India, when he was about 16 years old. He led an ascetic life, sitting motionless under a neem tree and meditating while sitting in an asana. The Shri Sai Satcharita recounts the reaction of the villagers:

 The people of the village  were wonder-struck to see such a young lad practising hard penance, not minding heat or cold. By day he  associated with no one, by night he was afraid of nobody.

 His presence attracted the curiosity of the villagers, and he was regularly visited by the religiously inclined, including  Mahalsapati, Appa Jogle and Kashinatha. Some considered him mad and threw stones at him. Sai Baba left the village, and little is known about him after that.

 There are some indications that he met with many saints and fakirs, and worked as a weaver. He claimed to have been with   chennai to shirdi flight package   the army of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. It is generally    accepted that Sai Baba stayed in Shirdi for three years, disappeared for a year, and returned permanently around 1858, which suggests a birth year of 1838.

 Return to Shirdi

 In 1858 Sai Baba returned to Shirdi. Around this time he adopted his famous style of dress consisting of a knee-length one-piece Kafni robe and a cloth cap. Ramgir Bua, a devotee, testified that Sai Baba was dressed  like an athlete and sported 'long hair flowing down to the end of his spine' when he arrived   in Shirdi, and that he never had his head shaved. It was only after Baba forfeited a wrestling match with  one Mohiddin Tamboli that he took up the kafni and cloth cap, articles of typical Sufi clothing. This attire contributed to Baba's identification as a Muslim fakir and was a reason for initial indifference and hostility against him in a predominantly Hindu village.

 For four to five years Baba lived under a neem tree and often wandered for long periods in the jungle around Shirdi. His manner was said to be withdrawn and uncommunicative as he undertook long periods of meditation. He was eventually persuaded to take up residence in an old and dilapidated mosque  and lived a solitary life there, surviving by begging for alms, and receiving itinerant Hindu or Muslim  chennai to shirdi flight package   visitors. In the mosque he maintained a sacred fire which is referred to as a dhuni, from  which  he gave sacred ashes ('Udhi') to his guests before they left. The ash was believed to have healing and apotropaic powers. He performed the function of a local hakim and treated the sick by application of ashes. Sai Baba also delivered spiritual teachings to his visitors, recommending the reading of sacred Hindu texts along with the Qur'an. He insisted on the indispensability of the unbroken remembrance of God's name (dhikr, japa), and often expressed himself in a cryptic manner with the use of parables, symbols and allegories.

 After 1910 Sai Baba's fame began to spread in Mumbai. Numerous people started visiting him, because they regarded him as a saint with the power of performing miracles or even as an Avatar. They built his first temple at Bhivpuri, Karjat.

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Shirdi Ke Sai Baba – Dhuni Story

 In every area of Shirdi, the use of Shirdi Ke sai baba wonder’s can be seen. That’s why, since the last 150 decades baba’s dhuni is kept perpetually burning daily in Dwarakamayi.

 Fire is manifestation of energy of which the whole universe is made and the whole galaxy is created and flame compromise appears for the cosmic attention in which any doubt generation is estimated and    regularly modified. Hence, ‘Dhuni’ is outstanding for home the sins to ashes, for those who search for finish sanctuary in this peerless expert.

 In every area of Shirdi, the use of Shirdi Ke sai baba wonder’s can be seen. That’s why, since the last 150 decades baba’s dhuni  chennai to shirdi flight package   is kept  perpetually burning daily in Dwarakamayi.

 Dwarkamai

 Shri Sai Baba came to Shridhi with a marriage procession. He stayed at  Dwarkamai till the very end of his life. Dwarkamai is situated on the right side of the entrance of Samadhi Mandir. Here he solved problems  of the people, cured their sickness and worries. Before Baba's arrival in Shridhi, Dwarkamai was an old mosque in a dilapidated condition. Baba turned it into Dwarkamai and proved that God is one. The first level of Dwarkamai has a portrait of Baba and  a big stone on which  Baba used to sit. This level has two rooms. One contains the chariot and the second a palkhi. Just in front of the room where the chariot is kept is a small temple. A saffron flag flies over it.  

 The second level of Dwarkamai has a square stool made of stone, which Baba used for taking a bath. The main attraction of this   chennai to shirdi flight package   place is the oil painting of Shri Sai Baba sitting in a carved wooden shrine.  This level also has the grinding stone and the wooden vessel called Kolamba in which Baba used to keep the Bhiksha brought from the village.

 There is a Darbar of famous 'DWARKA MAI'.Sai baba used to sit here.

This is the place where Shri Saibaba used to spent much of his time.  

All the things from His time are  still kept  as they were used to. It includes Dhuni (lighted by Shri Saibaba), Chul (clay stove), Bathing Stone, Jata (Grinding Stone), and the stone on which Baba used to sit. All traditions from Baba's time are maintained.

