To attain the highest end, —goal— Dhyana is very important

To attain the highest end, —goal— Dhyana is very important. By deep meditation the Vrittjs—thoughts—are

calmed and made one-pointed. Quite desireless and with firm determination, you should meditate on the

Lord who is in all creatures.

Anything, however small that is offered to Me with full love and devotion, that I readily accept.

Anything, however small that is offered to Me with full love and devotion, that I readily accept. Even

if the world is offered to Me with pride and sense of ego, that I immediately reject. What I accept is

love and not the object offered. Note that I do not accept from all. I have to give back a hundred

times more than what I receive.

Those who are fortunate and whose sins are at an end seek Me and worship

Those who are fortunate and whose sins are at an end seek Me and worship Me. No need for any big show

or para­phernalia. Let My name —Sai, Sai—be uttered in wholehearted devotion and with a melting heart

one-pointed. Your difficulties will vanish in an instant and I shall redeem you from all sins. Believe

this.

He who sees Me in every living creature and with pity feeds every creature

 He who sees Me in every living creature and with pity feeds every creature, really feeds Me.

There is none dearer to Me than he. You should not harm any creature. You should not be harsh to the

poor and the forlorn. You should never despise those maimed and suffering from loathsome diseases. See

Me in all these. If you do, you have no fear of births and deaths.

As long as a mirror is covered with dust and dirt

As long as a mirror is covered with dust and dirt, so long it cannot reflect the Sun. Once the dust and

dirt is scrubbed away, the Sun shines forth. Similarly with our mind. As long as it is filled with evil

thoughts and insatiable desires, so long it cannot reflect the self within. Once we cleanse our mind of

all these ills and keep it pure, calm and serene, wisdom, Gnana, shines forth, exhibiting the real

self.

The Self is beyond knowledge and ignorance

The Self is beyond knowledge and ignorance. Knowledge is only a

means and not an end by itself-To get over this illusion which is ever perplexing and bewil­dering, and

to cross the miserable and all consuming whirlpool of existence, Samsara, one should get hold of a Guru

as a person struggling for life and lost in an unfathomable rough sea catches a raft. Though wave after

wave of temptation and delusion may try to upset him, every moment he should steadfastly stick to his

Guru as the drowning man hugs the raft without losing his hold on it to save himself. Have firm belief

in the Guru.

When there is self-awareness which is pure consciousness

Mind, body and the world have no existence of their own devoid of the "Self." They are like shadows.

When there is self-awareness which is pure consciousness, Suddha Chaitanya, all the hallucinations

caused by Avidya , ignorance, with the help of the mind, body and the senses on the imaginary screen

called the world vanish automatically.

There is no such thing as realizing the " Self."

There is no such thing as realizing the " Self." What a Guru does is only

removal of the veil of ignorance that regards the ego with all its myriad appearances and feelings

created by the mind and the senses as the real self. This done, what remains is the Self Absolute, Real

and Eternal. It is the Self that existed, that exists and will exist for ever. The Self has no

beginning and no end. The Self is formless and is not limited by shape, time or space.

It is ego that creates this world with all its transient joys and sorrows.

All the maladies arise because man does not shed, his ego, feels that his body is everything. It is ego

that creates this world with all its transient joys and sorrows.

Trust in the Guru fully and wholeheartedly

Trust in the Guru fully and wholeheartedly. Leave off all doubts. That is the only Sadhana. Guru is

God. Guru is everything. He is your mother, father, well wisher, relative and true friend. Seeing all

as Guru is the highest state and he who feels Him in every creature verily becomes Myself.

Why do you fear when I am everywhere?

Why do you fear  when  I  am everywhere? I have to think of My devotees.    If a devotee is about  to

fall, lam bound to protect him.    At every step, I have to take care of you. Else, what will happen to

you ! God knows.

If a person trusts Me and leaves everything to Me

If a person trusts Me and leaves everything to Me, I will never let him fall. I will give My head to

save him. I am Bhakta Paradheena—the bonded slave of My devotees.

