Sai Baba the Master by E.Bharadwaja

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In the earlier stages of such reading, the seeker is charmed by a vision,

in the Master, of his own infinite spiritual potentialities being

realized

and is thus spurred on to zealous, optimistic endeavour. The infinite

power and love of the Master grips the seeker’s heart in steadfast

devotion. From the lay stage of craving for worldly good in prayer, he

becomes a true seeker of the Divine which is Love and Bliss, for its

own

sake. Such a one would most willingly bear the cross of worldly

suffering,

his heart set on the goal, the end of all sorrow, and follow the

Master.

Let us remember that all true Hindu, Buddhists, Christians and Muslims

are

people who are drawn to true religion by the lives of the sages, the

Buddhas, the Christ and the Prophet. This tradition is represented by

the

works, Sri Gurucharitra in Maharashtra (India), and by Periyapuranam

in

Tamilnadu. In ancient India Th Gurugita and The Bhagavata were widely

used

for the purpose. The instances of readers who were divinely directed

to

their Masters by such study are legion. The most famous is the

instance of

young Venkataraman being galvanized into an ardent seeker by a study

of

The Periyapuranam and, after his subsequent Self-realization which can

be

traced to it, he became famous as Sri Ramana Maharshi.

 

The immediate presence of a sage is a myriad times more effective than

all

of one’s own spiritual endeavours. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Sri

Ramana Maharshi were emphatic about it. But such association is not

possible for all to the needed extent. To one such, Sri Ramana

Maharshi

said, “Satsang is association with the Divine Reality which is eternal

and

omnipresent. To be aware of it at all times is satsang. Devout study

of

lives of those who are realized too can constitute satsang, or

association

with the enlightened ones.”

 

 

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