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Prayer Club:


Phani

My friend's son is going thru critical stages almost hospitalized most of the time when he should be in school with tears and fears for both of the Parents. SAI Bless them well so that he would be a normal healthy kid like other kids.

Devotee

Dear Sai, you know the troubles my sister is going through. She has done a mistake & has accepted it & is repenting from the bottom of her heart. Pls give her the strength & courage to weather these difficult times.

A Sai devotee

Baba Please help my husband to get the job we have waited for 2 years. Please settle down the disputes of home and work. Please bless us with peace and prosperity.

Sai devotee

My whole family is disturbed due to me. My one-year-old baby is not getting mother\'s love he is away from me. I am not able to give him time. Please Baba guide me, help me to finish the task successfully and as soon as possible.

Chandu

I am so grateful for all the things that you have given to me and been with me. Please Baba be with me always. Please provide me the same strength and courage in my life.


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Devotees Say:

  • Sripriya

    Thank you Baba for helping me conceive after 5yrs.ever shower your blessings on my family and me. Please bless me with a healthy baby.

  • Chintan

    Shri Saibaba Koti Koti Pranam. I would like to share this Experience of mine with all the Sai bhakt. I did visit shree Saibaba temple for 5 Thursdays with my Manokamna of my wife securing her H1B visas. Shri Sai with all his blessings full filled all my manokamana. Shree Sai always be with keep and me on showering your blessings on me and my family and all the people in the world. JAI SAI RAM. Though I am late Baba in posting this blessing of yours please forgive me.

  • Shabana

    Baba I just cannot thank you enough for curing my niece, thank you for blessing her with new life, you are great Baba you are eternal Thank you very much Baba I just cannot thank you enough please call me again to you feet in Shirdi.

  • Padmaja

    Our koti pranamalu to Baba by your grace we got visa extension we are very thankful to you Baba always be with us shower your blessings on us

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Devotees Experience:

  • Rajendra

    I would like to share Sai miracle that happened in my life. My late brother Bharat showed me way to worship Sai Baba and told me to go to Sai temple every Thursday, there was a small temple of Sai near my office at fort Mumbai near empire theatre at VT. and I started going to Sai temple every Thursday, those days my salary was only rs250/-per month as I used to work as accounts trainee in a pvt travel agency and same time I used to do my college, after completing my graduation I was still working with same company with small salary and continued to look for better job but not succeeded, due poor family background I was forced to work with same job for almost 11 yrs though by this time salary was increased to 10 time of my first salary but with that much it was difficult to run house as with Sai blessing my son was born in the year 1989 and I continued to worship Baba with full faith once a though came in mind that I should pray to Baba to get me better job abroad but I was not even able to make my passport due to financial problems as it cost rs600 those days, I was thinking of making passport and one fine morning my colleague (a Parsi girl) told me she will speak to her mother about me to get passport work done and with blessing of Baba that late Roshan aunty (Sai Baba bless her and give peace to her heavenly abode)came to our office and told me get all papers with me and photos and on day she took me to one travel agency at kemps corner Mumbai and submitted my documents and with a month I got my passport done and all charges were paid by Roshan aunty I will never forget her help with blessing of Sai Baba in my life.

    Now I started praying to Baba about better job abroad and again with blessing of Saibaba one of our company secretary Nisha Mirchandani who is great Sai devotee helped me to get typed nicely my resume almost ten copies and told me keep on trying and suggested to read times of India on wed day, even she and Roshan aunty always tell me -see apply for this and apply for that... once there was a advertisement from one travel agency in Saudi Arabia and Aunty told me there is walk in interview in a agency at Nariman point so you must try I took half day from my office and went there I found already many people waiting for interview and anyhow my chance came they took primary interview and gave me one form to fill and submit and then they will call for final interview, though in my mind I thought there is no chance to get this job as there were many people and there were only two posts for accountant with remembering Sai Baba I submitted my form and gave mailing address of Roshan aunty as I used to say at Bhayandar which far from Mumbai and even I had no contact so I gave contact number of Aunty.

