Sacred Past - Part 16 : The Rocking Chair

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-The Rocking Chair-

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"Baba told the students how He had borne poverty and hardship in His childhood

and youth, in silence and without complaint. There was a rocking chair in the

house, upon which Baba sat one evening. When His brother's brother-in-law saw

Him rocking Himself in the chair, he was very incensed and remarked, "Who gave

you permission to sit on that precious chair and rock back and forth like a

Maharaja! Get up and go out of here." Baba replied, "The day is coming when I

will be a Maharaja sitting on a silver chair. You will live to see the day."

This angered him all the more, but he did not pursue the persecution. About

seven years later, the Rain of Chincholi, who could not bear to see her Swami

sitting on a wooden chair, brought a silver chair for Him. But Swami did not

permit the chair to be unpacked even during the Sivaratri or the Dasara

celebrations. On the occasion of Swami's birthday, His brother's brother-in-law

came to Puttaparthi. Then Baba asked him, of all people, to unpack the silver

chair and place it in position on the dais of Prasanthi Mandir which was then

ready for Bhajan gatherings. The man shed tears of repentance and asked to be

pardoned. Baba soothingly told him not to worry. This was, perhaps, the only

instance when Baba reacted, for He usually bears others' anger with remarkable

indifference and restraint. He told the boys that He was ever alert to guard

the honour and reputation of the family in which He was born, and to ward off

the derision of cynics and carpers."

Acknowledgement: Sourced from Book Published by Sri Sathya Sai Books and

Publications Trust Sathyam Sivam Sundaram (N. Kasturi)-The Life Story of Sathya

Sai Baba-

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