SATSANGH

The importance of satsangh was described as follows in Sri Sai Satcharita:

By listening and reflecting over the stories of the Saints, we will be purified. 

When we learn about our Great Parama Guru Sri Shirdi Sai through studious application,  and intense contemplation,our minds will be purified.

If we surrender to Sai, he will bless us there by our intent to understand his teachings will ripen. By listening to Guru's teachings and his teachings through satsangh will free us from the difficulties of this material world. This is the best way to reach our goals.

We have to love our Sai with out any second thoughts. Our heart should become the abode of Sai.

 To fill our hearts with love for Sai:
We have to recite Sai's name all the time.

We have to understand the gist of Sai's teachings.

When  we memorize Sai's teachings and practice them in real life,  Sai will bring knowledge of light in to our lives.
 
This love will make us understand Sai even more.

If one needs to stay in this happy state. we need to resort to satsangh. 


Let us offer a prayer to our beloved Sai to give us the blessing to be in the company of a Satsangh. We will also ask Sai to give us the strength to sustain in Satsangh 
until we reach our goal.

The ardent desire does not arise without the Lord’s Grace. Only when the Lord chooses to bless (grace) the desire to listen (to his praises) is awakened.

This light will show us the path and will increase the love towards Sai. 

Bad company is absolutely harmful. It is the abode of severe miseries. Unknowingly, it would take you to the by-lanes, bypassing the highway of happiness. 

Without the one and only Sainath or without a Sadguru, who else can purify the ill-effects of bad company?

Words spoken by the Guru, out of compassion, oh devotees retain them in your heart! Your bad deeds will be washed away.

‘Satsangh’ completely destroys bodily pride or ego. Therefore, there is no other

means than ‘Satsangh’.

Hold on to the good company of the Guru and the virtuous. Disentangle from the worldly ties. Definitely herein is your fulfillment. Have no doubts. 

Abandoning all the million clever and cunning ways, recall always “Sai, Sai” . You will be able to cross the worldly ocean. Have no doubts.

In order to attain final emancipation, the only remedy is to have detachment of the senses. Unless one has a keen desire for ‘Satsangh’, one cannot realize one’s true identity.

Happiness is followed by unhappiness; and unhappiness follows happiness. One welcomes happiness, while one turns away from unhappiness.

Whether you face happily or turn your back on your destiny, what will be, will be,. But to liberate oneself from both kinds of destined experiences, the company of the Saint is the only way.

Because of ‘Satsangh’ bodily attachment is destroyed. It is ‘Satsangh’ that breaks the cycle of birth and death. 

It is ‘Satsangh’ that gains the treasure of supreme energy and separates one from the worldly ties immediately.

OM SRI SAI RAM!