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The best father in the universe Shirdi, October 2000 G uruji doesn’t look like a saint, or at least not how we imagine one to be, but he is a real saint in whose presence peace will be experienced. He is very simple and natural. I am glad to inform you that I am his daughter. My father is known as Guruji to the many people from all over the world who come to take his darshan. Some come simply to see him, others come to get rid of their problems, but all of them find peace when their wishes are fulfilled. After having his darshan some have their diseases cured, some experience happiness, while others get rid of all their miseries. p During a holiday in Tirumala, while chatting with my friends, we happened to talk ill of a friend who wasn’t there. Normally when I went to my father to play he would never ask me anything. But on that day when I came to him he asked me, “What were you talking about with your friends?” I said, “Nothing, Daddy.” It immediately reminded me of an incident from the Shri Sai Satcharita. In Baba’s time some of the devotees who were staying in the wada were talking ill of a person who was not there. (Baba wasn’t there with them – he was in the mosque.) In the morning when Baba went for his walk, he asked one of those devotees, “What were you talking about in the wada last night?” That person said, “Nothing, Baba.” Baba pointed to a pig sniffing around in the dirt and said, “There is no difference between you and this pig.” I then understood that we should not make any bad remarks about others. I think that it is very important to listen to what my Daddy says. p When I was younger and suffering from fever or any pain, my father would always tell me, “Pray to Baba. It will be okay,” and I would pray and be okay. I will tell you an experience that happened to me. One day I had an annoying pain in my left arm. I prayed to Baba, “Please Baba, relieve me of the pain.” Right after this my father called me and told me to sit beside him. I sat down and he asked me to sing a song. I started singing. My father was tapping on the spot where I had the pain but while he was tapping I didn’t feel any discomfort. When the song was over my father said, “Go and play.” I went outside. The pain had gone. From this moment on I understood why many people say that there is no difference between Baba and Daddy. Some of the experiences devotees have with Guruji are so similar to the leelas that happened during Baba’s lifetime that many people think Guruji is Baba. But I think Baba is blessing people through Guruji. p Now I would like to say something about Sarath Babuji, not as Guruji but as my father. My father is totally devoted to Baba. In our house there are no photos of other deities or of any other people but Baba and Guruji. In my father’s room there are only pictures of Sai Baba. Whatever he does is always related to Baba. When he works on the computer it always has to do with Baba. Either he is writing something about Baba or he is correcting some article or other about him. He has told me many times that if I remember Baba and do puja to him regularly, I won’t have any problems. When we buy something new, whether a pen, a TV or anything else, my father first offers it to Baba and puts udi on it. We don’t use anything unless it has been offered to Baba. This is a common daily practice in our house but I don’t know if the same is done in other people’s homes. I always like to be with my father. So far, I don’t remember a single wish of mine that hasn’t been fulfilled. He has always given me everything I have asked for, right from my hair-band to travelling abroad. Sometimes I forget what I wanted but my father never forgets. He always gets me what I want no matter if it is from India or some other part of the world. He knows what I want before I know it. He gives me everything even before the wish comes out of my mouth. I am the most lucky person to have such a nice daddy. Many people ask me if my father talks to me or not. Of course he talks to me – he is my father! We always sit together when we eat. He jokes a lot, also about me, and likes to tease me. Usually people have only one pet name but I have an infinite number of them. My father constantly invents new pet names for me, funny ones, teasing ones, nonsense ones, he never runs out of new names. I like it very much. My father is the best father anyone could have in this whole universe. Sruti Sainathuni, born in 1987, is a student who lives in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. SRI BABUJI: My daughter has everything. All that she asks I give and usually she won’t ask for anything. But when I would go to the market she would ask, “Daddy, I want this bangle, I want this bindi, I want this doll.” Okay, I buy it and then give it to her. Once she sees it she gives it to somebody else. She doesn’t play with it at all. She doesn’t need it. It’s just that she goes shopping with me very rarely and asking is an expression of her love. She has to ask and I have to fulfil it, and that interaction is the experience of the love in a more intense way.
