Eleven Assurances of Sri Sai Baba

1.Whosoever puts their feet on Shirdi soil, their sufferings will come to an end.

2.The wretched and miserable will rise to joy and happiness as soon as they climb the steps of the mosque.

3.I shall be ever active and vigorous even after leaving this earthly body.

4.My tomb shall bless and speak to the needs of my devotees.

5.I shall be active and vigorous even from my tomb.

6.My mortal remains will speak from my tomb.

7.I am ever living to help and guide all who come to me, who surrender to me and who seek refuge in me.

8.If you look to me, I look to you.

9.If you cast your burden on me, I shall surely bear it.

10.If you seek my advice and help, it shall be given to you at once.

11.There shall be no want in the house of my devotee

SHIRDI SAI BABA SAYINGS-20

Whenever you undertake to do something, do it thoroughly or not at all.

One’s sin will not cease till one falls at the feet of Sadhus

Be ashamed of your hatred. Give up hatred and be quiet.

The Moral Law is inexorable, so follow it, observe it, and you will reach your goal: God is the perfection of the Moral Law.

I am your servants’ servant.

Always think of God and you will see what He does.

Have faith and patience. Then I will be always with you wherever you are

SHIRDI SAI BABA SAYINGS-19

Avoid unnecessary disputation

The giver gives, but really he is sowing the seed for later: the gift of a rich harvest.

Wealth is really a means to work out dharma. If one uses it merely for personal enjoyment, it is vainly spent.

To God be the praise. I am only the slave of God.

God will show His love. He is kind to all.

SHIRDI SAI BABA SAYINGS-18

Fulfill any promises you have made.

Death and life are the manifestations of God’s activity. You cannot separate the two. God permeates all.

Mukti is impossible for those addicted to lust.

Gain and loss, birth and death are in the hands of God.

When you see with your inner eye. Then you realize that you are God and not different from Him.

SHIRDI SAI BABA SAYINGS-17

Let us be humble

Satsang that is associating with the good is good. Dussaya, or associating with evil-minded people,

is evil and must be avoided.

What you sow, you reap. What you give, you get.

Recognize the existence of the Moral Law as governing results. Then unswervingly follow this Law.

All gods are one. There is no difference between a Hindu and a Muslim. Mosque and temple are the same.

SHIRDI SAI BABA SAYINGS-16

Choose friends who will stick to you till the end, through thick and thin.

Meditate on what you read and think of God.

I give my devotees whatever they ask, until they ask for what I want to give.

You should not stay for even one second at a place where people are speaking disrespectfully of a saint.

If you do not want to part with what you have, do not lie and claim that you have nothing, but

decline politely saying that circumstances or your own desires prevent you.

Shirdi Sai Saiashtothram -Sai Ashtothram

    OM Shri Sai Nathaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Lakshmi naarayanaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Krishnaraamashiva maruthyaadhi roopaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Seshasai ne namaha


    OM Shri Sai Godhavarithata seeladhivasi ne namaha


    OM Shri Sai Bhakta hrudayalayaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Sarva hrudh vasine namaha


    OM Shri Sai Bhoota vaasaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Bhootha bhavishyadh bhaava vargithaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Kaalaa thithaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Kaalaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Kaala kaalaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Kaaladarpada manaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Mrutyunjayaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Amarthyaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Marthyaa bhayapradhaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Jeevadhaaraya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Sarvadhaaraaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Bhaktaavana samarthaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Bhaktavana prathikjnaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Anna vastra daaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Aroogya ksheemadaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Dhana maangalya pradaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Riddhi Siddhi daaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Putra mitra kalathra bandhudaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Yogakshema vahaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Aapadh bhaandhavaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Margabandhavee namaha


    OM Shri Sai Bhuddhi mukti swargapavargadaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Priyaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Preeti vardhanaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Antharyamine namaha


    OM Shri Sai Sachitath mane namaha


    OM Shri Sai Nityanandaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Parama sukhadaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Parameeshwaraaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Parabrahmanee namaha


