Guru Purnima 2010 is on July 25th , Sunday.

Very few sai devotees are gifted to visit holy places like shirdi , Akalkot, Thiruvannamalai and Ganagapur. For those who are living abroad and who are busy with work can spend few minutes on Holy Guru purnima day to offer our Love to Guru Sri Shirdi Sai baba.

Shirdi Sai baba offered Beetle nuts and lamps for Holy Gurupurnima

I hope to serve Annadhan in temple this year Gurupurnima :

Few sai devotees personally asked me how you celebrate Guru Purnima ? When it comes to me i will join my friends in Nagasai mandhir and serve food to sai devotees as they have arranged Annadhaan and i will light lamps etc.

I really ask myself how to tell my sai friends what exactly can be done on Guru Purnima festival ?

I personally feel its the day for remembering Guru,

Praising our Sadhguru

and

Taking all efforts to realize that our Guru Sai lives in ourself and we must involve in any good deeds and take way to show devotion like chanting Gods name,Make sure you listen to atleast One Aarti of shirdi Sai baba and also do any offerings you like and surrender mentally in the holy feets of shirdi sai baba.

Note : I agree you can do what ever you wish to do for sai on Guru Purnima or you know a better way of celebrating GuruPurnima but this is only a small effort to inspire sai devotees who might find it useful.

1. Chanting the holy Name “Sai Ram .. Sai Ram…Sai Ram ” :

Lets all chant Sai Ram , Sai Ram , Sai Ram or any simple mantra of any Gods , Guru we love or any chantings of shirdi sai baba atleast few minutes

ShirdiSaiChant.com

While you are chanting mentally remember saibaba is living in yourself , At times my habit is to imagine as if i am in late 18th century and feel a shirdi village with our sai in his dwarakamai and that i am offering Red , White and yellow roses in the holy feets of sai baba along with a white lotus garland. Try to feel the sai in you…

2. Light lamps in your house , Shirdi Sai baba temples or any temples you can visit :

Those who have comfortable SAFE space in house and temple to light lamps, please light lamps as many as you wish. Make sure you remain in house when lamps are burning for safty reasons. You can use ghee or Gingelly oil to light lamps. Take care of your kids when lamps are glowing.

Only if you live abroad and if you really think lamps can never be arranged, you are allowed to light candles . Its my humble request, the beauty and sacredness in our indian lamps can’t be matched with candles. Keep a steel tray to light lamps , candles or a eversilver plate so that its clean and safe.

ShirdiSaiLight.com

3. Sing, Recite or Listen to Shirdi Sai Baba Aarti :

Of the four shirdi sai baba aarti, Morning, afternoon, evening and Night Aarti, when ever you get time, please play the respective shirdi sai baba aarti and listen to them with love on sai baba. Try to learn the meaning of the Aarti . Its truly a blissful feeling. Try to get shirdi sai baba aarti DVD from shirdi sai baba sansthan when you visit shirdi and as of now download it here.

Shirdi Sai Baba Aarti Mp3 download link

Beautiful Meanings of Shirdi Sai baba aarti in english

4. Visit Shirdi Sai baba temples , Dattatreya temples or any temples near by :

Friends, those who are comfortable travelling to near by temples be it shirdi sai baba temple or any temple for that matter, please go there, offer flowers and make sure you have copy of sri sai satcharitra book so that you can read while you are in temple few minutes if nots crowded. Even if you only have a Lord Ganesha temple near by , do visit and pray remembering your Guru. ( Its ok if you cannot visit temple…I just suggested for those who can )

5. Parayan of Holy Life of Shirdi Saibaba – Sri Sai Satcharitra by Hamadpant :

GuruPurnima is the best day to do reading – Parayan of holy books like Sri Sai Satcharitra written by Hamadpant and also Guru Charitra.

You can download pdf file and take print out or you can listen to sai satcharitra in below link

Sri Sai Satcharitra – Life of Shirdi Sai baba

6. Invite Shirdi Sai baba to live in your house :

Sai devotees in who’s house everyone are really devoted to shirdi sai baba can do this . You can offer a coconut, any fruit if coconut is not available , beetle nuts, bannana etc in the shirdi sai baba temple or any ganesha temple and request mentally to sai to come and live in your house for 2-4 months. Sai devotees who has followed this ritual has clearly felt the presence of sai .

Note – i agree sai is always present everywhere but traditionally this is followed and recommonded only for sai devotees who can do daily pooja to sai in their house.

Inviting Guru shirdi sai baba to live in your house

Before you can proceed please read above link i wrote in last year GuruPurnima festival

7. Offerings to Guru – Guru alone is truth :

Offerings are made convey indirectly to the guru that you are giving all that you think is worthy in the holy feets of Guru – Non- Attachment. Infact, what we are really offering is our “Body , Mind and Soul ” in the holy feets of sadguru .So remembering this and accepting Guru himself as only precious person in your life, Offer coconuts, any edible fruits, milk and especially if you live in india try to offer lemon and Beetle nuts.

8. Pooja in your house doing holy bath to Shirdi Sai Baba statue :

You can also do simple pooja if you have granite or Marble shirdi sai baba statue in your house. Keep a tub to keep the sai statue in it, then a vessel of water , a glass of milk etc. You can offer water, then milk and also some honey on the statue, then pour water very clean. Then apply viboothi, kumkum to the sai murti .

Offer flowers, light 2 lamps or as many as you wish and sing any sloka you like , shirdi sai baba bhajans, mantra , and especially shirdi sai baba aarti.

Offer any Naivaidya, Any good vegetarian food , sweets and distribute to friends and family members as prasad.

Share what you do for Holy GuruPurnima pooja :

There is more to write and if a ordinary shirdi sai baba devotee can say 8 ways, i am sure who ever reads can also share what you do on holy Guru Purnima day . Please send photos also of shirdi sai baba in your house or temples and when i have time, i shall post.

May our Sadhguru Shirdi SaiBaba bless you and your family with Good health, Peace and Prosperity.

Om Sri Sainathaya namaha

C.Venkatraman

Please remember this when you buy shirdi sai baba Statues

First let me say that i regret that many shirdi sai baba statues now a days are sold in a material with which we cannot do abishekam – Holy bath for sai baba. Friends, its ok to buy shirdi saibaba statues you like in any material but consider this, A marble or granite statue can help you do abishekam to sai.

2 kinds of shirdi sai baba marble statues are available in shirdi shops and many places. One is expensive , made of real marble and even a 6 inch statue will cost you more than 6000 RS. What most sai devotees can afford is the one made with Powdered Marble which will cost from 300 to 1000 RS . Just make sure its well made and you can happily do Abishekam everyday. ..

I want to spread this message that doing abishekam – holy bath to statues in house everyday and atleast once a week or once a month when ever you get time is very sacred. Let this be the message for this holy GuruPurnima festival.

More information about Datta parampara and ancient saints of india at

Dattatreyalotus.com

About Gurupurnima : Gurupurnima is celebrated by devotees who follow ancient Gurus of India. Especially in north india, devotees of Dattatreya and shirdi sai baba, Akalkot maharaj – swami samartha, Saint Narasimha Saraswati and Shree Paadha Shree Vallabha celebrate Gurupurnima to offer their respect and love for Guru.

Guru Purnima is the auspicious Full moon day which comes every year sometime during july-august . Its also spelt as Guru Poornima , Guru pornima etc

There are are few sai devotees who go to astrologers ( many are good as they only guide based on horoscope , This article is not against astrological predictions about which i wrote in below article

Understanding StarSai – A spark to light the flame of sai devotion in you

But some cheat saying they are blessed by sai to know whats gonna happen in future..its all fake ) , some priests in sai baba temple or other temples or some gurus who claim that

Saibaba speaks to me, i can speak to saibaba and let u solve problems, this will happen that will happen etc.. DO NOT BELIEVE SUCH PEOPLE AT ALL.

The truth is that sai speaks to every one of us. When sai is antaryami who lives in our own heart and soul, if only we are innocently devoted to him, certainly we can believe that saibaba does speak to us. If not with real voice, surely saibaba can help us take proper decision in many issues. All thats needed is complete faith and devotion.

There is no authority in this world who can match the sacredness and also have the pure astamasiddhi ( 8 fold powers of saints ) of shirdi sai baba and other good saints of ancient india.

The false gurus today are only cheating many innocent sai devotees in the name of sai himself. so be careful friends.

Even if someone seems to serve shirdi saibaba,

Even if he /she has built temples for shirdi sai baba,

Even if he/she has wrote books on shirdi sai baba

and even if he/she has websites etc on shirdi sai baba ( including me )

Do not ever imagine or even let your self believe that they can help you get blessings of sai or get solutions for you.

Sai baba says “Break the wall “Between you and me . Which means sai baba wishes his devotees worships and asks sai for blessings directly.

In mycase, yes i do write to sai devotees in pain, i ask them to do some pooja , offerings like water and milk etc but i clearly state  ,

What ever i say is not a direct solution to your problem and its not at all necessary to do what i say.. My duty is only to inspire sai devotees to choose their own way of showing devotion on sai.

