"Sai, you are the Universal Father,You are the Universal Mother,Kindly confer every dependant of you with all the Four aspects or goals of auspiciousness ....
Name:
" Nitya Annadan" -"Nirantara Sainaam "
The Two eyes of the Dattaguru Bhandara Trust:
Annadan and Nama Sankirtan
have been dearer to Sadguru Sainath . As the practical application of the above Nitya Annadan and Nirantara Sainama Sankirtan are performed at Dattaguru Bhandara Trust which are the very eyes of trust in its services.
Nitya Annadan:
It is the much stressed principle by our holy scriptures and saints that food is Brahman (i.e. God) and offering food to the hungry is equivalent to give one his very life. Also charity of food is the one which gives contentment and hence treated as the best of all charities. It is the great privilege bestowed upon Dattaguru Bhandara Trust to undertake anna-santharpana or offering of holy prasad from Sadguru Sainath and Sri Nrisimha Saraswathy Swami Maharaj (the fifth and second avatars of Lord Dattatreya) in the form of south Indian food during noon.
The sympathy of Lord Dattatreya to His devotee-children is highlighted by the following consideration:
When a son meets his mother, coming from a far-off place
with great affection and tender care the mother serves
him with his favourite dish. Even though Gangapur is geographically
located within Karnataka, a southern state of India, the
culture prevailing there even now is that of Maharashtra,
a north Indian state. Due to this, south Indians accustomed
to rice based food are supposed to suffer. Anticipating
that south Indians would be coming in large numbers in
future, motherly Dattatreya has engaged Dattaguru Bhandara
Trust into action that without any difficulty they would
cherish tasty, fresh, timely, food of their choice, charged
with His full grace by paying nothing except devotion.
The normal menu consists of rice, vegetable, curry, sambar,
rasam, pickle and buttermilk. Not to waste even small
quantity of food, prepared out of precious contributions
from devotees, an estimate of the partaking devotees is
made. From 8:30 A.M to 10:00 A.M daily prasad coupons
are issued, based on that food is prepared.
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Nirantara Sainaam
The second eye of Datta Guru Bhandara Trust activity is Nirantara Sainama Sankirtan with the Sai Tarakanama "OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI".
For this Kaliyug chanting God's name (or naam) is prescribed
as the infallible method to easily and effectively earn
His grace. In "Sai Satcharitra", the holy book for all
Sai devotees in so many places the importance and efficacy
of chanting God's name or nama sankirtan had been highlighted.
Baba had Himself encouraged so many devotees to practice
it.
How to redeem Baba for the rarest of privileges conferred
on Dattaguru Bhandara Trust to initiate the first ever
Nirantara (eternal) Sainama Sankirtan in the entire world?
In nirantara nama sankirtan the chanting must be continuous
without break and after initiating it, the same should
be continued without break for ever
inspite of any kind of obstacles. Only great saints had
the privilege and power to undertake such things. The
humble attachment to Sai's feet had given Dattaguru Bhandara
Trust this greatest privilege.
To do full justification to the opportunity given by Baba
the concerned members of the Trust charged themselves
with perfect divine grace by having yatra to so many holy
places for about six months before initiating the Nirantara
Sainama Sankirtan with the Sai Tarakanama "OM SAI SRI
SAI JAYA JAYA SAI" at 9:09 A.M. on 09-07-1998, Gurupoornima.
From then, so effectively the chanting is being continued.
