Words of Wisdom—From our Guruji

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As you face East,

Right shoulder

points to South

and Left shoulder to North. North is

Devatas and South

is Pitrus.

When you wear the

sacred thread, it

starts from left

shoulder to right

waist. This is

Yagnopavitham.

When you do Pitru

Karyams it is from

right shoulder to

left waist. This is

Prachinaveetham.

Chakra is needed

to tackle the pitrus.

Shanku is enough to tackle devatas.

In some cases,

Lord prefers to

tackle Pitrus

through Wisdom

and Devatas

through Power. It

is Archavatara

Rahasyam.

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AMRUTHA VAKKULU

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Right is Power and

Left is Wisdom. It is

believed that Lord

holds the Chakra in

the Right and Shanku in the Left.

In some cases he

likes to use

Wisdom as Power

and Power as Wisdom.

In such cases that

Lord is considered

Param Satvik.

In Mangalagiri also

Nrusimha holds in

reverse direction. In

all such cases, the

Lord’s first priority

is Wisdom and the Power is secondary.

Right is Karna

Pisachi and Left is

Hasthi Pisachi.

Karna Piscahi pro-vides all information

where as Hasthi

Pisachi provides

classified infor-

mation.

W o r d s o f W i s d o m — F r o m o u r G u r u j i

Sa

i

Am

ru

th

a

Jy

ot

hi

I n s i d e t hi s i s s u e

J a n u a r y 2 0 1 8 , I s s u e

Can we burn our Ego, Self Pity, Possessive-ness, Jealousy, Anger, Hatred, Greed which we have possessed as an old material of the past in the bon fire of Bhogi and be born as a new person on Makar Sankranthi ?

JOYOUS MAKARA SANKRANTHI TO ALL OF YOU!!!

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The Five Subtle ele-

ments that combine

to compose this

world are as illusory

as the water in a desert mirage. To

whom shall i bow

my head?

I, Myself, Am the

Stainless One.

AHAM

BRAHMASMI

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Burn your Ego, burn your Selfish-ness, burn your Hy-pocrisy, burn your Ugly thoughts, burn your Judgemental attitude and that is the real Bhogi.

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Sri Sai Satcharita in our daily life

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PANCHATANTRA TALES

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TOWARDS THE DIVINE 4

GOD—The Absolute Truth

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U p c o m i n g E v e n t s

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Shiva Rathri

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LORD’S MERCY

&

GRACE !!!

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Blessing devotees with Vishnu Sahasranamam,

Srimad Bhagavat etc., Vittal darshan to Dixit, Gita Rahasya & Kaparde’s family.

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Bathing in sea bestows all the benefits of bathing in various rivers as they all submerge in the sea. Similarly, bowing at Sri Guru’s feet bestows all the boons of worshiping various gods. Lets us all hear Baba’s stories and pray to Him to bless us.

Blessing sacred texts:

Some devotees want their daily reading sacred texts to be blessed by Baba. One day Kaka Mahajani brought Eknath’s Bhagwat to Baba’s durbar to be blessed by Baba. Baba got the book and after turning some pages gave it to Shama and asked him to keep it. Later, Kakaji brought another copy and got it blessed by Baba.

Shama & Vishnu Sahasranamam:

One day Baba decided to bless Shama by giving him a copy of Vishnu Sahasranamam. He tricked a Ramdasi staying in the masjid, who had a copy of this text, to go to the market to get Him

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some medicine for stomach ache. After the Ramdasi left, Baba took his sahasranamam copy and gave it to Shama. Shama refused to accept knowing the short tempered nature of the Ramdasi but Baba insisted on Shama to keep it and read daily one nama as it would be very beneficial to him. When the Ramdasi returned he came to know about this and got enraged and prepared to fight with Shama, Baba called him and advised him against getting angry and explained that He only gave the book to Shama. In return, Shama agreed to give a copy of Pancharatni Gita. Thus the fight came to an end and later, Shama became very proficient in that text so as to explain the meaning to even more educated souls.

Vittal Darshan:

We have already seen Baba’s leela of blessing Kakasaheb Dixit with Vittal darshan in chapter 4, earlier.

Gita Rahasya:

Baba gave Bapu Saheb Jog a copy of Gita Rahasya, written by Tilak and asked him to read it daily for more benefits.

