GREAT MIND READER-BABA

A yogi who read all the great books like PATANJALI about yoga but failed in learning yoga asana,he heard  about fame on SAI NATHA and came to SHIRIDI to take his darshan and ask his help to learn yoga perfectly. when he reached Masjid he saw BABA eating roti with a onion. he was disappointed after seeing this and thought " he is eating onion with roti. how can he teach me yoga?". BABA sensed his thoughts because he reads mind easily and spoke " NANA whoever can digest the onion only those should eat it!"he was startled with this words and surprised how come BABA sensed his thoughts and again thought  " onion is equal to deer meat and it is prohibited and provokes anger in us and the reason why all the saints and yogi will not eat onions and he read this in so many books so he was confused after seeing BABA" to remove the confusion of yogi BABA said " NANA what should we eat? what should not be eaten? what we ate and who eats? is all illusion" till then he was eating onion  and suddenly full onion came out from his mouth and played with it in the air. seeing this yogi was amazed and didn't utter a word for a second. immediately he fell on BABA feet to forgive him and told him about his incapability and prayed with faith.BABA blessed him and gave vibuthi and told him " son! put more effort in learning" gave some tips,encouraged and sent him.

PREVENTION OF CHOLERA BY SAINATHA

One day in the morning when HEMAD PANTH went for darshan, he saw BABA milling wheat grains with the help of tirugali (grist mill  used in earlier days) and was shocked.SAI NATHA don't have to do this since he is a yogi and everyone offers him food. what is the use of wheat flour for him? he didn't understand. meanwhile some ladies came pushed BABA aside and they did the work happily. after they finished with work BABA ordered " please take this flour and sprinkle at the border of SHIRIDI". HEMAD PANTH out of curiosity asked people over there and they replied " now there is cholera problem in SHIRIDI to prevent the disease BABA will make us do this activity". HEMAD PANTH didn't understand the relation between cholera and wheat flour but SAINATHA is omniscient and there is specific reason behind his acts. 

SADDGURU is the person who saves us all the time. we have to pray with faith and devotion. i wish we all are under the blessings of SHRI SAI NATHA.

                                                               Third day paryanam completed.

                          

                      FOURTH DAY PARYANAM

                                      SUNDAY

SHARE FOOD WITH OTHERS:

  On every Sunday a fair is  held at SHIRIDI. Since many people visit from various surrounding places, they also come to Masjid for SAI NATHA darshan and it looks so lively with so many devotees in darbar.one day HEMAD PANTH was soothing BABA feet , meanwhile SHYAM said " HEMAD PANTH ! why there are bengal gram on your shirt" then he checked and so many fell down then he was surprised and checked with left side hand also then some more fell down, everyone laughed by picking the grams and started eating.BABA said " HEMAD  PANTH has a bad habit of eating alone without offering to others and these grams exhibit his bad habit". HEMAD PANTH felt bad for BABA words and said " i will offer food to everyone who are with me and than only eat. i m sure you know this? then BABA replied " its true. if anyone is there with you, you ll offer but when nobody is present what will you do? you always believe that i ll be present with you only then why you never remember me while eating? otherwise will you eat without offering to me?" to that HEMAD PANTH stammered to reply and people laughed again. actually there is nothing to laugh here BABA gave this message to everyone. 

 In this world everyone are busy with their worries and problems in their life, its hard to have peace of mind for few minutes also.we do not get time to worship GOD. so whenever we get little time and  if we don't chant mantras or worship, it means we are unlucky. so if you get a time try to worship GOD or SADDGURU. the one who want to overcome all the worldly pleasures will never eat without offering food to others, if nobody is there also pray GOD before you eat. In BHAGVAD GITA SLOKA also it is written that praying before you eat is a good habit and all our sins will be removed. if we eat for ourselves means we  get sin in our lives, so we should have a habit of sharing and praying before we eat and to bring awareness regarding this BABA gave message to HEMAD PANTH in a unique way. regarding this one more story is given below. 

                                              
                                                KRISHNA - KUCHELA

   

SHRI KRISHNA and KUCHELA were students in SANDIPANI ashram. one day their GURU gave some rice flakes to him and told him take SHRI KRISHNA along with him and bring some sticks and you both share the rice flakes. after some time they reached forest, KRISHNA was tired and asked KUCHELA to give water but KUCHELA said " you should not drink water without eating anything in the morning" but he didn't tell about the rice flakes. after a while SHRI KRISHNA acted as he slept then KUCHELA took this chance and started eating. SHRI KRISHNA asked his friend " what are you eating ?" then KUCHELA stammered and lied him saying " what is there to eat nothing. i m biting my teeth due to severe cold, may be that noise is heard like eating something". KUCHELA didn't know that SHRI KRISHNA knows everything and he suffered from severe poverty because he did not share food with him, he himself got all the difficulties for such mistake. when he offered the rice flakes share of SHRI KRISHNA  he is blessed with a new life.so always share food with others.

