As is in Shri Sai Satcharita, by Hemadpant .. Chapter II Page 7

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I could not myself ask Sai Baba to give me permission for this work; so I requested Mr. Madhavrao Deshpande alias Shama, Baba's most intimate devotee, to speak to Him for me.  

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As is in Shri Sai Satcharita, by Hemadpant .. Chapter I Page 4

Om Sai Shri Sai Jaya Jaya Sai

"I am weeping because I feel the agony of being crushed in this wheel of worldly existence like the corn  in the hand-mill.  "Nipathiranjana replied, "Do not be afraid; hold fast to the handle of knowledge of this mill, as I do, and do not wander far away from the same but turn inward to the Center, and you are sure to be saved."

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As is in Shri Sai Satcharita, by Hemadpant .. EPILOGUE Page 260

Om Sai Shri Sai Jaya Jaya Sai

May the readers and devotees get complete and whole-hearted devotion to Sai's Feet.  May His Form be ever fixed in their eyes and may they see Sai (the Lord) in all beings.  Amen!

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As is in Shri Sai Satcharita, by Hemadpant .. Chapter L Page 257

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Mr. Balaram Dhurandhar wrote, in Marathi, the life of the Maharashtra Saint Tukaram, but he did not survive to see its publication.  It was published, later on, by his brothers in 1928.  In a short note on Balaram's life given in the begining of the book, the above account of Balaram's visit has been fully corroborated therein.

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As is in Shri Sai Satcharita, by Hemadpant .. Chapter L Page 253

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Mr. Hari Sitaram alias Kakasaheb Dixit was born in 1864 A.D., in a Vadnagara Nagar-Brahmin-family, at Khandwa (C.P).  His primary education was done at Khandwa, Hinganghat, and secondary education at Nagpur.  He came to Bombay for higher education and studied first in the Wilson College and then in the Elphinstone College.  After graduation in 1883 A.D., he passed his LL.B. and solicitor's examinations; and then served in the firm of the Govt. Solicitors., Messers Little and Co., and then, after sometime started a solicitors firm of his own.

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As is in Shri Sai Satcharita, by Hemadpant .. Chapter L Page 253

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It is a well-established fact, that though we try hundreds of means or sadhanas, we do not attain the spiritual goal of life, unless a Sadguru blesses us with his grace. 

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As is in Shri Sai Satcharita, by Hemadpant .. Chapter L Page 253

Om Sai Shri Sai Jaya Jaya Sai

So the stories of Sai Baba come forth, in order to give solace and comfort to the readers.  Both, those, who tell; and those, who hear the stories of Baba, are blessed and holy, as also the mouths of the former and the ears of the latter.

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