Sathya Sai Baba, Revered Hindu 'Living God,' Hospitalized In India

NEW DELHI (AP) - Revered Hindu holy man Sathya Sai Baba is hospitalized on breathing support as followers gather at his ashram in southern India. (Scroll down for photos)

The 84-year-old guru entered the Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences last week for lung and chest congestion. A hospital statement said he was stable Tuesday, after describing his condition as critical.

Sai Baba has a huge international following, and devotees are flocking to his ashram in Puttaparti town in the southern Andhra Pradesh state. They consider him a living god and miracle worker who can conjure small objects such as rings and watches from his curly hair.

Police are on guard to prevent devotees from gathering outside the hospital in hopes of receiving a blessing from the guru.

View photos of Sai Baba over the years below:

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Comments

[Saissb Sai]

11:19 AM on 04/24/2011

2011 April 24 is Happy Easter!
According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on? the third day after? his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday (also Resurrection Day or Resurrection Sunday)

The New Testament teaches that the resurrection of Jesus, which Easter celebrates, is a foundation of the Christian faith.1 Corinthians 15:12-20

Sai Baba is going to be back, wait and see!

[Saissb Sai]

11:15 AM on 04/24/2011

2011 April 24 is Happy Easter!
According to the Canonical gospels, Jesus rose from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Day or Easter Sunday (also Resurrection Day or Resurrection Sunday)

The New Testament teaches that the resurrection of Jesus, which Easter celebrates, is a foundation of the Christian faith.1 Corinthians 15:12-20 The resurrection established Jesus as the powerful Son of God Romans 1:4 and is cited as proof that God will judge the world in righteousness.Acts 17:31 God has given Christians "a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead".1 Peter 1:3 Christians, through faith in the working of GodColossians 2:12 are spiritually resurrected with Jesus so that they may walk in a new way of life.Romans 6:4

You know what will happen when Sai Baba is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Saissb Sai]

01:16 AM on 04/14/2011

Why doesnt he cure himself? Because he has absorbed the dangerous impact of many bad shit happening around the world like Japan Tsunami, Erquake, Radiation, Libyra, middleast violence, quakes in many other places in recent times. He has multitude times cured devoteees of terminal illnesses like cancer, aids etc by taking their sickness for a single day and suffering all their sickness karma. This time the earth is a little too much sick (remember 2012 end of world) and he is alleviatin­g the pain of the world.

His teachings ask you to stick with your own spiritual version of God/religi­on sincerely and with universal love. He is acting like a role model for those who see good in him, how to be better at being good.

[joe smithy]

11:32 PM on 04/14/2011

He's a huxster of the worst kind. Pity for all of his brainwashed followers

[Saissb Sai]

01:30 PM on 04/15/2011

Faith in God is something that needs brain washing to work properly. What needs to be washed off is "Human EGO" that humans think is protecting him, is making his mark and point in this world and making his life worthwhile. The term Blind-Faith without EGO is exactly what is that God wants but sincerely.

[Saissb Sai]

01:13 AM on 04/14/2011

What God/Sai Baba wants of you humans

1. Rid yourself of materialistic bodily ego
2. Love all and everything in sight in a pure unconditional heartfelt way
3. Understand that God is Love and see him with love
4. Do activities that encourage your being in love and humility and ego less nature believing that God will take care of everything you need. Service to the needy and poor will fall in this section. Sai Baba states that serving the needy and poor with no ego/sense of compensation and love is the best form of God Worship.

Those who say bad things about Baba or God, there is nothing wrong with it. Once you shed ego you will learn that nothing can hurt you in this world. Those followers who ask for respect for their belief in Sai Baba should know you wont get it by asking for it. Sai Baba doesnt need it either.

[ankit792917]

10:45 AM on 04/22/2011

i'll take your house cars, and computers if your getting rid of materialistic things

[Saissb Sai]

05:38 PM on 04/22/2011

Did i say i was getting rid of my material achievements like cars, money, house etc ? Read it clearly moronic indian

[Saissb Sai]

12:52 AM on 04/14/2011

Sai Baba is recovering and remaining in stable condition a big change from the critical almost an all internal organ failure, He is going to be fully healed in another few days/weeks and he is going to be alive till 2022

Going through near death/death and coming back is nothing new for Sai Baba. He has even made some devotees to rise from the dead state.

From Wikipedia:
"In 1963, Sathya Sai Baba suffered a stroke and four severe heart attacks.[29] It is believed by some that he healed himself of these, and on recovering announced that he would be reborn as Prema Sai Baba in the state of Karnataka 1 years after his final death."

Go to Amazon and search for "Sai Baba".
Many authors like Vladimir Antonov, Phyllis Krystal , Howard Murphet, Tommy S. W. Wong, Samuel H. Sandweiss, John Hislop, Mario Mazzoleni etc etc etc lots of books for you to peruse.

There are some negative authors too, former devotees like Tal Brooke, Barry Pittard - some or all of what they write is also True.

God is not Good, he / It is both Good and Evil and every human makes up his own mind about how the world/God works through reactions to his actions. Actions created by Human freewill and reaction given to him by God - That sums up KARMA, the results of which human will enjoy/suffer through multiple reincarnations. The way to reach God is to rid EGO!

[ankit792917]

10:09 AM on 04/24/2011

lol wwait i think he just died. now what bogus excuse are you going to make for him??

[Saissb Sai]

11:16 AM on 04/24/2011

Wait and Observe Carefully for a few more days

[Saissb Sai]

12:43 AM on 04/14/2011

Sathya means truth
Sai means mother
baba means father

Americans need to learn some love, selfless love and thats what he teaches, how to love purely and unconditionally with strong faith in love and God.