    After two days aunty received telegram from that agency in my name asking to attend final interview, again I took half day from office and went to that agency but to my surprise I found big queue and I was last person to reach there, almost interview got over and they told me now all vacancies are filled so there is no use for me to wait there and now no further candidates will be interview and I was the only one left I request them to check with sponsor if he still like to interview me with Sai kripa that Arab man told them call the last candidate that is me for interview and within three mint of interview he told me I would like to select you with additional by three hundred more then what I asked this was all due to blessing of Saibaba, finally medical was another hurdle we were told to go for medical check prior to visa stamping, we all who were selected went for medical check up at TIFRC again with medical report doctor said to me that your left side lung shows swelling I told doctor I never had any medical problem and I am health please conduct medical again then immediately he asked me what work I am going to do abroad I said accountant without waiting a moment he stamped my medical report and gave me this was another miracle of Sai nath and finally I got better job in gulf country and with blessing of Saibaba now almost 17 yrs passed I am still working in gulf with same company and this improved my life with blessing of Sai Baba and every year whenever I come home I first visit Saidham at Shirdi and Baba always shower his blessing me and my family every moment and my wife and children all are Sai devotees I pray to Saibaba for always giving us place at Sai charan !

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Sai Activites:


Sri Shirdi Sai Temple of Chicago and Suburbs, Hampshire, Illinois, USA:

Sri Shirdi Sai temple is open daily from 8:00 a.m to 9:00 p.m.(Winter hours). Daily program includes Kakad Arathi at 8 a.m. followed by Abhisek. Madhayana Arathi at 12 noon, Dhoop Arathi at 6 p.m. and Shej Arathi at 9 p.m. Archana, Homams, Sahasranama and sponsored poojas continue in between the Arathis. To request a pooja for yourselves, your friends and family, please call. Devotees can request water (Abhishek Jal) from the Holy bathing of Baba by sending us an email or by phone. Temple is located 25 minutes drive west of Schaumburg on intersection of IL Route 47 and Plank Road in Hampshire, IL. For more information please call 847-931-4058 or send email to maildrop@saibaba.org.

Sri Saibaba Mandir, Minneapolis, MN:

Sri Saibaba Mandir is located in Minneapolis, MN at 1835 Polk St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418. The mandir is open 7 days a week in the evenings from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm and during morning hours from 9 am to 12:30 pm, everyday. Satsangs are conducted every Sunday mornings, 9 am to 12:30 pm. Please call 612-789-7729 for more information on mandir activities, events and other information.

Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas:

Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of DFW Metroplex is located at 2109 West Parker (Parker Plaza), Suite 212, Plano, TX 75023. For temple hours and activities please call the temple office at 469-467-3388.

Shirdi Sai Temple of New England, Boston Area:

Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of New England is now operational. It is located at 1827 Bridge St # 8, Dracut, MA 01824. The temple is open four days from Thursday to Sunday. For temple hours and activities please visit their website.

Shirdi Sai Center in Bay Area, CA:

Shirdi Sai Center is located 1221 California Cicle, Milpitas CA 95035. For more information please call 408-705-7904 or 408-564-6704 or email: saibandhu at yahoo dot com

Shirdi Saibaba temple, Los Angeles, CA:

Devotees in Los Angeles area are informed about Sri Shirdi Saibaba temple in Los Angeles area. The temple is located at - 144 South 4th Street, Montebello, CA 90640. For more information please call Krishna Samantula at 949-679-9938.

Saibaba Temple, Columbus, Ohio:

Devotees in Columbus and surrounding Ohio locations area are informed about Sri Shirdi Saibaba temple in Metro Columbus area. The temple is located in a leasing space at 6599 Dublin Center Drive, Dublin, OH 43017. Please attend daily Aaratis and Thursday bhajans. For more information please call 614-799-8411.

Shirdi Sai bhajans every Thursday at Maitland, Florida:

Devotees are invited to participate in Sai study and bhajans on Thursdays between 7-8 pm at Meditation Gallery, 219 E Horatio Ave, Maitland, FL 32715. For more details please contact Bonnie at 407-830-1276.

Sri Shirdi Sai Temple of Austin, TX:

Sri Shirdi Sai Temple of Austin, Texas is now open at 2509 W. New Hope Drive, Cedar Park, TX 78613. Daily 4 aarthis are performed to Sai Baba. As part of service to needy, a weekly sandwich seva is also conducted.

Shirdi Sai Mandir, Dulles, VA:

Shirdi Sai Mandir is located at 43671 Trade Center Place #166 Dulles, VA 20166. The mandir is open through the week in the evenings from 6pm to 9 pm. Sri Satyanarayan pooja will be conducted every full moon day. Please call (703) 661-4724 for more information on activities, events and other information.

