Sai Baba Shirdi

August 27, 2011 by sai

Sai Baba of Shirdi was a very a very popular yogi, Indian guru and a fakir. Both Hindu and Muslims are devotees of Sai Baba. According to Hindu devotees, he was the embodiment of Lord Dattatreya and many believe that Sai Baba was a Satguru or an enlightened Sufi. He is popular in many countries of the world; however his maximum devotees are in India.

Sai Baba of Shirdi :

Sai Puja

Real name of Sai Baba is unknown. He got his name as ‘Sai’ on his arrival at Shirdi. There is no information available about his birth place or birth date because Baba never shared his past life with anyone.

Word ‘Sai’ is originated from Sanskrit language whose meaning is ‘Sakshat Eshwar’ and meaning of word ‘Baba’ means father or old man.

Baba had never used any luxurious things and self realization was his sole disquiet. He gave lessons of love, charity, helping others, forgiveness, inner peace and devotion to God. Teachings of Sai Baba include elements of both Hinduism and Islam. He was used to practice rituals of both Hindu and Muslims, lived in a mosque and gave it a Hindu name Dwarakamayi. He used to teach lessons based on both the religions and in the end he was buried in a Hindu temple at Shirdi.

His well known saying ‘Sabka Malik Ek’ is connected with Sufism and Islam and he always spoken ‘Allah Malik’.

There are so many leaders of Hindu religion who were the devotee of Sai Baba. Some of his followers got famous as saint or spiritual figures such as Saint Gangagir, Upasni Maharaj, Mhalsapati, Sati Godavari mataji, Saint Bidkar Maharaj, etc.

There is a temple in name of Sai Baba located at Shirdi and many people come here every year to get blessings of Sai Baba.

Sai Baba Quotes and Sayings

August 27, 2011 by sai

Sai Temple

Sai Baba one of the most devoted personalities all over India was very famous for his preaching, simplicity and his way of thinking. Sai Baba a saint living in a small town, Shirdi won hearts of thousands by his good deeds for common people without any expectations. Shirdi was also the place where he took his last breath. Samadhi Mandir is built in the heart of Shirdi where still his soul rests.

Sai Baba Quotes :

Sai Baba was not a saint with long lectures and mantras; instead he revived people from inside, making them follow right path. Sai baba never had any interest in wealth, power or even supremacy.

Sai baba always believed in karmas “what is yours is yours, what is mine is mine”. It means you should never try to get things which belong to others; instead you should always be happy and satisfied with what you have. Sai Baba’s teachings involved inner peace, forgiveness, charity, love and devotion to god.

Sai Baba’s also quoted; “Before you speak, ask yourself: Is it kind, is it necessary and is it true? Does it improve on the silence?” It is normal human tendency to talk to people without thinking about it, which often hurt people which may create rift between relations, friendships. Prior to saying anything we should think; am I being kind? Is it necessary to ask?

Or even does it really improve the situation. A thought before talking to someone can really help strengthen the relations. Sai Baba is definitely one of the best saints of India has ever seen and his teachings will be preached for generations to come.

Sai Baba

August 27, 2011 by sai

Sai Baba is the very first name which comes with an instinct, to be regarded as an Indian saint to be preached throughout life & live to attain eternal ecstasy. The great Sai Baba is also presumed to be reincarnation of Lord Dattatreya. What is so eternal about the saint who lived in small village called Shirdi? What is it that he perceived & discoursed after long years after his Mahanirvan in 1918?

Sai Baba In India :

On sincere attempt to explore on it; it is the essence of his philosophy of unique love & determined efforts to attain self actualization phase leaving behind all other living temptations. Till date it is a mystery about his past life, origin, birthplace & other numerous key

Temple of Sai baba

factors. Relying on the information spread by word of mouth since ages, Shirdi, has world famous Samadhi Mandir, the resting place of this sanctified man.

He is believed to have come in Shirdi in year 1854 & in his whole life of around 64 years, he often mediated Allah Malik! Sai Baba never preached any kind of lectures. Neither did he influence, hypnotize or instigate people into any mantra or like rituals.

Instead he communicated their minds & worked on them, thereby transformed them from inside.

His preaching’s actually made them sacrifice their karmas to their advantage to attain self realization.

He is also reported to have cured many of innumerable incurable & deadly contagious diseases and served the people without any expectations.

For over 64 years he presented the strength of karma to millions of devotees to accomplish peace of mind, self belief & the power of self control. Shyam Rao Deshpande, Das Ganu, Nana Saheb Chandodkar, Tatya Saheb Noolkar, Bapu Saheb Butty are some of those many who served whole heartedly in the name of Baba as long as they lived.