So my work is over when i motivate sai devotees in the path of light, i request them to listen to shirdi sai baba aarti regularly if they already dont have this habit, i request them to read and assimilate stories and life incidents of shirdi saibaba from the book sai satcharitra , atleast one paragragh a day.

Some sai devotees at times write to me, when will i get job, will this happen, will i marry this guy etc. To such devotees my humble , most humble request is  please remember , i myself don’t know whats going to happen in my career and personal life.

I am as ordinary as anyone and ofcourse any one who builts a million saibaba temples or did any kind of seva to sainath also cannot predit your future.

The reason i write this article is that, there is this increasing habit in our country,

If someone builts a sai baba temple, he gets promoted as GURU.

if someone does something , a seva to sai baba , he too gets promoted as a GURU

True sai sevaks themselves never showed their saintly powers to devotees and focussed on sai alone :

Trust me, think about Das Ganu maharaj who lived during saibabas life time . He himself is saintly. Do you think Das Ganu maharaj cannot judge future of someone who comes to sai or himself ? But ne never showed these powers out. This is my personal feeling.

When it comes to Narasimha swamiji, who served saibaba from 1930′s , he too is very sacred , saintly and powerful . But never once Narasimha swamiji took the credit to himself and asked devotees to focus on sai alone untill his samadhi in 1956.

Later lets take example of Sivanesan swamiji who lived in shirdi for 42 years , from 1954 to 1996. Every night sivanesan swamiji used to meditate in lengi baug garden at 11  and he will wake up at 3 A.M. Don’t you think such a man who lead a saintly life for 42 years living near the dwarakamai of saibaba itself , wont have powers ? . Even such true sai sevaks never showed off their powers of knowing future happenings . Then how the hell can you believe people living in luxury and false gurus of today can judge your future.

To know more about Sivanesan swami of shirdi

anyway friends,

I  regret to say thousands of shirdi sai baba devotees in several villages, towns and even cities innocently believe someone who claims to be guru or the one who has powers of sai baba etc. Please remember the core request of this article is,

Go to SAI.

with pure heart,

with honest and with pure love

DIRECTLY….directly is the right word and yes directly means i never said don’t respect todays sai sevaks , may be some can guide you with good will but the power to bless you is with sai alone .

This is sai baba of shirdi who loves you and who alone can bless you with a good life like many other good saints of ancient india.

See DattatreyaLotus.com for more beautiful information about other holy saints in Datta Parampara

C.Venkatraman

july 20th 2010

On july 20th 2010 , i was blessed with a dream as if i am going to several temples and towns in india and see a huge gopuram of a temple. Especially i mention that i am in kumbakonam and say that the lord surya deva’s temple – suryanar kovil is only 5 kms from here.

After sometime , i had another dream where i see many sai devotees singing bhajans  and chantings in praise of sai baba.There’s a statue of shirdi sai baba in the gopuram ( temple tower ) and many sai devotees are chanting a beautiful chorus with a exciting tone

Sai…Sai….Sai…..Sai.

Sai…. Sai…Sai…Sai

Sai…Saiii…Saaiii..Saaiii

Then i hear the words ” Documentary about Sai baba ”

I woke up and opened the book about shirdi sai baba, It came to the chapter where sai advices his devotee to do parayan of the holy book Guru Charitra once again.

I took bath , did pooja to sai datta and wondered what sai meant by the dream. I always wanted to do a documentary film on sai baba of shirdi .

I was into filmmaking and film editing previously though i left all this the last few years. Its my dream to create something for Sai devotees travelling to several temples and towns listening to shirdi sai baba devotees and their love for sainath.

Now the point is, what could be the core concept of the documentary film ? Instead of creating a film that speaks about sai leela, sai temples and sai movement alone, i felt it must have a spiritual message and hence the name could be

“What Sai Wants to Give you ? ”

We have lots of desires, needs , wants and we all go to Sai to fulfill our desires. Once after 1913 , the devotees who come to sai baba , i mean the crowd increased. During this time, people troubled him telling their wants and desires . Though sai beared all this affectionate troubles and blessed his devotees, once he became too sad and said

‘People come to me asking for what they want but no one cares to get i have lots to give them ( spiritual treasure ) which no one wants to get.”

Anyway friends,

As of now i don’t have resources and money to invest in such a project .May be in years to come my dream will come true.

Sai ki jai

C.Venkatraman

20 :7 :2010

Its going to be friday morning 16th july 2010 , when i write this article with tears in eyes and looking at the samadhi mandhir photo of shirdi sai baba with the light of my monitor. I can’t see much i know sai is looking at me.

After years of sai seva on a day to day basis and personally writing to thousands of sai children , helping them follow path of light, i can’t bear when a sai devotee can’t understand what i have been trying to do.

Sai won’t let the world misunderstand StarSai and venkatraman

100 or 1000 years from now , when i am not alive too , i know starsai will be helping sai children in the path of light and its not over. I have just began …

To the thousands of sai devotees who visit starsai.com , its just another website  and to one man its life. I have shed my tears , years of patience, hardwork and life time of commitment in what i do in sai temple i love and also in StarSai. Its not what you see here as articles and photos of saibaba friends. Its the sufferings and hardships i have gone through for these words to emerge in me by grace of sai saraswati.

Most sai children find starsai useful . some see it as a part of life , few sai devotees has experienced immense blessings and changes in their life through my words in StarSai , and few have become close to sai through my other works for sai children and very few who might see it otherwise. They can move on with their personal love on sai but when they hurt me .

I have to answer .

I am not answering this to prove i am right but to convey very humbly what i am trying to do with “StarSai” which is just another website for few to come , comment as they wish and leave.

If someone can see this website as full of Venkatraman mantra saying, I did this, i did that. Do this Pooja..do that Pooja…too many confusions and very less focus on Sai, i wish they first read this clarification. Make sure u read this article fully.

StarSai itself is the relationship between Sai and Sai children.

Star – we can’t count sai devotees like the stars in sky.

Sai – One master. Our guru..our saint – Our sweet Sai

The connection between Sai and his devotees is StarSai. -Apart from the vision i had in 2003 and the message i got from Sai in 2007 during meditation , this could be the simple meaning of STAR SAI.

Why i write about me and my life in StarSai :

When i write about my problems, how sai helped me and how i am devoted to sai even when things dont work out makes other sai devotees realize , ok there’s someone like me and i also must not loose hope. Its just a way to make the connection with every simple sai devotee who is in normal family life , who is devoted to sai and who’s desires may or may not be fulfilled.

When i write about me , honestly  i make the connection subconciously between the devotee who reads  and Saibaba of Shirdi

So when i write about myself, my sufferings and problems of my friends , parents etc it make sai children feel a human touch and this has certainly helped thousands of shirdi sai baba devotees to identify themselves and see where they stand in life . Probably when i am successful too , i will be writing about how sai helped me and how sai is powerful enough to help his children.

My Life is StarSai :

The painful fact is, beyond what i am going through, i see my prime goal in life is to work for StarSai to the extent that if at all  i get married , i wish the girl shares my work in StarSai, from writing articles to replying  mails of sai children. I wonder if it happens but to me this is a life time commitment.

6 years of StarSai – my love, life and soul can’t be misunderstood by the world

i have Personally helped thousands of sai devotees by spending every single day writing to sai children and have been doing it for years now. Someone who is retired professionally, old enough to be in spiritual path can do it or someone who decided to leave their other responsibilities and build a temple for sai alone can do this . Where us, by sai grace , i started starsai when i was 25 in 2004, the time many youngsters will be enjoying life . I have managed to struggle in my career and also keep doing my work for sai.

There are days i come from saibaba temple and start writing a article with tears in eyes , with so much love on sai that i can’t stop writing … from 10 in night to the dawn of next day morning at 7 and then i go to sleep few hours.

and after all this i get a mail that hurts me and asks me if i am hurt and yes all sai servants has to be hurt and bear it. This is not new to Sai himself .

I have been working on starsai.com from 2004 december from the time i started coming around dhuni in nagasai mandhir for few years and even when i was in a job in Mumbai, taking care of starsai network of websites and writing to sai children was part of my every day life. I used to hide my computer from other staffs and write articles and help sai devotees in pain. Atleast some healing words to make them feel confident and motivate them in sai devotion .

I wonder if i can do it all my life having said i have responsibilities as son ..I am 31  and have old parents who wish i too lead a good life .

Now about why i started writing this article.

