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Prophecies about and characteristics of an
Avatar See also:
Mohammed's
Prophecy
Prophecies about
Sathya Sai Baba
Contained in Suka Naadi
Prophecies regarding Sathya
Sai Baba
LORD KRISHNA
made a most emphatic declaration at Kurukshetra (in the epic,
Mahabharatha), while he was preaching Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna,
asserting, “Whenever Dharma is overpowered by Adharma, I will
reincarnate from age to age”. BHAGAVAN SRI SATHYA SAI BABA
confirms the above and openly declares and says, “I am the same
LORD KRISHNA, come down in this human body, as Lord of
Puttaparthi”.
Bhagavan Baba
further confirms by saying:
“There was
no one to know, who I am,
Until I
created the world,
At My
pleasure, with one word,
Immediately
mountains rose up,
Oceans, seas,
lands and watershades,
Sun, Moon
and desert sands,
Sprang out
of nowhere,
To prove My
Existence.
Then came
all forms of beings,
Men, Beasts
and Birds,
Speaking,
hearing, flying,
All powers
were bestowed upon them,
Under my
orders.
The first
place was granted,
To mankind.
And my
knowledge was placed,
In man’s
mind”.
The author,
here. Would like to apprise the readers that as per the above
declaration, the Avatars come, once in a Yuga. They are known as
descending Avatars. The present Poorna Avatar has come after 5000
years, in Kali Yuga. The descending Avatars take the human form,
out of their own Will (Sankalpa), for protecting Dharma and in
response to the yearning of their devotees. The descending Avatars
even choose their own parents and the place of birth in advance as
per their own Will. They have a Divine symbol, like Chakra or
Shank etc., on their body or feet. They are not born like mortals.
They enter the body through Pravesh, taking birth as per their own
Will. Their embryo is encased in pure white milk of holiness and
not like ordinary mortals enveloped in watery environment. Some
extraordinary things take place as the time of their birth which
are not ordinary phenomena but Divine occurrences that
substantiate the advent of an Avatar. They are born with
supernatural powers, innate to them and not acquired by them by
any Siddhis during their life time. They have full control over
all the five elements of which the entire Universe is composed of.
They are the Masters of the entire cosmos. Whatever they Will
takes place instantly. Though they take a human body, they are not
restricted by the physical body but are instead the Masters of the
body and can leave the body (extracorporeal activities) any time
at their Will or Command.
Again, there
are ascending Avatars also. But they are born through sex. They
have taken the present body, due to their Karmic effect. And they
have ascended and elevated themselves to Brahma Gyanis, due to
their constant austerities and “Tapas” done during their life
time, and partly due to merits acquired in their many past lives.
They die a normal and natural death. They acquire some Siddhis,
due to their Tapas and Sadhana, which grant them certain powers,
over the five elements and the Universe.
“Now again,
amongst the descending Avatars, there are POORNA AVATARS. Poorna
Avatars are the Masters of the sixteen Kalas. The fifteen Kalas
are : The five Karma Indriyas or working organs which have to do
with talking, taking, walking, rejecting (exertion) and eating.
The five Gyan Indriyas or sense organs: hearing, touch, sight,
taste, smell, and Panch Mahabhootas or the five elements: earth,
water, fire, air, space. The 16th Kala: the all -
knowing Paramatma (the Omniscient, Omnipotent and Omnipresent
aspect)”.
(These are
Swami’s words, quoted in ‘Conversation With Bhagavan Sri Sathya
Sai Baba’ by J.S.Hislop).
So far there
have been only two POORNA AVATARS, LORD KRISHNA, some 5000 years
ago, and now BHAGAVAN SRI SATHYA SAI BABA, endowed with all the 16
Kalas.
PROPHESIES
(a) Sri Maha
Vishnu’s tenth incarnation is that of Kalki. He will be born
towards the end of the Kali age, the age replete with all kind of
vice and godlessness. Dharma will limp only on one foot. Even that
will gradually vanish.
At this time
Sri Maha Vishnu will incarnate in the world as Kalki Deva,
assuming black complexion. The wicked will perish and Dharma will
regain its supremacy ushering in a new age.
