Theos-Talk Archives (October 2003 Message tt00202)

Brahman Racist Sai Baba misguides humanity.




--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "krishtar_a" <krishtar_a@b...> 
wrote:
> Hi
> I forgot to include the tale in my last e-mail.
> Sorry for that.
> Although I pass on the text, it doenīt mean that I believe his 
claimed avatarhood.
> It was written by a devotee, thatīs why the style is so 
enthusiastic...
> I consider it pseudo.
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> 
> Just a change of matter:
> Many claim S S Baba to be an avatar, He himself does.
> There is an article telling a story of how Sathya Sai Baba 
discovered or was " enlighted" with this conception of his 
avatarhood.
> It is otherwise a nice tale and has been told to everybody who 
seeks and researches about his holiness conditions.
> Any comments will be welcome.
> In peace
> 
> Krishtar
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> The Shirdi Connection
> 
> May 23rd 1940. The hamlet of Puttaparthi. A young lad of fourteen, 
> with a face radiant with compassion and love, was surrounded by the 
> village folk. He was apparently materializing sugar candy.out of 
> thin air! His father too, skeptically looked on. This was not the 
> first time his Sathya was putting up such a 'show'. Sathya had been 
> behaving strangely for quite some time, exhibiting supernatural 
> powers. He lectured on sublime spiritual topics, way beyond a boy 
of 
> his age. The father, and in fact, Sathya's entire family was 
> perplexed and worried at the same time. That day, the father could 
> no longer tolerate this behaviour. He was convinced that his son 
was 
> possessed. May be by some evil spirit. He took hold of a stick and 
> demanded, addressing the so-called spirit. "Who are you? Are you 
> God, Ghost or Devil?".
> 
> "I am SAI BABA" came the reply. 
> 
> That was the first time the world was made aware of the Shirdi 
> Connection.
> 
> Sathya went on "I am Sai Baba of Shirdi. I have taken birth in your 
> family because of the prayers of your ancestor Venkavadhootha".
> 
> Everyone present was stunned. They hadn't heard anything, either of 
> Shirdi or of Sai Baba! 
> 
> Someone challenged Sathya "If you are really Sai Baba, show us some 
> proof!" Sathya picked up a bunch of jasmine flowers and threw them 
> on to the ground. When they fell to the ground, they neatly 
arranged 
> themselves into the words SAI BABA, in the Telugu script. 
> 
> With passing days, Sathya only reinforced this revelation.
> 
> On October 20th, 1940, at Uravakonda, He came back from school, 
> threw his books and declared, "I am no longer your Sathya! I am Sai 
> Baba. I do not belong to you. I have my work. My devotees are 
> calling me." He walked into the neighbor's garden, sat on a rock 
and 
> gave His first message, to the faithful who had assembled there, in 
> the form of a bhajan: Manasa Bhajare Gurucharanam...
> 
> A bystander photographed the young Sai Baba sitting on the rock and 
> leading the bhajan. The image that was developed had a small statue 
> of Shirdi Baba in front of the young Sathya. Nothing strange, 
except 
> for the fact that there was never a statue in front of Sathya in 
the 
> first place! Sathya had reinforced His identity. The world now 
> hailed Him as Sathya Sai Baba.
> 
> The word soon spread that the Sai Baba of Shirdi had come again, as 
> Sai Baba of Puttaparthi. 
> 
> Sai Baba born again? At, what's that place... Puttaparthi? Many of 
> the Devotees of the Lord of Shirdi were curious. Some came to 
> Sathya, in humility and faith, to see and hear their Lord again. 
> Others came to challenge this 'young upstart' who claimed to be 
> Shridi Sai. They stayed back, as believers. 
> 
> Ask Sundaramma, 105 years old, living at Prasanthi Nilayam. Back in 
> 1910, when she was 13 years old, her husband was working as a 
> stationmaster at Manmad. Manmad was just a few hours from Shirdi, 
> the abode of Sai Baba. The husband was a devotee of Baba and he, 
> along with his wife, went to have the darshan of Shirdi Baba. In 
> that trip, Baba called the husband and gave him a silver coin with 
> his padukas (feet) embossed on it. He told the husband, 'Worship 
> these Feet everyday' (In other words 'Manasa Bhajare Guru 
> Charanam'!).
