Nama Japa Sadhana

Aum Sairam

IT IS NOT SADHAKA TO DECIDE - IT IS SRI SAI BABA TO TAKE YOU TO SAI NAMA JAPA SADHANA

A person who has received but a small fraction of mercy from Sri Sai Baba can understand that He is Lord. No one else can. If the mercy of Sri Sai Baba is bestowed upon a person regardless of how learned a scholar that person may be and regardless of his seeing or listening-he can accept Sri Sai Baba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Without first obtaining the mercy of Sadguru Sri Sainath Maharaj, one cannot chant the holy Sri Sai Nama Japa. Sri Sai Baba said, "Those, who are fortunate and whose demerits have vanished, take to My worship" in Shri Sai Satcharitra chapter 111. Hence it is not ‘you’ to decide to take part in Sri Sai Nama Japa Sadhana, it is ‘HE’ Who showers His blessings to take up Japa Sadhana.

The Sri Sai Nama Japa Sadhana movement can be spread by a person who is especially favored by Sri Sai Baba. Without first obtaining the mercy of Sri Sai Baba, one cannot spread the holy name. One who can spread the Sri Sai's’s name is called labdha chaitanya in the words of Bhakti siddhanta Sarasvati. The labdha chaitanya is one who has actually awakened his original consciousness, divine consciousness. The influence of the pure devotees in divine consciousness is such that it can awaken others to become immediately Sri Sai conscious and engage themselves in the transcendental loving service of Sri Sai Baba. In this way the descendants of pure devotees increase, and Sri Sai Baba takes much pleasure in seeing the increase of His devotees.

Those not interested in understanding Sri Sai Baba [under the influence of illusive power] are simply material in their attempts at professional chanting for worldly things. If one does not have full faith in Sri Sai Baba, he cannot properly chant in the Sri Sai Nama Japa Sadhana. Artificial chanting may be due to sentiments or sentimental agitation, but this cannot help one advance in divine consciousness.

These practical difficulties are not new to human beings; even Sri Sai Baba himself suffered this set back. He said, the inevitable illusive power teases Me often. Though, I forgot Myself but she cannot forget Me. She always envelops Me. This illusive power of Lord [Shri Hari] harasses even Lord Brahma and others, then, what to speak of a poor servant like me?" [Shri Sai Satcharitra Ch X111]

Then what is the remedy for this problem? Let us listen Sri Sai Baba’s words "Those, who take refuge in the God, will be freed from Her clutches with His grace. [Shri Sai Satcharitra Ch. X111]"

In order to succeed our attempts to take part in Sri Sai Nama Japa Sadhana, we must take refuge in Lotus Feet of Sri Sainath Maharaj and seek His grace to free our karmic clutches. Then your door to spiritual progress is wide open and it is up to you to enter the spiritual world of Sri Sai Nama Japa Sadhana and to attain Sri Sai Bliss in the days to come.

Allah Malik