Shirdi Sai Baba - Sabka Malik Ek

SHRI DATTATREYA is a very ancient incarnation, highly venerated through the ages.
Dattatreya – a Universal Guru manifested in the recess of time of 'Kaliyug', when humanity had
gone far from its pristine state and steeped into threshold of a time when all kinds of vices had
already taken root, and the pious souls made fervent appealed for the salvage of the mankind
surging forward in manifold way. He had descended on this earth to establish 'Satya' (the Universal
Truth), 'Rta' (the CosmicOrder), Dharma', (the perennial principles), in all its entirety.
Seer Atri was one of such Seers who had „seen‟ and experienced the Brahman, the eternal Wisdom.
To him was born a son, the product of the Grace or the Divine Will, which was the manifestation of
all three Primal Energies of BRAHMA, VISHNU and SHIVA. He was ordained with the three
energies; He came to have the concentrated wisdom of the three God-heads or symbolically three
heads. The three heads signified as Brahma:„Tejas‟ personified, Vishnu:„Ojas' personified, Shiva:
„Tapas‟ personified. Under these heads, illumination of knowledge, vigorosity of action and
stringency of penance were represented as three aspects or state of being of the same.

BIRTH: Dattatreya had descended into the realm of world as progeny of Atri and Anusuya, a sage
couple of the Vedic age. Anusuya became very famous for her devotion to her husband. She was
the embodiment of chastity. Such was her spiritual power that hard, uneven earth turned soft and
smooth for her as she walked about. This pious woman induced jealousy and envy in
others, however, and the three Gods decided to prove these doubting elements how wrong they
were.
They transformed themselves into mendicants, approached the hermitage of sage Atri and begged
for alms. At that time sage Atri was away at the river offering his daily oblations. Anusuya came
out and offered food to them. They made a strange request; the food be prepared and served to
them by Anusuya, in the nude. In the Indian tradition any 'athithi' (guest) cannot be turned
away, as they are considered to be an aspect of God. Hence she was placed in a dilemma. She
smiled to herself and reflected thus: „I am totally purified by the long association with the holy
sage Atri. What harm can the god of lust ever do to me? So I do fear nothing. As they have sought
food from my hands, I look upon them as my own children and not as strangers and grown up
men!‟ Her thoughts – the thoughts of a pious and chaste person – instantly became reality; the
elderly guests became babies!
Sage Atri on his return to the hermitage saw his wife Anusuya fondling three babies. Anusuya said
"These children are the gift of God to us who have been childless so far". Sage Atri was overjoyed
and named them Datta, which means 'given'. At this the three Gods reverted to their real forms
and disclosed the truth. They extolled the power of chastity and purity of Anusuya which
vanquished the combined and colossal powers of all three of them. Sage Atri and Anusuya prayed
that they should remain as their sons. They consented and the three Gods merged into one body.
This is how Shri Dattatreya incarnated and is known as Gurudeva Datta – the Guru of all Gurus.

lived for 30 years in 13th century – Pithapur – AP
He choosed a small island called Kuruvapur to
meditate and did many divine leelas.
This incarnation sowed seed for other Datta
incarnation in future. He has mentioned about Sri
Gajanan Maharaj , Sainath , Swami
Samartha, Narasimha Saraswati etc.
The sacred book shree paadha shree vallabha
charitramrutam has many spiritual secrets about
all datta incarnation.

13th century incarnation – 2nd avatar of
Dattatreya born as a child who could not speak
for brahmin parents.
Uttered sacred mantra on his 11th birthday and
took sanyas. Born in Narasobwadi – Maharastra
state, india and had his samadhi in Ganagapur.
Even today you can have darshan of his
Paadhukas and if you read Guru charitra with
devotion , surely you will be blessed with his
grace.
The book Guru charitra with 53 chapters is
wonderful life story of Saint Narasimha
saraswati.

The third incarnation of Lord Dattatreya was in a place called
Kalyan in the State of Maharashtra. He was born to a pious
couple, Manohar Nayak and Bayadevi on 22nd
December, 1871. As a child, Manikya Prabhu used to go alone
deep inside Dark Forests and be put there for days together.
Even as a child he performed many miracles which showed
his divinity. On being reprimanded by his uncle, he left his
house and wandered in different Forests, Caves and sacred
places. Many devotees approached him for his benediction.
Manikya Prabhus divine qualities attracted even the Muslims
so much so that he was called Pir-un-Pir-Dastsagir. Once he
was being carried in a palanquin and as it was approaching a
place called Humnabad it got entangled and stuck between
creepers and would not move. Manikya Prabhu settled there
permanently and the place came to be referred as "Manikya
Nagaram". He preached equality of all religions. Festivals of
both Hindus as well as Muslims were celebrated with equal
fervour. Once the King of Akkalkot visited Manikya Prabhu
and requested him to visit their place.
Prabhu prophesied that his form will again incarnate in Akkalkot. Sadguru Manikya Prabhu, on an
appointed day in the Month of December, 1865, decided to enter a sub-terrain place and sat therein in
meditation along with a copy of "Sree Guru Charitra" and attained Maha Samadhi.

