He takes Little but gives us Plenty

The tradition of offering money to Baba, when devotees visited Shirdi, is called as dakshina. Sai Baba used to ask the devotees to offer Him dakshina for their own welfare, as also to teach them the value of self-sacrifice. Baba used to take dakshina only from a few chosen devotees and not from everyone. He would not take dakshina if any one offered it voluntarily. From the money collected through such offerings, Baba used to distribute a major portion of it among the devotees and His pocket would get emptied by evening.

Once, while taking dakshina, Baba clearly declared "I am obliged to give hundred times more of what I take from the devotees". A Marathi actor, Ganapathi Rao Bodas, narrated in his autobiography, how Baba once pressed him for dakshina again and again. He obliged Baba, emptied his cash bag, touched Baba’s feet, got His blessings and left Shirdi. As a result of this, he never felt the pinch of money in his entire life. Whenever he was in need of money, it would come to him in plenty. Baba used to accept dakshina not only in the form of cash but also in other forms like Holy Scriptures to be read by the devotees and paying respects. The real dakshina that Sainath would seek from us is faith and patience; both of which, upon offering, will bless us with the priceless treasure of Baba's Love-Presence.

 

❤ JAI SATGURU SAINATH ❤ 

"Bow to Shri Sai and Peace Be to all"

|ॐ| Om Sai Ram |ॐ|