"Dwarakamayi pe dhyaan lagaana Sayee ke gun gaana
Main Sayee mein aur mujh mein Sayee main tho Sai diwaana"
As I meditate on Dwarakamayi.. singing the glory of Sai
The admirer of Sai that I am ..Sai is in me and I am in Sai

Pure bliss is when the whole being, the thoughts, words and actions are soaked with Sai. The purpose of life is fulfilled when such a state is pursued. Knowledge and scholarship aside, the true pursuit of Sai begins in seeing the self in Sai and the Sai in the self. Such state is achieved as one sees Sai in everywhere and in every self.

Let the day begin with the bounty of thanks to the Sadguru, the merciful fakir that guides us every day. Let Sai's presence be felt in sunshine and rainfall alike; let us see Him in everything good and everything bad. Ignoramus that we are, let us realize that good and bad are just manifestations of the myth. Let His thoughts lead us to the victory over fallible discriminations, our immature attempts to decipher what is good for us from what is bad for us. Let us limit ourselves to just one resort, the choice to make Sadguru as our only object of thoughts in our everyday lives. Let our practices, our habits, our routine include Sai at every step in any form. This is the true saadhana!
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Contributed Article:Righteousness in Sai-ism - Part One

Contributed by Anitha Kandukuri, Canberra, Australia

Pari-thranaya Sadhunaam Vinaa-shaaya Dushkrutham
Dharma Samsthapa-nardhaya sambhavami yuge yuge.

"Whenever there is a decay of Dharma (righteousness) and an ascendancy of unrighteousness, I manifest Myself; and for the protection of the virtuous, the destruction of the vicious and for the establishment of righteousness, I manifest Myself in age after age".Bhagvadgita (IV 7-8).

True to HIS promise, Lord, from time to time has manifested HIMSELF in this universe to put people on the righteous path. God came down in the form of Saints and Incarnations to lead the stray in the path of good, righteousness and truth. We are also bestowed with common sense that is to be used at our discretion and make an informative choice of following this path. These incarnations also have written many works, which are the gospel of the Lord, and there are still people in the universe whose reins are taken into the hands of the Lord and they still contribute to the path of the truth. Do we all benefit and are influenced by them and their work? Do we understand the significance of the presence of these saints amidst us? What is our reaction towards such saints?

First, most of us believe in god and try to the best of our ability to be good humans, it is very hard to be good, but we always give it our best shot. We are overwhelmed with god-realized people; we show all the characters of true devotees such as choking, uncontrolled crying, our whole being shaken up being in presence of such spiritual persons. We are very much influenced by those pure souls who have seen truth and have felt God in their heart and heart of other humans as well. We are truly inspired and give our thanks to Lord for showing us our guru or spiritual guide and leader who would lead us to the path of divinity.We are very reverential, and bow to them with sincerity.

We then try to capture their form in a picture and put it in our pooja mandir to be worshiped every day along with other gods. We then fall into our systematic rituals of offering food, flowers, and reciting hymns everyday to that saint along with other gods. We even squeeze few pictures of those saints to drape our walls that are adorned by other gods and saints. We then develop this habit of bowing to those pictures and touching them and kissing them every time we pass that picture, probably about 20 times a day, almost feels like an obsessive-compulsive disorder to an onlooker. Well, let us truly question ourselves, is this why God has taken birth again and again in this world, so that we pay HIM respects and carry on in our life with same old bad habits? What is the actual purpose of such incarnations? Sure, they are not here to tell our future and the ways to avoid our misfortunes, there is an ulterior purpose for their advent in this world.

The purpose of advent of saints on this earth is for humans to emulate them. We always have had role models from the time we are born. We see our parents and learn from them, then our peers and the environment that we grow in. As a result, we acquire some desirable and undesirable characters, which make us an individual. When lord puts us in contact with such holy person(s), it is for us to emulate them and to walk in their path towards divinity. The saints are least worried about the respect they get from others. They are beyond the worldly influence. In case of Sadguru Sainath of Shirdi, He cared a fig for the outward respect shown by the other devotees. BABA wanted sincerity in thoughts and actions. Take for example the incidence in chapter 23 of Satcharitha, which describes the ordeal of guru bhakti - BABA wanted to demonstrate the sincerity of Kaka Saheb Dixit. It is these innate qualities that one develops because of the long association with guru that matters. (To be continued ...)

Contributed Poem:Sai My Lord

Contributed by Prashanth, S.B.