Shirdi Sai Mandir, Toronto:

The Mandir is located at Unit 7 & 8 2721 Markham Road Toronto ON M1X 1L5 Canada. Daily services offered to Baba include abhishek and all aartis. For Mandir hours and activities, please call 647-444-4724.

Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Sansthan, Canada -Toronto:

Devotees in Toronto, are invited to join in Sai Namavali, Satcharita reading, Bhajans, Aarti and Prasad every Thursday from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. at GUR MANDIR 207 Queen's Plate Dr. Etobicoke - Hwy27 South of Finch for more info call (416) 294 4804.

Sai Mandir, Baldwin New York:

Devotees in New York and surrounding locations are informed about Sri Sai Mandir in Baldwin NY. The temple is located at 1889 Grand Avenue, Baldwin, NY 11510. Please attend daily Aaratis and Thursday Panchamruta Abhishekam and bhajans. For more information please call at 516-867-8008.

Shirdi Saibaba Temple, Iselin/Edison New Jersey:

Devotees in New Jersey and surrounding locations are informed about Sri Shirdi Saibaba temple in Iselin NJ. The temple is located at 465 Lincoln Highway (Route 27) Iselin, NJ 08830. Please attend daily Aaratis and Thursday Panchamruta Abhishekam and bhajans. For more information please call at 732-283-1800.

Shirdi Saibaba Temple, Flushing New York:

This temple is located near the famous Ganesh Temple, Flushing, New york. All the day-to-day rituals at the temple are being conducted in a manner similar to that in Shirdi. The temple is located at 46-16 Robinson Street Flushing,NY,USA 11355. For more information please call 718-321-9243.

Sri Sai Amruta Narayana Sarveswaraalaym, Richmond, VA:

The temple is open from 5.15 am to 9.00 pm, everyday (no lunch break etc). We have all 4 aarthis every day and Baba's paalki seva on every Thursday after Dhoop Aarthi. Further information can be obtained by calling the temple at 804-708-0867.

Shirdi Sai Jalaram Mandir, Houston TX:

This temple was inaugurated on August 28th 2009 with idols of both the saints Shri Sant Jalaram and Shri Shirdi Sai Baba. The temple is open for darshan and arathis all day. It is located in Sugarland and more information can be obtained by calling 281-433-4706.

Shirdi Sai Baba Temple Detroit, MI:

Sri Shirdi Sai Baba temple, Livonia welcomes everyone to visit the temple and get Baba's blessings. The temple is open for darshan and arathis. For more information please call 248-471-6474.

Shri Sai Spiritual Center, Middletown CT:

Sri Sai Spiritual Center welcomes everyone to visit the temple and get Baba's blessings. The center is open for darshan and arathis at 749 Saybrook Rd, Unit A101, (Next door to Udipi Restaurant) Middletown, CT, 06457. For more information please call 860-347-5878.

Shirdi Sai Baba Centre Perth Australia:

Sri Shirdi Sai arrived in Perth, Australia on this year's Ram Navami to the joy of deovtees in and around Perth, For details on services or directions contact by email at maildrop(at)saibaba.org.



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Weekly Question:

  • Q. Does Shirdi Sai tatva fit into Guru parampara? Explain why? Or Why not?

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Sai Vichaar Vol 13, Issue 7

Feature: PEOPLE IN SAI DARBAR - WHY ONLY THEY!

There are many people who served Sai Baba when he lived in Shirdi. But not everyone served for same purpose. Some people in the darbar were assigned one job while others the remaining. Many examples can be quoted. As everyone knew, only Taatya, Mahalsapathi and Lakshmibhai Shinde are allowed to Dwarakamaayi during night times. Similarly Radhakrishna aayi used to have the remnants of food (Bhuktasesha) after being had by Baba.

How can anyone forget the all time favorite of Baba - Shyaama alias Madhavarao Deshpande? Baba had a special consideration for Shyaama because they carry relationship since 72 births (Bahattar janmon ka bandhan). Bapusaheb Booti is yet another great person. Being a millionaire himself he had intense desire to serve the poor and needy. His construction "Bootiwada" the present Samadhimandir is the place where Baba breathed last. The place was actually meant to lay the statue of Sri Krishna. Another great devotee is Bapusaheb Jog who served Baba giving aarathi in masjid and chaavadi till Baba\'s Mahasamadhi.

