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About Sai Baba
Sai Baba of Shirdi (Unknown – October 15, 1918),
also known as
Shirdi Sai Baba, was an Indian guru,
yogi, and fakir who is regarded by his Hindu and
Muslim devotees as a saint. Many Hindu devotees -
including Hemadpant, who wrote the famous
Shri Sai
Satcharitra
- consider him an incarnation of Lord
Krishna while other devotees consider him as an
incarnation of Lord Dattatreya. Many devotees
believe that he was a Satguru, an enlightened Sufi
Pir, or a Qutub. No verifiable information is
available regarding Sai Baba's birth and place of
birth.
Sai Baba's real name is unknown. The name "Sai" was
given to him upon his arrival at Shirdi, a town in
the west-Indian state of Maharashtra.
Mahalsapati, a
local temple priest, recognized him as a Muslim
saint and greeted him with the words 'Aayo Sai!',
meaning 'Welcome Sai!'. Sai or Sayi is a Persian
title given to Sufi saints, meaning 'poor one'.
However Sāī may also refer to the Sanskrit term "Sakshat
Eshwar" or the divine. The honorific "Baba" means
"father; grandfather; old man; sir" in Indo-Aryan
languages. Thus Sai Baba denotes "holy father",
"saintly father" or "poor old man".
Sai Baba remains a very popular saint, especially
in India, and is worshipped by people around the
world. He had no love for perishable things and his
sole concern was self-realization. He taught a moral
code of love, forgiveness, helping others, charity,
contentment, inner peace, and devotion to God and
guru. Sai Baba's teaching combined elements of
Hinduism and Islam: he gave the Hindu name
Dwarakamayi
to the mosque he lived in, practiced
Hindu and Muslim rituals, taught using words and
figures that drew from both traditions, and was
buried in Shirdi. One of his well known epigrams, "Sabka
Malik Ek
" ("One God governs all"), is associated
with Islam and Sufism. He always uttered "Allah
Malik"("God is King").
Some of Sai Baba's disciples became famous as
spiritual figures and saints, such as Mhalsapati, a
priest of the
Khandoba temple
in Shirdi, and Upasni
Maharaj. He was revered by other saints, such as
Saint Bidkar Maharaj, Saint Gangagir, Saint
Janakidas Maharaj, and Sati Godavari Mataji. Sai Baba referred to several saints as 'my
brothers', especially the disciples of Swami
Samartha of Akkalkot.
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