Shri Shirdi Sainath
Shri Shirdi Sainath
All we know for sure about Shri Shirdi Sainath's life is that he reached the village of Shirdi (in Maharastra) in the 1859. He spent all his life in Shirdi, radiating his vibrations of Love and preparing the place that will become the birthplace of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi.
The whole life of Shri Shirdi Sainath was a continuous teaching. At first, the people of Shirdi thought he was a mad person, who lived alone and slept on the ground. Then he settled in an abandoned mosque, where he kept a fire and oil lamp constantly alight. One day, he asked some villagers for oil, but a gang of youngsters taunted him and denied him the oil. So he very calmly went back home, with the mocking youngsters following him, and put some water in the lamps and lit them. The people who saw this miracle realized he was a holy person.
Love, compassion and tremendous patience were the means that helped him to conquer people's hearts. He was a jovial character and loved talking and joking with his followers. His Oral teachings were usually done in parables with the deepest teachings, the ones that attracted the deepest devotion of the whole country occurring through the example of his life.
Even if he had never studied, he was a deep connoisseur of both Islam and Hinduism (and their sacred texts). Many times he surprised his disciples when he gave them detailed and deep lectures on the Holy Scriptures.
He lived a frugal life even when he received donations from devotees, whom he gave to the poor. He never preached poverty to his disciples and never asked anybody to follow his life-style. He was a vegetarian, but not only he did not impose his diet on others, he never forced bigots to eat what their religion prohibited. His wore simple clothes as demanded by the Muslim custom and he declared himself to be fakir and Brahmin at the same time. He would repeat over that Ram (one of the Hindus Incarnations of God) and Rahim (one of Allah's names) were the same unique Deity.
He died on 15th of October of 1918, while sitting with his disciples in a deep state of Mahasamadhi.
Teachings
Shri Shirdi Sainath openly declared that he was a manifestation of an Avatar, a Divine Incarnation. Once he said to one of his disciples, “All this creation of Universe is me, all deities and incarnations, all living creatures, all things are in me. All sinners’ birth and death and all those who have done punyas (good deeds) and those ascending to the heaven, their liberation (moksha)... for everything I am responsible.”
The compassion and patience of a Sat Guru
Many devotees approached him, attracted by his miracles, and he used to give them what they asked, even if they disappeared afterwards. Anyway, he calmly stated: “I give to my devotees what they want, so that they start desiring what I really want to give them.”
The importance of Bhakti towards our Sadh Guru
He insisted on the importance of devotion (bhakti) that one should express towards God and towards an enlightened Guru. He said,
All we know for sure about Shri Shirdi Sainath's life is that he reached the village of Shirdi (in Maharastra) in the 1859. He spent all his life in Shirdi, radiating his vibrations of Love and preparing the place that will become the birthplace of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi.
The whole life of Shri Shirdi Sainath was a continuous teaching. At first, the people of Shirdi thought he was a mad person, who lived alone and slept on the ground. Then he settled in an abandoned mosque, where he kept a fire and oil lamp constantly alight. One day, he asked some villagers for oil, but a gang of youngsters taunted him and denied him the oil. So he very calmly went back home, with the mocking youngsters following him, and put some water in the lamps and lit them. The people who saw this miracle realized he was a holy person.
Love, compassion and tremendous patience were the means that helped him to conquer people's hearts. He was a jovial character and loved talking and joking with his followers. His Oral teachings were usually done in parables with the deepest teachings, the ones that attracted the deepest devotion of the whole country occurring through the example of his life.
Even if he had never studied, he was a deep connoisseur of both Islam and Hinduism (and their sacred texts). Many times he surprised his disciples when he gave them detailed and deep lectures on the Holy Scriptures.
He lived a frugal life even when he received donations from devotees, whom he gave to the poor. He never preached poverty to his disciples and never asked anybody to follow his life-style. He was a vegetarian, but not only he did not impose his diet on others, he never forced bigots to eat what their religion prohibited. His wore simple clothes as demanded by the Muslim custom and he declared himself to be fakir and Brahmin at the same time. He would repeat over that Ram (one of the Hindus Incarnations of God) and Rahim (one of Allah's names) were the same unique Deity.
He died on 15th of October of 1918, while sitting with his disciples in a deep state of Mahasamadhi.
Teachings
Shri Shirdi Sainath openly declared that he was a manifestation of an Avatar, a Divine Incarnation. Once he said to one of his disciples, “All this creation of Universe is me, all deities and incarnations, all living creatures, all things are in me. All sinners’ birth and death and all those who have done punyas (good deeds) and those ascending to the heaven, their liberation (moksha)... for everything I am responsible.”
The compassion and patience of a Sat Guru
Many devotees approached him, attracted by his miracles, and he used to give them what they asked, even if they disappeared afterwards. Anyway, he calmly stated: “I give to my devotees what they want, so that they start desiring what I really want to give them.”
The importance of Bhakti towards our Sadh Guru
He insisted on the importance of devotion (bhakti) that one should express towards God and towards an enlightened Guru. He said,
“Demolish the wall that separates you from me. The sense of separation, as I and you, is the barrier that separates the disciple from the master and since it is not destroyed, it is not possible to reach the state of yoga.”
“People look for the Brahman-Jnana in books. Do not read books, but hold me in your heart. If you join and harmonize mind and heart, it will be enough.”
The all-pervasiveness and omnipresence of the Sat Guru
He showed to his disciples the capacity to have a connection with him both in form and formless.
The all-pervasiveness and omnipresence of the Sat Guru
He showed to his disciples the capacity to have a connection with him both in form and formless.
“To obtain Dyana, meditate upon me, either in my form or in formlessness, which will give even more joy.”
He stated that he was in all beings and all things thanks to other people, creatures or even dreams. He gave teachings and hints, leaving aside the physical nearness or distance, still his disciples could perceive his presence everywhere despite never leaving the village of Shirdi. In many cases they could see him in other places, sometimes in person and sometimes through beggars (fakirs), who talked with his own words and gave precise instructions. He said,
“I am not confined in Shirdi or in this body. I am everywhere. I am with you every time you think of me.”
He told his disciples that even after death, he will continue his work and prepared them to recognize their adored Master in every thing and confided in them:
“Everything is inside yourselves. Try to listen within and follow the instructions you will get.”
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