Shri Sai Baba
Shri
Sai Baba[1]
Life:
No
information about parents,
He
was not a native of Shirdi (Kopargaon taluqua of the Ahmednagar district of
Maharashtra state)
Came
to Shridi at the age of sixteen
No
house, spent time under a margosa tree now called Gode neem (sweet Margosa).
He
was unwilling to reveal his name.
He
lived there for three years and disappeared.
After
a year reappeared. Now twenty years of age.
Mahalspati,
priest of Khandoba saw him (looked like a fakir) and welcomed him as Sai.
That
has become his name.
He
spoke only when questioned
Meager
clothing
Lived
in a dilapidated Masjid, kept small fire burning continuously, begged for food
in ht village, distributed to poor.
He
was fond of light. Asked oil from a shop keepers. One day refused to give oil, he burned lamp
with water, Miracle!
Then on people flocked to the Masjid to have
his darshan.
In
1886 he took Samadhi for 70 hours
Healed
many diseases
Thus
Shridi became place where god lived.
One
day he declared Mai Allah un ( I am God)
From
about 1910-1918 people worshipped him and treated him as god.
He
died 1918, 15th October, 2.30 p.m.
The
place of burial is called Samadhi Mandir (in Shridi)
Daily
worship is conducted in the temple.
Teaching:
God
and world: Pure consciousness is Brahman.Sarguna Brahman is a stepping stone in
to the nirguna Brahman.
This
world is illusion
Nature
of man: man is essentially divine. he is part of Brahman and ultimately merge
with Brahman. Ignorance is sin.
Salvation:
it is self relaizaton and merging into Brahman
moksha is suddha chaitanya. It is true joy.
His
person: I am god. I got a name and abode (Dehi, the embodied is my name and the
world is my abode)
Brahman
is father and maya is mother. I am sustainer. I live everywhere. My age is
lakhs of years. My business is to give
blessing. Iam everything.
His
Mission: to lead people to righteous path.
Shri
Upasani Baba
A
gunnyu sack was all that he wrapped around his loins.
His
original name was Shri Keshinath Govind Upasani.
He
was born on 1870, may 15, (Satna, Nasik District of Maharashtra)
Parents-
Govind Shastri and Rukuminibai (Brahmains)
Upasni loved religious pursuits
Parents
married him. Wife died, solitary and wondering.
1890
long period of fasting and meditation in a cave in Nasik.
1891
his father died.
Went
to Sangli (in Maharastra) – studied
Ayurveda and Sanskrit grammar
1896
to 1905 practiced medicine at Amaraoti.
Invested
money in business, lost. Took to wandering again.
1911,
27, June he met Shri Sai Baba and accepted him as his guru.
He
was there for about four years
In
1914 left Shridi without informing. Wondered three years. In 1917 he settled at
Sakuri, three miles from Shridi
He
preferred to stay at a cremation ground
Some
people made a thatched hut for him.
People
visited; dharmashalas cropped up.
1922,
December 25, confined himself in a wooden cage and declared that his
confinement would help his devotees to achieve liberation.
From
1922, people began to worship him
Remained
in the cage for fifteen months, gave lectures
Established
nunnery for young girls, women, widows i.e. Kannyakumari Sthan.
He
died 24 December 1941.
Teaching:
Man
is divine in nature. There is no difference between individual and universal
soul.
Unless
you attain female state, you cannot attain salvation.
Jivan
mukti or self realization is attaining shiva Status.
As
a person he was a man of great discipline. Because of his long meditation
people flocked him.
His
mission was to establish righteousness and wash out their sins.
To
bless the devotees who visit him.
Others
called him ‘God on earth’, Avatar, life force of the world and mahatma.
The
ashram in the cremation ground became a beautiful spot for meditation and
spiritual upliftment.
People
chant
Shri
Upassani Maharaja ke Jai.
Shri Kanya
Kumari Sati Godavari Mataji
She
was born on the 24 th December, 1914, Shegaon, Akola District, Maharastra.
Parents
are Vasudevarao and Rambai
Many
found Godavari as a child having extraordinary spiritual potentialities.
Her
father brought her to Upasani Baba
i.e.
in 1924 she reached Sakuri, then she was only nine. Parents left her to his
care.
At
ten she married Vishnu panth Chandorker
She
did not live with husband even one day
He
left for Bombay to study
He
returned to dedicate her to Upasani and accepted her as avatar.
Upasani
worshipped her. And he asked the devotees to worship her.
Shri
Meher Baba
He
was born on 25 February 1894, Poona.
Parents
had Persian origin
He
loved Muslim burial ground and Parsi tower of silence.
1911
entered Deccan College at Poona
Once
while returning from college, a Muslim woman kissed him
1914
he met Shridi Sai Baba.
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