Satsang RELIGION OF OUR MASTER SADGURU SAINATH

RELIGION OF OUR MASTER SADGURU SAINATH

In reply to Prakash Palekar’s article in the October 1983
issue of “Shree Sai Leela”, A.S. Menon has forwarded
his observations on BABA’s religion in the current issue
(February 1984) of Shree Sai Leela. I read both the
communications with great interest. I am tempted to
quote Swami Vivekananda on his tribute to his master,
Ramakrishna.
“To proclaim and make clear the fundamental unity
under-lying all religions was the mission of my Master.
Other teacher have taught special religions which bear
their names, but this great teacher of nineteenth century
made no claim for himself. He left every religion
undisturbed because he had realized that in reality,
they are all part and parcel of the one eternal religion.

And this is absolutely true with our Sadguru Sainath.
His religion is Sai religion. His religion represents
humanity. This was equally observed by Sister
Nivedita on Ramakrishna. “He is a witness to the
world that the old Indian wisdom was not in vain. For
in Him meet the feeling and thought of all mankind
and he represents humanity.”

The religion of our Master, our Sainath also endorses
the above statement.
Ramakrishna once had a desire to known the truth
about the various religions. Upto that time, he had
not known any religion but his own. He wanted to
understand what other religions were like. So, he
sought teachers of other religions. He found a Muslim
Saint and placed himself under him; he under went
the disciplines prescribed by him and to his
astonishment found that when faithfully carried out,
these devotional method led him to the same goal he
had already attained. He gathered similar experiences
from following the religion of Jesus Christ. He went to
all the sects he could find, and whatever he took up
went into his whole heart. He did exactly as he was
told, and in every instance he arrived at the same
result. Thus from actual experience he came to know
that the goal of every religion is the same, that each
is trying to teach the same thing, the difference being
largely in method, and still more in language. At the
core, all sects and all religions have the same aim;
and they were only quarreling for their own selfish
purposes, they were however not anxious about the
truth.

This is exactly what our Baba has also found and He,
therefore, had taught as to learn with all humanity,
the one and the only essence in all religions is “NOT
ME; BUT THOU” And he who says always “NOT ME”
Baba fills his heart. The less of I, the more of Baba
within me. Our Sainath has taught us this to be the
real truth in every religion in the world. Ramakrishna’s
favourite illustration was, “When the lotus opens, the
bees come of their own accord to seek honey so let the
lotus of your character be full-blown and the results
will follow.”

This lesson also we have learned from our Lord, our
Sainath and our Master.

Baba’s religion is not talk or doctrines or theories nor
is sectarianism. His religion is the relation between
me and Him (between the soul and the God) and His
religion consists in realization only.

With Baba all the religions are but phases of one
eternal religion. He felt that only one infinite religion
existed all through eternity and it will ever exist and
this religion is expressing itself in various countries
in various ways and with various people.

Baba’s intense love for mankind would not let him
refuse to help even the humblest of the millions, who
sought His aid. Baba has been showering His blessings
in me to write scientific research papers for the last
thirty years; but the pleasure, solace, satisfaction and
contentment I have been receiving at this moment by
communicating some of my ideas and experiences in
“Shree Sai Leela” is many thousand times more
significant and much rewarding to me. Probably no
other highest academic honour or distinction of this
country could bring me that peace and happiness. If
my articles could bring some lessons to my Sai-brothers
then all these are because of Him since He had
encouraged me to undertake this task; but if I have
failed to carry out the task it is because of my not
being able to follow our Lord, our Master perfectly.
So to put me always in the truth I Bow to Thy Lotus
Feet, our Sainath.

M.R. Chakravarthi
Pune 411 004
(Source Shri Sai Leela July 1983)