 Sai Baba was very fond of lights. He used to borrow oil from shop-keepers, and keep lamps burning the whole night in the Masjid and temple. This went on for some time. The Banias, who supplied oil gratis, once met together and decided not to give Him oil. When, as usual, Baba went to ask for oil, they all  gave Him a distinct No. Unperturbed, Baba returned to the Masjid and kept the dry wicks in the lamps. The banias were watching Him with curiosity. Baba took the Tumrel (tin pot) which    contained very little (a few drops) of oil, put water into it and drank it and forced it fall in the container. After consecrating the tin-pot in this way, He again took water in the tin-pot and filled all the lamps with it and lighted them. To the surprise and dismay of the watching Banias, the lamps began to burn and kept burning the whole night. The Banias repented and apologized. Baba forgave them and asked them to be more truthful in future.

 Sai Baba distributing the holy 'Udi' - the panacea for all troubles - to his bhaktas. 'Udi' is the ash that drops from the holy fire kindled by baba a hundred years ago. The great master was wont to use this ash for healing the sick, thus investing the 'udi' with great power by his gesture. Even now the sick and the unhappy alike are healed if they take this divine medicine with faith.

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Claimed miracles

 Sai Baba's disciples and devotees claim that he performed many miracles such as bilocation, levitation, mindreading, materialisation, exorcisms, making the river Yamuna, entering a state of Samadhi at will, lighting lamps with water, removing his limbs or intestines and sticking them  back to  his body (khandana yoga), curing the incurably sick, appearing beaten when another was beaten, preventing a mosque from falling down on people, and helping  his devotees in a miraculous way. He also gave Darshan (vision) to people in the form of Sri Rama, Krishna, Vithoba, Shiva and many other gods depending on the faith of devotees.

 According to his followers he appeared to them in dreams and gave them advice. His devotees have documented many stories.

 On 15 April 2010, in Wellington's Lower Hutt Suburb, Wainuiomata in New Zealand, a Sri Lankan Christian Developer was developing a new Subdivision, in his 10 acres of land.

 While digging the field, a Digger found a solid object, about 6 to7 feet under the ground.

 He stopped digging immediately and lifted this object out of the ground.

 The Developer, on seeing  chennai to shirdi flight package  that this solid object was the Statue of some Deity, halted further digging and got the Statue cleaned.

 He then called a Hindu Priest to  identify the Deity, as he himself was not sure about it.

 The Statue roughly 2 feet tall, happened to be of Shirdi Sai Baba in a sitting posture.

 Soon, water started coming out from the place where the digger had found Baba's Statue and slowly it turned into a small pond.

 Hence, Baba's Statue was put on a small wooden pallet and now rests floating in the pond, at the same place.

 Also, apparently the Developer has decided to leave this particular spot untouched and re-develop another area.

 In various religions

 Hinduism

 During Sai Baba's life, the Hindu saint Anandanath of Yewala declared Sai Baba to be a "spiritual diamond." Another saint, Gangagir, also called him a "jewel." Sri Beedkar Maharaj greatly revered Sai Baba, and in 1873, when he met him he bestowed the title Jagad guru upon him. Sai Baba  chennai to shirdi flight package  was  also greatly respected by Vasudevananda Saraswati (known as Tembye Swami). He was also revered by a group of Shaivic yogis, to which he belonged, known as the Nath-Panchayat.

 According to B.V. Narasimhaswami, a posthumous follower who was widely praised as Sai Baba's apostle, many Hindus regarded Sai Baba as a Muslim. This attitude was prevalent up to 1954 even among some of his devotees in Shirdi.

 Zoroastrianism

 Sai Baba was revered by prominent Zoroastrians such as Nanabhoy Palkhivala and Homi Bhabha, and has been cited as the Zoroastrians' most popular non-Zoroastrian religious figure.

 Meher Baba, who was born into a Zoroastrian family, met Sai Baba once, during World War I, in December 1915. Meher Baba was a youngster named Merwan Sheriar Irani, when he met Sai Baba for a  few minutes  during one of Sai Baba's processions in Shirdi. This event is considered as the most significant in Meher  Baba's life. Shri Sai Satcharita (Sai Baba's life story), makes no mention of Meher Baba. But in Lord Meher, the life story of Meher Baba, there are numerous references to Sai Baba.

 Meher Baba credited his Avataric advent to Upasni, Sai Baba, and three other Perfect Masters: Hazrat Babajan, Hazrat Tajuddin Baba, and Narayan Maharaj. He declared Sai Baba to be a Qutub-e-Irshad (the highest of the five Qutubs, a "Master of the Universe" in the spiritual hierarchy).

 In culture

 Sacred art and architecture

 There are many Sai Baba temples in India. There are also temples located in countries outside India, including in the United States, Netherlands, Kenya, Benin, Cuba,Canada, Pakistan, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan. In the mosque in Shirdi, in which Sai Baba lived, there is a life-size portrait of him by Shama Rao Jaykar, an artist from Mumbai. Numerous monuments  and statues depicting Sai Baba, which serve a religious function, have been made. One of them, made of marble by a sculptor named Balaji Vasant Talim, is in the Samadhi Mandir in Shirdi where Sai Baba was buried.

