"Jab thak Suraj Aur Chand Rahegaa
Sai Thera Krupa Dharthi Pey Chayegaa"

(As long as the sun and the moon remain,
Sai your blessings will grace the earth)

SHIRIDI SAI BABA is the universal Master - Jagadguru, the one and only supreme Universal Power. Lord Krishna himself has said that whenever there is decay of dharma on the earth he comes down in the form of Sadguru to elevate the mankind. In BABA, one finds all the characters of God; He is omnipotent and Omnipresent - Sarvantharyami. Those who have accepted him in their heart will vouch that BABA was present then and now and will be there in Future too. BABA always advocated importance of Bhav or bhakti and not mere rituals. A person who is full of love and bhav is always at peace and at one ment with God. BABA has promised His devotees that He will look after them even after he leaves his mortal coil and He has been keeping his promise.

Baba said - "Believe Me, though I pass away, My bones in My tomb will give you hope and confidence. Not only Myself but My tomb would be speaking, moving and communicating with those who would surrender themselves whole-heartedly to Me. Do not be anxious that I would be absent from you. You will hear My bones speaking and discussing your welfare. But remember Me always, believe in Me heart and soul and then you will be most benefited." So, when the Master has promised this then there should be no question of doubt, as BABA never lied. Mind is fickle and lives in a world full of fear and external influence, and keeps vacillating from good to bad and vice versa. In such a situation, man should hold on to the feet of the lord. Surrendering to God whole-heartedly takes a lot of practice and discipline and God's will. The Man who has completed his responsibilities and worked his karma diligently, upon such a man Guru showers His grace and only that man can surrender to the feet of Guru. Until such time we need to do our prescribed duties sincerely and with dedication, be it to our family or community. Always keep in mind that the Lord knows what we do and He showers His grace according to our actions. This does not mean that HE is biased, only that He gives experiences to people in such a manner that they work out their bad qualities and once good and bad actions are balanced then He gives them deliverance. All through the good and bad, BABA is always with us and never leaves us. It is vital to keep this fact in mind. A mind, which is always conscious of eternity of BABA, will not ever be engaged in doing bad Karma.

We need not seek BABA in Shirdi, though the experiences we get at Shirdi are par beyond comprehension, BABA is present everywhere. Though Shirdi is BABA's karma bhoomi, or place of action, there is no limitation to the grace of this Sadguru. He is present everywhere. BABA's grace is not restricted to a place or a region. Just think of Him and He comes to you in some form or other. Only we are ignorant to recognize His presence. BABA has also promised "If you spread your palms with devotion before Me, I am immediately with you, day and night. Though, I am here bodily, still I know what you do beyond the seven seas. Go wherever you will, over the wide world, I am with you. My abode is in your heart and I am within you. Always worship Me, Who is seated in your heart, as well as, in the hearts of all beings, blessed and fortunate, indeed, is he who knows Me thus."

Let us all pray together for the kind grace of our lord and ask him to take hold of the reins of our mind and steer towards the good thoughts and actions always. It is only God who can eliminate the ill feelings, negativity, and hatred and fill us with love and compassion. When these two qualities take over then there is no room for violence, war, death and destruction.

(Contributed by Anitha Kandukuri, Canberra, Australia)
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Contributed Article: "DWARAKAMAI" goes To United Arab Emirates

Baba Sainath's big size photos in different poses were taken to Imperial Suites Hotel, Bur Dubai on the occasion of Sainam Jaap and Sai Bhajans conducted from 6th June to 8th June 2002. Dwarakamai was specially brought from Shirdi for Dubai. After 3 days function, the organizers felt it would be better if these photos were distributed as Sai prasad to devotees who helped in conducting program in Dubai. (Sri Sanjayapal, Doulat Adnani, Vasu Sheroff and Ramanamurthy of UAE) Sri Ramana Murthy got Dwarakamai as Sai's prasad with tears of joy in his eyes. They received the Photo as Baba Himself.

