Guest guest Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Arthur Osborne, in his book Incredible Sai Baba, writes that in 1960, one Miss.Dutton, his neighbour aged 30 had lived in a nunnery for sometime and decided to leave it. One day, she sat in her cell brooding over the uncertainties of her future. A Moslem fakir approached her cell and said, “Don’t worry. When you leave the nunnery, everything would go well with you” .. When he demanded dakshina, she said, that she had no money “There are Rs.35/- in the box in your cupboard”, he said. When she looked up, she did find the money. But the fakir had vanished! She wondered how a man and a Moslem fakir at that, had gained entry into the Christian nunnery. Since the moment he had appeared, peace filled her anxious heart. She left the nunnery and her nephew looked after her well. Henceforth her faith had grown stronger. Arthur Osborne who listened to the whole account then showed her a picture of Sai Baba and she at once recognized him as the fakir who had graced her. A Christian ought to live a truly Christian life. The spirit manifests itself in a form like Baba’s in the modern age to wean humans from the narrowness which is a by-product of religious diversity of modern society. One day a fakir came to the house of Mr. Dandavate of Indore at noon and called his wife by name. When her husband responded, the fakir said that he came to see his ‘daughter’ Kamalabai. The later came out and invited him for breakfast. Kamalabai’s husband left for the school. The fakir told her that he had not come for food and that he wanted her sari of nine yards length. She marvelled at his uncanny knowledge and went in to get it. But all the time she was wondering what she could say to her husband if he were to ask about it. At once the fakir told her in a raised voice from the drawing-room. “Do not worry. You shall soon get a new sari in its place by tomorrow”! She wondered still more that the fakir could respond to her unuttered thought. She was convinced that he could be none other than Sai Baba and she offered him the sari without any hesitation. She again went inside to offer him a cup of milk but by the time she came out, he was nowhere to be found! Next day his word came true. For, a housewife of the neighbourhood visited her and presented her with a nine-yards sari. Besides, the fortunes of the family steadily improved thereafter. Source: http://www.saibharadwaja.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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