Sai Baba the Master by E.Bharadwaja

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There is one instance to show how, when Rege’s heart was yielding to some

other love, Baba asserted his monopoly over it. Many years later, Rege’s

child died and his wife was disconsolate. With the dead child in his lap,

Rege sat on with a grief-stricken heart. Baba at once appeared before him

and said, “Do you want me or the dead child? Choose! You cannot have both.

If you want me to revive the child, I will; but then you will have me no

more with you. If you do not ask for the revival of this one, you will

have several children in due course.” Then Rege said that he wanted Him

only. “Then do not grieve”, Baba said and vanished.

 

Another confirmation that he was Baba’s man: Once he visited a great saint

in Poona, named Sri Madhavanath. The latter said, “You are Sai Baba’s

man”.

 

In 1912, Rege visited Baba on the holy Guru Purnima day. Seeing other

devotees offering garlands and other gifts to Baba he regretted that he

did not remember to get any gift. At once Baba said, “All these are

yours!", and pointed at the garlands offered by other devotees. Thereby

Baba hinted that the heart’s loving wish to offer is of greter value than

a formal physical offering.

 

Toser was an employee in the customs department. In 1985 he had a dream in

which he saw a holy man, and considered him as his guru. In 1910 he

learned about Sai Baba and his greatness from Das gnru’s kirtans and

immediately proceeded to Shirdi. He was thrilled to find that Sai Baba was

the guru that appeared to him in 1895. After Baba’s mahasamadhi, Toser

became a disciple of the great saint Sri Vasudevananda Saraswathi (alias

Tembe Swamy). Later, he took sannyas and was known by the name Sri Narayan

Ashram.

 

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