'Sri Sai Baba of Shirdi -A God!' by Bapatla Hanumanth Rao Garu

[Guest guest]

All the preachers, who advocated the path of reaching God through Bhakti,

are generous and broad minded. Their sole aim is to rescue people

overwhelmed by Maya and awaken them to realize the Truth. This noble aim is

seen in every religion. In course of time, the followers of different

religions formulated certain codes of conduct and imperceptibly sowed the

seeds of jealousy. This led to mutual hatred and people divided themselves

into separate entities, forgetting the basic principles of their religion.

They started giving more importance to the outward manifestations of their

faiths, customs, dress, manners, and religious practices than the inner

values.

It is a Dharma enunciated in our scriptures that "Sweet things should not be

taken all alone". It means all good and beneficial things should be shared

with others. Following this, great saints Preached in public what they

believed to be the truth to uplift the mankind. Over a period of time the

nobler ideas disappeared. Instead they developed a narrow out look, building

dividing walls.

Once Ramanuja's Guru taught him a powerful Mantra and warned him. "This is a

powerful Mantra, capable of providing Salvation. It should be kept as a

secret. You will go to hell if you this to others" But Ramanuja thought

otherwise. If this could lead people to Salvation he was ready to go to hell

for their sake. He chanted this Mantra loudly from an elevated platform so

that all could hear and attain salvation. Such is the spirit of a noble

saint.

 

Baba made it clear to his children that all incarnations are His and He is

in all saints. Akkalkot Maharaj, Nanded Moula Nagpur Tajuddin Baba,

Vasudevanandaswamy, and all other have claimed to be one with Baba. The

non-dual state of was proved beyond doubt.

Now, to the question, "Is Sai Baba also a God?" asked by my friend, we can

say that those who had the experience of Omnipresent, Omnipotent and

Omniscient nature of Baba will say that Baba certainly is God. He may not be

a God to others who never had such an experience. But even they are bound to

get good results, if they regard Him as a great saint treat Him with

reference. For instance Fire provides relief to all those who are suffering

from devastating morning cold in the winter season. For a traveller

suffering from severe heat of the Sun, one need not say specifically, to

take shelter under a tree. He knows very well where to take shelter and be

happy. Similarly everyone knows and decides for himself how to get solace

and happiness and takes refuge in it.

 

To be contd....

(Source : http://www.saileelas.org/book/agod.htm