4th avatar of Lord Dattatreya lived between
1856 to 1878 in Akalkot near solapur. Known to
be more than 300 years old but was seen in
akalkot only for 22 years.
One of the most powerful incarnation of
Dattatreya with numerous leelas.

Lord Vishnu can easily be described as the most important lord of the Hindu Trinity. Look to north
India and you have Meera, the woman saint singing soulfully to her lord, Hari tum haro man ke pid. She
invokes Vishnu by the name of Hari. O hari, the remover of all sorrow, come bless me, she sings. A devotee
similar to her in South India called Andal sings the thirupavai again in praise of Lord Vishnu as Narayana.
Kabir, the weaver poet, surrendered to the Lord while Tulsidas wrote volumes about the same lord.
Thayagaraja gave body to a whole genre of music composed in praise of this god and Jayadeva gave a form
of classical dance its lyrics and mood, all centering around the very same lord. Can we forget Valmiki the
father of Sanskrit poetry who wrote the Ramayana, the story of Lord Rama? Or can we forget Vyasa who
describes the wisdom of Lord Krishna in whose incarnation Vishnu appears? The story of Vishnu and his
many incarnations, is all pervading. In fact the word Vishnu is said to mean, all pervading, deriving from
the root word vis which in Sanskrit means to enter.
A long time ago when the world was very young, a small child lay on a banyan leaf and wondered as most
of us keep doing, what his purpose in life was, “Who am I? Who created me? Why? What have I to
perform?” True the baby was rather young for thoughts so profound but that was because the baby was
none other than Lord Vishnu Himself. Lord Vishnu was then reminded of his all pervading powers, the
foremost attribute of which was purity. His was the duty to preserve, to bring back purity into the world
when it was being threatened. Brahma created while Siva, destroyed. The Puranas are very clear on one
aspect: none of the three are superior to the other. To prove their equality stories abound and the versions
are often confusing.
Whenever Dharma, or the situation of law and order, is endangered on this world, I shall
incarnate onto this world to re-establish Dharma, law and order, and to protect the good
people and to destroy the evil elements of the society."
Vishnu is the name given to the protector and sustainer of the universe. Lord Vishnu has
incarnated in various life forms through different Yugas (ages or eons) in situations where
Dharma was in danger, because of certain evil elements in the world. There are many
incarnations of Lord Vishnu. These incarnations are termed as the 'avatars' of Lord Vishnu.
Each avatar of Lord Vishnu shall be presented below.

1) ADI PURUSH AVATAR (Incarnation as the Pre-eminent man) : Lord Vishnu took his
first incarnation as the pre-eminent man, with a desire to commence creation. This first
incarnation of Lord Vishnu was full of all the sixteen Kalas (Supernatural powers).
Lord Brahma manifested from the navel of Lord Vishnu in his (Lord Vishnu) state of
Yoganidra (deep meditation). The creation as well as the expansion of the creation
commenced from the organs of Lord Brahma. The first incarnation of Lord Vishnu is all-
powerful, which can be seen only by the yogins and sages who have attained divine
knowledge. This incarnation is also the indestructible seed from which all the other
incarnations manifest themselves. During the time of final annihilation of the world, every
creation merges into him.
2) THE ETERNAL YOUTHS : Sanatkumar was the 'Manasputra' (born by a wish) of Lord
Brahma. Throughout his life, he maintained celibacy; and engaged himself in the
performance of tremendous penance. He was the one from whom the Brahmins got the
inspiration regarding the values and importance of penance and Celibacy.

3) VARAHA AVATAR (The incarnation as a Boar) : Lord Vishnu took his third incarnation as a
boar. In this incarnation Lord Vishnu rescued the earth which had submerged in the ocean, and
brought it out from the ocean. The whole creation started only after that. A demon by the name of
Hiranyaksha had abducted the earth and carried it to the 'Rasatala' (the second lowest of the world).
The earth is considered to be as a 'Woman' and since it is a crime to abduct a woman therefore Lord
Vishnu in his incarnation of a boar killed the demon Hiranyaksha and liberated the earth from his
clutches
4) NARADA AVATAR (The incarnation as Sage Narada) : Lord Vishnu took his fourth incarnation
as Narada. Narada by becoming a 'Devarishi' among all the sages, achieved liberation from all of his
Karma's (action). Narada was the one who gave discourses to the Vaishnavas (followers of Lord
Vishnu) on 'Pancharatra Tantra'.
Lord Vishnu in his incarnation as Narada, showed that, the devotion is the best mean of getting
liberated from all the bondages of 'Karma's'. He also said that a devotee of Lord Vishnu is the supreme
among the devotees in the same way as Devarishi Narada among the Sages.

5) NARA-NARAYANA AVATAR (Incarnation as Nara-Narayana) : Lord Vishnu took his fifth
incarnation as sage Nara-Narayan by taking a birth from the womb of a woman named 'Kala'.
He performed a tremendous penance by going to Badri and Kedar. He showed the importance
Penance (Labour), and also that nothing can be achieved in this world without it.
6) KAPILA AVATAR(Incarnation as Sage Kapila) : Lord Vishnu's Sixth incarnation was as
sage Kapila. The objective of this incarnation was to compile all the divine knowledge that had
been destroyed. He was the profounder of Sankhya Shastra (rationalism) which helped the
Brahmins, who had forgotten their duties to rectify their mistakes. He also gave discourse to his
own mother.