Smt. Anasuyamma, a pious and sincere devotee and mother of Sri Ramanamurthy and Sriram narrated that she had a dream in the early hours of 9th June. It seems she saw Shirdi Sai dancing in her house while Sai Bhajan by our group was going on. She placed flowers at His feet. He disappeared leaving 4 dollars (coins) there. Shri Murthy came to know of our extended stay on 10th June and requested for Bhajan, Arati and Bhojan. Shri Murthy was informed, "Baba if pleased with devotional Bhajan throws away flowers however tightly tied to the photos". We all gathered for Nama Jaap and Bhajan. In the middle Baba's garland fell down from one side. After Sheja Arati, amidst jayakar "Sainath Maharaj Ki Jai" three roses fell from the photo. Every devotee present appreciated the sincere devotion of Shri Anasuyamma and her entire family. Their joy knew no bounds for Baba's selection of their place as his Abode in UAE. We learned from Sri Sai Satcharitra Baba's words - "I always think of him who remembers Me. I require no conveyance, carriage, tonga nor train nor airplane. I run and manifest to him who lovingly calls me." (Chapter 41 of Sri Sai Satcharitra).

(Contributed by D Sankaraiah, Hyderabad, India)
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Experiences of Devotees

A Sai devotee
My humble pranams to my dearest lord Shri SaiRam and Shri Kanipaka Vara Sidhi Vinayaka Swamy. Baba has taken me under his wing when I was seven years old. At that time, no one else in my family was a devotee to Baba. My mom some times says that I am the first sparrow in our family that he pulled with a thread tied to my leg. From that age, Baba became everything to me. My sister, noticing how I became attached to Baba, bought Baba's greeting card with her pocket money and gave to me. I just used to offer him a flower everyday morning asked him to let me do my studies well. From those days, Baba became all the gods for me. And slowly, after couple of years, my parents started to worship Baba too. As far as I am concerned, he is the true family that my parents and I have. I just want to explain these beautiful miracles Baba blessed me in my life. Mine was a love marriage. My parents did not give dowry. My mother-in-law always made it a point to narrate about every other marriage where they gave dowry and how much she had to lose because of me. She used to write letters to my husband when I was pregnant that he should hit me if he is truly a man and to me, that I would be haunted and hunted by Baba. These things really shook me apart. After few days, I had a miscarriage. After this incident, I became a bit depressed. I stopped reading Vishnu sahasranama, stopped doing daily Satcharitha parayan. I stopped looking at Baba, stopped talking to Baba as I used to. I somehow started to believe that Baba has granted my mother-in-law's wish and hunted me down. Among this turmoil, I came to know from one of my dad's best friend that my in-laws are commenting about my character, as apparently, I am such a girl who knew my husband before marriage and did not go through an arranged marriage. When I heard this, I came home from work, determined to commit suicide. I felt so sick that I am all alone and Baba has totally forsaken me. That night, I sat in my pooja room, weeping and questioning Baba repeatedly. I never knew when I fell asleep. That night, I had a dream that I was sitting all alone in one big tent, decorated as though for some wedding or pooja. I was sitting all alone and crying that I have no one with me. An elderly woman wearing a saffron color saree came and sat opposite to me on a stone. (That stone looked just like the one in Shirdi Masjid). She looked at me and asked, " I heard that you sing one of Rama's songs very beautifully, can you sing that for me". I looked at her and said, "amma, I don't know who you are, but, look at me, I am all alone and I cannot sing anything now". She replied "nenu nee sitamma ne (I am your Sita maa) - start singing, you will get company soon, have patience. You are not alone, start singing, I came especially for this bhajan". Then I couldn't say no and started to sing. After some time, hundreds of small kids wearing school uniforms, carrying school bags came along, sat next to me and started to sing chorus. I woke up with a jolt, the bhajan still in my mind, but I did not understand where I was. I was looking around the room thinking where did amma and kids go? It was so real; amma's face was so clear and kind. I just didn't want to close my eyes, because, I was afraid that I might lose that image. I told myself that there might be hope after all. I have not been a true devotee all the while. Sometimes I couldn't help but retaliate to my in-laws. And somewhere along the way, I have started to give more weight to my mother-in-law's words instead of surrendering to Baba. But after this dream, I just kept quiet. May be this was his entire plan to bring me back to his proper path again.

Right before New Year 2002, my monkey mind started to dance.... again... and I said horrible things to Baba. That how can he let me go thru another miscarriage and grant wishes to someone who says that Baba is not God? That night, Baba stood so tall in my dream and said, " Will I ever hurt you? Give me your one rupee and 5 stamps and I will give you the same kid that I gave to Satya". I did not understand what Baba was asking from me. (Satya is one of my good friends from my hometown). Few days before this incident, one of my good friends pointed to me that he looked at the map for Sai Chitra Yatra anchor homes and he saw our city name and said may be our house is selected as anchor home. I just could not believe that our home would be so fortunate to be an anchor home for Baba's yatra. Right before Baba's arrival, my friend's mother-in-law gave me Shri H H Narasimha Swamy jee's book. When I opened that book it was book marked at Satpatnekar's story. I felt that it was Baba's intention to hint me to keep faith and he is here only to look out for his kids and not to hurt them. After that, Baba came to our home on the following Friday. After 4 days of Baba's arrival, I came to know that I am pregnant. Even, the time we found out was almost an impossible kind of time. Baba took mercy on me and blessed me one more time.

