What Is Baba's Mission

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What Is Baba's Mission

By H. H. Sri Saipadananda Radhakrishna Swamiji

Mysticism denotes that attitude of mind which involves a direct Immediate,

intuitive apprehension of God. It signifies the highest attitude of which

man is capable, namely, a beatific contemplation of God 'and its

dissemination in the society and the world.

- Gurudev Ranade

All roads lead to Rome. All paths margas lead to Sri Baba, Sri Krishna, and

Sri Rama are all divinely gifted or perfected souls and expressions of

divinity transforming every one who comes into contact with their divine

personality - especially those who are drawn through Rinanubandha by their

divinity and that are the purpose or mission of their lives. So, Baba has

not one mission, but a hundred missions. Protecting the good (virtuous)

punishing or reforming the wicked, establishing Dharma (virtue) or its hold

on the people, are the functions of divine personalities and Baba was

performing all these functions. A mission may come in. as a part of these

functions.

 

Saints expound all the margas and find which marga or combination of which

margas would suit each approaching devotee and give the same to him. Thus

Baba adopted every marga but in particular one may not that predominance in

his methods was neither for ritual nor for Vedic study, but for living in

consonance with the supreme manifestation of Divinity in Him. His mission is

to help every one; that means, of course, every one capable of benefiting —

not persons who come in an unreceptive mood. Baba quoted occasionally his

master's or Guru's behest that " as he has received liberally from his

master, he must similarly distribute liberally amongst those that approached

him. " Baba was distributing not merely wealth, worldly relief and comforts

but also spiritual blessings to all and sundry those were capable of

receiving those benefits.

 

To us Sai devotees, Baba is not only a teacher but a controller from within

the ever watching Guardian Angel. He regulated the lives of those who wholly

surrendered to him. While doing service incidentally the work of conveying

moral teachings was carried on by Baba and he gave occasional talk about

morality.

 

‘Behave properly,’ 'Behave with integrity and probity. Hurting others is

sinful was the advice given by Baba to Shama and Rao Sahib Galwanker which

will suit us too. Baba expected people to act us to this teaching.

 

(to be contd...)

 

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