> 
> Years rolled by and the husband passed away. In the 1960's when 
> Sundaramma was told by one of her friends that Sai baba had 
> reincarnated again in the hamlet of Puttaparthi, she wouldn't 
> believe it. But her curiosity got the better of her and she came to 
> see the young Satya Sai Baba, who claimed to be 'her' Shirdi Baba. 
> Quite some days went by and Sundaramma was not convinced that Satya 
> Sai could be the same as Shirdi Sai. She remarked to one of her 
> friends, who was a devotee "I will never bow down to this Baba. My 
> lord is Shirdi Baba alone. I am going to leave this place soon". 
> Word reached Swami about Sundaramma's plans. The time had come to 
> prove to her, the Shirdi connection. One day, He quietly walked 
into 
> Sundaramma's quarters. She was cooking something. "Sundaramma! Is 
it 
> true that you want leave this place?", He asked. "Yes Swami, I 
would 
> rather go to Shirdi than stay in this godforsaken village!" She was 
> still cooking, her eyes not meeting Swami's.
> 
> "Do you want to see your Shirdi Baba?", Swami asked.
> 
> "I would love to!... But alas! He had taken Samadhi long, long 
ago", 
> said Sundaramma, still facing the other side.
> 
> "Do you still want to see your Shirdi Baba?" , Swami persisted.
> 
> "But how is that... possible? He is no longer here!", she said 
> turning back to see Swami.
> 
> And what she saw... opened the floodgates of memories from her 
early 
> years. She couldn't believe it. Yes, He was there: Her Baba from 
> Shirdi, in flesh and blood! With tears in her eyes she bowed down 
to 
> His feet. Time stood still... space no longer existed... Shirdi had 
> merged with Parthi... only she and her SAI BABA remained!
> 
> And she never ever left Prasanthi Nilayam. Even to this day, in her 
> feeble voice, she tells the devotees, her marvelous story!
> 
> The Chaitanya Jyothi museum, at Puttaparthi, showcases today one of 
> the greatest testimonials for the Lord's Shirdi Connection. When 
> Swami visited it recently, He was shown a tonga, a horse driven 
> cart. What was so special about this tonga? Well, this tonga was 
> from Chincholi, a former princely state in South India. When the 
> aged Queen of Chincholi met Satya Sai Baba for the first time, 
Swami 
> remarked and described how He had visited Chincholi earlier, while 
> in His previous body! This was in fact true! Shirdi Baba had indeed 
> made an extra corporeal visit to Chincholi many a time! Swami went 
> on to describe the quarters of the palace that He stayed in, the 
> personal moments that He had spent with the Raja and the Queen and 
> of course, the long drives He had, with the Raja, in the Tonga! The 
> accuracy of the details, known only to the Queen, was unbeliveble! 
> The evidence was impeccable. Here was the same Baba of Shirdi! The 
> Queen was moved, and she presented to Swami, the tonga that He had 
> used as Shirdi Sai. This was the very same tonga, which was shown 
to 
> Swami at Chaitanya Jyothi. When Swami saw it, He casually remarked, 
> that there used to be a small lantern holder, on side of the tonga, 
> which was now missing. It was, as though He rode in it, just 
> yesterday! 
> 
> On the morning of 15th October 2002, exactly 84 years after Shirdi 
> Baba had taken Samadhi, yet another chapter was added to the Shirdi 
> connection. On that Vijay Dashami morning, Swami went up the hill, 
> adjoining the Vidyagiri stadium. Halfway to the hilltop, between 
the 
> statues of Shiva and Krishna, was a tall statue, draped in silk, 
> waiting to be unveiled. Swami pressed a remote controlled button 
and 
> the silk veils fell down, to reveal the beautiful form of Shirdi 
> Baba. The statue of His Previous incarnation stands today, amidst 
> the 'Grand Gallery of Gods', in the Stadium. 
> 
> Whenever Swami refers to the Shirdi Avatar, He says 'Purva 
> Sariramulo...' which means 'when I was in the previous body.' The 
> statement awakens us to the fact that He is the one who was in 
> Shirdi. And that now He has reincarnated in Parthi. But it also 
> points to a subtler and more profound truth: He transcends both the 
> places. He transcends time. He transcends bodies. For, He is the 
> Spirit. The Immortal Spirit, that reincarnates from time to time, 
> for the redemption of Humanity.
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