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

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Having gone to seek refuge under Venkusa from the Sufi fakir, Baba followed

the basic tenet 'Acharya-Devo-Bbava’  which laid unshakable foundation for

Baba's spiritual advancement. Baba revealed how he had spent twelve years of

life in the holy presence of Venkusa. His Guru wanted from him his Love

only. The Guru wanted Love and Baba wanted Guru only. This is the concept of

Sufi culture. Baba served his Guru with Love forgetting every thing in the

world. This is what the followers of the path of devotion (Bhakti Marga)

like Sri Krishna Chaitanya Prabhu have propounded. The single-minded

devotion to the Guru will yield unparallel results. Baba, therefore, faced

no hindrances in spiritual development when he was transferred to the care

of Guru Venkusa from his first Guru Fakir. The path is the same-the

objective and the result are also the same .The final result to merge into

the ocean of love of the Guru. This principle of love, which Baba imbibed at

a tender age under the service Fakir, reached its zenith under the care of

Venkusa. Thus the principle of Hindu-Muslim unity bore excellent fruits in

Baba.

 

The essence of the principle of these two religions is to reach the goal of

perfect blissful state by decisively following the path of pure unbridled

love towards all living beings.

The concept of Hindu -Muslim unity found its full expression – in Baba. He

often used to utter the words Allah, Fakir or Hari while referring to God.

For him chanting of Allah is synonymous with chanting of Hari. In Saint

Kabir, who became the Guru of Sufies, one can observe this harmomousness and

unity. Baba pronounced once that Kabir was his Guru. In one context he said:

"I had heart trouble, I started chanting the name of Hari and Allah. I

placed the book Vishnu Sahasra Namam (thousand names of Lord Vishnu) on my

heart. Hari alone occupied my mind and heart. Soon I recovered from the

ailment." On another occasion he said: "I started reciting the name of Hari

along with Kaka Dikshit. In my recitation, I forgot everything and saw the

form of Hari (Lord Narayana). Since then I stopped giving medicines to the

sufferers. Instead I give only the Udhi (ash from sacred fire in Dwaraka

mayee)".

 

We infer, therefore, that Hari and Allah are one and the same. All those

seekers who are under the protection of Baba should have the same concept of

unity of religion and God.

 

To be contd....

(Source : http://www.saileelas.org/book/agod.htm

 

 

 

 

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