7) DATTATRAYA AVATAR (Incarnation as Dattatraya) : Lord Vishnu's Seventh
incarnation was as Dattatraya. He was born to Ansuya and his father was Sage Atri. He was
the one who had given Spiritual Knowledge to King Alarka and Prahlada. He had twenty
four teachers. He believed that in the world, a man can learn from each and every thing, so he
accepted twenty-four objects like water, bird, air, an unmarried girl, and even a prostitute etc.
8) YAGYA AVATAR (Incarnation as Yagya): Lord Vishnu in his eighth incarnation as Yagya
was born to Prajapati and Akuti. He had rescued a 'Devagana' (celestial and supernatural
being) named Yama and also the Manvantar named as 'Swayambhuva'. The main thrust of
his teaching was based on the values of helpfulness and protecting each other during the
time of crisis.

9) RISHABH AVATAR (Incarnation as Rishabh Dev) : Lord Vishnu in his ninth incarnation
as Rishabh Dev was born to king Nabhi and Marudevi. His mother Marudevi was the
daughter of Indra. He attained that state of Paramhansa (an ascetic of highest order who has
controlled his anger) which is an uphill task. He was given the title of 'Jin' which means a ' a
knower'. His followers are known as Jains.
10) PRITHU AVATAR (Incarnation as Prithu) : Lord Vishnu in his tenth incarnation as
'Prithu' came into existence after the body of King 'Vena'. Lord Vishnu took this incarnation
as per the wishes of the sages. The earth had concealed all the vegetation's within her and as
a result the whole land had become barren. To protect the humanity, Lord Vishnu took
incarnation as Prithu by milking the cow (earth). This is considered that as a very supreme
incarnation, because the earth has remained full of vegetation's after that.

11) MATSYA AVATAR (Incarnation as a Fish) : All the oceans had unified into a single
ocean in the 'Manvantara' of 'Chakshusha'. Lord Vishnu in his 11th incarnation as a Matsya
(Fish) rescued the earth from 'Maya' the demon. He gave discourses to Satyavrat along with
the seven sages, while they were sitting on the boat. He also showed them his illusionary
powers. This was his eleventh incarnation.
12) KACHCHAP AVATAR (Incarnation as a Tortoise) : Lord Vishnu in his twelfth
incarnation as a tortoise, held the mountain 'Mandarachala' on his back, during the time
when the deities and the demons where churning the ocean. He stopped the mountain from
going to the netherworld. This was Lord Vishnu's twelfth incarnation.

13) DHANVANTARI (Incarnation as Dhanvantari) : Lord Vishnu took his thirteenth
incarnation as Dhanvantari. He manifested from the ocean holding a vessel filled with
ambrosia. He was the profounder of medicinal science.
14) MOHINI AVATAR (Incarnation as a most Enchanting woman) : Lord Vishnu in his
fourteenth incarnation as a most enchanting
woman enchanted the demons by his beautiful appearance of a woman, and took away the
pot filled up with ambrosia from them and gave it to the deities. The deities were thus
protected from the demons.

15) NARSIMHA AVATAR (Incarnation in the form of half-man and half-lion) : Lord
Vishnu took his fifteenth incarnation as Nrisimha, having upper portion of his body in the
form of lion and the lower portion resembling of a man. In this incarnation he protected
Prahlada from his father Hiranyakashipu the demon. He killed Hiranyakashipu by tearing
his body apart by his nails. Lord Vishnu had to attain this form because Lord Brahma had
blessed Hiranyakashipu, that a Human being could not kill him
16) HAYAGREEVA AVATAR (Incarnation as Hayagreeva) : Once Lord Brahma becoming
tired of his creative activities, wanted to rest. The night of the Brahma was approaching.
Because of his tiredness Lord Brahma yawned. All the four Vedas came out from his
opened mouth. A demon who used to live near him in disguise, abducted the Vedas. Lord
Vishnu took his sixteenth incarnation as Hayagreeva to protect the Vedas. In this
incarnation his face resembled that of a horse and the rest of his body resembled that of Sri
Narayan with all of his four hands. He killed the demon and protected the Vedas.

17) VAMAN AVATAR (Incarnation as a Dwarf) : Lord Vishnu took his seventeenth
incarnation as a Dwarf, when Bali the king of the demons had captured the entire three
worlds. Indra and all the other deities were wandering all around after losing the heaven.
To help the deities regain control over the heaven. Lord Vishnu disguised as a dwarf went
to Bali when he was busy performing a 'Yagya' and demanded earth measured by his three
steps. When 'Bali' agreed, he transformed his form from a small dwarf to a giant.
Consequently he covered all the three world with his two steps. Ultimately he regained
heaven for the deities.
18) PARSHURAM AVATAR (Incarnation as Parshurama) : When the Kshatriya kings
became ruthless and started exploiting their subjects. Lord Vishnu took his eighteenth
incarnation as Parshurama' and annihilated the Kshatriyas kings for seventeen times and
consequently donated the earth to the Brahmins.

