Listen to Chapter Twenty-Seven of the new rendering of the Sri Sai Satcharitra by Divine Lineage’s Spiritual Director, Monika Penukonda. The original transcript of this sacred text by Hemadpant has been translated into an English language more accessible to modern English speakers. The benefits of regular reading and contemplation of the Satcharitra are innumerable, not only bringing wisdom and enlightenment, but the curing of any kind of problem and obstacles. It also brings support in all the endeavors of your life.
If a man utters my name with love, I shall fulfill all his wishes and increase his devotion. If he sings earnestly of my life and my deeds, I shall surround him in front and back and on all sides. Those devotees who are attached to me heart and soul will naturally feel happiness when they hear these stories. Believe me, if anybody sings my leelas I will give him infinite joy and everlasting happiness. ~ Shirdi Sai Baba
When a man takes a plunge into the sea, he gets the merit of bathing in all the tirthas (holy waters) and sacred rivers. Similarly, when a man takes refuge at the feet of the sadguru, he gets the merit of bowing to the trinity––Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva––and also Parabrahman. Victory to Sri Sai, the wish-fulfilling tree and ocean of knowledge who gives us self-realization. Oh Sai, create in us a regard for your stories. Let the readers and audience devour them with the samerelish with which the chatak bird drinks the water from the clouds and becomes happy. While listening to your stories, let each person and their families have all the sattvic (pure) emotions–– let their bodies perspire, let their eyes be full of tears, let their prana (life force) be steady, let their minds be composed, let their hair stand on end, let them cry, sob and shake, let their hostilities and their distinctions, great and small, vanish. If these things happen, that is a sign of the grace of the guru dawning upon them. When these emotions develop in you, the guru is most pleased and will certainly lead you on to the goal of self-realization. The best way to get free from the shackles of Maya is our complete and wholehearted surrender to Baba. The Vedas cannot take you across the ocean of Maya. It is only the sadguru who can do so and make you see the Lord in all creatures...
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