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Brief History of Sai Baba of Shirdi

 Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi lived in Shirdi, a small village in the state of Maharashtra in India, for about sixty years between 1858 to 1918. Earlier He was at and around Shirdi for about two years between 1852 and 1854. When He  first arrived He was in a God-intoxicated state, without any consciousness of  His own body, of society or of time. He used to sit and meditate under a neem (margosa) tree, wander around and live all by Himself. A kind village woman called Bayaji took pity on Him and used to search Him out and force Him to eat. One day in 1854, He suddenly disappeared, only to reappear in 1858. No one knows where He was and what He did during this period.

 The exact date and place of birth, family name and parentage of Baba are still shrouded in mystery, although researchers speculate that He was born in a village called Pathri now in Maharashtra (India), somewhere between 1835 and 1838. Whether He was a Hindu or a Muslim is still not clear, because Baba never  encouraged questions on such issues. He sported a beard and moustache, donned    a long robe and hand gear and head gear like some of the Sufis, and  chennai to shirdi flight package  yet had a perforation in the ears like the Hindus. He spoke in Urdu, Hindi, Maharashtrian and some South Indian languages. He participated in Hindu and Muslim festivals. His approach in short, was universal and humanitarian.

 On the second arrival, He stayed in a dilapidated mosque on the outskirts of Shirdi for about sixty years, although He spent some nights in an adjacent place called Chawdi. He used to be visited by some fakirs and Sufis and also Hindu sadhus. He used to beg in a few houses daily in Shirdi and share His food with dogs, birds and poor people. For some time He used to treat people by administering some kind  of herbal medicine. His name spread gradually to many parts of India and hundreds of visitors  chennai to shirdi flight package  started coming to Shirdi every day, as if visiting a temple. Their experiences with   Sai spread his name further and became the folk lore of that time. Worship of Shri Sai and the composition of devotional songs about Him started then. The mosque known as Dwarkamayee looked like the court of a king, with thousands of people appearing before Baba for help and the Sadguru helping them every day.

 Shri Sai renovated the mosque and the temples in Shirdi and got the village well cleaned. Baba planted trees with His own hands on a piece of land which is now known as Lendibagh garden. He created an atmosphere of mutual support covering all aspect of social life in the villages. He participated in all religious festivals, encouraged group dining and group worship to bring all the devotees together. He got built three rest houses called wadas with the help of His devotees. These rest houses, called Sathewada, Butiwada and Dixitwada were built for the convenience of the visiting devotees. At times Shri Sai even used to cook food Himself and serve the devotees, and cured their sickness by giving the sacred ash from his fireplace called the Udi. This practice  continues even today and the people are getting the benefit. He even took care of the animals and birds in the village. He was the biggest social reformer of His time, because of which many of His devotees started similar humanitarian activities wherever they went. Nationalist leaders like Bal Gangadhar Tilak and others used to visit Him for solace and direction.

 Shri Sai left His bodily form on 15th October 1918. His body was entombed in a place called “Samadhi Mandir”. The Samadhi Mandir, Dwarkamayee Mosque, Chawdi, Lendibagh, the Gurusthan and the sweet neem tree, and the temples of Khandoba, Hanuman, Ganesh and Shani are the places visited by devotees.

 Udhi

 From the earliest days, Baba would give udi - holy ash from the dhuni - to his visitors. The healing power of Baba's udi is well documented and there are numerous cases of people being healed of pain or sickness by taking Baba's udi both before and since his mahasamadhi.

 Baba would sometimes apply udi to his devotees when they arrived, or when they were taking leave of him, and he often gave out   handfuls which he scooped up from the dhuni. The Sri Sai Satcharitra tells us that "when Baba was in a good mood" he sometimes used to sing about udi "in a tuneful voice and with  great joy": "Sri Ram has come, Oh he has come during his wanderings and he has     brought bags full of udi." Udi is still collected from the fire for distribution. Since this is a continuation of Baba's own practice, and the udi comes from the very fire that Baba himself lit and tended, it is considered extremely sacred. Today a small tray of udi is kept for visitors near the steps.

 For devotees of Sai Baba there is an emotional attachment to udi as a tangible form of Baba's blessings, a vehicle for Baba's grace and a link to Baba himself. People usually put it on the forehead and/or in the mouth.