I just came from saibaba temple in my hometown, standing near lamps tray where i clean, sweep, drop coconuts and take care of holy dhuni and finally wondered if atleast today my net connection will be back as i suffered 3 days with no net . Yes it was and i saw few mails and one of them from a sai devotee goes like this…

( I dint include the name based on my privacy policy . I don’t want her to take it personally. If she can ask me something like this, i have to answer it the world because there might be few more who feel i am wrong and after i am no more, i need this article to explain them what really is StarSai )

1. Your site talks 70% about yourself and hardly 30% for Baba. You are more concentrating on “I”. You are writing what you had been doing and what you are doingYour site talks 70% about yourself and hardly 30% for Baba. You are more concentrating on “I”. You are writing what you had been doing and what you are doing

1. Answer : TRUE . Is not “Sai” living in everyone of us ?

First of all this “I” “my” discussion is always misleading. Ask someone who is good at english to read my articles. They can find so many mistakes and the way i write itself has a childish amature style. Honestly i don’t know to write english without the words

“I ” ….My ….BUT …AND….. especially the words BUT and AND always comes.. trust me i am not smart .  This is what i am . May be i am wrong or may be i must do a course in writing better to frame sentances without using I and My…but that doesn’t mean i speak about myself.

and the second part of the question from the devotee was

“You are writing what you had been doing and what you are doing”

When i write ‘today i dig dhuni in nagasai mandhir and even go to the extent to show my love for dhuni with a seperate website , shirdisaisabadhuni.com , Its purely to help sai children realize the greatness of Dhuni , Sacred fire of Sai , may be someone who plans to build a new shirdi sai baba temple who ignores to make a dhuni due to few reasons ,will realize the greatness of dhuni from this site.

Even if you see the aarti of shirdi sai baba, its composed with a note of expression on “Das Ganu “  .In one of the stanza he says ‘ I wish to be a broomstick for your dwarakamai ” .

And when venkat writes, today i dig dhuni, its not what you see. See a man who comes home travelling in bus at 10.30 in night with shirts that almost looks like the one who worked in workshop.

Ya…cleaning dhuni means being ready to sacrifice. I get the heat of the iron rod, few days my skin in palm will peal off.I have shed my blood and i am happy to do it.

The day my skin in palm got heated by the iron rode , i use to clean dhuni and wipe dhuni getting down the hot dhuni take, i feel sai has blessed me.

The ashes always gets into my ears and nose. Once the work is done, i run to the pipe where they wash legs in temple and bend my head into the water. I have to face my mother and father who worries their son can’t stop cleaning sacred dhuni and he is attached to it and once my mom said this looking at my shirt ” You look like a labourer who gets paid everyday”

I said with smile ” Ya ma , i work as labourer for sai in his temple”

and my mom replied “even the real servant in temple will look clean than you ”

Well, this is what i am . I am a ordinary sai devotee who loves sai and i am sharing it.

Ok may be you feel , when i write so and so about how much i strain to clean sacred dhuni, you feel i am writing about myself ?

Kushabhav who lived in saibaba’s life time says “Sai asked me to do 108 times parayan of guru charitra .I did that with in 10 months”

Now after 100 years when i read it , i am surprised how did kushabhav managed to spend 10 months in life life doing parayan of one sacred holy book guru charitra. Kusha bhav too was blessed with good married life later but at one stage sai did made him completely work on spiritual path.

If Kusha bhav has not said he did parayan of Guru charitra for 108 times based on saibaba’s commands, i would have not read it with so much eagerness and i have gifted it to few sai devotees who love it so much.

So when a devotee says ‘I did this and i did that ” …If he only is writing for good, about being good, why not accept it. Sai lives in that devotee too as a matter of fact and inturn it becomes a information about Sai himself.

So today i write how much i strain to dig and clean dhuini and filter ashes. Tomorow ,after few years, i myself will remember, how beautiful were those days. How beautiful. with tears in my eyes i say this friends, Its sai’s grace alone that not a single day i have got big burns etc.

I used to clean dhuni even when its too hot…too hot that my hands and legs get heated too much. I shout ….sai maharaj..saibabaaaaa…sayeee..nagasaiiiiiiii….and do it. I run to the wash pipe near by and wet my hands and legs to reduce heat.Run back to dhuni and clean it. Well, after few years someone who loves  saibaba will be motivated to do the same and now everyone who reads will realize the greatness of holy dhuni.

Even today, few sai devotees casually asks me , is it not enough to put on a electric lamp instead of diya – a real lamp. Who knows if i don’t write so much about dhuni, after 100 years kaliyug will become so worse that they get idea why not keep a electric dhuni  in the new sai temple they construct.

2.And what this devotee who mailed me asks me is “For a new sai devotee , why are there no information about incidents in saibaba’s life time. His leelas etc “

Answer :

I direct them to first read holy sai satcharitra written by hamadpant and other books written by authors i love and trust.

What’s known about sai are written in wonderful books like Sri sai satcharita by hamadpant and recently a translation of complete version by Indira kher .

I also include sai leelas during his life time in many of my articles as and when needed and ofcourse if a devotee wants only sai leela , There are sepearte sections for Sai Satcharitra alone. And hold on . StarSai is growing . When sai blesses me , i will surely articles focussed on saibabas life alone. Even then  , is not saibaba’s life and every single leela a combination of his devotees problems , how sai blessed them, how sai narrates stories of past life of his devotees , his indirect personal and spiritual guidance through few incidents . Example …Anna shahab is teased by sai that he hides the food grains in his coat sleeves and sai says he doesn’t offer food to guru before he has food.

Same way may be sai makes me write about myself to put the point across.  So many sai children have really thanked me for what was written and what made them love starsai is this connection i make. A ordinary sai devotee and his love for Sai.

and few articles like below has helped sai devotees learn ways to love him. I just show i did this and you also try. I  NEVER said this is the only way

http://www.starsai.com/shirdi-india-shirditrip/

Once again answering your first question that starsai is 70 % of I AND MY :

StarSai has information and articles which includes not only my life but also life of my friends who are sai devotees, friends in temple and leelas in other sai devotees life.  I have answered this in one of my first article in About Starsai . Read that page completely. I shall quote the following page.

Discovering the real meaning of Starsai :

Saibaba of shirdi is the SUN . The only one SUN for this universe .To me shirdi saibaba is a sweet saint with powers beyond imagination but he never reveals his qualities that easily.One who has gone through lots of sufferings and failures in life and still hugging baba tight in his/her heart can understand the value of this sweet saint shirdi saibaba.By the ashirwad of my parents who has always supported me irrespective of me not at all concentrating in my career in this age, baba has given me a opportunity to understand how powerful and merciful he is.

No one can be like our shirdi saibaba.There are very few saints and sadgurus who can match his affectonate heart but certainly we all can become “Stars”

Star sai is the relationship between the SUN and STAR
A beautiful deep strong relationship between SHIRDI SAI and his pure hearted SAI DEVOTEES

Now Understanding StarSai is simple. I write about Sai and sai devotees and when i write about my life , its just to make the connection because what are temples for and what are holy books for ? Like they all do the connection between the devotee and God, When i write about myself and my problems , it helps sai children identify themselves in same situation or problem and find it easy to connect to sai , meaning worship sai.

The devotees mail also has this point which i find really odd :

3.Baba had never laid down any rules and regulations for his pooja. He just wanted devotion, love from his devotees whereas you have started Shradha Sabhuri Pooja and so many other also.  You are writing that everybody strictly follow your pooja instructions and should deviate. Let people have the liberty to choose what they want to do, how they want to remember Baba.

Answer :

Lets start with Sai Vrat Pooja which many shirdi sai baba devotees follow.  From the time starsai started its journey in 2004, sai devotees mail me only for doubts about this pooja. I clearly say them i myself had not done this and i only presented it as a devotees contribution. Most ask me what kind of food i can have ? where to get the sai vrat pooja book , i cant do this pooja as i dont have this.that etc. I always told them don’t avoid doing anything you like to do for sai, just because you can’t follow some rules. do it as you feel comfortable.

I have answered hundreds of sai devotees personally

“Pooja and rituals a way to show devotion on sai…if you like to do it, start doing it and don’t worry about rules. “

Its surprising how you misunderstood and where did i say follow the rules strictly. Probably the contributer wrote and i presented .If you can spot the page , please let me know i shall delete it . My views are completely different. Even in sai temple where i serve, devotees asks me few things and i say loudly, happily and cheerfully

“This is the only God and only saint with no rules.Your pure love and devotion is enough for baba “

To such a person , it hurts to the core when someone writes “You are writing that everybody strictly follow your pooja instructions.”

Infact i created Starsai Shradha Saburi pooja especially to make sure even devotees who are busy with their work and family life are able to show devotion on saibaba. Can you say in which place , in which pooja i wrote  “Follow the pooja strictly ? ” …If so let me know, i shall edit them.

Make sure its written by me and not a contributed pooja like sai vrat pooja. All other pooja are written by me and it really injures me even when i feel , some sai devotees might think, sai will bless them only if such poojas are followed.

Please sai devotees, please , you don’t have to follow the ways i wrote for sai children like pooja , Use it just as a spark to ignite your devotion on shirdi sai baba

Sai himself has spoken about Nava vidha bhakti – 9 forms of devotion. So friends, what i have wrote is only to show if you like this way and choose them. For example, What will i do when someone writes, her daughter is sick or not getting married and its painful.

