Shri Sai Sat Charitra - Chapter 12 - Part - VI ...Contd

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Next day, he made a vow and began to fast. He absented himself from the Masjid, resolving not to go there, until Baba blessed him. Three days passed and on the fourth day, a close friend of his from Khandesh, turned up, and with him, he went to the Masjid for Baba's darshan. After the salutation, Baba asked him, whether anybody had gone to call him, so that he had come. Hearing this vital question, the doctor was moved. The same night he was blessed by Baba, and he experienced the Bliss supreme, in his sleep. Then he left for his town, where the experienced the same state for a fortnight. Thus his devotion to Sai Baba increased manifold.

The moral of all the stories mentioned above, specially, that of Moolay Shastri, is this that we should have firm faith in our Guru and nowhere else.

Sai Ram. This story has a beautiful moral. Devotion to one's Guru/God is never wasted. It refines the ego and at the right time opens the door for further instructions (like in above cases) and thus assures progress.

"The moral of all the stories mentioned above, specially, that of Moolay Shastri, is this that we should have firm faith in our Guru and nowhere else." Sai Ram. This dictum is very true and can also be interpreted slightly differently. It can thus be interpreted as follows: "See your Guru or God in all beings, since your Guru/God is not confined to His Physical body but is universal albeit with that body to help you focus on Him. Sai Ram.

We have for the time being completed this great chapter.

More Leelas of Sai Baba will be described in the next Chapter.