

His mission is that of love and compassion."His motto was: Love all, serve all help ever, hurt never. There is no new religion that He has come to add or a particular philosophy that He recommends. I have come not to disturb or destroy any Faith, but to confirm each in his own Faith, so that the Christian becomes a better Christian, the Muslim a better Muslim and a Hindu a better Hindu." According to "Ocean of Love", a book published by the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust, "there is no new path that He is preaching, no new order that He has created. So none has to give up his religion or deity. My objective is the establishment of sanathana dharma, which believes in one God as propitiated by the founders of all religions. He called for a synthesis of these faiths along lines of non-violence, truth, love, peace and right conduct: Just as Sai Baba Shirdi drew from Muslim and Hindu teachings, Sathya Sai Baba's teachings tell a hybrid story, mingling Hindu, Muslim and Christian theology. 1835-1918) the latter was a yogi whom Hindus and Muslims alike regard as a saint and the Hindus see as an incarnaton of Lord Dattatreya.įor his part, Sathya Sai Baba is seen as a reincarnation of Shiva and Shakti - rendering him, in his followers' eyes, a living god. Sathya Sai Baba claimed that he was an avatar, a resurrected form of an earlier guru who was well known around 1910 until 1918, Sai Baba of Shirdi (c. Among tales of his ability to cure the sick and perform various miracles, he had a hybrid Eastern-Western appeal. He established a global network of followers and schools. He was ranked this year by Watkins Review as one of the most spiritually influential people in the world. His funeral will be held today in Puttaparthi. For the last few days, his body has been lying in state and mourners from India and abroad have paid their respects. On Easter Sunday, the Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba (1926-2011) died. Sathya Sai Baba claimed to be the embodiment of Shiva and Shakti.
