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Let \((M,g,\xi)\) be a Sasakian manifold, that is a Riemannian \((2m+1)\)-dimensional manifold \((M,g)\) with a unit Killing vector field \(\xi\) such that \(\xi^{\perp}\) is a contact distribution and the restriction to \(\xi^{\perp}\) of the endomorphism \(\nabla \xi\) is a CR structure. The \(M\)-projective curvature tensor of \(M\) is defined by \[ P(X,Y) = R(X,Y) + 1/(4m)(SX \wedge Y + X \wedge SY), \,\, X,Y \in TM \] where \(R\) is the curvature tensor, \(S\) is the Ricci tensor and vectors are identified with covectors. The authors prove that if the \(M\)-projective tensor \(P\) of a Sasakian manifold \(M\) is recurrent, i.e. \(\nabla P= \alpha \otimes P\), where \(\alpha\) is an 1-form, then the manifold \(M\) is an Einstein manifold and moreover it is \(M\)-projectively flat , that is \(P = 0\).