(Predicted by
Sri Pandrimalai Swamigal : taken from the book Dasavatara, by Shri
S. Ramakrishna, Bharathi Vidya Bhavan).
(b) Dr. E.V.Sastri, a prominent member of the Indian Astro Occult Research
Association, New Delhi, during the course of his research, found
out ‘Nandi Grantham’ available in Tamil Nadu, which had all the
indications about Sathya Sai Baba’s horoscope written by a famous
erudite Pundit, some five hundred years ago. It was written on a
piece of palm leaf of the size 36 centimeters long and 2 ½ cms
broad. It reads : ‘The person to whom this horoscope relates and
whose name is Sathyanarayana Raju will renounce the world in his
boyhood, will start schools and hospitals, will publish books for
the upliftment of the World, will spend every day of his whole
lifetime for the establishment of Dharma, which is his ideal and
objective’. It is further mentioned that, “He will be an Avatar
amongst the Avatars”. (Taken from the book ‘The Grace of Sai’ by
R.Lowenberg).
(c) The advent
of this Avatar Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba was uniquely
prophesied not only in some ancient books of Indian origin but
also in books of other lands and religions. It is found that Baba’s
horoscope has been extolled in the Indian palmyra “Nadi” scrolls
of hundreds of years antiquity, containing prophesies by
celebrated sages like Agastha, Brahma, Bhrigu, Buddha, Shuka and
Shukra. Since there is said to be remarkable accord amongst the
different Nadis interpreted by different and independent readers,
we can confidently ascribe genuineness and credibility to those
Nadi predictions. The following are the highlights of the
prophesies contained in the Nadi scrolls as mentioned in Sai
literature by various authors:
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He will be a great incarnation of the Godhead Vishnu,
Shirdi Sai and several other Gods and Goddesses and will have all
powers of God.
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He will be born for protecting and propagating Dharma (righteousness)
and he will have a mission to fulfil.
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He will have healing powers and the power to cure himself
by sprinkling water. He will use his healing powers not only for
the people of this world, but also for the beings of the other
worlds and on the higher planes of existence.(Devas, i.e.
celestial gods and goddesses). At times He will take on the
illness of the others.
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He will have power to extend the life of deserving persons.
When the Kali yuga influence grows even more intense, people will
see His true might and will acknowledge that He is the Supreme
Power. Then mankind will bow to him as a great Emperor and He will
be revered as the greatest living being, MAHAPURUSHA, in the
world.
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Sri Sathya Sai Baba will perform great miracles.
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He will also retain youthful look, age notwithstanding.
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He will be Brahmachari. He will establish Ashrams,
educational and medical institutions.
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He will have equal attitude towards all men and women. His
glory will spread and many people will get near him. But all
cannot have His grace due to past sins.
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He will be PREMASWAROOPA, ANANDASWAROOPA, AND JNANASWAROOPA.
(Personification of Love, Bliss and Wisdom)
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He will show Himself in many places simultaneously, though
He will actually be in one place and there will be many divine
acts and manifestations.
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He will have the power to die whenever He wants.
(d) In an
ancient Arabic book by name “Mehdi Moud” in which the prophesies
made by Prophet Mohammed were recorded many centuries ago, it was
mentioned that God Himself would descend on earth in human form
with the following signs by which He could be recognised:
“His hair will
be profuse. His front teeth will be spaced apart. He will have a
mole on His cheek. He will not have beard but will be clean shaven.
His clothing will be like flame. He will wear two robes. The
colour of His face will sometimes be like copper, sometimes yellow
like gold and sometimes like the moon. His legs will be those of a
young girl. All the teachings of all the religions of the world
will be in His heart from birth. All the science and knowledge of
the world from the beginning of time will be in His head. He will
give gifts that are light in weight, His devotees will crane their
necks to see Him. He will live for 95 years on earth. In the last
twenty years of His life time He will be the king of the whole
world but at that time (A.D. 2000) only two-thirds of the world
will believe Him. Muslims will only recognise Him nine years
before His passing away from the world”.
(e) According
to the world famous prophecy-maker Nostradamus who recorded his
prophecies in his book “Centuries”, some 400 years ago, a very
great leader would be born in South India (land surrounded by the
three seas) He would have unlimited wisdom and power, and He would
be an immortal ruler. With His efforts, world war would be over,
and India’s spiritual message to humanity would spread far and
wide. He would observe Thursday as the Holy Day.
(f) Sri
Aurobindo, the great seer of modern India, who was in total
penance for the descent of the Supernatural Power upon this Earth
for the uplift of humanity, terminated his outside activities and
went into complete solitude on 24th November, 1926. His
reason for the withdrawal was that the embodiment of the
Overmental Delight Consciousness, Lord Krishna, had once again
come down to the terrestrial sphere. Suffice it to note that the
advent of the Lord of our narrative had occurred just on the
preceding day.
