In October 1917, Baba spoke to a Bombay lady:-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…
Category: Inspiration
Punya Protects You Everytime
Doubt vs Faith The unfortunate fact about most of us is that as most educated minds are fed on the Cartesian principle of doubting everything, the logician’s axiom about insufficiency of individual cases to prove universal propositions and other similar doubts crop up over and over again. When 150 experiences of Baba’s help had been…
Three Jewels : A Noble Son
Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar of India was the epitome of compassion. He along with his aged mother lived in a village near Calcutta. They lived in such abject poverty that they had hardly anything for food other than gruel. As Vidyasagar had sincerity and earnestness, he used to study even under street lights. One with sincerity can…
Mrs. Manager’s Reminiscences
“We used to go and sit near Sri Sal Baba at his mosque. At appropriate time, any one could go up and bow before him and sit there. On one occasion as I was seated at a short distance from Sri Sai Baba, there came a leper to the mosque. His disease was far advanced….
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…
Without Sadguru’s touch of Grace
Namdev had, even in his childhood, received the vision of God and used to consider the Lord to be his own friend. He used to be able to freely see and speak to his beloved Vitthal. As he grew up into a youth, his exalted state of devotion made people look upon him as a…
Kabeer Ke Dohe
कामी क्रोधी लालची , इनसे भक्ति ना होए | भक्ति करे कोई सूरमा , जाती वरण कुल खोय || What kind of devotion can you expect from a man of sensual pleasures, anger or greed? The valiant person who leaves behind his family and caste can be a true devotee. बैद मुआ रोगी मुआ ,…
श्री साई ज्ञानेश्वरी – भाग 5
श्री सदगुरू साईनाथाय नम: ।।।। द्वितीय: अध्याय – कर्म| |श्री साईं ज्ञानेश्वरी का द्वितीय अध्याय ‘कर्म’ है। इस अध्याय में सदगुरू श्री साईनाथ महाराज नेनाना साहब चांदोरकर को कर्मा का महत्व बताया है। कर्म दो प्रकार के होते हैं—सत्कर्म और दुष्कर्म |इंसान की मनोवृत्ति उससे सही या गलत कर्म कराती है।कर्म के अनुसार ही कर्मफल…
Neem Karoli Baba
Neem Karoli Baba is also known as Neeb Karori Baba, and is called “Maharaj-ji” by His devotees. Maharaj-ji’s teachings were simple and universal. He often said, “Sub Ek” — All is One. He taught us to “love everyone, serve everyone, remember God, and tell the truth.” Strongly connected to Hanuman, the Hindu God in the…
A Weeping Statue
A Weeping Statue I often visited Uttarvrindavan, an ashram in the Himalayas, and did satsanga with Krishna Prem (Professor Nixon) and Anand Bikkhu (Dr. Alexander). These two Europeans, one of whom had been a professor of English and the other a professor of medicine, were disciples of Yashoda Ma, a female mystic from Bengal. They…
Krishna Waits
There was a great lover of Krishna. He had almost become absolutely absent as far as he himself was concerned. He had opened all his doors for Krishna to come in. Krishna for him was the name of the cosmos. His old mother was almost dying and he was massaging her feet. It was a…
From Nuclear Physicist to Musician
introduction A brilliant Indian student by the name of Vemu Mukunda had taken science courses at universities in India. Then he left his motherland to conduct postgraduate research in Scotland. He took a job in England working in nuclear science. Although outwardly he seemed to have successfully established himself in his chosen field, yet he…
From Darkness into Light
Yogi Minocher K Spencer was a Parsi man born in Pune and moved to Karachi Pakistan. Rishi Ram Ram and later Shirdi Sai Baba gave him the spiritual guidance during meditations/astral guidance. Starting month of November 1952 to February in 1953, he received messages from Baba. In Yogi’s own words: From 3rd November 1952 to…
