Importance Of Human Birth

For all living things , food,sleep,fear and reproduction are common.But a human being , apart from these, has one more important quality called intelligence (jnana). with this the human is able to know about God. Some think that the human body comprise3s flesh ,blood, and filthy waste products. The Body Finally dies and gets destroyed . Even then ,through this Body Only we are able to get Jnana. Hence ,good care should be taken to maintain a healthy body.if one indilges in pleasures and yields to physicaldesires,life will ultimately become lower than that of an animal.so one should take necesary care. If excess care is taken ,this will lead to several desires and if less care is taken ,it will result in poor health asnd will lead to some diseases.
One should understand this truth carefully.Finally the body should be utilised for obtaining Moksha.

Das Ganu Maharaj

Das Ganu Maharaj , one of the closest associates of Baba, was responsible for the spread of his name and fame in Maharashtra through his ballas and discourses. His full name is ganpat rao dattatreya sahasrabuddhe. He was a constable orderly attached to chandorkar and had the oppurtinity to visit Shirdi with Chandorkar And meet Baba. Narasimha Swamiji Says that for a long time through Ganu had high regard for baba, he could nort accept him as God or as his guru. baba Brought about a great transformation of his mind although at first it was unwilling submission to baba's charisma on ganu's Part . When ganu arrived in shirdi in 1980 he had little education and ws employed as an actor in village dramas in which he played female roles , dancing and singing. His ambitikon was to go up the official ladder and became a sub inspecor in the police department . Baba however had other plans for him. He was determined that ganu's character , calling and work should be totally changed

Foreword

There are certain men and women who walk on this earth like us, but do not really belong here. It looks as though they have sojourned here for the sake of the suffering Human beings , to bring them solace and peace and to show them the way, the way to light and blessedness. They are the salt of this earth-the great sages, saints and seers. The saint of shirdi sai Baba as he is lovingly called by thousands of his devoteed, was a jewal among such Holy Men.
True Men of God talk very little about them selves but only of god and the ways that lead to him . Their external life appears to be rather ordinary providing very litlle Material to histroy .

BABA'S LILAS

Baba helped his devotees in hundred of ways to remove anxiety , fears, ward off disease and misfortune and to bring hope and cheer into their lives . He granted their prayers readily and was ever at their back and call to attend their needs and aspirations. All he asked from them return was absolute faith and surrender to him. We had a glimpse of service he rendered to his devotess .We shall rate more experiences of devotees as narrated in Hemadpant 's Sai Sat Charita And fr4om othner sources . These experiences relate to what happened during Baba's lifetime and those which occured after his samidhi. Some of these are quite extraordinary and incredible but they can not be d0ubted since they come from the lips of the very people who experienced them.

Construction Of Sathe Wada

It was the year 1904 . Hari Vinayak Sathe was the deputy collector of Ahmednagar. Once He came on An official work to Kopargaon. He had heard About Saibaba's Greatness And so he went to shirdi As he was attracted to Baba. He Purchased A piece of land near gurusthan in the year 1906 And constructed A wada( resting place) for the devotees , namingt it sathe wade , which still remains With some changes .
From the year 1904, devotees had started giving arathis three times a day in Dwarkamai. Nana Chandorkar , A great devotee Of Baba Had finalised The procedure And the songs to be sung during the arathis . For the afternoon Arathi all the villagers assembled near the mosque And sometimes the mosque overflowed with the devotees.Even though thousands flocked there , Baba blessed them. no true devotee ever left shirdi empty -handed. Some devotees thought that since Baba had not seen them nor heard their problems , how could they get relief ? Baba knew their doubts and announced publicly,'' Oh my devotees! You will get rewarded for the devotion and confidence you repose in me.

'Why fear while I am here

''Why fear while I am here'' Sai Baba told hundreds of thousands of his devotees all over india while alive and after his mahasamidhi. His words of wisdom and advice extended to every aspect of day to day life and its problem s. He often spoke in parables and they had deep meanings and significance which were not lost on his devotees.
Dwaraka Mayi wards of all dangers and anxieties from her children. HIghly merciful Is the masjit Ayi. She is the Mother of those who place their entire faith in her. If they are in danger She wii save them.Once a person climbs into her lap all his travails will be over. He who sleeps in her shade attains bliss.