(Bhagavan Sri
Sathya Sai Baba is born on 23rd November, 1926)
(g) Bhagavan
Baba has also overwhelmed the Christian world by declaring that it
was He who sent Christ to the world, and that His incarnation had,
indeed been prophesied by Christ and recorded in the Bible over
1,900 years ago. The extract of that startling revelation made by
Sri Sathya Sai Baba before a group of Christians on the Christmas
Day in 1975 is given below:
“There is one
point that I cannot but bring to your special notice today. At the
time when Jesus was merging in the supreme principle of divinity,
he communicated some news to his followers which has been
interpreted in a variety of ways by commentators and those who
relish the writings on writings and meaning upon meaning, until it
is all swelled up into a huge mess. The statement itself has been
manipulated and tangled in a conundrum. The statement is simple :
“He who sent me among you, will come again”, and he pointed to a
lamb. The lamb is, merely a symbol, a sign. It stands for the
voice ‘Ba-Ba’; the announcement was of the advent of Baba. ‘His
name will be truth’. Christ declared. ‘Sathya means Truth’. ‘He
wears a robe of red, a blood red robe’. (Here Baba pointed to the
robe He was wearing). ‘He will be short, with crown (of hair)’.
The lamb is the sign and symbol of love. Christ did not declare
that He would come again, He said ‘He who sent me will come again’.
That Ba-Ba is this Baba’. ( pointing to Himself)”.
(The matter
contained in paras from (c ) to (g) is taken from the book
‘Uniqueness of Swami And His Teachings’ by Dr. A.Adivi Reddy.)
(h) In the
Bible Revelation 19 speaks of the God incarnate having come on a
white horse which coincidentally is also the description of the
Kalki Avatara predicted by the Hindu scriptures several thousands
years ago. “ Its rider is called Faithful and True.” Sathya, the
first name of Baba means Truth. “His eyes were like a flame of
fire”. Baba’s eyes have such an intensity, are so full of life and
seem to indicate with dazzling glow. “He wore many crowns on his
head”. Baba’s Afro style hair gives it the appearance of a crown.
“The robe he wore was covered with blood”, alludes to ochre robe
that Baba wears. “His name is the word of God” is incidentally
the meaning of Bhagavan.
(i) An article
published in the November, 1985 issue of “Expans” magazine
reported thus: Among the various prophesies made in ancient
scriptures of world, and those by sages and seers as contained in
palm leaf volumes carefully preserved by Sanskrit Scholars, none
appears to be so amazing as the detailed account of the advent of
Sai Baba, as an incarnation of God in 20th century as
reported to have been given by Prophet Mohammed. According to the
article published in “Two Worlds” magazine of London, an Iranian
writer, browsing, in a book stall in Teheran, was irresistibly
drawn to a huge volume. It was the 14th edition of the
discourses of Mohammed, in 25 volumes “The Ocean Of Light” . It is
claimed that these discourses were collected together some seven
hundred years after the prophet’s death. Volume 13 of these
discourses is called “ Mehdi Moud” in Arabic, which means “The
Great Teacher that was promised”. The teacher is also referred to
as “Master of the World”, “Master of Time” ..etc., Mohammed is
quoted by Peggy Mason as having indicated a large number of signs
by which the great teacher could be recognised. Prominent amongst
these hallmarks, which remarkably tally with Sai Baba, are as
follows: All things you will ask from God, He will give you. All
the treasures of the world are under His feet. He will give gifts
that are light in weight. His devotees will collect under a great
tree ( the huge Banyan tree, that has been since removed in
Brindavan campus). Many of them will have a spot on their forehead
(the Hindu Kumkum dot). He will go around amongst the devotees and
touch their heads with His hand. Every eye that sees Him will be
happy, not only humans but disembodied souls. His devotees will
crane their necks to see Him. He will live for 95 years. He will
live at hill (Prasanthi Nilayam is on a hill). His house will be
square. He will make the world light and full of peace. So as not
to be deceived, you should know that the Master of the World will
bring things out of His body and through His mouth.
Sri Sathya Sai
Baba has assured us that there is no reason for mankind to be
extremely worried about the future, for the golden age of humanity
is soon dawning. He has assured that Satya Yuga shall start from
1999 and during the days of His next Avatar as Prema Sai which
will be from 2030 onwards, the world will see the best period of
human civilisation. However, Baba says from now till 1999 there
will be many natural calamities, but He will exercise His powers
and influence as Avatar to prevent Nuclear War. He has told His
devotees not to get out of the umbrella of His Divine Protective
Grace lest they be subjected to harm at the hands of nature’s fury
which will indeed be raging till 1999. (The matter contained in
paras (h) and (I) above, has been taken from the book “Pralaya
1999”, by M. R. Narendra).
