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September 2009
It is often said thatchildhood is the best periodin one’s life. Most of us havevery pleasant memories ofour childhood. Playing withyour friends in gay abandon,rushing back home andyelling” I am hungry” and yourmother rushing to feed you,learning new things in schoolevery day, the tension ofstudies before the examsand the euphoria thereafter,the feelings of achievementand adulation of parents andteachers upon getting goodgrades and the pranks whichone played with schoolfriends. But above all it wasthe feeling of security, ofbeing cared for and noworries except that ofexcelling in studies andsports. But all the childrenare not so lucky. Many ofthem eatonly once aday, lackproperclothes andsome donot haveanyone tocare forthem. Theystruggle forsurvivaleveryday,are exposed to abuse, bothemotional and physical, at avery tender age and haveonly themselves to fendagainst the cruel world
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around them.When survival itselfbecomes the goal in life,education becomes adistant dream and the pathto crime is easiest to follow.Children living in harshcircumstances suffer for nofault of theirs and it is the dutyof the more fortunate toprovide all the help they canto bring back the joys ofchildhood to these children.By providing help to theunderprivileged children notonly are we bringing backsmiles on their faces butalso strengthening thefoundations of our future
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On 29th & 30th August 2009,Shirdi Sai temple, Chicagoceleberated its fifthanniversary with full devotionand enthusiasm. Shri C. B.Satpathy ji was the chiefguest at this function. PranPrathista of Shri Sai Babaidol at Shirdi Sai JalaramMandir, Houston wasperformed by Shri C. B.Satpathy ji. He alsoinaugurated the parayan(reading) room in the templecomplex.Many devotees gatheredto take part in ‘Ek ShaamShri Sai Ke Naam’ on August30th 2009, at Shirdi SaiTemple, Hampshire.The famous playback andclassical singer Shri SureshWadkar from India recitedbhajans at the event “EkShaam Shri Sai Ke Naam”(An evening in remembranceand celebration of life of ShriShirdi Sai Baba) Heenthralled the audience withhis melodious singing of thegospel of Shri Sai Baba ofShirdi and sing devotionalsongs. 
- Anil Chadha
Villagers of the temple townof Shirdi, who were on ahunger strike since last twodays, protestingthe decision totake Padukas ofSai Baba toAmerica,withdrew theiragitation todayafter the ShirdiTrust decidedagainst the visit.The devoteesof Sai Baba, living inAmerica, had written a letterto the trust requesting themto bring Sai Paduka for adarshan, Sai Baba SansthanpresidentJayantSasaneassured thelocalresidentsthat thedecision tosend thePadukas tothe US hadbeen cancelled.
-Rohit Behal
A devotee objected to people going to Baba fortemporal benefit e.g., employment, money, children,cure of disease.SAI BABA: Do not do that, My men first come to me onaccount of that only. They get their heart’s desire fulfilled;and comfortably placed in life, they then follow me andprogress further.I bring my men to me from long distances under manypleas. I seek them and bring them to me. They do notcome (of their own accord). I bring them to me.However distance – even thousands of miles away - mypeople might be, I draw them to myself, just as we pullbird to us with a string tied to their foot.(From Baba’s Charters and Sayings)
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On 2nd October2009 Sai Aas isorganising anevent of charityin Shirdi with thehelp of boardmembers of SaiBaba Sansthan,Shirdi and othersponsors including Sai Worship Cen-tre, Singapore and Shri Sai SumiranTrust. This is being organised by Mr.Alok Misra who organises suchprogrammes for the poor deprived andneedy people by organising SaiBhajans all the year around in thecountry.
