Sai Baba the Master - By E.Bhardawaj

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This is a typical instance of my experiences with all saints I had seen

and in almost all cases, I invariably had a demonstration, subtle or gross,

of Baba’s oneness with all of them. I now firmly believe that one who is

dear to Baba will invariably be so to any other great saint. One who loves

Baba for no other gain than true enlightenment is sure to win the grace of

other saints. To show that it is not my individual experience alone, I

shall quote a few instances of other devotees’ experiences known to me.

 

Sri. P. Subbaramaiah, a science teacher in the high school at Kalichedu

village (Nellore Dt.) has been devoted to Sri Sai Baba since a few years.

Once he visited a great saint named Avadhuta Venkaiah Swami (mentioned in

the introduction) and requested him to grace his house. “Not now. We shall

see later!”, he said. In 1977 Subbaramaiah had completed the thirteenth

parayan of the Telugu version of this book by the time of holy Gurupurnima.

Quite surprisingly, a day before that holy day, the swami visited his house,

lit up the holy fire (dhuni) there and blessed their family! That day the

Sai devotees of that place were performing incessant bhajan from 6 a.m to 6

p.m. at the house of Smt. Subbamamba. The Avadhuta graced this function too

for half an hour. The strangest part of it is that he never visits anyone’s

house and even when there is a heavy rain he has to be forcibly taken for

shelter into someone’s and even then, he sits only in the verandah.

Besides, the swami accepted the hospitality offered by Sri Subbaramaiah. His

immediate disciples marvelled at his quite unwonted gesture. Nothing can

explain this except the grace of Baba!

 

A. Bhaskar Reddy, an old student and a regular member of our satsang group

who is now living at Sullurpet had tried once or twice to see the same

saint but he did not succeed. On 12-9-77, he went to Nellore on some work.

While going along a road he was impelled to turn a corner for no apparent

reason. As he passed through a narrow street, a rickshaw passed by his side

and the person seated in it loudly told a tailor in a shop on the roadside

that he was going to visit Sri Avadhuta Vankaiah Swami at Golagamudi.

Bhaskar stopped the rickshaw and requested the person in it to convey his

pranams to the Swami and told him that he too would try to visit the saint

that day.

 

(Source : http://www.saibharadwaja.org)