Some times, I still let my mind wander, thinking that if I will ever get clearance from the horrible comments that my in-laws have said about me. And only Baba can grant me that clearance. Just the way he has granted me hope, just the way he is fulfilling my life by blessing me in every step. I just have to be patient and keep looking at his feet. The feet, which never say no to those who held onto him, with faith and patience. All that I can say is, he knows, he knows just about every thing about us. I don't know if I deserve this kindness from Baba, but I do know that without Baba as my master, I'm lost. Please let me be with you Sai Rama, and bless us all to surrender to you during good and in the darkest of times. Jai Sai Ram.

V. Reddy Chittepu
I am writing this with my hearts of heart. Right now I am living in Virginia. Before, I used to live in New York City. I came to USA in 2000. I am a Software Engineer. I did couple of projects in New York City so I didn't get any chance to move out from there. In the month of July 2001 I lost my job. I was totally depressed and my wife is along with me. She is strong devotee of Sai Baba. I have lot of burdens and responsibilities in India too. So I was totally depressed. I am prepared to work as a labor in deli store. And I forced my wife to work. So we were going to work everyday and 12 hours a day. It continued upto Apr'2002. Mean while I was applying for jobs. One precious day one person called me for arranging an interview. So everything went well and he submitted my resume to client. After couple weeks client schedule an interview date. At that time getting job was pretty difficult. One morning client's site manager called me he asked whether I prepared to come to his place or not. That was the question in that interview. And next day I got news that I got selected With SAI Blessings and that next Monday I have to join. It is a miracle in my life. My client got almost 300 resumes with him and he picked one out of those and that was mine. The person who picked my resume, was doing Sai Baba Parayanam. It was still miracle to me. This person is treating me very good and I am feeling so happy now. But I never forget SAI, He is the life to me and he means everything to me. SAI NATH MAHARAJ KI JAI...

Varalakshmi
I am a devotee of Saibaba since my childhood. My parents are devotees of Baba from long time. By the grace of Baba I used to visit Shirdi every year when I was in India. He always helped me in every step of my life. I always believe that Bhagwan (Baba) ke dhen me dher hai magar andher nahi. I want to share one of my experiences of how Baba helped me with all devotees. It was august 1998 I admitted in hospital with labor pains. It was around 5:30 in the morning. Doctor examined and said to my mother that baby's head is not in the correct position, and there are chances of C-section. She said she will wait up to evening 4pm, and if necessary she want to do c-section. I am unaware of all this. My Parents believed that Baba will take care and there will not be any problem. My mother always carries Udi when she goes to Hospital. Praying to Baba to ease my delivery she put udi in my mouth. Immediately I felt something has slipped in my lower abdomen and said it to my mother. Immediately nurse shouted, head is coming out and she rushed to doctor, and I delivered a baby boy within half an hour. The doctor herself said it is the miracle of Baba. Now I am expecting a baby in the month of July. Doctor said the baby is in breech position. But I believe whole-heartedly that Baba will help this time also to have a safe and normal delivery. Om SaiRam.

Nanjundan Sivanandam
Beloved Sairam, Baba's Ankita child M.B. Rege, Ex-Judge, Indore High Court, explaining his experience on how to reach Baba and obtain His help to HH Pujyasri B.V. Narasimhaswamiji: " Finally If I am asked what I would suggest to one who wished to find out how he, not having met Sai Baba in the flesh could make himself a devotee of Sai Baba and get his help, my answer will be that he should sit wholeheartedly and try to pour his heart in love to Sai Baba. It is not essential that he should go to Shirdi for that purpose - Though Shirdi associations are undoubtedly helpful. All that he should do is to transcend the senses and concentrate with love on Sai Baba. He would surely reach and obtain the help of Sai Baba - to obtain all that he is fit to achieve or receive.
(From the book "Life of Sai Baba" by HH B V Narasimhaswamiji)
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Devotees say...

