Baba given Darshan to Shri C. Venkatram Naidu of Nellore

Baba given Darshan to Shri C. Venkatram Naidu of Nellore and made Him as His devotee

 

Shri C. Venkatram Naidu of Nellore on 4-7-1939, entered the Udippi coffee hotel along with his friends to have coffee. There he saw photos of Shri Rama, Lord Krishna, Hanuman, and Madhvachari and other photos of Gods and Goddesses. To his wonderment, he saw a Saint in the sitting posture on a stone wearing Kupni and tying the cloth around his head. In front of him were coconut and plantains for puja.

 

As soon as he saw the photo he was drawn to it and he gazed at it intensely and with love. His friends finished coffee and left the hotel telling him that they were going. He did not even respond to them and went on admiring the Saint in the picture. A doubt arose in his mind as to what religion or caste the saint might belong as he dressed like a Muslim or a Hindu.

 

When he came to his senses, he has enquired the Proprietor about the Saint in the Photo. He did not know anything in the Photo and directed him to Raosaheb C. Subbaiah Chetty, Stone housepet, Nellore who has gone to Shirdi along with his family in 1939. He straight away went to Shri Rao saheb C. Subbaiah Chetty from the hotel and requested him to explain about the Saint whether he is a Muslim or a Hindu. He congratulated him and said that the saint is no other than Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi and gave a small card size photo of the saint and a pocket of UDl (Vibhuti) and wanted him to worship daily with devotion and bakihi.

 

He commenced the worship of the photo from the same evening. On every Thursday, he used to break a coconut and offered fruits, flowers and light scented sticks. He used to worship the photo in his puja room for over one hour in the mornings and two hours or more in the evenings.

 

On 13-12-1939, he got a clear vision in his dream, the Samadhi of the Saint at Shirdi and its surroundings and smelt to light scented sticks at the Samadhi. On 14-12-1939 night, Shri Sai Baba has appeared in his dream for the first time and ordered him to come to Shirdi. On 20-12-1239, he got another dream and saw his "Ishta Devatha". Shri Rama in standing posture with His Kothandam. Suddenly Lord Rama vanished and in his place, he saw Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi. He started to Shirdi along with his family on 21-12-1939 and reached Shirdi and remained there for four days.

 

He had darshan of Shri Abdul Baba, a devotee of Shri Sai Baba in his hut. He took to the Samadhi and he had the darshan of the Samadhi of Shri Sai Baba and he said that Shri Sai Baba will safeguard his interest all through his life. He started on the same evening to Nellore.

 

Thus he became a devotee of Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi. He told that the mental happiness health and prosperity, he has having are entirely His blessings and added that Shri Sai Baba had removed him from all shakeless of his family responsibilities from 1960. Is it not mean that Shri Sai Baba is in existence and blessing His devotees even after His Mahasamadhi on 15-10-1918?

 

Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !!

 

(Ambrosia in Shirdi – Stories after Baba's Maha Samdhi on 15-10-1918 – Written by Ramaling Swamy,  Ambrosia-36)

 

Blessed Devotee who Experienced Baba’s Miracle before 1918

Blessed Devotee who Experienced Baba's Miracle before 1918

I will not bear any consequences

 

 

There is one special characteristic of the pilgrimage to Shirdi. If a pilgrim returns home without Baba's permission he invites only trouble for himself, says Hemadpant (Sai Satcharitra Ch.9) nor could the pilgrim stay on if Baba gave His permission. On the other hand, if a devotee followed the advice of staying for the required time, or having a meal, though it seemed to be late or an unnecessary delay, the events proved to be fruitful; danger was averted, trains were caught and the journey was comfortable.  Many such stories are given in Satcharitra. Here are a few others.

 

He pestered Baba of and on for permission to go home, during his visit to Shirdi.   This irritated Baba. So He told Baburao Aurangabadkar, "Do whatever you want. I will not bare any consequences".  Aurangabadkar presumed that Baba had granted him permission to leave.  He left in haste. All went well for about a mile, and then a terrible storm erupted. Thus he was stranded in the middle of the road, unprotected and at the mercy of the elements. He could proceed only the next day. After having learnt a lesson of disobeying Baba, Aurangabadkar could not forget how cold, wet, shivering and hungry he was stranded in the middle of nowhere.

 

Leela- 46 in Ambrosia in Shirdi - Part-I

(Baba's Leelas before 1918)

 

GURUVAAR PRARTHNA

GURUVAAR   PRARTHNA

 

 

 

Our Beloved Sadguru Sainath, please accept our humble prayers on this Holy Day of Guruvaar. Baba, we look around the world, we find that the world is sad, is broken, is torn with tragedy, is smitten with suffering. Baba, is it the world You want us to live. Do You think we will be happy when our brothers and sisters are suffering around us? Baba, please lift the load on the rough road of life, and everyone coming to You with lots of hope and full of faith, they believe You alone save them, You alone give new life to them. Your Mercy alone wipe out all their miseries, it is right time to act, please bless all Your children. On this holy day we start our prayers by reading your divine guidance in Shri Sai Samartha Satcharitra.

 

 

 

 

AUM is the essence of the four Vedas. It is in the form of Pranav or Aumkar. Its meaning is actually non-meaning. It is the thought behind all knowledge.

 

The Vedas themselves proclaim that knowledge, which people acquire through great effort and for the sake of which they observe austerities such as celibacy. That is known as attainment of excellence.

 

Be it so. Though it is difficult to achieve, it is easier for the seeker if he has the grace of the Guru.

 

If one starts controlling the senses beginning with the gross ones and reaching the subtle ones in the regular order as prescribed by the Vedas, the seeker can achieve it easily.

 

That is the AUM – a word, a sentence, a letter which is the essence of all tapas12. By the very utterance the meaning is revealed, and constant repetition gives enlightenment.

 

It is that all – pervading consciousness. It neither grows nor decays, because it is immutable. Rare is that ardent devotee of his Sadguru who understands his Atman to be such.

 

Those who are always harrassed by the three-fold miseries – mental, physical and those that befall them due to destiny – cannot enjoy this experience, which is the privilege only of the Saints.

 

Ignorance gives rise to material involvement. The only means to turn away from it is the state of oneness with Brahman and that is gained through the Saints.

 

Be totally desireless and in the state of mind without any concrete subject or idea. It is the state, known as 'I am that Brahman'. Be totally absorbed in this idea till it becomes a natural disposition of your intellect.

 

When one experiences that, the Guru's words are like the scriptures; then both the inner and outer nature calm down and mental contentment will take place and one will be able to understand what Atman is.

 

By which the mind sees a balanced nature of the world; there is non – attachment towards pleasures, wealth and materialistic things. It unravels the knot of ignorance which is within us and one will enter the realm of the Abstract.

 

 

 

 

I bow down to Sree Ganesh

I bow down to Sree Saraswati

I bow down to the Guru

I bow down to the Family Deity

I bow down to Sree Sita-Ramachandra

I bow down to Sree Sadguru Sainath.

 

 

 

Sarveshaam Svaastir Bhavatu

Sarveshaam Shaantir Bhavatu

Sarveshaam Poornam Bhavatu

Sarveshaam Mangalam Bhavatu

Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanteeh

 

 

 

 

-(from Shri Sai Samartha Satchrita, Chapter  16, Ovi  104 - 114)