A respectful homage to His Holiness Satya Shri Sai Ram of Shirdi as flashed on the f.b. on Jan.29,2011

Bishwa Nath Singh:


In the beginning of eighteenth century a young bearded man with sparkling eyes took shelter in a mosque, in Shirdi Village in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra State in India, when he was about sixteen years old.. Nobody knew from where this stranger had come who hardly spoke a word and stayed there. Later on the curious village...rs started offering food to the man, but he never asked anything from them. Sometimes he shared his food with the animals. Soon the young fakir, as he was started to be addressed, started expressing his view points with few elderly villagers. His simple language of expression and his special power of solving the problems of poor needy and destitute soon made this less known fakir, known as Shri Sai Baba. As the days passed, devotees started streaming into Shirdi in ever growing numbers. The village was fast becoming a centre of pilgrimage. As gifts and presentations flowed in, the pomp and ceremony of Sai worship were evolving. Everyday Sai Baba would be a pauper having distributed all among the needy and the poor even though, his life of a Fakir remained calm, undisturbed, unaltered and therein is the saint’s Spiritual glory. Let us join to pay our respectful homage to him and pay our humble obeisance to his lotus feet to seek salvation for all living-being of this universe!

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(Photo of His Holiness Satya Shri Sai Ram of Shirdi)


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Bishwa Nath Singh:
His Holiness Satya Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi was said to be born on September 28, 1838 who later proved himself to be as an Indian Guru, Yogi, and Fakir who is regarded by his Hindu and Muslim devotees as a saint. Hindu devotees considere...d him as an incarnation of Lord Shiva or Dattatreya. Many devotees believe that he was a Sadguru, an enlightened Sufi Pir or a Qutub who had become well-known figure in many parts of the world, but especially in India, where he is much revered. In the beginning of eighteenth century a young bearded man with sparkling eyes took shelter in a mosque, in Shirdi Village in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra State in India, when he was about sixteen years old. It is generally accepted that Sai Baba stayed in Shirdi for three years, disappeared for a year, and returned permanently around 1858, which suggests a birth year of 1838 who later on became popular as Shri Sai Baba. Nobody knew from where this stranger had come to Shirdi who hardly spoke a word and stayed there. Soon after that the curious villagers started offering food to the man, but he never asked anything from them. Sometimes he shared his food with the animals. Soon the young fakir, as he was started to be addressed, started expressing his view points with few elderly villagers. His simple language of expression and his special power of solving the problems of poor needy and destitute soon made this less known fakir, known as Shri Sai Baba. As the days passed, devotees started streaming into Shirdi in large numbers. The village was fast becoming a centre of pilgrimage. As gifts and presentations flowed in, the pomp and ceremony of Sai worship were evolving. Everyday Sai Baba would be a pauper having distributed all among the needy and the poor. But Sai Baba’s life of a Fakir remained calm, undisturbed, unaltered and therein is the saint’s Spiritual glory. People also later on realized that this “Baba” was no ordinary person but a person with extraordinary godly powers. Such powers are not known or present in normal human beings. Baba preached his principle of love and faith in humanity to all his disciples. He always felt anguished over the fact that all those who came to him were more for their own personal problems and not for attaining the ultimate goal of reaching God which he felt could be attained only by true servicing of humanity. He strongly believed in uniformity of religion and he never distinguished anyone on the basis of caste, creed or religion. He always made it a point not to return empty handed those who had come to him in their hour of need and grief. He performed miracles to alleviate the suffering of poor people. On one occasion he restored the eyes of a blind elderly and in another occasion he lighted a lantern with water when there was no oil to burn it. His life and relationship with the common man was his teaching. The immense Energy that was manifest in the body of Sai was moving and is still moving in a mysterious way, creating and recreating itself everywhere, beyond the comprehension of time and space.Yet, he lived with the common folk as a penniless fakir, wearing a torn kafni, sleeping over a mat while resting his head on a brick, begging for his food. He radiated a mysterious smile and a deep inward look, of a peace that passeth all understanding. He was always and ever aware of what transpired within the hearts and minds of everyone, whether they be his devotees or not. .He lived, acted and behaved as only a God descended on Earth can. He came to serve mankind, to free them from the clutches of fear. His most concise message for one and all alike was “Why fear when I am here”. To take refuge in Sai, is to enter into a journey to reach the Divine Oasis of Love and drink deep from the Fountain of Life, the source of all Spiritual Energy. Wherever the devotee is, Baba makes him recognize within himself his highest aspirations and goal and at one stroke, his conduct and the attitude to fellow beings is touched with the awareness of love, understanding, patience and faith. This is the promise that Sri Sai Baba holds out to all who come to Him. Sri Sai Baba was beyond the limitations of Time and Space and thus caste, creed, position dogmas and doctrines were fundamentally unimportant to him. Nobody really knew his parentage, where he came from or which religion he had practiced. He claimed no possessions nor accepted any disciples or gave any specific teaching. This anonymity lent a strange facet to his interaction with the people who came to him for guidance. To the Hindus he was an orthodox Brahmin, with a sacred fire, enjoining the worship of many gods and the devout study of various Hindu scriptures. He lived in a mosque but always referred to it as “Dwarkamay! Since Dwaraka was birth place of Lord Krishna. For muslims , he was a fakir living in a mosque observing the disciplines of Islam, uttering “Allah Malik” means God is the master guiding Muslim seekers along the lines c)f their own religion. To the Parsis he was the sacred fire worshipper. His life was a living manifestation of the Sermon of the Christ and of the Eight-fold path of the Lord Gautam Buddha.His attraction and appeal lie in this fact that he was a perfect model of the harmony of all religions, for which this world had been waiting. He had lived to awaken and lead mankind to the varieties of spiritual life. He set in motion a wave of spirituality, which is now spreading all over the globe. All his life’s activities constituted for bringing improvement in mankind. By first conferring temporal benefits, he drew unto himself countless souls caught up in darkness and opened their eyes to the true meaning of life. There was large number of instances in which Sai Baba had been physically appearing before his devotees, even decades after his passing out of the physical body. Sai Baba is constantly and simultaneously proving that he is alive in spirit and responds to our sincere prayers. He is the One Spirit of all existence that is God in all the forms of God, in all the saints, in all the men and in all the creatures. All those who sincerely take to a life of inner development, he lifts him to a higher level. Every one derives benefit according to the ripeness o f his soul and in accordance with his inner yearning. He had assured his devotees by pronouncing that he is at Shirdi and everywhere. Whatever devotees do, wherever they may be, ever bear this in mind, that he is always aware of everything. He did not belong to any single tradition but to all mankind on the path of goodness, love and understanding. He had passed away on October 15, 1918 leaving billion of his followers and devotees to condole his passing away. His body was laid in the Samadhi Mandir called “Booty”, which he had asked his disciple to built before his death. Before leaving his body he told one of his devotees that he would return as a boy in eight years. Sathya Sai Baba was born in Puttaparthi eight years later. Let us join to pay our respectful homage to him and seek his bliss for well-being of all living-being of this universe!

