The form of Guru is the root of meditation

 Sadgurus are infinite existence,

infinite knowledge and infinite bliss.

The form of Guru is the root of meditation,
The feet of the Guru are the root of worship,
The teaching of the Guru is the root of all hymns and
The Grace of the Guru is the root of salvation.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2012 from Saisthanam Team

मेरा आप की क़ृपा से

मेरा आप की क़ृपा से, सब काम हो रहा है

करते तो तुम हो साँइ, मेर नाम हो रहा है

मेरा आप की क़ृपा, से सब काम हो रहा है

करते तो तुम हो बाबा , मेर नाम हो रहा है

पतवार के बिना ही, मेरी नाव चल रही है

हैरान है झमाना मंझिल भी मिल रही है

करता नहीं मै कुछ भी मेरा नाम हो रहा है

करते तो तुम हो बाबा , मेर नाम हो रहा है

मेरा आप की क़ृपा, से सब काम हो रहा है

कोई नही था मेरा फिरता था मारा मारा

बे आसरे को बाबा तुम ने दिया सहारा

तेरा करम ये मुझ पे सरेआम हो रहा है

करते तो तुम हो बाबा , मेर नाम हो रहा है

मेरा आप की क़ृपा, से सब काम हो रहा है

तुम साथ हो जब मेरे किस चीज़ की कमी है

किसी और चीस की आब परवाह ही नही है

तेरे साथ से ग़ुलाम आब ग़ुलफाम हो रहा है

करते तो तुम हो बाबा , मेर नाम हो रहा है

मेरा आप की क़ृपा, से सब काम हो रहा है

मेरा आप की क़ृपा, से सब काम हो रहा है

करते तो तुम हो साँइ, मेर नाम हो रहा है

मेरा आप की क़ृपा, से सब काम हो रहा है

करते तो तुम हो बाबा , मेर नाम हो रहा है

 !! श्री सदगुरु साइनाथ महाराज की जय !!

Never Quit - Short and Inspiring Stories

Whenever I read this story. It helps me get through my difficult times.

Hope such stories gives you encouragement during your trying times.

One day I decided to quit...quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality... I wanted to quit my life. I went to the woods to have one last talk with GOD. "GOD", I said. "Can you give me one good reason not to quit?" His answer surprised me... "Look around", GOD said. "Do you see the fern and the bamboo?" "Yes", I replied. When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them. I gave them light. I gave them water.

The fern quickly grew from the earth. It has brilliantly covered the floor green. Yet nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo. In the second year the Fern grew more vibrant and plentiful. And again, nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo." GOD said." 

In year three there was still nothing from the bamboo seed. But I would not quit.In year four, again, there was nothing from the bamboo seed. I would not quit." GOD said. "Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth.

Compared to the fern it was seemingly small and insignificant...But just 6 months later the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall. It had spent the five years growing roots. Those roots made it strong and gave it what it needed to survive. I would not give any of my creations a challenge it could not handle." GOD said to me. "Did you know that all this time you have been struggling, you have actually been growing roots?" "I would not quit on the bamboo. I will never quit on you." "Don't compare yourself to others." GOD said. "The bamboo had a different purpose than the fern. Yet they both make the forest beautiful." 

"Your time will come", GOD said to me. "You will rise high" "How high should I rise?" I asked. "How high will the bamboo rise?" GOD asked in return. "As high as it can?" I questioned. "Yes." GOD said, "Give me glory by rising as high as you can." I left the forest and bring back this story.

Shirdi Sai Teachings

Digambara Digambara Shree Paadha Vallabha Digambara

Sai looks at what lies in the hearts

Celebrating Datta Jayanthi and 125 Years of Nirvikalpa Samadhi Of Shirdi Sai Baba On 10th December 2011.

From Sai Satcharitra Chapter 44 and 45,where the author Shri Hemadpant had written-"Thirty two years before this, i.e., in 1886 A.D., Baba made an attempt to cross the border line. On a Margashirsha Pournima (Full moon) day, Baba suffered from a severe attack of asthma. To get rid of it Baba decided to take His prana high up and go into samadhi. He said to Bhagat Mhalasapti - "Protect My body for three days. If I return, it will be alright; if I do not, bury My body in that open land (pointing to it) and fix two flags there as a mark." Saying this, Baba fell down at about 10 P.M. His breathing stopped, as well as His pulse. It seemed as if His prana left the body. All the people including the villagers came there and wanted to hold an inquest and bury the body in the place pointed by Baba. But Mhalasapati prevented this. With Baba's body on his lap he sat full three days guarding it.

After three days passed, Baba showed signs of life at 3 A.M. His breathing commenced, the abdomen began to move. His eyes opened and stretching His limbs, Baba returned to consciousness (life) again.


From this and other accounts, let the readers consider whether Sai Baba was the three and a half cubits' body that He occupied for some years and that He left thereafter or He was the Self inside. The body, composed of the five elements is perishable and transient, but the Self within is the thing - Absolute Reality which is immortal and intransient.

The pure Being, Consciousness or Brahma, the Ruler and Controller of the senses and mind is the thing Sai. This pervades all things in the universe and there is no space without it. For fulfilling His mission He assumed the body and after it was fulfilled, He threw away the body (the finite aspect), and assumed His infinite aspect. Sai ever lives, as also the previous Incarnation of God Datta, Shri Narsimha Saraswati of Ganagapur. His Passing away is only an outward aspect, but really He pervades all animate and inanimate things and is their Inner Controller and Ruler. This can be, and is even now experienced by many who surrender themselves completely to Him and worship Him with whole-hearted devotion.

PS:For devotees who do not know the meaning of the word Nirvikalpa it is provided here .

It is a sanskrit word and the meaning is as follows."Nirvikalpa samādhi, means absorption without self-consciousness, is a mergence of the mental activity (cittavṛtti) in the Self, to such a degree, or in such a way, that the distinction (vikalpa) of knower, act of knowing, and object known becomes dissolved — as waves vanish in water, and as foam vanishes into the sea. The difference to the other samadhis is that there is no return from this samadhi into lower states of consciousness. Therefore this is the only true final Enlightenment.

Sai Sai Sai