GURU CULT OF SAIBABA
The Guru cult of Baba was unique and extraordinary. It was different from the traditional manners of teaching and educating disciples. Baba's guru fed Him with the food of Gnyana, Karma, Bhakti and Yoga through the portals of faith, loyalty and perseverance. His guru gifted Him with all the merits of his lifelong penance through his look of grace. He encased Baba's all Karmas in a brick and indemnified Him from effects of Karma and prarabdha. This divine love was freely distributed by Baba to his Bhaktas who remembered him incessantly, sang His name and His glory and meditated on His form.
Baba used to say in clear and unequivocal
terms to sadhaka bhaktas: - 'You practise mantra tantra; japa, tapa; yoga,
yaga, Gnyana, Dhyana or do not follow any such practice. Ultimately you have to
come to Me for the fulfillment of your Sadhana. You can reach the Mukti by dint
of firm faith, and absolute surrender to Me. This faith and dedication is the
mother of grace.
Baba used to add further:- "Bhakti
will lead you to Bhavavastha, Dhyana will elevate you to Sahajavastha,
Unattached dutiful karma will raise you to Naishkamya stage. Yoga will gear you
upto casual body. But you cannot progress any further without My grace. All
your efforts will be insufficient without the help of automatic gears of Guru's
grace or God's mercy. The automatic support of grace will put you on the higher
level of unmani, beyond turiya stage. The divine area lies beyond casual body.
Here chidakasha lifts you upto Mahadakasha or supra casual level. You will
enter the Nirvikalpa only with the motor force of my personal love and grace.
The nada, bindu, kala and the ultimate illumination is not apart from My
supreme self".
The Ritambhara genius roused by the touch
of Baba's grace has unfolded His precious upadehsa to me in rhythmic poetry.
Drinking the honey of Baba's auspicious vedas and unbound mahima my heart is
intoxicated with celestial joy and bliss. Call this 'Divine love' or 'Nityavadhana'
(constant awareness of Atman). It gives me depth of Devotion, equal
vision of Dnyana, Dedication of Karma, and merger of prana and
mona which is Yoga. I see with the eye of Sanjaya and hear the dialogue
of Baba and his choicest devotee.
Partake of the feast of knowledge served
in the following paras.
Baba :
I am moksha incarnate, I
am the Gurumantra and
Gurus' command. Bear this in
mind, my dear Devotee.
Devotee : You
are the source of Ananda. you are the full
moon of grase. I
am your chakor, 0 Sai.
BABA : I am the image of liberation I am
the mantra of moksha myself. I am the commandment given by Guru. I have no
other upadesha. Bear this in mind.
*
All sacred waters are whirling round My feet. Ail shashtras are stuffed
in My words. All sadhanas are worshipping Me. My message to you is that you
should know for certain that I am yours and you are Mine. Infuse this teaching
in your heart as My choicest sermon to My dear devotee.
*
This thread of kinship is pulling you to Me. This bond of love is
weaving our births together in a beautiful garland of unity. It is for this
endearment that I have donned the robe of a Fakir, a man of compassions and
renouncement.
*
My loving look is like a female tortoise protecting her young ones from
a distance by the touch of her sight. My eyes are looking at you caressingly
without even a wink. They pierce the curtain of time and space.
*
When the bond of samsar is broken and falls asunder - by the magic touch
of My look of grace, the iron walls of separateness fall down and the shower of
Amrit drenches the soil inside.
*
Do not step into purposeless wordy warfare of philosophies, do not
follow shashtras and puranas. Do not drift in blind devotion. Do not isolate
yourself in penance or japa recitations. The singular sadhana you should resort
to is of absolute surrender at My feet. This will carry you to the desired
goal.
*
Fix your eyes on My feet, merge your mind in My recollection, immerse
your intellect in My contemplation. Cast away the identity of your individual
body, mind and entire existence and merge consciousness in My form.
*
Throw of all sankalpas and vikalpas, all designs and doubts. Stabilize
your mind in unruffled peace. Entrust the helm of your life boat to Me. I am
but a servant of a Bhakta, whose faith is unequalled and implicit. You should
not doubt over this declaration of Mine.
*
I am the miraculous merger of prana and mana. I am the sonorous sound of
beating of Anahata drums. I am the lustrous flame of Atman. Hold fast to My arm
and enter the portals of unfathomable void in My company.
*
I am the fragrance of the thousand petaled lotus in the head, t am the
drop of Amrit oozing down the Satravikala. I am the unqualified supreme
state of Ananda. I am the omkar sound rising up the navel to the crest point.
My residence is the point in Kailasa part of the brain, where source of
Amrit is Stored,
You are the Full Moon of Grace
Devotee:* You are the full moon of
grace. I am your thirsty chakor. You are the source of delight and the root
of Ananda.
*
You are the throb of supreme light, which I cannot perceive with my
blind eyes.
*
You are the sound of Anahata, beating its echo in mundane world. You are
the mystic wave of ecstacy in my heart. You are ocean of compassion and bliss.
*
You are the magic touch of grace which converts distress into joyful
exhuberance.
*
You are haven of peace while I am seething restlessness. You are divine
rhythm of Ananda, whereas I'm volatile buoyant words. You reside in my prana,
mana, buddhi and ego, illumining my entire existence and infusing Brahmananda
within.
*
The rhythmic words dance in a symm3trical gait in my songs of devotion
for you.
The wall of resistence around the flood
of love in my heart has been dismantled
by you.
*
You have blown the fragrance of bliss. The bondage of samsar breaks at
your touch of grace, I remain at Your feet as an end-product of Supreme
Ananda", .
(Adapted from
Shri 'Saigeetayan' by author Shri Chokar Ajgaonkar).
CHAKOR
AJGAONKAR, M.A.
14, Girisameep, Shrinagar
Thane 400 604,