| SHRI SAI BABA OF SHIRDI, the perfect master.
"Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi, as he is known to the world, is a saint of
the highest spiritual order who has millions of devotees in India
and abroad. His parentage, place and date of birth are not
known clearly although there are many theories written by
different authors. He is said to have appeared for the first time at
Shirdi, a small village in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra in
the year 1852 A.D. He stayed there for two years and then
disappeared. He returned in 1858 and stayed there for a period
of sixty years up to 15th October, 1918, the day on which his soul
embarked on its heavenly journey.His holy tomb and shrine are
at Shirdi which is visited by millions of people from all religions
and all walks of life from all over the world. Today he is a
household name in India.
Shirdi Sai Baba preached religious tolerance, universal
brotherhood, mutual love respect and cooperation among
human beings. Self- illumined of all the philosophies of the
world, he professed and practiced humanism. Love and
sacrifice were the key principles in all his actions. To him there
was only one God (sabka malik ek). He used to feed the hungry |
care for the sick, provide shelter for the destitute and solace to
the distressed. He loved children immensely and took personal
care of their character building and happiness. The children
were drawn to him for the love they received from him. The
messiah of the masses also cared for the well being of the
animals. The daily donations he received were distributed
amongst the needy and his followers. He accumulated no
wealth, created no institution in his name, nor did he choose any
successor during his life time. He treated all devotees as his
children without expecting any returns. Baba's life history is well
written in a book captioned ' Shri Sai Satcharitra ' a publication of
Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Sansthan, the official organization looking
after the shrine. More than thousands of temples, educational
and medical institutions have been created in his name in India
and abroad.
Sri Sai is a universally accepted` SADGURU' a perfect master,
on which we enshrine the doctrines of the GURU SHISHYA
PARAMPARA
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