He need not fear anything for body or soul.

If a person considers Me his sole refuge withdrawing his mind from all worldly objects and pleasures,

he gains Paramartha. He need not fear anything for body or soul. In the abode of My devotees there will

be no dearth of food or clothing.

I bear his burden and protect him

If a person places his burden on Me and trusts Me in full faith, I bear his burden and protect him.

I am quite aware of everything you do.

Whatever you do, wherever you are, I am quite aware of everything you do. Bear this in mind always. I

will be with you the instant you think of Me and need My help. Fear not.

My stories are listened to with rapt attention and intense faith

If My stories are listened to with rapt attention and intense faith, one is cured of all diseases of

mind and body.

My name as ' Sai Sai ' in good faith

The mere utterance of My name as ' Sai Sai ' in good faith will remove sins of speech and also those of

hearing.

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Baba wants complete Surrender

Baba wants complete Surrender

Baba   (to   Buty):   Curly   locks,   Give   me   16   1/2 Rs.Dakshina.

Buty: I have not got the money here now.

B: Go to Kaka and ask him for 16 1/2 Rs. and be listening to the Pothi, he is reading.

Buty accordingly came to H.S.D. and asked for Rs. 16 1/2.

H.S.D.: I have got only Rs. I/- and cannot pay Rs. 161/2.

Buty: Baba asked me however to listen to your Pothi.

Then H.S.D. read on his Bhagavatam and the first Stanza that came there was “Kayan vacha” etc., which refers to complete surrender of all acts to God.

So Baba wanted complete surrender to him as he was God.

But where is 16 1/2  in that stanza? For one thing, there are 17 phrases in it.

For another thing, the objects for surrender are 16, but "Chitta has been omitted, in the text, "says the commentary. That will make it 17, but Chitta is only ½ . So 161/2 objects mentioned there had to be surrendered to Baba, as amounting to complete Surrender.

Do all who go to Baba, get benefit?

Do all who go to Baba, get benefit?

Damodar S.Rasane, thought of this question in his mind and sat before Baba.

Baba: Look at the mango tree in blossom. If all flowers turned fruit, what a splendid crop it will be? But do they? Most fall of (either as flowers or, as unripe fruits, by wind etc.) Very few remain.

Baba, What is God like?

A visitor: Baba, What is God like?

Baba: (Not addressing the visitor but addressing a devotee X ) Go to Bagchand Marwadi and tell him Baba wants Rs.100/- and bring the money.

X (returning in a minute): The Marwadi says he has no money and sends his namaskars.

Baba: Go to the next money lender and ask him for a loan of Rs.100/- for me.

X (returning in a minute): He says he has not got the money.

Baba: Fetch Nana Saheb Chandorkar (and when Nana came)

Baba: Nana, I want Rs.100/-

Then Nana wrote a chit to Bagchand Marwadi for a loan of Rs.100.

The money was at once sent by the Marwadi.

Baba: All is like this in the world.

Visitor later on to Das Ganu Maharaj: Why did not Baba answer my question?

D.G: He has.

Visitor: How?

D G: When others asked for money, it was not forthcoming. Nana Saheb asked for it and got it at once. Similarly the man who merely wants to know Brahman does not get it. It is he who is qualified to know it that gets it. Baba’s answer is, “Deserve, before you desire ( Brahman)”.
Surrender five – if you want Brahman

Every pot coming to me comes with mouth down wards

Baba was washing pots and placing them mouth downward.
Kopergaon station master who had no faith in Baba asked: What is all this ?
B.: Every pot coming to me comes with mouth down wards, i.e., in an unreceptive fashion.

Who is God?

N G Chandorkar to Baba   

Who is God?

What is He like?

Where is He?

How are we see Him?

Baba: I will tell you later on.

Baba: (later)

Baddhas, (the very worldly) do not know or observe the difference between right and wrong or what God is. They have no moral tendencies.