I can’t just write to them like a counseller. This is saibaba’s kingdom.  Any one of the pooja will be liked by this mother to show sai devotion. Or i ask them to listen to sai aarti when ever they can or do parayan of sai satcharitra.

Can i simply motivate them if i write only about saibaba’s life ?

I also do prayers to bless everyone universally ..for example looking at many mails i get with such problem i spent entire day doing this pooja

http://www.starsai.com/sai-mahalakshmi-pooja-to-get-married-peaceful-life/

Did you see i myself followed any rules in that Pooja ? It was almost a expression of my interest in helping sai children who are in such pain. I did this pooja childishly praying sai to help his children

Sai children ! You are free to do what you like to Sai :

I will write a seperate article to make sure sai devotees are always blessed for what they do and are free FREE AND FREE to choose their own way of worshipping sai and the pooja , mantra and guidance i have given are only to find ways thats suits you or inspire , motivate you in sai devotion.

The devotee who mailed me also says its wrong when i say people suffer due to planetary situation and the right one is KARMA probably in this article

http://www.starsai.com/reasons-for-suffering-in-life.html

see her point as below…

4.You said that may be our planetary position is bad that is why we are facing hard times.  No it is our karmas. It is very clearly mentioned by Baba in sai satcharitra. Baba never beleived in astrologers. In two leelas in sai satcharitra, Baba proved that.  In one leela, astrolger told kaka sahib that today your time is not good and another one where astrologer told one boy that he will not clear his exams.

Answer :

This is another big thing every sai devotee speaks about. Baba don’t like astrology. Who said ?

Sai satcharitra is like pearls thrown in sea. Who ever dives deep in it can take more and more pearls

Please never ever say sai don’t like this .Dont like that based on what you alone found in sai satcharitra book.

The sai who helped the boy pass exams against astrological views also made kshama go to shapta shringi devi based on the guidance of astrologer. even when kshama wanted to give the offerings to saibaba himself, sai wanted him to go to saptha sringi devi temple. Well there is another leela there but indirectly sai did showed us astrologers findings to direct kshama to this purticular temple is true.

There is this devotee who was about to commit suicide. Saibaba gives him book of akalkot maharaj and saves him. Dint you read in same sai satcharitra, the man learnt astrology and later started earning his living by sai grace ? So will saibaba allow his man whom he saved to become astrologer if its totally wrong.

Now this is what we understand

What are Karma- Our past good and bad deeds and so we say our present sufferings is due to karma. Ofcourse astrology is related to it. The position of planets when we are born are situated in favourable places based on the souls previous births good deeds and non favourable positions if there are more bad deeds.And that becomes our horoscope.

And then based on ones star and present planetary positions they face ups and downs in life.

Astrology itself is a chart of ones previous lifes good and bad deeds which is a persons  karma and based on which giving a idea about might happen in this life.

By writing this am i asking you to say to believe in astrology. “Not completely” is the write word. All i plead and request is. Though it has become commercial, some people who know this art has served millions of innoncent people and they have come to shirdi too during sai’s life time. Like how kshama was guided by astrologer to fulfil his mothers vows which was approved by sai, may be a sai devotee might get good guidance.

Believe in them but don’t completly trust them. Saibaba’s words are more powerful :

( Note – My parents believe in astrology a lot but they are devoted to sai more than what the guidance they get. So when they feel its not good time, they believe sai will protect them but try to be more careful. This is what sai also wants from us friends.

Not only astrology. Sai accepts any thing which gives us  idea about how to behave properly, seeking properly person to take a good decision , asking elders opinion etc.

We pray. we have our guru sai to help us . Fortunately, we have met few good astrologers who do really serve people by this art and the most painful part is many are misguided by astrologers for monetary benefits. Some of them even confuse people and say do this and do that.

When i want to say my point to prove sai never disagreed with going to a astrologer , i also have a responsibility to warn, take what you like and leave the rest to sai..

Meaning don’t trust all of them and even the one whom you trust, don’t completely believe it.Just get an idea about it and Stop there. Dont take it to heart and confuse like the boy believing he won’t pass exams decided not to attend exams itself.

Thats the message sai gave when he made the boy pass exam. Why din’t say completely prevent the boy from going to astrologer ?

Shirdi Saibaba only wanted him to have more faith on GURU than his  FATE.

Sai never said astrologer is wrong. Sai Said when i am there, Why worry about your fate or planetary positions or past karma .

Hope you now understood the relationship between karma and astrology and its not wrong when i write that sufferings in life at times may be due to planetary position.

The devotee who mailed me also feels i am forcing sai devotees.

I wonder if she can be more harsh to any one who finds his only happiness in sai.

See her point

5.Do whatever you want to do but don’t force people to do that. Do it if you feel bliss in that. That is what needed and same let others also do whatever they want.

Answer :

“You may be in busy with studies , work but at times its good to take a effort to feel the Bliss of Chanting Sai naam.”

Its only to encourage chanting sai sai sai while doing their duty :

Neither StarSai nor Venkatraman can force the flame of sai devotion in you to get diverted or misguided.

and if you don’t like starsai too, please leave me and starsai alone. You are well education, smart , successful person who has more knowledge about saibaba and sai devotion than me.  Please move on with your own personal love for saibaba. Ofcourse we are friends as sai devotees. Our views differ but our atma has sai in it .

This i say to all sai children.

Please understand StarSai.

I write the articles only to share my experiences innocently and see to that sai devotees now and years ahead will be benefited.

its only a website for you. you will comment and go . I have to bear the comments . Anyway as i said , I have just begun.

Someday I will do what i dream for StarSai

What Sai wanted me to do for millions of sai children before i pass away

and i hope sai will help me get support , affection and acceptance from  sai children who will some day come to my “StarSai ” for what it was made.

Love. Peace. Harmony.Humanity and above all inspire Devotion on Guru.

Om sri sainathaya namaha

Sai Paadha Lingam

C.Venkatraman

july 16 th 2010

It took hours for me to write this friends. Never felt the devotee who mailed me is wrong but i was worried and hurt for all that i did in the past 6 years, is this what few sai devotees think.

To me StarSai will live for ever ..Even after i pass away. I will surely make StarSai do what sai wants it to do in the years to come.

The Guru who lives in you calls to realize the beauty of looking at Sai from Inside yourself

We have Darshan of Sai baba from shirdi but did we really see Saibaba from inside.  ?

Sairam friends,

Many shirdi sai baba devotees has a habit of watching “Shirdi Sai Baba live Darshan ” from the samadhi mandhir temple built by Buti during saibaba’s life time.

Yesturday while talking to my sai friends about shirdi, saibaba’s samadhi mandhir, the weather in shirdi, new changes in shirdi etc, i gradually realized though i have been writing in StarSai.com for over 6 years ,

“The real Soul of Shirdi Sai baba”is not yet known to me.

We go to shirdi travelling long distance, finally reach shirdi by train, bus and lots of hardships but did we really have the “Darshan ” that Saibaba wish to show us ? Imagine the shirdi which was a village with less than 100 huts. Lots of greenary, Neem trees, Mango trees etc. How it would have been when a poor family travelling from mumbai in train ,gets down in koergoan station and took their Tonga ( horse ride ) to shirdi.

How it would have been when someone goes to shama and asks

“Do you know of a fakir , a saint here in shirdi , where does he live ? “

and surprisingly it was the time when shama was still a teacher in a school near the masjid saibaba used to live and himself never believed on saibaba as saint. Many like shama only thought of saibaba as a mad fakir. Its hard to believe but based on his interview to Narasimha swamiji, his reply was

“I do not know of any saint, only a mad fakir lives in the masjid “

Yes a MAD FAKIR.

when i write these words , i have tears in my eyes friends. Shama used to sleep in school itself and he was surprised to hear sai talking in various languages even english. Slowly shama realized this Mad fakir is not ordinary human but a great saint . Shama later became staunch devotee of sai baba and helped many devotees come into sai’s path of light.

shirdi sai baba live darshan - See the Sai in you

Today we don’t consider shirdi sai baba as mad fakir but do we not act very materialistically and selfish . We never realize this Saibaba also is a sweet guru who needs our devotion and care irrespective of our desires being fulfilled.

I ask to me myself .

“Will you be happy with sai baba if you will never get a job, never earn and never get all that you desire ? .”

No i won’t be. I will say “sai baba, you don’t understand my feelings , i am suffering and you can’t see , what more you want me to do that you still don’t open your eyes to make my life better.

As a sai devotee who always think about him, we do have rights to speak to saibaba with complaints. There are sai devotees who even write me this

“I met a guy in sai baba temple, he cheated me ..Your saibaba spoiled my life ”

Well, meeting someone in saibaba temple or else where doesn’t make any difference and sai is not responsible for every wrong happening in your life.

There’s another mail which reads ..

