Sai Baba the Master

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12-12-1910 : “Mr.Dixit appears to have turned a new leaf altogether and

(he) spends a good deal of his time in prayer, and his temper which was

always mild appears to have acquired the peculiar sweetness which is

entirely due to inner peace…

 

“We all went to see Sayin Saheb later on. I was a bit late and missed a

very interesting story told by him. He teaches in parables. It was about a

man having a very beautiful horse which, do what he could, would not go in

pair. It was taken all round and given all the usual training, to no

purpose. At last a vidwan (learned man) suggested its being taken to the

place from which it was originally brought. This was done and then the

horse went alright in the harness and became very useful.”

 

Meaning : The horse stands for mind which is difficult to harness and

unite with a chosen object of meditation. Taking it to its original place

signifies investigating the source of mind when it naturally gets stilled.

“I heard a fragment of the parable. Then he enquired when I as going

(home). I replied that I would go when he gave me permission of his own

accord. He replied, “You go today after taking your meal” and later on sent

curds by the hands of Mahdava Rao Deshpande as prasad to me. I had it at

meal, and soon after it, went to Sayin Saheb. He confirmed his permission to

go as soon as I want. My son did not feel sure of the permission and so

asked expressly and the permission was given in clear words. Sayin Maharaj

today asked dakshina of others, but nothing of me or my son. I was very low

in funds and he appeared to know it”. (Khaparde left Shirdi that day. He

again returned for a long stay there on 6-12-1911.)

 

6-12-1911: “I went with Madhava Rao to pay respects to Sayin Maharaj and

saluted him from a distance. He was washing his hands and feet at the time.

Later on we went to him in company and sat near him in the musjid. He told

us a story of his having been with a fakir who was fond of good food. This

fakir was invited to dinner and he went with Sayin Maharaj. At the time of

their starting fakir’s wife asked Sayin Maharaj to bring some food from the

feast (for her) and gave a pot for the purpose. The fakir ate so well that

he decided to sleep at the place. Sayin Maharaj returned with the food,

tying up the cakes to his back and carrying the liquid in the pot on his

head. He found the way very long, lost his way, sat near a mangwada (the

colony of ‘low’ caste people) to rest for a while. The dogs began to bark

and he got up and returned to his village and made over the cakes and

liquid to the fakir’s wife. By that time the fakir also returned and they

had a very good feed together. He added, “It is very difficult to find a

good fakir.”

 

Source: http://www.saibharadwaja.org