Sri Sai Baba, 1836-1918, spiritual leader from India.

This account relates some of the achievements of Satya Sai Baba. His followers believe him to be the reincarntion of Sai Baba of Shirdi who died in 1918. He appears to have been born with phenomenal powers, which he used in childhood and has employed constantly and openly ever since. The author, a westener devoted to science and logic, spent many months with Satya Sai Baba to substantiate these miracles.

T he material in this volume is culled from over two thousand stories about Maharajji gathered during five years from more than one hundred devotees. To these devotees who shared their treasured memo ries, I wish to express my deep love and appreciation. Some of them felt that no book could or should be written about a being with qualities as vast, formless, and subtle as Maharajji’s, and yet they contributed their stories nevertheless. I honor them for this kindness and I hope that in my zeal to share experiences of Maharajji with others who were not fortu nate enough to have met him, I have not misused their trust. Some devotees tell me that stories told by other devotees are not fac tually accurate. I have no way of ascertaining the authenticity of any single story. All I can report is that those o f us who gathered the stories were impressed by the credibility of those of us who told the stories. Though the responsibility for this manuscript lies solely with me, I am delighted to acknowledge a lot o f loving help from my friends:

Shirdi Sai Baba had said, 'I am immortal, know this truth. And forever get experiences of my immortality. . . Even if I cast off this mortal body, nevertheless I will come running to the aid of my devotees.' Since then, he has kept his promise by appearing in a physical form before his devotees time and again, whenever the need arises, to provide succour, comfort and guidance. This book narrates the experiences of those blessed devotees who had the privilege of meeting Sai Baba, and those who had the good fortune of receiving a divine vision of Baba either in his physical form or in a dream, or of hearing his voice.

A Beautiful And Soul-Stirring Experience, That Is What Shakuntala Balu'S Encounter With Living Divinity, Is All About. Much Acclaimed, This Is One Of The Earlier Ones On Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Where The Author Documents In Her Inimitable Style The Enchanting Experiences Of Several Old Devotees Of The Divine Master.

"Life history of Shirdi Sai Baba was originally written in Telugu by Ammula Sambasiva Rao, and translated into English by Thota Bhaskara Rao. The book delves deep into the details of the life of Shirdi Sai Baba right from his birth till attainment of Samadhi. The author has expounded Sai Tatwa or Sai philosophy in a simple language, interpersed with engrossing anecdotes in the life of Sai devotees.