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Biography of Sai Baba

The birth and parentage of Sai Baba are wrapped in mystery. Many authors and scholars conclude from various proofs that Baba was born at Pathri village in Parabhani District, Maharashtra State, India. Baba himself gave some hints about his life, which have been verified. He seems to have been born some time between 1820 and 1850 A.D. His parents were Brahmins. They handed him over to the care of a fakir, who in turn passed on the young child to a saintly person named Gopal Rao Deshmukh, an ardent worshipper of Lord Venkateswara of Tirupati. After ten years, his Guru directed him to move westward and after some wanderings, Sai Baba settled   chennai to shirdi flight package  and spent    the rest of his life at Shirdi. It is believed that Baba first came to Shirdi in 1854 and lived there for three years. He disappeared from there for sometime and returned to Shirdi with a marriage party in 1858 and lived there for sixty years till his Mahasamadhi in 1918 (Vijaya Dasami Day). He lived a simple life in a mosque. He never accumulated wealth. He advocated faith in God and tolerance towards all as the basic tenets for religious life.

 The early decades spent by Baba at Shirdi are not well documented. He was first living under a margosa tree, leading a simple life. Next, he moved to a mosque in the village, and resided there until the end of his life. Impact of the immortal teachings, Leelas (Divine experiences) and miracles of Sai Baba were  greatly felt by numerous devotees who visited the place. Thus, Shirdi has become the prime place of pilgrimage. To his devotees, Baba has come to stay as the embodiment of supreme spirit, primary cause of the Universe, pure consciousness and God incarnate. Few years before his Mahasamadhi, Baba said that even after his passing away, he would speak from the Samadhi (tomb). This assurance came out absolutely true, Baba seems to be more active now than when he was living.

 Amongst his qualities, the most notable was love - uniform, all embracing, intense love, showered on all and at all times, without any limit of sacrifice involved or any expectation - truly unconditional love at its highest. Baba was nothing but the embodiment of love. From the very beginning, he was  always helping people, at first by dispensing medicines and later by dispensing ‘udhi’ (vibuthi) or ashes from  the fire that he always kept burning by him. Udhi played an important part  chennai to shirdi flight package   in the grace shown by Baba to people, and it is still being sought and used by devotees all over the world. But, as Baba explained, it is not the Udhi itself that works the wonder, but it is the devotees’ bhakti (faith and devotion), that leads to the good results produced by the udhi.

 The question is often asked whether Baba was a Hindu or Moslem. When we come to take an impartial view, we find, whether we are Hindus or Moslems, that this question is irrelevant or of very little importance. By birth, he was of Brahmin parents, and hence by a very large number of persons, he is  considered to be a Brahmin. But as fate would have it, his Guru directed him to go westwards and Baba had to spend the rest of his life in a mosque, moving with all alike as an ativarnasrami, i.e., one beyond all caste rules. To those who considered him a Moslem, he responded as a Moslem and to those who cared to treat  him as a Hindu, he responded as a Hindu; and he  expounded the Koran to the former and the Sastras to the latter. Whether Baba was a Hindu or a Moslem, he allowed every sect to keep to its own method of approaching God. To Hindus, he said: ‘Continue your Rama worship, and worship the stones which your forefathers worshipped’. He even presented some lingams, silver padukas, pictures and coins for worship by Hindus. To Moslems, he never gave any of these but allowed them to follow their nirakara (formless) form of worship as far as it is possible.

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Activities of Sai Baba in Shirdi

Contrary to his usual reserve, at night he sometimes went to the takiya, a resting place for Muslim visitors. Here, he sang devotional hymns, among which figured some popular motives attributed to Kabir. He apparently also sang in Persian or Arabic, languages the local people could not understand. He is described tying bells (ghungur) to his ankles and dancing, enraptured in ecstatic joy.

 Sai Baba's abode in the masjid brought him into closer contact with the local people. He would sometimes perform    healing acts, collecting herbs and inexpensive drugs from local shops and apply them to the sick. He is said to have cured snake bite, leprosy by using snake poison, and "rotting eyes" by using nuts for an alkaline aseptic.

 At this time it was reported that the young fakir Sai Baba was attired in a white turban, clean dhoti and a shirt. There are narratives of some interaction with a large wrestler who was defeated by Sai Baba in contest. The wrestler demanded a    return bout and should Sai Baba lose, he would have to    change his clothing and don a kafni (a long robe). It was said that Sai was in no mood to enter the arena again, and conceded the fellow the victory he sought, and donned the kafni and kerchief on his head. The wrestler was filled with remorse and pleaded with Baba to resume his former style of dress and released him from the obligation. But the young Sai Baba stuck to his word.

 At this time the dilapidated mosque became the centre around which Sai Baba's life revolved. Inside, Sai Baba built a dhuni, that is, a sacred wood-fire which he kept perpetually burning. Sai Baba is described as sitting in front of the fire, facing the chennai to shirdi flight package  south, keeping his left hand on a wooden support, a typical aid used    by Indian ascetics. The local villagers reported seeing him sitting in front of the fire for hours. From the dhuni he would  draw the sacred ash (udi) which had healing power. Sai Baba no longer used herbs or concoctions for healing requests. Inside the masjid was a large, flat stone on which Sai Baba would sit for hours in his typical posture, his right arm resting on his right thigh or lap, the foot or the ankle on the opposite knee, and the head slightly inclined in an attitude of contemplation or reflection. The left hand lies on the foot or the ankle of the crossed leg.