I am a Staunch believer of this God Sathya Sai Baba and still continue to be. I dont care if he died or will continue to live, i will still believe in his Godself.

Other prominent devotees/supporters/friends, these people are considered top elite of society in their respective areas. A prime minister and president has huge responsibilities and they are definitely not fools.

1. Manmohan Singh - Current Indian PM and also a Top Economist spearheading India's micro economic revolution in 1991
2. Sachin Tendulkar - Current living greatest achiever in game of Cricket
3. Isacc Tigrett - Founder or Hard Rock Cafe
4. Arnold Schulman - Hollywood personality of yesteryears
5. APJ Abdul Kalam - Former president of India and also a Top Rocket scientist
6. Several major and veteran Indian actors
7. AB Vajpayee - India's Prime Minister who exploded Atomic Bomb in 2000
8. Search youtube for 'souljourns' to hear intelligent and happy people talking about their experiences with Sai Baba

In Baba's own words, he will only die in 2023 when he is 96, so this is just a sham sickness, Wait and see he will be up and moving in a week/maybe a month.

[joe smithy]

11:34 PM on 04/14/2011

Your list of celebrity followers is no different than the celebrities who follow religious superstars and snake-oil salesmen in America

[Saissb Sai]

01:23 PM on 04/15/2011

They are not celebrities like in the movies and TV series, brainless idiots. I listed the listed because they are entrepreneurs (Isacc tigrett), leaders of country (Presidents and prime ministers), scientists and economists (same people as president and prime minister), greatest achiever in cricket (not a small deal) -basically all of them are best or top in their area. And i listed them to tell you, they are not poor gullible fools or idiots or normal lazy people with insignificant lives. Check out Souljourns in youtube. So many doctors work at Sai hospitals for free and many of them are believers, again, not normal lazy insignificant people.

[ankit792917]

10:44 AM on 04/22/2011

you retard, Isacc Tigrett has admitted that he believes that sai baba is a pedophile, go watch videos on youtube that point out his fake actions and his wrong doings. You said that he has absorbed all of the dangerous impacts of the world but i think god who supposedly created the whole world could handle that. and its weird that god himself needs the help of man and doctors to keep him alive. you are the biggest idiot i've ever seen. I refer you to this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BVEJDPrGpM

[Saissb Sai]

05:18 PM on 04/22/2011

Sai Baba is a pedophile, man-rapist, genital oiler, Charlatan, Trickster. In human terms he did not himself shoot those 4 students. So he is not a murderer. I refer to you my channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/gozeep

[Saissb Sai]

12:42 AM on 04/14/2011

Man is Man, God is God, But what in Man is life/soul/spirit/consciousness ? Its a fraction of God the supreme-life/soul/spirit/consciousness. This man Sai baba is nothing but a degradable simple Human Body holding The Supreme Consciousness of God. You hold a different level of consciousness compared to me and compared to you and me , Baba holds the most supreme. Still his Human body is degradable and has to die one day like me and you

You think reincarnation is false ? Search youtube or google for "_EWwzFwUOxA"

Molesting Kids - Did happen because they deserved it! Everyone of you has a BAD karma and this karma will bite back in one of your reincarnations. How about those Church ministers/Temple priests who staunchly believed in Jesus/God but who while serving God molested kids who looked upto them pure?
Who is going to give THEM experiences they caused kids to go through ? God himself will molest them. Karma is not for even a normal human mind, so dont try to understand it unless you are sincere. Good karma will not cancel bad karma, only God can cancel bad karma!

You wouldnt find a single photograph of him with grey old hair. He has said that till his death his hair will always be black . Do you think he will wake up everyday to paste his hair black dye to keep up with such a seemingly stupid claim ?

[imdesign]

05:57 PM on 04/12/2011

Conjurer he is.

[Seacliff]

07:21 AM on 04/12/2011

Stage magician! Check out God doing his "tricks" for his delusional followers.

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?publ=187965CC-5755-4AF6-92A8-4DEB3094A594&FORM=MFEVID&crea=STND_MFEVID_FY11H2_BR_CusVid_1x1&q=Sathya+Sai+Baba&docid=525685751850&FORM=HUFPST#

[Jackamus]

03:30 AM on 04/12/2011

Some living God, he can't even heal himself....

[myhumangetsmeblues]

01:30 AM on 04/12/2011

I hope God has good insurance. Surely he does. I mean, he's God. He must.

[jokerdanny]

05:24 PM on 04/11/2011

worst pope-mobile ever

[Travis Jonquil]

04:18 PM on 04/11/2011

I am amazed at the lack of respect for this man here. So quick to judge...

[jimboy71]

04:49 PM on 04/11/2011

I am short of respect for those who conjure trinkets from their hair as a means of convincing others of the value of their "teachings".

[sana-dana]

12:26 PM on 04/21/2011

@jimboy71 - I am no supporter of men claiming as god - but for your views of 'I am short of respect for those who conjure trinkets from their hair as a means of convincing others fo the value of their teachings' does this applies to jesus too?

[TCorp]

04:52 PM on 04/11/2011

Respect is not automatically applicable to all people. Especially not to religious people that knowingly deceive others for monetary gain.

[jimboy71]

02:47 PM on 04/11/2011

Sai Baba is also well known for his alleged abuse of boys, other devotees and the convoluted cover-ups with local political and law enforcement agencies.

[sana-dana]

12:27 PM on 04/21/2011

@jimboy71 - sounds more of catholic church & pope's wish list rather than sai baba's ones.. are you sure you are addressing to the right person??

[syrius]

02:40 PM on 04/11/2011

Oh Lawdy! Another messenger or conduit to the invisible supernatural things no one ever sees or hears except for someone who claims to be the divine. Give it a rest people. It's time to enjoy life in the here and now.