There is a remark in Shri Sai Satcharitra about Yoga and Onion. What is that?

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There is a remark in Shri Sai Satcharitra about Yoga and Onion. What

is that?

 

Once it so happened, that a sadhak of Yoga came to Shirdi with

Nanasaheb Chandorkar. He had studied all the works on Yoga,

including the Yoga-sutras of Patanjali, but had no practical

experience. He could not concentrate his mind and attain samadhi

even for a short time. He thought that if Sai Baba be pleased with

him, He will show him the way to attain samadhi for a long time.

With this object in view he came to Shirdi, and when he went to the

Masjid he saw Sai Baba eating bread with onion. On seeing this, a

thought arose in his mind - `How can this man, eating stale bread

with raw onion, solve my difficulties and help me?' Sai Baba read

his mind and said to Nanasaheb - " Oh Nana, he who has the power to

digest onion, should eat it and none else " . Hearing this remark, the

yogi was wonder-struck and then he fell at Baba's Feet with complete

surrender. With pure and open mind, he asked his difficulties and

got their solution from Baba. Thus being satisfied and happy, he

left Shirdi with Baba's Udi and blessings.