 Such a posture in Indian iconography represents sovereignty and is the prerogative of gods and rajas alone.

 It was around this time that the tradition of Sai Baba's miraculous powers (siddhi) began to grow. One Nanasahheb who had no son interceded with Sai Baba for male progeny, and after some time, Nanasaheb got a son. Many other  chennai to shirdi flight package   instances of Sai Baba granting offspring to couples is recorded. Baba's touch, words such as Allah karega (Allah will do this) or that Faqir is good and even  his glance were thought to be powerful enough and produced the desired effect. Due these and other miraculous occurrences, Baba's presence increased significantly, to the point that several people started revering him as a saint possessing special powers.

 A few Hindus began offering him some kind of worship inside the masjid, though it is told that Sai Baba strongly disapproved. The Muslims of the village protested against this practice, for in their eyes it was an obvious sign of impiety and idolatry. One Muslim challenged Sai Baba when sandal paste was being applied to his   forehead. Baba had to appease him by pointing out that he had to bend to circumstances. Baba replied, "Jaisa Desh, Aiysa Vesh", meaning, When in Rome, do as Romans do. On other occasions, Baba pointed out that if Hindus wished to please themselves by worshipping him inside a mosque, it was no loss to Islam, but only to Hinduism.

 Baba's fame grew, and the rivalry between the two communities claiming Baba as their own grew. Baba himself maintained an ambiguous profile, unwilling to identify with either of the two religions. When pressed  on whether he was a Hindu or a Muslim, Baba would get very angry and abuse people. Baba would often talk about the Hindu gods, sometimes quoting sacred texts from the  Bhagavad Gita, or Isa Upanishad; with his Muslim followers, Baba would always talk of Allah and the Koran, often quoting Persian verses. It is said that one of his favourite expressions was Allah rakhega vaisa rahena, meaning, "Let us be content with what we have and submit our will to Allah".

 This it was that many came to Baba from many faiths. In later years, Parsis and even a few Christians would come to Shirdi and visit Sai Baba. All had free access to the masjid: outcasts, lepers, dogs, birds, etcetera. This is one reason why the masjid came to be known as Dwarakamayi, "the many-gated mother". Dwaraka literally means many gated, and mayi means mother. The masjid or Dwarakamayi began to attract more and more people from surrounding villages.

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Activities done by Sai Baba

 Contrary to his usual reserve, at night he sometimes went to the takiya, a resting place for Muslim visitors. Here, he sang devotional hymns, among which figured some popular motives attributed to Kabir. He apparently also sang in Persian or Arabic, languages the local people could not understand. He is described tying bells (ghungur) to his ankles and dancing, enraptured in ecstatic joy.

 Sai Baba's abode in the masjid brought him into closer contact with the local people. He would sometimes perform healing acts, collecting herbs and inexpensive drugs from local shops and apply them to the sick. He is    said to have cured snake bite, leprosy by using snake poison, and "rotting eyes" by using nuts for an alkaline aseptic.

 At this time it was reported that the young fakir Sai Baba was attired in a white turban, clean dhoti and a shirt. There are narratives of some interaction with a large wrestler who was defeated by Sai Baba in contest. The wrestler demanded  chennai to shirdi flight package  a return bout and should Sai Baba lose, he would have to change his  clothing and don a kafni (a long robe). It was said that Sai was in no mood to enter the  arena again, and conceded the fellow the victory he sought, and donned the kafni and kerchief on his head. The wrestler was filled with remorse and pleaded with Baba to resume his former style  of dress and released him from the obligation. But the young Sai Baba stuck to his word.

 At this time the dilapidated mosque became the centre around which Sai Baba's life revolved. Inside, Sai Baba built a dhuni, that is, a sacred wood-fire which he kept perpetually burning. Sai Baba is described as sitting in front of the fire, facing the south, keeping his left hand on a wooden support, a typical aid used  by Indian ascetics. The local villagers reported seeing him sitting in front of the fire for hours. From the dhuni he would draw the sacred ash (udi) which had healing power. Sai Baba no longer used herbs or concoctions for healing requests. Inside the masjid was a large, flat stone on which Sai Baba would sit for hours in his typical posture, his right arm resting on his right thigh or lap, the foot or the ankle on the opposite knee, and the head slightly inclined in an attitude of contemplation or reflection. The left hand lies on the foot or the ankle of the crossed leg.

 Such a posture in Indian iconography represents sovereignty and is the prerogative of gods and rajas alone.

 It was around this time that the tradition of Sai Baba's miraculous powers (siddhi) began to grow. One Nanasahheb who had  no son interceded with Sai Baba for male progeny, and after some time, Nanasaheb got a son. Many other instances of Sai Baba granting offspring to couples is recorded. Baba's touch, words    such as Allah karega (Allah will do this) or that Faqir is good and even his glance were  thought to be powerful chennai to shirdi flight package   enough and produced the desired effect. Due these and other miraculous occurrences, Baba's presence increased significantly, to the point that several people started revering him as a saint possessing special powers.