19) VYAS AVATAR (Incarnation as Sage Vyas) : Lord Vishnu took his nineteenth
incarnation as Sage Vyasa by taking birth from the womb of 'Satyavati'. His father was
sage Parashar. He made the division of Veda, and made extension of its branches. He
also wrote eighteen Mahapuranas and the Mahabharata.
20) RAM AVATAR (Incarnation as Lord Rama) : Lord Rama is considered to be the
twentieth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. In this incarnation he constructed a bridge over the
ocean with the help of the Vanars (monkeys) and after crossing over to Lankas killed
many demons like Ravana, Kumbhakarna. He accomplished many astonishing feats and
saved the deities. He taught the value of morality.

21) BALARAM AVATAR (Incarnation as Balrama) : Balrama is considered to be the
twenty-first incarnation of Lord Vishnu. In this incarnation he killed Pralambasura the
demon and he killed many more demons.
22) KRISHNA AVATAR (Incarnation as Krishna) : Lord Krishna born in Mathura was the
twenty-second incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He fought against the exploitation right from
his childhood and killed many demons like Kalayavan, Kansa, Jarasandh etc. He gave a
divine knowledge to Arjun during the battle of Kurukshetra.

23) BUDDHA AVATAR (Incarnation as Buddha) : The twenty-third incarnation of Lord
Vishnu was as Lord Buddha. In the Kaliyuga the demons were completely subjugated by
the deities. Shukracharya the teacher of the demons instigated the demons to perform
Yagya so that they could regain power and authority. Fearing this the deities prayed to
Lord Vishnu for help. Lord Vishnu took incarnation as Buddha and dissuaded the demons
from performing Yagya as it involves violence the demons stopped performing Yagyas.
24) KALKI AVATAR (Incarnation as Kalki) : At the end of Kaliyuga, when the sins
would be 80, all pervading that the kings would themselves becomes thieves then Lord
Vishnu would take his twenty-fourth incarnation as Kalki by taking birth in the village of
'Shambhal'. He would take birth in a Brahmin family of Vishnuyash. By killing and
destroying the sinners, he would re-establish the superiority of Virtuosity and
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25. Venkateswara Swamy
Venkateswara also known as Srinivasa, Balaji, and
Venkatachalapati, is believed to be a form of the Hindu god Vishnu.
According to the Hindu scriptures, Vishnu out of love towards His
devotees, incarnated as the Supreme form Venkateswara and appeared
for the salvation and upliftment of humanity in this Kali Yuga age.
The main shrine in the center of the Temple is of the Moola Virat ( presiding Deity),
Sri Venkateswara Swami, also known as Balaji, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The
spectacular form of the Lord embodies all the attributes of the Divine spirit that inspire
Hindu devo-tion and dedication. The four arms depict the four cor-ners of the world, four
aims of life (Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksha) and the four Ve-das
(Sama, Rig, Yajur, and Atharva) and signify the om-nipotent nature of the Su-preme Being.
The “Sankha” (Conch) to awaken, the “Chakra” (Discus) to de-stroy evil, “Varada Hastha”
( Blessing Hand) to safeguard the righteous, and “Abhaya (Katyavalambita)
Hastha”, (Resting Arm) to offer peace and comfort to the Devout. Goddess Sri Lakshmi
resides on His chest close to His heart (hence the name Srinivasa). Jaya and Vijaya, two
great saints stand guard on either side at the entrance of Sri Balaji Sannidhi.

Shri Sai Baba is revered as one of the greatest saints ever seen in India, endowed with
unprecedented powers, and is worshipped as a God incarnate. (SAI meaning Sakshaat
Ishwar) - GOD THE ABSOLUTE.
This mysterious Fakir first made his appearance in Shirdi as a youth and remained there
throughout his long life. He transformed the lives of those who met him and continuously is
doing so even after his Samadhi in 1918 for those whose hearts are touched by his love and
who pray and call him at any emergency in life for his blessings.
Baba stated that his mission is to “Give Blessings” without discrimination to all, and he
proves it in myriad ways by healing the sick, saving lives, protecting the vulnerable, averting
accidents, granting offspring, facilitating financial gain, bringing people into harmony within
themselves and with each other and, above all, in effecting the spiritual evolution and
transformation of those who came to him as the last resort.
Baba is, as one of his contemporary devotees put it, “The embodiment of the supreme spirit
lighting the sadhakas (seekers') path by his every word and action”.
To his devotees, Baba is nothing less than a God. This has been a matter of experience and
not imaginary. “I look at all with an equal eye”
An outstanding aspect of Sai Baba is that he is beyond distinctions of religion, caste or
creed. He embodied all religions and preached the universal religion of love.
INTRODUCTION

Devotees of all faiths find their meeting point in Sai and people from all communities and all
walks of life are united by the great love and reverence Baba inspires in them. Baba had
great regard for his Hindu devotees and their Gurus and he responded to their needs and
permitted worship according to the Hindu and other religious rituals. At the same time his
dwelling place was a Masjid (Mosque) and the name of Allah was ever on his lips. He
described himself as in Service to GOD (ALLAH) and as a soul ever remembering ALLAH -
(YAD - A - HAKKA)
People today flock Shirdi in ever-increasing numbers to pay homage to the divine and to
experience the truth of Baba‟s promise that he would be active in answering devotee's
prayers even from his tomb. Like ten commandments Baba has given eleven assurances to
humanity for welfare.
Baba said that he was a slave in the service of those who loved him. He was ever living to
help those who turn to him and that he has to take care of his children day and night. He
then taught values of total surrender to the Almighty Master (ALLAH MALIK HAI- The
only ONE) and experience his grace.
In coming to Baba‟s Shirdi his children experience the truth how Baba unfailingly fulfils his
commitments to his devotees by coming to their rescue in times of crisis.

