Sai Pearls of Wisdom 36-B  “DON’T NEED TO CHANGE, DETACHED YET ATTACHED" (With Subtitles).
Channel: Sai Pearls of Wisdom - Prof. Anil Kumar Kamaraju
Date: 2022-11-12

Om Sri Sai Ram.

Prasanthi Sandesh, Sai Pearls of Wisdom welcomes you.

Swami is the Indweller in everyone, both animate and inanimate. The Divinity is more expressed in animate, while it is only latent in inanimate. Swami loves animals so much. When Swami speaks of His visit to East Africa in the olden days, He feels excited every time, talking about those wild animals in the jungles that He visited. He has got immense love for all this animal world.

We know of Sai Geetha, an elephant here in Prasanthi Nilayam that stayed with Swami for long; and Swami liked Sai Geetha very much. All of us know that! We also know the Gokulashtami celebration. Devotees from different places, whosoever that find it possible, assemble here. Gokulashtami is Lord Krishna’s birthday and all cows from Gokulam are brought here. They are well-decorated. They are brought here by students who just dress themselves like cowherd boys. Very interesting to watch! Along with these cows, the royal elephant Sai Geetha comes behind, very highly decorated!  As Sai Geetha approaches Kulwant Hall, well it is sight for gods! All devotees are very much excited to watch.

Swami goes very close to these cows and He feeds them, and goes very close to Sai Geetha and spends considerable time and offers apples. And it appears as though He speaks to Sai Geetha! He whispers into her ears. Very nice and, surprisingly enough, it’s quite interesting to note how these cows, Sai Geetha look at Swami and Swami looks at them. It was full of love, full of love overflowing! That’s what we find.

And now, I should bring to your attention another small story. There two dogs by name Jack and Jill that lived with Swami. Pets, pets – Jack and Jill – pet dogs! And it so happened, I mean of course before that let me tell you, these two dogs used to sleep right at the Feet of Swami every night. They were so close to Swami. 

Well now, it so happened, Maharani from Mysore happened to visit Prasanthi Nilayam. In those days, as you know the transport is very poor and roads are not well laid. People find it difficult at night in particular. So having taken Swami’s blessings, Maharani of Mysore was leaving this place, Prasanthi Nilayam. Swami called this Jack, the pet dog and instructed this dog to show the path, the Queen of Mysore. Well, they proceeded to some distance. Because it was so dark that night they wanted to take rest and then proceed next morning. 

They stopped the car at one place and this Jack dog slept underneath the car. Next morning, the driver sat there in his seat and started the car. Most unfortunately, unknowingly, a tyre of the car ran over the leg of this dog Jack. The leg was fractured. The car left. This Jack dog went on crying and crying, dragged the body all through the sands, came all the way - ultimately came to Swami. Watching Swami, it left its body! That must have been its desire - to end its life at the Feet of Swami. Even you today, you find Samadhis built there in Brindavan, just by the side of Swami’s building, commemorating these two dogs, Jack and Jill.

I also remember a day when a deer in Brindavan started running all the way and came to Swami’s building – Trayee Brindavan around 12 or 12.30 in the noon. It’s not the time for Swami to get down, but anyway surprisingly enough He opened the door and came out. This deer, watching this Swami, breathed its last! Watching me there, Swami said, “This has been the prayer of this deer to die at the Lotus Feet! To bless it, I have come all the way!” 

This news has gone to students. They started running from the Mandir to have Swami’s darshan. As they were running, Swami noticed and joked, “This is a four-legged deer while those two boys are two-legged deer! They’re two-legged deer, while this four-legged deer!” And everybody laughed. And then Swami said, “This deer and those deers are very dear to Me!” That’s how Swami expressed His love towards students and He often said that the student constitute the real wealth of Bhagavan Baba.

And now, I should also bring to your attention that Swami never wishes us to change our religion or presiding deity. Any time we should hold on to our own religion, hold on to our own dharma, and we don’t need to change at all! Because Baba embodies all the gods and goddesses! All powers are contained in Him. Just as all the rivers merge into mighty ocean, the names and the prayers offered to different gods reach Bhagavan, because Baba said, “All names are Mine! All forms are Mine!” 

Bhagavan is omnipotent. Bhagavan said, “When you come to Me, there is no need for you to change the worship of the name and the form you are accustomed to, because all names and forms are Mine! Your devotion reaches Me!”

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