The author has
mentioned in the beginning of this chapter about the
characteristics (Signs) of an Avatar. Let us delve more on this:
The story of Sri Krishna, universally accepted as Poorna Avatar -
the Total Advent - is the clearest proof of the immaculate
conception of the Divine Child. As the Bhagavatha narrates, the
agony of Mother Earth compels the compassions of the Omniwill into
the resolve to incarnate as Sustainer, Solace and Saviour of
mankind. Brahma hears the voice of the all pervasive God Vishnu
that conveys the blessing and the boon to the suffering
supplicants who have come before Him. He announces: “The
Bhagavan Himself, the Almighty Resident in All, moved by His own
Will , takes birth in the house of Vasudeva” (Vasudeva “Griha”).
After Devaki,
the consort of Vasudeva, had given birth to seven children and had
offered each one of them to her brother as she had promised, the
Will decided that it was time for the Advent to take place. The
Bhagavatha says : “The Lord who is the Sovereign of the Universe
desired to enter the mind of Vasudeva as a facet of Himself in
order to confer fearlessness on good and Godly”. ‘Amsa’ , the
Sanskrit word used in the text rendered here as ‘facet’, is
usually interpreted as meaning ‘part’. But the Universal Absolute
cannot be partitioned; the ancient commentator Anandagiri
elucidates the word as ‘Svechha nirmithena maayaamayena
Swaroopena’ (with a body moulded by His own Will and capable of
deluding the World into the belief that it is human). “Then, that
indestructible Divine principle which was destined to establish
peace and prosperity in the World, was accepted into her mind, as
the Eastern sky accepts the moon or as the pupil receives the
illuminating mantra from the guru” .
The emphasis on
the ‘Mana (mind) of both the father and the mother announces to us
that the Avatar’s advent occurs in ultra-physical ways. The mother
serves as the inaugural Vessel to contain the Cosmic Essence and
allows it to unfold as its Will dictates.
The incarnation
of the Buddha too was equally marvellous. The following lines are
from the epic poem ‘Light of Asia’ by Edwin Arnold: ‘The Devas
knew the signs and said, “Buddha will go again to help the World”.
“ Yes” spoke He. “Now I go to help the World. I will go down among
the Sakyas under the Southward snows of Himalaya where pious
people live and a just king”. That night the wife of king
Sudhodana, Maya, the Queen, asleep beside her Lord dreamt a
strange dream, “that a star from Heaven, splendid, six-rayed, in
colour rosy-pearl, whereof the token was an Elephant, six tusked
and white as milk of Kamadhenu, shot through the void and, shining
into her entered her womb upon the right”. The Buddha formed the
body for Himself within that maternal niche, conferring the status
of father on Sudhodana, and Maya meditated on the Sidhartha moon,
in the sky of her womb until the time when all could witness the
glory of the child in the cradle.
Mary, the
mother of Jesus, was similarly blessed. “The Angel Gabriel was
sent from God to Virgin spoused to a man whose name was Joseph of
the House of David, and the Virgin’s name was Mary. And the angel
said unto her, “Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour with
God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in the womb and bring forth
a son and shall call his name Jesus”…. Then said Mary unto the
angel, “How shall this be, seeing I know not of a man?” And Angel
answered unto her, “The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the
power of the highest shall overshadow thee; therefore also the
holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of
God. And so it did come to pass as the World knows.”
Swami has often
declared that this Sai Avatar descended because the Saints and
Sadhus of all the lands prayed for His arrival. “I chose the
mother who was to experience My closeness during gestation. The
Avatar alone has this freedom of choice. In other cases Karma
determines the time and space, the group and the grade.
Years later as
Swami sat one day surrounded by his devotees, there was an abrupt
interruption. A Pundit well versed in the holy Puranas felt a
sudden urge to ask a question. “Swami; was your Incarnation a
Pravesa (an entrance) or a Prasava (Enciente) ?” Shri N.Kasturi
could not quite understand the relevance of the interruption that
jolted everybody away from the jocular mood of the talk, but Swami
knew the reason. Turning to Easwaramma seated in front, He said,
“Tell Rama Sarma what happened that day near the well after your
mother-in-law had warned you”. Mother said, “She had dreamed of
Satyanarayan Deva and she cautioned me that I should not be
frightened if something happens to me through the Will of God.