“I went to shirdi, prayed saibaba nicely but surprisingly after my shirdi trip, i am suffering more in office “

I won’t say they are wrong . Including me, i wish we realize the glory and greatness of shirdi sai baba from inside. As saibaba says to his devotees

“Break the wall that seperates you from me and we can see , feel and touch each other freely. We become one”

Hope you understood what i try to convey friends. You are most welcome to go shirdi with desires in mind, to believe that your sufferings will come to an end when you step on the shirdi soil and when you have darshan of saibaba in samadhi mandhir and holy dwarakamai.

Hold on few more days is the mantra to keep loving sai baba :

Your pure devotion is appreciated by saibaba, at the same time, “please hold on few more days” is the mantra to keep loving sai baba of shirdi. Think about the people who suffer worser than you friends.Think positively and look for  alternatives in life .

“Learn to realize , when you are in pain, when you fail , Sai baba also experiences the same”

If you have problem in relationship, studies and career  and if you feel sai baba is not helping you and please hold on…hold on..

may be you must chant sai sai sai more deeply with heart and soul,

may be you must sing and listen to sai aarti and

may be you must do parayan of sai satcharitra with out much expectations.

In the end , you can never be fed up if you feel my saibaba will surely help me and show me a way someday. I know sai children who suffer due to responsibility in family and they still hold on to shirdi saibaba’s feet.

The goal of this message is simple

“Learn to realize , when you are in pain, when you fail , Sai baba also experiences the same”

Mother , i have to bear pains for welfare of my devotees :

I wish to write this beautiful leela of shirdi sai baba friends. Once a devotee , a mother comes to saibaba with tears . She tells saibaba that her son is suffering from bubos in his stomach and sai must cure him soon. Immediately saibaba raises his kafni and shows four Big egg sized bubbos in his stomach . Sai baba says

“Mother, i have to bear these pains for welfare of my devotees ”

Sai baba has actually taken the sufferings of his devotee to his own body . Sai assures the mother saying , your son will be alright . Dont worry and the son was cured by sai grace.

Expression of a ordinary sai devotee to help sai devotees See saibaba as themselves and not a saint living in photos and statue :

This message “Shirdi Sai baba Live Darshan ” is a expression of ordinary shirdi sai baba devotee about few incidents and the thoughts that emerged in my mind about sai baba and his life in shirdi and how we perceive saibaba in modern times.

It was another day in my life worrying  if i will ever make my parents happy for all that they have done for me. One of my sai friend came online and asked “Are you busy ? ” . I din’t know how to take it as i was upset what to do next in my career and how i am going to earn my living. I had few plans which already seem not to workout for me.

I was a bit frustrated with saibaba himself , completely doubting if saibaba cares for my welfare and told her ” It doesn’t matter i am busy or not, i answer my sai devotee friends when ever i get time” .

Doubts, worries and frustration if saibaba really cares for us :

I also got a mail from one of my sai friend that she doubted if saibaba will help her get job and later felt guilty for doubting shirdi sai baba. Well , to be honest , irrespective of the fact that i love sai baba , i eat, sleep and even when i drink water i ask saibaba if he wants some water. When i believe in shirdi sai baba so much ,write about him, answer mails from sai devotees and guide them in shird saibaba’s path of light, why do i get doubts if saibaba really will bless me with a good life too.

she contined to ask “Shirdi Sai baba Live darshan ” is not showing in her computer. I wondered how many millions of shirdi sai baba devotees around the world goes to the shirdi sai baba sansthan official website especially to see the Live darshan of saibaba dwarakamai and Shirdi Sai baba Samadhi mandhir in shirdi.

My True Realization about life of Shirdi Sai Baba and his actually glory and greatness is yet to be discovered :

Though i serve saibaba in the little ways known to me, i am very clear about one fact that i have not yet realized the glory of shirdi saibaba. My attitudes and idea about shirdi sai baba and understanding of saibaba’s life is very narrow minded.

I thank saibaba .

I am devoted to saibaba.

I dig sacred Dhuni, sweep and clean

But i am not happy in life and  with Saibaba when things don’t work the way i wish

Yes. i do thank sai baba for blessing me with good parents, sister and at times a peaceful life irresptive of my set backs in career and other personal issues.  Even when i meet someone who comes from shirdi, i get into complaints that this is wrong, thats right. Shirdi is commercial – obviously all places even famous pilgrime temples becomes commercial due to the huge number of people who visits the place.

Chanting Om Sai – Sri Brahma Vidhya for over one week :

The past one week untill now – july 5th 2010, i have been chanting ” Om Sai – Sri Brahma vidhya ” , as i was blessed with a dream from shirdi sai baba with the words “Sri Vidhya .

The below two articles are based on the dreams i got from Shirdi Sai Baba.

1. A dream of “Shri Vidya ” – Goddess Durga and Shirdi Sai baba leela

2. Chanting “Sai Sri Vidhya ” with tears in eyes

Disappointment after doing a spiritual effort – Counting benefits for what ever we do for Sai baba and all Gods we worship :

After a week of chanting “Om sai – Sri Brahma Vidhya ” …i gradually started saying saibaba, i am doing chanting also in my mind when ever i feel but saibaba also is not caring for me and goddess shri vidhya is also not showing me a way.

I did felt one thing friends, i had tears in my eyes suddenly waking up in the middle of the night realizing the flow of a divine energy, i could feel the love of sai and the goddess emerging in me and its like river, i was in bliss but this could not make me satisfied. I need to earn, i want to make parents happy. I have to get married to someone who truly likes to support me in what ever i do for sai childre.

All this made me feel insecured, disappointed and i get back to my “spiritual exchage ”

Yes i call it “Spiritual exchange “-  Saibaba i did this to you, you din’t fulfill my desire..

Example , someone mails me

“I learnt that doing parayan of life of shirdi sai baba, sai satcharita will fulfill my desire, i already read that 2 times and even now saibaba is not helping me ”

A very natural expectation ,

another example is more innocent

“I went to shirdi with family, we all got beautiful darshan , i also got hints from saibaba that surely sai will fulfill my desire, but it din’t happen”

Friends, Saibaba attimes even gives positive dreams but not always it gets fulfilled and we can’t say saibaba left us unanswered. Thats why we must have total surrender to gurus holy feets. When i speak about total surrender , it means irrespective of what’s given to us, irrespective of whats assured my saibaba himself, if we really learn to love shirdi sai baba , then we become one with Sai.

I am not asking you to completely stop complaining and worrying or speaking our your frustration and disappointments to saibaba. Your prayers reach sai baba . Imagine he is a datta avatart. All the prayers thats done on earth reaches him.

Every minute millions of prayers reaches sai baba. Every genuine prayer from a true good pure hearted devotee is accepted by saibaba. Now sai inturn is melted not by your darshan in shirdi or parayan simply with expectation in mind or singing aarti for something to happen immediately.

A saint’s heart expands when your prayer reaches him so purely with devotion that does beyond your desires and when you have ability to control your sense pleasures and have immense patience.

When you learn to see this Sai from inside, as a saint who is not only in Shirdi and whom you need not see in live darshan but when ever you simply deeply whole heartedly utter or lets say chant “Sai Sai Saaaaaayeeeeeeee”

Sai surely responds to you.

Take one step to see the sai in you and sai baba will take 100 steps to hold you , lift you and keep you safe . Now and forever…”

C.Venkatraman

july 5th 2010

Shirdi Sai Baba live darshan :

If you came to this page searching for shirdi sai baba live darshan , its in the below link

Shirdi Sai baba live darshan from official website of saibaba sansthan in shirdi

Om Sri Sai Ram

Om Sri Sainathaya Namaha

Om Sai Sri Sai Jaya Jaya Sai.

As i was working on other commercial sites which i do just because i have to but really i don’t like to do all this..I am more happy working for sai..many times i ask what do you really plan for me sai ?

Today while sitting in nagasai mandhir my friend vengadesh also said the same that we have food to eat,place to live and saibaba is keeping us happy..only to earn money and more money we are struggling and even in such issues sai does help us…At times when we get busy with life our seva for sai ..i mean the time we allot for sai gets affected.

then i digged dhuni..dropped a huge neem tree branch in dhuni with help of 2 sai friends and then came home.

I started watching few songs of sai maharaj and felt how he beautifully lived during his life time in shirdi friends.

I felt we must do this as regular activity..All are welcome to comment on this. This will make you feel shirdi sai baba’s presense in your life

shirdi saibaba

Imagine that its before 1918 and we see saibaba as he was …a torn kafni, beard…his beautiful way of dealing with devotees…his anger at times..his guidance etc

I shall write you a example how u can imagine

“It was 1905 …me ,my amma,appa ,my sister indra ,brother in law kamesh and their baby katya reached kopergoan by train…it was already too late 10 P.M in the night…we were worried as there was no tonga…suddenly we saw a man calling shouting ” who came from coimbatore”

We went and enquired the tonga wala, he said saibaba told that his children has come all the way from coimbatore and i must receive them …we got in the tonga already excited with this wonderful leela of sai…he cares for us when we least expected it.

