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Why does Baba produce the Lingam
from within Himself on Mahasivaratri night?
"It is not possible for you to
understand the Divine and gauge Its potentials or know the
significance of Its manifestation. In order to bear witness to the
fact that Divinity is amongst you, it becomes necessary for Me to
express this attribute of Mine. Otherwise the atmosphere of
hatred, greed, envy, cruelty, violence and irreverence, will
overwhelm the good, the humble and the pious. The Lingam is a
symbol of the Beginningless and Endless or the Infinite. Its shape
is like a Nirakaar. 'Li' stands for Liyathe meaning That in which
all names and forms merge; and 'Gam' stands for Gamayathe meaning
That towards which all forms proceed. It is the fittest symbol of
the Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent Lord. Everything starts
from it and everything is subsumed in it." - Baba.
In His previous body as Pathri
Sai, the young Babu used to worship the Lingam in a Moslem Mosque
and recite the Koran in loud and clear tones in Hindu Temples. He
had brought both the communities to His doorstep, the Masjid
Dwarkamayi at Shirdi and when He left His body, both the Hindus
and Moslems claimed Him as their own. As Parthi Sai, He produces a
Lingam with the markings of a Star and a Crescent, symbolic of
Islam and further. He invests a Zoroastrian child with a
Yagnopavitam. This is the sacred thread of the Brahmins,
traditionally denied even to some Hindus. He also makes the
Brahmin Vedic pundits teach the Purusha Sukta to His College boys
and girls, once again traditionally recited only by male Brahmins.
Has anyone the capacity or the authority to question the mandates
of the Veda- purusha who manifests the Lingodbhava? By such acts
Baba transcends the barriers of caste, creed, race, religion and
goes beyond the limits of Ordinary Prakriti Dharma, to demonstrate
the oneness of all humanity living in a Society, harmoniously
established in an Adhyatmic State of Life. This is the real
meaning of Dharma Sthapana.
Picture inset shows a Jyoti
Lingam (top left and bottom right) with a cup-shaped flame in the
form of a trishul (trident). The flame was changing colours every
ten minutes. Baba is seen holding a Lingam with the Star and the
Crescent, pointing to the essential unity of Islamic Faith and
Sanathana Dharma.
From the book:
"Vision of the Divine" by Eruch B. Fanibunda
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