Guest guest Posted May 26, 2006 Report Share Posted May 26, 2006 In Ch. 31, some Derveshis (strolling mendicants among Mohammedans maintaining themselves by exhibiting bears, monkeys etc.) brought before Baba a tiger suffering from some pain or agony on approaching Baba the tiger breathed his last and the Darveshis were filled with dejection and sorrow at the loss of their only means of maintenance. Thereupon, while consoling them we find Baba referring to the theory of re-birth : "The tiger was your debtor from previous birth. He paid off the debts by serving you in this life and when his debt was paid off, he was free and met the death and My feet." In Ch. 27, one noon Dadasaheb Khaparde's wife brought a dish containing sanza (wheat pudding), purees, rice, soup and kheer (sweet rice) and other sundry articles to the Masjid. Baba, who usually waited for hours, got up at once, went up to His dining seat and removing the outer covering from the dish, began to partake of the things zealously. Shama then asked Him, ''Why this partiality? You throw away dishes of others and do not care to look at them, but this You draw to You earnestly and do justicc to it thoroughly. Is the dish of this woman so sweet?" Baba then replied, "This food is really extraordinary. In former birth, this lady was a merchant's fat cow yielding much milk. Then she disappeared and took birth in a gardener's family, then in a kshatriya family and married a merchant. Then she was born in a Brahmin's family. I saw her after a very long time, let Me take some sweet morsels of love from her dish." (P. 148) Thus, Baba by narrating the lady's tale of many previous births, probably, explained to His devotees, how a soul can progressively rise from an animal form to a human form and then to a Brahmin birth on account of virtuous deeds. Sai Baba was omniscient, i.e., before Him the past, present and future were open to view. Hence, once, by giving the details of previous births and foretelling the places of future births of a boy called 'Babu', He convinced everybody, that a soul is born again and again. This story is narrated in H. H. Narasimhaswamiji's 'Devotees' Experiences of Shri Sai Baba', P. 114, in the statement of Rao Bahadur H. V. Sathe : Lt. Col. M.B. Nimbalkar (Retd.) PUNE411 001. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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