The Hands

19. Om Sri Sai Yasahkaaya Shirdi Vaasine Namah

Garland of 108 Precious Gems

Ashtotthara Satha Nama Rathnamala 

19.  Om Sri Sai Yasahkaaya Shirdi Vaasine Namah

Yasahkaaya means 'fame' 'body-fame' and glory, apart from the actual physical form.  Baba is Shirdivasi, He who lived in Shirdi.  Though the form is now different, the fame and the glory are the same, for, the declarations, the assurances, the wisdom, the message, the grace, the manifestations of mercy are all the same.  In the Sathya Sai form, the 'Yasah' or fame is spreading faster and farther; for, now, the new means of communication are being used to the fullest extent.  At Shirdi, Baba said in 1918, "I shall come again after 8 years" and in 1926, He came as Sathya Sai.  Sai Baba appeared in a vision to Gayathriswami at Puttaparthi and told him, "I have come away here, after 8 years in the Samadhi.  I brought all My properties to this place from there, 'fifteen' years later".  Sai Baba brought to Puttaparthi the 'properties', all of them, viz., 'the Yasahkaaya' (viz., the Name, the Gothra, the Sakthi', 'the Jnana' the Lokasangraha Karma) in His fourteenth year, when He announced Himself, as Sai Baba of Shirdi (14 years since Birth and 9 months gestation to be added, to make the fifteen, as Baba has confirmed).

Baba is fast gathering unto Himself the loyalty, adoration and affection of those devoted to the Shirdi-Vasin (that is to say, Baba who was at Shirdi).  While at Shirdi, He was physically in the same place continuously for years; now, He is physically in the same place continuously for years; He is giving darshan all over the world, in His fame-body (Yasahkaaya).

(From : Garland of 108 Precious Gems, 

Ashtotthara Sathanama Rathnamala, by Prof N Kasturi)

THE KEY TO GOD'S HEART (Chapter 5)(Para 7)

Live this life as if it were your last. That means one pointed sincere yearning for the Lord. It means filling yourself with the virtues that please the Lord. The universe is yours, the Lord is yours for the asking, but at this stage, you will no longer 'want'. One basic principle is that whatever you offer to the Lord rebounds and comes back to you - so do not offer Him anger or the negative emotions of frustrations and insincerity, do not offer Him your bad actions. Offer Him only your love from a purified heart and see what miracles abound around you. Offer Him your heart and mind cleansed. Offer Him yourself, that is enough.

(From : THE KEY TO GOD'S HEART by R SAI)

Love And Service

 

Love and service are like a bird's two wings for a man.  He can soar to any heights with those two wings.  To cultivate these two qualities, one has to achieve the triple purity in thought, word and deed.

(Sanathana Sarathi, May 1996, pg 114) 

GEM 777

Seva is the most paying form of austerity, the most satisfying and the most pleasureable; it springs out of love and it scatters love in profusion.

(From : Garland of 1008 Gems, Bhagawan Shri Sathya Sai Baba's Sayings)

Prayer

The Eyes

Awareness

Awareness is total understanding.  This total understanding is within the capacity of every human being.  Everyone must strive to express this awareness.

(Sanathana Sarathi, March 1996, pg 70)

God Loves Me

Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.

- Mother Teresa

God loves me!  These three little words convey a powerful message that, when spoken aloud or held silently in my heart, infuse me with peace and joy.

Love is a gift from God, and the greatest gift I can give myself is to share the love of God within me with others.  And I want to share the message of divine love with others.

Divine love is the answer to the questions of my heart.  Whatever I seek - prosperity, health, order - I will find.  I have all I need when I know that, out of love for me, God has already given all to me.

God's love for me will never lessen or fade away, for it is an eternal expression of caring by my Creator.

God loves me, and God's love for me is eternal and without limitation.

(From : 'Daily Word' magazine by Silent Unity, a world wide prayer ministry) 

GEM 776

Seva has to be considered as worshipping the form that God has assumed to give the Sevak the chance of worship.

(From : Garland of 1008 Gems, Bhagawan Shri Sathya Sai Baba's Sayings)