-Nilesh Sanklecha
 
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cdrsanjaybhatt@yahoo.co.inMy name is Ms. Sonali B.Talekar, aged 29 years,from,Marcel Old Goa. I wassuffering from the severepain in my all the joints likearthritis pain since last 3years. I contacted manyDoctors and I was undermedication but in vain. Icame to know through theleading news papers, aboutthe free service of healingtouch has been organizedby a Sai devotees at ShriSai Baba temple Goa on27
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January 2008 and ShriJagtap Babaji who hascome from Chennai, will beblessing the devotees. So Icame there and registeredA few months ago my fiancégot laid off from his company.He is on an H1B visa andwould go out of status if wedon’t either change to an-other visa or transfer it toanother employer. We de-cided to transfer it to anotheremployer. A friend of us saidhe would sponsor one. Aftera month of applying we got avery tough RFE asking formany documents. We werescared that it will not be ap-proved and that we have togo back to India. We weregetting prepared for that. Iasked my fiancé to keep to-tal trust in Sai Baba and startdoing Parayana of Shri SaiSatcharitra. Even before hecompleted reading he couldget all the documentsneeded and mailed. Just lastweek his visa got approved.I am thankful to Sai Baba forthat.
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Trust InSai BabaFree Service Camp Of Healing Touch
I Jitendra Dutt Bhattwas an employee of drillingdiscipline in ONGC. I spentmost of the time in MehsanaDistt. of Gujarat. I had mymother Smt. Savitri Devi, mywife Sulochana Devi andnephew Rakeshmy son Vaibhav anddaughter Rakhi in my family.My income was notsufficient to meet thedemands of my family I triedto do side jobs as well. Myfriend Shri Prasad was adevotee of Baba and alwayscarried ‘Shri Sai Satcharitra’with him. He was inclinedtowards Shri Sai Nath thruour common friend Shri J.K.Das. On his advice hestarted chanting the name ofSai Baba whole heartedly.Within a year Shri Prasadwas blessed with a son. ShriPrasad gave me a copy of“Shri Sai Satcharitra” toread. I went through thebook and returned it, heobserved that I was notassured of Sai Baba’smiraculous powers, he thanasked me to sincerely tellBaba about my worries.In 1976-77 to meet thefamily demands, I had takena scheme. On completionof scheme I would have gotreward of Rs.25000/- and toachieve the target onlytwenty five days remained. Iwas worried as it wasalmost impossible toachieve the target. I boweddown with all respect toBaba’s feet earnestly. Hisways are not known how Hecares for His children, whocome to Him with devotion. Igot what I wished for. Afterthat I longed for His“Darshan” at Shirdi. Myfriend Shri Prasad too wasplanning to go to Shirdi, weboth with our wives reachedShirdi by bus from Surat.This was my first Darshanof Baba; I was stunned andimmobile as if somethingover powered me and tearsrolled out of my eyes. I wastruly feeling blessed.Once my mother wasin Pooja Room she sawBaba in front of His famousposture sitting on rock.Suddenly there was abeautiful light and Matajifainted in awe with a shriek.My wife who was in thekitchen ran there and shesprinkled some water butMata ji remainedspeechless for quite sometime. When I returned homeand asked her how she felt?She said that she wasenjoying a blissful feeling.I had no idea then thatBaba would send me backto my village Nakronda inDistt DehraDun,Uttarakhand. In 1999 I tookvoluntary retirement fromONGC. In Nakronda villagewe all brothers have someland and a good part of it issituated on Gulhar Ghattiroad prominently. After livingin Dehradun for two years Iwas inspired to construct aSai Baba Temple in this landat our village. I consultedMata ji and my brothers; weall agreed to the thought ofconstructing a temple. Weestablished a “Trust throughour Mother.Now a small Dutt templehas been constructed nextto ongoing construction ofSai temple. Every morningand evening Aartis are beingdone. The photo of Babasitting on rock in which mymother saw light, wasdemonstrated on Doli twiceon the occasion of Bhoomipoojan day of Sai temple andon the inauguration day ofDutt Temple. Theconstruction work is goingon and number of peoplehave started coming to thetemple. Our whole familyhas become Sai devotee.“May Sai Baba keep usblessed” I pray to him.The area of MandirCampus is in six and quarterbighas. Its foundation andGayatri Nav-kundi havanwas conducted under thesupervision of “SHANTIKUNJ” of Haridwar on 25/05/ 06.Baba has His ownways to arrange things.Suddenly a Baba’s devoteearchitect and constructionengineer joined our project.The under ground digging iscomplete & pillars are beingerected and the four wallsare complete. It is ready forlaying first linter. Boundarywalls on two sides arecomplete. After linter theGarbh Griha constructionshall take place. The bathsand toilets are ready to use.I and our familiesimagine a beautiful Baba’sstatue in the temple. Foremergency we also wish tomake someaccommodation forovernight stay. The firsttarget is a beautiful SaiTemple. In future we plan toconduct free yoga camps,medical camps which shallbe very useful for villagers.The work on phase one isgoing on and roofconstruction in phase twohas to start. “May Babashower his love and blessingto all”.