DEVOTEES WORSHIP AND BABA BLESSINGS HAS NO BOUNDS

 Devotees used to worship BABA according to their wish,with his permission. BABA never stopped them in doing service to him and gets angry if anyone interferes with his devotees worship. One day MAVISI BHAI a devotee of SAI NATHA was scrubbing his stomach with pressure. The people over there noticed this and cautioned her saying " put less pressure otherwise BABA feels pain in the stomach". BABA was angered by their words and put his sataka deep into stomach and put all the stress by leaning on  the wall. Seeing this everyone feared but no one prevented him. BABA got so much anger because they all interfered when she is doing service to him on her wish. the people who cautioned her regretted for their words and BABA came in to normal stage. if his devotees try to kill him with pure love and devotion he feels happy but if anyone interferes he can't bear. SAI NATHA doesn't even bother about his life when it comes to his devotees worship. Blessing of SAI NATHA will be there for us always and we should only worship him with faith and devotion.

MIRACLE OF BABA EXPERIENCED BY A DOCTOR

Once a devotee asked his friend who is a doctor to visit SHIRIDI and worship SAINATHA.But he is a devotee of SHRI RAMA so he said I won't worship BABA since he is a Muslim.Then his friend said "dear friend nobody will force you to worship BABA in SHIRIDI, you can do as you wish" So the doctor came SHIRIDI. Both of them went to the Masjid to worship BABA. Strangely, the doctor was only the first one among all other devotees to worship and pray BABA. Everyone asked for the reason then he replied " I saw my SRI RAMA in the place where SAI NATHA was present so I prayed him".everyone looked there but they saw SAI BABA only. With this unusual incident doctor thought " SAI NATHA is a great saint but not an ordinary Muslim, I wont come to Masjid unless BABA blesses me" After 4 days another friend forced him , so he gave up his thought and went to Masjid then BABA " who invited this doctor to the Masjid?" why?" He was surprised when he heard the words of BABA and worshiped him with devotion. That night he got a dream and SAINATHA blessed him. From that on wards  he became more devoted to SAI NATHA and worshiped him all his life.

A QUARREL OF TWO DEVOTEES

ANNA CHINKAR is a devotee who is rough but is kind at heart so BABA allowed him to stay in Masjid. One day he is giving massage to BABA left hand.at the same time MAVISI BHAI who was the devotee,mentioned in  previous post was giving massage to back and fingers of BABA. in this process both of there faces came nearer, as MAVISI BHAI is witty in nature she exclaimed " ohoo this ANNA is a old man and he is trying to kiss me". as ANNA is a rough person he got angry and started to argue and scold her and quarrel became severe. everyone laughed at there quarrel . BABA kept quiet, after some time interfered between them saying " stop your argument, a kiss between mother and son is fair thing" hearing this everyone felt happy as BABA cleverly stopped the quarrel between them.

   CHOLERA IN SHIRIDI

There was cholera in SHIRIDI. To eradicate cholera GRAM PANCHAYAT ordered people to follow 2 rules 1.wooden logs should not come into a village 2. they should not kill a goat. At the same time one cart came with wooden logs and no one allowed the cart into village with fear of cholera but they need wooden logs for household works .BABA understood the problem and brought the cart to the Masjid. no one has courage to prevent BABA as he needs wood  to lit  DHUNI. People also took the required wooden logs. BABA helped them with a kind heart.

One day a person brought a goat to the Masjid.its weak because of old age and may die at any minute.At that time MOHMED URAF BADE BABA is present over there. BABA likes him so much with that affection he asked him to kill the goat but BADE BABA replied " why should we kill her? Is it necessary?". and avoided SAI NATHA words. Immediately he ordered SHYAM to complete the task, he agreed and went to bring a knife, in the meantime BABA also ordered KAKA SAHEB DIXIT he immediately brought the knife and started to kill her  then BABA scolded him saying " being a BRAHMAN how can you kill a goat don't you have any feelings?" then DIXIT replied with modesty saying " whatever you say I will do. Ialways chant,devote and worship you. I will obey your orders and I m not bothered to judge whether it is good or bad". BABA was satisfied with his reply and said " I will only kill her ". while he is taking to " thakia" it died in the middle. with this story we have to understand that they are 3 types of disciples

1. who ever understands the inner thought of SADDGURU and perform the action without his order are the best ones 2. Who obeys SADDGURU orders without any thought are average 3. who does not obey orders immediately and try to judge the good and bad in it are normal one.we should have faith, patience,devotion then SADDGURU blessing will be there for us always.

