Shirdi Sai Baba - 9 Thursday Vrat - in English

Hi ,
i wanted to share an article:
Role of Sadguru

Once upon a time, a teacher by name of Paramanandam lived in a small
village. He was a married person with a wife and children. He had ten
students under him. These students were very naive and used to behave
in foolish way. Most of the time, they used to misinterpret the
teacher's words and they used to create confusing situations. The
teacher knew their defects and always tried to help them. Days were
passing on like this. One day, a difficult, problematic situation had
cropped up. The problem was that the ten students had to cross a
river to go to the other side. The teacher told them all the
precautions to cross the river safely. The ten students, by holding
hands together, crossed the river and went to the other side. Then
suddenly, they got a doubt that someone in them was missing. So, they
wanted to count each other. They selected a person among themselves
to do the counting. The person who did the counting (he did not
include himself in the counting) counted only nine people. This
created tension in them. Another one was selected to do the counting;
he also repeated the same mistake as the first one did. He also
reconfirmed that only nine people were left. Now, it became clear for
them that one among them was drowned in the river. They felt very
sad. They started crying loudly for the lost one. A passenger going
by listened to their cries. He went near and asked them about their
problem. They explained to him the situation. This passenger was an
intelligent person. He understood their foolishness completely. He
asked the ten students to stand in a line. He started counting them
one by one until he counted the tenth person. The students felt very
happy and thanked the passenger.

In this story, even though there is a tenth person, because of
ignorance, the presence of that person could not be appreciated.
Then, the teacher who came as a passenger, (teachings of the teacher)
showed them that the tenth person was present. The ignorance is two-
fold. It makes us not to appreciate the real and also makes us to
misinterpret the real. A Guru is essential for us to bring us out of
the darkness of ignorance. The Guru makes us to experience the 'Real'
in a clear way. The Grace of our Sri Sai who is a perfect master and
a mother that knows the real needs of her children blesses all of us.

 

Dear Madam,

Sai Ram, no words to express after seeing your mail about 9 thursday vrat for Sai Baba. My daughter is very weak in studies and I have a doubt whether she will pass her exam or not which is starting 4th March. 10th Std. After seeing your mail i am sure She will pass because I found a way to get his blessings. I have decided to start my vrat this Thursday, once again i thank you and I know thanks alone will not be enough for such a wonder ful job you have done for the devotees like me. In addition please pray for my daughter too, i know your prayers all will be added blessings to her studies.

Regards,


Bhuvan

 

Sairam Sairam

Dear Priesh,

Thanks a lot for posting these files. I immediately downloaded and printed them.

It is a real treasure. Can't thank you enough for sharing it with all of us.

One thing, in the first pdf, the preface page is slightly truncated. Could you please post that page once again..the one that says Editorial and Preface? I believe it is the 2nd and 3rd page. Thanks in advance!!

Sairam Sairam

Om Sai Shree Sai Jai Jai Sai

 

Dear Madam Priya,

Please even I wanted this book in tamil, is it possible for you send before this Thursday.

Regards


Bhuvan

 

hi Priya

Thanks for posting 9 Thursday Vrat - in English. Actually the 2nd page of the first PDF file is not printable. Can you please upload it again?

Anasuya

 

Thank you for this.....God Bless you for passing it on to others.

Om Sai Ram