{"id":9043,"date":"2018-07-07T03:08:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T03:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/guruvani.us\/?p=9043"},"modified":"2018-08-10T14:23:46","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T14:23:46","slug":"inner-turmoil-recedes-by-his-mere-glance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guruvani.us\/index.php\/2018\/07\/07\/inner-turmoil-recedes-by-his-mere-glance\/","title":{"rendered":"Inner Turmoil Recedes by His mere Glance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9044\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/guruvani.us\/index.php\/2018\/07\/07\/inner-turmoil-recedes-by-his-mere-glance\/heading-baba2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guruvani.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/heading-baba2.jpg?fit=900%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,300\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1273159938&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"heading-baba2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guruvani.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/heading-baba2.jpg?fit=300%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guruvani.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/heading-baba2.jpg?fit=640%2C213&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9044\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guruvani.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/heading-baba2.jpg?resize=640%2C213\" alt=\"heading-baba2\" width=\"640\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guruvani.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/heading-baba2.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guruvani.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/heading-baba2.jpg?resize=300%2C100&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guruvani.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/heading-baba2.jpg?resize=768%2C256&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"fontplugin_fontid_9785_gothic\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\">[icon name=&#8221;quote-left&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; unprefixed_class=&#8221;&#8221;] Once, in the evening, there was a terrible storm in <em>Shirdi<\/em>. The sky was overcast with thick black clouds. The wind began to blow forcibly. The clouds roared, lightning began to flash, and rains began to descend in torrents. In a short time, the whole place was flooded with water. All the creatures &#8211; birds, beasts and men became terribly frightened and flocked to the <em>masjid<\/em> for shelter. There are many local deities in <em>Shirdi<\/em>, but none of them came to their help. So they all prayed to Baba &#8211; their God, who was fond of their devotion, and asked Him to intercede and quell the storm. Baba was much moved. He came out and, standing at the edge of the <em>masjid<\/em>, addressed the storm in a loud and thunderous voice, \u201c<em>Stop, stop your fury and be calm<\/em>.\u201d In a few minutes the rains subsided, the winds ceased to blow, and the storm stopped. The moon rose in the sky and the people then went home pleased.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"fontplugin_fontid_9785_gothic\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\">As quoted in Shri Guru Bhagavat:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>[icon name=&#8221;quote-left&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; unprefixed_class=&#8221;&#8221;] He Gurudeba Bhaktapriya || Mane mo narahu sanshaya<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Sabukarmara antaraale || Tuma krupaara leela chaale<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"fontplugin_fontid_9785_gothic\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Oh Guru! Lover of devotees! Let me not have the slightest doubt in my mind that behind all my activities lies your compassionate <em>Leela <\/em>(Divine Play).<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><strong><em>[icon name=&#8221;quote-left&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; unprefixed_class=&#8221;&#8221;]\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Karma mora nuhen nijara || Sabu karma je tumara<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Bhala kare mun bhula kare || Tuma naama dhari sansare<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"fontplugin_fontid_9785_gothic\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\">All my acts &#8211; right or wrong &#8211; are (manifestedly) performed (by me) holding you in my heart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-large fasc-type-popout fasc-rounded-medium\" style=\"background-color: #0b9616; color: #ffffff;\" data-fasc-style=\"background-color:#0b9616;color:#ffffff;\">Jai Shri Sai !<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Sources: <\/em><br \/>\n<em>1. Shri Sai Satcharita, Chapter 11<\/em><br \/>\n<em>2. Shri Guru Bhagavat<\/em>\u00a0<em>Vol.3\u00a0by Dr. C B Satpathy<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-justify\">[icon name=&rdquo;quote-left&rdquo; class=&rdquo;&rdquo; unprefixed_class=&rdquo;&rdquo;] Once, in the evening, there was a terrible storm in Shirdi. The sky was overcast with thick black clouds. The wind began to blow forcibly. The clouds roared, lightning began to flash, and rains began to descend in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gurujis-teachings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7wChg-2lR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9943,"url":"https:\/\/guruvani.us\/index.php\/2026\/01\/25\/guru-bhakti-beyond-ritual-fear-and-logic\/","url_meta":{"origin":9043,"position":0},"title":"Guru-Bhakti Beyond Ritual, Fear, and Logic","author":"GVADMIN3","date":"January 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Chapter 23 of Sri Sai Satcharitra is not a chapter of abstract philosophy\u2014it is a living demonstration of Guru-bhakti in action. 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