Sai is very firm in following certain principles and when on a pleasure trip, He never does _katha_ or _kirtan._ He says that when all others who accompany Him, leave their businesses and shops or jobs behind, how can He keep His office open on such trips!
Once during a trip to Canada in 1996, one devotee requested that you please visit our house and do _katha kirtan_ there. Sai said, “I have come here only on a pleasure trip.” When she still insisted, Sai said, “If you want to listen to _katha kirtan_, you come to Ajmer. A well never goes to the thirsty, it is always the thirsty who goes to the well to quench his thirst! On the spiritual path too if you have that thirst and that devotion within, you can fulfill it with your effort.”
She further asked that how then did Lord Krishna provide that knowledge to Arjun? Sai simply said, in this today’s world, can you find anyone like Arjun? She then became quiet and could not say anything!