Sai Baba the Master

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Thirty two years before his mahasamadhi, i.e., in 1886, on a full moon

day, Baba was suffering from a severe attack of asthma. On that day at

about 10 p.m., he called Mahalsapathy to him and said, “I am going to see

Allah mia. Protect my body for three days. If I return to it, it’s alright;

if I do not, bury my body in that open land and fix two flags there to mark

out the place”. So saying, Baba fell down unconscious. His breath stopped

and also his pulse. All the people that got the news of Baba’s sudden death

gathered there and wanted to hold an inquest and bury the body in the place

chosen by Baba. But Mahalsapathy prevented this and held on to Baba’s

directions. With Baba’s body on his lap he sat for full three days,

guarding it. On the third day, at about 3 p.m. Baba showed signs of life.

His breathing commenced; the abdomen began to sway to his inhalations and

exhalations. He opened his eyes, stretched his limbs and sat up. (It is

interesting to see that Jesus too rose up from the dead on the third day.)

What is death to such a one?

 

Even years after his final samadhi there are innumerable instances of Baba

exercising his power, even as he did when he was in his fleshly tabernacle

i.e., to appear physically in the form of fakirs and sadhus and disappear

as suddenly and mysteriously. Besides, when he was ‘alive’ at will he could

appear before his devotees in a dream or vision as he did to Booty and

Shama simultaneously. The same he did after his samadhi too. These latter

instances we shall note here, leaving the former to a later chapter.

 

 

Source: http://www.saibharadwaja.org

 

First is the case we have quoted at the very beginning of this chapter.

Again the day next to holy Vijayadasami (on which Baba laid down his body),

i.e., on Wednesday morning, Baba appeared to Laxman Mama Joshi in his dream

and, drawing him aside by his hand said, “Get up soon; Bapusaheb thinks

that I am dead and so he won’t come. You do the worship and the kakad

(morning) arti.”

 

Laxman daily worshipped Baba before worshipping the other village deities.

With much faith in Baba he came up with the puja materials and, not minding

the protests of moulvis, did the puja and offered the kakad arti to the

body and went away. Then, at noon Bapusaheb Jog came with all others and

went through the noon-arti as usual.