Kaparde Family:

A learned gentleman knows as Dada Saheb Kaparde came with his family and stayed at Shirdi for a few months. He will just sit quietly in front of Baba. Everyday, his wife would bring lunch for Baba and insist on Him to eat it all. Baba wanted to show her greatness to others and would wait for her to bring food and would eat them

Saiamrutham — “For seeing brahman (realizing the self) one has to give five things, (i.e. surrender five

things) (1) five pranas (vital forces), (2) five senses (five of action and five of perception), (3) mind, (4) intellect

and (5) ego. This path of brahma-jnana of self-realization is ‘as hard as to tread on the edge of a razor. ”

eagerly. When Shama questioned Baba on this favoritism shown by Baba to her, Sai explained that she has been related to Him from several births and hence His show of love for her. After lunch, she would press Baba’s feet affectionately and Baba also would press her hands softly. He also gave her a mantra diksha and asked her to chant ‘Rajarama’ daily. This may look odd to others but this is called ‘Sakti-Path’ where the Guru transfers His power to His disciple. Others should not doubt or question the motive in this, as Guru and Sishya are one and the same.

***************************** BOW TO SRI SAI

PEACE BE TO ALL!!

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LIFE APPLICATIONS

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Listening to Sai stories would bring happiness in daily life.

Sacred texts when blessed by one’s Guru, would bring more benefits.

Reading at least one name from Vishnu Sahasranama is very beneficial.

Never doubt a Guru—Sishya relationship.

Guru’s motives are

unfathomable.


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OF CROWS AND OWLS ******************************* Once upon a time, all the birds in a far away jungle decided to meet and discuss a matter of importance. They needed to select a new King, as they all felt that Garuda, the present King was not doing a very good job of being a King. They all accused him of serving his master all the time and not taking enough care and time to be their king and settle their disputes. So, on that day, all the birds viz. swans, peacocks, cranes, doves, sparrows and all other birds had congregated and they noticed that the crows were not there. They decided not to wait anymore and proceeded to elect a new King. They all looked at each other and noticed each other's strengths and weakness. They all felt that the Owl should be their next King, because he had an impressive feature, calm and most importantly he could see during the night time, while the other birds could not. On the day of Coronation, a beautiful procession was planned with lot of fanfare and the Owl was about to be crowned. Then a crow flew out of nowhere and enquired about the proceedings. When he knew that an Owl was about to be crowned, he could not agree to it. He asked the birds, "Why would you crown the Owl, when you have the Garuda a Majestic one as your King?. Mere mention of his name is enough to scare away our enemies. Look at the Owl, he is angry looking even when he is calm, Can you look

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at him when he is really angry? Also, he is blind during the day and he cannot do justice during the day. Listening to this, all the birds started to doubt their decision and slowly left the place. The Owl and his wife were left bewildered. The crow then explained to them what had happened and they were very angry that because of the crow, they lost the chance of being King and queen. They then said to the crow that from that time on, Crows and Owls would be sworn enemies. Now, the crow was very sad. He chided himself for opening his mouth where it was not needed and it was heartbroken that he made the mighty Owls become sworn enemies of their entire clan.

MORAL OF THE STORY **************************

It is not necessary to counsel where it is not needed and it will only bring trouble to all concerned.

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* T O W A R D S T H E D I V I N E * - K a v i n a y a

HOW TO CULTIVATE BHAKTHI - PART 8

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In Bhagavad Geetha, Sri Krishna said, “Among the months, I am the Margazhi”. We are in the middle of this auspicious month, in which we have the opportunity to think about the Divine and the Divine only. This is such a special month, where we recite Thiruvempavai for Lord Shiva and Thiruppavai for Lord Vishnu. In the pretense of waking the Gods, we try to wake ourselves up from our sleep of ignorance and try to think of Him, at least temporarily.

I love Andaal Nachchiyaar, who gave us the essense of all vedhas in Her simple but beautiful Poetry. I really wanted to write about Her for this issue regardless. By God’s grace, it just happened such that She is also our prime guide for the next and last mode of Bhakthi, Atma Nivedhana.

Atma Nivedhana is nothing but complete self surrender to God. This is the way Andaal shows us in Her Pasurams. Not only that, She was a living example of such surrender. She believed only in Him, nothing else mattered to Her. She saw Krishna everywhere. She said she would not marry a mortal. She knew that She truly belonged to Her Narayana. Through Thiruppavai songs, all She sought was complete surrender to Narayana.

She shows us how to get there as well. She said we must wake up from our sleep (ignorance). We need to purify our hearts. How do we do that? We must renounce our indulgence in tasty food, nice clothes, beautiful jewelry, etc. We must not gossip about others. We must only think of Him with pure heart. Once we surrender to Him completely, we will be able to get His grace. After which, we will celebrate it by wearing nice clothes, jewelry, and enjoy delicious food together. We will pray to Him that we should never ever forget Him, however many births we may have to take.

