'Sri Sai Baba of Shirdi -A God!' by Bapatla Hanumanth Rao Garu

May 4, 2006

Baba provides opportunities to the children who are devoted to Him to

remember Him, keep Him in their minds, meditate upon Him and serve Him. He

will never leave them for a moment. He assumes responsibility to guide them

at all times. Let all the devotees remember this. Baba is the Antaryami of

all living beings. A devotee should meditate upon Him like that. Then he

himself will become the inner Self of living beings. This basic principle as

explained in Bhagavatam is often repeated by Sri Sainath. -"If you keep

others at a far off distance you experience evil thoughts and obstacles; but

if you invite every one into the domain of love, you enjoy peace of mind and

ever lasting bliss. There will be no limit to the boundaries of love in your

soul when it is extended to all other living beings, for, love conquers all

and achieves everything". We cannot afford to ignore this truth and inner

secret. Sai Baba's incarnation spreads this message of 'Prema Tatvam3.

('Love towards all') Its potentialities are enormous.

Third Chapter

In this chapter, the birth of Baba,- His initial training under a Sufi saint

from His second to the fifth year, - His association from his sixth year

with Gopala Rao Deshmukh (Venkusa), - His ideal real Guru - His arrival for

the first time to Shirdi in His seventeenth year - His stay there for a few

months, - His subsequent wanderings to unknown places - His return to Shirdi

in the twentieth year, - and His life at the mosque of Dwaraka Mai - the

incidents that followed, - are explained briefly.

Baba served Gopala Rao Deshmukh (Venkusa) for about 12 years during His

childhood. He could attain the state of Sakshatkara by the divine grace of

His Guru only. It is said that Saint Kabir and Kasika Ramananda Yogi were

reborn as Sai Baba and Gopala Rao Deshmukh respectively. We need not have

any doubt about this statement, as the Bhagavadgeeta also endorses the same

view in a general way.

"He will attain the noble self by his good deeds and past actions". (Gita

6-43,44)

Further, we find in this chapter - How the young divine lad is named as Sri

Sai Baba - How Sri Mahalsapathi knew this 'Parabrahmam3, - The significance

of the 'Name3 and the person - The greater power of a 'Name' than the 'Named

’ – Whether Saibaba is a Hindu or a Muslim. The incident of Baba getting

into a state of Samadhi for 72 hours in the year 1886 is also narrated.

To be contd....

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