Om Shree Ganeshaya Namah
Om Sai Ram
Chapter 7:::
Personality of Sai Baba
No one knew for sure whether Sai baba was a Hindu or a Moslem. He permitted the celebration of Hindu's festivals of Ram Navami and Gokulashtami. At the same time He allowed the Moslems to say Namaz on Id , keep tabut in the masjid and conduct the sandal procession. He lived in a masjid but kept constantly a fire like a Brahmin Agnihotri. He permitted application of sandal paste on His forhead and performing of Hindu ways of worship including sounding of bells in the masjid. His ears had been pierced . He used to repeat like Moslems Allaah Maalik [God is the sole proprietor] . But He declared Himself as Ganpathi, Maha Lakshmi Narayan etc. Orthodox Brahmins bowed at His feet without any hesitation.
*He renovated all the temples in Shirdi.Wicked ones got reformed.Lepers got cured.He functioned as good medecine man also. Once a person's eyes became reddish and swelled. Baba ground beeba seeds [used by washer men], applied that paste on the eyes and bandaged. Next morning the eyes were absolutely clear without any damage whatsoever. Baba knew all the yoga methods including ones to pull out the liver and clean it and sperating His body parts and rejoining them.
*In 1910, one day Baba suddenly thrust His hand into the dhuni. Shama and Madhav who were near pulled Him off post haste. Baba said that at a distant village a blacksmith's child fell into the fire and He saved it without any harm. Rejecting all offers of medical aid, Baba directed Bagoji, the leeper devotee,to apply ghee on His hand and serve Him regularly. Not only the wound healed but also the leprosy of Bhagoji.!
*Once kaparde's wife, while in Shirdi , heard that her son was suffering from bubonic plague in her place and sought the permission of Baba to leave Shirdi. Baba immediately lifted his kafani and showed big bulbs of plague on His body and said : ' See! I have to suffer for my devotees.Their sufferings are all mine only'.
*One day suddenly Baba told Mahalsapathi and two others that all four of them should sing that the doors of Pandarpur temple were open.A little later , Nana Chandodkar from Nadurbar came with his family and said that he had been transferred to Pandarpur and prayed Baba to come with them.Baba gave them udhi. There is no end to Baba's divine sports.
By A. Govindakrishnan
___________________
No comments:
Post a Comment