Sai Baba, a personification of spiritual perfection and an epitome of
compassion , lived in the little village of Shirdi in the state of Maharashtra (India) for sixty
years. Like most of the perfect saints he left no authentic record of his birth and early life
before arriving at Shirdi. In fact, in the face of his spiritual brilliance such queries do not
have much relevance.
He reached Shirdi as a nameless entity. One of the persons who first came in contact with
him at Shirdi addressed him spontaneously as „Sai‟ which means Savior, Master or Saint.
„Baba‟ means father as an expression of reverence. In the Divine play it was designed as
such, that He subtly inspired this person to call Him by this name, which was most
appropriate for His self-allotted mission.
All that we definitely know of Sai Baba is that his arrival at Shirdi was anonymous. He was
first noticed in the outskirts of the village Shirdi, seated under a „neem‟ (margosa) tree, about
the year 1854. However, even this date is not definitely noted. Sai Baba of these younger
days remained a stranger staying under the neem tree for some time and then suddenly he
left Shirdi to come back again sometime in 1858, and stayed on there till he left his gross
body in the year 1918.

The second advent of Baba at Shirdi, around 1858 was interestingly quite different from the
first. This time he accompanied a wedding procession as guest of honor. On the arrival at
Shirdi, he was immediately recognized by someone as the same anonymous saintly
personality who used to be seated under the neem tree a few years earlier and, greeted Him as
“Ya Sai” – Welcome Sai.
In the early days of his stay at Shirdi he spent his time either wandering in the outskirts of
village and neighboring thorny jungles or sitting under the neem tree totally self absorbed.
The first set of villagers who regarded this saintly figure were Mhalsapati, Tatya
Kote, Bayyaji Bai and few others. Bayyaji Bai felt deeply motivated by this Divine
Saint, and with her motherly instinct she used to walk miles on end into the jungles in
search of him, carrying food in a basket on her head. Often she found Sai Baba sitting
under some tree in deep meditation, calm and motionless. She would boldly approach
him, serve the meal and return home.

After sometime as though out of compassion for her, Sai Baba ceased wandering and
moved into a dilapidated mosque in the outskirts of the village. He referred to this
mosque, where He resided till the end, as „Dwarkamai‟ (Dwarka was the place where Lord
Shri Krishna stayed to fulfill His divine Advent). This mosque „Dwarkamai‟ – abode of Sai
Baba became Mother of Mercy for all the time to come.
He had a body of athlete built and in his earlier days he was fond of wrestling. Another
aspect of Sai Baba‟s personality was his love for song and dance. In those early years of
his life he used to go to „Takia’ , the public night shelter for moslem visitors to the
village. There in the company of sojourning devotees and fakirs, he used to dance and
sing in divine bliss, with small tinkles tied around his ankles. The songs he sang were
mostly in Persian or Arabic. Sometimes he sang some popular songs of Kabir.

He donned a long shirt – ‘Kafni’ and tied a cloth around his head, and twisted it into a
flowing plait like manner behind his left ear. He used a piece of sackcloth for his seat and
slept on it with a brick as his pillow. He always declared that Fakiri (Holy poverty) was far
superior to worldly richness. He was no ordinary fakir but an ‘Avatar ’ (incarnation) of a
very high order. But His external appearance was of simple, illiterate, moody, emphatic –
at times fiery and abusive and at times full of compassion and love. In the moments of
towering rage people with him thought it was ungovernable rage. But his anger never
prevented his compassion dealing with the devotees. His anger was evidently directed at
unseen forces. He enacted all these simple traits only to hide His real identity as the God
incarnate. Under the cover of simplicity He silently worked for the spiritual transformation
and liberation of innumerable souls – human beings and animals alike, who were drawn to
Him, by an unseen forces.

He begged for alms and shared what he got with his devotees and all the creatures around
him. He never kept any food in reserve for the next meal. He maintained the „Dhuni‟ – the
perpetual sacred fire and distributed its ash – „Udi‟ as token of His divine grace to all who
came to Him for help.
Baba would ask for „Dakshina‟ (money offered with reverence to the „Guru‟ or the master)
from some of those who came to see him. This was not because he needed their money but
for deeper significance, which the devotees realized at, an appropriate time.
Baba used to freely distribute all the money that was received in the form of Dakshina to the
destitute, poor, sick and needy the very same day. This was one of Baba's methods for
testing out the devotees attachments to worthy things and willingness to surrender.

