Shiridi Sai Baba-Experience HIM on Sai-Ka-Aangan!

Shirdi Sai Baba performed miracles during His lifetime and even today in the lives of those who surrendered their thoughts and actions to Him, and meditates upon Him constantly. Yes, He is a saint by all accounts and more. It is said that one of the requirements of the saints is to be able to perform miracles even after their physical death. Catholicism, a major global religion, has a requirement that the souls wanting to achieve Sainthood have to prove that they indeed possess the required virtues in addition to be able to perform miracles and rescue their followers. It is considered that Sainthood functions as the medium through which a common man can communicate to the Supreme, God.Some of the qualities of a saint are truth, charity, benevolence, service, humility, dispassion, love, and kindness.

Sri Sai Satcharita is like the Bible of Shirdi Sai Baba. Sri Sai Satcharitha has a fine reference on the qualities of a Saint. Shirdi Sainath exhibited all of these and more. Sai Baba (1834-1918) was a perfect celibate, a yogi; someone who looked agitated outside and yet remained calm as a deep ocean inside. The last attribute is perfect accordance with the spiritual principles of divine manifestation in human form. It is said that while the whole world slept, He was awake as if to guard His children. Being guarded was the feeling His devotees had during His "life" time. Being guarded and guided by Him forever is the faith that those who truly follow Him possess. It is also said that Sant and Anant are one and the same meaning Saint (Sant), and, the endless and all pervading attribute (Anant) are the same.

The greatest contribution of Shirdi Sai Baba to the modern world, torn by theological quarrels, is the Harmony of Religions. Each great ancient religions has three steps, namely, ritual, mythology, and philosophy. The first two are the externals of religions, and philosophy is its basis. There can never be any uniformity in rituals and mythologies. These are the abstract ideas of philosophy made concrete for the grasp of ordinary minds. They are to be given up when the soul, through its purity and discipline, is able to comprehend the essence of religion. Religious quarrels arise when we insist that the externals of religion are to be kept forever.

This is a faith and experience of who submit themselves to Shirdi Sai Baba. Thus, Shirdi Sai Baba is a Saint and more. He is the God who walked on earth.