That morning when I was at the well drawing water, a big ball of
the blue light came rolling towards me and I fainted and fell. I
felt, it glided into me”. Swami turned to Rama Sarma with a smile.
“There you have the answer; I was not begotten. It was Pravesa,
not Prasava”. (Thus a divine incarnation takes place by a process
of impregnation which occurs by the Divine Will itself and not by
the natural and normal human process)
To get back to
the period when Easwaramma was pregnant. Kondama Raju had dreams
of Venka Avadhootha in which he was instructing him to be prepared
- but for what he was not told. And Pedda Venkapa Raju, the father,
was awakened at night by sweet musical notes emanating from the
string and percussion instruments kept in the ‘rehearsal room’.
Angels, Gandharvas, Kinnaras? Musical Ancestors? He knocked at the
doors of astrologers. Telling them about his attempts to know what
these meant, he described his tension at the time and the
comforting explanation of an astrologer at Bukkapatnam was, “Is
the music sweet and soothing?” he asked. “The notes and beats were
thrilling,” Pedda Venkapa Raju answered. “Is there a pregnant
woman in the house?” When told “Yes”, he predicted that the Gods
were playing music to charm the baby in the womb. He recited a
verse in Sanskrit from a book on horoscopes to please the
bewildered father.
It had come at
last, that moment chosen by the Lord to appear on Earth in His
incarnated form. It was the month of Karthika. Monday. The day of
worship for Siva, was about to glide into Tuesday, the day
dedicated to Ganesh. It was 5.06 A.M. I.S.T. on 23rd
November,1926, and the reigning star was Ardra. From 4 O’clock
that morning Lakshamma, the mother-in-law was at the Satyanarayana
Pooja at the home of the priest. She was called back home more
than once as the delivery neared but she was determined not to
return until she could bring back the deity’s Prasad for
Easwaramma which she could procure only at the conclusion of the
ceremony. At last she came, she gave. It was accepted and relished.
And the son was born.
A mat covered
with a thick bedspread had been readied in the corner of the room,
when the labour had begun and now the baby was placed on it, by
the grandmother. All of a sudden, they found the bedspread rising
up and falling down, on either side of the baby. She grasped the
child and held it close. A serpent was coiled beneath : of course
snakes there were in plenty at Puttaparthi, creeping through
crevices, crawling along the walls and hiding in the holes. But
the serpent in the living room pretending to be in bed! - it was
the role of Adisesha for Vishnu who rested on its coil; this was
the Incarnation’s first miracle. When Easwaramma was asked about
this epic event, she confessed that she had been so filled with
joy at the birth of a son that she had never even noticed the
agitation all around.
The child was
named Satyanarayana. The association and affiliation of the human
and divine were made plain by the Name. It announces that the
child being Narayana was Sathya (Truth). God as Satyanarayana had
entered the minds of the mother and grandmother and filled the
house of the Ratnakara Raju with Divine Melody and Fragrance.
Narayana coming as Sathya was the consummation for which the world
had long yearned.
(The entire
matter is taken from the book ‘Easwaramma, the chosen Mother’, by
N.Kasturi, Ex- Editor, “Sanathana Sarathi”).
As regards the
birth-marks on the body of the Avatar, a few persons, including
some students, who live very close to Swami, have noticed
the eagle-shaped birthmark on the chest of Swami.
Another strong
evidence of the Divinity of Sai Baba comes from an altogether
different source, Frank Baranowski, a Professor at the University
of Arizona in the United States. He has the distinction of being
an undisputed expert in the study of the halo that surrounds each
person. According to him the aura surrounding the face of a person
speaks volumes about his personality and character. The aura
around the faces of ordinary mortals is nondescript and often null
and void. But in the case of a person who is superhuman and
embodiment of love, the aura is expansive and its luster extends
to the sky which is limitless. Frank Baranowski was bewildered and
enthralled to see the aura surrounding the face of Sri Sathya Sai
Baba. According to him, it was a white and pink aura, the colour
of love. The aura became golden like the Sun and turned into the
blue colour of love when the Bhajans were sung. This aura
signified the boundless energy of love. The eyes shone with
diamond like brilliance. Professor Baranowski had no hesitation in
affirming that the aura-wise Sri Sathya Sai Baba is God. During
his long career, he had the occasion to see the aura of many
famous and illustrious persons. But never before had he witnessed
the white, pink and blue aura stretching upon the azure sky above,
spreading the golden hues of Sun and the diamond-like brilliance
transmitting the tremendous energy of love.
(Taken from the
book “Sai Baba, the Rose Fire Of Heaven”, by Krishna Nandan Sinha).
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