He ploughed up the village common land and raised a flower garden thereon, he watered
the plants, carrying pots full of water on his shoulders. In the later years he spent a few
hours in this Lendi garden which he himself had laid out in the early days.
He was every moment exercising a double consciousness, one actively utilizing the apparent
Ego called 'Sai Baba' dealing with other egos in temporal and spiritual affairs, and the other -
entirely superceding all egos as the Universal Ego or Over soul.
He was the common man‟s God. He lived with them, he slept and ate with them. Baba had
a keen sense of humour. He shared a ‘chillum’ (clay pipe for smoking) indiscriminately with
them to write off the cast superiority and orthodoxy in their minds. He had no pretensions
of any kind .He was always very playful in the presence of children. Baba used to feed the
fakirs and devotees and even cook for them.

Saibabas perfect purity, benevolence, non -attachment, compassion and other virtues
evoked deep reverence in the villagers around him. His divinity could not conceal itself for
long. Initially when people wanted to worship him formally, Baba protested and
dissuaded them. But gradually he allowed it with the prescience that it would become the
means for temporal and spiritual benefits to millions of individuals for all time to come.
The Dwarkamai of Sai Baba was open to all, irrespective of caste, creed and religion. As the
days passed devotees from all walks of life started streaming into Shirdi. The village Shirdi
was fast assuming prominence. As the gifts and presentations flowed in, the pomp and
grandeur of Sai worship also increased. But Baba‟s life of a fakir remained
calm, undisturbed, unaltered and there is the Saint‟s spiritual glory.

He lived His divine mission through His pure self in a human embodiment. The immense
energy that was manifest in the body of Sai was moving in a mysterious way, creating and
recreating itself every where beyond the comprehension of time and space.
This fountainhead of unsurpassed spiritual glory shed His gross body on 15th October
1918. Every limb, every bone and pore of his body was permeated with divine essence.
Baba claimed that though one day his physical body will not exist his remains will
communicate with all those who seek him with inner yearnings. His self-allotted labour of
love in His physical body was perhaps over. Today He continues to work ever vigorously
as the „Sai Spirit‟.

The mission of Sai Baba is self-allotted and springs from the source of His free and
redeemed Spirit. He willed Himself a body because He wanted to fulfil a mission of
awakening man to his true self and divine nature. He wanted to lead them to salvation by
saving them from delusion and ignorance. He stands there eternally to help out and give
solace to His children who are bruised with the miseries of this world through the passage
of centuries. Thus His sacred mission is to awaken, elevate, transform and comfort His
children. These are the visible acts of Baba. But, He also had a much bigger role to play in
the administration of the Universe - in its creation, sustenance and destructions.
He saw God in every living being. It was His duty to take the created to the creator - i.e.
to evolve human beings to the state of God - which is their real self. (Guruji Shri C. B. Satpathy)
It is amazing that though He is not present in body, ever increasing number of people
hear and experience the same blessed, intimate and powerful assurance –
„Why fear when I am here!‟

BABA'S PROMISES IN HIS OWN NAME :
I am Parvardigar (God). I live at Shirdi and everywhere.
 My business is to give blessings.
 I am formless and everywhere, I am in everything, I am in everything and beyond, I fill all
space. All you see and not see, taken together is Myself.
 Sai is not only in this three and a half Cubit body. I pervade the universe and transcend it.
 This body is My house. My Guru (Master) has taken Me away from this long ago.
 My love is ever on those who love Me. Whatever you do, wherever you may be, ever bear
this in mind that I am always aware of everything you do,
 If one ever meditates on Me, repeats My name, and thus transformed into Me, I stay by his
side always.
 If one perpetually thinks of Me and makes Me his sole refuge, I am his debtor.
 If one ever dwells on Me in his mind, and not even taste food before offering it to Me, he
who hungers and thirsts after Me, I look after all his concerns.
 If any one thinks of only Me and casts all his burdens on Me, I look after all his concerns.

Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi descended on the earth to lead mankind to the realm of eternity. As the divine
mother He gave his immense love and as the divine father He gave direction to our search for
truth. His mission was to make people conscious of their divine nature. The people who follow His
teachings and preaching are indeed blessed souls. The cardinal principles of Sai Path are 'Shraddha'
and 'Saburi'. Sai Baba explicitly asked for these two qualities in His devotees by giving his self-
experiential instance that his 'Murshid' or Master asked from him only two pice - one Shraddha and
other the Saburi.
Shraddha
'Shraddha' in a Sanskrit word, which has no equivalent in English, at best it can be understood
as, faith with love and reverence. Such faith or trust is generated out of conviction, which may not be
the result of any rational belief or intellectual wisdom, but a spiritual inspiration. Baba sowed the
seeds of spiritual inspiration in the hearts of people who knew of him. This Divine inspiration was
so instant and profound that they automatically took refuge in Him.
Baba reiterated that steadfast love in God as the gateway to eternity. He used the instance of mother
tortoise to illustrate this point. The mother - tortoise may be on the other side of the river, whereas
her children are on the far side. She does not transfer food and water to her children by way of her
loving glances. Yet, her loving looks are enough to protect the children. Similarly, people who
lovingly look at God get His reciprocity. God's looks offer peace, protection and prosperity for His
children. Baba's teaching, both direct and indirect explicate the significance of 'Shraddha'. Baba
reiterates the spiritual guidance of Shri Krishna to Arjun - "Who-so ever offer to Me with love or
devotion, a leaf, a flower, a fruit or water, that offering of pure love is readily accepted by Me".
Baba Teachings

