I am a very low spiritually evolved person enmeshed in my struggle in worldy existence, unable to cross the Samsaric ocean, as I am not having proper self control to walk the right path shown by Gurus. In a desperate situation, this lowly soul, turns to Sadguru Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi for deliverance from these struggles and spiritual upliftment. May that great saint show compassion to this soul who has lost his way.
Sai Sat Charita is a wonderful book written due to the immeasurable kindness of Baba, througn the medium of the foremost amongst devotees Shri Govindrao (Annasaheb) Dabholkar whom Baba christened as Hemadpant. This was written in Marathi and it has bern translated into English by Shri Nagesh V Gunaji.
I have read a Parayana of this book for a week and it is indeed spiritually lifting. But I realize that for people like me are so far away from Truth, that daily practice for a long time is required. So I now resolve to read a chapter daily and write below the key takeaways that my limited intellect can understand. This is from a selfish desire to keep meditating on the contents and get them deeply embedded in the psyche.
May Baba bless me.
At the beginning of any undertaking, its important to make a resolution and seek blessings.
Bless me O Lord Ganapati remover of obstacles and ensure successful completion of my resolve.
Bless me O Shaktis who represent fortune, wisdom and compassion,
Bless me O Trimurtis, Bless me O Devas of elements especially Sun God,
Bless me O Lord Venkateswara, my kuladevata
Bless me O Lord Venkateswara, my kuladevata
I seek blessings from my mother and father, my grandparents and forefathers.
Last but foremost, I seek blessings of Sai Baba who is Guru, God and parents too.
I humbly bow and seek blessings of all other Gurus, I revere like Swami Sivananda, Ramana Maharishi, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Kanchi Paramacharya, Swami Chandrasekhara Bharati of Sringeri and Adi Shankara.
Chapter 1
In 1910, once Sai Baba grinds huge quantity of wheat in his chakki. People wonder why, as he is a fakir and generally begs for alms. Some women take over the work, not wanting to see Baba labouring. Baba allows them, but when after doing the task they wish to divide the flour amongst themselves, Baba vehemently objects and asks them to throw the flour outside the village. For Baba was not grinding wheat but the Cholera epidemic ravaging the village and he got it thrown out of the village. Soon the impact of the epidemic wanes down. Its incredible and one of innumerable Sai Leelas. This one inpires Hemadpant to write about Sai Leelas. In the end all of us got benefited by getting this illuminating Sai Sat Charita.
At a deeper level, as Hemadpant beautifully points out, Baba wants us to grind down our desires, ahamkar, impulses in the chakki of Karma and Bhakti, whose handle is Jnana. It also shows that if we are devoted to Sai, he will enable us to grind them down, but we deluded souls still have attachment and have the tendency to keep these impulses. But as Sai directs us, we have to throw these grinded evil, well outside of us, so that it doesnt find its way in.
At a deeper level, as Hemadpant beautifully points out, Baba wants us to grind down our desires, ahamkar, impulses in the chakki of Karma and Bhakti, whose handle is Jnana. It also shows that if we are devoted to Sai, he will enable us to grind them down, but we deluded souls still have attachment and have the tendency to keep these impulses. But as Sai directs us, we have to throw these grinded evil, well outside of us, so that it doesnt find its way in.
Lets pray to Baba to enable us to do that.
Another interpretation is through Sant Kabir's dialogue with his Guru Nipathiranjana who advises him to hold fast to handle of Jnana of the chakki and stay close to the centre (i.e. turn inwards) to avoid getting grinded by the stones i.e. worldly desires, sins, ahamkara. Getting grinded in this parlance is getting enmeshed in the Ocean of Samsara and degrading spiritually.
May Sai Baba protect us.
Om Sadguru Shri Sai Nathaya Namaha
Another interpretation is through Sant Kabir's dialogue with his Guru Nipathiranjana who advises him to hold fast to handle of Jnana of the chakki and stay close to the centre (i.e. turn inwards) to avoid getting grinded by the stones i.e. worldly desires, sins, ahamkara. Getting grinded in this parlance is getting enmeshed in the Ocean of Samsara and degrading spiritually.
May Sai Baba protect us.
Om Sadguru Shri Sai Nathaya Namaha
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