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Sai Vichaar 1.Feature of the Week: THE POWER OF BHAKTHI 2.Experiences of Devotees 3.Devotees Say 4.From the Editor's Keyboard 5.Subscribe to Sai Vichaar 6.Disclaimer From the Editor's Keyboard... We thank all the devotees for their overwhelming support for Shirdi Darshan in Real Video. Projects such as those are not possible without Sai’s grace and the services of His children. Shirdi Sai website organization requests devotees all around the world to share with us their video clippings or other rare materials they may have during their trips to Shirdi. We are happy to inform you that Shirdi Darshan Part II is now ready for your viewing. Please take time to visit Shirdi Darshan Part II and devour to your hearts’ content the offerings to Sadguru Sainath. Shirdi Darshan Part II contains the Abhishek Pooja of Shri Sai at Shirdi. We welcome your comments/suggestions and we look forward to your support. The winners of the essay writing activity are hereby informed that the prize remuneration will be distributed in the second week of December 1998. The winners are requested to contact the website administrator if they have not yet done so. Humbly yours, The Editor
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Feature of the week:
THE POWER OF BHAKTHI
The efficacy of Bhakthi or devotion as means of salvation can never be fully emphasized. Its power and the results one gains through this chosen path are such. Guru bhakthi is the one where the disciple loves and serves Guru and accepts Him as the God. For such a disciple there is no other thing in the world which is more important, meaningful, and fulfilling than the Guru is. When the disciple performs his duties with reverence, Guru empowers him with unusual boons and showers His grace in the form of capabilities to perform miracles. The disciple who by now has succeeded in surrendering his body and soul to the supremacy of the Guru can only perform his duties in a selfless manner without moving even a bit from his disposition of humility. Shri R. Parthasarathy in "God who walked on earth", a classic work on sadguru Sainath, wrote, "Baba stressed the importance of devotion to one’s Guru and treating him as God. It was seeing God in, through and as the Guru and identifying the Guru with God that marked the bhakthi path shown by Baba. Baba’s method of teaching varied. He would simple touch with his palm the head of the devotee and that would have one kind of influence. Sometimes, He pressed His hands heavily on the devotee’s head as though he was crushing out some of the low impulses. On occasions He would pat on the back of the devotee or would press His palm over his hand. Each had its own effect affecting the sensations and feelings of the persons concerned. Apart from touch, He effected an invisible operation on the devotee which brought about a great change in him". In the same work, an incident narrates the boon given by Baba to Kusa Bhav, a devotee. "Henceforth", He said, "you will have the power to produce udhi from the dhuni of Mayi of Shirdi by merely remembering me and holding forth your hands. Give this udhi freely. It will help all people and you will get punya". Kusa Bhav gave this udhi to Narasimha Swamiji when he met him in Pune. Kusa Bhav closed his eyes and stretched his hands with uplifted face and suddenly his palm was full of udhi and he said: "Hold your hands and receive the udhi". Narasimha Swamiji found the udhi to be warm coming as it did fresh from Dhuni Mayi in Shirdi on a cold day.
I would like to narrate to you the experience when I was first blessed with the love of Sai Baba. After a lot of struggle, I got a job in Shaw Wallace and Company. It was a fantastic job with lots of perks and other benefits. I was thrilled as this was my first job and that too in such a big company. But when I received my appointment letter, to my utter dismay I found that I was posted to Guwahati. Being a resident of Calcutta, I could not move out at that time as my father was suffering from cancer and being the only child I had to stay by his side. We had a Mandir of Baba in our locality. In the evening that day out of sheer depression, I went to the Mandir and told Baba about my unpleasant situation. The next day I went to the company to tell that I was not ready for the job but I was astonished to find a revised appointment letter posting me back to Calcutta. I could not believe this, but this was a reality. Later I heard that the General Manager was so impressed with my interview that he wanted me to work with him in Calcutta, otherwise he threatened to resign. This was the first incidence I had with Baba and I continued to receive His blessings till now. Kaushik Roy Chowdhury,
Jyoti Vora (Joshi)
Ravin Gnanasambandam, Arkansas, USA
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