Dried Trees
Purandare loved Baba as himself. When Baba suffered from something, he felt the pain in his own heart. It grieved him that Baba had to walk in the blazing sun to the Chávadi building or Lendi garden every day. With great difficulty, he hauled a few saplings from Mumbai; he wanted to plant them along…
A lawsuit for Appa
Appa Kulkarni of Shirdi was a great devotee of Sai Baba. He was once charged with embezzling government money, maybe because of his past karma. God alone knew whether the charges were true or false but people started whispering that Appa was a cheat. Appa was scared that he might be taken to court and…
My Experience with a Dancing Girl
My master often told me, “This entire world is a theatre of learning. You should not depend on me alone to teach you, but should learn from everything.” One time he instructed me: “Now, my boy, go to Darjeeling. Outside the city, there is a stream. There is a cremation ground on the bank of…
Practice Makes Perfect
Once when I was teaching about life and death a swami quietly came in and sat with my students. I thought he was a beginner, so I treated him as I treated the others. While the others were carefully taking notes, he only smiled, and that annoyed me. I finally asked, “Are you listening to…
Sai Saburi Magazine : Feb 2020
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King Janak & a Wandering Monk
A wandering monk once visited the city of Mithila. The city was ruled by the Sage King Janaka. After going around in the city, he asked people around, “Who Is the best spiritual teacher here?” To his surprise, almost every person in the town referred to him the name of King Janaka. The monk was…
Sai Saburi Magazine Volume 6 : January 2020 Edition
Sai Ram dear friends, you may find below the latest edition of the spiritual magazine – Sai Saburi for the month of January 2020. Dedicated to spirituality and all the Gurus of the world, this volume will provide food for the seeking souls. May you all be happier, prosperous & peaceful in the times ahead….
Adi Shankaracharya: Bhaja Govindam
Seek Govinda! Seek Govinda! Seek Govinda! Oh ignoramus, at the time of death the rules of grammar, which you are trying to cram and master, will not be able to rescue you at all. Oh, Fool! give up your insatiable desire for earthly possessions; be sensible and develop serenity and contentment. Be satisfied and happy…
Abdul : Baba’s devotee
Abdul : son of Sultan of Nanded in Khandesh, Aged about 65, Mussulman, residing at Shirdi 8th December, 1936 I came to Shirdi 45 years ago (1889) from Nanded on the banks of Tapti. I was under the care of Fakir Amiruddin of Nanded. Sai Baba appeared in the dream of that Fakir and delivering…
Abdullah Jan : Sai Baba’s devotee
Originally Of Tarbella, Hazara District, Near Peshawar, Muhammadan, Pathan, Living For Years At Korhale Near Sakori, Aged 40, Shirdi, 5th November, 1936. I had left Tarbella when I was quite a boy. I had none to support me and I wished to go abroad and see Mecca, etc. So I travelled down south to Manmad….
Chandrabai : Baba’s Devotee
Chandrabai: aged 66, wife of late Ramachandra Borkar, Ville Parle, 1936. I am a worshipper of Sai Baba for the last 44 years or so. Blessed & fortunate to see Baba for first time at Shirdi 20 years before his Mahasamadhi. I still retain a good quantity of the udhi which he gave me each…
Shirdi Sai Baba’s Ardent Devotee – Shivammataayee
Born on 16-5-1891 in a village called VELLAI KINARU near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. About herself as narrated by Raajamma/ShivammaThayee:- Her uncle (father’s elder brother) Thangavel Gounder brought Shirdi Sai Baba to a village near Pollachi in the year 1906 (In Sai Satcharithra, we were told that Baba never really went outside Shirdi & its nearby villages….