Shyamala Hari
We had a great Father's day in New Jersey. I went to Satsang regularly held on Sundays and found myself in a surprise Party. Mukund bhai came over and brought a marble Sai that he installed here for the first time. We did Abhishekam with milk, yogurt, honey, sandal wood paste, and fruit juice, etc. as prescribed in Shastras, did Vishnu Sahasra Namam and Sai Ashtotrasatam, bhajans and aarati. It was a great Father's day, the day we celebrated by worshipping our father Sai. I had the pleasure of meeting Mukundji too.

Mahalakshmi Manjunath, Muscat, Oman
We are staying in the beautiful city of Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. We have two beautiful temples here, which is a real blessing to us devotees. I also would like to know if there is any Baba Bhajan group in Muscat. If anyone has any information regarding this, kindly tell us.

Vidya Bansal
I want to read Sai AmritVani as suggested by Lakshmi Lavanya. Could you please tell me if Sai AmritVani is available anywhere on the Internet in readable format? Jai Sai Ram

Vadlamani Srilakshmi
I had been to the Sai akhand NaamJap at The Imperial Hotel on Saturday and felt great. The bhajans were so nice, and the group from Bombay sang so well .We loved every minute of it and did not feel like going home. Baba's photos were also very nice and reminded us of Shirdi. It was a lovely experience.

Suneel Deshpande
First of all I would like to Congratulate all www.saibaba.org team for excellent work of creating a very good and informative site. I have visited this site thousand times and found my self-standing at Shirdi right in front of BABA. Thanks all of you for giving me this beautiful experience.
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Prayer Club

Madhurima Tenneti
I thank you Baba for giving me food, shelter and good health. Baba I feel I am going through this phase in life because I have forgotten u and also due to many sins I did in my life. Please forgive me and help me coupe with the situation. I am in big fix and you know my situation best and also know what is best for me. I surrender my self to you. Oh! Lord please bless my fiancé and me. We are having trouble with our financial situation. Help us. Please give me the wisdom to complete my MBA in time and make my parents happy and proud. I do not want my parents or my fiancée's parents to be unhappy with us. Please bless our families, relatives and friends.

Rashmi
SaiBaba, you fulfill everyone's wishes. I have tremendous faith in you and I know you will definitely grant my wishes. Please Sai, let me get married to the guy I love. Please forgive me and let my marriage be fixed with him only. Please Sai, please. I desperately need your blessings. Please Sai, I am waiting for your miracle to happen in my life. Sai devotees please spare a minute to pray for me. I will be always grateful to you all. Thanks to all of you for your time. May Sai bless you all too and fulfill all your wishes.

A Sai devotee
Baba, you know what troubles I am in for the past so many months. I have not complained at all. I have an interview tomorrow or day after. Please Baba, if it is good for me, please let me do well there and get the job. If not there, please help me get any other good job soon Baba. I had written a letter here long back saying that I got a great job with your grace and it hardly lasted for a year Baba and things were back to bad again. Is it the result of my past Karma that I am suffering so much? Please Baba, if that is the case, then You can help me out of it, since in this life, I have tried my best to live up to Your teachings and not harmed anyone in anyway. I f I have done so unintentionally, please forgive me and grant happiness Lord. The future here seems bleak and I feel very insecure and discouraged. Due to that I am not putting my full efforts too, in studying properly to get a good job and when an opportunity came last time, I missed it as I was not at all confident to answer in the interview. Now I have fallen in my own eyes and have conceded to the fact that I am a dull girl incapable of anything. But I was not like this Baba and you know it. Please give me a chance to prove myself. Please Baba help me. If the times of my test are over, please help me get through. I need a good job very desperately Baba. Sai devotees, please I request You all to pray for me, although I understand that many of you are facing worse problems than me. Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavanthu. Jai Sai Ram.

Rohit Suri
Baba, thank you for improving my life. But please do something so that I will be back with the person I loved, all day I am worried about her. Please do something so that all misunderstanding is cleared between us.

Sai devotee
Dear Baba, I am in such a fix. A company has sent me an official collection notice for a product that I had sent back to them nearly 3 years ago. Now they are charging me an exorbitant amount and they are spoiling my credit history. They want the receipt of the post office and I do not have it as nearly 3 years have gone by and I did not hear from them till now, I did not even know that the company had not resolved the matter. I do not owe the company any money, as you know Baba, why are you testing me on this Thursday? Please help me, I have been honest and I want You to resolve this matter for me. Help me Baba. Om Sai Ram.

