Sai Baba the Master

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A similar experience was had by one Rajballi Mohammad of Bandra.- “I had

nothing particular to ask of him (Baba). I wanted only an increase of

faith. I wanted that at my death I may die, possessed of full iman or faith

so that I may have a good end. I prayed to him for that and asked for his

blessings. He placed his hand on my head and blessed me. From that moment

his blessings have borne fruit. My faith has steadily increased.”

 

In Khaparde’s diary we come across many references to Baba’s yogic glance

which is said to have unlocked the flood-gates of immense spiritual bliss

that filled the whole of the devotee’s being for a considerable duration.

 

Janardan Galwankar of Bandra writes “On one such occasion, it was perhaps

in 1917, when I went to Shirdi, he placed his palm over my head and that

had a strange effect on me. I forgot myself and all surroundings and passed

into an ecstatic condition….. Since I got ecstasy by Baba’s blessing, I

began to pay more attention to adhyatma i.e., spiritual side of my

existence.”

 

Sai Baba sometimes employed more subtle and mystical modes of teaching his

devotees even when the teaching in itself had to be direct and explicit. One

Narayan Ambedkar of Poona had to face a series of calamities for seven

years after his retirement and there seemed to be no end to his suffering

inspite of his repeated visits to Shirdi. In 1916 he grew desperate and

wanted to commit suicide in the holy presence of Baba, so that he might at

least fare better in his next life. One night, while sitting in a bullock

cart in front of Dixit’s wada, he decided to put an end to his miseries by

jumping into a nearby well. But Baba had his mysterious way of dealing with

his devotee. Just as Ambedkar was entertaining these dark thoughts, Sagun

Meru Naik, the owner of a nearby tea-stall was impelled mysteriously to

approach Ambedkar. Saying, “Did you ever read this life-history of Sri Swami

Samarth of Akkalkot?”, he gave the book to him. When Ambedkar opened the

book at random it opened on a particular page which contained, as it were,

this pertinent message for him:

 

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