SAI BABA'S SELF-GLORIFICATION AND HIS BELITTLING OF OTHERS
"In this world, do you find any person who gave water to the water-scarce and poor area of Rayalaseema? There are many rich people and influential leaders and politicians but not even one has undertaken the good activity. In such a situation Sai Baba started supplying drinking water to each and every house in this area of Rayalaseema." (From Sai Baba's Christmas Discourse, 2000: published in Sanathana Sarathi - Jan. 2001, pps.1-11) Comment: This applies to India, perhaps. But many people there also gave the water project money. Many other organisations, not least NGOs, are also giving water wells and other sources of pure water to the poor around the world, (despite the need still being much vaster than can be met) "Is there any government that is giving free medical care? People don't even think about the sanctity behind it. Most of the educated have become so low and mean minded. Is there anyone who is doing even one thousandth of this work? No, no. It is only Sathya Sai Baba, who is doing this selflessly, always for the welfare of others." Comment: Sai has a right to point out his own services to India's poor so often as he wishes, but many, many other people
are doing at least one thousandth of the work Sai Baba does! In Pakistan, ex-cricket start Imran Khan
has built a huge cancer hospital which provides free medical service. In Northern
India, the Swami Rama foundation has also built a major free hospital. There
are any number of other people making sacrifices, for the poor and needy,
often devoting their entire lives, both in India and all around the globe. Even many governments, since
Britain introduced its national health service, give virtually free medical
care - and though based on payments to national insurance, many of the services
are free or virtually so. Sai Baba also relies on donations from others
and interest from investments, which alone allow the services given under
the Sai name to be free. There are also any number of schools, colleges and universities in the world for which students do
not have to pay anything.
"Sathya Sai Baba is rendering selfless service to humanity
because he is selfless from top to toe. Are people with brains not able
to understand even such a thing? Why do people publicise? Such bad publicity
is done for the sake of money alone. "Don't be afraid of any bad publicity going on. Here
in Bangalore a magnificent super speciality hospital costing about
300 crores is being constructed." Comment: Baba does not say which 'wrong publicity' here either... but indicates that it is in the newspapers, anyhow. To say that devotees who become weaker (i.e have some doubts) are not true devotees of Sathya Sai Baba is correct, but they may be devoted to God and dharma apart from that, surely? So this can only have a hurtful effect on many who cannot help their doubts, due to what they may know. It is much more like raising a stick than loving compassion. Would Jesus have spoken so, I wonder? "If you obstruct any sacred activity you are a demon and
not a human. Let such demons increase in number all over the world, but
nobody can come in the way of Sai Baba. Some people are trying to reduce
the respect people have for Sai Baba. I never crave for respect so when
it is less, what do I lose. The respect towards me is rising day by day." "Those who put God to suffering, those who accuse God,
they will be committing the worst of sins. If you are unable to do any meritorious
deeds keep your mouth shut. Don't do any sinful acts." "You can betray anyone but betrayal of God is the worst
of sins that you can commit. You can never atone for the sin in spite of
taking many births." |
Sathya Sai Baba's self-trumpeting glory is not credible, it is incredible! It can only arouse further suspicion of him among right-thinking people. To understand more of why this is so, see here Overview of Sathya Sai Organization and its malpractices |
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