Guest guest Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 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...) http://www.saileelas.org/magazines/saipadananda/april1994.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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