V.B. Kher: SAI BABA: HIS DIVINE GLIMPSES

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"There have been, in the past, many books on Shri Sai Baba, but this volume is distinguished for the stress on authenticity. Every chapter speaks for the incisive approach adopted by the author who has made a study of Shri Sai Baba a lifetime mission. All aspects of Shri Sai Baba’s life and work are inquired into, as also the nature of his functions and powers. Sai Baba was a unique and rare blend of all faiths; for him there were no barriers of religion, sect, race, sex, caste, creed, language and nationality." (V.B. Kher, from Foreword)

From 1st chapter:
“Sai Baba was neither a Hindu nor a Muslim but above both.”Thus spoke S.B. Dhumal, an ardent devotee of Sai Baba and a leading lawyer of Nasik, in reply to a question of a District Magistrate.1 This reply is undoubtedly wise and replete with meaning. A man of God, whatever be his caste or colour, is worthy of our respect. A popular Marathi saying discourages the search for the origin of a river and the birth of a sage, for the fear that the researcher may be disappointed with their humble beginnings. Whatever might have been the truth of this adage, the dictum is no longer valid. In this age of fast advancing technology, when all values are in a melting pot, even “every formula of every religion has to submit to the acid test of reason and universal justice if it is to ask for universal assent.” The extended truth is applicable also to holy personages who have left their footprints on the sands of time. Those who have read Prof. Erik H. Erikson’s Gandhi’s Truth which describes “a Westerner’s and a psychoanalyst ’s search for the historical presence of Mahatma Gandhi and for the meaning of what he called “Truth”, will grasp the full implication of this statement. Researching into the questions as to the place of Sai Baba’s birth, the family in which he was born, etc., may give us a historical hindsight into the later events in Sai Baba’s life. In this belief my wife and I made a pilgrimage to the “birthplace” of Sai Baba in Marathwada in June 1975 and the outcome of our research is stated in this research paper."

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It is good to search for the source of the river,
And either hiking upstream or downstream the solution you will find is the same. God is One.

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