-J.D. BHATT
Sai Temple at VillageNakronda In Dehradun
my name and was waiting formy turn. When I was calledupon, I went to Shri JagtapBabaji to get the blessing.Shri Jagtap Babaji did theservice of Healing Touch tome and what a Miracle!Suddenly, all my severe painhad been cured instantly.Thanks to Shri Sai Babaji andShri Jagtap BabajiNext free service of healingtouch will be at Nandurbaron 13
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Sept. 2009 from09:00 AM to 05:00 PM.Contact person is Mr.Madhav Choudhri & UjjwalaChoudhary Phone-09850690630 & 9822428910The next camp is atBaroda (Vadodara) on 15thand 16th September Contactperson is Shri Devendra J.Phone: 09227484897.The next free service willbe at Aligarh (U.P.) on 23
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,24th and 25th September,from 09:00 AM to 05:00 PM.Contact person is ShriDharam Prakash Agarwal,President Shri Sai Temple,Ph: 09927034098.Devotees can contactShri Jagtap Babaji forarranging Free service campof healing touch on his No.09841586849, email- jagtapsai@rediffmail.comsociety. During our marchto help the underprivilegedchildren by bringing themback to school we, in DiyaFoundation, have comeacross a great member oftragic cases where thechildren suffered for no faultof theirs. It was on theintervention by DiyaFoundation that the joys ofchildhood were broughtback to them.Here are some of thoseuntold stories which havebeen penned not to seeksympathy but to make thereaders aware as to howfate sometimes plays crueland how constructivehuman intervention fromaffluent sections of thesociety brings back joys oflife to these tender souls.This is story of a little boynamed Goldy. He was justsix years old when his fatherdied in a tragic accident.Suddenly life changedcompletely for him and hismother Neetu. His grandparents turned their backupon their son’s bereavedfamily, refusing them anysupport and assistance.Out of desperation,Neetu turned to her brotherfor shelter and support.Here, too, both of them weretreated as outcasts as aburden and a liability.Her survival instinct ledNeetu to take upemployment as an ‘Asha’worker with ‘Balwadi’, a socialservice organization. Hercompensation was a mereRs.500/- per month.Obviously, it was not a salarythat could ensure that Goldywent to school. But then sheheard of the Diya VidyaMandir, a school run by theDiya Foundation.Today, Goldy is beingprovided both free educationand medical care. In addition,the family is being offered freerations under the Food forHungry Programme run bythe Foundation.Life changes for those whoseek and try. And becauseGod has a heart of gold thatoverflows with compassion.A child's life is so sensitivethat if not ditected properly inthe right path it can lead todisastrous.Diya Foundation is doing itsbit to support theseunderprivileged children. Weall can join hands with DiyaFoundation for lighting upmore lives by giving ourcontribution. Donations toDiya Foundation are eligiblefor deduction from incomeunder 80G of the Income TaxAct. & is authorised to acceptforeign contributions.Ph- 011-28745151,28745252email:diya@diyafoundation.orgwww.diyafoundation.org
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OM SAI RAM. On the 7th ofJune 2008, we had thelaunch of our high fashiongarments boutique“Samaira” at Malad inMumbai. The president ofthe local cable TV networkMr. Paresh was also a guestat the event and at the sametime he was covering theevent to air it on the localcable network. He knew thatmy family and I are Saidevotees, so he had boughta Sai Baba idol as a gift forus on the occasion of thelaunch of the boutique.He had gift wrapped theidol. But due topreoccupation with coveringthe event, he forgot to bringthe Sai Baba idol for us. Afew days later he even calledmy sister Vinita to informabout the gift but did notmention what the gift was.Nobody other than his wifeknew that there was a SaiBaba idol gift wrapped forthe owners of the boutique,kept at his house. Again, dueto busy schedules