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The best father in the universe
Shirdi, October 2000
G uruji doesn’t look like a saint, or at least not how we imagine one to be, but he is a real saint in whose presence peace will be experienced.
He is very simple and natural. I am glad to inform you that I am his daughter. My father is known as Guruji to the many people from all over the world who come to take his darshan. Some come simply to see him, others come to get rid of their problems, but all of them find peace when their wishes are fulfilled. After having his darshan some have their diseases cured, some experience happiness, while others get rid of all their miseries.
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During a holiday in Tirumala, while chatting with my friends, we happened to talk ill of a friend who wasn’t there. Normally when I went to my father to play he would never ask me anything.
But on that day when I came to him he asked me, “What were you talking about with your friends?”
I said, “Nothing, Daddy.”It immediately reminded me of an incident from the Shri Sai Satcharita.
In Baba’s time some of the devotees who were staying in the wada were talking ill of a person who was not there. (Baba wasn’t there with them – he was in the mosque.) In the morning when Baba went for his walk, he asked one of those devotees, “What were you talking about in the wada last night?”
That person said, “Nothing, Baba.”Baba pointed to a pig sniffing around in the dirt and said, “There is no
difference between you and this pig.”I then understood that we should not make any bad remarks about others.
I think that it is very important to listen to what my Daddy says. p
When I was younger and suffering from fever or any pain, my father would always tell me, “Pray to Baba. It will be okay,” and I would pray and be okay.
I will tell you an experience that happened to me. One day I had an annoying pain in my left arm. I prayed to Baba, “Please Baba, relieve me of the pain.” Right after this my father called me and told me to sit beside him. I sat down and he asked me to sing a song. I started singing. My father was tapping on the spot where I had the pain but while he was tapping I didn’t feel any discomfort.
When the song was over my father said, “Go and play.”I went outside. The pain had gone. From this moment on I understood
why many people say that there is no difference between Baba and Daddy. Some of the experiences devotees have with Guruji are so similar to the leelas that happened during Baba’s lifetime that many people think Guruji is Baba. But I think Baba is blessing people through Guruji.
p
Now I would like to say something about Sarath Babuji, not as Guruji but as my father. My father is totally devoted to Baba. In our house there are no photos of other deities or of any other people but Baba and Guruji. In my father’s room there are only pictures of Sai Baba. Whatever he does is always related to Baba. When he works on the computer it always has to do with Baba. Either he is writing something about Baba or he is correcting some article or other about him. He has told me many times that if I remember Baba and do puja to him regularly, I won’t have any problems.
When we buy something new, whether a pen, a TV or anything else, my father first offers it to Baba and puts udi on it. We don’t use anything unless it has been offered to Baba. This is a common daily practice in our house but I don’t know if the same is done in other people’s homes.
I always like to be with my father. So far, I don’t remember a single wish of mine that hasn’t been fulfilled. He has always given me everything I have asked for, right from my hair-band to travelling abroad. Sometimes I forget what I wanted but my father never forgets. He always gets me what I want no matter if it is from India or some other part of the world. He knows what I want before I know it. He gives me everything even before the wish comes out of my mouth. I am the most lucky person to have such a nice daddy.
Many people ask me if my father talks to me or not. Of course he talks to me – he is my father! We always sit together when we eat. He jokes a lot, also about me, and likes to tease me. Usually people have only one pet name but I have an infinite number of them. My father constantly invents new pet names for me, funny ones, teasing ones, nonsense ones, he never runs out of new names. I like it very much. My father is the best father anyone could have in this whole universe.
Sruti Sainathuni, born in 1987, is a student who lives in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
SRI BABUJI: My daughter has everything. All that she asks I give and usually she won’t ask for anything. But when I would go to the market she would ask, “Daddy, I want this bangle, I want this bindi, I want this doll.” Okay, I buy it and then give it to her. Once she sees it she gives it to somebody else. She doesn’t play with it at all. She doesn’t need it. It’s just that she goes shopping with me very rarely and asking is an expression of her love. She has to ask and I have to fulfil it, and that interaction is the experience of the love in a more intense way.
