Shirdi Sai baba was a great man, much revered as a Saint who is even worshipped as a divine incarnation in several parts of India. His life and achievements were mentioned in detail in the work Sai Satcharitra.
In chapter 27 of Sai Satcharita there is a reference to Shirdi Sai Baba emphatically advising his disciple to read Vishnu Sahasranama...."Oh Shama, this book is very valuable and efficacious, so I present it to you, you read it. Once I suffered intensely and My heart began to palpitate and My life was in danger. At that critical time, I hugged this book to My heart and then, Shama, what a relief it gave me! I thought that Allah Himself came down and saved Me. So I give this to you, read it slowly, little by little, read daily one name at least and it will do you good."
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Sathya Sai Baba on the exalted Gayatri mantra
Your two eyes cannot reveal to you the magnificence and the majesty of the realm of the spirit. They are focused towards the objective world and its transient attractions. So the Gayathri mantra has been given to you as a third eye to reveal to you that inner vision by which you may realize Brahman.
Gayathri is a treasure you must guard throughout your lives. If you have not caught the sounds of the mantra correctly now, learn it from your parents or your family priest. Perhaps they may not know the Gayathri themselves, or they might have forgotten it through culpable neglect. Then I would ask them to learn it from you.
Never give up the Gayathri; you may give up or ignore any other mantra, but you should recite the Gayathri at least a few times a day. It protects you from harm wherever you are - traveling, working, ot at home. Westerners have investigated the vibrations produced by this mantra and have found that when it is recited with the correct accent as laid down in the Vedas, the atmosphere becomes visibly illumined. So the effulgence of Brahma will descend on you and illumine your intellect and light your path when this mantra is chanted. Gayatri is Annapurna, the Mother, the Sakthi that animates life. So do not neglect it.
- Excerpts from Discourse by Sathya Sai Baba, Upanayanam Day, Brindavan, 6-20-77
Gayathri is a treasure you must guard throughout your lives. If you have not caught the sounds of the mantra correctly now, learn it from your parents or your family priest. Perhaps they may not know the Gayathri themselves, or they might have forgotten it through culpable neglect. Then I would ask them to learn it from you.
Never give up the Gayathri; you may give up or ignore any other mantra, but you should recite the Gayathri at least a few times a day. It protects you from harm wherever you are - traveling, working, ot at home. Westerners have investigated the vibrations produced by this mantra and have found that when it is recited with the correct accent as laid down in the Vedas, the atmosphere becomes visibly illumined. So the effulgence of Brahma will descend on you and illumine your intellect and light your path when this mantra is chanted. Gayatri is Annapurna, the Mother, the Sakthi that animates life. So do not neglect it.
- Excerpts from Discourse by Sathya Sai Baba, Upanayanam Day, Brindavan, 6-20-77
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