    OM Shri Sai Paramaatmanee namaha


    OM Shri Sai Gnaana Swaroopine namaha


    OM Shri Sai Jagatha pithre namaha


    OM Shri Sai Bhaktanaam maathru daathru pithaamahaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Bhaktaabhaya pradhaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Bhakta para dheenaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Bhaktaanugraha karaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Sharaanagatha vatsalaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Bhakti shakti pradaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Gyana vyraaghya daaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Preema pradaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Samsaya hrudaya dhowrbhalya paapa karma vaasanaa kshayakaraaya nama


    OM Shri Sai Hrudayagranthi bhedakaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Karma dhvamsine namaha


    OM Shri Sai Sudda sath vasthithaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Gunaatheetha gunaathmanee namaha


    OM Shri Sai Anantha kalyaana gunaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Amitha parakramaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Jaine namaha


    OM Shri Sai Durdharsha shobaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Aparaajitaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Trilookeeshu askanthitha gatayee namaha


    OM Shri Sai Ashayak rahitaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Sarva shakti murthayee namaha


    OM Shri Sai Sorupa sundaraaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Suloochanaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Bahuroopa vishwamurthayee namaha


    OM Shri Sai Aroopav yaktaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Aachintyaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Sookshmaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Sarvaanthar yaminee namaha


    OM Shri Sai Manoovaaga theethaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Prema murthayee namaha


    OM Shri Sai Sulabha durlabhaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Asahaya sahaayaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Anatha naatha deenabaandhavee namaha


    OM Shri Sai Sarvabhaara bhrutee namaha


    OM Shri Sai Akarmaaneeka karma sukarmine namaha


    OM Shri Sai Punyasravana keerthanaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Theerthaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Vasudevaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Sataam gathayee namaha


    OM Shri Sai Saty parayanaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Lokanaathaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Pavanana ghaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Amruthamsavee namaha


    OM Shri Sai Bhaskara Prabhaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Bramacharya tapa saryaadi suvrathaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Satyadharma paraayanaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Siddhesh varaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Siddha sankalpaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Yogeshwaraaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Bhagwate namaha


    OM Shri Sai Bhakta vatsalaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Sathpurushaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Purushootthamaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Satya tatva bodhgaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Kaamaadi sharva akgnyana dwamsine namaha


    OM Shri Sai Abhe dhaanandanu bhava pradhaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Sama sarvamatha sammataaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Shri Dakshinaa moorthiyee namaha


    OM Shri Sai Shri Venkatesa ramanaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Adbhuthaanantha charyaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Prapannarthi haraaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Samsaara sarva dukha kshayakaraaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Sarva vitsarvato mukhaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Sarvaantharbhahis thitaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Sarvamangala karaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Sarvaabhishta pradhaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai Samarasa sanmaarga sthaapanaaya namaha


    OM Shri Sai samartha sadguru Shri Sai nathaaya namaha

SHIRDI SAI BABA SAYINGS-15

People abuse their own friends and family, but it is only after performing manymeritoriousacts


    that one gets a human birth. Why then come to Shirdi and slander people?

Speak the truth and truth alone.

No one wants to take from me what I give abundantly

Do not fight with anyone, nor retaliate, nor slander anyone.

Harsh words cannot pierce your body. If anybody speaks ill of you, just continue on unperturbed

SHIRDI SAI BABA SAYINGS-14

Do not be obsessed by egotism, imagining that you are the cause of action: everything is due to God.

If we see all actions as God’s doing, we will be unattached and free from karmic bondage

Other people’s acts will affect just them. It is only your own deeds that will affect you.

Do not be idle: work, utter God’s name and read the scriptures.

If you avoid rivalry and dispute, God will protect you.

SHIRDI SAI BABA SAYINGS-13

My devotees see everything as their Guru.

Poverty is the highest of riches and a thousand times superior to a king’s wealth.

Put full faith in God’s providence.

Whoever withdraws their heart from wife, child, and parents and loves me, is my real lover.

