A Synopsis of
http://www.post1.com/home/gurusim/1his.htm (19991227)
I produced this sysnopsis to help myself clarify what this Sai Baba phenomenon is about.
I was puzzled to discover more than one person referred to Sai Baba and felt it was
little known and liable to cause confusion.
- 1838 - 1918 Shirdi Sai Baba
- 1926 - 2022 Sathya Sai Baba
- 2030(?) - (?) Prema Sai
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1838 Birth of Shirdi Sai Baba at Parthri, Marathwada.
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1863 Birth of a boy named Narendra.
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1902 July 4th 9 pm, Mahasamadhi of Swami Vivekananda.
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1918 Oct 15th, Tue 2.35 pm Shirdi Sai Baba entered into mahasamadi. Oct 16th, Wed, His body
was cremated at
Butewada. Before he died, Shirdi told his devotees he will come back eight years later.
End of World War I.
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1926 Birth of a boy named Sathyanarayana Raju, in a cowherd village in Puttaparthi,
on the 23rd
November at 9.06 am.
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1926 24th Nov, Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, announced the descend of the Godhead in physical form.
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1940 Age 14, Mar 8th, young Sai was bitten by a poisonous scorpion, and was unconscious
for 12 hours. When he
came to, he behaved in an irrational manner.
May 23rd, young Sathya made his Historic announcement: "I am Sai Baba. I belong to
Bhardwaja Gotra. I have come
to save you from dangers. Keep your houses clean and pure." To prove this He produces
sweets, fruit, and flowers out
of thin air. Then he took a handful fo flowers and threw them into the air. They fell
to form, in perfect Telegu, the
words 'SAI BABA'. Next began to materialized vibhuti (ash) to reconfirm his identity.
Oct 20th, Sai Baba renounced family and home, saying "I am no longer your Sathya. I am
Sai. I am going. I dont belong
to you. My devotees are calling me. I have my work." Then he sat in the garden and
sang his first famous bhajan:
"Manasa Bhajare Guru Charanam. Dustara Bhavasagara Taranam."
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1950 25th Birthday and inauguration of Prasanthi Nilayam, the Abode of Supreme Peace.
Sri Aurobindo, birth Aug 15th 1872, attained mahasamadhi.
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1963 June 20th, fell very sick for 8 days, had 4 heart attacks and a stroke; He said he
took upon himself the disease of a
devotee.
July 6th, Historic revelation that Sathya Sai is a combined incarnation of Shiva and Shakti, Shirdi Sai was Shiva, and
Prema Sai will be Shakti alone.
1964 23rd Nov declared "I am Sri Nath, Lokanath, and Anathnath."
1968 Sai Baba declared His Mission on Earth.
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1975 25th Dec discourse, Sai Baba explained that He is the One whom Jesus referred to in the statement "He who sent
me among you will come again."
1976 50th Birthday of Sathya Sai Baba. Declared that triple incarnations of Shirdi, Sathya and Prema carry the message
of Work, Worship and Wisdom.
He gave Blitz editor, RK Karanjia, an unprecedented two hours of recorded interview.
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1986 60th Birthday Celebration. Declared "I am God. you are God. The only difference is that I know my divinity, but
you do not."
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198x Professor Kasturi passed away. Sai Baba said he will be mother of Prema Sai in his next life.
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1995 Sai Baba told student he (the student) was Swami Vivekananda before.
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2000 Millenium bug or bucks?
According to Ocean of Light, from AD 2000, He will be King of the World, but only 2/3 of the world will believe Him.
There will be huge crowd in PN.
2001 75th Birthday, Sai-roplane takes off.
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2022 Age 96, Lord Sai Baba leaves this body and enters into mahasamadhi.
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2023 Reborned Vivekananda heads the Sathya Sai Organisation in the absence of Lord Sai Baba. Call him "Assistant Sai
Baba".
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2030 Assuming 8 years later, birth of Prema Sai in Mysore region. Kasturi will be Mother of Sai.
(PN = Prasanthi Nilayam)