Month: November 2020

Once a person from Delhi visited Darbar Sahib, with his family. He gave the reference of being a relative of a devotee and asked Sai for blessings for his son whose eyesight had reduced. Sai advised him to approach his Kul Guru, as He alone has the privilege of giving blessings for any problems. Sai also added that if He is not in His physical form, they should visit the place of His Samadhi and seek His blessings there.
Sai also explained that it would be inappropriate for Him to do so, as this right and privilege exclusively belongs to the Kul Guru!
This way Sai not only Himself follows the right path, He also advises everyone as to what exactly to do for solving their problems!

Once Sai had visited His relatives for a wedding in their family. At the time of leaving, the relatives gifted Sai with an envelope, as is customary at the conclusion of a wedding. Sai noticed that He was being given an amount more than His other brothers. Sai immediately told them that if you are giving this to me as I am a relative, then give the same to all brothers and if you are giving this to me thinking that I am your Guru, then this should rightfully be gifted to your Kul Guru!
Again once when He visited His sister’s house in Jodhpur, her in-laws, who were staying close by, also came to meet Him. Even though her brother-in-law insisted, Sai did not accept any offering from them, saying that I have come to my sister’s house, I should be giving something, how can I instead accept any offering?
Such perfection and clarity of thought and action, only our Sai is capable of!

SAI always points out the difference between a KUL GURU and GYAN GURU. Kul Guru is one who is our family Guru, like our signature, who and which can never change. Gyan Guru is anyone who provides us any knowledge, mainly spiritual.
There are many devotees who are attached to Sai because of love and affection, but Sai says that to accept offerings, birth and death, marriage, mahurats, etc are the privilege of a Kul Guru.
Once the daughter of a disciple got married, went to London and got a very good job there. The disciple happily came to Sai with his daughter’s first salary of a thousand pounds (approx Rs 80,000 then), and kept it at His feet as an offering. Sai did not accept it and explained to him that now she is the daughter-in-law of another house, accordingly her duties etc are attached with her husband and her in-laws. Sai smiled and added, I can keep this amount, but as your Dharam Guru, it is my duty to show you the right path. Rightfully the right to this offering belongs to the Guru whom her in-laws follow. Gyan Guru is like a teacher, whom we can change but Kul Guru is like a surname, who cannot be changed!
Sai always believes in following and suggesting the right path and never accepts any offering easily or against His principles!

This incident is of the year 2002, when an old devotee, a resident of Kanwar Nagar, Jaipur came to Darbar Sahib with his sons. He told Sai, “I wish to donate a plot of land of about 500 yards to Darbar Sahib Halani. My sons have no rights in this at all. Please accept the same.” The sons too confirmed to Sai that whatever their father just stated is true, that they have no rights whatsoever in this land.
Sai refused to accept and said, “Darbar Sahib is not lacking in anything, you all have an exclusive right to this land and so I cannot accept the same!”
There are many such other instances where devotees have requested Sai to accept properties as donation after their death and Sai has refused asking that, is He someone who has to take care of such belongings of those who are dead? Instead, He has suggested to them to gift the same to their own children or relatives, as, as per their own deeds, they are related to them and are the right heirs. Sai again said, here in Darbar we have everything, we are self sufficient and do not need anything!
Can we imagine any other place of worship refusing such high value offerings with such ease and grace!

Sai says that the money that comes in Darbar is only from the devotees. He does not accept any offerings from non-followers. The right to offer an offering belongs exclusively to the devotees and Sai also takes responsibility of His devotees only!
We are so fortunate to be devotees of our Sai, who is so very exclusive amongst all others, as He has so much clarity on every issue and cares so much for us!