Purity : Baba never approved of austerity for the sake of austerity. He emphasized the need for inner
purification than outer austerities. No amount of physical and external cleansing would serve any
purpose if the man remained impure in mind and heart. Therefore, Baba cautioned His devotees not to
make austerity as an end itself, least they should indulge in physical mortification. His spiritual
radiance brought about such transformation in the seekers that they inclined away from the impurities
in word, deed or thought. Baba never preached in this regard, He radiated such influence that absorbed
the impure tendencies and prepared the aspirant to keep himself chaste, pure, simple and upright, so as
to be fit to receive His Grace.
Compassion : Baba Himself was the epitome of compassion and love. It was this „love aspect‟ of Him
that He embodied Himself to help the suffering lot. The warmth of His divine compassion touched all
the creatures equally. Baba often told His devotees, ‘Never turn away anybody from your door, be it a
human being or animal’. At several instances He identified Himself with any form like dog, horse, cow or
even a fly, to prove His presence in the consciousness of all the creatures.
'Saburi; is patience and perseverance. Saburi is a quality needed throughout the path to reach the
goal. This quality must be ingrained in a seeker from day one, least he looses his stride and leaves the
path half way. As a hunter waits patiently and motionlessly for his target a devotee too has to wait
patiently for attaining his goal. There are many trying situations in life. A test may come in the form of
frustration, distress, agony, illness, mishaps, prolonged wait or a loss. In such moments we should
seek support from the Master and hold on him.
If patience means anything it should last till the end, and faith will see us through every turmoil of life.

Sai Baba made the 'Guru' (the Master), a profound base of the path of devotion. The spiritual
impulse is certainly latent in every individual heart, but it needs great inspiration and
compulsion to bring it to the surface.
Baba offered that inspiration through his own account brimming with love for his Master. He
said,
"How can I describe his (Guru's) love for me? When he was in spiritual trance, I sat and gazed at him.
We were both filled with bliss. I cared not to turn my eyes upon anything else. Night and day I pored
upon his face with an ardor of love that banished hunger and thirst. The Guru's absence even for a
second made me restless. I meditated on nothing but the 'Guru' and had no goal or object other than the
'Guru'. Wonderful indeed the art of my 'Guru'. I wanted nothing but the Guru and he wanted
nothing but this intense love from me."
The significant feature stressed by Sai Baba in his own example and words is the great
importance of developing this devotion to one's Guru. It is seeing God in the Guru. This was
a self-projected ideal of a „Guru‟ that motivated innumerable seekers who came in contact
with Sai Baba.

Shri Sai reiterated the essentiality of complete surrender to the „Guru‟ with his own example
when he said pointing to his physical frame, “This body is my house. I am not here. My Guru
(Master) has taken me away”.
One who reaches the feet of fully realized spiritual masters, must surrender his body, mind
and soul to the Guru. The spiritual benefit accruing to an aspirant of the path is in measure in
which the surrender to the Master is done. The more he gives himself the more he receives.
Perfect Master say „Give us all you have, we will give you all we possess’
Infact, the spiritual mentor works harder to help the aspirant to make a total surrender to
himself. At times Baba adopted shock tactics to weaken or eliminate the ego of the seeker.
There was a supreme peerless quality in Baba‟s personality which made all those who came
in his contact, feel the urge to surrender to him. Sai Baba was in the truest sense a Guru
incarnate, who naturally attracted people and they were willing and anxious enough to
surrender to him. He said, ‘Keep still and I will do the rest’.
The tremendous power of the Guru is working, all that the seeker has to do is to
refrain from obstructing it ! This is only possible if the surrender is complete.

Udi the Sacred ash is the end product of the perpetual fire dhuni lit by Sai Baba in Dwarkamai
at Shirdi during his life time.Baba taught by this 'Udi' that all the visible phenomena in the
world are as transient as the wood turning into ash. Baba wanted to din into the ears of his
devotees the sense of discrimination between the unreal and the real. The realization that all
phenomena in nature are perishable and unworthy of our craving is signified in 'Udi' which
Baba distributed to all. Even today it is customary to partake the sacred ash in the Sai
Temples.
Dakshina: Baba would ask for 'Dakshina' from those that come to see him each according to
his means. This was one of the Baba's methods for testing out the devotees attachment to
worldly things.
Those days a large number of people thronged Shirdi as Sai Baba had the reputation fulfilling
the temporal desires and needs of people who went to see him. This was also well known that
Baba asked for 'Dakshina'. Those who had great attachment to money and did not want to part
with it for anything, they were kept at bay by the method of 'Dakshina'.
The former (Udi) taught us discrimination (Vivek) and the latter (Dakshina) taught us non-
attachment (Vairagya). These two qualities are most essential on the path of self-realization.