Why Meher Baba Observed Silence
/// Note from Admin: This post was a comment posted by Kendra in response to this post: https://saisaburi.org/why-do-you-shout-in-anger/ I (Admin) did not want the comment to lie obscure and hence created this new post in Kendra’s name. The earlier comment is also preserved & it stays there. I have heard this story from Eruch Jessawala,…
Sai-Saburi November, 2019 edition
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What do you understand by Saburi
Most people who have heard about Shirdi Sai Baba would have certainly come across this term “Saburi”. It is hard to miss Saburi being said in the same breath as Shradha. The literal meaning of Saburi is patience. Every word told by realized saints is potent and is very powerful. There is always an obvious…
Saburi : Hindi Poem
साई का आशीर्वाद हूँ मैं सबुरी नामक एक वरदान हूँ मैं | गहन निशा में कहीं दूर नजर आती चमकीली आशा की रश्मि हूँ मैं | अनंत समय के गवाह ध्रुव तारे की तरह अविनाशी अविस्मृत सत्य हूँ मैं | कभी मूर्त और संगठित और कभी मृग तृष्णा की तरह अक्सर तुम्हारे विचारों में व्याप्त…
Sai-Saburi Magazine, October 2019
Dear readers, on Sai-Baba day or Guruvar (Thursday), We are happy to bring to you latest edition of Sai-Saburi Magazine. Om Sai Ram. Volume 3 : October 2019 Edition Please click on above link to see the magazine.
Can Tea without sugar take you to Shirdi?
Dasganu was once performing his Kirtan and singing the glory of Sai Baba, in the Koupineshwar temple in Thana. One Mr. Cholkar, a poor man serving as a candidate in the Civil Courts in Thana, was amongst the audience. He heard Dasganu’s Kirtan most attentively and was much moved. He there and then mentally bowed…
Was it Baba who came to my rescue?
I am sharing my experience about how lovely and great it is to be a devotee of Shree Sai Baba. In the first week of September 2018, I went to char dham along with my parents, family and friends. While going to Yamunotri, we all were quite excited. We were a party of twelve people….
God’s or Baba’s Compassion
I was invited to sit with a group of people in a friend’s home one night back in 1993 (satsang). The meeting was to hold a talk on Sathya Sai Baba, One of the main topics was to discuss in-depth that of his healing miracles. Sitting in the group was a woman with advanced lung…
Shirdi Sai Baba Visits Dubai
Mr. Vasu Shroff, an industrialist is a devotee of Baba. In the year of 2002, he had gone to Shirdi and prayed to Baba asking him as to when He was coming to Dubai. When he opened his eyes, he saw a piece of paper on his lap. It said, “I will come on the…
Thread becomes the bridge
There is a Sufi tale. Becoming angry with his prime minister, a king confined prime minister in a very high tower with no way to escape. If he tried to jump he would surely be killed. The king did not know it, but on his way to the tower the prime minister had whispered something…
Swami Vivekananda and Ramakrishna
Naren (Swami Vivekananda) was searching for some one who could show him God. Naren went to many Meditators and Yogi’s like Devandra Nath Tagore but no one could satisfy his sharp intellect and rational mind. On the other part of same city Sri Ramakrishna was waiting eagerly for young Boys who were supposed to join…
Angry Chandkaushik
Anger is a very strong emotion. All of us have felt the pangs of anger in various degrees at some or other times. I remember reading somewhere that anger and fear are deeply related. We carry various types of fears too inside us. Wish we all can overcome them slowly. Today’s is Mahavir Jayanti. Bhagwan…
My Play Is Done
My formative years of school were in Ramakrishna Mission in a beautiful setting of nature; in a valley called Along then and Aalo now. When you are growing up and if you read Vivekananda, it is as if the writing is meant just for you. I really loved reading his books and while he gave…
Ours is a caravan of Hope
“Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again , come , come.” Whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of…
Two Friends
It is the era of the 1700s and in the princely state of “Rajputana” or “Rajasthan” called now, there were two friends. One was about six years older than the other. The older one was named “Ramakrishna” (रामकृष्ण) and the younger was called “Bhikana” (भीखण). Bhikana is a derivative of the word Bhikhu/Bhikshu. Bhikhu means…
Quest for that
Since ages, human beings have searched for methods and means to be permanently happy. Happiness is the most sought after state of mind. We toil hard, barter our time and talents to achieve happiness in our lives. In the search, we also wander everywhere and always are on the lookout for opportunities to increase our…
While the rats gnaw
The condition of human beings in this world is described in a beautiful story of a man who is lost in a jungle. While he is trying to figure his way out of the jungle, he runs into a mad elephant. The elephant charges towards him. To save himself, the man keeps running. He finds…