CONSERVATISM, DO NOT CHANGE IMAGES

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CONSERVATISM, DO NOT CHANGE IMAGES

 

Once Kavle Patil with his Mamladdar, B.V. Dev went to Baba and through

Shama wanted to know from Baba whether in a temple newly built by Kavle

he should reinstall the old image or bring in a new image from Vani, has

directed by his own Guru.

Shama: Baba. Kavle Patil wants to know what he is to install in his

newly built temple.

Baba: Let him place only the ancient stones that his family has been

worshipping from old time and no new image.

Shama: What objection is there to a new image from Vani?

Baba: Act as you please, Shama. Install it or don't.

Shama: Please say definitely whether the Vani image can be or should not

be installed.

Baba: If he wants that image, let him break off its arms and legs and

then instal and worship it. Do not question me again and again. I once

went with a companion from village to village. He wanted to buy a cow. I

said, " Don't " . But he did buy it and brought it to a village. There an

epidemic broke out and many died.

Shama later in the day: Baba, what harm will arise if the image is

brought?

Baba: Let him worship the old stones and introduce nothing new.

Shama: What is the harm in introducing the new?

Baba: (Angrily): I am speaking with my mouth and not through anything

else.

 

Kavle Patil had no faith in Baba, but great faith in his own guru and so

brought the Vani image to the guru's village. There plague broke out and

many died. The guru (who had already received Rs.300 or Rs.400) more

over sent a message to the Patil that unless he gave a registered gift

of his land to the guru, the latter would curse him to immediate death.

The Patil woke up, discovered the unselfishness and wisdom of Baba and

wickedness of his own guru and installed only his own hereditary images.

 

(Source Sai Baba Charters and Sayings)

http://www.saileelas.org/books/babasayings.htm