Sai Baba the Master

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Baba is all creatures and things

Baba’s omnipresence was not confined to the three forms we have noted so

far - all gods, all saints and all men. He was all the other creatures too!

 

Mrs. Tarkhad was at Shirdi. It was noon and she was serving lunch. A

hungry dog turned up there and began to moan pitifully for food. Mrs.

Tarkhad at once got up and threw it a roti which it ate with great relish.

Later, in the afternoon, when she went to the mosque Baba said, “Mother,

today you have fed me sumptuously and my senses and hunger were much

appeased. Ever act like this and this will stand you in good stead. Sitting

in this musjid I never speak untruth. Take pity on me; feed the hungry

first and then eat yourself. Note this well.” Mrs. Tarkhad said “Baba when

did I feed you?” Baba said, “The dog which you fed at lunch hour is I . I

roam in this world in different forms - cats, pigs, crows and all. He who

sees me in all these creatures is dearest to me. Abandon the sense of

difference and serve me as you did today.”

One evening Mrs. Laxmibai entered the mosque and bowed to baba who said to

her, “Laxmibai, I am very hungry”. She ran home and fetched roti and

vegetables for him. He at once took it up and gave it to a dog. Laxmibai

felt shocked and insulted and said, “Was it for this that you wanted me to

bring the food here”. Baba was unperturbed. He said, “Why do you grieve

over such a small affair? The appeasement of its hunger is the same as

feeding me. The dog has a soul though it cannot communicate with us.

Remember that whoever feeds the hungry feeds me.”

 

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