Download or read book Sai Baba Faqir of Shirdi written by Kevin R.D. Shepherd and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an informative sequel to the same authors Sai Baba of Shirdi: A Biographical Investigation. The inter-religious dimensions of Sai Baba are again emphasised. His identity as an independent faqir is outlined. In nearly forty chapters, many aspects of Sai Babas life are probed. His contact with Hindu and Muslim devotees achieves further profile. There are details about such factors as his begging rounds, his avoidance of initiation, his complex temperament that is often misrepresented, and his affinity with bhakti. Features included are the Notebook of Abdul Baba, the Shri Sai Satcharita of Govind Dabholkar, the Shirdi Diary of Ganesh Khaparde, and the 1920s memoir of Hari Dixit. In relation to a major controversy, Kevin Shepherd also offers a critical assessment of the Sufism theory conceived by the late Dr. Marianne Warren. Also covered are saintly entities with whom Sai Baba had diverse contact, namely Bane Miyan of Aurangabad, Gadge Maharaj, Meher Baba, and Upasani Maharaj.

Download or read book Sai Baba of Shirdi written by Kevin R. D. Shepherd and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an assessment of Shirdi Sai Baba, taking into account both the Muslim Sufi and Hindu components of his biography. The author has integrated the available materials without neglecting some frequently overlooked details and supporting data. Many people look at Shirdi Sai Baba as a unifying force between Hindus and Muslims, while others see him as representing only one religious identity. This book covers these points in great detail. In eighty chapters, the sources are analysed to portray diverse events of the saint's life, and to profile many of his devotees. Employing the accounts of Dabholkar, Narasimhaswami, and other key commentators, the treatment investigates numerous obscure situations, besides other more well known occurrences. The author maintains that, despite some hagiology appearing in the sources, there is sufficient evidence for realistic biographical dimensions, more especially during the last ten years of the saint's life, when a large number of visitors arrived at Shirdi. Shirdi Sai Baba (d.1918) is one of the most important latter day Indian saints. He lived an ascetic existence as a faqir in a rural mosque. He is distinctive for a universalist attitude, bypassing religious dogma. The teachings of Sai Baba employed allusion and parable, and are not typical of the traditions associated with him. Some complexities of this matter are addressed in a separate chapter. The book is annotated and fully indexed.

Download or read book Sai Baba of Shirdi English written by V. B. Kher and published by Jaico Publishing House. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sai Baba of Shirdi is a phenomenon. In all of India s history, there has never been another like him. He is no conventional saint, he wrote no critique of any holy work, made no ashram or peetham, yet he had profound insight into both Hindu and Islamic scriptures. He performed miracles but in no manner or means to impress anyone, devotees or otherwise. Sai Baba in every way remains unique. He came in his late twenties to Shirdi, an insignificant Hamlet in Ahmednagar District where he spent fifty years of his remaining life. Shirdi is no longer an obscure village. Today it is a centre of pilgrimage for lakhs of Sai Baba s devotees. This book translated into Hindi is a complete account of his life and mission.Hindi Rs. 95 / Telugu Rs. 125

Download or read book The Life And Teachings Of Sai Baba Of Shirdi written by Antonio Rigopoulos and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vast and diversified religious movement originating from Sai Baba of Shirdi, is often referred to as "the Sai Baba movement." Through the chronological presentation of Sai Baba's life, light is shed on the various ways in which the important guru figures in this movement came to be linked to the saint of Shirdi.

Download or read book Sai Baba s 261 LEELAS written by Balkrishna Panday and published by Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. This book was released on 2011-12-30 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Balkrishna Pandey’s Sai Baba’s 261 Leelas is a handy compendium or, as he calls it, an aide-mémoire of 261 miracles of Shirdi Sai Baba, intended for the devotees. Culled from a number of sources, he has obtained stories from the often hard to find books like Narasimha Swami’s biography of Sri Sai Baba, and decades-old copies of the Sai Leela journal. The author does not try and interpret the miracles but lets the reader realise the universal message for himself. In today’s busy world, this work offers a shortcut for daily devotion, offering the reader a quick manual to peruse, ponder or meditate upon Sai Baba’s micraculous leelas while waiting for a bus or to fill any spare moment --- Dr Marianne Warren ,Author of Unravelling the Enigma: Shirdi Sai Baba in the Light of Sufism This book puts together the authentic and pithy miracles of Sai. All that was verifiable within the first twenty years of the 20th century, directly related to the Saint’s life has been arranged under scintillating titles, all 261 of them. The readers cannot but be deeply moved by the sentiments of devotion projected by Balkrishna Panday in his writing titled Sai Baba’s 261 Leelas.