Sign the day with the SunBeam of Sai,
Sai my Lord All over to Win You,
Days of sadness to cast with the blessings of Sai.

Prayers of Sai brings the sweetness in life,
Sai scripts your mind with Moral soul,
Sai my lord everywhere to protect you.

Chant of Sai sweetness your mouth,
Chant of Sai spreads the fragrance around you,
Sai my lord everywhere to ameliorate you.

Sai in you keeps you non-impotent,
Sai the name deprive your weakness,
Sai my Lord everywhere to sheer you.
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Experiences of Devotees

Ragini Palani
This is for the people who lost their jobs and lost peace of mind because of that. For them I'm telling my own experience. When my husband faced lot of problems in his previous company, which he could not tolerate, I asked Baba for his help. We prayed to him and ask him to show us the path. Baba then told him to quit the job immediately. Without any hesitation, he quit the job from the fortune 500 company with, lot of stock options. At that time he didn't even prepare his resume'. Baba ordered him, He did exactly what Sai told him to do. Then 3 weeks passed away. He couldn't get any jobs because of the bad economy and everything. We were in a confused state whether go back to India or stay in US. My mother who is a strong devotee of Saibaba living in Madras was praying for us sincerely to get a job immediately. Couple of weeks ago she went to Shirdi Sai Temple, Mylapore, Chennai to pray for us. When she was praying for us miracle happened. A main priest in Baba's temple came to my mother all of a sudden and handover a coconut, flowers, Baba's photo and prasadam. Then he told her" Don't you worry. When I took something from you I will give you better than that" which is exactly about us. Then the priest told the person who was sitting next to her,"I'm not giving this prasadam to her HE (Saibaba) told me to give this to her, and I did". My mother cried in front of the lord and repeatedly prayed Baba.

Then she called me here and told everything and not to worry about anything anymore. The next week My husband got a job with good salary and everything. We are very happy now. To the devotees who lost their job, I would like to tell only one thing just surrender yourself to him. He will take care of you. Believe me. Don't loose your faith on Him. He knows what is going on in your family and when to solve it. Bow to Sai, Peace to all.

Darshan Kulkarni
It so happend that on September 10, 2002 I was watching a movie at my sister's place in Houston, TX (USA). Once that movie finished, wanted to see another one and was browsing through. Mind you it was Vinayaka Chavathi on that day. Without my knowledge I picked Sai's life story movie in Hindi and started watching it. As somebody said, miracles do happen, to my greatest surprise and astonishment, within half an hour of my watching the movie, my sister got a call (she works from home) from Shyam (Now I work for him) for some other consultant. While chating with her, he told my sister that he was looking for a Manager who could handle recruitment and Business Development at his office. My sister suggested my name and immediately he wanted to talk to me. We talked about only ten minutes. Then he said he wanted to see me in person the next day at his office at 11.00 a.m. I was still in shock as to what happend a while ago. Was waiting for a long time for such an opportunity. This I strongly believe was BABA's blessing.

The next day we went to Shyam's office. He was very generous to receive us and talked about his office and plans of exporing his company's opportunities in consulting field. After 40 minutes of our discussions, to the greatest surprise of my life, Shyam offered me the job as his Manager (Recruitment& Business Development) and asked to join immediately, then & there. It was beyond my belief and control in the sense that I was still in dilemma whether it was happening in reality. Then I told him would join on Thursday (Sept. 12, 2002). Even after going back home couldn't believe myself that I had a job in hand. Here I want to say to everyone that those were the morale boosting and confidence building blessings from none other than BABA who really has shown his presence for the needy and helping when required.

During vinayaka chavathi days in 2002, my sister was performing BABA's parayana at her home and was reading BABA's life history. We had satsang at her home when she completed parayana. Shyamsunder (a thorough devotee of BABA) was to help us perform the satsang. After the pooja was getting over when I looked into the eyes of BABA, I got an instant feeling to read BABA's life history book and requested Shyam if I could retain BABA's photo & book for another one week. He said that's great. Trust me this has happend without my knowledge and senses. Then I read BABA's story in the next one week starting on the following Thursday and completed on the Wednesday next. Since then believe it or not my confidence level increased to unmeasured heights and morale is also at its peak. Now feel so relaxed in any matter and hardly get tensed or anger. Just take BABA's name everyday morning then go to work. It is so relaxing and refreshing. My employer Shyam is so happy with my performance and is ready to partner with me for his that division that I am currently handling, with in two months of my joining his office. " Unbelievable ". Today is my completion of two months in Shyam's office.

