Today, the world is looking ahead for a
magical solution to its problems of cultural, racial, national and religious
differentiation. All intellectual exercises to bring about peace in -the world
and happiness to mankind has failed for these efforts are not based on
humanism, universalism and love as taught by Shri Sai. The ever multiplying number of Sai temples and devotees of
Shri Shirdi Sai Baba in India and other countries establishes the ever-
increasing relevance of His Preachings today. Jesus as an
human embodiment is gone but the spirit of Jesus remains. The body of Shri Sai
Baba of Shirdi cannot be seen but the magnetic pull of His Divine Soul is felt
by all those who merely think of Him and particularly, those who visit His tomb
at Shirdi. Baba had promised that whosoever would put his feet pn the soil of
Shirdi, his miseries would end or marginalise.
All devotees of Baba find His promise come true, even eighty years after He left the mortal body. Baba used to call His devotees as children, and like the true father, kept busy day-in and day-out for their temporal as well as spiritual upliftment. In todays world the children of God, torn asunder by religious, social and sectarian strife, should run to the father to experience that love which can only unite them.Human beings may conquer all the planets and stars before they learn the magic formula to conquer the hearts of their fellow beings. The formula has been given by the Master. It is for us to follow to make the world a better place to live.
All devotees of Baba find His promise come true, even eighty years after He left the mortal body. Baba used to call His devotees as children, and like the true father, kept busy day-in and day-out for their temporal as well as spiritual upliftment. In todays world the children of God, torn asunder by religious, social and sectarian strife, should run to the father to experience that love which can only unite them.Human beings may conquer all the planets and stars before they learn the magic formula to conquer the hearts of their fellow beings. The formula has been given by the Master. It is for us to follow to make the world a better place to live.
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.
Shri
Shridi Saibaba Story :
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.
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 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 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.
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.
