Category: Teachings of Dr. Satpathy
Compliance with Guru’s Orders
In Chapter 22 of Shri Sai Satcharita, we find the story of Amir Shakkar who was a native of the village Korale, in Kopergaon Taluka. He belonged to the butcher caste and worked as a commission agent in Bandra, and was well-known […]
Annihilation of Desire
In chapter 24 of Shri Sai Satcharita, Baba told to Hemadpant: “It is true that you give (share your food) to the persons present; but if no one is near-by, what could you or I do? But do you remember Me before […]
You are the very life of the devotee
In chapter 26 of Shri Sai Satcharita, we encounter the following incident which teaches us to keep an unwavering faith on the protective powers of the Sadguru. Once it so happened that a devotee by name Pant, a disciple of another Sadguru […]
Para-Bhakti (Highest Devotion) towards Guru
Hari Sitaram Dixit alias Kakasaheb Dixit was a staunch devotee of Shri Shirdi Sai Baba. He was a well-known solicitor of Mumbai who was persuaded to visit Shri Sai Baba in 1909 by his friend Nana Saheb Chandorkar. He was largely responsible […]
A Beacon in the Dark
A Sadguru is one who triggers spiritual development in his devotee and takes him towards God-realization. He appears in many forms in the life of a devotee: in some instances as a friend, or guide and during other occasions as parent, sibling, householder, […]
Enabler of Spiritual Evolution
If we make Shri Sainath our sole refuge, he would make us realize that ‘Brahman is the Reality and the world an illusion’. As depicted in Shri Sai Satcharitra, during his tenure in Shirdi, Baba, through the physical act of grinding, annihilated […]
Inner Worship
Hemadpant has given us a novel form of worship. Let us, he says, use hot water in the form of tears of joy to wash the sadguru’s feet. Let us besmear His body with the sandal paste of pure love. Let us […]
The All Merciful Messiah
During the sixty-odd years Baba stayed in shirdi, he helped innumerable people with both their temporal and spiritual predicaments. Countless were benefited in mysterious ways, difficult to comprehend for the rationale-minded individuals. Below is one such instance: Lakshman Govind Munge, a resident […]
You always Hold the hand of the Devotee
The following words of Shri Shirdi Sai Baba as quoted in Chapter Six of Shri Sai Satcharita, guarantee the welfare of his devotees: “It is My special characteristic that I always look to, and provide for, the welfare of those devotees who […]
Chapter 23 of Sri Sai Satcharitra is not a chapter of abstract philosophy—it is a living demonstration of Guru-bhakti in action. Through seemingly ordinary incidents involving food, disease, danger, and moral conflict, Shirdi Sai Baba reveals a deep spiritual truth: liberation does […]