This is a passage from a newsletter (v.5, issue 3, June 06, 2002)devoted to Shirdi Baba which can be found on www.saibaba.org/whatsnew.html

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Contributed Article: Guruji at Diamond Jubilee of All India Sai Samaj

On the 1st June 2002, Guruji Shri C.B.Satpathy visited Chennai for the All India Sai devotees convention held by the All India Sai Samaj.

As soon as he landed in Chennai he had a brief talk with a group of devotees gathered to see him. In the half an hour talk he had with them he gave the whole essence of life in a capsule form. He said man is the creator of his own sorrow and happiness. He said that we are caught in the field of pleasure and pain which is essentially the same and we never move from this field to a state of happiness and beingness which is really our true nature. He said that we could meet the events of life as they come along, then rest in a space in our hearts which is full of joy and happiness. Why judge and condemn the events of life as good and bad and create unnecessary sorrow for ourselves. What a beautiful way to describe the whole essence of the Gita in such few words to his loving devotees.

Addressing devotees at All India Sai devotees convention he said, Shri Sainath is an avatar, an incarnation and emphasised that an incarnation is never reincarnated again. He said one has to minimise the rituals and what is really important is bhav, as evolution of a person depends on this. He also said that a spiritual power is born once in every six hundred years. Starting from Moses in 1800BC, Jain, Buddha, Christ, Prophet and in 1800 he said it is Shri Sainath. He commended the efforts of All India Sai Samaj, Chennai and said that this is the second best Sai Institution next to Shirdi Sai Samsthan, Shirdi. Lot of devotees from several parts of the country participated in the two day convention.

During this visit, he also brought about a very major change in the way of thinking to the Sai family. At Saipuram Temple in Chennai when he entered the chavadi, he removed the restriction imposed on women entering a certain part of the chavadi area. This brought a lot of cheer and joy to the women devotees present. This change will really help in the evolution of women in India and abroad in the years to come. To a great degree he broke the laws of suppression imposed on women and has brought about liberation for all the women of the next generation. The impact of this move will be closely understood in the years to come and women will ever remain thankful to him for helping them to move more into themselves. The master continues his work of freeing souls from bondage and taking them to the place of pure joy and happiness of being. We love Sai. Sai is Love.

(Contributed by Mansha Bulchandani, Chennai )

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