Month: September 2021

Nowadays the trend is that when some member of the family passes away, no one wishes to keep Guru Sahib’s Path in the house, all prefer to complete the religious rituals in some Darbar or temple. Sai says, “It is good to keep Path Sahib in house, due to various reasons. One, this ensures peaceful atmosphere in the house and due to recitation of the Bani and Kirtan, etc the vibrations are serene, which in turn have their positive effects on the surroundings and on the mind! Also, the children in the house learn to respect their religion, come to know and follow the discipline with which such an event is handled, they understand the importance of covering their heads and bowing before Guru Sahib, etc.”

In the year 2000, Sai had visited a devotee’s house for performing Bhog Sahib of Akhand Path. He saw that Guru Sahib was kept in the balcony near the entrance of washroom. Sai just did not like this and asked them that in such a big house, is this the only place you could accommodate Guru Sahib? If you have guests, will you not make them sit in the hall which is clean and decent? Guru Sahib is the most glorious and magnificent mentor in this world!
This is the respect and admiration that Sai has for Guru Sahib!

Sai has a lot of respect and love for holy books like Shastras and Granths. He says, don’t consider them as lifeless papers, they are conscious and have life in them and you can try it if you wish! Whenever there is any disturbance in the mind, just open a page in any religious book that you have faith in and the solution will be in front of you! This is proof enough to realise that these are not mere books and pages, they have life in them and we should not just turn pages thinking that they are just paper!
In 1998, many Saints started removing Guru Granth Sahib from their places of worship, fearing that the Khalsas might take away their temples and their earnings, etc as they were claiming rights over Guru Sahib and such places wherever it was kept.
Since inception, Darbar Sahib Halani has four Guru Sahibs adorned on four specially made wooden platforms and Sai never even thought of removing them! Many Saints approached Sai for guidance on this issue. Sai asked them, “Do you consider Guru Granth Sahib to be just papers or you think it is the Lord? If you think that it is papers, the matter ends there, but if you feel it is God, then He shall Himself be your saviour! Keep full faith in it. We everyday pray in front of Guru Sahib for protecting us all from evil, we do Ardas for the well being of our devotees, will He not safeguard us from this hardship? Glory of Guru Sahib is the greatest, what we need is full faith with determination!”

One devotee once requested Sai to do the Mahurat of an expensive Lord Shankar’s idol, which he had got made with a fountain coming out from the Lord’s long hair in the form of sacred river Ganges and had installed it in his garden overlooking his bunglow. Sai immediately refused and said, “I am a Dharam Guru, and the place for such an idol of the Lord should be inside the house. Outside in the garden, there is sunlight, it is cold and when it rains, it will keep getting wet. This is nothing short of disrespect towards the Lord!” The devotee immediately returned the idol to the sculptor.
Sai also disapproves printing photos of a Guru or any deity on marriage cards or any such invitation cards. He says that generally after the occassion, everyone tears off and throws the cards and this amounts to disregarding and disrespecting the spiritual head or the deity!