Sai Baba the Master

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14-1-1912 : “I went to the musjid after he returned and found that he was

arranging for a bath ….. In the afternoon when I went Sayin Baba did not

admit anybody… When Sayin Maharaj went out he asked me how I spent the

morning, which was a mild rebuke for (my) not having read and contemplated.

I went to see him again when he returned and he was very kind. He commenced

a long story and kept on as if speaking to me but I felt sleepy all the

time and did not understand anything of the story. I was told afterwards

that the story was a very thinly veiled recital of the events that actually

happened in the life of one Gupte.”

 

16-1-1912 : “I was able to see Sayin Maharaj go out but was late in going

to see him after he returned to the musjid. He not only showed no

displeasure, but treated me with positive kindness and I sat serving.”

(That is because Mr.Khaparde spent his time in prayer and in listening to

“Paramamrit”, a celebrated Marathi work on vedanta.)

17-1-1912 : “We saw Sayin Maharaj go out again after he returned to the

musjid. He gave me silent instructions but like a fool I did not understand

them.”

 

18-1-1912 : “We saw Sayin Baba….. He treated me very kindly and while I

was serving, he told me two or three tales. He said, many people came to

take his money. He never resisted but let them take it away. He only noted

their names and followed them. When they got down for their meals he killed

them and brought his money back."

Meaning : This parable describes the attentive watching of the mental

processes which leads to quieting the mind and regaining of calm

meditation. One-pointedness of mind, dispassion, control of senses, etc.,

are the wealth. Desires born of various modes like rajas and thamas, are

the thieves.

 

“The other story was that there was a blind man. He used to live near the

takia here. A man enticed away his wife and eventually murdered the blind

man. Four hundred men assembled at the chavadi and condemned him. They

ordered him to be decapitated. This order was carried out by the village

hangman who did the work out of some motive and not merely as a piece of

his duty. So the murdered man was re-born as the son of the hang man. Sai

then commenced another tale. In the meantime a stranger, a fakir, came and

touched Sayin Baba’s feet. Sayin Baba felt very angry, or rather showed

that he was so and shook off the fakir who showed great tenacity and

persistence without losing his own equanimity. At last he went out and

stood near the compound wall outside. Sayin Baba was angry and threw away

the arti utensils and dishes full of food brought by his worshippers. He

lifted up one Ram Maruthi Bua who (later) declared that he felt very happy,

as if sent to higher regions. One Bhagya and a village boy were also roughly

handled by Sayin Maharaj. During the torrent of hard words he said that he

had saved my son Balwant and then often repeated the phrase ‘Fakir wishes

to kill Dada Saheb (meaning me) but I would not permit it.’ He mentioned

one more name but I cannot recall it now …. When arti was begun Baba even

moved out of his place resumed it before it was finished.

 

Source: http://www.saibharadwaja.org