The night was cold ..the tonga wala was sacred of possible thiefs on the way ..so we all sang saibaba’s bhajan …as we started singing another tonga joined us and we felt secured…

As the tonga crossed Godavari river we were shivering with cold …finally we reached shirdi. It was too dark, no street lights and there was slight drizzle as its rainy season.

It was already 11 p.m .So we thought sai must be sleeping and asked the tonga wala how much to pay. He said saibaba has already given him money. We were moved by the care of sai.

We were wondering whom to approach in this late night to stay and its too late to disturb sai who might be sleeping. While we were thinking like this a the tonga wala said saibaba has asked him to bring us to dwarakamai first.

We were surprised and moved towards the masjid…since it was raining we all were shivering too much. As we had our first glance at the holy dwarakamai , we felt a glory , a sun light in it.

My mother was the first to step in the holy dwarakamai followed by my father and we all went inside. Sai was there with a smile on his face. So beautiful..His eyes were so powerful that we can’t continue to see his eyes more than few seconds and one has to bow down.

My mother was shivering with cold , bowed and touched saibaba’s holy feet. sai touched her head with his palm …indra took out the lotus garland we made for sai….saibaba happily accepted it though it was such late hours. sai was like goddess Mahalakshmi herself with the pink lotus garland around his neck.

The tonga wala was still standing outside dwarakamai ..Sai asked him to pick few wooden logs arranged in corner and drop in dhuni….I joined the tonga wala in dropping the woods in holy dhuni.

Then i went near saibaba and touched his hands..i have been waiting years to touch these sacred hands….how many lives sai has changed by blessing them with these holy palm…

I fell in the holy feet of saibaba and my father lit the lamps…..

By now the fire in dhuni has increased. sai asked us to sit around his holy dhuni as we were shivering with cold. We all sat around the dhuni and it was so warm as if a child is in mothers lap.

we all togather holded a earthern lamp in our palm and sang a small sai bhajan composed by savithribai tendulkar…

The fire in dhuni reflected in the eyes of sai maharaj..Sai, how many births we would have done punya to see this sight…the pink lotus garland was marvalous…This is goddess Mahalakshmi and lord Lakshmi Narasimha himself giving darshan to us. Sai was majestic and energitic even in this late night. Its the time sai must be sleeping but he wants to make us happy as we travelled 2 days to have darshan of this sadhguru who knows we will be coming at this time.

Bapu saheb jog came running to dwarakamai since he got a dream as if he and his wife serves food to few people as instructed by saibaba .Sai immediately asked bapu saheb jog to take us to his house as guest and give us chapati and dal. Sai knows we were hungry.

Sai told him to give us hot tea because we all feel cold before preparing food. We were moved by this care of saibaba ..One by one touched his holy feet ..Saibaba twisted ears of my sisters baby katya and blessed her with palmful of udi…

we went to bapu sahab’s house , had hot tea which made us feel the love of sai maharaj. The chappati and dal was tasty…we were not able to sleep all night and talking about many leelas of saibaba all the night…

How wonderful was that day…We stayed in shirdi for 17 days and served sainath and sai also showered us with love and care.

om sri sainathaya namaha

friends, hope you can realize how i try to imagine that we all really met saibaba …same way you can also imagine…you go into this simply dhyana….many sai devotees write me saying that , they did shradha saburi pooja as i said but sai dint helped them, sai dint work for them etc…well sai cares for you friends…

feel him…see him as a poor fakir…a loving mother who cares for her children…he is really with you..

Imagine as much as you can on day to day basis

sai ki jai

C.Venkatraman
Always in the holy feets of shirdi sai baba

13 :06 :2010

you are most welcome to mail me or post as comment how you can imagine your day with sai, how you served him …sai is really with us friends..we only have to open our heart to sai baba

A week before i was wondering , if i will really write my MBA exams..it was first year in distance learning . I lost interest in mba from feb and march father fell ill and other issues. I was really frustrated. The day to get hall ticket came.

My friend vidudhalai and i collected it. He said dont worry about past. Work hard for this one week and do your best. Study now . Thats enough. The way he said made me feel, i should give atleast this satisfaction to my parents and i worked hard ..Almost all the exams were good accept Accounts and another i was scared about was a subject “Quantitative techniques in Management”

goddess koothanur maha saraswati in tamilnadu , india near tiruvarur

Even last week when my sai friend sasikala and others wished me i felt how i am going to do well when i dint prepare . Dint even touch book .. Only on day before exam i have to read the entire book, understand clealy and write. It was hectic , head will pain as its all easy to understand but all new knowledge as i suppose is too big for my brain to accomodate. Ha ha..Then i was sleep at 10.30 ….i wont be able to sleep, i read books about sai and shree paadha shree vallabha ..Only after 2 in night i can sleep due to fear how i will write next days exam.

Studying on the day before exams :

Not recommonded but what to do , i am following this strategy followed by numerous students doing distance education..Its hard but thats what we are able to do.

Every day exams went well..Accounts was ok..Hope i pass.passing is enough for me.. But i was scared about this QT.

Today there was exam called quantitative techniques….it was too hard for me to follow n i told saibaba help me n asked him to pass the  exam..

its not something we can learn in a day as am writing all exams learning the day before

i got a beautiful dream like this

i get down a car with relatives like my uncle aunt n cousins..we r about to go into a house where theres  a guru like saibaba

as soon as we get down theres a man standing like he is taking care of the visitors with a pad …he asks us our names..someone says we are regular visitors.

i have a doubt about this man doing enquiry and feel the saint may be a false saint just making money

then i go inside house and it looks too primitive..the old man over 100 years in age. He was laid down ina  cart..woke up and said something from sai satcharitra which i had read before meeting him.

he says something like ” you wont believe me and you are coming here”

then i realized he is one with sainath or sai himself.
He shows me a roulette like the casino but its made of wood and too ancient look.

He gives me a huge photography book..i saw the picture of a boy and a man walking in a very scenic landscape ..since i was into filmmaking before 6-7 years , i get a feeling to make movies like this…

i ask him is it america or europe .The saint says its Asia.

Then there was a lady very young who said ” we have told you many times you dint listen” ..she says something like Try Cinematography. … actually years back it was my dream to be a cinematographer.

then i thank her and go our to the car

as soon as i woke up i realized the dream i had sometime back..it was already 6.15 AM. i have to start to exams at 7.

I looked at sai photo and told him

“why you care for me so much sai”

you know the dream helped me understand what its all about…I felt the subject is not too hard as its all life is probability which is part of quantitative techniques.

in the dream first i doubt

1. if the saint is good or not
2. i go inside, the saint speaks about words in sai satcharitra and i realized he is a good saint.
3. the roullete of casino explains theres so much game in life too…in the dream it was too primitive as if its how many take decisions in life related to marrying the right person, choosing the right career ..

4.Then when the saint gives me a beautiful huge photography book i realized my past connection with filmmaking as i liked the landscape with a blue tint …a man and a little boy walking…
i ask the saint

is it America or europe
( this again is probability ..there are chances the landscape or something we see could be this or that )

Saint says its Asia.

finally the lady inside who was young says “You never listen try cinematography” …it was like a career i lost track of years back coming back to mind.

the dream for others may mean odd ..to me it was like how saibaba answered the doubt of a devotee through a maid servant in kakasahad dixits house which comes in sai satcharitra

the dream helped me get clear idea about the subject that it deals with the probability of success and failure in business, for decision making using various mathemetical concepts and ofcourse i realized the connection between all the knowledge in this world and saints…

Saints are beyond the knowledge and wordly concept of Business management , mathametics, technology and science.

Somehow my silly idea was to learn the probablity chapter in the book. I just went through it but was not able to learn deeply as it was already late.

Later while going in bus to exam center , a friend of mine explained me the concepts in travelling sales man problem. I learnt it clearly.

When  i went to exam center all the boys and girls were seriously studying as all they need is to pass as its difficult subject having said we had less than 4-5 classes for this….to me it was like too late to study..i would have learnt before but yes its distance learning and all of us learn only on the day before exam.

I closed my eyes and realized this

how many millions of sai devotees go to saibaba before of this probability factor in life…

1. will i get this boy/girl as my wife or not.
2.will i get a peaceful married life or not.
3. will i get a good job, will my health improve.

so many times sai would have used various ways allowed ethically by the rules of nature and karma to alter our fate. I told to myself

‘Sai decided to pass me in this exam and its sai baba whos writing the exam and i must write it with out panic and smile and no matter what questions are asked i will write.”

when i went into the exam hall , got the question paper, the 3rd question was

3.Discuss the applications of probability in business ?

Although i dint know the answer based on how it appears in the book, i clearly got idea about how to present and gave case studies of Jet airways and Volswagan small cars in India and another question was related to the one explained by my friend in the bus.

I din’t do the exam very well like many students as we all study the day before exam but i have enough proof to say ‘ sai decided to pass me and he has helped me”

I came outside and talking to other friends in the ground. I told them how i got clear idea about subject by the dream of saibaba… deep inside i felt should we share these things to people who dunno much about saibaba.

