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THE SAI TIMES
Unity in Divinity
June 2021
Monthly Newsletter
his 'Murshid' or Master asked from him only two pice
- one Shraddha and other the Saburi.
Loving Sairams dear fellow devotees in this spiritual
journey.
By the Divine grace of Lord Sai and all your support
and encouragement we are in year 3 of our newsletter
seva. This is our humble effort to spread Lord Sai’s
messages and glory through value-based stories,
experiences and Seva activities.
Hope you find this meaningful in your spiritual path.
Looking forward to your continued support.
Special prayers to Baba for protecting and saving
humanity from this pandemic and challenging
times.
Shraddha
Let’s all hold on our faith to Lord Sai and keep
chanting, repeating the holy name, staying 'Shraddha' in a Sanskrit word, which has no
positive and engaging ourselves in selfless service. equivalent in English, at best it can be understood as,
That’s the only way to cross this tough period. faith with love and reverence. Such faith or trust is
generated out of conviction, which may not be the
Shirdi Sai’s Twin Message result of any rational belief or intellectual wisdom,
but a spiritual inspiration. Baba sowed the seeds of
Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi descended on the earth to lead spiritual inspiration in the hearts of people who knew
mankind to the realm of eternity. As the divine of him. This Divine inspiration was so instant and
mother He gave his immense love and as the divine profound that they automatically took refuge in Him.
father He gave direction to our search for truth. His
mission was to make people conscious of their divine Baba reiterated that steadfast love in God as the
nature. gateway to eternity. He used the instance of mother
tortoise to illustrate this point. The mother - tortoise
The people who follow His teachings and preaching may be on the other side of the river, whereas her
are indeed blessed souls. The cardinal principles of children are on the far side. She does not transfer
Sai Path are 'Shraddha' and 'Saburi'. Sai Baba food and water to her children by way of her loving
explicitly asked for these two qualities in His glances. Yet, her loving looks are enough to protect
devotees by giving his self-experiential instance that the children. Similarly, people who lovingly look at
God get His reciprocity. God's looks offer peace,
protection and prosperity for His children. Baba's
teaching, both direct and indirect explicate the
significance of 'Shraddha'. Baba reiterates the
spiritual guidance of Shri Krishna to Arjun - "Who-
so ever offers to Me with love or devotion, a leaf, a In these challenging times of Pandemic this message
flower, a fruit or water, that offering of pure love is is most relevant when we need to develop self-
readily accepted by Me". confidence, faith and trust in the Lord and rise up to
the need to serve humanity in any possible way.
Saburi
Nothing is impossible in this world for a person who
'Saburi'; is patience and perseverance. Saburi is a
has self-confidence and courage. One can
quality needed throughout the path to reach the goal.
accomplish anything and everything. Therefore, it is
This quality must be ingrained in a seeker from day
necessary to strengthen self-confidence.
one, lest he loses his stride and leaves the path half
way. As a hunter waits patiently and motionlessly for Do not bother about what others say. Do not be
his target a devotee too has to wait patiently for afraid even if they make fun of you. Why should
attaining his goal. There are many trying situations you have any fear when God is with you? He is the
in life. A test may come in the form of frustration, resident of your heart. He is none other than your
distress, agony, illness, mishaps, prolonged wait or a Atma. Call it God, call it Atma, call it
loss. In such moments we should seek support from Consciousness - all are different names of the same
the Master and hold on him. reality.
If patience means anything it should last till the end, If you take gold to the goldsmith and ask him to
and faith will see us through every turmoil of life. make a ring, he will make a ring out of it. The same
gold can be melted and made into a bangle or a
Sathya Sai Message on Self Confidence and Faith
chain. The ring, the bangle, and the chain are made
of the same gold.
Likewise, the same is present in everyone though it
takes various forms. It is not possible to divide the
Atma.
One Atma dwells in all beings
(Ekatma sarva bhutantaratma).
Truth is one, but the wise refer to it by various
names
(Ekam sat viprah bahudha vadanti).
Nobody can attribute any differences to the principle
of the Atma. If we perform our task with this type of
self-confidence, we can achieve anything. We will
then be victorious in all our endeavours.
Society can be set right only by those who have firm fate in your hands. You can kill them or you can save
faith in God. One should take part in the service of them, it’s up to you now,” the sparrow cried.
society. Only then can there be peace in the world.
“The wheel of Time moves indiscriminately, ”
It is not enough if you merely pray, “May all the Krishna spoke like an ordinary man implying that
beings of all the worlds be happy! (Samasta Lokah there wasn’t anything he could do about it. “I don’t
Sukhino Bhavantu)”. You should serve the world. know your philosophy,” the sparrow said with faith
Serve all, bangaru (My dear golden students)! and reverence. “You are the wheel of time. That’s all
Develop the spirit of selfless service. I know. I surrender to thee.” “Stock food for three
weeks in your nest then,” Krishna told the sparrow.
Story on ‘Faith of a sparrow’
Unaware of the ongoing conversation, Arjuna was
trying to shoo away the sparrow when Krishna smiled
at the bird. She fluttered her wings a few minutes in
obeisance and flew back to her nest.
Two days later, just before the boom of conchs
announced the commencement of the battle, Krishna
asked Arjuna for his bow and arrow. Arjuna was
startled because Krishna vowed to not lift any
weapon in the war. Besides, Arjuna believed that he
was the best archer out there. “Order me, Lord,” he
said with conviction, nothing impenetrable for my
arrows.”
The battlefield of Kurukshetra was being prepared to
facilitate the movement of mammoth armies with Quietly taking the bow from Arjuna, Krishna took
large cavalries. They used elephants to uproot trees aim at an elephant. But, instead of bringing the animal
and clear the ground. down, the arrow hit the bell around its neck, and
sparks flew. Arjuna couldn’t contain his chuckle
On one such tree, lived a sparrow, a mother of four seeing that Krishna missed an easy mark. “Should I?”
young ones. As the tree was being knocked down, her He offered.
nest landed on the ground along with her offspring,
too young to fly, miraculously unharmed. The Again, ignoring his reaction, Krishna gave him back
vulnerable and frightened sparrow looked around for the bow and said that no further action was necessary.
help. “But why did you shoot the elephant Keshav? Arjun
asked. “Because this elephant had knocked down the
Just then she saw Krishna scanning the field with tree sheltering that sparrow’s nest.” “Which
Arjuna. They were there to physically examine the sparrow?” Arjun exclaimed. “Also, the elephant is
battleground and devise a winning strategy before the unhurt and alive. Only the bell is gone!” continued
onset of the war. She flapped her tiny wings with all Krishna. Dismissing Arjuna’s questions, Krishna
her might to reach Krishna’s chariot. “Please save my instructed him to blow his conch.
children, Oh Krishna, ” the sparrow pleaded.” They
will be crushed tomorrow when this battle starts. The war began, numerous lives were lost over the
next eighteen days. The Pandavas won in the end.
“I hear you,” said Krishna, the omniscient one, but I Once again, Krishna took Arjuna with him to
can’t interfere with the law of nature.” “All I know is navigate through the muddy field. Many corpses still
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Faith is not a tug-of-war between your desires and His Akhand parayans- Sri Shirdi Sai Satcharitra, Sri
grace (both of which are endless) hoping that one day Sathya Sai Satcharitra Tapovanam , Sri Sathya Sai
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Such faith, made up of action and surrender, is the challenging period of COVID 19.
most potent antidote of all fears.
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