Love is His Miracle by R.Seshadri President Sai

Spiritual Center Bangalore

Love is His Miracle
('This article was written during the lifetime of "Shri Radhakrishna
Swami" who attained Mahasamadhi in 1980.)
R. Seshadri
(President Sai Spiritual Centre,
Bangalore)
Bharata has produced great saints, seers and godmen. Each of
them had a specific mission in life, besides evolving themselves
spiritually. All of them had something in common . That was
their noble effort to elevate their fellow humans to a higher state
of consciousness. The means they employed were different, but
the goal was the same.
Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi, who attained Mahasamadhi in 1918,
was unique in that he was human and humane. Unlike most
others, he fulfilled the material aspirations also of his devotees
so that they could turn God ward once their legitimate desires
were satisfied. After all, most of them were grihasthas.
Baba seemingly performed 'miracles' (very much in demand
these days to assess a saint) by imposing small penalties on
his disciples and devotees before granting their prayers for good
health and material benefits. Their devotion and faith became
steadfast and they were spiritually evolved by the grace of the
Guru. The unfailing miracle of Baba was love. He lived for others
and strove for the 'Happiness1 of his devotees, denying himself
comforts.
The great lawyer-turned recluse, Shri Narasimha Swamiji, who
has immortalised himself by discovering for our benefit here and
hereafter, 'Shirdi' Sai Baba, inculcated in Sai devotees the value
of discipline and love. Because of his strenuous and hazardous
work for the propagation of the Sai in South India, there are now
thousands of ardent devotees steeped in the bliss of Sai Ram
and Sai Naam.
H. H. Shri Saipadananda Radhakrishna Swamiji, the chief
disciple of Shri Narasimha Swamiji, who had initiation from Shri
Narayan Maharaj earlier, is the logical and appropriate
successor of Shri Narasimha Swamiji. Sri Swamiji has all the
great and divine qualities of all these great saints:
self-abnegation, a total absence of ego, modesty and love.
(to be contd....)