Ever immersed in the world, (and impure in heart), having no faith in Scriptures or saints, they do not get to God-but go to Hell.

The Mumukshus, disgusted with the baddha state, begin vichara and viveka and thirst for the sight of God. They are devoted to God and observe the Moral Law.

They become sadhakas, by adopting sadhanas e.g., repetition of God’s name (Japa) and (Dhyana) meditation on god, in solitude, withdrawing their minds from objects of senses. they love to move with Saints.

These, when perfect are called Siddhas. At that stage, God becomes the same as man; praise, the same as blame etc., They have no desires. They are past the notion that the body is their home or their self. They feel their self to be identical with God. “I am Brahman” is their feeling.

To know God, see how God is viewed by each of these, at each stage. Then ultimately, God is seen as manifested in all forms – moveable and immovable.

God is everywhere. there is no place from which he is absent. But behold the power of Maya that does not allow Eswara to be seen and recognized (in all). I, you and all the world are Amsa i.e., parts of the Lord.

Therefore let none hate others, Forget not that God is in every place.

Thereby Love (Non-hatred) is there, of itself. when that springs up, everything is achieved.

Let me be free from the whirl of births and deaths

In October 1917 ? Baba spoke to a Bombay Lady.

Baba : Mother, what do you want? Ask for it.

Lady: Let me be free from the whirl of births and deaths.

Baba (laughing): Is this all you want? What! have you come to die?

Lady (shocked): Baba, I do not at all understand you

Baba: Think who you are.

Lady: I do not understand.

Baba (pointing to her husband): He will tell you.

Then the lady went with her husband to her lodgings and asked him what Baba meant.

Husband: Baba's words are mysterious. I cannot be sure I have made out his meaning. Probably he means something like this. The Jiva goes on reincarnating any number of times till it gets Sakshatkar i.e., sees or realizes God. Baba is God. But people seing him do not get full faith and do not see him i.e., feel him to be God; and hence they do not get Mukti.

One must learn from the sastras, that essentially Jiva and Siva are one. You think yourself to be a Jiva is it not?

Lady: Yes.

Husband: Baba and the Sastras want you to regard youself as Siva or God.

Lady: No. No. I am a petty sinner-a Jiva and not the great God Siva.

Husband: No doubt that is your feeling. But Baba means that by constantly regarding youself as God, your deeply ingrained belief that you are only a finite Jiva will be removed. This process continued, may be through numerous births and strengthened and helped by contact with saints will give you the firm belief that you are Brahman. That must be Baba’s meaning.

(The pair again returned to Dwaraka Mai)
Baba: Mother, I have listened (from here) to all that your husband told you. Keep that in mind.

we should not engage in contest with such people

About 1915 R.A Tarkhad, Managing Director of a mill, got into a compartment at Manmad in the dark and was fighting for a seat with a police constable, who was there. When R.A.T. arrived at Shirdi.
Baba: With whom were you persisting in contest this morning? Bhav (brother), we should not engage in contest with such people! "Who are We?" This we must enquire into.

Who am I? Who are We?

B : Who am I? Who are We?
Baba often said, "Who are we? Night and day think on this."

Get on cheerfully with your worldly round of activities

Get on cheerfully with your worldly round of activities but do not forget God. Remember God. “This samsara is not mine but God’s”. Think thus all the time you are awake. Have consideration for the poor and wretched. Do not persecute and tease them. Inquire always, “Who am I”?

Spend money in Dana (charity) and Dharma (piety

Spend money in Dana (charity) and Dharma (piety) – but be not extravagant. The world perishes no doubt. But be not obsessed by the importance of wealth. Do not get entangled in it, or be miser. Be liberal and munificent – but not lavish or extravagant.

If wealthy, be humble

If wealthy, be humble. Plants bend, when they have fruits. But humility is not towards all. Severity is needed in dealing with the wicked. But towards saints, be humble. Respect them.