I am really happy to share my story with all of you and would like to suggest those who are still running in trouble. " Have faith in your confidence, believe in yourself and pray to god (BABA) and try to read his life story if you can ". It helps you rebuild the lost confidence & morale and no wonder you might me one of those people who may be sharing your stories of success in the very near future. I wish you floks all the best luck in the world and pray to BABA to shower his blessings on you. SRI SACHITANANDA SADGURU SAI NATH MAHARAAJ KI JAI. OM SAI.
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Devotees say...

A Sai Devotee
This goes out to the devotee who wrote about changing her citizenship from Indian to US. "Why are you so anxious will I not take all care of you", has Baba not said this. Why worry what country you are a citizen of? Sai Baba is always with us no matter who, what or where we are. This is his promise, which he has kept. So we should not fear but be proud for having Sai with us. Without his grace, what leaf will turn or who will change the citizen status, just have faith and patience. He is the real doer and what he does is for our own well-being. So don't worry and do what your husband says and keep this in you mind we are not citizens of any county but of, Sai darbar.

A Sai Devotee
SaiRam! This is a suggestion for one of the sai devotee, who wrote couple of weeks back in a Sai Vichaar. Saying that he could not control his anger and will shout at kids and he is feeling bad for that. I don't know one day, I just got a thought of giving a reply to this, and I think it might be a Baba who make me think of this and making me write it now. You can do meditation, which will help to control anger. It might take some time. But once you start doing, you might feel peace. Sai Ram!

Anshul Dubey
To all the people working for this site I would like to convey the deepest gratitude for such a marvelous and fulfilling effort by you all.... as you not only cater to the needs of all the devotees Who stay abroad but the ones who are physically and other wise are not in a position to pay a visit to holy temple.... and it gives all the Sai devotees a common platform to share their experiences, thoughts & grievances with other Sai devotees...kudos to you all...& may Saibaba take care of all his devotees...

A Sai devotee
Dear Sai devotees, I recently moved to Toronto, Canada. I live in Malton city in Ontario. Please tell me a nearby Sai temple and also please tell me that how can I register for Sai Chitra Yatra there. Om Sai Ram.
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Prayer Club

Sriram and Madhumita
Happy Diwali, the greeting was so timely and encouraging to a needy like me, my wife and I are in UK looking out for jobs for nearly 2 months, we are trained physicians from India. I sincerely hope Baba will bless us and this diwali will bring good news from OUR GURU MAHARAJ SRI SHIRDI SAI BABA. Please pray for us.

A Sai Devotee
Sai Ram, I know you are there every time with me. You have helped me in all times. And you have guided me until this day. You are always beside me. Now you know where I am. And you know what a SIN I have committed. Why Baba, did you allow me to Do it? Is it a testing time? Are you punishing me? In addition, the SIN is a matter of LIFE and DEATH to me, and you know it. Baba, I have not harmed anybody and you know me better. I have good intentions in whatever I do. Please BABA save me and let me serve you. Baba, I need to talk to you. And you know I cannot talk to anyone? And there is nobody with me. Unless you talk to me, I am not able to forget...please BABA, can you talk to me...I beg you. Please.

Rajesh Thyagarajan
Hi Sai devotees, I am also one of the Sai devotees. I am around 31 years old. Of late, I have developed high Blood pressure 160/100 and I started using tablets. Doctors have found AR and AS murmurs in my heart. Earlier, I had only mild AR and now the doctors say the murmurs have become moderate from mild. I am just married. I have read earlier once Sai Satcharitha and read several times Guru Charitra. I have started again Sai Satcharitha to get good health. I have approached one good homeopathy doctor who is also Sai devotee. He has given some medicines and has told that I need not worry about the murmur and BP. I sincerely pray Sai to give me normal health at the earliest. Request all Sai Devotees to pray for my good health and activeness without any English medicines. Surrendering to the feet of Sai.

Satyabrata Mohanty
Om Sairam! Baba, you have helped me a lot in various ways in this life. Each minute and second I need your blessings and support. You always stood by me, showed me the right path and guided me for a better future. I know nothing is hidden from you. I bow to you and pray heartily that please don't leave me alone in this time. Please be with me and I need your blessings to be with you at all the times.

Usha
Sai Maha Prabho, I have no other way except to approach you. My son is in vulnerable situation now and he is losing interest in studies. You came to my rescue so many times and with your blessings, he is studying. Suddenly there is a change in him. I pray Sai Ram please give him mental strength to succeed in studies. Koti namaskarams Sai Ram.

