CONSERVATISM, DO NOT CHANGE IMAGES

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CONSERVATISM, DO NOT CHANGE IMAGES

 

Once Kavle Patil with his Mamladdar, B.V. Dev went to Baba and through Shama wanted to know from Baba whether in a temple newly

built by Kavle he should reinstall the old image or

bring in a new image from Vani, has directed by his

own Guru.

Shama: Baba. Kavle Patil wants to know what he

is to install in his newly built temple.

Baba: Let him place only the ancient stones that his family has

been worshipping from old time and no new image.

Shama: What objection

is there to a new image from Vani?

Baba: Act as you please, Shama. Install

it or don’t.

Shama: Please say definitely

whether the Vani image can be or should not be

installed.

Baba: If he wants that image, let him break off its arms and legs

and then instal and worship it. Do not question me

again and again. I once went with a companion from village to village. He

wanted to buy a cow. I said, “Don’t”. But he did buy it and

brought it to a village. There an epidemic broke out and many died.

Shama later in the day:

Baba, what harm will arise if the image is brought?

Baba: Let him worship the old stones and introduce nothing new.

Shama: What is the

harm in introducing the new?

Baba: (Angrily): I am speaking with my mouth and not through

anything else.

 

Kavle Patil had no faith in Baba, but great faith in his own guru

and so brought the Vani image to the guru’s

village. There plague broke out and many died. The guru (who had already

received Rs.300 or Rs.400) more over sent a message to the Patil

that unless he gave a registered gift of his land to the guru, the latter would

curse him to immediate death. The Patil woke up,

discovered the unselfishness and wisdom of Baba and wickedness of his own guru

and installed only his own hereditary images.

 

(Source Sai Baba Charters and Sayings)

http://www.saileelas.org/books/babasayings.htm