A true Bhaktha, a true devotee, will not ask God for this and that. Instead, He will love Him only for the sake of love and nothing else.

Wish you all a blessed New Year! Let us wake up and seek His Grace! God bless!

SAIRAM !!!


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* G O D — T h e A b s o l u t e T r u t h * - S a i V a r a n a s i

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Dear God,

With the grace of my previous birth, My mind has begun to look up to YOU, I am afraid, that

this pride as i learn more about YOU!!

Will create a veil of ignorance, to falsify, the litte knowledge that i have gained, that does not

even begin to dignify!!

The magnanimity yet simplicity, of the Universe that YOU define!!

Help me to be ever humble, As i learn to speak volumes in your praise, help me to use words

effectively as i try to describe your grace!!

Help me to really understand the depth of YOUR omnipresence, help me in every which way,

so that i can grow, and learn to live by YOUR ways!!

YOU are far yet very near,

YOU are just about everywhere,

YOU are I,

I am YOU,

When will i begin to feel this feeling which is the absolute Truth!!

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3. SHAKTHI GANAPATHI Shakthi Ganapathi is the fifth among the 32 forms of Ganesha. He is depicted with four arms.

Appereance of Shakthi Ganapathi *********************************************** Shakthi Ganapathi is the most powerful form among all forms of Ganesha. This form og Ganapati is part of Tantric worship. Holding the green colored Shakthi, Shakthi Ganapati is depicted as being the color of the sky at sunset. He appears with a noose in one hand, a garland of flowers in another and one hand in the abhaya mudra, offering blessings to devotees.

Shakthi Ganapathi Dhyanam ******************************* Alingya devaan haritham nishnnaam Parasparaa shlishtaka thee nivesham

Sandhya runam pashasrunim Bhayapaham Shakti ganesha meede

Worship **********

Shakthi Ganapathi is worshipped in Tantric form of worship.

* 3 2 F o r m s o f L o r d G a n a p a t h i ( S h a k t h i G a n a p a t h i & D w i j a G a n a p t h i ) *

4. DWIJA GANAPATHI Dwija Ganapathi is the sixth among the 32 forms of Ganesha. He is depicted with four heads and four arms similar to Lord Brahma.

Appereance of Dwija Ganapathi

***************************************** Dwija Ganapthi shines in the color of the moon and wears lightning like bangles on his arms. In his hands, he holds a book, rosary beads, kamandalu (vessel used during wor-ship) and a danda.

Dwija Ganapathi Dhyanam ********************************

Yah pustakaksha gunadanda kamandalu shrih Nirvarthya maana karabhushana mindu varnam Sthamberamanana chaturbhuja shobhamanam

Thwaam samsmarethi dwija ganadhipathim sadhanyah

Worship **********

Dwija Ganapathi is worshipped on Ganesha Jayanthi, Vinayaka Chaturthi, Durva Ganapathi Vrat etc. Those who worship dwija ganapathi will be blessed with health and prosperity.


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* M y F i r s t S o n n e t o n O u r G u r u j i * - S h a n k a r N a r a y a n a n

An Ode to our Master

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This is a Sonnet, A poem that contains fourteen lines and written as (AB AB, CD CD, EF EF and GG). It is written

in Iambic Pentameter, a style that poets like Shakespeare used.

PRANAMS GURUJI

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(A) Born in a divine family our Master became a disciple of Master Shri. Aramudan,

(B) From him he learnt every divine nuances besides becoming an ardent student!

(A)With every acid test, he outshined as the beat and remained an “Aura-Amudan’,

(B) And showed this world and showered grace with that Prudent!

(C) He met Maharishi ‘Rajar’ and learned Vedas, Upanishads and Mantras,

(D) He became friends with the flora and fauna of the jungles and all the Forests,

(C) Met more Masters like Maa. Chandini and learned Prayogams, Sastras and Tantras,

(D) Some prayogams even lasts more than four days where our Master never had time For-

rests,

(E) His arduous journey as a Prayogi was never a bed of roses nor a possible one for simple hu-

mans,

(F) Lord’s Grace and his Master’s Love made him conquer every hurdle and succeed in his di-

vine endeavour,

(F) In every way we are too blesse to see him as out Guruji disguised as a simple human,

(G) To live with him and getting his darshan is the real gift of our birth

(G) With unconditional love i prostrate for i should be blessed to be his disciple if i have a re-

birth.

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PRANAMS PRANAMS PRANAMS

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