Guest guest Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 The Guru Is All Gods The spiritual perfection of a sadguru consists in realizing his essential identity with the One spirit of all existence which is god. All the gods of the Hindu pantheon are its different aspects. Thus the perfect Master is one who can demonstrate that he is all the gods, as Sai Baba did. Lord Vithal The father of Bhagwantrao worshipped Vithal regularly with great devotion. But after his death, his son Bhagavantrao neglected the worship and the annual pilgrimages to Pandharpur. When Bhagwantrao came to Shirdi, Sai Baba said to the other devotees, pointing at him, “His father was my friend, so I drew him here. This fellow never offered naivedya (i.e. offering of food to the Lord) and so he starved Vithal and Me; I have drawn him to this place so that I could remonstrate him and set him to carry on the worship regularly.” Bhagwantrao marvelled at Baba’s words and his faith was revived. Raghuvir Purandhare too had such an experience. About the year 1913 his mother was asking him repeatedly to take her to Pandharpur even when they were at Shirdi. Even before Purandhare broached the subject of going to Pandharpur with him, Sai Baba himself mentioned it by asking her when she proposed to “start for Pandhari”. The same day, Purandhare and his mother got darshan of Baba as Vithal and Rukmabai in the musjid itself! They were naturally, highly pleased with the experience and did hot wish to go to “Pandhari” any longer. Afterwards, Baba often asked Purandhare’s mother, in a jocular manner, when she proposed to go to Pandharpur and she always replied that her chosen deity was at Shirdi and so Shirdi was her Pandharpur. Source http://www.saibharadwaja.org) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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