 A few Hindus began offering him some kind of worship inside the masjid, though it is told that Sai Baba strongly disapproved. The Muslims of the village protested against this practice, for in their eyes it was an obvious sign of impiety and idolatry. One Muslim challenged Sai Baba when sandal paste was being applied to his forehead. Baba had to appease him by pointing out that he had to bend to circumstances. Baba replied, "Jaisa Desh, Aiysa Vesh", meaning, When in Rome, do as Romans do. On other occasions, Baba pointed out that if Hindus wished to please themselves by worshipping him inside a mosque, it was no loss to Islam, but only to Hinduism.

 Baba's fame grew, and the rivalry between the two communities claiming Baba as their own grew. Baba himself maintained an ambiguous profile, unwilling to identify with either of the two religions. When pressed on whether he was a Hindu or a Muslim, Baba would get very angry and abuse people. Baba would often talk about the Hindu gods, sometimes quoting sacred texts from the Bhagavad Gita, or Isa Upanishad; with his Muslim followers, Baba would always talk of Allah and the Koran, often quoting Persian verses. It is said that one of his favourite expressions was Allah rakhega vaisa rahena, meaning, "Let us be content with what we have and submit our will to Allah".

 This it was that many came to Baba from many faiths. In later years, Parsis and even a few Christians would come to Shirdi and visit Sai Baba. All had free access to the masjid: outcasts, lepers, dogs, birds, etcetera. This is one reason why the masjid came to be known as Dwarakamayi, "the many-gated mother". Dwaraka literally means many gated, and mayi means mother. The masjid or Dwarakamayi began to attract more and more people from surrounding villages.

 An early Samadhi

 Some sources give accounts of Sai Baba leaving the body for three days in 1886.

 In 1886, Baba made an attempt to cross the border line. On a full moon day, Baba suffered from a severe attack of asthma. To get  rid of it, Baba decided to take his prana up high and to go into samadhi. He said to Mhalaspati: "Protect my body for thre days. If I return, it will be all right; if I do not, bury my body in that open land (pointing to it) and fix two flags there as a mark." Saying so, Baba fell  down at about 10 PM. His breathing stopped, as well as his pulse. It seemed as if his prana had left his body. All the ... villagers came there and wanted to hold an inquest and bury the body in the place pointed out by Baba. But Mhalaspati prevented that. With Baba's body in his lap he sat full three days guarding it. After three days had passed, Baba showed signs of life at 3 AM. His breathing commenced, the abdomen began to move. His eyes opened ands stretching his limbs, Baba returnd to consciousness (life) again.

 Increasing visitors and the future

 Sai Baba began to get an increasing number of visitors after 1890. His fame began to spread and his darbars (sessions in the masjid) began to absorb more of his time. Sai Baba made one prediction about what would happen in the village of Shirdi in the future:

 Long before Chandorkar and others arrived, i.e., in the last century, Baba spoke of the future of shirdi. Baba told Bhagat and others who were with him at the chavadi: "In this place (Shirdi) there will be huge storeyed buildings rising. Big fairs will be held, and big men, Subhedars, and others will be coming. My Brahmins will gather and elephants, horses and Shankar Nana (an auspicious leader) will  also come. Guns will be fired. People hearing this began to smile. They thought: "What! All this for some worthless nook of an insignificant hamlet?" But some decades later, every one of Baba's statements came true.

 He advised most of this devotees to lead a normal family life, discouraging "mystical flights" and condemning ascetic excesses. Indeed, very few were the persons whom he encouraged to take to the path of renunciation, i.e., sanyasa.

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ABOUT SAIBABA

 Long time ago, at the beginning of eighteenth century a young bearded man with sparkling eyes took shelter in a mosque, in Shirdi Village (of Maharshtra State, In India) . Nobody knew from where this stranger had come who hardly spoke a word and stayed there.

 He is the self of all

 He is the Universal Life

 He is the indwelling Cosmic Spirit

 He is the Imminent Immortal Reality

 He is Self-Existent, Self-Luminous Truth

 He is the Static Reality

 He is the moving force behind Creation

 He is the Supreme Guide

 He is the Goal

 He is All - The whole in part - play in umpteen forms

 Gradually the curious villagers started offering food to the man, but he never asked anything from them. Sometimes he    shared his food with the animals. Soon the young fakir, as he was started to be addressed, started expressing his view points with few elderly villagers. His simple language of expresssion and his special power of solving the problems of  poor needy and destitutes soon made this less known fakir, known as Shri Sai Baba. As the days passed, devotees started streaming into Shirdi in ever growing numbers. The village was  fast becoming a centre of pilgrimage. As gifts and presentations flowed in, the pomp and ceremony of Sai worship  chennai to shirdi flight package  were evolving. Everyday Sai Baba would be a pauper having distributed all among the needy and the poor. But Sai Baba's life of a Fakir remained calm, undisturbed, unaltered and therein is the saint's Spiritual glory.