It was 15th of October of the year 1918, on Tuesday at about 2.35 in the afternoon that the
Supreme Master, Sai Baba of Shirdi breathed His last. His self-allotted labour of love in His
gross body was perhaps finished. The last words that He uttered were that He should be taken
to an adjoining 'wada' (building) as He did not feel well in the masjid. As the Master shed His
gross body all men and women plunged into agonizing grief.
Baba had given indication of the approach of His 'Mahasamadhi' (shedding His mortal body) in
as early as 1916 on the same day, that is the day of Dussehra (a festival in India marking the
victory of Good over evil). A few weeks before His passing out of gross body He sent a
message to a Muslim saint in Aurangabad, "Allah is taking away the lamp He placed here.”
On hearing this that fakir shed tears.
Surprisingly, the 15th October 1918, which was a day of Hindu festival Dussehra also
happened to be the day of Moharram (A Muslim festival) and Buddha Jayanti (A Buddhist festival). The
departure of Baba on such a day was symbolic of His universal approach to human problems cutting
across all religions, nationalities, castes, social differentiation and all such manmade barriers.
BABA ATTAINING SAMADHI (leaving His gross body)

After Baba passed away there was a dispute about how and where Baba's mortal
remains should be interred. At the end, all disputes and controversy were
smoothed out and His Hindu and Muslim devotees alike decided to inter the
body of the Master in ‘Buti Wada’, as desired by the Master Himself. The
physical body of the gracious Guru, the Supreme Master, was laid to rest in the
central hall with due formalities, sanctity and honour, but His Eternal Spirit rises
from the tomb to proclaim to His followers again and again the indisputable
evidence of His resurrection and life. The Supreme Master had often promised
and assured that His tomb would speak and move with those who made Him
their sole refuge. His final rest is in Samadhi Mandir, which is open to all
caste, creed and religion as a Gateway to God.
The sound of eternity emerged from Baba‟s heart every limb, every bone and
every pore of His body.
OM SAI SHREE SAI JAYA JAYA SAI

The most popular saint of all Datta incarnation. Came as a young lad of 16 years to shirdi
village, disappeared and again came to shirdi with a marriage party and stayed in a old
masjid for over 60 years untill his samadhi in 1918.
Please do not play with Lord Dattatreya and is incarnation with your false claims. We shirdi
saibaba devotees know whats truth and we never bother some crazy stories. Shirdi Saibaba is
the final incarnation of Dattatreya and is a great “Samardha Sadguru incarnation”. As the
river‟s origin can‟t be traced , a true saints past life before they started their work of the
incarnation cant be traced.
The imaginative stories said by other saints about childhood of shirdi saibaba is completely
false and the only noted and true record of Shirdi Saibaba is Hamadpants Sri Sai Satcharitra.
Other books by Narasimha Swamiji can also be used to learn about life of Shirdi saibaba.
This article is the answer to VIPS , Media including newspapers, Magazines and TV news
mentioning that our shirdi saibaba had another incarnation etc etc. Pleaseeeeeeeee do what
ever you want but leave us shirdi saibaba devotees alone. We don‟t want to be part of any of
your incarnation saga.
The real true Sadguru – The saint – the poor fakir who lived as simple as a ordinary man in
the village of shirdi. The old man with turban on head wearing torn cloths. The Shirdi
Saibaba who ran to keep his hand inside the fire to safeguard a black smiths child being burnt
in fire can never be compared to any other false modern saints ever to come on earth.

” I am ever living and guiding all who come to me, surrender to me and seek refuge in me”
Another assurace which is 110 % true
” I will be active from my samadhi (in shirdi) , My bones will be speaking and dicussing
about my devotees welfare “
Sai is alive. He is antaryami. Then how can he reincarnate. Simply some where these people
found the words i will reincarnate as 8 year old boy and using that to build crazy stories. Every
single shirdi saibaba devotee has a sai living in them as antaryami – The one who lives in
ourself and every life has sai in it as conciousness. And the best part is there are enough proof
that only people who surrender to Datta knew that Dattatreya incarnation ends with shirdi
saibaba.
I never took this topic untill this 7 years but past 2 days am getting few mails from Shirdi
saibaba devotees that they are concerned that shirdi saibaba is connected to others by media
and if he really had another incarnation. NO is the answer. Do not believe in stories.
Please show your support by spreading the message to SHIRDI SAIBABA DEVOTEES ALONE
!!!. I dont want to hurt other innocent devotees feeling but its also our duty to safe guard purity
of the name “Sai” . To me and to millions of Shirdi saibaba devotees …
-Venkat brother from starsai.com
I also have never said bad about any one here or mentioned their name but its responsibility of
every Shirdi Saibaba devotees to safeguard our Gurus name from being misused or mis
interpreted. In future Shirdi Saibaba devotees must unite to make sure no such false gurus are
encouraged ..Atleast not using the sacred name “SAI”. The name affectionaly kept by
Mahalsapathi to our sweet heart when he reached shirdi infront of Khandoba mandir in shirdi
Village approximately in 1856.
We all know the beautiful assurance of shirdi saibaba friends…its

SaiBaba of Shirdi is the Symbol and Essence of all religions.
No religion was ever intended to be anything more than the Gateway to God as
Truth. Shirdi Sai is the Path and Goal in the realisation of this Truth.
Sabka Malik Ek

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