Distinguish right from wrong and be honest, upright and virtuous.

SHIRDI SAI BABA SAYINGS-12

I am the slave of those who hunger and thirst after me and treat everything else as unimportant.

Whoever makes me the sole object of their love, merges in me like a river in the ocean.

Look to me and I will look to you.

What God gives is never exhausted, what man gives never lasts

Be contented and cheerful with what comes.

SHIRDI SAI BABA SAYINGS-11

What do we lose by another’s good fortune? Let us celebrate with them, or strive to emulate them.

That should be our desire and determination.

I stay by the side of whoever repeats my name

If formless meditation is difficult, then think of my form just as you see it here. With such meditation, the difference between subject and object is lost and the mind dissolves in unity.

If anyone offends you do not return tit for tat.

SHIRDI SAI BABA SAYINGS-10

The four sadhanas and the six Sastras are not necessary. Just has complete trust in your guru: it is enough

Meditate on me either with form or without form, that is pure bliss

God is not so far away. He is not in the heavens above, nor in hell below. He is always near you

If anyone gets angry with another, they wound me to the quick

If you cannot endure abuse from another, just say a simple word or two, or else leave.

SHIRDI SAI BABA SAYINGS-9

See the divine in the human being

Do not bark at people and don’t be aggressive, but put up with others’ complaints

There is a wall of separation between oneself and others and between you and me. Destroy this wall!

Give food to the hungry, water to the thirsty, and clothes to the naked. Then God will be pleased

Saburi (patience) ferries you across to the distant goal

SHIRDI SAI BABA SAYINGS-8

Spend money in charity; be generous and munificent but not extravagant

Get on with your worldly activities cheerfully, but do not forget God

Do not kick against the pricks of life

Whatever creature comes to you, human or otherwise, treat it with consideration

Do not be obsessed by the importance of wealth

SHIRDI SAI BABA SAYINGS-7

I cannot do anything without God’s permission

God has agents everywhere and their powers are vast

I have to take care of my children day and night and give an account to God of every paisa

The wise are cheerful and content with their lot in life

If you are wealthy, be humble. Plants bend when they bear fruit.

SHIRDI SAI BABA SAYINGS-6

I love devotion.

This body is just my house. My guru has long ago taken me away from it

Those who think that Baba is only in Shirdi have totally failed to know me

Without my grace, not even a leaf can move

I look on all with an equal eye

SHIRDI SAI BABA SAYINGS-5

I think of my people day and night. I say their names over and over.

My treasury is open but no one brings carts to take from it. I say, “Dig!” but no one bothers.

My people do not come to me of their own accord; it is I who seek and bring them to me.

All that is seen is my form: ant, fly, prince, and pauper

However distant my people may be, I draw them to me just as we pull a bird to us with a string tied to its foot

SHIRDI SAI BABA SAYINGS-4

What is our duty? To behave properly. That is enough

My eye is ever on those who love me

Whatever you do, wherever you may be, always bear this in mind: I am always aware of everything you do.

I will not allow my devotees to come to harm

If a devotee is about to fall, I stretch out my hands to support him or her.

SHIRDI SAI BABA SAYINGS-3

Surrender completely to God

If you make me the sole object of your thoughts and aims, you will gain the supreme goal.

Trust in the Guru fully. That is the only sadhana

I am the slave of my devotee

Stay by me and keep quiet. I will do the rest.

SHIRDI SAI BABA SAYINGS - 2

If one devotes his entire time to me and rests in me, he need fear nothing for body and soul.

If one sees me and me alone and listens to my Leelas and is devoted to me alone, he will reach God

My business is to give blessings

I get angry with none. Will a mother get angry with her children? Will the ocean send back the waters to the several rivers?

I will take you to the end.

SHIRDI SAI BABA SAYINGS - 1

Why fear when I am here?

I am formless and everywhere

I am in everything and beyond. I fill all space

All that you see taken together is Myself.