 People also realised that this "Baba" was no ordinary person but a person with extraordinary godly powers. Such powers are not known or present in normal human beings. Baba preached his principle of love and faith in humanity to all his disciples. He always felt anguished over the fact that all those who came to him were more for their own personal problems and not for attaining the ultimate goal of reaching God which he felt could be attained only by true servicing of humanity.

 Sai baba strongly believed in uniformity of religion and he never distinguished anyone on the basis of caste, creed or religion. He always made it a point not to return empty handed those who had come to him chennai to shirdi flight package   in their hour of need and grief. He performed miracles to alleviate the suffering of poor people. On one occasion he restored the eyes of a blind elderly and in another occasion he lighted a lantern with water when there was no oil to burn it.

 As all good things have to end ultimately "Baba" also left his body on his own will on 15th Oct. 1918, leaving his millions of believers and followers crying. His body was laid in the Samadhi Mandir called "Booty", which he had asked his disciple to built before his death.

 Sai Baba was Unique, in that, he lived his message through the Essence of his Being. His life and relationship   with the common man was his teaching. The lmmense Energy that was manifest in the body of Sai was moving and is still moving in a mysterious way, creating and     recreating itself everywhere, beyond the comprehension of time and space.Yet, he lived with the common folk as a penniless fakir, wearing a torn kafni, sleeping over a mat while resting his head on a brick, begging for his food. He radiated    a mysterious smile and a deep inward look, of a peace that passeth all understanding. He was always and ever  aware of what transpired within the hearts and minds of everyone, whether they be, His devotees or not. This Omnipresent and Omniscient Sri Sai Baba who left his mortal body in 1918, is the living spiritual force that is drawing people from all walks of life, from all parts of the world, into his fold, today.Sri Sai Baba lived, acted and behaved as only a "God descended on Earth" can. He came to serve mankind, to free them from the clutches of fear.

 His most concise message for one and all alike was "Why fear when I am here". To take refuge in Sai, is to enter into ajourney to reach the Divine Oasis of Love and drink deep from the Fountain of Life, the source of all Spiritual Energy.Wherever the devotee is, Baba makes him recognize within himself his highest aspirations and goal and at one stroke, his conduct and the attitude to fellow beings is touched with the awareness of love, understanding, patience and faith. This is the promise that Sri Sai Baba holds out to all who     come to Him. Sri Sai Baba was beyond the limitations of Time and Space and thus caste, creed, position dogmas and doctrines were fundamentally unimportant to him. Nobody really knew his parentage, where he came from or which religion he practised. He claimed no possessions nor accepted any disciples or gave any specific teaching.

 This anonymity lent a strange facet to his interaction with the people who came to him for guidance. To the Hindus he was an orthodox Brahmin, with a sacred fire, enjoining the worship of many gods and the devout study of various Hindu scriptures. He lived in a mosque but always  referred to it as "Dwarkamay!" (Lord Krishna's birth place is Dwaraka). To the Moslems he was a fakir living in a mosque observing the disciplines of Islam, uttering "Allah Malik" (God is the master) guiding Muslim seekers along the lines their own religion. To the Parsis he was the sacred rire worshipper. His life was a living manifestation the Sermon of the Christ and of the Eight-fold path of the Buddha.

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100 Sayings of Shirdi Sai Baba

 Why fear when I am here?

 I am formless and everywhere

 I am in everything and beyond. I fill all space

 All that you see taken together is Myself.

 I do not shake or move

 If one devotes his entire time to me and rests in me, he need fear nothing for body and soul.

 If one sees me and me alone and listens to my Leelas and is devoted to me alone, he will reach God

 My business is to give blessings

 I get angry with none. Will a mother get angry with her children? Will the ocean send back the    waters to the several rivers?

 I will take you to the end.

 Surrender completely to God

 If you make    chennai to shirdi flight package  me the sole object of your thoughts and aims, you will gain the supreme goal.

 Trust in the Guru fully. That is the only sadhana

 I am the slave of my devotee

 Stay by me and keep quiet. I will do the rest.

 What is our duty? To behave properly. That is enough

 My eye is ever on those who love me

 Whatever you do, wherever you may be, always bear this in mind: I am always aware of everything you do.

 I will not allow my devotees to come to harm

 If a devotee is about to fall, I stretch out my hands to support him or her.

 I think of my people day and night. I say their names over and over.

 My treasury is open but no  one brings carts to take from it. I say, “Dig!” but no one bothers.

 My people do not come to me of their own accord; it is I who seek and bring them to me.

 All that is seen is my form: ant, fly, prince, and pauper

 However distant my people may be, I draw them to me just as we pull a bird to us with a string tied to its foot

 I love devotion.

