One of his disciples used to live three miles away from the village on his own farm and he used to bring Sai Baba’s food every day. I remembered him because of this word atithi. He lived for almost sixty years in that village. And he always laughed and he said, “Nobody knows from where he comes – why do you unnecessarily insist on asking questions to me which nobody else can answer? From where do you come?” The truth is, nobody knows from where one comes. “From where do you come?” – people wanted to know from where, which village, which state. He said, “Nobody is born with a name I was also not born with a name.” This was not his name, because whenever people asked him his name he laughed. Sai means saint, and baba means grandfather – grandfatherly old man, and saintly. Nobody knew what his name was Sai Baba is not a name. Nobody knew whether he was Hindu or Mohammedan one day suddenly he appeared in a village.

He is no relation of Satya Sai Baba – Satya Sai Baba is a fraud, and he has chosen the name Satya Sai Baba to deceive people that he is the reincarnation of Sai Baba.īut Sai Baba was really a man belonging to the category of buddhas. Just nearby, just a few hundred miles away, there was an authentic saint, Sai Baba. He may have come in the form of a guest, he may have come in the form of a stranger.

You should treat him as a god, because one never knows – God comes in many forms.

The other statement is also very significant: that every guest, every atithi is a god. God is an atithi – that is one of the statements in the ancient scriptures.

Sathya sai baba shirdi