Isn't it really amazing how the 20th century media could make ordinary mortals into Gods and dispatch them to oblivion in the 21st century? Millions of people around the world perhaps came to believe through the modern media and the Internet that Sathya Sai Baba of India was God himself.
Though he died only a year ago, the Baba has virtually disappeared from the world media, and from the minds and memory of most people who came to know about him, with hardly any mention even on the anniversary of his death. Is it the media who should be really blamed for this forgetful ignoring of a guru who had over 6 million followers when he died?
After all, Jesus Christ and Gautham Buddha, who are also credited with miracles and teachings, were not forgotten but loved, revered, remembered and worshipped for thousands of years before the advent of modern communications.
It is not surprising that no one, including the leading newspapers, magazines and TV around the world want to remember or bring back the memory of Sathya Sai Baba despite the $9 billion assets he amassed during his life of 85 years, some of which he had spent on various charitable projects.
Despite the huge followings and philanthropic work, there was something not very honest and straightforward about this Godman who declared himself to be God and whose life was "dogged by controversy including allegations, never proven, of sexual abuse and charlatanism," as per a BBC report.
Whether he was God or not, at the minimum, he knew exactly what lead to the massacre of several young people in his Ashram one night and the serious allegations of sexual abuse brought out in the BBC report of 2004.
Sathya Sai Baba chose to leave the earth by not leaving clear answers and an aura of suspicion and doubt in place of divinity. No God has ever survived in human memory with such questionable credentials.
Perhaps this is the biggest reason why no one, including millions who believed in him, wants to talk about or remember Sathya Sai Baba despite the numerous good causes he has supported with his immense wealth.
If his life and intentions were questionable even when he was alive, the intentions and behavior of his relations and close people who have inherited the trust with the immense wealth have done nothing to instill devotion and confidence in the Godman after his death.
Instead, they have only raised serious questions about their own integrity and intentions which have lead to public demand for takeover and administration of the trust by the government. Millions of his followers desperately want him to return to earth as Prema Sai before they lose their faith completely, even as the fame and prosperity he brought to his village Putta Parthi seems to dwindle fast.
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My father traveled long way and found a shoe making company, purchased could of pairs to distribute on 24th April to poor. The temperature is 40 degree C and he is 60 but he wanted to help somebody who cannot afford foot ware.
Who is famous here? my father and sathya sai who inspired him? or its media who posts useless shit on internet?
I also written something for people like you if science still keep saying human is from Ape.
"A human who is educated is still an Ape until he/she understood what is humanity and become human".
Media is a mud with mix of shit, gobar and etc.. etc.. Who likes shit and mud ??. A child also can say its PIG. So how can somebody says god is not appearing in media?. Logically pigs should?
Second, its devotees aware of what is going on and what all good activities are happening across the globe.
So it doesn't matter what is our education qualification or how we dressed up with french beard on media, it does matters if a person help another person without thinking about returns.
A home at 12000 feet altitude in Sikkim is having sathya sai picture and not a civil engineer picture who put road which connects from ground to their house. Who is god? engineer or sathya sai?.
I am feeling shy today that a 30 year young man educating who had traveled us, uk done engineering but still unable to write something which is good to society.
Being an Indian its a shame that a well educated is unaware of bhagwan sathya sai and his work done to society.
I found the organisation genuine and faultless, I found Sai Baba to be a gentle, pure, soul. I went to India a little sceptical, I came home knowing that I had been in the presence of a wonderful teacher/guru who embodiment of love. Yes, today the organisation has its difficulties, little wonder, with the huge loss of Sai Baba, but the media needs to speak to the huge amount of devotees from accross the continents to get a truer understanding of who he was and his legacy.
Have you ever met Sathya Sai Baba or visited Puttaparthy ?
If the answer is no - how are you qualified to comment on Him or on His devotees?
And by the way - have you seen or experienced God - If no , then how do you know if He was God or no. I think that you have grown up with stories of God that God looks like this or God behaves like this...............God is Love...and all those who have experienced His love are His lovers (devotees). Can I stop you from loving your mother or any one else.....then why are you even making an effort to comment on people who Love Him.
I am surprised that you call yourself a writer / technorati without any experience. And by the way people or His devotees do not LOVE Him because of media or Internet but because of Direct experience for which you may have to take multiple births ... I guess. I pray to your God (if at all there is your God or mine) to get you a better job to get you employed for a worthwhile task. God Bless.
The people around the world and for ages expressed their doubts about divinity in human form. This is happened to Rama, Krishna, Jesus, Shirdi Baba or Sathya Sai. The list is endless. Their response was forget & forgive. God only can have such expression and not like human mortals like us who do not forget or forgive even our own family members. Kindly try to do it at least with your family members. I am assure you will became god to them. Kindly remember to spend few of your precious minutes to look into yourself which will help you to realize the facts. OM SAI RAM S.Venkataramani, Chennai
The author speaks of the baseless allegations by BBC; I would like to ask - has he ever visited Puttaparthi? Has he spoken to the Trust members, the devotees that come to Prasanthi Nilayam? What evidence does he have other than the media reports and blogs and websites of ex-devotees and mud-slingers, who themselves have absolutely no concrete supporting evidence? When someone is writing to public on a site like this, they should write what they have experienced, not hearsay. The author says that Baba has spent only part of the money of the trust for welfare activities? Can he show evidence? Was he part of the income tax audit team?
Look at this as a life lesson, one where you learn that blinid faith is not belief. This was only a man who decided to fleece millions into believing through blind faith that he was God. Why do you think nobody is celebrating, except for the charlatans who received his largess?
Kenya: http://sathyasaicentrekenya.org/blog/2012/04/programmes-to-mark-sri-sathya-sai-babas-mahasamadhi/
Mauritius: http://www.saibabamauritius.org/content/maha-samadhi-2012-port-louis
Please, please, investigate, find out, talk to people who have experienced Him before you issue opinions like this in public.
And dear Sir, what makes you think it is blind belief? Just look at the following respectful comments by people from various walks of like, highly successful and revered people on Sathya Sai Baba? Do you think these people are all blind?
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/saibabanews/message/16441
Religion and religious charlatans count on the "blindness" of faith to keep them well kept. The BILLIONS he bilked from followers is evidence of the fraud. Now, Mother Theresa and Gandhi, there's someone who walked the walk