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I request the readers to leave out the various hindrances viz., indolence, sleep, wandering of mind, attachments to senses, etc, and turn their whole and undivided attention to these stories of Sai Baba.
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Then the man said, "How is the way?" Baba said, "There are many ways leading there; there is one way also from here (Shirdi). The way is difficult. There are tigers and wolves in the jungles on the way."
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Baba said, "Yes". Then someone asked - "Baba, where to go?" Baba said "High up"
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Next day after Hemadpant's meeting with Sai Baba, Kakasaheb went to Baba and asked whether he should leave Shirdi.
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Hemadpant has left no note, no memo about what Baba said regarding this subject, but Kakasaheb Dixit has published his notes regarding this matter.
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Looking to the future history, we think that Baba's word (calling Mr. Dabholkar by the name Hemadpant) was significant and prophetic, as we find that he looked after the management of Sai Sansthan very intelligently, kept nicely all the accounts and was also the author of such a good work "Sai Satcharita", which deals with such important and spiritual subjects as Jnana, Bhakti and dispassion, self-surrender and self-realization.
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"Ladies, are you gone mad? Whose father's property are you looting away? Have I borrowed any wheat from you so that you can safely take the flour? Now please do this. Take the flour and throw it on the village border limits."
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The Ganges on its way to the sea, cools and refreshes the creatures affected with heat, gives life to the crops and trees, and quenches the thirst of many. Similarly Saints (Souls) like Sai, while they live their own life, give solace and comfort to all.
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Though this ocean is so fierce and terrible, Sadguru Sai is its Agasti (Destroyer) and the devotees of Sai have not the least to fear of it.
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Eddies in the form of the idea "I and Mine" and other doubts whirl there incessantly and innumerable fishes in the form of censure, hate and jealousy play there.
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Crocodiles in the form of anger and hatred move there fearlessly.
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The breeze of egoism blows forcibly and makes the ocean rough and agitated.
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This ocean of mundane existence is very hard to cross. Waves of infatuation beat high there against the bank of bad thoughts and break down trees of fortitude.
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Mere knowledge, without love, is dry; nobody wants such knowledge. Without love there is no contentment; so we should have unbroken and unbounded love.
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What the devotees have to do is this-They have to trim their heart-lamp, of faith and devotion, and burn in it wicks of love, and when this is done, the flame of knowledge (self-realization) will be lit up and shine brighter.
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Blessed, Oh Sai, are Your Feet, blessed is Your remembrance and blessed is Your darshana which frees us from the bond of Karma. Though Your Form is invisible to us now, still if the devotees believe in You, they get living experiences from You.
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The people, who got the contact of Baba when He was living, were indeed very fortunate, but if any of them did not get a dispassion for the things and enjoyments of the world' and had not their minds turned to the Lord, it was sheerly their ill-luck.
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The people who got the contact of Baba when He was living, were indeed very fortunate, but if any of them did not get a dispassion for the things and enjoyments of the world; and had not their minds turned to the Lord, it was sheerly their ill-luck.
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This clearly shows, that Baba is ever-living and helping His devotees, as before.
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The Leelas, which occurred during His lifetime, have been dwelt upon at great length, up till now. Ever since His passing away, fresh Leelas have taken place and are even now happening.
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"He who carps and cavils at others, pierces Me in the heart and injures Me, but he that suffers and endures, pleases Me most."
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"You need not go far or anywhere in search of Me. Barring your name and form, there exists in you, as well as in all beings, a sense of Being or Consciousness of Existence. That is Myself. Knowing this, you see Me inside yourself, as well as in all beings. If you practice this, you will realize all-pervasiveness, and thus attain oneness with Me."
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He realized then, what Baba meant by 'stealing the rags'. What he asked Balakram constituted the 'rags' and Baba did not like his behaviour in this respect.
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He again prostrated himself before Baba and said that he surrendered himself to Him, and that he should be treated as a child and be helped in his reading.
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Deo was much pleased to hear the words of Baba, for He asked him to start reading Pothi (Jnaneshwari). He thought that he got what he wanted and that he could read the book with ease, thenceforth.
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Baba- "While reading you make haste, read it before Me, in My presence." Deo- "What shall I read?" Baba- "Read Adhyatma (spiritualism)." Deo went to bring the book when he opened his eyes and was awakened. We leave the readers to imagine what ineffable joy and Bliss Deo felt after this vision.
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Deo burst into tears and said, "Unless, You shower Your grace, the reading is mere worry, and the understanding is still more difficult, I say this definitely."
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The following story shows that Baba liked very much those persons, who took real interest in matters spiritual, and that He removed all their difficulties and made them happy.
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Baba - If 'Pariprashna means the same as prashna (question). why did Vyasa add the prefix 'pari'? Was Vyasa off his head?
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Baba - In the next line 'upadekshyanti te jnanam', can you so read it as to read any other word in lieu of Jnanam?
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Baba- Why does Krishna refer Arjuna to Jnanis or Tattwadarshis to do his prostration, interrogation and service. Was not Krishna a Tattwadarshi, in fact Jnana itself.
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(3) Seva is not rendering service, retaining still the feeling that one is free to offer or refuse service. One must feel that he is not the master of the body, that the body is Guru's and exists merely to render service to him.
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(2) Mere questioning is not enough. The question must not be made with any improper motive or attitude or to trap the Guru and catch at mistakes in the answer, or out of idle curiosity. It must be serious and with a view to achieve moksha or spiritual progress.
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