A Sai devotee
Dear Baba, please help me to do my interview well and get that job. If I don't get that job I will be in deep confusion and trouble and I will not have even a bit of peace. Please save me Baba. You know everything and What else can I ask you. Please bless me Baba. I just want some peace and a simple and normal life. Please make me independent and not depend on others. Please dear Sai devotees; pray that I should get through this one at least. Thank You Baba.

Nerru
Sadguru Sainath Maharaj ki Jai. Baba,please help my younger sister in getting a job.I have full faith in you.
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Quotation of the Week
"You need not go far in search of me. Barring your name and form, there exists in you as well as I all beings, a sense of being or Consciousness of Existence. That is Myself. Knowing this, you see Me inside yourself as well as in all beings. If you practice this, you will realize all-pervasiveness, and thus attain oneness wit me" - Saibaba of Shirdi
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Question of the Week

Q. "How do you know Sai has accepted you and has forgiven you? How do I pray to Him so that He listens to my prayers"?
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Sai Activities

Shirdi Sai Baba Chitra Yatra, Toronto, Canada
Devotees in TORONTO, are invited to please join us in Sai bhajans, Sai Namavali, Saicharitra readings Aarti and Prasad at Durga Mandir 2691 Markham Rd. Unit #5; Ph: 416 754 2983 every Thursday from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. Devotees may participate in Shri Shirdi Sai Chitra Yatra currently underway in Toronto. To invite Baba to your home and for further details and directions contact Shammi Chopra at 416 402 8089 or shchopra@trebnet.com or visit www.saibaba.org

Gurupoornima at Shirdi Sai Baba Prayer Center, South Brunswick, NJ
Saibaba.org invite you to join us for Gurupurnima celebrations on Sunday July 28th, 2002 and Sai puja, bhajans, Saicharitra readings, aarti and prasad every sunday at VFW hall at Henderson Rd, Kendall Park, South Brunswick, NJ from 3pm-6pm. For further details or directions contact Kumad Sachdev at (732) 257-1438, Shyam Addanki at (610) 648-0191 or email us at maildrop@saibaba.org.

Saidarbar, Hyderabad, India
Saidarbar under the leadership of Saibanisa Sri Gopalarao, participated in Satsangs on on June 8, 2002 at Sri Shirdi SaiMandir, SivaNagar, Secunderabad; On June 13, 2002 at Sri Gayatri Mata - Shirdi SaiMandir, Moula Ali, Hyderabad.

SAI NEWS FROM THE TIME MACHINE - JUNE
June 1911: Kashinath Govind Upasani visited Shirdi for the first time at the age of 41 years.
June 1929: Hemadri Pant (Anna Saheb Dhabolkar) completed writing SaiSatcharitra in Marathi
June 1940: Sakhram Balvanth, a staunch devotee of Baba and an advocate from Nashik passed away at the age of 67 years due to heart attack.
For further details on activities of Saidarbar, please contact saidarbar@saidarbar.com

Shirdi Sai Baba Prayer Center, VA
Saibaba.org invites you to join in Shirdi Sai prayers, Bhajans, Kirtans, arathis, etc every sunday at Compton Village Community Center from 10am to 1pm starting Sunday, May 26th. For more details contact Padma Balusu at (703) 631-0972, Kumar Swami at (703) 352-6704 or email us at maildrop@saibaba.org

Shri Shirdi Sai Chitra Yatra 2002 in UK
Devotees may participate in Shri Shirdi Sai Chitra Yatra currently underway in UK. To invite Baba to your home and for further details please contact Manu Bajaj at bajaj_manu@yahoo.com or call at +44 7905 933 489 in Wembley, UK

Shri Shirdi Sai Chitra Yatra 2002 in USA
"Shri Shirdi Sai Chitra Yatra(Pictorial Journey)", started in USA on Jan 01, 2002. With anchor points across USA concurrently participating from day one, this unique event is off to a great start.

The journey which involves the ceremonial travel of Baba in the form of a portrait will stop at all Baba devotees homes who are interested in being a host to his protrait. The Yatra which will run till fall of this year, is open to one and all. There is no fees or charges involved to take part in this event. You may participate either as a host home or serve as an anchor point in your community.

Vist online at yatra page for all the details and to register.

For questions, comments, suggestions or to get details on an Anchor home in your area, send us an email at maildrop@saibaba.org with the subject line of "Shri Sai Chitra Yatra".
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