Sai Baba the Master

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He realized that fate would not let him die. Weak as he was, he crept to

the edge of the cave, and moved along one of the branches of the banyan

tree, swung himself by it and dropped down on his legs. Surprisingly

enough, even this fall from such a height in such a weak condition of the

body left him unhurt except for a small swelling and pain. He crawled for

five hours to reach the huts of tribals two miles away. They fed him with

milk and wild rice. When he was a bit strong, he sold fuel at Nasik and

gave the money to the tribals. He returned home on 22nd of July, 1890 and

learned that he was in deep samadhi state for many months on end.

 

Within three weeks of his arrival at home, his father died on 8th

August,1890 and he performed the last rites. His grand-father was laid up

and young Kasinath had to attend on him and this inspired him to take to

the medical profession. His grand-father passed away in 1891, leaving his

family in debts. They had to live henceforth by the generosity of late Sri

Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak. At this time Kasinath’s second wife died and

Kasinath left for Sangli to learn medicine and Sanskrit. Later he became a

prosperous doctor in Amraoti but his spiritual discipline continued. He

invested his savings on a huge estate which resulted in a total loss and he

was constrained to return to Amraoti. But his practice did not revive and

so he gave it up and set on, with his third wife, on pilgrimage.

 

The couple visited a temple of Gowri Shankar in the midst of a jungle on

the banks of river Narmada and worshipped the omkaralinga there. Kasinath

started practicing breath-control. Once he lost all consciousness and his

wife was terrified. She revived him by splashing water on him, but his

breathing could not be restored to normalcy. Even when he massaged certain

muscles of his body, he could only breathe with difficulty. But off and on

it used to be suspended, especially when he tried to sleep or eat. One

visible effect of this trouble was that his belly grew big. He went to

doctors in Nagpur and Dhulia in search of a remedy in vain. Finally he

concluded that only a great yogi could cure him and started in search of

one in April, 1911.

 

 

 

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