Download or read book Shri Sai Satcharita written by Govind Raghunath Dabholkar and published by Sterling Publishers Pvt., Limited. This book was released on 1999 with total page 918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book What Researchers Say on Sri Shirdi Sai Baba written by Satya Pal Ruhela and published by M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.. This book was released on 1994 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research monograph is a unique addition to the existing literature on Sri Shirdi Sai Baba, who lived a humble life and taught the basics of spirituality and morality to the devotees through his many miracles, revelations of their past birhts, simple yet penetrating teachings, stories and thrilling parables.

Download or read book Sri Shirdi Sai Baba written by Satya Pal Ruhela and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-18 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a research-based book on the divine life, teachings, spirit messages, and contributions of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba (18381918), the renowned Sufi saint of India. It highlights his importance as the 'Jagat Guru (Universal Master) whose teachings and messages elevate all people spiritually and morally and unite them. His main teachings are Allah (God) is one who is the sole master of all; the same 'atma'(soul) is in every creature; everyone is linked to others according to ones past actions and Rinanubandh (bond of give and take), and so one must be kind, compassionate, and helpful to all those who come in this life. He is now the supreme ascended master. He appears before people who earnestly remember him, in their dreams or in any other person's form to guide, inspire, save, and help them to solve their problems instantly. His Dwarka Mai masjid (mosque) and samadhi Mandir temple in Shirdi are well-known to billons of people of all regligions and cultures and are visited by thousands of people daily and by even more than hundred thousand pilgrims from all lovers of the world to seek his grace. This book was written by the devotee author as desired by the spirit of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba communicated to Sri Lakshman Swami, founder, Adi Sankarachrya and Dattratreya Adhyatmic Bhakti Mandli, Bangalore in 1992 and was blessed by Shivamma Thyayee of Roopen Agraha, Bangalore, who was then the only surviving 102-year-old contemporary devotee of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba and by Sri Shivnesh Swami of Shirdi. It has been one of the most popular books on Sri Shirdi Sai Baba since then. This revised and updated new edition provides valuable information on prominent Shirdi Sai temples, organizations, journals, and websites in the world. It will enlighten and spiritually uplift the readers belonging to all religions, cultures, and nations.

Download or read book Unravelling the Enigma Shirdi Sai Baba in the Light of Sufism written by Marianne Warren and published by Sterling Publications. This book was released on 1999 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines Sai Baba of Shirdi from the standpoint of Islamic mysticism - the Deccani Sufism of 19th century Maharashtra - in order to resolve the mystery surrounding the saint. Two new pieces of work are used in this book. First, Dr Warren elucidates the English translation of part of the works of some 17th and 18th century Maharashtrian Sufi poet-saints. Secondly, she includes the English translation of the previously untranslated Urdu notebook, jotted down by Abdul - Sai Baba's faqiri pupil - from teachings based on the Qur'an given to him by his pir Sai Baba. Both of these contributions allow us to look into a world hitherto closed, and expand our awareness of the famous miracle-worker of Shirdi.

Download or read book Shirdi Sai Baba written by Raj Chopra and published by Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today there is no end to the books on Shirdi Sai Baba. But this book Shirdi Sai Baba: The Divine Healer, is different. Its uniqueness lies in the treatment of the subject. It is a systematic, thematic presentation of facts in a simple and lucid manner. It gives fascinating glimpses into Baba’s miracles, His omniscience, His omnipotence and His omnipresence. It further expounds on how Baba brought happiness into the lives of issueless couples craving for children. But the main focus has been on Baba’s divine healing prowess and the devices He used to achieve His mission i.e. happiness of the people who surrounded Him in a simple and systematic manner. Raj Chopra, a retired principal, was born in Multan (now in Pakistan) and brought up and educated in Delhi. She did her MA (English) and BEd from the Delhi University and worked as a senior teacher for two decades. Then onward she got promotions and worked as the head of the institution. The author made her first visit to Shirdi a decade ago. She was so much fascinated by the atmosphere over there that she started visiting the place thrice a year. She has been researching on Sai Baba since then. Though this is her first book, more are likely to follow soon. Her only son with his wife and two daughters is settled in America. His entire family is very much devoted to Sai Baba, and visits Shirdi every time they come to India.