AN EXPERIENCE OF KRISHNAJI ALI BAGHKAR 

SHRI AKKALKOTKAR MAHARAJA is also a saint believed by so many people in the 19th century and they say that he is an incarnation of GOD DATTATREYA. KRISHNAJI is a devotee of AKKALKOTKAR MAHARAJA thought to visit AKKALKOT and worship him. That night he got a dream and SHRI AKKALKOTKAR MAHARAJA said " Son! now I am presently in SHIRIDI.you don't go to  AKKALKOT, visit SHIRIDI and worship me as you wish  and do all Pooja over there only".So he went SHIRIDI and worshiped BABA. This moment is happiest and strange one in KRISHNAJI life so he thought to ground the foot marks of SHRI SAI NATHA as a token of happiness. He shared the idea with his friends and they all decided to ground the foot marks where BABA was first appeared and that is under neem tree. A copy of foot marks was carved with wood. They showed them to SHRI UPAASANI BABA who stays in SHIVA MANDIR, he made some changes and to bring awareness of SHRI SAI NATHA divinity and yoga power he gave them a SLOKA and told to carve those letters also

                         
                                       "   సదా  నింబవ్రిక్షస్య మూలది వాసాత్
                                           సుధాస్రావిణం తిక్త మప్య  ప్రియంతం
                                           తరుం  కల్పవ్రిక్షాధికం  సాధయంతం
                                           నమీస్వరం  సద్గురుం సాయినాధం"

later they went to seek permission of BABA and worshiped him then BABA gave them permission and ordered to ground them on SRAVANA POORNIMA . As per SAI NATHA orders they bought the foot marks and grounded them grandly in that day. At present also we can see the foot marks with the SLOKA under the neem tree.

HARISH CHANDRA PITHALE 

A MUMBAI resident HARISH CHANDRA has a son. He is suffering with a disease which is not cured by  medicines nor Ayurveda also. when the parents lost the hope of his son's survival they heard about SHRI SAI NATHA, immediately they went SHIRIDI and worshiped BABA to save his son. BABA cured his son disease. In that happiness HARISH CHANDRA distributed sweets to everyone over there.He offered fruits to BABA and when he is about to leave BABA called him gave VIBUTHI , PRASADAM and 3 rs to him and blessed him and said " earlier I gave you 2 rs  now I am giving 3 rs, keep these coins in your Pooja Mandir and worship. you ll have a good life". Actually this is the first time for HARISH CHANDRA to visit SHIRIDI so he didn't understand BABA words but he obediently took the money prayed him and returned MUMBAI. He narrated all the incidents to his mother which happened in SHIRIDI and told this also " BABA gave 2 rs to us it seems. I didn't understand. you know anything regarding this" then his mother thought for a while and said " yes son! Now I remembered one thing. As you took your son now to SHIRIDI your father also took you to AKKALKOT MAHARAJA than he gave 3rs to your father. your father Worshiped them. Later we all forgot about it and again with your luck SHRI AKKALKOT MAHARAJA as  SAI NATHA  gave you 3rs again and blessed you". After listening to this HARISH CHANDRA was more devoted to SHRI SAI NATHA. 

HARI KANOB 

HARI KANOB is a resident of MUMBAI came to SHIRIDI.He wore new chappals and a turban which is known as jaripeta. He left the his footwear near corner to worship SAI NATHA. He took blessings, when he came out his footwear was missing. He searched but he could not find them. He returned to his place but he was irritated and he is thinking about his new footwear only which were missed at the Masjid. He went out to have lunch then he heard a small boy shouting " HARI KA BETA - JARIKA PETA" and he has stick in his hands with his footwear hanging. HARI KANOB called that boy and asked why are you shouting like this then he said " BABA told me to do, if anyone asks for footwear you confirm that his name is HARI and father's name is KANOB and he wears turban then only give the footwear".He gave all the details and took his footwear but he didn't understand how come SAI NATHA knew his details and how he recognized that the footwear belongs to him only.