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

These qualities are revealed in Baba's behaviour towards
his devotees like Nana Chandorkar and Upasini Baba
(His contemporaries) whom he set on the right path. The
Fakir carved Baba into a perfect person of good qualities
and made him a deserving disciple to seek the shelter of
Gopal Rao Deshmukh (Venkusa). How fortunate Baba
was! Baba reached the hands of a Sufi saint from Hindu
parents and came back to the tender care of a Hindu saint
from a Muslim saint. No wonder, Baba was the culmination
of two different religions; Baba assimilated the great ideologies
of the two great religions and then started preaching socio
unity between the Hindus and Muslims. The Islam religion
believes in one Nirakara God where as the Hindu religion
has many Godly forms in it and we see the pictures of them
like Sri Rama, Sri Krishna, Venkateswara, Lakshmi Narayana,
Datta, Ganapati etc., in their dwellings. They worship them on
several occasions, with a belief as per the Puranic stories.
Yet, all these are the many forms of the Infinite and the
Absolute Brahmam, In Islam, God is one, and the prophet
comes next. They have none other than these two.
Our vedas and Vedantas proclaim 'Sarvam Khalvidam
Brahma, -'Angaananya Devataa' (every thing in the form
of Brahmamn and all the Devatas are parts of limbs of that
absolute self) In the Hymns it is said "Surya (Sun God)
Agni (God of Fire) Varun (Rain God) are all considered
to be godly forms.

The non-Hindus fail to understand the messages from
'Upanisbads' like 'Matru-Devo-Bhava', 'Pitru-Devo-Bbava'
and 'Atbidbi-Devo-Bhava' (consider your mother to be God
your father to be God; and your unexpected guest to be God
Even the Muslims agree to some extent with the Hindus on the
statement 'Acharya-Devo-Bhava (consider your Guru to be
God). The Sufi sect underlines this truth only, 'Guru is God
and he is to be placed in the hearts of the seekers. Their basic
principles are- loving their Guru, meditating upon Guru and
seeking union of their soul with the 'Guru'. The principle of
Acharya-Devo Bhava' is propounded in the 'Taittaireya
Upanisbad.

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

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