Simple Advice, Difficult to Follow

On certain occasion, Baba gave Nana a lesson. Baba: “Nana, if anyone comes and begs for anything, give as much as you can or care to give. If that person be not satisfied and ask for more, refuse it courteously. Do not flare into a passion or parade ail your official authority” Nana promised to…

Sai Baba Teachings

For seeing Brahman one has to give five things, i.e. surrender five things namely: (1) Five Pranas (vital forces), (2) Five senses (five of action and five of perception), (3) mind, (4) intellect and (5) ego. This path of Brahma-Jnana of self-realization is ‘as hard as to tread on the edge of a razor’. All…

Baba, You must come to my Marriage

Sai Devotees, Please read this mail with full love and devotion. I would like to share with you all an incident of Shirdi Baba’s appearance during a wedding. The incident of Baba’s appearance, the version of which I have heard, is as follows. The bride who is a devotee of Sai-Baba went along with her…

I am a Punkahwala

It was the hour when man, bird and beast were wrapped in sleep. Everything had melted in the thick darkness. The train was speeding along like a spangled snake, along the Sub – Himalayan jungle track. Dr. R turned in bed and opened his eyes, for there was a strange smell in the compartment, something…

Baba’s Grace Above Material Wealth

I did not have sufficient money to take the flight and arrange a stay in Mumbai. One of the investing partners knew about this and arranged that. I arrived to Mumbai and they received me at the airport. The friend who arranged my travel and stay had arrived from Bahrain. He had changed his foreign…

Shama & Baba

Madhavrao Deshpande alias Shama was “Baba’s Boy”. He used to be a teacher in the neighborhood of the masjid where Baba stayed. He used to observe Baba’s mannerisms very closely and used to get bewildered. Is this a saint or a mad man? Later, wisdom dawned on him and he came closer to Baba. Baba took care of…