I told to saibaba in my mind, sai , i can’t stop myself saying this beautiful leela.

I took the bus and near me was a sales man speaking on phone to his clients and customers.I realized what ever we learn in MBA , there are people who apply it for their living with out any idea of formal studies.

My exams will be over on 16th may 2010 and next year i have to write 8 exams ..i am sure saibaba will surely be with me , guide me and help me gain knowledge.

I told my friends, hardwork is important at the same time a guru’s guidance is also important to gain knowledge,wisdom and prosperity and for all the probabilities in life.

Even when i write this , i wonder why saibaba takes care of me so much ? May be because sai wants me to spread the message to all who work hard in their education and career.

When you are worried about exams or need to improve specific skill in office and cant understand something, worship sai and goddess saraswati , surely they will help you.

Filtering udi in nagasai mandhir :

Last week the day before exams, i was worried in the dhuni tank was full of udi which has to be filtered. I could have used that time to studing for first exam but i told myself my gurus work is important , went and all alone filtered 2 sacks of udi, kept inside the temple and came with satisfaction. While filtering udi i was chanting

“Sai saraswathi,

sai saraswathi

sai saraswathi”

praying that who ever applies this udi , all the thousands of children , men and women be blessed with good education and knowledge if they work hard by grace of sainath.

I did the work sai baba gave me and saibaba has helped me being close to me, holding my head and hand when i do my exams all through this week.

Who can stop when a guru wants you to be successful.

I have tears in my eyes and feel like asking

“Sai, why you do so much for me ? ”

Sai saraswathi bless all of you with good knowledge , peace and prosperity

Sometimes i wonder why i do all this …why i give so much importance to StarSai.com many think its a website and to me alone its life and love. What ever decisions i take in career or personal life keeps StarSai as Sun and i revolve around it.

Few days back one of my close friend kanna asked me why you take care of Dhuni ( sacred fire place ) in Nagasai mandhir,even when things happen which you dont like in temple. Why so much importance to dhuni even when you get hot boils in palm . I told him i don’t know why its a attachment. He said probably thats why your parents worry as you dont have this sincerity in your career. May be yes .

I might have taken things more serious for years .No point in hurrying in last minute. In the right terms , Its saibaba who is giving me the attachment.

Theres a beautiful incident during saibaba’s life time. Once a little boy was massaging saibaba’s legs in dwarakamai. some devotees were distributing sweets in other side. The boy left saibaba and playfully went away eager to get sweets. The boy’s mother beat him and asked him to serve saibaba and prayed sai thus.

Saibaba said” Dont beat the child. God will give him good desires and he will serve me well all life “

I too have other desires in life but as sai says serving Sai through StarSai, guiding sai devotees in path of light and taking care of dhuni are all a blessing from sai himself. Its his own ways to inspire me and be attached .

With this message..i shall share a beautiful mail i received from a sai baba devotee recently…

Sairam friends, I got this sai leela mail from a devotee who has been coming to StarSai for long time and wrote to me after 2 years of her devotion to sainath. I asked her why mailed me so late …Probably it was sai’s message to me that not only people who write to me are blessed through StarSai, everyone who comes here and honestly devotes them selves in sai bhakti are really blessed.

To some sai devotees, it takes time and some are blessed immediately. What matters is ones own total devotion in the holy feets of sadguru shirdi sai baba

Sai Ram!!

Sairam Venkatraman,

Sai Ram! Your website is a blessing to me. Baba came to me from your site…..May you get all the happiness in world.

Here is my story. I wanted to share for a long time..If you wish you can publish my story…Someone can get strength from this..

StarSai - the divinity of Sai Baba

Om SAI RAM!!!! My pranam to Baba’s feet. Baba I am nothing without you,

Baba’s Leelas are immense & unfathomable!! Here is my story. I had a picture of Baba in my house with all other pictures of God. As a normal practice I used to just fold my hand for few seconds and move on with my life without thinking much. One day something happened in my life that changed my whole life. I was diagnosed cancer and doctors did not give much hope.

I started talking treatment. This made me mentally & physically weak. My family was devastated. My son, who was so young he did not know much about the whole thing, was sad. My husband started running around to different doctors to hear some positive things. Nothing helped us.

All of a sudden I came across starsai website and Baba pulled me towards him and I started praying and reading more & more about him. How beautiful…Baba took me in his path. So beautiful  is the feeling. I understood one thing doctors are not God. Baba is my doctor and he will cure me for good.. My faith started becoming stronger & stronger. I surrendered all my problems to Baba’s feet. I started praying Baba & doing naap jap.

I felt I know Baba for long time and Baba is with me all the time. Amazingly I got so much strength mentally & physically.

So many wonderful miracles started happening in my life. I can go on writing on & on.. Baba pulled me towards him and gave all the strength. Baba took me to so many places in US that had Baba’s Temple.

I went back to work and started my normal duties again. Then the biggest miracle…I live in US and had never been to India for last 15 years. All of a sudden Baba pulled me to Shridi. We had a good darshan of Baba in Shridi. The journey was the most beautiful experience I will never forget my whole life.

I went to the doctor and my reports started looking good.  Baba always gives hope to his children who surrender completely to his feet.

Baba saved my life. Now I am cancer free. My life is so beautiful; I got more than I can think of.

If you are reading this, Baba wants you to read this. Please surrender at Baba’s feet. All your problems will go away. Follow Baba’s path, help people, be egoless, feed poor people…. Try to do something good every day. Even if it is a small thing…just be nice to people. Have faith & patience..Baba is with us!! I can feel  him all the time….You can feel him too.. Om SAI RAM!!

Baba’s daughter, Moli

Does Shirdi Sai baba and Saints do such miracle to all devotees ?

Friends,  Sai baba may  not cure everyone with cancer. Even in guru charitra saint Narasimha saraswati says”Fate cannot be changed” . Once the saint blessed a dead man come back to life. A athiest there asks how can you change the law of karma and give life back to this man. The saint replies ” No true saint will act against law of karma, this person was dead  when they were on their way to have my darshan. Though his life in this present birth was over according to laws of karma , in his next birth he lives long , so i requested God to take 30 years from his next birth and let him live long as a good husband to his wife in this birth ”

Then the devotees gathered there praised the greatness of guru. Friends this really happened during saint narasimha swamijis life in 13th century.

I add this incident because i dont want to mislead all devotees with cancer or their dear ones only to expect positively and feel bad that sai helps others and not them.

Shirdi sai baba and all true saints works based on our own past births good and bad deeds..They are supposed to follow this karmic bonds of their devotees. Irrespective of this sometimes when we show utmost surrender and devotion to saints, their heart melts and they do their leela which has happened in Moli’s life.

It may or may not happen in your or your dear ones life.  Now the only request i have is , when someone is having health problems,take all necessary treatments but please inspire them and motivate them to chant Gods name. Let it be any got they love . Let them simply chant sai sai sai, read sacred books like guru charitra and sai satcharitra to them. This will surely help them. 3 months back my Mama, mothers elder brother was suffering from cancer. I was with him in the last 3 days of his life. I made him chant

Datta Dhigambara,

shree paadha vallabha dhigambara,

Narasimha saraswati Dhigambara,

Swami samartha Dhigamgbara ,

Sai dhigambara…..

Dattatreyalotus.com has more info about this guru mantra

My Mama loved it so much and even when he forgot it, he used to say “Ramu, can you repeat that mantra” . I was near him and told him mama say “Saibaba Save me “…i know he is going to pass away but i made him say ‘ Saibaba, save me ” … when someone is sick we must use sai devotion to heal them and cure them , once we realized their time has come we must not stop…let us keep them remember Sai…it helps their atma ( soul ) reach the holy feet of sai /God.

Either they will get a good birth or will become a angel in Gods holy feet. My Mama who was a busy famous layer for years never had time for saibaba . Only in the last month when i heared he had cancer, i sent him a book about saibaba and he read it. He never has any worry that his end has come.

I felt saibaba sent me to him to make him reach his holy feet by chanting Sai Datta …Sai Datta …Sai Datta in the last 3 days of his life. On the third day my Mama passed away . I know he has seen the holy feets of the greatest Saint on earth.

I realized really my love for StarSai does have its benefit. Someone some where who are suffering the worst pain in life are taken in the path of light, StarSai inspires faith and love on Sai…Some leave halfway and very few like Moli walk straight towards Saibaba’s holy feet . When someone writes me

“Today my life is Beautiful”

I feel the abnormal life i lead according to the external world does has some meaning.

Sai, You are my heart , You are my soul and i will ever dedicate myself for inspiring Sai devotion in the hearts of millions of sai children.

Venkat

29:04:2010

Its been 10 days  since i had taken care of dhuni in nagasai mandhir as i was busy since my sister had come from U.S . I went to nagasai mandhir this morning and felt very painful to see heap of wooden sticks and coconuts filled up to the ground surface in dhuni. For years i have not seen dhuni in such a condition. My friends do take care of dhuni when am away.probably they dint had time this week.

