Our most humble salutations to our Beloved Gurudev Shri Anand Sai Ji, "PAPA", our true guide, refuge, our saviour. It is by his divine Grace that we are here with you all, sharing the enlightened path shown by Him which smoothly leads us to Divine Bosom of BABA SAI NATH. It is from here that this magazine gets its name "ANAND KA PATH". The greatness of this unique path is that one can reach the Divine goal even while performing ones worldly duties and living in Grahastha.

Our "Upanishads" and "Grants" say that one needs a Guide to attain the ultimate goal. The Guide is one who has already reached the ultimate Goal and Known the pros and cons of the path He Himself has tread. He alone can guide us and save us from the unseen potholes on the path. This Guide is God sent. The Guide has all the Divine qualities engrave in Him. This Guide is Known as "Guru".

We are amongst, the very few lucky ones who were bestowed by His Divine Grace. The magnet. Our beloved Gurudev Shri Anand Sai ji pulled us. Then the paras in Him started working. By His Divine Grace the transformation process started. Gurudev our PAPA held us from the deep unseen trenches and pod holes on the way. While saving us He Himself suffered numerous physical pains, un shown, untold, unknown to us. As a mother does for her children. The ones whom He pulled as Magnet. O our all in all Gurudev, we your children, are humbly ever indebted.

Those were the golden days of our life when we were in His Divine company. He was our Divine Mother who cared for each one of us; and every being on earth. He was always concerned about the deteriorating moral condition of the world. That is why He always insisted on "Naam Jap" and recitation of "Sri Vishnu Sahastranam" for world peace and brotherhood. He taught us never ever to ask any favours from the Almighty Lord. He used to say "When you love someone you always try to give, never seek anything beyond love. One's every action, every deed is for the sake of love. And the real love is love for God, love for Gurudev who lead us to the ultimate goal. Other worldly loves are fickle and short-lived but Love Divine is unflinching, unending, unbounded. The master said Love for love's sake, that is real love. He further said that love every creation of His by seeing Him, in His own creation. Never have hatred or disliking for anyone. Even a single soul on this earth should not be outside the domain of our love. This shows the master's universalness. The master, our Beloved Gurudev Shri Anand Sai never ever took even a penny from His disciples. He never accepted any offering nor ever liked to be honoured. He lived as a child of Sai Maa (Baba Sai Nath). Though, He Himself had all the Divine power but He always kept Baba in forefront. He never owned anything, any action. He devoted all His action, deeds to Sai Maa. A child like nature and total self surrender was His greatness. He lived in "Grahast" and did all routines a Grahasthi would do, and attained the ultimate aim of human birth. He had come to this earth to set an example for the world to see an follow, as to how can one attain the ultimate even while performing one's worldly duties. Here we will like to narrate a small but an important instance from the master's Divine Life on earth.

While He was in business, He had fixed His annual earnings, as per the requirement of His family. He never earned more than that. Once, it so happened that His earnings went beyond the targeted requirement He took that extra amount straightway to His Gurudev Shri Shri 1008 Shri Swami ji ordered Him to carry out some work in his cave as Ramtek. His total contentment, total surrender and childlike nature into the Divine could be understood through this simple act of His. This can give an indication how our Beloved Gurudev lived in Grahasth. He always said "Earn according to your need." Accumulation of wealth is a sin. Live and let others live". He lived in what he preached.