Sai Dattatreya

Aum Sairam

Sri Sai devotees who accept Shri Sai Satcharitra as their authoritative scripture accept with equal reverence that Sri Sai is Dattatreya, who is a full incarnation of God and accept him as their Greatest Teacher. They accord the same position and importance to Avadhootagita attributed to Lord Dattatreya as they do to Shri Sai Satcharitra. Indeed both are celestial like Shri Bhagawad Gita since they shower infinite compassion and eternal wisdom on the suffering humanity.

The essence of Sai Datta philosophy is the oneness of the individual soul with universal soul. This is explained briefly as follows:

1. World of Plurality: The world of objects is jugglery akin to a mirage in the desert and the one immutable and auspicious alone is real.

2. The sages declare in many ways that all is God and that one is never the body and, therefore, one has neither birth nor death.

3. That individual who neglects his immortal self which is his real nature like despicable crow is speeding towards hell.

4. Means to attain Mukti: Know form to be unreal and the formless alone to be eternal. By absorbing this re-birth is destroyed.

5. Advice to the mind: Oh mind, give up finite. Abandon it. Give us even the notion that I have renounced. The pure and immortal principle will destroy, like poison both renunciation and non-renunciation.

6. Facing challenges of life: What I do, what I eat, what oblation I offer, what I give they do not concern me because I am the ever pure, unborn and immaculate one.

7. Concept of Jeevanmukti: The state of liberation while still living in this body is alone Jeevanmukti. If it is a state that is attained after the fall of the body, then even dogs and pigs will attain it.

8. Even now on this beautiful Thursday [Baba’s Day] Lord Dattatreya is blessing and guiding those earnest seekers who accept Him and surrender to Him.

Allah Malik