Guest guest Posted January 8, 2001 Report Share Posted January 8, 2001 Recently an English Press in India engaged in scathing attack on the charater of Sai Baba. Even local magazines did the same thing. Few days back, I read in one Indian Newspaper Sai Baba's reactions on such attacks. Sai Baba had said there " the people who spread such inforamtion about me and write such absurd things can hardly do anything to my charater. Can they do even 1% of what I have done to uplift these poor people. " Some thing sort of like this. I don't exactly remember. Anyway if we see, Sai Baba has really helped poor people, some of the most hitech hospitals have been built, free of cost to poor people.a district in AndraPrdesh where there was hardly any water supply for last 40 odd years, now gets 24 hrs water. Free education to thousands of orphans etc.. By doings small miracles if someone can do so much what's wrong in that? I know he is not following Vedantic path to help poor people but in some way or the other way he is helping those poor people and that is what they need. To be frank, I myself is in dilemma to say whether what Sai Baba is doing right or not. May be some learned can shed more light on this. sarvam vasudevamayam jagath Prashanth > " Vivekananda Centre " > <vivekananda > Miracles > > Let me share my personal experience with you. > > I have been doing a series of talks on Hinduism at > Brent Town Hall in London. > > The talks are meant to be an introduction to > Hinduism. > The questions and answers that follow show up the > real concerns of the audience. > > Today the questions were on the role of > miracles. (and Sai baba) > > I had to clarify that I come from a tradition that > does not wish > to disturb the faith of any group of people (however > crude > or uneducated I feel their pathway may be). > > But then I also come from the Vivekananda tradition > and > so I have to state quite clearly - that if anyone > asks you to > suspend your rational faculty for the sake of > religion - then > discard that person or that pathway as once you > sacrifice > your rationality your backbone is broken; you turn > into a > jellyfish - what good is your God then? > Even if you stand in front of him you will only > shudder > like a jellyfish - a mere zombie, you will not be > able to > make sense of your God either! > > The question and answer session created a bit of a > stir.... > I do not know if I have done right in being so > outspoken - but > I rely on the 'old man' to guide me at all such > meetings. > > hari.. hari.....I hope I have not done any unwanted > damage... > > jay > > > > > ______________________ > ______________________ > > > Photos - Share your holiday photos online! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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