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SAI BABA, THE GOD MAN
« on: February 15, 2007, 08:25:47 AM »
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  • Sai Baba is found, one fine morning in 1910, grinding wheat in the masjid in Shirdi. That is how the scene opens, in the English version of Shri Sai Satcharita, to present Sai Baba and picture his glorious life. Little boys and girls conceive of Father Time or God as a very good old man of enormous size, growing beard and cover­ed in a gown. That is also the picture of Santa Claus. God in the children's dreams, Santa Claus and Sai Baba have some common points. They are simple and grand and they love to shower gifts. A torn kafni (gown), a  scarf to cover his head, half  slippers, and stick, looking more like a club than a walking stick, complete the outfit of Sai Baba. AH these articles and more may be seen in the temple which contains his mortal remains in Shirdi. The light in his eyes, the beard, his large chest, broad shoulders and noble bearing compelled the reverence of one and all that came into his personal contact. He was loved and esteemed, at first, as a vener­able patriarch by the simple villagers in Shirdi.

    The Sanstan has made a splendid image of Sai Baba and put it on his tomb. See that image of life size and join the happy singer at the arati. Then are you brought closer to Sai Baba. Breathe in the atmosphere which is charged with divinity in that fine, spacious, and holy Samadhi Mandir.

    Sai Baba loved to mix freely with the rustics, share in their labours and in their joys and sorrows. He treated the sick. He laid out the Lendi garden to spend a pleasant evening, and a well in the heart of the garden to save time and trouble in going to the Godavari to bathe and bring fresh water. His simple ways and kind acts won for Sai Baba the heart of Shirdi. But the grace bubbling in the deep recesses of his heart cannot be measured.

    Sai Baba walked round Shirdi, ate and drank, smoked chilra in a clay pipe and took rest in Dwarakamayi on a bed which was neither a cot nor a hammock. He was human enough in all these acts, and people knew him as they saw him. One day it rained hard in Shirdi. The small streets were flooded. The people hurried to to Dwarakamayi and appealed to Sai Baba for help. Baba came out and looking vp. he spoke to the clouds, "Stop your fury and be calm". The rains stopped. Another day, the fire in the Dhuni threatened to leap as flames and go up to the roof. Baba struck the ground with his wand shcuting "Come down and be calm". The fire obeyed the Master. Baba's miracles saved the people from harm and also strengthened their faith in God These and other works like burning lamps with water made the people understand that they should not trifle with him. Blending of the human and divine is a special trait in Sai Baba. His saulabya (unassuming simplicity) and karuna (grace) remind us so much of Sri Ramachandra.

    A notable point in the miracles of Sai Baba which draw so many to him is that there is nothing spectacular in them. He seems to remain inactive, but he helps in an invisible way. It is a common experience among the devotees of Sai Baba that in a crisis, after all attempts to get over it are exhausted, Baba is invoked in all humility and surrender. Some one appears on the scene or some thing unexpected happens and saves the situation. Once Kakaji Vaidya a priest in the temple of goddess Sapta Shringi, in Vani Nasik Dt lost his peace of mind. The goddess bade him in his dream go to Sai Baba in Shirdi for relief. The priest did not know the way to Shirdi nor could he find gny to guide him to the place. He tried hard making enquiries without any result. Shama, a devotee of Sai Baba came over to Vani and approached the priest Kakaji Vaidya to arrange a pooja to Sapta Shrmgi on his behalf in her temple. Learning from Shama that he had come from Shirdi, the priest sought in his turn Shama's guidance to Shirdi. Kakaji Vaidya came to Shirdi and by lying at the feet of Sai Baba he got peace of mind. It may be seen in this instance how miraculously the priest was led to Shirdi and how without speaking a word or moving a muscle Baba could grant him peace of mind. Baba works without show, and in simple and effortless way. But he works effectively.
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