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N K Srinivasan
While several books have been written about Shirdi Sai Baba and
the other two saints -Sadgurus-- have been much less known
Shirdi Sai Baba ,who attained Samadhi in 1918 trained Upasani Maharaj with great care.
above caste and religion.He treated all with the same love and
grace. Upasani wanted to prove to the world at large that caste
Sai Baba would soon leave his mortal coil. The Ashram at Sakori
many times and did the last funeral rites for Shirdi Baba after
Baba attained Samadhi in 1918. Some of the hymns composed by
Mandir.
and who had propagated Sai lore with missionary zeal, had
Maharshi, titled " self realization". [This book ,which was out
Thiruvannamalai.]
This was not only not easily accepted ,but women doing Vedic
that time and but told that Upasani developed bad ways in his
later years.
Meher Baba
repeat here.
months.
Upasani, Meher sent a group of his devotees to attend the funeral rites of his master.
While Shirdi Baba did not move out of Shirdi except for
religion.His words, not spoken but dictated, are of high value. No one had cast aspersions on his moral behavior.
How could Paul Brunton fail to perceive this?
Considering the background of Meher Baba as I have briefly recalled here, no one would doubt
about the
supreme
state he
had
literal
words
used by
him .
Conclusion
In
concluding
this
article,
let me
add that
the
negative
reports
of BVN on
Upasani
Maharaj
and Paul
Brunton
on Meher
Baba had
done more
damage to
the
Indian
spiritual
heritage
than good
.While
these
authors
had
freedom
of
writing
their
views ,
it is
important
that
writers
and
authors
who came
after
them make
a careful
analysis
and
proper
account
of these
sad-gurus
, namely
Upasani
Maharaj
and Meher
Baba
,both of
them
blessed
and
nurtured
by Shirdi
Sai
Baba.No
great
devotee
of Sai
Baba can
cast
aspersions
on these
Sad-gurus
blessed
by Baba.
Most
probabaly
other
mundane
motives
are
behind
the
negative
remarks .
It may be
added
that the
works of
Sad gurus
are to be
reckoned
over
several
centuries
at least
and
cannot be
evaluated
in terms
of one's
life
time.
-------------Om Sai
Ram-----------------------------------------------