Pareshforgot to bring the Sai Babaidol to us.On 29th of July 2008,Tuesday afternoon asParesh’s father was asleepin his house he had a dreamin which he heard the doorbell ringing and on openingthe door he saw Sri Sai Babastanding giving darshan.Baba asked him why haveyou kept me closed inside abox? Take me to my childrenfor whom you have broughtme. Immediately then thetelephone bell rang and he(Paresh’s father) woke up.He ran towards the maingate of his house and thencalled his entire family andasked them where is SaiBaba? He narrated hisdream to his familymembers and they were allwondering when and howhave they closed and keptBaba in a box? ThenPareshs’s wife after thinkingfor a while, suddenly realisedthat the gift for the boutiqueis a Sai Baba idol packed andgift wrapped in a box.Everyone in their family wasastonished to see that gift.Pareshs’s father got darshanof Sri Sai Baba and Sri SaiBaba blessed my entirefamily by coming into ourlives and home. We receivedthe idol from them and thenperformed puja and abhishekof Baba on His arrival.Sai Baba is on “JagritSamadhi” and iscontinuously showering Hislove and blessings to Hisdevotees and to the world.He takes care of all Hisdevotees all the time. Thiswas His biggest leela for meand my family and we gotblessed. Just by surrenderingcompletely to Sai andfollowing his two divinewords Shradha Saburi we willcome closer and closer toour Perfect Master, ourSadguru, our God, Sri SaiBaba of Shirdi.Sri Sachidanand SadguruSainath Maharaj Ki Jai.
Anand Joshi,
Mumbai,Courtesy-
Heritage of Shirdi Sai
Necessity of a Guru
For thy worship o’ Sai lord,A temple grandis in my heart.please come tothis templeswami Sai,In it for ever may Thou haltMy chawdan is love,my garland is love ,my bhog -parsadam is love,These offering of loveplease take with love ,For ,swami ,thou artthe source of loveThou art Ishwar ,thou art allah,Thou art Christand Buddha the great,Thou art Brahama ,Thou art Vishnu,Thou art shiv,controller of fate.In Trate thou waseth Ram,in Dwapar shyam,Now in KaliyugThou is Sai form.For devoteesThou will often come,This is thy promisegiven to some.Alone thou artthe divine super master,Hidden in everyatom and matter.For hapless,a kind comforter,Thou art indeedthe most loving mother.Some go to temples,mosques and churches,Some go to variousholy places.I view three ever inmy heart’s niches,Kindly lovinglybestowing thy graces.Jai Sai Lord
-S.S. Verma, Patna
Devotee PresentsDiamond-Studded GoldCrown at Shirdi
'Shri Sai Satcharitra'available in MP3contactNeeraj KumarPh- 9810746854Binu AnejaPh- 9899265170
Kakasaheb Dixit has pub-lished his notes regardingnecessity of Guru. Next dayafter Hemadpant’s meetingwith Sai Baba, Kakasahebwent to Baba and askedwhether he should leaveShirdi. Baba Said, "Yes".Then someone asked -"Baba, where to go?" Babasaid, "High up." Then theman said, "How is the way?"Baba said, "There are manyways leading there; there isone way also from here(Shirdi). The way is difficult.There are tigers and wolvesin the jungles on the way." I(Kakasaheb) asked - "ButBaba, what if we take a guidewith us?" Baba answered, -"Then there is no difficulty.The guide will take youstraight to your destination,avoiding wolves, tigers andditches etc. On the way. Ifthere be no guide, there isthe danger of your being lostin the jungles or falling intoditches." Mr. Dabholkar waspresent on this occasionand he thought that this wasthe answer Baba gave to thequestion whether Guru wasa necessity and he thereupontook the hint that no discus-sion of the problem, whetherman is free or bound, is ofany use in spiritual matters,but that on the contrary realParamartha is possible onlyas the result of the teachingsof the Guru, as is illustratedin this chapter of the originalwork in the instances of greatAvatars like Rama andKrishna, who had to submitthemselves to their Gurus,Vasishtha and Sandipani re-spectively, for getting self-realization and that the onlyvirtues necessary for suchprogress are faith and pa-tience.
