“the Incarnation of the Age”

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……“Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi is verily called as

Sadguru, Fakir, Awalia, Maha Yogi and most importantly

“the Incarnation of the Age”. When Baba was in Shirdi

some spiritual personalities used to visit that place.

 

On seeing Baba as a young person at Shirdi one such

personality Shri Gangagir commented that the young Sai

was like a jewel under a heap of cow-dung and also

that one day His divine shine will bring glory to

Shirdi.

 

Meher Baba, (a disciple of Upasani Maharaj who was the

Prime disciple of Baba) has commented that he knew

that Shri Sai is like the beginning and end of

creation. Upasani Maharaj has spoken a lot on Shri

Sai, saying that Shri Sai is everything.

 

Thus, a lot has been spoken and written on Shri Sai.

Hundreds of epithets have been used in His name. The

“Sai Nam Astottarasata Namahvalih” glorifying the

names and divine qualifies of Shri Sai are recited in

most of the temples of Baba. People during His time

and as also today have exhaustively written on this

majestic and unfathomable divine personality, on the

past and present miraculous deeds related to Him and

on emotional attachment of the devotees with Him.

Crores of people are being drawn towards Him and

thousands of temples have been built all over India

and some in other countries. His photographs can be

seen everywhere. The process of such expansion

continues. Today He is the Sai - the Master and father

to so many. The number of devotees is ever on the

increase and this “Sai Wave” is slowly but surely

engulfing humanity.

 

Speculations apart, the fact remains that the divine

status of Shri Sai has not been exactly defined. The

Hindus use all the terminologies and epithets quoting

from their scriptures to explain the divine attributes

and Leelas of Shri Sai. Shri Sai is worshipped as Sai

Maharaj, Sai Bhagwan, Sai -Ram, Sai Krishna, Sai

Vithala, Sai-Mouli (means mother), Sai Param Brahma,

Sai Shiva, Sai Dattatreya, Sai Vishnoo, Sai Shankara,

Sai Avatara and Sai Ishwara, etc. Would one analyse

these divine epithets He would be drawn to the

conclusion that although Shri Sai Baba played the role

of a Sadguru i.e. a Perfect Master while at Shirdi, He

is much beyond that.

 

Shri Sai left His human embodiment long ago, without

institutionalizing His movement and without leaving an

heir-apparent as most of the Gurus do. He came to

serve His devotees for their spiritual evolution,

although he rendered temporal benefit to all of them

more by His kind acts than through speech. An analysis

of the visible personality of Shri Sai would indicate

that he was totally detached from all material needs,

was sometimes in a Jalali (spiritually intoxicated)

state, used his spiritual powers for the benefit of

His devotees in abundance, treated all equally,

not-withstanding the barriers of caste, religion,

creed, language, temporal status, etc.; was divinely

compassionate to all, including animals, was in a

state of God-intoxication and beyond all behaved like

an ordinary man in a village without any assertion of

His divine hierarchy (as many Gurus do). He lived in

one place and left His body having served who-so-¬ever

came to Him for 60 years without seeking any returns.

 

Today Shri Sai is a name known to most of the people

of India. Shirdi has become a ‘Tirath’ with devotees

from all over the world making a bee-line there. The

“Saism” as many call it, is expanding very fast. Such

expansion by sheer self- motivation of His devotees

indicates the power that “Shri Sai” is even eighty six

years after His Samadhi. This is what happened to all

the incarnations in the past.

 

Let us pray to Shri Sai, “the Incarnation of the Age”

on the New Years' day to guide and bless us.”…….

 

 

 

 

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