I decided to remain in temple untill the crowd move away and clean the dhuni.

I used the iron rod two of them to clean…we have to dig…it was too hot as its thursday. I felt a true devotee is the one who knows what the guru wants even before the guru instructs him. I cant wait for saibaba’s commands to clean dhuni. Dhuni is my love and life which is wrote in www.shirdisaibabadhuni.com ,

While digging the ashes to filter down the iron bars in dhuni, the fire was too high. I started feeling the iron rod is getting the heat to my palm. Though am used to it, as its summer afternoon and dhuni is also over hot, i could feel the heat coming to my palm quickly.

I dont want to stop digging dhini. To me its a gift from sai. Many times i moved away when the fire raises and saw my palm. two – three places it was swollen, the palm became pink like never before. Some devotees were still in temple and i requested them to be careful as coconuts attimes burts in dhuni.

I was getting thirsty but cant leave the dhuni door open and go away to have water. I continued to dig…

Saiii..

Datta

Nagaaaasaayee

I say this every time i diggg and stir the ashes to filter down the dhuni tank. One old man asked what i am doing. I told him its the sacred ash of saibaba called udi . Its collected from ashes which comes from devotees offering and we sai friends get down the tank and filter the pure udi every 20 days. I told him i was away for over 2 weeks and now i am satisfied that i am able to do this work.

He smiled and told ” Oh you are satisfied, lets always think good and do good, good will happen to us.”

I continued to dig dhuni..my sky blue shirt had dusts which emerges from dhuni ashes. i was worried as at times my mother used to say how hard its for the maid to wash my shirt. I always say her , My shirt looks black and dirty but even touching it is a blessing. Its Saibaba’s Udi.

The shop keeper was walking by that way to fill his water bottle with water. I told him, Anna, when you go back,give me some water.

I contined to dig..suddenly i felt burning sensation in my righ palm, i took out the iron rod , hagged it on the grill , looked at palm and then the dwarakamai saibaba portrait , I told ” “Sai, you teared my skin ”

i went to the pipe, washes my palm and face and again digged,  i was satisfied as most part of ashes went inside .I had to do more work tommorow but i am exhausted now. I closed the dhuni door, locked it.

The shop keeper came with the water bottle, i happily drank water .

When my sister and brother in law was here, they were having a idea that i am too much into sai baba and not behaving like normal guy. They hurt me with some words i can’t bear though they did that to make me realize i also must try to be successful and happy and not worry like this always. It was this reason i tried to avoid going to temple during their stay in india . I was with them taking care of their baby katya who is just 3 years old but says “Sai baba” when ever she looks at a picture of sai in my house.

anyway, i was too happy today as i finally came back to my normal life of taking care of dhuni after 10 days. I took the bubos in left palm and skin about to tear in right palm as a gift from saibaba .

My sai friends, ramanujam, udayakumar were there and i demanded them to have coke with me . Ramanujam asked do you have lots of money, i said ” I have 100 Rs.” with a exitement as if i have crores. We had a 2 liter coke bottle,soon it was member of 5 sai devotees who serve sai. i drank 3 glasses of coke. They were talking about few things…about temple. some issues…..etc etc….

Deep in me i was wondering how my sister and brother in law thought i am not enjoying my life. This too is a party. My palm had few hot bubos,even if  i wash it was burning but i enjoyed holding the glass with the cool coke in it. To me it was relaxing. To me this too is happiness and this really sounds like peace to me.

who else can smile , chat and have coke when their palm had burning sensation. Its all about our mental disposition friends.  Sai says the best devotee is the one who realizes what he needs before sai himself instructs it. I could have gone back home even after looking at the heap of ashes in dhuni.

Friends, Shirdi Sai baba is the Guru who never speaks . At times he speaks in dreams to few but not always. To me if we really feel sai and see the world through Sai, we can hear him speaking. Its not words . Our languages are different. Its his leela to bring us the thought. When i saw heap of ashes in dhuni, i realizes , Saibaba wants me to clean it and i did.

I heared it  with out him speaking. I dont mean to say i am best devotee. I also have my draw backs. What i say is to the world who thinks millions of saibaba devotees follow saibaba who is NO MORE. Some dont realize though sai had his samadhi in 1918, he is still working to help his children.

Here is a Guru who wont speak. Who wont say , Who wont instruct . Who wont guide . But he is doing it every moment if only you know to realize how this sweet saint is taking care of you and your family like his own eyes.

I came back home, removed my shirt before my mom could  notice the ashes , removed it , rolled and kept in self. I had some food. Kept a saibaba book infront of plate, askes him do you want and gave him like we feed children and had the food myself.

I applied coconut oil in my palm, laid down, hugged a saibaba book to my chest and told saibaba.

“sai, i dont have a good career or life style as the world expects..I am happy atleast you are making me do this dhuni work. This gives me happiness and satisfaction.”

Friends, Hope you realized saibaba is a saint who never speaks with his voice and words or languages… If you truly deeply show your love on saibaba, surely you can feel he’s always speaking.

Sai , at a time when people are being cheated by false gurus that he has powers to speak to saibaba or saibaba speaks with him etc, this sai leela is written to help each and every sai devotee realize

‘Every good word and prayer you say sai, sai listes to it, Every moment you truly love saibaba, sai guides you internally and makes you do the right thing .You  never hear him speaking. His languages are different.”

Sai, you are my heart, you are my soul.

Om sri sainathaya namaha

Venkat raman

15:04:2010

The entire march 2010 was very scary and lots of problems in house. My father fainted and only shirdi saibaba saved him…secondly sai also gave me a dream before  about presence of some evil spirits in our compound. I did all possible ways like sprinkling water etc but only today i realized ” the biggest way to keep away such evils is “Chanting SAI SAI SAI…naam smaran can make all these ghosts also to get mukti..meaning they go to next level , reach god n a good birth.

Listen to the incident :

I am writing this article as soon as the sai leela happened on march 31st 2010 . Morning 5.AM

today being full moon day i had been to nagasai dig dhuni and then came home.me and amma were cleaning my room till 1 in night..then i slept . as soon as i close eyes i had a vision as if Lord Gubera is doing abishekam to lord shiva and parvathi. I slept deeply looking at it.

I never knew what happened

suddenly i started saying with long breath

sayeee saaaayeee sayee sayee sayee and woke up…

its was 5 AM

i saw a dream it was so scary friends
as u remember a man was standing outside window before 2 month in my dream. i stuck a sai sticker on all windows and thought now sai is everywhere so we r safe.

i keep udi under my pillow n sleep

the dream was like this…

first i see a very fat man standing out side compound wall.theres a store 60 feet from out house..he was standing firm without moving n staring at me.  i got scared  n say mom…again in dream i see its been few days and i see this man standing there again looking away from house but amma also peeps from window n she faits saying :”ghost…ghost”

with anger on that fat man that he was trying to do bad to us , i dont want to show we are scared but we are saibabas children..so i loudly say

sai sai sai sai saiiiiiiiiiiiiiii saayee sayee sayee

saying so in dream i realized i was saying angrily sayee saaayee in reality as i woke up…

i got scared n closed windows ..Friends yesturday being panguni uthiram i read skandha guru kavasam n gave udi prasad to parents. I clearly realized this friends.
that problems happens in business , amoung family members , fights amoung family members, misunderstanding , education problems at times happens due to these evil spirits also…especially since we people are devoted to god and guru in kaliyug they try to spoil us….who can do bad to us friends ?

I woke up and thanked saibaba….but then since i am too sensitive n fear now how wil i confidently open windows n sleep friends ?

i also saw in dream that fat man moved away from the store…like he seems to go away completely from this are and his mission to spoil us has failed…i took nagasai udi n throwed from window saying “we are saibaba’s children..get away from ur present state n get mukti ”

all of u when problems happens in family, when theres misunderstanding , when theres business or health issues, its also important to think in such aspect.

do the following :

1. light lamps regularly…even if its night .

2.take water in vessel , chant any gods or sai mantra u like or simply chant sai sai sai few minutes and sprinkle in all rooms little bit…then if its  a independent house sprinkle around the compound.

3. every morning offer a glass of water to shirdi saibaba photo or statue in your house, chant sai sai sai and give it as prasad to all family members.

Moral of the sai leela :

Naam smaran is so powerful…the fat man ghost was standing firmly friends..not moving at all for days in dream…when i angrily said Sayeee saayee sayee…sai sai sai.he moved n left…

then i woke up, took saibaba’s udi and sprinkled out side window saying , we are saibaba’s children..infact i realized saibaba also wants to appreciate me that though he was scaring me, i faced him dint faint n used saibaba’s naama to make him get away.

naam smaran is so powerful..it might seem saibaba is not getting you profits, job or good health or peace instantly but every single time you utter SAI, adds to your benefits sometime in your life.

sai bless u friends

venkat