Shirdi Sai Baba Stories,Leelas and Teachings.: Baba Speaks on Ethical Conduct(part-3)

~श्री सच्चिदानंद सदगुरू श्री साईनाथ महाराज की जय~

*Dear readers please proceed for better understanding after you read part-1,part-2 this post shall be in parts *Sairam .

Baba than talked about giving food

Baba said Nana there are 3 types of feeding .
1. Feeding in the Mass
2. Feeding regularly
3. Feeding occasionally

You should feed in mass i.e. in thousands only when you are wealthy and have good intentions. While doing so one should not discriminate on caste, good or bad all they come are worthy. For doing this one should not borrow and get in debt! Hence feeding in the name of God like this also falls in this category.

Feeding regularly falls under discrimination. Those who are on begging, way farers, worthy poor among students who live by begging breads and the hungry who really deserves to be fed regularly.

For occasional feeding, it’s on occasions like festivals, weddings, when the completion of any observance or religious vow takes place. During any one of these one can invite friends, relations and feed them.These are 3 types of feeding and each has a reason behind it .

Same goes for the clothing’s.

“One must try to help those who are in distress and problem as and when your purse allows. When one is in power he should not misuse it neither take any bribe when you in judgment of case. When any duty or responsibility is handed to you try to carry it well and with outmost care.One must do things in moderate, do not try to show off or dress overly, without any proper reason never insult anyone.

One must know the bad and wicked and deal with them carefully. If anyone is blessed with daughter, son, maids and servants one must treat all with affection and should not take too much pride in all these blessings, as this Pride is the cause of the cycle of birth and death.One must try to get over with past karma so that there is nothing they carry forward .Do anyone realize where are the relatives and friends we had in our past lives? These ceased when the lives for which they were meant ceased to be. This desire is what binds us from birth to birth and bring about the next birth. One can get eternal bliss when one stops taking pride in his children, friends and relations.

As one goes to a hotel and takes shelter for sometime and does not gets attached to such a place similarly we should treat world as temporary place.Baba said “each one should carry out his duties and in the same time should remember the Almighty who is full of bliss.”

There is One God who has created each one of us but our own child is solely our responsibility. One should bring ones child properly ,give him good education, give little money and leave some wealth for him .But one should never take Pride in upbringing his children or educating them or the wealth that you left .Just do your duty and give credit to the almighty for doing it ,give Lord the fruits of your duty too -in this way you shall remain away and detached from this worldy activities.

You should use knowledge and intelligence to differentiate good from bad, take up good project and try with all efforts to complete it .You should by no means be apathetic toward the affairs of this world. Carry out your duties proudly but leave this pride as soon as your duties bear fruits.

One must take good care of his body as long as life exist but one should not weep over death .As after death nothing exists to cry over ,therefore wise men do not get effected by death ,only fools vent out their feelings over went .This body is a loan till the time of death by 5 elements which life force repays. Therefore once the loan is repaid completely the air goes and mix with air, fire with fire and in this way all 5 elements goes to their respective places.This body belongs to earth hence its loss is not a matter of crying same way when a new born is born there is no reason for rejoicing as its same natural phenomenon as death .For this one should remain calm unmoved by death or birth .

Baba gives an example.Baba says” Oh Narayan this earth bears seed, cloud waters, sun helps seed to germinate so when this seed germinate does Sun cloud and earth starts dancing? Now whether this seed germinate into a grown up tree or dies/withers this should not be causes of happiness or sorrow .Same way if we act in this manner how can there be any misery or reason of crying.

After this Baba told Nanasaheb that he shall get more updesh from him later .Hearing this NanaSaheb was in tears of joy and he caught hold of Babas feet and said in emotionally overwhelmed voice” O generous Sai you have redeemed me .Your Updesh has washed away the dust of ignorance that had collected over me and I am grateful to you,so was Nimonkar overwhelmed and both fell at babas feet and left for their homes.Here Das Ganu says to each reader that he has told about ethical conduct which Baba told to Nanasaheb -so who ever regularly reads this shall never be hurt by the worldly affairs drink this nectar of ethical knowledge from Bhaktleelamrit which Das Ganu has offered at the Feet of Sathguru Shirdi Sai Nath .This is Thirty two chapter which is mentioned in the Sai Satchritra in chapter two.

To be continued.......
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