Download or read book Gurus Rediscovered written by Kevin R. D. Shepherd and published by Hyperion Books. This book was released on 1986 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sai Baba The Wish Granting Saint Of India written by G Kalyan Kumar and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sai Baba- The Wish-Granting Saint Of IndiaLife is a changing phenomenon and individuals struggle at many crossroads in their evolution. There are times they feel stretched and helpless and pine for strength and support. Considered God-Incarnate, Sai Baba is revered as wish-fulfilling Saint who steps in at the toughest moments of devotees. Umpteen examples are reinforcing the belief.The comfort of Saintly figure hearing one's struggles and the belief that the prayers will be answered at the right time is a great motivator. Sri Sai Baba of Shirdi in India is a 19th century Saint who departed in 1918. Sainath is known for his divine virtues, miracles, and care for the common people and the destitute around him. The book takes the reader into the world of a spiritual climate of Godly love and prayers that meet solutions. It is hoped the book will inspire the faithful and uninitiated equally to the awareness of Sai and enlighten about the virtue of prayers to the saint in moving ahead with life's pleasures and challenges.

Download or read book New Findings on Shirdi Sai Baba written by Dr. C.B. Satpathy and published by Visions Printers & Publishers (P) Ltd.. This book was released on 2019-10-07 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is based on in-depth research that triangulates information from several primary sources, to provide hitherto unknown facts about Sai Baba, village Shirdi and some of the people who visited it during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It not only adds to the repository of knowledge about this great saint of India and the role that he played in the context of protecting his devotees during India’s struggle for freedom, but additionally provides new insights by raising questions and seeking answers through analysis of rare documents drawn from the National Archives, police records and diaries pertaining to that time as well as reviewing personal documents and literature in different languages. Written in Chicago-style Citation, it contains nine chapters dealing with different aspects of Sai Baba’s life in Shirdi. The book has several rare documents and photographs of Shirdi Sai Baba and his devotees as well as compositions of Shirdi of that time. A glossary is provided at the end of the book for ease of reference. The book will be a valuable asset not just for all those who are devotees of Sai Baba and other Sadgurus, but also for students and academicians who have an interest in India’s culture and history and in the means used by the British to understand and control developments in different parts of the country.

Download or read book The Incredible Sai Baba written by Arthur Osborne and published by Orient Blackswan. This book was released on 1997-12 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a lucid account of the amazing life of Sai Baba, one of the most revered saints, and one of the most extraordinary of India s holy men. The book discusses the life of this saint, his divine powers, and his teachings which sought to unite people of all creeds and faiths.

Download or read book Hazrat Babajan written by Kevin R. D. Shepherd and published by . This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only detailed and annotated work on the subject, superseding the author's early book A Sufi Matriarch (1986). The substance and significance of Babajan's life are recounted and assessed here. Her Sufi orientation is evident, though she was independent of the Sufi orders. The nature of this independence is investigated in a chapter on the distinctive and radical qalandar tradition. The author also addresses the topic of Sufi women over the centuries, a largely uncharted subject, which has evocative historical

Download or read book Unique Spiritual Philosophy of Sri Shirdi Sai Baba written by Satya Pal Ruhela and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sri Shirdi Sai Baba (1838–1918) was the first Sai Avatar (incarnation) in the Sai Trinity. His name and fame have been spreading like wildfire throughout the world. He is venerated and worshipped by billions of inhabitants on this planet. His life as a Sufi fakir, simple yet penetrating teachings, countless astounding miracles, blessings to everyone who simply chant His name, "Sai" and His great impact as the unique Jagat Guru (Universal Master) are duly acknowledged by billions of people from all races, religions, cultures and nations. Many Shirdi Sai Baba temples have been built not only in India, but also in many foreign countries like the UK, USA, Russia, Africa, Mauritius and eastern countries. Almost fifty-eight websites and twelve journals propagate His name. Still, most Sai devotees in the world do not know many crucial facts about Him. The book contains valuable information about prominent Shirdi Sai organizations, web sites, temples and books.

Download or read book Life History of SHIRDI SAI BABA written by Ammula Sambasiva Rao and published by Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. This book was released on 2011-12-30 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Life history of Shirdi Sai Baba was originally written in Telugu by Ammula Sambasiva Rao, and translated into English by Thota Bhaskara Rao. The book delves deep into the details of the life of Shirdi Sai Baba right from his birth till attainment of Samadhi. The author has expounded Sai Tatwa or Sai philosophy in a simple language, interpersed with engrossing anecdotes in the life of Sai devotees.