The Kannadian Sage
Sunday, April 9, 2006 at 08:26AM 
Was supposed to write this article last night after "The Kannadian Stage" but couldnt since I drowned myself in alcohol all by myself and passed out on the couch. The result, I woke up at 4:30am and transported myself to my room and have been awake since. Now I feel like a good Christian boy going to church as I am about to write something about religion on a Sunday morning. The truth is that I have never been a religious person. I have once in a while turned a couple of wishes usually for others to him, and probably spent more time saying thanks for whatever came true. I am not going to unleash my views on the God in this article. As I said, I have never been a religious person. Miku has always been extremely religious. She turned to her faith in Sai Baba (The Kannadian Sage) when I was sick and I have never seen her so peaceful. My grandmother was a very religious woman, and was one of Sai Baba's personal devotees who used to receive personal preachings from him before he became famous enough to sit infront of a thousand people, wave his hands, and make them all feel that they had been blessed. Well, my parents have always stood behind and supported me in every wild fancy that I have cooked up. Miku had visited Puttapurty (The home of Sai Baba) when I was sick and this time when I made my trip home I realized that she cherished a desire of taking me there with her to say "thanks" for me getting better. I was more than happy to make this wish come true and visit Gaurav and Nidhi at the same time. Sai Baba was in Whitefield, Bangalore making this plan mcuh more convenient. Just before the went to Bangalore I decided to turn to my best friend to acquaint myself with the situation. So I asked google who Sai Baba was and I came upon some rather amazing stuff. I am not trying to say that I believe it, I just claim that it is omniously amazing.
Fact #1: Christians believe in Jesus Christ. Okay, you knew that right?
Fact #2: Some Christians believe that Jesus Christ will be born again.
Fact #3: I think this is a fact but please correct me if I am wrong coz I dont think I am gonna read the Bible to figure this out. There is no record in the Bible stating that Jesus said that he will be born again.
Fact #4: In the bible at the time when Jesus was merging in the supreme principle of divinity, he communicated some news to his followers. The statement was "He who sent me among you, will come again," and pointed to the lamb. "His name will be the TRUTH. He will be dressed in a robe of red, a blood red robe. He will be short, with crown"
I dont know if these are the actual words stated in the bible. These have however been dissected by several people trying to make sense of them and my Sai Baba's devotees and I hear that he has made the claims personally once on Christmas, 1972.
The claims seem to be,
Sai Baba's name is SATHYA SAI BABA: Sathya means the truth.
Ba-Ba is the voice of the lamb.
Sai Baba wears a blood-red (orange) robe.
Sai Baba is short, with a crown of hair.
Therefore he is the father whom Jesus was referring to.
Interpretations are always based on what you want to believe. I find the Ba-Ba lamb thing quite a stretch. The others seem spine chillingly amazing. It almost sounds like it's true. Or if false, that someone tried to fabricate it from the very start! A bit too much of a coincidence. The options that crop up seem to be extremes too. I don't really ponder on subjects of this nature at all, but if you find this more than a co-incidence it almost seems that either God, Jesus, and Sai Baba being his father are all true -- a rather big stretch, or whoever exalted Sai Baba to his current state was fashioning him with the Bible in mind from the very onset -- a rather big stretch to assume that if his powers werent true and he was a phony, instead of conforming to Indian prophecies, he would try to trap the Christian world.
I stumbled upon some other prophecies from both the Hindu world, and the Muslim world that are equally spine chilling and thought provoking. You can check em out at http://www.saibaba.ws/avatar/propheciesabout.htm
I personally don't know what to make of all this. All I care about is that Miku who was in turmoil with the way our lives were, got more peace than I have ever seen anyone achieve from her belief in him, and I thank him for that. I actually showed some interest in it coz I have heard lot of people shower me with their beliefs, and seen much more on TV. I am tired of hearing that I am going to hell because I am not Christian and not Muslim. I prefer to believe I will go to hell coz I am not a good person. However, he is the one preacher I have seen who acknowleges every religion, muslim, chirstians, buddhists, sikhs, everyone of em saying that their deeds will take every good person to heaven. All over his ashram are signs to the effect "Rather than pray to me go and help someone." I find both these views worshippable!
As for more than co-incidence, our trip to Bangalore cost us Rs 27000 in airfare. The day after we bought tickets Miku received a check from some savings fund accumulation of years for Rs 27, 432. But again, thats just a coincidence right?
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Reader Comments (5)
I understand what the post was about... and this will seem like totally unnecessary shit but since I think that you are interested in the entire Jesus-Sai Baba equation, I'll tell you about a few things that didn't sound quite right to me.
Fact #2( Some Christians believe that Jesus Christ will be born again) is kinda wrong. Some christians might actually even say that, but literally speaking only the "Kingdom of God" is going to come... in other words, that is the judgement day/apocalypse.
Fact# 3 that is there is nothing in the Bible which suggests that Jesus said that he will be born again is true. Jesus only said that after dieing he would rise again after three days and then ascend to heaven... which he did according to the texts.
Fact #4 is totally wrong. Nothing like this is in any of the scripts... not the canonical ones... not the gnostic/extra-canonical ones.
And since we are getting all biblical here... one last thing. Pretty much the only thing that Jesus ever said about going to hell was...
When I was hungry you did not feed me... When I was thirsty you did not give me a drink... when I was naked you did not clothe me... when I was in prison you did not visit me...
So if you've been clothing, feeding and visiting, you'll make it to heaven :P :)
Its really nice to know someone who had their facts straight went through an article I was rather confused about. I guess the fact#2 being "kinda wrong" I dont agree with coz I have met tons of Christians especially ones who attempt to convert people walking on the road make those claims, and thats exactly what I was trying to point out that as far as I know the Bible doesnt make any such claims. So I wil still stand by "Some Christians believe Christ will be born again" to be absolutely true, once again not the event but the fact that some people claim it.
I totally agree with you on the weirdness of the 4th one which the entire article was actually based on. I heard this from someone, dint believe it, found it on the web again several places so commented on it. The strange thing was that none of the places I found it gave a passage reference, and almost all of them were sites talking about Sai Baba. I do believe however that behind every out of the world claim there stands a chance of some little lurking truth, and if i ever find any concrete reference will definitely let you know.
As for heaven, I dont really believe in the concept too much, but I do clothe, feed and visit, so i hope if there is a heaven your statement is true ....
Till then ......