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Sachin Sharma Seth;
ji Om Sai Nath.........!!!!!!

Devendra Nath Misra:
It is strange that the great man Saibaba who lived an ascetic's life who had no possessions except for the love of simple followrers,his temple is so richly built and every day a lot of money is being offered.Do you think that ,seeing such riches being displayed in his temple would make it Saibaba unhappy or happy

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 BLESS US ! OHM SAI NATH !!!

Bishwa Nath Singh:
His Holiness Satya Shri Sai Baba always lived a very simple and austere life..As gifts and presentations flowed in, the pomp and ceremony of Sai worship were evolving. everyday Sai Baba would be a pauper having distributed all among the nee...dy and the poor. But Sai Baba’s life of a Fakir remained calm, undisturbed, unaltered and therein is the saint’s Spiritual glory.,He lived with the common folk as a penniless fakir, wearing a torn kafni, sleeping over a mat while resting his head on a brick, begging for his food. All his life’s activities constituted for bringing improvement in mankind. Very hopefully, the Trust looking after management of the temple will spend that possession for good godly cause as enviasged by Shri Sai Baba,Let us hope for the best and pay our humble obeisance to His lotus feet!

Shiv Kumar :
it is realy beutyfulll picture of sai ram :-)


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Devendra Nath Misra
I am happy to read this.I meant why are the organisers keeping his temple as a palace

Devendra Nath Misra :
Would it not be better to keep it as a memorial to suit his memory and use surplus to set up high quality hospitals and schools etc.for the poorer sections of our society

Eas Pethaperumaal :
sai baba is saint.


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