 This body is just my house. My guru has long ago taken me away from it

 Those who think that Baba is only in Shirdi have totally failed to know me

 Without my grace, not even a leaf can move

 I look on all with an equal eye

 I cannot do anything without God’s permission

 God has agents everywhere and their powers are vast

 I have to take care of my children day and night and give an account to God of every paisa

 The wise are cheerful and content with their lot in life

 If you are wealthy, be humble. Plants bend when they bear fruit.

 Spend money in charity; be generous and munificent but not extravagant

 Get on with your worldly activities cheerfully, but do not forget God

 Do not kick against the pricks of life

 Whatever creature comes to you, human or otherwise, treat it with consideration

 Do not be obsessed by the importance of wealth

 See the divine in the human being

 Do not bark at people and don’t be aggressive, but put up with others’ complaints

 There is a wall of separation between oneself and others and between you and me. Destroy this wall!

 Give food to the hungry, water to the thirsty, and clothes to the naked. Then God will be pleased

 Saburi (patience) ferries you    across to the distant goal

 The four sadhanas and the six Sastras are not necessary. Just has complete trust in your guru: it is enough

 Meditate on me either with form or without form, that is pure bliss

 God is not so far away. He is not in the heavens above, nor in hell below. He is always near you

 If anyone gets  angry with another, they wound me to the quick

 If you cannot endure abuse from another, just say a simple word or two, or else leave.

 What do we lose by another’s good fortune? Let us celebrate with them, or strive to emulate them.

That should be our desire and determination.

 I stay by the side of whoever repeats my name

 If formless meditation is difficult, then think of my form just as you see it here. With such meditation, the difference between subject and object is lost and the mind dissolves in unity.

 If anyone offends you do not return tit for tat.

 I am the slave of those who hunger and thirst after me and treat everything else as unimportant.

 Whoever makes me the sole object of their love, merges in me like a river in the ocean.

 Look to me and I will look to you.

 What God gives is never exhausted, what man gives never lasts

 Be contented and cheerful with what comes.

 My devotees see everything as their Guru.

 Poverty is the highest of riches and a thousand times superior to a king’s wealth.

 Put full faith in God’s providence.

 Whoever withdraws their heart from wife, child, and parents and loves me, is my real lover.

 Distinguish right from wrong and be honest, upright and virtuous.

 Do not be obsessed by egotism, imagining that you are the cause of action: everything is due to God.

 If we see all actions as God’s doing, we will be unattached and free from karmic bondage

 Other people’s acts will affect just them. It is only your own deeds that will affect you.

 Do not be idle: work, utter God’s nam  and read the scriptures.

 If you avoid rivalry and dispute, God will protect you.

 People abuse their own friends and family, but it is only after performing many meritorious acts that one gets a human birth. Why then come to Shirdi and slander people?

 Speak the truth and truth alone.

 No one wants to take from me what I give abundantly

 Do not fight  chennai to shirdi flight package  with anyone, nor retaliate, nor slander anyone.

 Harsh words cannot pierce your body. If anybody speaks ill of you, just continue on unperturbed

 Choose friends  who will stick  to you till the end, through thick and thin.

 Meditate on what you read and think of God.

 I give my devotees whatever they ask, until they ask for what I want to give.

 You should not stay for even one second at a place where people are speaking disrespectfully of a saint.

 If you do not want to part with what you have, do not lie and claim that you have nothing, but decline politely saying that circumstances or your own desires prevent you.

 Let us be humble

 Satsang that is associating with the good is good. Dussaya, or associating with evil-minded people,

is evil and must be avoided.

 What you sow, you reap. What you give, you get.

 Recognize the existence of the Moral Law as governing results. Then unswervingly follow this Law.

 All gods are one. There is no difference between a Hindu and a Muslim. Mosque and temple are the same.

 Fulfill any promises you have made.

 Death and life are the manifestations of God’s activity. You cannot separate the two. God permeates all.

 Mukti is impossible for those addicted to lust.

 Gain and loss, birth and death are in the hands of God.

 When you see with your inner eye. Then you realize that you are God and not different from Him.

 Avoid unnecessary disputation

 The giver gives, but really he is sowing the seed for later: the gift of a rich harvest.

 Wealth is really a means to work out dharma. If one uses it merely for personal enjoyment, it is vainly spent.

 To God be the praise. I am only the slave of God.

 God will show His love. He is kind to all.

 Whenever you undertake  to do something, do it thoroughly or not at all.

 One’s sin will not cease till one falls at the feet of Sadhus

 Be ashamed of your hatred. Give up hatred and be quiet.

 The Moral Law is    inexorable, so follow it, observe it, and you will reach your goal: God is the perfection of the Moral Law.

 I am your servants’ servant.

 Always think of God and you will see what He does.

 Have faith and patience. Then I will be always with you wherever you are.

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