A Sai devotee
Saibaba, You have been helping me all the time until now but Baba you know in which state is my house right now. This is not the first time that girl is making me feel very bad. Baba please give me peace of mind. Please make her understand others well. Please give peace to all.

Sai Devotee
My son came back safely. Please make him peaceful and a person of integrity and strength. Please give him good caring friends and good health.

Rao
Sairam, I lost my job now and in need of a job immediately. You know what plans I have in my mind. You always helped me when I needed. Now also kindly come to my rescue and help me at this age. I Bow to you Sairam. Dear Sai Devotees, kindly pray for me to get a job immediately.

A Sai Devotee
I request all sai devotees to pray for my very close friend. She is suffering a mental pain for the longest time now. The sitition has became very critical that she is hospitilized since last week. All I can ask and do is beg for Sai devotees to pray for her. Thank You all in advance

A Sai Devotee
Om Saibaba! I am in better status now than previous, because of your blessings. I have undergone lot of suffering in my life and have over come due to your presence in my heart. Bless me with your presence through out day and night in my life and protect me from committing mistakes under tension. Bless my son and daughter to clear their respective examinations this year. Om Sai baba.

Sai Devotee
My husband has throughout misunderstood me ever since our marriage three years back. Everything I did or said was taken in a wrong and negative manner. He even has turned his entire family (who othrwise really liked me) against me. One day I said a small lie not knowing its going to have such serious repurcussions. He branded me as a born liar! Now we are separated but I want to reunite with him. Please Baba, remove all the misunderstandings between us and restore our marriage and marital status and bless us that we have a long and happy married life. Please SAI BABA, help us and bless us.

Meena
Please Sai Baba help my daughter find a suitable husband soon, please listen to my humble prayers.Jai Sai Ram.

Amit
Sai Baba, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for being with me and showering your blessings on me, with your grace I managed to get good grades complete my thesis. Baba I only have one request please help my roommates so that they get good jobs, also help me to get a good job since I would be graduating this semester, and I have heard from many fellow students about the job market in U.S. They all tell me that it is difficult to get a job as an entry level, I have faith in you, please help me to get a good job in this country so that I can bring my parents. Jai Sai Ram

Sundar
Please pray for me. I am doing my marine engineering course. I find engineering drawing very hard to pass. Please pray for my success. Also my wife is a Ph.D holder in analytical chemistry , who has come with me in search of job here to support for my expenses. Please pray for her so that she gets a job. I very much worried about my mounting xpenses. kindly pray for my well being
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Quotation of the Week
"The skill of My fakir, the leela of My Bhagwan, the aptitude of my God is quite unique. He who does anything (spiritual endeavor) will reap its fruit and he who remembers these words of Mine will get invaluable Happiness"-Saibaba of Shirdi
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Question of the Week

Q.What is the significance of rotating around the self while standing (pradakshina) during Baba's aarathi?
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Sai Activities

Datta Maala Mantra Yagna at Shirdi
On the auspicious Kartheeka Poornima day, which falls on 19th November'02, Pandits from the famous Datta Kshetra, Ganagapuram (Karnataka) will be conducting a group (saamoohika) Datta Maala Mantra Yagna at Lord Sainath's abode, SHIRDI. Devotees interested in participating in the same may please contact Shri.J.Gopalakrishnan at the following address: Datta Guru Bhandara Trust, B-3 F15, New Krupa Complex, Anandbagh, HYDERABAD, India - 500 047. Tel: 040-7225895. E-mail: dattaguru_bhandara_trust@yahoo.co.uk

Shirdi Sai Baba Prayer Center, Kendall Park, NJ
Saibaba.org invites you to join for Sai puja, bhajans, Saicharitra readings, aarti and prasad every sunday at Durga Mandir,Kendall Park, NJ from 11am-1pm. 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.

Shirdi Sai Baba Chitra Yatra And Weekly Satsang, Canada
Devotees in Toronto, are invited to please join us in Sai bhajans, Sai Namavali, Saicharitra readings Aarti and Prasad every Thursday from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. For venue and directions, call 416 402 8089. Devotees can participate in Shri Shirdi Sai Chitra Yatra currently underway in Toronto and Calgary. To invite Baba to your home and for further details contact Shammi Chopra at 416 402 8089 or saileela99@yahoo.com, m_narasimhan@hotmail.com or visit www.saibaba.org

Shri Shirdi Sai Chitra Yatra 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 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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