Nanasaheb Chaandorkar's pride was suppressed by Baba during a debate with regard to Bhagavadgita sloka. For all this we should first bow our heads to Hemadpant for offering us "Sri Sai Satcharithra".

When I first read the book I thought why only these people had the wonderful opportunity of serving Sai?? But now I completely agree that their dedication, devotion and patience made their names fixed in the history

Feature contributed by: Sai devotee Sirisha P

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Contributed Article: Emphasis on "Silence" and "Who am I?" In the Teachings of Shirdi Sai Baba and Ramana Maharshi

We live in an age of noise. The earth and the sea are, today filled with strife. The very air is full of noise. God has retreated! Where is He? In silence; God is the Great silent one.

Abraham of the Bible found God silent for 13 years. Grasping the Great Truth of God (Genesis 17:1-27)

Who are they who truly seek God? Who are they who truly commune with Him? Lovers of silence, the silent ones! Not without reason doth every sloka in the ancient Aryan scriptures close on this one significant syllable: "Shanti; Shanti; Shanti;"

Shirdi Sai Baba barely uttered anything and stayed in the mosque. On some rare occasions, He expressed himself in a cryptic manner with the use of parables, symbols and allegories to make the point clear to his devotees. Here is just one parable of gold told by Him. Once He conveyed the following message to one Madhavnaath Maharaj through one of his devotees named Laxman Pradhan: "I 've got sacks of gold on a donkey's back. Thieves have stolen them on the way. A hole in the ear has to be pierced only by the goldsmith. It is very difficult to pull on, in this naughty world. Tell this much to my brother Madhavnaath" In the above message: "gold" is the symbol of divine love and knowledge; "donkey's back" allegorizes those who do not realize the value of gold and are quite unaware of the wealth; even though "gold is kept on a donkeys back", it still would go on bearing the weight out of usual habit.

Sai Baba always taught His devotees to lead a normal life, discouraging 'mystical flights' and condemning ascetic excesses. He used to encourage very few to take the path of Sanyasam. Baba's central teachings intended to awaken the mind of devotees to crucial existential issues - Who Gives? Who Receives? Baba advised meditation on the fundamental questions: Who Am I? Who Are We? Such a call was aimed at motivating and inspiring devotees to tread the path of 'Jnana Marga'.

In 'Jnana Marga', the path of enquiry is direct, and "Know Thyself" is a teaching, which is common from Jesus to Sai Baba to Ramana Maharshi.

Ramana Maharishi, one of the greatest sages of India, was not a mere life but a manifestation that descended on to this earth on December 30, 1879. It was a Monday and more important the `Day of the Arudra Darshan\', (celebrated as the birthday of Lord Shiva). He was apparently an ordinary baby at birth. What he made out of his life, however, was extraordinary. When he was barely 17 years old, he experienced a feeling- in the summer of 1896- of death and life thereafter. The aftermath of the experience left him not scared but enlightened. The boy Ramana, magnetized by the vibrations of the sacred hill Arunachala at Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu, India, reached there on September 1, 1896.

Ramana Maharshi was the awe-inspiring sage whose presence graced the renowned sacred Arunachala hill of South India during much of the 20th century. He was known throughout the world as the silent sage whose peaceful presence and powerful gaze changed the lives of the many that came into his presence. Of him, it is often said that his silence was more eloquent than his words. This austere master, who lived and died a hermit on the Arunachala hill, left posterity the legacy of his wisdom.

Ramana Maharshi mainly gave his grace through Silence. Maharshi seldom talked. Paul Brunton, a journalist who had visited a number of so-called Masters, and had left each one still skeptical, also visited Ramana Maharshi and wrote:

"It is an ancient theory of mine that one can take the inventory of a man's soul from his eyes. But before those of the Maharshi I hesitate, [feel] puzzled and baffled. I cannot turn my gaze away from him. My initial bewilderment, my perplexity at being totally ignored, slowly fades away as this strange fascination begins to grip me more firmly. But it is not till the second hour of the uncommon scene that I become aware of a silent, resistless change, which is taking place within my mind. I know only that a steady river of quietness seems to be flowing near me, that a great peace is penetrating the inner reaches of my being, and that my thought-tortured brain is beginning to arrive at some rest."

Ramana Maharshi would constantly urge the process of self-enquiry. His oft-repeated advice to aspirants was, "Constantly introspect - Who am I? -that which is peace. All that we need do is to keep quiet. Peace is our real nature." (To be continued)

(Contributed by Subodh Agarwal)

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