Compiled by
-Moti Lal Gupta
Founder Chairman:Sai Dham, Tigaon Road,Sai Baba School,Faridabad.I am a devotee of Babasince I was 12 yrs old. Wehave Baba’s temple next toour house in India. All hisAartis can be heard from ourterrace. I some how gotattracted to His Aartis. FirstlyI used to think that the tuneand rhythm sounds reallygood and that is the reasonwhy I liked His Aartis. Thenslowly I startedunderstanding some lyricseven though I don’t knowMarathi and started likingthem more. Since then Istarted loving Baba, Histeachings, His SaiSatcharitra and bhajans.Baba gave me everything.I don’t know what to list. Hegave me good parents, agood husband and son, goodin-laws and all the goodthings that I wanted.Whenever I have a problem,I sit and look into His eyes inthe photo that I have in myhouse and I somehow feelthat He conveys me amessage that “This is atesting period for you anddefinitely you would be out ofthis in few days” and everytime all my problems vanishso fast.I would like to share one ofmy many experiences thatreally touched me a lot. Myson started speaking verylate. He did not talk anythinguntil he was 3 years old. Allour relatives and everyone inschool commented that he
Baba Blessed My Son
may have some speechproblem. I never botheredabout what everyone said.Instead I used to tell themthat I strongly believe in Babaand Baba won’t let my sonhave any problem and wasunder the impression thatmy son would talk whenBaba really wanted him to.After a few days everyonestarted commenting thatapart from speechimpairment my son could behaving some other problem.One day I was performingmy daily Pooja and suddenlyI started crying and said“Baba, I have no courage totake this anymore.” I startedperforming my daily Poojawith some unhappinessthinking about my son. Afterfew months on a Thursdaymorning I saw Baba’s murthiin my dreams telling me that“Hmm…. ok… hereafter hewill be fine.” After thisincident, my son reallypicked up very quickly andwithin very few days hestarted talking really well. Iam highly indebted andthankful to Baba for what Hehas given me. Baba is theLord of the universe, and thewhole universe runs at Hiswill” —”Baba Bless all of us”Pratima, Fremont,
Courtesy-Heritage of ShirdiSai
A devotee has donated aDiamond-Studded GoldCrown worth Rs 1.3 crore toSri Saibaba Temple in Shirdithrough a ‘Gupta Daan’(secret donation). UnionMinister Mr. VilasraoDeshmukh and his wife Mrs.Vrushali Deshmukhyesterday handed over theCrown to the Temple in thepresence of SaibabaSansthan’s Chair-person Mr.Jayant Sasane, DeputyChairman Mr. ShankarraoKolhe and others. However,on the request of theDevotee, hailing fromMumbai, the Sansthan haskept the donor’s name asecret.
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