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Articles: Devotion | Living God
- Prof. venkata ramanamurty mallajosyula
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SATHYA SAI BABA – A LIVING GOD
1. In the 1940s, a young boy in the arid Ananthapur district in A.P talked of landing in his this little village Puttaparthi. The boy unlike any body his age. He rambled into verse, prompting his family to believe he had demonic powers. He sat villagers around him and launched into monologues. He produced ash out of thin air. And he says heads of states would seek his feet, he said.
2.More than half a century later, his village, Puttaparthi, can land a Boeing –747.Presidents, Prime ministers, Governors, Chief ministers, Judges, scientists, academicians and cricket and movie Stars touch his feet. Foreigners thirsting for Indian spirituality make a bee- line for a glance of the man who, they believe, is an avatar of God. Sathayanarayana Raju, the village preacher became Sathya Sai Baba., born on 23rd Nov 1926.
3.The boy had an inclination for the spiritual. At 13th year of age declared that he was the reincarnation of Sai Baba of Shiridi, a revered sage in Maharashtra, who died in 1918.
He performed miracles to support his claims of divinity. With a wave of his hand, he could produce vibhuti and other presents for his admirers: acts that earned him as many critics as devotees. As a child he could pluck any fruit that his friends wanted from a tamarind tree. Besides the miracles –he is said to have brought two dead people back to life. Baba preached love, peace, selflessness, service and other universal truism like” Help Ever, Hurt Never “and “Love all, serve all.
4.Many great people tried their level best on questioning Baba to create what they wanted and they failed miserably for fact-finding. Devotees claimed that ash as dropping from Sai Baba’s photographs. Baba did not answer his critics.
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